Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-05-22 | Page 6 | Showers Abate Drouth Menace

I I SHOWERS ABATE DROUTH MENACE I Rains Bring Joy to Northern Norther n t L. L Illinois and Parts of Wisconsin CHICAGO Ma May 22 P The JP-The The P-The The drouth drout was checked partially at nt least In tome some areas of the parched portions cf or the central west toda today Farmers of or northern Illinois and in income come ome sections of Wisconsin hailed with joy downpours that broke a wave of Intense heat and md brought aid to Lo crops Rains ranging upwards to one Inch fell tell in some sections of or Wisconsin yesterday and last night Rain also wo was reported In Detroit Grand Rapids and Sault Ste. Ste Marie Mich as well as St Sl Jo Joseph ph Mo Toledo Toledo To To- ledo Jedo Ohio and Laporte Ind but on the thc hc whole the showers were not regarded re re rc regarded by crop experts as sufficient to salvage substantial amounts of crops that have been burning for days In Nebraska one of the hardest hit of r the rainless rainless- states stales there were a afew few light showers that helped bring relief leIfe from the intense heat but gave little lUe help to the thc farmers