Show Ml M I HEAT DEATHS REACH BURNING SUN TAKES HEAVY TOLL IN N EAST Crops Wither Livestock Dies y as Mercury Me M Mounts to New Highs 88 FATALITIES TODAY Wa Water er Shortage Grows Acute in Many Sections 13 By Associated P Press s The third day of plus temperatures temperatures tempera tempera- tures today boosted the toll o of the country's intense heat wave wave- to deaths To the list of victims claimed by bythe bythe bythe I the sweltering heat of Thursday and andl Frida Friday the day added another 88 Scores more w were e prostrated Twenty eight were dead in Chicago a alone one Missouri's toll for the three days rose to 61 Twenty five heat deaths had been reported in Kansas City City- r From Prom Ohio t to tb the southwest the mercury boiled upward again hitting highs of in Cincinnati in n Defiance Defiance De Dc fiance Ohio and passing paining the mark long Jong before no noon noon n in the sunbaked sunbaked sun sunbaked baked plains of the cc central states In many cities the days day's readings seemed likely to break time long July records and to outdo the highs set by Fridays Friday's blazing assault Temperatures of ot more than de de- Continued on Page Pace Two I I ARE DEAD i I IN IN HEAT WAVE J 4 I I Continued from Irom Pare Page One I grees were common yesterday throughout the stricken area and no general jeneral relief wa was in prospect Al AI though hough a temporary break came las last night with cooling showers in west vest em Nebraska a a. a In t St. St Louis where 30 have perished from tho the h heat t so o far th this i season the temperature was was yesterday Chiago Chicago Chi Chi- ago cago h had hd d 89 New York got a tern breathing spell peU from a max maximum maxi maxi- mum of 00 gO degrees when showers jell fell but afterward the tho mercury shot back backup up to 87 The Tho plains states were wore again hard ard hit Pierre S S. S D. D had Quincy III lit Kan too OO I 4 Mexico Mo Mor was the hottest spot with W Water ter Shor Shortage rc Acute In Iowa and other west mid sections the water shortage continued acute Chicago took steps steps' to conserve its ib supply to prevent a lira fire hazard Al All persons parsons were as asked cd to stop opening fire fire- hydrants for use as aa outdoor showers At Fort Smith Ark hundreds o of persons Joined in a prayer meeting for rain ran Me Meanwhile the loss Joss in livestock grew hourly Horse lorae Were v reported falling dead jn In the harvest fields field and I cattle ill from thirst and hun hunger er were perishing in th the thc pasture |