Show AIR MAIL SERVICE IN WEST SUSPENDED WHEN SNOWFALL MENACES LIVES OF FLIERS Salt Lake Pilot Encounters Tr Trouble Trouble Trou Trou- U- U ble hIe Landing After Test Flight Heavy snowstorms raging aging across th the country from Reno Nev to Cheyenne Wyo caused a suspension of air mail service on the Western Vestern division today according to Claron Nelson assistant divisional superintendent in charge at Woodward field In the first heavy snowfall yesterday Pilot Scott was lost for nearly two hours in the storm between here and Rock Springs Pilot I Paine flying the same route avoided the storm by passing beneath it at a dangerously low elevation Today the I atmosphere was as so choked with falling I snow that It would be suicide to at attempt attempt at- at I tempt a distance flight it Is said I Early this morning Pilot Kenneth i iUnger j jUnger Unger on the run to Elko took the air all I at Woodward field to see If It he could get above the storm He encountered such heavy weather that he found I great difficulty In making a successful successful successful success success- ful landing on the home ground only I a few tew minutes after taking of off ac according according according ac- ac cording to Mr Nelson A warning to Salt Lake merchants was Issued by postal authorities through Mr Nelson today Reports have been received of ot a check artist posing as an anair air mail mall official and as such passing worthless checks on merchants merchants merchants mer mer- chants in various parts of the country This man commenced operations inthe in inthe I the East several weeks ago and was last heard from in the Middle West Vest working his way toward vard this city ItIs it itIs itis Is said He signs various names but usually prefixes the rank of lieutenant lieutenant lieuten ant to his signature Ranges Benefited By Snowfall Utah ranges are being benefited greatly throughout the state by the snowfall which Is reported today by the United States weather bureau to extend Into practically every section of the IntermountaIn country Unsettled Unsettled Unsettled Un Un- settled weather is reported for the rest of the day with a probability of fair fairand fairand fairand and cold weather tomorrow Weather Veather experts declared the snowfall snowfall snow snow- fall tall to be just what the farmers and livestock growers were looking for The disturbances over Utah has moved slowly southeastward and was reported as central over southwestern Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- rado today Snow has been general over the Rocky mountains and the northern plains states Temperatures have dropped generally over the West and risen from the Mississippi river eastward Weather Veather reports for October Just re released released released re- re leased Show the weather for that month to have been generally ideal throughout Utah for tor grain rain and alfalfa seed threshing apple picking sugar beet and potato digging livestock handling and other outdoor work the killing frosts coming unusually late at atthe atthe atthe the lower levels and prolonging the agricultural season very favorably The dearth of rain however Is said to have retarded the germination and growth of fall tall sown grains and the growth of range lange grasses Weather Guesses Per Cent Correct How often are the dally daily forecasts for tor Utah accurate IThe I The question was answered in a re report report report re- re port made public today by the United I States weather bureau In the Boston building It shows that the daily dally fore- fore Continued on payee page 4 4 I Continued from page 1 1 casts have averaged per cent correct correct correct cor cor- according to a year five-year average of verifications The Utah forecasts are issued early each morning by the district forecaster at Denver Colo for the thirty six hours ending at 6 p p. p m m. tomorrow Amplifications for specific localities are made In the weather bureau at at Salt Lake Distribution of or the reports re reports re- re ports in printed form is made dan dally daily at government expense and through the thee vOluntary cooperation of the e news news- papers Telephone companies in various sections sections sec- sec distribution of fhe the state also coop cooperate rato in the of the reports over the telephone Postmasters and health authorities also cooperate Livestock men farmers shippers users o of the highways building contractors contractors and business men In general whose interests inter inter- interests ests are affected by the weather are aw said to regularly consult the forecasts and to depend to a great degree upon their accuracy |