Show RAINS BENEFIT BENEAT REGION Crops Decidedly Improved I Weather Bureau But Bulletin Bulle te- te I 1 tin Says Says' I WASHINGTON Aug 29 UP UP- UP Recent rains brought decided improvement improvement im ira- provement to crops in much of the drouth territory the weather bureau said today in its weekly crop bulletin From the upper Mississippi river westward however especially from Iowa and central Kansas northward and westward no rain of ot agricultural al importance fell feU last week except 10 locally ally the bureau reported Generally Generally Gener Gener- ally unfavorable ble conditions cont continue in this zone Rainfall greatly benefited the Ohio valley vaHey Missouri much of Arkansas Oklahoma west Texas New Mexico and Arizona The moisture has permitted permitted per per- widespread planting of forage crops Some frost damage was reported in north central states where a month ago temperatures res reached de de- de grees I Late corn the bureau reported 1 shows rather general improvement cast east of oC the Mississippi and lo locally in southern s states t tat a t c es s. s Much of the crop is beyond recovery in hi parts arts of the southwest however |