THE AMERICAN WINTER
BLIZZARD IN NORTH-WEST
COLD SPREADING SOUTH
> NEW YORK, 7th February. A blinding snowstorm blanketed the north-western areas of the . United States to-day, with.a biting gala forcing temperatures to the lowest levels for several years. Many points on both sides of the Canadian border registered temperatures 3_ degrees below zero. The village of Moran, Wyoming, experienced a record lqw temperature of 55 below zero. Unusual cold was felt as far southward as the Gulf of Mexico and as far eastward as Pittsburg, with indications that it would spread throughout the eastern section. Several days' storms disorganised traffic in Chicago, Kansas City,* and other large cities. Two were killed and many injured in Chicago. The school children of, Oklahoma City were warned by radio broadcast to remain at honie.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 33, 9 February 1933, Page 11
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130THE AMERICAN WINTER Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 33, 9 February 1933, Page 11
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