Evening star., 1949-02-10
New Storms Batter
Lakes and West Coast;
Snow Rescues Go On
by the Associated Press

by the Associated Press
New windstorms battered the
Northwest Pacific Coast and the
Great Lakes today, but rescuers
in the Snow-locked West gained
N their grim fight against food
and fuel shortages and human
suffering.
President Truman okayed an
other $150,000 to help blizzard
victims.
The fresh Pacific storm piled
new snow drifts in the path of
traffic in the central and northern
Rockies. Heavy rain whipped the
coast and temperatures warmed
by 10 to 20 degrees today in some
snow-piled sections-thus posing
a threat of dangerous floods.
In the Great Lakes region, how
ever, a new storm drove snow
f1urries and colder weather into
the Midwest on strong northwest
'erly winds. Moderate to heavy
rains swept across Mississippi,
p Alabama and Virginia.
Trains Freed From Snow.
The Union Pacific Railroad said
at Omaha that only five OF 40
marooned trains still were snow
bound today. The five are at
Rawlins and Hanna. Wyo., where
the rail situation was worse in
stead of better. All roads IN the
Rawlins, Casper and Green River
areas were shut.
Human suffering mounted in
isolated parts of the four-State
disaster area. Visibility at Raw
Inns was only two blocks today.
But airplanes gradually were
freeing some snowbound surface
travellers.
-. United Airlines said it has flown
$50 persons and $4,000 pounds Of
first-class mail out of the Chey-
. enne and Salt Lake City storm
areas.
Conditions in Wyoming were
reported to be the most critical
since the first blizzard struck the
State January 2.
New Gales Strike Area.
Fresh gales out of the Gulf OF
Alaska roared out of the Pacific
Northwest last night. hitting
North Central Idaho and moving
. into Northern Utah and Wyoming.
The strong winds, blowing the
mountainous piles of snow over
newly cleared highways and rail
lines, were expected to extend into
Nebraska and the DakotaS by
tonight, the Weather Bureau said.
The area has been hit by severe
wind storms since Sunday.
Ground transportation was vir-
tually halted in several parts OF
the blizzard belt but most aerial
operations continued. Food sup
plies were flown to stranded rail-
passengers at Green River, Rock
Springs and Casper. Wyo. At
Medicine Bow, Wyo.. the storm
was so intense yesterday the Ma
tional Guard weasels-bullt for
snow operations - were halted.
The Army and Red Cross placed
Sinclair, Wyo.. on. the critical
list.
AS the new storms swept into
Idaho. several families were re-
ported isolated without food and
fuel at Rockland. Trucks stalled
on blocked highways were
believed to be- carrying at least
100000 worth of perishable goods.
Army Continues Operations.
Colder weather hit Nebraska
and northern plains States. But
despite the subzero temperatures
the 5th Arrny's blizzard opera
tions continued. The Army moved
some additional snow fighting
equipment to Wyoming and emer-
gency rations will be flown to lso-
lated persons "if necessary At
Omaha. 5th Army headquarters
announced it had established re-
lief supply center at Cheyenne,
Wyo.
In contrast, near spring-like
weather prevailed over most OF
the eastern half of the country
yesterday. The mercury climbed
to 50 at Baltimore, II at Mobile,
Ala, 68 at Washington, SO at Phil
adelphia and SO at New York. In
Florida, Jacksonville reported a.,
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