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Show SEVEN DEATHS FROM HEAT Chicago, July 5 Early today seven sev-en deaths from the heat during the last 24 hours had been reported and no relief is in sight. The tempera ture on the Fourth reached a maximum maxi-mum of C 4 and low hanging clouds made the atmosphere more stifling Shortly after 7 o'clock, when the thermometer registered 91, a stiff breeze descended from the north and the temperature fell 12 degrees in five minutes. The threatened storm blew oer in a short time and the temperature rose again to almost 90. Opponents to the Fourth asserted the failure of the clouds to release the forecasted showers was due to the absence of explosUes in the air |