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Show COLD WAVE HITS EAST; BALMY HERE Mercury Drops to 26 Below In Duluth; Snow In Oklahoma By UNITED FRESS An intensely cold wave wssed northeastward across he central states today, driv-:g driv-:g temperatures in some sec-Ms sec-Ms far below zero. The wave extended across ie Great Lakes region as far outh as Texas. The mercury "tpped to 26 below zero at Du-A Du-A Minn., early today. Trains were delayed as snow H sleet fell in some sections, i lief agencies reported the al-laily al-laily heavy holiday demands up-c up-c their resources increased by ft cold. fwzin In Texas Sub-zero temperatures were re-pled re-pled from Minnesota the Dako-Wisconsin, Dako-Wisconsin, Nebraska, Illi-: Illi-: i3. Iowa and Wyoming. In Tex- the readings dropped from 'Mut 70 on Christmas morning to ar freezing. The precipitate ap extended to the gulf. At Dallas the temperature was '3 and was expected to go below Wzing during the day. The bit-cold bit-cold was restricted mainly to I the east part of the state, which was whipped by a cold north wind. Snow and 18 degrees were reported re-ported -in Oklahoma. Typical temperatures included Minneapolis. 18 below; Bismarck, 20 below; Moorhead, 24 below; Omaha 2 below; Valentine, 8 below; be-low; Council Bluffs, 8 below; Detroit, De-troit, 30; Memphis, 42; Los Angeles, Ange-les, 50; New Orleans, 68; Miami, 74. From 34 at 5 p. m. yesterday the temperature in Kansas City dropped to 8 above zero early to day. The sky was clear. |