Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-05-07 | Page 10 | Wave of Heat Distresses U. S.

WAVE OF HEAT DISTRESSES U. U U S S. S Sweltering Widespread as Mercury Rise Enhances Drouth Effects CHICAGO May 7 UP ering heat over the entire country added today to the distress brought by five rainless w weeks ks Temperature records toppled everywhere every every- where yesterday as the mercury soared to degrees jn in Phoenix Ariz an even In Sioux CIty Iowa 98 in La Crosse Wit Wis 90 In Chicago and New York and into the at almost al al- most aU all points reporting to the goy gov weather bure bureau lU Appreciable rains fell only in the lower Ohio and Mississippi l valleys with the clouds drifting to the south south- east The degree mark in Sioux City and 90 degrees in Chicago were the highest for that date since the weather bureau was established in 1890 Little rain it if any was in prospect prospector for or the great farm arm regIon between the upper Appalachians a and d Wheat and corn fields shimmered with heat waves today while even light breezes carried topsoil away in choking clouds Threat to milk supplies ot of middle middle- western cities was seen by Clifford V V. Gregory editor o of a farm arm publication lion tion here Gregory said that because of poor pasturage the normal milk surplus has been wiped out and another an an- other fortnight of drouth would bring bringan an actual shortage