Imperial Valley press., 1925-06-06
Heat Wave Is
Broken In FeW
Eastern Cities

PITTSBURG, June 6.-First
! break in the terrific heat wave
which has blanketed the eastern
half of the United States since
Monday came late today in Penn
sylvania where a rainstorm drove
! the temperature from 90 to II in
two hours. About the same time
eastern Ohio was hit by heavy
thunderstorm.
The same relief is predicted by
the weather bureau for other east
! ern sections within the next 48
hours.
While Pittsburg was enjoying
the first relief from the stuffy
blanket of heat, other eastern cit
| les reported continued hot weather
/ and additional deaths that brought
the total for the last "a hours we'll
I above 100. More than 200 have died
from the heat since last Monday.
! A survey at 8 p. m. by the United
! Press showed the following deaths
| from the heat in the past "a hours:
Greater New York, 81: Philadel-
! phia, %; New Haven, Conn, 25;
Pittsburgh, 5; Detroit. ); Chicago,
4 Baltimore, 4; Wilmington, Del,
.; Cleveland, 6; Albany, n. v, s;
Milwaukee, /; Indianapolis, 4;
/! Boston, >.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. June 6.
The heat wave claimed four more
lives in Indiana during the past "a
hours Two deaths Were reported
earlier in the week. A score or
more of persons were Frustrated.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, June 6. -
/ One person killed and seven were
overcome by the heat of the past
24 hours The mercury reached "a,
never before touched so early III the
i season.
| !CLEVELAND, Ohio, JUNE g.
/ Ohio heat deaths mounted to "a to-
i day. Heat caused the deaths of
two in Cleveland yesterday as the
! tempera ature rose to 90.
DETROIT, Mich, June 6. =
Thousands of Detroiters were leav
! ing the city by boat, rail and auto
mobile as the sixth day of heat be-
/ gan. Many concerns shut down aft
err two hours this morning and 9th
ers did not open.
Yesterday five lives was the swell
tering heat s toll. This rau the
! week S total to nine.
OKLAHOMA rTTY. Okla. June
! 6.-With Il strong wind blowing,
no suffering from the heat has been
reported. The temperature for the
most part has remained under 80
! throughout the week.
/ SAN ANTONIO. Tex, June c.
The unprecedented rise in the Nue-
ces river between Cotulla and Three
Rivers, has alrady taken Il toll of
1000 cattle. according to estimates
! of stock men at Three Rivers. The
water at Cotulla is receding after
| reaching n height of 80 feet and
spreading out to more than mile
wide The water is rising at Three
Rivers.
! KANSAS CITY, Mo-. June 6. -
Armed with long willow switch
Patrolman Harry Bucher. acted as
master of ceremonies in the parade
of nine small negro boys Sound
cavorting in the nude at a wading
pool last night. Bucher spurre'l
each of the boys home with the
willow
DENVER, Colo. June Ga cold
drizzling rain followed a night of
low temperatures. in the Rocky
Mountain region today.
Light frost was reported at Salt
Lake CITY by the local weather bu-
reau. Leadville, Colo, was the
coolest place in the region, with a
maximum last night of SO.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Jun" g.
Kansas and western Missouri con
tinued to slowly sizZle under blaz-
ing sun today. Temperatures rang
ed in the SOS yesterday with TO re-
lief promised over the weekend
TORONTO, Ont, June 6.-East-
ern Canada is cropping through per
iod of almost tropical heat that
came from the southwest and shows
no signs of abating. Many manu-
facturers closed their plants in On
tario yesterday.
| The official high temperature
Fregistercd in Toronto was "a de
grees. The district awoke today to
be treated with all indications of
even more torrid atmosphere.