Show MAil TRAI TAI I ID DUE D M MAYE- MAYE A 11 STOPPED Passenger Traffic From Chicago Expected to tc toBe toBe Be Suspended Today oday Till Freight Is Moved By International News Service CHICAGO Jan 12 The The Middle Middle Mid Mid- dle die West is in the grip of the I worst blizzard in in half a century which is increasing hourly in intensity intensity in in- and extreme temperature The death toll t of the st storm rm is over w with h countless injured or overcome by the hc cold id Hundreds Hun H Hundreds p- p of towns towns' are ire are isolated Railroads ad are helpless the ncI n nd l the entire l iV valley valley- y is is- threat ened with food and fuel famine The fhe storm extends from Canada to the the- Gulf of Mexico and from the Rocky mountains to the Alleghenies The temperature temperature temper temper- ranges from 37 below to 12 below Business in is at a standstill and the suffering is intense in in- tense Eleven d de dead d were reported report report- ed for the day with hospitals filled with patients who had suffered suffered suffered suf suf- various degrees of freezing By International I News Service Jan VI Al l-Al- Almost Al- Al WASHINGTON V most moRt complete paralysis of I Iwas railroad traffic due dime to th the storm was reported to Director General McAdoo this afternoon Orders I will probably be f sent ent out to tomorrow orrow suspending all an passenger trains west of f Chicago go until freight traffic can cane be e moved Drastic authority has been en given to A. A E. E Smith director of oC transportation ion tion to to meet the situation Pa sen- sen gert ert traffic east of Chicago will be curtailed to a m minimum Reports I from rom quarters reaching the of office of- of of-I of ice flee of oC the director general late to tonight tonight to- to I night told of havoc wrought by the I blizzard and windstorm Bridges and trestles have been torn down and in inmany inmany I. I many nany many places freight cars have hae been i blown from the rails I The fuel administration sent orders to 0 operators In the district dis dis- dis I several districts in inVest West Vest Virginia Vitinia Vir Vit ginia inia eastern Kentucky Ohio and I northern Tennessee to discontinue a agar as ag II far Car ar as possible shipments to other states tates west except utilities and byproduct by by- product plants lants and give a J larger supply sup sup- j bY-j ply l Iy to Ohio and Michigan BREAK LOW R RECORDS cORDS Mr 11 Smith called up Director or Gen Con Genera General era eral rul 1 McAdoo i o late this afternoon on the he long distance telephone rind and nd reported re- re re t I ported that conditions condition were ver very bad bada jn in a many sections Heavy vs s siow lOW I around Chicago and to tIme the west vest and south are reported C Cars lS l'S coal and passenger trains are blocked Tand antl and in iii some ome easeS cases I It L will take tale several severa I s sto to 0 dig out th till the freight trains train Low temperature recA records ilis throughput throughout through through- out put the Middle iddle West est have one gone smashing mashing y Snowdrifts e have briedt buried bried t the he e lines fading hig Into the tIme Chi Chicago ago j junctions J O. O g 23 degrees h below low zero Coal cars are freezing up UI In iii this section Despite the conditions reported I I however ver D Director r Gel al M 1 McAdoo CA A do doe I H believes that with a few days of ot fair fairWeather Weather a a measure 0 of oJ relief f will J Je E brought about Through tI the C Central l i West est Vest an and South the tIme conditions are J very nry bad great reat sections of bridges bride being torn out and aUll traffic on some I road temporarily palal paralyzed accordIng according accord accord- ing ag to the reports received ed by the director general late this afternoon A message from J. J J 11 II Young agent agent at t Norfolk said High south winds have piled d up up the lie ice against the Norfolk Southern bridge ridge over r the sound sound approximately approximately ap up- proximately six miles mlle cutting out a largo section of oC the bridge probably 1000 feet long Traffic probably can be le in jen ten teti days The rhe ice iI i ed-i en 2 7 I I MAIL TRAI TRAINS S I r F Continued from page 1 i cut off oft piles from fron 65 to 80 feet I long TEN KILLED IN ST STORM RM r f This abnormal condition will make nake i a a. delay in the movement ent o of oJ f coal coat and passengers l by y this but this may be relieved by a movement over other lines Unes By United Press I WASHINGTON Jan 12 At least ten are dead many Injured and thousands thousands thousands thou- thou sands of dollars' dollars worth of property is isI destroyed tonight following terrific I wind and rain rain- that s swept ept the South last night Freezing temperatures I predicted for tor toni tonight ht threatened to I wreak additional damage and may mayI I develop into the coldest weather on onI i I record Communication was almost I totally paral paralyzed zed for many hours i Incomplete reports over wires Interrupted Interrupted In- In throughout the day Indicated indicated indi Indi- the following dead I Dothan Ala 7 7 Troy Ala 1 1 Macon Maj Ma- Ma j i con Ga 2 Camp Sheridan Ala and Camp Ga suffered heavy I damage from wind and rain Loss toss I of cattle was heavy around Durham N. 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C one school building was wrecked and roofs and signs signs' were razed by the wind Velocities of I six forty-six miles an hour were reported in in some somO sections Uprooted trees II snapped telephone wires and trashed rashed I down dowis on barns and farmhouses Five I hundred tents at Camp Hancock near Auguta Ga were blown to the ground I j Marvin Harris One Hundred I ty-second ty infantry was crush crushed d when I I the corrals at Camp Wheeler was wasI I I wrecked An old was reported I frozen to death Vicksburg Miss i I reported 4 degrees above zero while j II New Orleans shivered at 20 degrees I Sleet weighed hed down dow 1 all wires throughout the South I Newport News reported four ships driven aground near there Details could not be bo obtained up to a late I hour tonight although one ship was wasI I taken to be the from Deni Den- Den i mark I Extensive preparations against the predicted zero wave were taken throughout the South Fruit farms 1 I in Florida it was feared would suffer from the expected freeze Coal shortages shortages short short- ages in many places will cause cause InI intense In- In I 1 tense suffering and heavy l losses in In I Imay livestock may result I Six children were killed and forty lorty others injured when a schoolhouse at atI Dothan Ala caved in under the tho weight I of snow I Ii i Coal dealers In Montgomery disconnected disconnected discon discon- I I I their telephones to keep leep irom being annoyed with orders Not a ton tonof tonof ton tonof I of coal was in any yard there today i and families were freezing because of ot otI I the shortage I Atlanta opened the city auditorium as a place of refuge for or sufferers from i tho the coal famine Zero weather was was was' predicted for Atlanta before morning I i The cold collI wave extending as far south as Florida lorida was preceded b by un unusually unusually un- un usually low barometer pressure 2829 un-I un beIng recorded at Knoxville Tenn Tenni I I Thunderstorms and lightning accompanied accompanied a heavy havy snowfall at As Asheville I N. 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