Show First Firs Relief Felt Fell FeltIn 1 1 In V. V S. S Heat Heal Wave By International News Service I IThe The first signs of relief from the searing scaring coast to coast heat wave and the severe drouth which already has cost millions of dollars In damaged and ruined crops came Tuesday with lowering temperatures temperatures temperatures tem tem- and good rainfalls in limited areas Generally however the intense heat persisted across the nation with plus temperatures common common common com com- mon as they have been for days and with food and feed crops literally literally lit m- burning out The corn belt in a large area of ot the midwest sweltered through its day of drouth as crops deteriorated rapidly reducing the hopes for expected bumper yields In all of the corn belt states I with the exception of Iowa where considerable rain has fallen the I i corn crop was suffering severely soybeans were not satisfactorily satisfactorily satis satis- pastures were burnt out I and hayfields were short and dy dy- dy- dy ing In Illinois where the worst drouth since 1936 was burning across its rich soil A. A J J. J agricultural statistician said the drouth was costing the farmers two million dollars a day I In Illinois Indiana and Ohio it was estimated the corn crop had been cut 83 million bushels by the first of August and much more since then I The Kentucky corn crop was wasI I described as ruined already I while in other corn states the damage damage damage dam dam- age was rated as up to 30 In the Chicago area Cook county county county coun coun- ty the truck crops were so badly badly badly bad bad- ly damaged ed by the drouth that even good rains would not make a normal crop it was said aid There were good r rainfalls however however however how how- ever in North and South Dakota and in Minnesota These rains the weather bureau said would work their way into northern Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin Wis Wis- and upper Michigan and m might be expected to become general general general gen gen- eral when the cool weather which has hit the northern tier of states west of the Great Lakes spreads ads to the east and south |