Show MiDWEST GETS o SNOW BLANKET I Three Deaths and Blocked Traffic Laid to Storm a low mark of at 13 dc dc- dc dc o nos o zero itro early carly Thurs Thurs- Thursday day morning the temperature has slowly to higher levels le In fn Ogden according tolie to he lie l c official figures fl of or Aria Anc Van Yan de dc Graaff cr for tor forthe the tho U So S weather bureau In Ogden The ma lias as 41 and the minimum 13 for the hour 12 period l ending at e 6 o'clock Thursday evening c at which time lime the mercury stood at 2 23 25 degrees For the night 12 hour pe period rind tho maximum ma mum was 28 and 10 with 28 at lit an early carly hour bour this morning CHICAGO Feb 19 Wy 19 By The Associated Ire The Press Press The s-The The middle west Is la wondering It the popular Quotation should not be changed to read It s spring comes can winter be tar far behind 1 For today one of o the winters winter's heaviest snowfalls cover covers coven sections where a a few days das ago aso balmy breezes breeze set st small boys playing I marbles and Inspired adult hopes that the worst was over And weather e ther bur bureau bureau au said It I would be colder with zero near near temperatures The storm which originated In Alaska and swept east from the was movIng movIng moving ing northeastward today Its tan fan fanlike like fan like spread covering the Ohio val valley ley Icy where snow was promised THREE DEATHS In Its Ita wake the driven sale Bale snow IIno left three dead blocked roads delayed trains fighting through drifts Interrupted air airmail airmail mall mail service and disrupted corn com com communication and power service Only In Kansas was wu It hailed with delight W Wheat eat farmers there wh where re at Russell the snow wu was 14 Inches deep said It was good for tor the wheat crop Chicago and Kansas City street streetcar streetcar car companies used hundreds of men and scores scort's of plows and weepers sweepers to keep their tracks clear r Street department officials In n Chicago estimate mate that more than would be spent to- to today today to today day In finishing the work start rd rd ed yesterday of ot freeing treeing the down down- downtown downtown downtown town street streets from snow Enow and Ice AIR Aln MAIL fAIL DELAYED DEL Flying conditions were about normal today and officials antici antici- anticipated anticipated no fu further delays The east east- eastbound eastbound east bound piano plane yesterday was held up 12 hours coming Into Chicago and mall mail from the east cast was de- de delayed delayed de delayed about two hour hours houri Most of the Interruption to rail traffic was In the Plains states where drifts were eight and ten feet teet deep The maximum delay In western train schedules was nine hours Delegates to a a convention In DOdge City Kansas were snow snow- snowbound bound In their hotels and unable to stet let to the meeting place five Twenty five trucks bringing Into Chicago were stalled on roads ROAR noAn HEARD TlC The vortex of the dorm was at atthe the atthe corner tri contact or of o Missouri Kansas and Arkansas the weather bureau lIal said l 1 behavior accompanied It In to some sections of Kansas and Iowa where light light- lightning light lightning ning flashes and thunder pealed as the huge whirling flakes fete felt One Ono of the victims of the storm was Wal a woman Sirs Mrs TS Alex Pfeifer ot Hays Has Kansas who vho tell fell Into a snow drift and perished after atter sho Bhe had lad left lert a Q stalle stalled 1 automobile and tried houseA to walk to it ft farm house A man died In Kansas City or of heart disease brought on by over over- overexertion overexertion exertion while whilo sho shoveling snow A A Chicago man diet ot exposure Sections of ol the tho northwest re- re reported re reported ported the at t temperatures temperature St t Paul had nine above and MU- MU waukee 10 with snowfalls among the tho heaviest of the season Sev Sev- Several Severa Sev Several era eral Peoria clU cities Including Pe- Pe Pe-oria Pe orla oria Decatur Bloomington and Quincy reported blocked roads delayed traction and bus traffic and tampered hampered light and power service |