Evening star., 1949-02-12
HeavyS Shows and Cold
Strike al West Again.;
1900 Are Marooned
BY the Associoted Press

More thar 1000 persons were
maroon ed hAeavy SHOWS in Cali
fornia az no today. In other
parts Of orm- stricken West
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A mass OF cold Canadian all
pushed southwark over the North
western part of the country and
moved into Northeastern Colo
RADIO, Wyoming, Nebraska and
the Dakotas. 1t headed south
ward and east and was expected
to spread over Kansas, Mime
sofa and parts of Iowa and
Illinois.
Temperatures dropped as the
cold wave came in on 40-mile
winds which reached 70 miles in
gusts. The gales reblocked miles
of highway and rail lines newly
cleared of snow. Some snow fell
in the new cold belt.
Temperatures Below Zero.
Below zero readings ranged
from III at Lewistown, Mont, to
IS at Rapid City, S. Oak, as the
cold front moved into the plains.
The colder air covered inland
sections of the Pacific States,
Idaho. Northern Utah, Nevada,
Northern Wyoming, Montana and
the Dakotas.
-Four thousand dam workers liv-
ing in trailer homes in the Feather
River canyon near Quincy, Calf. =,
were cut off by heavy SHOWS. Dry,
cold weather diminished their
fears that their homes would
be washed away if warmer wealth
er set in or rains flood the river. A
snowslide halted Western Pacific
rail travel between Quincy and
Oroville.
The food shortage became more
critical for the 500 persons in
Stibnitz, Idaho, a mining COM
munity which has been snow
bound for more than a week. A
National Guard transport plane
planned to fly 4,700 pounds of
food to the town today.
A drop in temperature in Idaho
appeared to have ended the threat
of more snow slides in mountain
GUS areas. The construction camp
at Anderson Ranch Dam, threat
ened by slides. reported the situa-
ton had improved and all of the
workers and their families in the
camp we're moved to wider area.
Food Supplies Flown in.
Planes are ferrying passen-
gers from stalled trains to Denver
and Salt Lake City. Rawlins,
Wyo., was getting food supplies
by air as all roads into the COM
munity remained blocked.
The Union Pacifcs main Salt
Lake City to Los Angeles line was
blocked yesterday after a train
carrying 100 passengers stalled
near Bloom, Utah, and diesel
power unit sent to free it was
derailed by heavy snow. Another,
U. P. train with about 100 passen-
gers aboard was halted at Milford.
Huge drifting at Borah and Cool
idge, Idaho, also forced holding all
westbound traffic at Pocatello yes
terday. the Union Pacific said.
Meanwhile, in Washington,
Western Senators decided to
sponsor legislation for new de-
fciency appropriations for the
army engineers to fight blizzards
and flood threats.
Wants to End Relief Soon.
But Maj. Gen. Philip B. Flem-
ing, President Truman's relief
co-ordinator, told Government
agencies to stop relief work as
soon as the blizzard States and
communities can take over.
Also in Washington the Geolog-
ical Survey issued warning that
the Missouri River basin faces a
serious food hazard. particularly
along tie middle reaches and
tributaries of the river.
In its monthly water resources
review, the agency said flood
peaks from melting low-altitude
snow already are about equal to
those usually occurring in late
spring OF early summer.
Meanwhile, Army engineers
asked Congress for $25. 100000 to
prepare for possible bad floods
from rapid thawing of heavy
SHOWS covering most of the West.
Col. H. c. Gee told the Western
Senators the engineers are not
predicting there will be such
floods, but they want to be pre-