Show I S tr J Y w i j MAROONED BY STORM STOP i Heavy Snowfall Ties Up Travel in in I South California Mercury l Hits 78 Below Zero in S. S L. L Year 30 Record Entire Nation in Grip of Cold Blizzard l' l B Br United Press LOS ANGELES Dec Heavy 12 12 Heavy snowfall marooned possibly possibly pos pos- sibly people In the San Bernardino mountains today oday while cold 1 rains drenched the lower altitudes of southern Califor Califor- nia ma S The weight of the snow carried down telephone lines and blocked all aU roads into the big B Bear ar lake regIon region re re- re- re gion glon making an accurate check of ol the number marooned impossible Snow W was still falling heavily today Farmers rejoiced at the downpour which broke a dry spell of nearly nine months Orange growers reported no damage damage dam dam- age from a heavy frost early yester yester- day Smudge pots burned throughout Saturday night Mercury Hits Year 30 Low in Salt Lake Salt Lake awoke Monday to find itself in winters winter's coldest grip in more than thirty years Although the usual inconveniences of cold weather were experienced experienced- frozen water pipes frozen froien automobile radiators and cold feet feet no no casualties were reported as the mercury stood tood at 78 degrees below zero in the business busi burl ness district at 7 a. a m. m In the outlying residential sections ns of the city temperatures dropped to toas toas toas as low as 10 degrees below zero am amat and at the airport weather bureau station station sta sta- sta tion an time all low of 20 degrees below be below low was recorded at 7 a. a m. m As the city shivered and dug ou out its mittens and mufflers J. J Cecil Al AI ter chief of the local weather bureau glo gloomily mily announced that the prospects pros pros- of warm warmer warm r weather are not in insight sight At 10 a. a m. m Monday mercury struggled struggled struggled up to 1 degree above the zero mark but Alter said it probably would not reach as high as 15 degrees during during during dur dur- ing the day and that a new anew new low may be reached Monday night But while Salt Lakers braved icy blasts other Utah towns were even more frozen A temperature of 41 40 degrees below was reported at Coalville Coalville Coal Coal- ville yule Grantsville suffered in hi 18 degrees degrees de de- de grees below weather and 44 degrees below was reported at Ventosa Nev The temperature neared Mondays Monday's record low on December 26 28 1924 when fell to 77 degrees b below low zef zeta zeto o. o The previous coldest d days dOys ys weather bureau records show v. was on Christmas day 1879 when a temperature temperature tem tem- of 10 degrees below was recorded recorded re re- re- re corded and on February 6 6 1889 when the temperature reached degrees below The coldest temperature on record in Salt Lake was on 1883 with 20 degrees below Normal temperature tern tem for fOJ D December cember 12 is 25 degrees de de- grees placing Mondays Monday's frigid atmosphere atmosphere atmos atmos- phere at 33 degrees below normal The frigid atmosphere Mr Alter explained is caused b by a prevailing high over southern Idaho and a alow alow alow low in inthe the southern part of Utah causing an influx of cold air in this vicinity Official thermometer recording made at the Ogden branch weather bureau on the outskirts of the residence residence resi rest dence district was 20 below zero In Inthe Inthe Inthe the business district it was 10 belowA below A temper temperature ture of 40 below was re recorded recorded recorded re- re corded in Huntsville By Drilled UI Press Prud Winters Winter's first blizzard mantled the nation with snow today and added new episodes to the saga of oC mans man's I endless against the elements Snow fell from California and the Rocky mountains where record low temperatures were reported to the Atlantic seaboard Virtually the entire entire en en- tire northern half halt of the country felt fel the storms storm's rigors Most dramatic of the Incidents growing out of the storm was the fight of a man five coast guard crew which rode out the gales that whipped Lake Erie Eric into fury ury In the face ace of a blinding snowstorm the guardsmen fought their way back to a Marblehead Ohio base from West Sister island where they had gone to bring back the body of Frank Prank Ryan a hunter accidentally shot Fri Fri- day The guardsmen had reached the little littie lit lit- tie tle island whose only inhabitant is Lighthouse Keeper Geor George e Ganther before the storm br broke ke Trapped in Continued on Two COAST STORM MAROONS Continued Fro From Page Pace One small mall cutters fears were felt feU for the themen's themen's themen's mens men's safety Additional cutters ordered ordered ordered or or- dered to the mens men's aid were forced back jack to port SCOFF AT HARDSHIPS Finally Pilot Milton Red Hersberger Hersberger Hers Hers- berger jerger of ot Put-In Put bay flew through the blizzard bUzzard and observed the cutters huddled huddled hud hud- Lied safely in the lee of ot the island waiting the waves to die down Late last ast night the guardsmen caked with ice and stiff with exposure returned scoffing coffing at the hardships they had endured en en- dured The storm brought perils to the naion's nations nation's na nn- na- na tion's ions aviators Two national guard Hers fliers were killed in a crash in New Jersey but the accident was not attributed at at- directly to the storm A s second see sec cond c- c ond plane with two men aboard was missing on a flight light from Burlington Vt to Covington Va The planes plane's route was through an area filled with swirlIng snow San Francisco children delighted in Inthe inthe the he first real snow for coasting and snowballing they had bad ever seen Weather bureau record collectors were in their glory The fall tall at San Francisco was the heaviest in in 45 years for the first time in history the weather er cr bureau predicted a snowfall snowfall due due Monday The temperature was the theowest lowest in 62 years Snow fell for three consecutive days days days-an an all all- time all record SUFFERING SEVERE Suffering was severe in fri California cities where houses are quipped ill-quipped for tor such low temperatures A gas stove placed laced in a hotel lobby exploded injuring injuring inuring in in- juring three persons Miss Socorro 22 threw the first snow snow- ban ball all in her life and broke an arm Los Angeles suburbs were were covered with snow Many fire alarms kept the theire fire ire department busy Crop damage was vas reported the length of the state Citrus districts were darkened by the heavy pall paIl of smoke cast by smudge pots fired to protect orange and lemon groves In the midwest where blizzards bUzzards are area a more normal occurrence farmers welcomed the snow which piled into high ugh drifts in many pI places aces The fall faIl insured abundance of moisture for spring pring crops Many cities gave work to unemployed played loyed clearing the streets Chicago hampered tampered by a depicted depleted municipal treasury added no extra helpers letting let let- ting Ing regular crews clear heavy drifts from streets as ns best they could |