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Show FROST EVERYWHERE EAST OF MOUNTAINS WASHINGTON. April 9. Winter's belated be-lated touch, enveloping tho entire east, set ncv official records today. In New Orleans straw hats and spring flnory wero replaced with winter overcoats. over-coats. Throughout the south Atlantic and Gulf states heavy damage to fruits and early crops was fearod. A ."0-degrce drop in a few hours was recorded at Mobile. Mo-bile. Snow flurries wero recorded as far south as Greenville, S. C, Jhrcaklng the April records. Fruit treed l?i blossom In the Norfolk tidewater section were caught In the nipping frosts. April snow In Richmond Rich-mond was recorded. The weather bureau predicted heavy frosts as far south aa northern Florida tonight, and cold weather nearly everywhere every-where cast of the Rocky mountains. Partial relief is expected by Friday, except on tho Atlantic const. |