Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-12-07 | Page 5 | California's Crops Hurt by Heat Wave

CALIFORNIA'S CROPS HURT BY HEAT WAVE LOS ANGELES Dec 7 GP P- P Southern California's bumper citrus crop is endangered by the curren current record-breaking record heat spell agricultural agricultural tural authorities agreed today R. R C. C Gerber county farm bureau secretary at San Bernardino where the mercury touched 93 yesterday yesterday- three degrees above the time all December record established th the day before said before said irrigation operations operations operations opera opera- have started far in advance of normal Other authorities agreed th that t no not only citrus but avocado and vegetable vegetable vegetable vege vege- table crops faced damage if th the baking heat swept in from deserts to the east is not relieved While San Bernardino was th the hottest spot yesterday high readings readings readings read read- ings were reported from various points in southern California Riverside Riverside Riverside Riv Riv- had 90 and Los Angeles 88