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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 19, 1949)
Cold Weather, Winds Hit Mid-West Again I BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Winter slammed the weather-groggy midcontinent with a new flurry of crippling climatic punches Tuesday. The heaviest snow and sleet and worst cold of the winter lashed parts of the mid-west. In some sections, the triple assault threatened to make winter's previous events seem like little more than a dress rehearsal. Snow piled up an inch an hour rate in Kansas City, stalling Ll cl v*j ovuvui.i ami iUI L ing some business houses to shut down. Kansas City was un der a seven inch blanket by noon and another five inches was forecast. “This is as bad a storm as we ever had in this section of the coun try at any time,” said J. R. Lloyd, district weather forecaster. The snow was general through out the midlands. The sneak storm dumped deep snow on parts of southeast Nebraska, northeast Kansas, northwest Missouri, and into Oklahoma. High Winds Winds of 25 to 35 miles an hour over the area were expected to whip the snow into deep drifts. Blizzard conditions developed in western and northern Nebraska and strong north winds blew down through the Oklahoma Panhandle and into the Texas Panhandle. Forecasters said 12 to 15 inches of snow may cover northwest Mis souri and northwest Kansas by Wednesday. A five inch blanket was predicted for Chicago before the cold wave moves in. Meanwhile, a sleet storm, spear heading a bitter cold wave, spread a sea of ice from Texas northeast ward to central Illinois and Indiana. The new storm hit the midlands just as the section was recovering from ct-he worst ice damage to commun ication lines in years. About two in ches of ice was on the ground at Pittsburgh, Kas., with alternate J? sleet and freezing rain continuing. Temperatures Drop Sleet also snapped communica tions lines, closed some schools and slowed road traffic in Illinois. The weather bureau in Chicago said the cold wave would send tem peratures skidding in the Dakotas, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wis consin, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma. Heavy snow is ex pected to accompany the^hange to colder weather. The mercury was expected to dip to five degrees below zero in Chi cago by Wednesday night, bringing the area its first sub zero weather of the winter. The cold wave hit in western Montana Tuesday morning and spread eastward. The mercury dropped to 14 degrees below zero at Butte. Cold Still Coming At Minot, N. D., the mercury slid from 14 degrees at midnight to 13 below at midafternoon. Daytime sub zero temperatures were general throughout eastern Montana and North Dakota. “The coldest is still moving in from Central Canada,’’ the weather man said. The temperature was expected to dip to 25 degrees below zero in Min nesota by Wednesday. California Hit The cold weather along the Pacif ic seaboard continued as a threat to the California citrus crop. The mercury dropped below the freezing point in some parts of the A Special Corsage for That Special Girl Order your flowers now for the Senior Ball Eugene Flower Home Corner 13th and Patterson Phone 654 NOW! 3 groups of formals Prices * $15.00 ® $20.00 9 $25.00 also formal slips and bras Wedtaaie Shopfie on the campus fruit belt but further damage to citrus crops was not indicated. An incomplete tally of Southern California due to cold and snow showed: 26 per cent of the total ex pected navel and miscellaneous or ange crop destroyed; 27 per cent of the lemon yield; 30 to 50 per cent of the desert grapefruit crop destroy ed; and some 32,000 acres of com mercial vegetables seriously dam aged. Change Rooms for Russian Ballerina Because of a conflict in room as signments, the schedule has been changed for the January 20 show ing of the Soviet film, “Russian Ballerina.” The 3:30 performance will be in 207 Chapman hall and at 7:30 the film will be run in 101 physical education building. Sponsored by the Russian club, the movie is a gay, romantic story against a background of beautiful music and ballet in the Russian tradition that produced Pavlova and Nizhinsky. It features Tsch^i kowsky’s “Swan Lake Ballet.” The film has English titles and runs for an hour and twenty-five minutes. Tickets will be on sale in the Co-op Wednesday and at