Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-12
HOOVER CALLS Off
WESTERN VACATION
Work on Drought Relief Plans
Causes Him to Cancel
Trip.
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: being Of the opinion that this report
| tended to obscure the real seriousness
of the situation in the drought regions
| inasmuch as the report was for the en-
tire country. The President is under
stood also to have been much impressed
with the reports from the south sections
/ brought to him yesterday by John Bar
| ton Payne, chairman of the American
Red Cross, in which the human aspects
| of the problem were emphasized equally
with that of the economic aspects.
Mr.. Hoover has expressed his appre-
citation Of the expressed readiness on
the part of the railroads of the country
to cooperate in the general program
of relief. To bring about even greater
co cooperation in this work he has decided
to utilize the facilities Of the larger
farm organizations.
Farm Leaders Called.
For the purpose of outlining their
part in his relief program. the Presi-
dent has called q conference Of these
farm leaders at the White House next
Friday. Those invited are Louis j.
Taber, president of the National
Grange; Samuel H Thompson, presi-
dent of the American Farm Bureau
Federation, and G. z. Huff, president
of the Farmers Union, and the Farm
ers National Grain Corporation.
The drought problem was again the
principal topic Of the Presidents oi-
weekly cabinet me citing. Secretary Of
Agriculture Hyde who has been the
Presidents chief lieutenant in working
out relief program, brought to the
meeting the latest reports from his field
agents. It was said by Mr.. Hyde that
he does not expect all of these reports
in before the end of the week. He
added that the agents have been N
strucved to make further investigations
| and to not sacrifice their accuracy in
the interest of haste
Alfred p. Thorn, general counsel Of the
American Association Of Railroad Ex-
ecutives, conferred with the President
again today regarding the cooperation
If the carriers In assisting In the stricken
areas. He suggested to the President
| the setting up in the Department OF
Agriculture the special machinery which
| Will designate the areas in need of rail-
road assistance, so as to avoid wasted
effort on the part of the railroads them
selves If they acted independently. He
| was assured by the President that this
| would be done. Mr.. Thorn told the
President that there would be uniform
so per cent reduction in railroad rates
in the drought area.
Cool Weather Brings Relief.
The weather almost all over the
country took a long cool dive today,
| in some places almost to the freezing
point.
In temperatures reported to the
Associated Press from all sections OF
the country, there were q number OF
sos and most were SOS and COS. The
highest was IS degrees at Miami and
the lowest 81 at Burrville, Conn.
Frost was reported in New England
and Pennsylvania, and in many places
new low records for the date were es-
tablished. The drop was precipitate
in most places from the extreme heat
of the past several weeks, in some in
stances amounting to degree an hour
for the past two days.
/ In some sections there was crop
damage by the sudden cold, but this
was less than it would have been If the
preceding heat and drought had not
already done about all the damage
there was to do.
Continued cool was the forecast.
Showers Declared Insufficient.
Showers in the past ~ hours have
not been enough to break the drought
and the Weather Bureau today was not
overly optimistic that others in prospect
would do much toward ending the
country's record dry spell.
Showers were indicated for tonight or
tomorrow in parts of Indiana, Illinois,
Upper Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri
Iowa and Northeastern Kansas.
r. H. Weightman, forester, said
however, the rain would not be heavy
but In some places might be moderate.
Some More Rain Predicted.
Showers also were predicted for parts
Of the lower Ohio Valley tonight or to-
morrow, including portions OF Western
Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky and West
Virginia.
For Eastern New York and Southern
New England fair and continued cool
weather was predicted for tonight, but
no rain was in sight for those portions,
which are beginning 10 feel the lack of
moisture sharply.
During the last "A hours the largest
fall Of rain in the drought region of
the Middle West was so at Kansas
City, while st. Joseph and Columbia,
Mo, each had about one-fifth of an
inch of precipitation.
Otherwise the widely scattered show
ers in portions Of the Plains States were
insufficient to give any relief in the
drought situation, Weightman said.
The fall In temperature has done
something toward taking the country'S
mind OF the drought.
Only five cities yesterday reported
temperatures Of 100 degrees or more
These included Shreveport, La, 1902.
But l.0l inches of rain fell there in the
last a hours. This was the heaviest
rainfall reported from any part of the
country. San Antonio and Dallas, Tex,
had temperatures Of 100 degrees, as did
Oklahoma City, Okla. Yuma, Ariz.,
had temperature of 102 degrees, re-
6ectinG conditions which have made 1t
one Of the historic hot spots" Of the
country.
Corn prospects declined nearly per
cent--the smallest crop since 1901 being
forecast. Hay and grain sorghum crops,
which, together with corn, make up
half the total acreage, were expected to
be the smallest In more than 10 years,
while oats and barley were reduced
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