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Show Heat Records are Smashed by Wave Chicago A heat wave, coasting across the northern half of the continent contin-ent from the Pacific slope, brought record rec-ord temperatures to the Central West and the Lake region. The previous mark of S5 degrees, set by the thermometer, ther-mometer, May 1, the hottest day in 1926, was deemed certain by forecasters fore-casters to fall before night, but relief will be on its way, they promised, by Wednesday. At Pierre, S. D., the mercury mer-cury attained a height of 106 degrees, the hottest ever recorded for the month there. At Sioux City, la., and at Huron, S. D., similar heat records were fractured. At Grand Island the temperature was 104. |