Show r rs S 5 L I Shivers as Winter Brings Snow Blanket Jack Frost came in on the heels of the Christmas snow Monday Monday Mon Mon- day morning when temperatures at the Salt Sait Lake airport dropped droPP d p l-p 19 10 9 degrees at 7 30 a. a m. m the lowest recorded at th the air base this winter Meanwhile the weather bureau st station atop the federal b building recorded a low of 17 d degrees grees a at a ft a. a m. m for the se seasons season's sons son's lowes downtown temperature Workers yorkers at t the state capitol capito had no trouble discovering that tha Monday ronday was the coldest day so far this winter A A. brok broken n gear gea gearon on a stoker in int the heating plant plan rc resell ted Uh tem temperatures era ures Of f 55 S degrees degres In es in most rooms room of f. f the building t j r J JA A large number erp of leithe lei left th the b building blinding and went home hom while others rs' rs continued working keeping warm by wearing overcoats verco ts B By ByO 10 O a a. m. m Secretary of State E. E E E. that the gear ha had been een repaired and said rooms should be warm enough for occupancy oc oc- oc during the afternoon Warmest room in the capitol capito was the coffee off e shop where the proprietor r reported coffee was beIng being being be be- ing sold faster than it could be made Low temperatures and clear skies followed week end storms which br brought 57 inches of snow to Salt Lake City The storms ended ended end end- ed cd a snowless December which was causing anxiety among agricultural agricultural agri agri- cultural and water department of of- However in spite of the storm precipitation in Salt Lake City I still is is' is inches below norma normal for the weather year which began began be be- gan October 1 I the weather bureau reported Salt Lake City weather lureau bureau Continued on Page Pae FIve Fin Column Four r Salt takers Lakers Shiver as cis King Winter Winfer Sends Sends' j r- r Temperatures to Years Year's Lowest Levels levels' J 1 a Carrying on Under Handicap Wearing HandIcap Wearing her coat and gloves and a n borrowed blanket Miss Jennie Bywater state industrial commission secretary continues her work despite despite despite de de- de- de spite chilly capitol capital temperatures when the building furnace broke down Continued rom Prom Page One officials reported the snowfall n c-n n Christmas day of 48 inches was he third heaviest Christmas snow in n the 70 years of record Previous heavy eavy Christmas snows were in 1915 with five inches and 1916 when 10 Inches of snow fell Saturday Saturday Sat- Sat was the fourth successive Christmas day with snow falling officials said Fairly widespread the storm brought rought snow d depth at Alta to 42 Inches a boon to skiers as well as to the 1944 wat water r supply for forthe forthe the he city At Brighton a a. total of 8 inches of ot snow f fell ll during the week end bringing total depth to 34 4 4 inches t Highways generally were free ot of f snow Monday although frozen snow now in some sections made traveling traveling trav- trav eling ling dangerous and difficult t especially es- es especially in mountainous country United Airlines reported traffic had md been resumed and normal operations operations op- op rations were being carried on in inand inand inand and out of Salt Lake City The Little Cottonwood canyon road oad to Alta was reported open but ut the road to Brighton was closed Temperatures were low throughout through- through out ut the intermountain area with Ogden reporting 12 degrees CoalvIlle Coal- Coal villa vIlle ille 6 degrees and Butte Mont it 11 1 degrees At Rock Springs Wyo the temperature was only 7 degrees above zero while Pocatello Pocatello Poca- Poca tello ello Idaho had a comparatively mild minimum of 18 degrees North Dakota was among the natIons natIon's coldest spots with a minimum of 1 degree above zero In the east holiday traffic was paralyzed for several hours by a sleet and rain storm that slashed across cross the Atlantic seaboard from New England to Virginia In Inmany many localities in Pennsylvania New ew York and New Jersey where the he storm struck Sunday afternoon afternoon after- after noon oon bus and automobile traffic was at a standstill because of ice- ice covered highways |