Stapled to Proof Sheet Volume 30 is a newspaper clipping with 1948 handwritten on it that reads: Middle West Bothered By Dust Storms CHICAGO, April 8 (AP)-Nature shook a loaded dust mop over parts of Texas, Kansas, South Dakota, Oklahoma and Nebraska Saturday. Farmers said the dust storm that struck Western Kansas was the worst since the dust bowl days of the '30's. Heavy winds with dust blowing were reported in the winter wheat belt of Oklahoma around Enid. Dust storms also continued over much of Nebraska and parts of extreme South Dakota. The Kansas storm resulted in visibility being limited to 10 feet or less at some points. A strong south wind reaching speeds up to 50 miles an hour blew valuable topsoil from wheat areas from the Texas Panhandle to Canada. The Weather Bureau said soil blowing may damage wheat in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. The Fort Hays, Kans. experiment station received reports from farmers in the Hugoton, Kans., area that their wheat had been blown out. Reports of the dust storms sent the grain markets higher on Chicago's Board of Trade. A few snow flurries were reported over Eastern New York State and the Northern Rocky mountains, but a Federal forecaster at Chicago said "You could gather all the flakes together and you wouldn't have a good-sized snowball." Temperature continued cold in New York State and New England. The weather moderated over the Great Lakes area, and was mild in the Southern States and Plains States. Readings Saturday included 87 at Miami, official high throughout the Nation for the day; 73 at Brownsville, Texas; 72 at El Paso, Texas, and Omaha, Nebr.; 70 at Kansas City, Mo., and Sidney, Nebr., and 66 at Oklahoma City and Dodge City, Kans. Chilliest reading was 20 at Cut Bank, Mont. Cool weather, however, was spreading eastward from the Central and Northern Pacific Coast and was expected to reach the Middle West Monday. Temperatures in that area will rise gradually tonight and Sunday.