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Newspaper
Twin Falls Chronicle
Location
Twin Falls, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1920
Page
5
James Henle reports on a vast winter storm hitting New York City, causing unprecedented losses and paralysis. The storm halts deliveries, disrupts rail and port operations, and leaves warehouses full while storm conditions persist for weeks. city snow-fighters struggle as rail lines and roads bog down, and costs soar above estimates.
The Warsaw? Washington? embassy reports the supreme council will send President Wilson's Adriatic note tomorrow. A semi official communique says the council will not publish the correspondence to avoid weakening the Versailles treaty. Denial asserts no British or other non American changes by Grey or Chamberlain were intended.
Metrologist James from the Weather Bureau described a five day storm in York with persistent sleet rain and snow. The sequence ran from early morning to midnight each day culminating in a reported total snowfall of five and a half inches. The report lists phased weather changes and accumulating totals across the period.
Fragmentary AP datum mentions Mary with unclear context. No readable event, date, or location to anchor a full item. Further text needed to derive a coherent headline and summary.
Miss Alice Rozanska and her sister resume daily life as heavy snow isolates New York City. The piece notes skiing learned in Christiana Norway and mentions steam shovels clearing streets. A Harlem trio builds a snow house on Madison Avenue and 119th Street enjoying the record snowfall.
The Associated Press reports Washington February details on a fourteen percent wage rise for coal miners and the impact on public utilities. M H Aylesworth of the National Electric Light Association testified before the coal strike settlement commission and the Senate commerce subcommittee, saying the public was misled into thinking the rise would not be passed to consumers, but charges to utilities would rise accordingly.
The Associated Press reports national bank deposits in reserve cities rose by 193.385 million from November 17 to December 31. Of 66 reporting cities, 44 posted an overall increase of 27.911 million while 22 showed a combined decline of 84.526 million. In the three central reserve cities New York Chicago and St Louis the rise totaled 130.605 million with various city fluctuations elsewhere.
Washington report from February 17 notes the peace treaty compromise negotiations have grown tangled. Senate backers warn that despite some claims lines are weakening, momentum toward agreement remains unlikely. Senator Hitchcock, Democratic leader, laments that Republican aides are not forthcoming and compromises on Article 10 reservations seem rejected.
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