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Show EAST SWELTERS IN RECORD WAVE By Associated Press Unsessonsble record -brooking hest gripped the east sgain today, but relief that had already cooled thd middle- west wss expected within 36 hours. Ths sold front separating the cold and warm air masses, extended ex-tended through central Michigan southwestwsrd through southeastern southeast-ern Missouri to eastern Texas. East of ths front abnormally warm weather, with temperatures 10 te 30 degrees sbove the seasonal level, prevailed. West of It the mercury had fallen or was falling. General rains sccompanled the relief la the Mississippi vslley and the Great Lakes region, but generally gen-erally fair weather prevailed elsewhere. else-where. Forecasters predicted reset tonight to-night or. tomorrow in New York and Ohio but continued warm In Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Jer-sey, the District of Columbia, the Carolina and Virginia. In contrast con-trast frost was forecast for east and seuth-centrsl lows tonight The heat broke a 4-year-old October record In Harrisburg, Pa, yesterday when the mercury climbed to 89. Philadelphia's 86 smashed a 18-year mark. Baltimore'! Balti-more'! 81 wss a record. A bright sun In New York prompted forecaster to predict a repetition of yesterday's high of 82. Showers and cooler were on the, menu for tonight and tomorrow. tomor-row. , Columbus' 88 yesterdsy and Sunday Sun-day was an all-time October high. Washington, D. C had a record 90. Th temperature in Chicago dropped from 84 yesterdsy to CO st JO a. m. Rains attended the relief. Milwaukee, 85 mile north, had M an hour earlier. Yesterday's Yester-day's 80 there wss a record for the date. |