Show THUNDER MUFFLED BY F ALLING SNOW 8 STORM DRIVES MERCURY DOWN WARD n WHERE MILD TEMPER EXISTED Trans Train Are Delayed And tion Destroyed By Dy Worst Wort Blizzard Of Winter Drifts Drift Hold Up Traffic Chicago A A old cold wave that assum ed blizzard proportions In Inthe the Rocky mountain area are swept over the Middle West with the prospect of a decided drop ana anU snow snow was fairing failing throughout most moat of the region while In the nock Hock lea lell the snow was a foot deep and drifts were demoralizing Hon tion A minimum of 22 above zero was forecast The Tho storm was Its Us greatest fury on the air mall mail service Tho The flying schedule between Salt Lake Lako City and Chicago was almost The plane due duo to start Thurs day stayed In Its hangar and It was announced that none would start west until the plane from Omaha had arrived Kansas City A A snowstorm that reached blizzard proportions In tho the teeth of a high north wind swept over the Southwest routing routine the mild tern tern- that have prevailed Sharp drops In temperature were recorded with a further sliding of the mercury predicted To northwest Missouri and many parts of Kansas the storm promised to bring thi heaviest snowfall of the tho winter The snowfall reached down Into northern Oklahoma and tho the Texas Tex as panhandle All of Kansas was snow swept snow swept and deep drifts In railroad cuts on branch lines had delayed trains Out on the rolling Kansas prairies where the wind g got gt t In Its Us full force the snow had drifted badly and highways were reported Impassable In some sections Drifts eight feet deep were reported by the Santa Fe railroad on Its Mar Mar- McPherson Ion and Strong City branch lines It wa waa an n aerial frolic that the Southwest witnessed turning first Into In to sleet and then into snow At Kansas Kan sas ens City Lawrence and other places flashes of lightning glittered through the falling taIlIng snow and the muffled peals of thunder were heard beard A inch four blanket of the snowy product was expected ex ex- In this vicinity Wire communication com corn was being paralyzed In some sections by the storm The Tho Santa Fe Te reported Its wires down west of Newton Kansas |