Show 5 FOR E T MIDDLE WEST SCORES HEAVY RAINS AND WITH MELTING SNOW break from zero weather similar to that which covered europe with Disaster ous floods warmth moving eastward chicago floor conditions threaten to follow in fit the wake of heavy rain vaid ond warm weather that Is IF causing snow enow to melt throughout the middle west tho the storm was centered over tho file country between tile rocky mountains and tile tho missouri river and Is moving eastward east vard tho the break in tile tho weather from bolow below zero a week ago to 20 to 30 above normal has all tho the characteristics ot of weather that has boon been experienced in europe during tho the last two or three weeks cables from spain italy france germany and england enga have all told about tho the samo story high temperature temper aturo following extreme cold with disastrous floods temperature throughout tho the united states appeared above normal sunday the storm that first appeared in the rocky mountain regions last week was waa moving slowly eastward east ivard apparently increasing la in energy it Is accompanied by wind and rain and snow in the northern parts ot of tho the belt the temperature in chicago stood at 45 degrees sunday snow melted in the suburbs and downtown streets were dripping wet front from a rain that began to tall fall in tho the early morning the rain extended westward to the bliss missouri ourt and down the missouri valley to tho the mississippi and eastward to the ohio and tho the great lakes tho the high temperature temper aturo Is expected to prevail tor for several days after tho the storm lins lias passed a sudden drop in temperature may be expected tor for northern regions according to observers |