Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-11-06 | Page 20 | Cold Weather Relief Nears

COLD WEATHER RELIEF NEARS HEARS f By Ey United Pree-e Pree Relief came at last today to the shivering stricken storm-stricken Pacific coastal area assailed by snowstorms snowstorms snowstorms snow snow- storms frost and subnormal winter temperatures for more than a week A panorama of ravaged crops and death unfolded as thermometers from front Seattle to San Diego crept gradually higher Farms tand and orchards orchards or or- of the he Pacific n northwest where damage was vas estimated at were the principal cold sufferers California's tomato crop suffered heavy losses grapes in the interior valleys were damaged an estimated and agricultural authorities authorities ties ies estimated at least half hat the states state's pea crop was lost At least a dozen persons died in accidents attributed directly to the theold cold old and attendant rains and gales While the United States weather bureau bureau could not predict a sharp break reak in the cold wave indications i were by Saturday conditions once more would be normal for this time of year Higher temperatures today and yesterday attested recession of the blanket of cold air which mantled the he region for eight days Rising resulted from froma a storm far in the northwest shutting shutting shut- shut ting Ing off the blast of cold air which swept wept down from the Arctic the weather bureau explained It was indicated crop damage wrought b by the freeze would be reflected in consumers' consumers markets