| Show Storm Deaths Reach In East U. U e S. S B By United Press Fresh snow fell in Pennsylvania Monday as millions of easterners fought food shortages floods and power failures while trying to dig digout digout digout out from under the big week-end week storm A survey showed deaths attributed attributed at at- to the storm and cold weather and there were indications indications indications indica indica- the figure would mount considerably considerably con con- when communications are restored in isolated areas It was the worst storm of its type in 37 years and in some areas exceeded the worst punches the weather had ever thrown before A light snow was falling in western Pennsylvania and the weather bureau predicted several inches during the next 24 hours on top of the heavy weight of f flakes already on the ground Occasional light snow also was forecast st for Ohio whose principal cities were prostrated by the storm Experts however said that the big blow of 1950 definitely was tapering off The latest summary from the weather bureau said the storm lost much of its strength in the thelast thelast thelast last 12 hours and while light snow continues over the Great Lakes region southward into the Ohio valley and eastward into the Appalachians amounts are quite light and winds have diminished markedly Some sections of West Vest Virginia were smothered under 40 10 inches of snow The nations nation's most important in industrial industrial industrial in- in area the steel-producing steel Ohio river valley which is just gearing to the war effort suffered a blow almost as devastating devastating- as though poison gas had r rained ined down upon it The silent and peaceful snow- snow See Page 4 Column 6 r Storm Death IoU I aU Passes in East Midwest Mid Continued from Page Pa-c 1 fields halted transportation keeping keeping keep keep- ing ing- workers at their homes and andI I forcing the big plants of Cleveland Pittsburgh Youngstown Erie and I Altoona to shut shul down I Floods created new dangers I II I High water drove more than I persons from their homes in Pennsylvania PennI Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Penn- I sylvania and hundreds more were I homeless due to high tides along the Atlantic coast Most of Ohio Pennsylvania West Vest Virginia and part of New NewYork NewYork NewYork York state lay paralyzed under drifts o of snow which in some cities towered 15 IG feet above street level le Schools were closed Industries shut down idling uncounted mil- mil I ions of workers Business was at ata a standstill The normal life of I residents was expected to be he diSrupted disrupted disrupted dis diS- dis- dis for days I At Cleveland where more mOle than I 30 cases of looting were reported I national guardsmen the streets were ordered to shoot to I kill at any prowlers caught breaking into abandoned business caught houses I Food and fuel shortages were were becoming acute in some Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania and Ohio towns Authorities Authorities Authorities ties used national guard tanks jeeps and bulldozers to blast through the stifling snow with lith sup sup- plies piles The state-by-state state situation The PENNSYLVANIA The mayor of Pittsburgh asked all physically able citizens to volunteer for snow I removal work The Susquehanna river overflowed in eastern Pennsylvania Penn Penn- PennSylvania Penn Penn-I sylvania driving families from their homes at I Newberry Jersey Shore Muncy an and Lockhaven Many 1 small towns were running out of food OHIO OHIO State State of oC emergency de de- Steubenville was buried burled under foot 15 drifts Cleveland Mayor Tom Burke ordered milk supplies conserved for children Almost Almost Almost Al Al- most all schools including seven colleges were closed Only one through road in the state was open from Columbus to Toledo WEST VEST VIRGINIA VIRGINIA Food Food ran I short at Morgantown Pineville Pinc Monongah Ban Barrackville Farmington Farming- Farming ton and other towns Guardsmen were called out at Morgantown Pineville church kitchens were opened opened Runs on bread and milk were reported at Morgantown Morg I NEW V YORK YORE STATE STATE Almost Almost homes were still without I electricity About 1000 persons were homeless from flooding tides I on Staten Slaten island Telephone service service service ice was restored to about of the GS homes Monies cut off oft J by knocked down lines LaGuardia airfield was still flooded but corn com muter trains were almost back t to normal 1 NEW V JERSEY The JERSEY The toll of dead mostly in to coastal areas was expected to rise much higher r when high water recedes in th the Atlantic City and Port Norris areas High water isolated Moores Moore's beach and Thompsons Thompson's beach where nearly every home was blown off its ils foundations More than persons were homeless Conservative Conserva Conserves tive estimates placed damage atmore at t more than NEW V ENGLAND ENGLAND ENGLAND-At At least 95 95 telephones were knocked out and hundreds fled high tides Co Connecticut Con Con- was hardest hit and Gov I Chester Bowles declared a state staf of emergency Scores of ot communities comm communities 17 in Vermont alone were wei i cut off from communications I Portland Maines Maine's largest city w was wa's s without electricity as was 90 00 of f I Rutland Vt Vl and nearly half hal Pittsfield Mass I J fi |
