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Show Frost Warnings Issued Abornmally Cold Weather Prevails Throughout the Ent re Country Except Gulf States Washington, May 17. Abnormally cold wenthor prevailed tonight throughout the entire country except the gulf states, with temporatures 20 degrees bolow tho seasonal average In tho uppor lake region and- tho Da-kotas. Da-kotas. Reports to tho weather bureau told of two disturbances, one accompanied by heavy frosts in Nebraska, Minnesota Minne-sota and parts of Iowa and Wisconsin, Wiscon-sin, and tho other attendod by rains over tho northern states cast of the Mississippi, which wero said to bo responsible for tho unsettled condition condi-tion nnd low temperatures. Tho eas tern storm was said to bo passing at Into the Atlantic, and tho ono In tho west to bo moving eastward. Frost warnings wore Issued tonight for tho northwest states, except Montana, Mon-tana, and for the great centrnl valleys, val-leys, except tho lower Mississippi, for tho lako region nnd tho central portions of tho east mountain districts. |