Evening star., 1950-12-05
Most Frigid Weather
OF Season HEADING
East Across Plains
By the Associated Press

A cold wave pushed across the
frozen prairies of the midwest
today.
Temperatures dropped below
The zero mark as it advanced.
The Weather Bureau in Chi
cago, in a special bulletin, said
the mass Of extremely cold Arc
tic air" was tanning out across
the North Central States.
It predicted temperatures of 10
to 20 below zero In Minnesota.
zero to five above for Chicago and
10 to Is above for the Ohio River
Valley by tomorrow morning.
Even lower readings are ex-
pected Thursday morning east of
the Mississippi River" the fore
caster said.
Below Zero Readings.
Zero to five below was predicted
for Chicago tomorrow night.
The Rocky Mountain region
and the Dakotas already felt the
weather's string. Butte and Glas-
cow, Mont. had Is below today.
1t was II below at Cutbank,
Mont; ID below at Sheridan,
Wyo.. and Minot. N. OAK: 4 be-
low at Akron, Colo, and below
at Rapid City, S. OAK, and North
Platte, Nebr.
The advance of the seasons
coldeSt weather checked the melt
ing of snow and curbed threats of
floods. Crests expected along the
Upper Ohio River were revised
downward after scores of families
had been forced out of their
homes.
From 1 to inches Of snow
covered the Central Great Plains
region and the fall measured 3
to 7 inches in the Northern Plains
area.
Rainy in Northeast.
Rain doused parts of the North
east. Albany. N. Y, reported 1.59
inches and Burlington, Va, 2.58
inches.
The chill from the North
reached into Texas Amarillo had
q reading of 13 above.
Rivers receded slowly and
two-day downpour ended to lessen
the flood peril in Northern Cali
fornia. About TOO persons re-
manned homeless but 4,300 others
driven from their homes Sunday
had returned. The San Joaquin
River delta region, in the San
Joaquin Valley near Vernalis, re-
manned a danger spot.
Rain, sleet, snow and strong
winds buffeted Eastern States yes
terday. Fears of storm similar
to the damaging one which
whipped across the area 10 DAYS
ago dissipated as the winds dimin-
tshed last night.
Snow fell over parts of Virginia,
New York, Maryland, West Vir-
slnia and Pennsylvania. But the
falls were light in comparison to
those which covered the area after
VIC 4UOC &NOfCluU6I SUOIIu.
High Winds in New York.
New York was hit by rain and
sale-llke winds yesterday. But
the winds abated late in the day.
The rains and winds swept into
the New England States last night.
Rain continued today along the ,
coastal area and snow in the in
land regions.
Three persons drowned in Vir- ..
ginia and many roads were blocked J..
oy high water. Sleet and snow I.
followed the rains, and cold .
weather was forecast.
The danger of serious floods !,
from the Ohio River along the
42s miles it borders Ohio was
eased by a cold snap. Rains
stopped and the cold weather end
ed further melting of SHOWS.
However, the big stream spilled
over Its banks onto highways and
into scores of low-lying homes in
the East Liverpool l-Steubenville
section.
Wheeling Flood Threat Fades.
The threat of a serious flood at
Wheeling, w. Va, faded with the
arrival of colder weather. River
officials said the Ohio would crest
about noon at Al feet instead of
the previous expected As feet. The
earlier estimate would have put
most of Wheeling and a score of
blocks in other cities under water.
Flood stage is 80 feet. Some steel
mills had banked their furnaces
and railroad rolling stock had been
shifted to higher ground.
About 800 families along the
river in Steubenville have been
evacuated. About 20 highways
along the river banks were closed.
The river, sweeping southwark,
was rising about 4 a foot an hour.
The flood stage was expected to-
morrow at Cincinnati, Ports
mouth and Marietta.