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Show CROPS ARE I BURNING UP Citizens of Missouri Town Kneel in vSb eels and Pray for Rain Dry Weather in Missouri Mis-souri Valley Brings the Farmers Face to Face With Disaster Kansas (itv Mo Aug M -Kansas and Missouri got no relief from the heal today, the rnerruo ranging from a maximum of 1mi in Kansas (it to 11" at Creat Bend, Kan. An if in answer to pravers for rain in the churches at Wichita and Leavenworth Kan today eastern Kansas and western west-ern Missouri arc faring favorable prospects for rain Light showers fell Over western Kansas last nlpht. but thr-y brought no relief from the heat Thi' hlsh humlditv added to the suf fering todav Tweniy-one fire alarms, resulting from drought conditions, were 'urned into the Kansas City fire department today Marshall. Mo. Aug 10. In th hope of checking the disastrous drought that already has done reat damagp In this section prayers were not onlv offered In all the hurehes here to day, but many citizens knt-lt in the Streets to offer pravers for rain Following tho services In the churches at which Hie pastors had called on their congregations to offnr personal prayers for rain, many business busi-ness men. walking towards their homes, knelt In the streets and prayed Omaha. Neb, Aug 1 0 SIxtyTlve per rent damage to the Nebraska corn crop Is estimated by telegraphic reports re-ports received h"re Saturday nigh: from forty-seven corn producing counties coun-ties of the state The corn counties In the northeastern portion of the state will have normal crops, hut tho fountles south of the Platte dm burned up. In some counties the corn In being cut by the farmers fo.-fodder, fo.-fodder, and practically no corn at all will be raised In those sections oo |