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Show BLIZZARD IS SWEEPINGIiONTi TO THE GULF Weather Condition In Middle West The Worst In Twenty Years Train Service In Chaotic Condition New Storm Center Develops. Kansas fit, Jan. 13. Not In twen-ty-flvo jears has tho southwest experienced ex-perienced such severe winter conditions condi-tions as those of last night und early today, Although the blizzard which swept Kansas, northern Oklahoma and southern 'Missouri jesterdny at forty miles an hour has abated tho mer-cuiy mer-cuiy today dropped to the lowest point of tho season. Twenty degices below yeio was reglsteted here at 8 o'clock today. Conditions In western Kaunas wete tho worst since 18S0. Train service on all western linos was In a chaotic condition and ou somo roads was temporarily abandoned. abandon-ed. Tho whole southwest, after nlmost three weeks of extremo winter coupled with gas and transportation famine faced a situation which, unless conditions condi-tions Improvo within a few days will be desperate. Swamped by appeals for aid, tho heaviest slnco its organization, tho Kansas City Provident association Issued Is-sued an announcement that unless more contributions were received Immediately Im-mediately starvation and freezing among dependents would result. Thousands Thou-sands aro without emplojment In tho city. Reeotd hi caking temperatures ix-tended ix-tended throughout tho Missouri valley, Sioux City felt a temperature) of 3." degrees below zero. At Omaha and Lincoln It was 20 degrees below zero. The Kansas state utilities commission commis-sion and the railroads today Joined In an effort to Improve conditions In tho western towns nnd communities Isolated Isolat-ed on blockndo branch lines. Farmers take Advantage of Situation. Repoits f i om Junction City, Kan., say that desplto tho Intense cold fat in-ei, in-ei, mo drawing thutr wheat fifteen miles through deep snow In order to tako advautngc of present good pi Ices A sehoolhouho near Junction City w .s destrojed by flro today. Teacher and pupils snved the contents. Two chll ill en weio so bndly fioen that thcli condition Is dangerous. ToinperntuioH reached tho tovvus' point jesterday In Knnsas, Nebraska South Dakota, Iowa and Missouri. Tin figure 20 below recorded hero and the lowest January leading known to the bureau. Readings imigcd fiom 0 belo v at Oklahoma City and 1 below at "Amu llllu Tex., to 12 below In Union, S.D Tho cold wave today spiead to th" Texas coast, whole Corpus C'lnlstt was Mm tied bj a temperature of 20 de giees, al-coinpanled by n suowslorn driven by a high wind. Galveston "e couled 21 degrees with a high not Mi west wind Shrevepore. La. had Jfi degrees with snow. |