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Show oo IH HEAVY RAIN I IS FALLING I Los Angeles Streets Made Rivers, Street Traffic Demoralized Los Angeles. Feb. 24. Nearly four and one-half Inches of rain in sigh- hours- ill. hes rieal pret ipits - H tion recorded in Los Angeles since the weather bureau was established iH made rivers of the streets today. demoralized street car traffic, stall-ed stall-ed automobiles by flooding their ll magnetos, interrupted telephone com- .H un nications and seriously inconven- il idnced the entire city Indications rl were that the storm would continue for another 12 hours, without abate-ment. abate-ment. Neurly everybody was from one to two hours late in getting downtown j ;H lo business. Iaundry wasons were i popular, aud muny a merchant could ' be seen cosily ensconced with the week's wash, splashing cautiously f1! through from two to four feet of ; oo iMMM |