Evening star., 1949-02-01
Break in Weather Aids
Relief Operations in
West's Blizzard Area
BY the Associated Press

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By the Associated Press
! Relief operations were stepped
Iup in the Western blizzard States
today as fair weather allowed
crews seeking to open roads to
isolated communities a chance to
work in full swing.
Meanwhile, moves for financial re-
lief for the suffering arear were
pressed in Washington, where the
House Appropriations Committee
took up the Senate's 100000 bill
| for aid.
President Truman had new re-
quest from Representative Granger,
Democrat, of Utah for s5,000,00O
more for relief work. but Congress
was in recess until Thursday.
There was a fresh cold wave in
the Northern and Central Plains
and the mercury also dipped in the
Northern Rocky Mountains, Nevada.
Utah and the eastern portions of
Washington and Oregon and the
lower Mississippi Valley.
South Still Cold.
Temperatures moderated over some
parts of the South after subzero cold
in Texas caused millions of dollars of
damage to crops but temperatures
were below freezing in the northern
and central parts of that State and
in Tennessee, Northern Mississippi.
Northern Alabama and most of
Arkansas.
North Dakota and Northern Min
nesota had the coolest weather.
Early morning lows in North Dakota
were Is to 20 below zero and in
Minnesota 10 to Is below. The cold
air was expected to extend over
most Of the north central region
tonight and tomorrow.
Waco, Tex, reported a reading of
8 above today. but warmer weather
spread over the Rio Grande Valley
where the mercury dipped to near
zero yesterday. Temperatures gen.
orally were Is to 20 degrees higher
than yesterday.
Crops Heavily Damaged.
The unreasonable cold in Texas
caused heavy damage to the fruit,
potato and tomato crops. Tempera-
lures today were about Is to 20
degrees higher than yesterday.
Memphis, Tenn, which had a high
OF 81 yesterday, shivered in 7 above
today and in Bowling Green, KY,
todays low was 3 above.
The Weather Bureau said South
ern and Central Florida were the
only sections Of the country with
warm weather. But higher tenn
peratures were forecast for the
Southeastern States tomorrow.
Bulldozers and other snoW-clear-
ing equipment started reaching the
blizza1 LOCKED rural areas of West
ern Nebraska and Wyoming
A new haylift was scheduled TO
start with 20 Air Force CAT planes
flying 600 tons of hay-14,4O0 bales
from La Junta, Cc.o., to Casper,
Wyo., in an clock opera
ton. o.
Machinery Is Shipped.
The Army district engineers Office
said 49 carloads of snoW-m moving
machinery left Colorado for Ne
braska yesterday, and the first unit
reached Alliance early today An
other Oscar train was to leave to-
day.
In Wyoming, soldiers reached
Casper and Rawlins with bulldozers
and graders.
Taking advantage of the first sus-
tained break in the January bliz-
yards, Colorado ranchers packed the
Denver union stockyards with 7,4OO
cattle and 5000 sheep 1t was the
largest supply of fed steers and
heifers of the season.
Cattle buyers were surprised to-
see the animals in such good condi-
tion,'' stockyards spokesman said.
Help on Way to Indians.
Navy help was on the way today
for the snowbound Navajo Indians
in Northeastern Arizona.
Six transport planes, each capable
of carrying 2l2 tons of hay, food
and medical supplies. have been Or
dered from California Naval Air
Station to Phoenix. They will base
at Sky Harbor and fly from there
to the distribution point at Winslow,
Ariz.
From that field smaller planes,
mostly from the Civil Air Patrol,
will fly over the great Navajo Res
eryation dropping food and other
supplies to the Indians and their
flocks.
Army engineers at Fort Belvoir,
Va, last night sent IS heavy equip
ment experts to Omaha, Nebr., to
help direct the battle against
mounting snow.
The detail, in charge of Maj. Will
liam H. H. Mullin, former West
Point football player, will report to
Maj. Gen. L. A. Pick, chief of the
Missouri River division of the En-
gineer Corps. They left Boiling Air
Force Base for 30-day detached
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