Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-03-21 | Page 16 | Wintry Blasts Usher in First Day of Spring

iVUITRY BLASTS ; USHER III FIRST pY OF SPRING Pozsn Dsaths Attrlbtrtsd to ; - Cold In Esst; Snow sisst rn r . CHICAOO, March Jl-Mid-Amer-ra ahivered today, th firet day af Oklal (prtruj, aa celd wiv iwopt f 'snownd s chilling tleet freetedl ha entry of aprlng at T 41 p m. lat V'Ktit and lha atnrra became a "aprm" tiliuard. At leaat a dneen virtlma vlied berouae of the mid weather. - 'or tha firat day af aprlng enow I ooiod th entire are of the Great Xoke with enow drifted eeveral feet tgh on aomo Mlnnaanta highway. .Eiaet and rain accompanied the aav pe wbid la the aaulhera aertlana. ' The eoM weather waa retarded by 'noma aa an aid to the flooded region t the Ohle rtver. If the tarn para lure I ajrere below freaalruj there, the ration reuld bo eared at leaet temporal Uy dram further danger of flood. , knnaaa City, which waa the eenlor1 fll the cold wave yorterday, reported thet the backbone of the cold enep eg baon broken there a clearing 'aklea and warmer weather were pre-i el mad for today. On the Peeifl coaet. I aanperaturea were m the SO and TOei Loo An rale and Ban Francleco Colorada, Mew Mealco and Wyomingl .Vera generally fair. Salt Lake City, had a lubt tain with tha temparai lure at . Mlnneaoui and Wlaronda war rov-l brad with anew.- Some cenUal Wla--r aetata caeamunltlea reported the worat bliuard af th year. Traffic waa elowed. II lino I and Iowa were battered by heavy tleet that broke Soon ammunaraUaa wires, delayed train and crushed tree under the accumulated Ice. ' Michlaaa felt th itona a It moved astward. East Lansing was without electrical power for eome boure when transmission lines broke. Th fruit belt around Ben tna Harbor, Mich., reported post considerable damage a(i beea don to tree there. I . The eastern seaboard fell the firet frg of the cold weather. Spring tame la with anew In New England and forecasts for colder temperatures generally accompanied with ram or tar along most of th Atlantic coast-