the door Thursday. Today’s Staff Hal Coleman, city editor. Night Staff—Lorna Larson, edi tor, Margery Bush, Pat Wenke, Warren Collier, Edith Kading. Ann Gillenwaters, Day Manager; Might Staff: Estelle Nordgan; Jean ne Hoffman; Margaret Edwards; Barbara Richardson; Barbara Met calf; Lee McGran; Pat Finnegan; Kay Kuckenberg; Jean Lovell. Wild Notes (Continued from page six) A tune which we hope the Hit Parade doesn’t get hold of was recently issued on Columbia rec ords by Tony Pastor and group with a provocative Rosemary Cluney vocal. Ask for “You Start ed Something” and you’ll know what. It should be good listening for a long time, unless Joe, Mike, Harry, and Yo-Yo start request* ing it for their Snooky, etc. Remember the Senior Sortie— A gal, a suit, and two-forty. All the Guy Really Wants (Continued from page six) eight o'clocks, anyway.” The second scene is three months later in an Emerald street trailer. ‘‘You never told me before we were married that you couldn’t cook.” ‘‘Well, you knew I was going to be a career newspaperwoman. And who heard of a career woman knowing how to cook?” “I used to eat a lot better in the Straub dining room. And while we’re on the subject, when I was in India my maid always had a hot pot of coffee ready at all hours. She also shined my shoes, had my clothes ready for me each morning, and never talked back. Why can’t you be like her?” ‘‘You brute! Here I work my fingers to the bone banging a nasty old typewriter in the reg istrar’s office to put you through college, and you complain that the j food isn’t as good as that served j in the Straub dining room.” “You should have married one of those girls in New Guinea you're always talking about—the ones with rings in their noses.” “I’m going home to mother!” j Discovery that there are 14 Reds in the state department was not made by examination of the depart ment’s policies. Russian Film Offers Romance, Music, Dancing, English Titles Russian Ballerina, a gay mu- ; sicaJ comedy based on the tradition- 1 si ballet music of “Swan Lake” and 'Sleeping Beauty" by Tschaikow sky, is more than just another an- | nthcr Russian movie. Beautiful music, spectacular set- j Lings and talented ballet artists and singers provide eighty-five minutes i of first class enjoyment. The dia ogue, entirely in Russian, is ac companied by the English transla :ion on the screen. Romance plays an important part n the plot which is centered around the famous Ballet School of Train ng at Lenningrad. The Russian ar :ists demonstrate real dramatic ibilitv in addition to their superb lancing. The first performance of this worthwhile movie will be on Thurs day, January 20, at 3:30 p. m. in 207 Chapman. At 7:30 the same even- 1 ng, the movie will be shown in 101 P. E. Speaks at Lebanon Golda P. Wickham, director of women's affairs, will address the Lebanon high school Girls' League in the characteristics necessary for a successful vocation this after noon. After the meeting Mrs. Wickham will confer with mothers of Oregon students from Lebanon. Joint Political Meeting Tonight Bob Davis, president of the IS.', Marie Lombard, secretary-treasur er of AGS. and Lou Weston, co chairman of the finance committees of the USA, will present the views of their political parties and the general political situation on the campus from 6:30 to 7:30 tonight at the YWCA. Sponsored by the public affairs committee of the YWCA, the meeting is mainly for the fresh man commissions. “With freshman, elections coming up soon, the freshmen will know for whom to vote if they understand the politi cal picture better," said Claire Wi ley, chairman of the committee. Miss Wiley stressed that the meeting will not be a forum, panel, or discussion period, but a question period will follow the talks. Moms Hear Fogdall Vergil S. Fogdall, director of men’s affairs, will speak to the Portland unit of Oregon Mothers tomorrow. Fogdall’s topic for the 11 a.m. meeting, to be held in the Neigh bors of Woodcraft hall, will be “A Personnel Dean Looks at Your Sons and Daughters at Oregon.” REMEMBER THOSE DELICIOUS FRUITS AND VEGETABLES GET THEM NOW IN CANS—BETTER THAN FRESH DIAMOND "A" BRAND— THE FINEST IN CANNED GOODS Eugene Fruit Growers' Association Main Office — 700 Ferry I H A V E I T C H E C IC E D E N O w I he battery is tire heart of your ear “LET’S GET ASSOCIATED” WALDER’S ASSOCIATED SERVICE IItli and Hillyard