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Show Blizzard Paralyzes West Coast Area pltal far ' treatment af spinal meningitis. The beby Roger Davis, nd hi grandmother, Kn Goldie Burkett, were found dead and two othor persons were anconscioua whsa highway crews reached the. tilled car. .By United Press Wlntar atormi roared over tha wastsrn part at tha United SUtaa today after a brief lull which an-abled an-abled rescue workari la Nevada to reach three of aiz marooned and enow bound parties and either bring the membera out or provide them with sufficient supplies to carry them through. ; The lstest storm In the aeries which has swept tha Pacific coast Intermittently for mora than two weeks, was reported to be cantered can-tered ea Portland, Ore. - All traffic was tied up la that city, schools wera closed sad normal nor-mal activities were at a virtual standstill. Hundreds of automobiles automo-biles were stranded by nearly two feet of heavy snow. Residents, who were caught unprepared, un-prepared, reported It was impossible im-possible to obtain deliveries of wood, coal or other fuels. Dairy-men Dairy-men were unable to make deliveries. Other sections of Oregon reported re-ported similar conditions. Th state highway department ordered all equipment out for continuous 24-hour duty in aa effort to keep the main arteries open. Tha Union Pacific stage lines reported two busses stalled at Cor-bett Cor-bett and said that approximately " 80 passengers were being sheltered" at a Grange hall while plows battled towering drifts In the Columbia river gorge to reach them. The Dallee-Callfornia highway orth of Bend, Ore was closed by snows isolating Bend from other cities. 1 : Two persons lost their lives and two others were in a serious condition con-dition from carbon monoxide gas poisoning near Camas, Wash, when their automobile was blocked by snowdrifts while they were attempting to take a lS-month-old baby to"a Portland hoe- |