Show fL LI LA A. A HIT NIT BY FIRST SNOW IN 54 YEARS Two Inches of Precipitation Recorded U. U S. S Weather U Unusual THOUSANDS F FLEE EE FLOODS Tennessee Tornado Kills KiUs Ten in Family Br By United Press LOS ANGELES Jan 15 For 15 For the first time since the establishment of ofa a government weather bureau in Los Angeles 54 years ears agu ago 5 snow OW fell today today today to to- day within the city limits of Los Angeles An An- geles cles Almost all of southern California awoke to find a heavy mantle of white hite over ocr the ground adding a atypical atypical atypical typical winter touch to the usual balmy weather Colonel H. H B. B Herse Hersey government meteorologist said the official snowfall snowfall snow- snow fall all was two inches And I dont don't mean on the hill tops or mounta mountains ns either cither Colonel Hersey added How long has it been since there has been a measurable amount of snow in the city of Los Angeles he was asked Im afraid you'll have to commune I with Father Serra our weather bureau has only been operating op crating 54 years ears he answered Father Serra was the first man to boost southern California's climate He established Spanish missions in inthe inthe inthe the last quarter of oC the eighteenth century The Southern Pacific railroad reported reported reported re re- re- re ported its trains from the San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco bay region were from one to three hours late delayed by snow on the tracks Although alleged snow flurries had been reported in Los Angeles as late as 1913 Colonel Hersey said the they were misnamed The They actually were only traces of light hail sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times mistaken for snow he said Snow was reported from as far north as Santa Barbara and Bakersfield Bakers Bakers- field None was reported in San Diego however In the Owens valley val val- ley Icy and Mono Basin country the snowfall was as much as six inches Nation Experiences Unusual Weather WeatherBY J By Br Associated Press Tragedy draped its somber black today over the motley of capricious winter Dandelions still bloomed in Ontario Ontario Onta Oats rio and there was bowling on the green in the north country but ten were dead from a tornado that threshed through two Tennessee farming communities and heavy snow I and dropping temperatures chilled sect sections ons of California The Tennessee tornado killed ten members of a single family and injured injured in in- three others and houses were upset and other property damaged W Wyoming oming Montana and New Mexico Mexico Mex Mex- ico leo were cold and clear while snow blocked highways s 's in southern Idaho Nevada had temperatures that dipped down to a minus 35 The Dakotas Dakotas Dakotas Da- Da kotas and Nebraska buttoned tight their reefers as the mercury hit zero Canada was v a contradiction of seaSons sea sea- sons with subzero cold in the western western west west- em ern provinces and temperatures in inthe inthe inthe the in Ontario o and even in the maritime provinces DAM t THREATENED Near Ottawa there were flood waters waters wa wa- wa with an ice jam threat threatening ning destruction de de- de of a dam and a bridge across the Quyon river Streets of Quyon were flooded and nearby farm farmlands farmlands farmlands lands inundated Richmond Va never saw a January Janu January ar ary 14 as hot as yesterdays yesterday's 78 and Norfolk's 77 was the highest since 1871 New England's ice and snow was melting under a sun that brought reports reports reports re re- re- re ports of oC robins and md fishing tackle and lawns yellowed by dandelions At Owasco lake near Auburn N N. Y the kids went swimming Fishermen Fishermen Fisher Fisher- men were pulling foolish fish from Lake Chautauqua nice Chautauqua-nice nice calico bass Continued on PAie Two L A. A HIT BY BYI I FIRST SNOW IN 54 YEARS Continued From Pace rase One that usually run in May A r regula gula tion nine nine Inning baseball game gam was wa played at Uniontown Pa with th the temperature at 73 COLD PREDICTED Today's w weather ather predictions were discouraging for tor the rile dandelions th the holes and the calico bassIn bass In parts of the middle west the prom Ise was much colder weather Much of the middle Atlantic t territory looked for rain and colder Fo For Pennsylvania and West Virginia there was likelihood that spring would con her fling Concerning the fa far West the weather bureau remarked A disturbance of oC considerable intensity intensity in is approaching the Pacific coast and another is centered over southern Alaska Thousands Flee as Levee Collapses Br B Associated FresO GLENDORA Miss Jan 15 Belie 15 f workers worker today commandeered al aU all I e- e c available i a ec conveyances e ce to remove c thousands of oC residents from the Tippo 0 basin jasin of Tallahatchie county swept t last ast night by a n wall of oC water tha that t broke through the main cast east side sid levee evee system of oC the swollen Talla latchie hatchie river Water reaching a depth of oC eight feet in places poured through h the crevasse into the already flooded basin ba Ua- sin forcing a hasty retreat of oC fam- fam lies flies that had remained in the area arean in n hope the levee would hold after a week four-week fight against the streams stream's stead steady teady rise W. W R. R Gray levee commissioner Inthe inthe In the he district said possibly persons would have to be removed The break occurred across the swollen swollen len cn river from Glendora which has been een waging a struggle to keep its levee intact and save the lou town tov-m n from complete inundation With the situation situation situa- situa tion ion somewhat relieved by the opening open open- ing ng on the opposite bank boatmen brought rought many of the Tippo refugees here ere Glendora is still menaced and partly under water A sU slight ht break In n the levee last night sent additional water vater into the business section More than 50 inland Mississippi villages vil vil- lages and towns are continuing the fight against slowly rising backwater streams abnormally swollen by weeks of oC f heavy rains Forecasts from the upper watersheds water water- sheds heds have indicated even higher stages may be expected on the len cn streams A similar but less critical flood load situation in north Louisiana appeared unchanged early carly today High waters in Tennessee had inundated inundated in- in undated acres today in eight western counties IT Ten en en in Famil Family Y YBy Killed By ly Tennessee Tornado TRENTON Tenn Jan 15 P l' Ten JP-Ten Ten Ten members of oC a family were killed and three iree others injured yesterday when a tornado whipped through h two tao farming arming communities bowling over houses louses and barns The dead P P. W W. Rice 45 Mrs P P. P W W. Rice Opal pal Rice 17 Hazel Rice 14 Edith Rice ice 9 James E E. Rice 4 Horace Rice 10 0 P. P W W. Rice Jr 9 a ti old month baby aby and Elsie McDaniel 3 granddaughter grand grand- daughter of Mr bir and Mrs Rice Little hope was held for the recovery recovery re- re covery overy of Mary Diary Ann Rice 15 She Ila a Rice and his wife Lucille were Sucre in ina ina a hospital at Dyersburg Tenn Ei Eight ht members of the family were killed almost instant instantly when the tornado shattered their home i The father and James E. E Rice died several hours later Broken telephone lines tines prevented pre complete reports of oC the storms storm's dame dam dam- damage e age but it was understood that at nt least leas 10 or 12 2 buildings in or near the Lexand Lex Lexand and Eaton communities had been destroyed dc de- i i The dead and Injured were picked picket up over a radius of severn several 1 hundred yards amon among parts of the hc house One child was as blown so far his bod body erasi was eras i not found for several hours |