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Show Frosts Menace Citrus Groves Thousands of Smudge Pot Made vf Rea'dyvFor Ue In Southern, m . California V1.. i ' ,.; s) ,"tos Anoles, Doe. 3,0. Anticipating Anticipat-ing a drop In tempornturo tvtlp freezjn point' before midnight, citrus srqtYorai of southern California brpUght out thousands of smddgo pots "tpnlght ta combat the frost in qr'apgo ,andJcmon Kroves. i. The temporuturo bore nt 5 pw m. was' it. degrees, tccrdlng to tho vea-thor vea-thor bureau, va drop of 7 degrees la i i '' i three hourbi The danger point for citrus fruit la 28 degrees. t $hlle 0ie thermometer "waa exj ' faected , to reach 'tlie.jfreeting'1 ,polt ( during tho nlgbt," oBlolaJs pt the,le? ? cat w.cather bureau stated Wte today i that' they dldnot expeet arepetitioel ofthe sovor.cold 6f igUj.wheri thou-sandsiof thou-sandsiof acres of citrus groves wore damaged, , ' Rain and show which fell throughout through-out southern California today later ruptod .telegraph and tolephone com munication, did slight damage, to troes and waS the causo of&, colli- , slon between two passenger trains, at. Hespcria in the San, Bernardino tt6un , tains. "No one was seriously Injured in the wreck, M |