Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1919 — BLIZZARD RAGES OVER THE WESTERN STATES [ARTICLE]

BLIZZARD RAGES OVER THE WESTERN STATES

Short duration was accorded by the weather bureau forecasters to the cold snap that brought zero weather in western states and near zero weather in middle western states. The bureau predicted rising temperatures in much of the region between the Rockies and the Mississippi „river, with generally warmer weather Sunday. . ' Blizzard conditions in trans-Miss-issippi states appear to be abating. A gale from the southwest, reaching 48 miles an hour, brought a rapid drop of the mercury from 46 degrees at noon to 15 degrees above at m. in Chicago, with a minimum of 8 above zero predicted., ,