Show I j I 17 Below at Denver 31 Below at Lander Weather Bureau Predicts Prolonged Cold Wave Now Spreading E Eastward and Southward rd d' d j record for tor the four cold waves which Colo Dec 9 Setting Setting a DENVER have havo touched Denver Den so far this winter the mercury dropped to td 19 D S degrees degrees' below zero at 6 G o'clock this morning according to an official statement Issued by the weather bureau The extremely low temperature in Colorado Wyoming and western Nebraska Interfered greatly with train service and shipments of ot fuel In these sections have ben brought almost to a standstill Passenger schedules were also disrupted and last night nl ht two of ot the fast tast trains for Eastern astern points were annulled because of ot storm conditions between Denver and Omaha At Casper Casner Wyo Vo the tho coldest snap since 1912 brought a temperature of ot 18 below zero zero It Jt was wa 31 degrees below at Lander and stock and elk elle elkin elkin elleIn in the Jackson Hole country of ot Wyoming Wyoming Wyo Wyo- ming were reported perishing SNOW PLOWS BUSY I LINCOLN Neb Keb Dec Dee 9 The The I cago Burlington Quincy railroad I reported through passenger trains I detained at Nebraska points while snowplows were being used to clear I awa away snowdrifts With clearing I weather toda today however Burlington officials said they the expected to have havethe havethe havethe the lines reopened b by the end of ot the I da day HALTS TRAFFIC LINCOLN Neb Dec 9 Train Train I traffic crippled by a a. heavy fall of ot I Isnow snow In Nebraska yesterday and last I Inight Interfered night was still seriously which I with today toda while temperatures reached ns os low as 22 below zero I forced big reductions In the states state's dwindling fuel tuel supply COLD TO CONTINUE W WASHINGTON Dec 9 t A A Prolonged prolonged prolonged Pro pro- longed period of ot cold weather w ather over the entire country is indicated tho the weather bureau announced today by bythe bythe bythe the the abnormally high pressure prea ure over the region rIon west of ot the and the low low- over the Gulf QuIt qZ Mexico the Ohio valley alley and off ote the be north Pacific coast I The Tho cold O I in the W West t J spreading eastward and southward with zero temperatures temperature as far tar south as the Texas Panhandle and cold weather Is forecast in the East and South tonight and tomorrow RECORD AT BILLINGS BILLINGS Mont Dec 9 The The lowest low tow pst est temperature in twenty-three twenty years cars was recorded corded In Billings last night when the government go observers observer's thermometer thermometer thermometer ther ther- registered 36 degrees below zero Weather eather records ar not available available available ble prior to 1896 The rho maximum temperature temperature temperature tem tem- for the hour four period ending at 8 o'clock this morning mornIng morn- morn ling Ing was 22 degrees below zero |