Show V 8 BOTH JH HEAT fAT C COLD lD CHICAGO May lay 4 AP U AP It blew hot bot and cold over the middle wes west yesterday and toda today but mostly hot When hen temperatures te reached 90 degrees in Chicago and other middle mid mid dle west cities yesterday afternoon they shattered all previous weather burc u records for May 3 Never before had the mercury risen so high so early iIi iri the the files of ot the Chicago go weather bureau showed There was much discomfort from front the sudden baking but but- no fatali fatali- ties Many hundreds sought relief re- re lief at the he beaches splashing in waters only recently treed freed of ot ice The broiling sun met with nith disfavor dis dis- disfavor favor lavor in many farming centers where rain is need needed d but the the wea- wea weather weather ther bureau sent a word of or cheer by promising showers before to tonight to- to nl night ht Eastern Kansas ansas had It its its- hottest May 3 of 30 years vears while whilo one point in western Kansas reported snow a. a accompanied by rain Th The warming winds sang oi of summers summer's approach as far fare north as Lake Superior where heavy rains raIn and a southwest breeze helped to dl drive ve the Ice out of or the lake off WhItefish point With a break In Inthe Inthe inthe the the ice lee at Whitefish which had been frozen solid soUd the steamers Queen and King down bound from from were wele able to get g-et through When winter locked boats boats' at Sault Ste. Ste Marie Marje learned 1 that the Duluth boats had effected a pa passage passage pass pass- s. s age ge through h Whitefish bay severa several immediately cleared for the head of the lakes fakes l les With Lake Superior open traffic on the great lakes Is expected to go forward swiftly |