Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-07-30 | Page 1 | Mercury Drops over Country

DROPS Ps r po 4 Rainstorms in East Lower I Tj T i p ra Ie- Ie r M May Ma- Ma y t e ally By y th tha A Pr Local L L cal ei weather prevailed tn n many sections of f the United States t today d y which ought brought to such places temporary relief from the thi g general nir t heat wave which h. h has held this thil country rid arid Can Canada d i Iri 1 its Ita grip grip- for more than a weak wik Rainstorms along al ng parts partir of ot the Atlantic Atlantic- seaboard the s uth Ohio valley and and the southwest lout late lite yesterday yes yes- drove droye the mercury sharply downward from the tha high altitudes that It had gained d' d during the day Ninety was the general temperature temperature temperature tempera tempera- ture throughout the United States st t s yesterday with at Bat Baltimore and nd Oklahoma City highest Rainfall which was heaviest at New Orleans and unusually great at EI EL 1 Paso aso Tex rex started today off ott much cooler In these favored sections but hut the we weather er bureau forecast that th the moz- moz mercury mercury- ury would J not ot stay down fo for long The Ohio valley this morning had lemp temperatures rat res ranging tro from n 4 to 12 Continued on page Jage 4 Si s-Si MERCURY DROPS I OVER COUNTRY Continued d from page t degrees lower than 3 yesterday but along Lake Like Erie it was vas 4 de degrees reh higher In many o Otter er regions where here rain is badly needed none felt fell felt including Ontario where t re are are ragIng rag rag- irig Ing and n ral rain has b been en scant all aU the the- theMer year I Mer Metropolitan t-ev t New NewYork york ex erl ence thunder thundershowers showers last evening that lowered the temper temperature turo but after a. a slow show start tO athe mercury at 10 10 o'clock clock had hid cUm climbed bed to SO 30 SO just 3 degrees degre s. s under the mark for tor the same hour y yesterday Not quite as warm today the country aver Q the forecast f read but this this' probably meant little to Edmonton Ed monton Alia Altai wh where re yesterday ester ay the mercury mo mounted to lOS degrees