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Show oo VERY WARM IN CHICAGO. CHICAGO, Aug. 5. Chicago and practically the entire middle west sweltered today In tho highest temperatures tem-peratures of the year. In Chicago tho thermometer rose from 90 to 97 degrees de-grees between noon and 1 p. m. and the weather forecast is for continued high temperature Scores of heat prostrations were reported. re-ported. The heat wave covers Illinois, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri Mis-souri and Indiana. In western and southern Illinois and Iowa temperatures ranged from 100 to 313. |