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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 31, 1949

Page

2

Snowbound Lna Austin Scenes Show Cold City Life

Austinites view a snowbound street scene with Driver Jimmy Dunlap and plow guide Virgil Skoog. Another photo features Skoog with the truck tailgate used to clear the snow. A river view shows the Colorado Bank and a moving bridge traffic. A boat rests near Lake Austin while Jimmy Oliver surveys a snow man and Kenneth G. Roesle plays in the snow.

Colorado Lake Austin Jimmy Oliver Kenneth G. Roesle Enfield Road

All of State Except Lower Valley Hit by Snow Deluge

Snow covered most of Texas with 2 to 8 inch depths in the San Angelo area while Nacogdoches Tyler Jacksonville and Lufkin saw continued snowfall. Monday’s forecast called for single digits to low 20s in various regions with partly cloudy skies and warmer daytime temperatures. The Army reported food and fuel shortages as rescue efforts continued to reach isolated areas west of Omaha and San Angelo amid the winter crisis.

State Lower Valley San Angelo Nacogdoches Tyler Jacksonville Lufkin West Texas East Texas Texas Harlingen Rio Grande Valley Washington Omaha Neb Gulf of Alaska Ledo Road China US Weather Bureau Rocky Mountain Flagstaff Ariz Missouri Basin Army Arizona Nebraska Chicago Lone Rock Wis Miles City Mont New Orleans Brownsville Miami New York City Dallas Panhandle South Plains Llano South Texas Boerne Junction Austin Waco San Antonio Ad Bryan Beaumont Huntsville Houston del Rio Crystal City Weather Bureau Galvesen Orange

Winter Storm Hits Texas With Snow Blocking Roads

White schools in Austin cancel Monday classes due to a teacher institute. UT Austin resumes Wednesday. Snowing blanketed Blanco Llano Gillespie Burnet counties with up to 10 inches. Llano and Fredericksburg report nearly 10 inches. Marble Falls isolated. Schools closed in Lockhart Kyle San Marcos.

Austin J. W. Edgar T. S. Painter University of Texas Highway Department Blanco Llano Gillespie Burnet Montopolis Airport Boulevard West Seventh Street Walter Seaholm Seaholm Western Union Southwestern Bell Telephone Company The Telephone Company Ll. W. Davis State Highway Patrol W. J. White Travis County Elmo Cook Fredericksburg Johnson City Marble Falls Bastrop San Marcos Lockhart Kyle

Stalin signals openness to meeting Truman on Germany

Stalin indicated he would have no objection to meeting President Truman ten days after, a stance framed amid Soviet moves. A Soviet white paper denounced the North Pact as aiming to dominate via force, while Oslo talks on Scandinavian defense faltered over neutrality versus Western integration.

Stalin Truman Germany Andrei Y. Vishinsky Bovine Dey Washington United States Britain France Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg Oslo Norway Sweden Denmark Greece Berlin China

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