Show I I Hall Causes Caules Half Million Crop Loss LOll Cape Girardeau Mo Loss Loss from a hail ball and rain storm which swept Sikeston Sikes Sikes- ton Mo and a small area In that vicinity vicinity vic vic vic- thirty-five thirty miles south of here bere late Thursday was estimated at with most of the damage to the growing corn and cotton crops which h were wyre virtually ruined Six Inches of water fell and streets and highways were flooded Basements in the the I town were filled tilled with water windows I I of business houses were blown In Cotton Cotton Cotton Cot Cot- CotI I i ton and corn plants were stripped by bythe bythe bythe the hail hall and the loss from the farm I crops while confined to a small area Is expected to be heavy I |