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Show HALF MILLION OPEN CHILLY MARDI GRAS NEW ORLEANS. La., Feb. (UP) Mardl Or, the ancient New Orleans carnival, drew a naif million mil-lion revelers Into the streeta today despite rain and a drop In temperature tempera-ture that forced maskers to pad themselves with long underwear. Lest night In defiance of the Mississippi Mis-sissippi river, which was rising toward a crest two feet above flood stage here, Proteus, the fat green god of the sea, paraded tha street with hi merry monster on about I1AO 000 worth of papier mache. gold and silver leafed floats, lighted by 000 brilliant flambeaux carried by red-gowned negroes. |