Show I I I COLD GOLD WAVE TRAILS MIDWEST HOT SPELL Mercury Drops Sharply Over Half o of Nation P CHICAGO Aug 21 UP UP Covering Cover Cover- ing virtually the same region where died died of the heat weeks ago a cold wave dashed thermometer readings downward today over half ball the he nation Temperature Temperature-c between 50 and 60 degrees Agrees were the rule over the midwest mid- mid west vest this morning with readings of 45 5 to 50 degrees not uncommon Cleveland was wa-s one of the coldest spots pots on o the weather map with the mercury below 45 degrees It was 47 In Toledo 53 in Detroit and 56 6 in hi Indianapolis Farther west Chicago touched 50 degrees Milwaukee 51 Madison 46 St St. Paul and Minneapolis 61 61 Kansas City 61 and St. St Louis 63 Rain fell at t St. St Louis and much of Missouri and nd Iowa was overcast with clouds The cold extended well Into Colorado and nd south to Kentucky and Tennes- Tennes see sec ee Weather bureau forecasters predicted predict- predict ed d rising temperatures by night with showers howers following over a dozen states slates |