48 Hours More
Snow For
Northwest
SEATTLE, <JP) — Weather
weary Pacific northwest resi
dents shrugged off as “just one of
those things” today a weather
bureau forecast that intermittent
snows would plague the region for
at least another 48 hours.
The mantle of white, starting
with the 20-inch cover blown in
by last Friday’s whistling Arctic- j
bred blizzard, has made a stock
joke of Washington’s motto: “The
Evergreen State.”
The subnormal weather contin
ued, buses and trains neared reg
ular schedules. Schools began to
open. Housewives resumed nor
mal shopping tours.
Six southern Pacific trains, held
up for hours in Oregon’s Cascade
mountains by derailment of a
snowplow and work train, re
sumed their runs yesterday. They
carried 1,450 passengers.
For many, however, the tedious
task of readjustment was just be
ginning. Property damage ran in
to the millions of dollars and at
least 11 persons were known dead
as a result of the cold, wind and
snow.
Tacoma, alone, estimated the
toll of pounding waves to small
craft and waterfront homes and
bulkheads in the vicinity of $1,
000,000.
Yakima reported a frigid 18 de
gress below early today witty Spo
kane and Ephrata not too much
better off at minus 16.
Coldest spot in western Wash
ington appeared to be Olympia,
which had an 8 degree reading ac
companied by a fog which limited
visibility to a quarter mile.
It was 13 at the Seattle-Tacoma
international airport, one degree
less than at Tacoma and three de
grees colder than at Boeing field
in Seattle.
In Oregon, Portland shivered
at 8 degrees, Salem, 11.
Meanwhile, at Vancouver,Wash,
the Clark county sheriff’s office
reported deputies had packed
food into several homes isolated
in the northern end of the county.
Families Flee
Rising Wabash
By the Associated Press
Imperiled townsfolk sand
bagged levees or fled before the
rising Wabash and Ohio rivers in
southern Indiana and Illinois to
day. Further downstream the big
Mississippi, fed by all the swollen
tributaries, prepared for the big
gest flood night in 13 years.
The historic fortress city of Vin
cennes, Ind., expects a Wabash
river crest of 28Vfe or 29 feet Fri
day. But army engineers say they
may save the city from the flood
waters. They say they have the
manpower and equipment to hold
out the river if it doesn’t go above
30 feet.
But on the Illinois shore of the
Ohio, and along the Wabash and
Little Wabash rivers, more fam
ilies were forced from their
homes.
Hundreds are homeless in Illi
nois, Indiana and Arkansas.
Evacuation of all persons living
in the extreme north end of the
Birds Point-New Madrid flood
way in southeastern Missouri was i
ordered by United States engin
| eers and the American Red Cross
today. Nearly 12,000 persons arc
I affected.
Forty army trucks were pressed
; into service.
Elsewhere in the nation, rain
! and snow plagued northern Cal
j ifornia and the downpour is ex-,
I pccted to reach as far south as the
; San Joaquin valley of central Cal
I ifornia. Intermittent snows con
| tinued in the snow-blanketed Pac
i ific northwest. Colder weather
| swept into parts of the southland.
' Below zero cold still held north
ern border states in their grip.
None of the families was be
lieved to be in immediate stress.
Ice which disrupted upper Col
umbia river traffic over the week
end began appearing in thin floes
in the lower. Although it hasn’t
bothered downriver traffic, Bon
neville dam engineers had to cut
the dam’s power frequency for a
half hour yesterday to clear icei
from behind a generator. j
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ALASKAGRAM No. 15
CLLE: Not in the Banana Belt, but near the mouth
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boasts a Moravian Mission.
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(Placed (Extra Letter)
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P. O. Box.Town...
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CLUE: A family name closely associated with Alas
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(Placed (Extra Letter)
Your Name.
P. O. Box.Town.
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