The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30
COOLER WEATHER IS
REPORTED FROM ALL
SECTIONS OF STATE
Precipitation will Benefit Corn
and Late Feed Crops, Says
Federal Bureau
MORE SHOWERS FORECAST
Entire Country, Except Two
SweItering Sections, Enjoys
Respite From Heat
MORE W FORECAST

Rain fell In Bismarck and general
y throughout the state Wednesday
night and Thursday morning Is tenn
peratures tumbled to lower levels.
It was still raining In many sections
of the state at 10 q. m. Thursday and
weather bureau officials predicted
showers for tonight and Friday.
Precipitation at Bismarck at 3 .. m.
l.04 inches.
The only points in North Dakota
getting no rain were In the north
eastern section Of the state. Numer-
GUS localities reported rain during
the night, an unusually heavy fall Of
..o1 inches being recorded 1t Het-
finger. Wishek received nearly an
inch, while at Napoleon so inch fell.
GLENDALE received .34-inch, Ddckin.
son 80, Dunn Center ia, Hankinson
Is, Cakes .l8. Lisbon .16, Mandan ~
a light traces at Beach, and Minot.
1t continued to rain today at Bis.
marck, Wishek, Beach, Dickinson.
Dunn Center. Glendale, Lisbon and
Oakes, while Williston also reported
rain.
The temperature reached . mini
mum IN Bismarck At 5 1. N. when the
thermometer read SO degrees. Cool
weather prevailed throughout tia
state with two towns Yoportiug tenn.
p~eratures below the 50 mark. They
were Darlington with q and sanish
with ~.
Aids Feed Cgops
It IS expected that tho ratns win
prove beneficial to corn, milIek ana
late feed crops. It came too late to
30 Of any benefit 10 other erous.
weather bureau officials said.
The entire country, ave for two
sweltering sections, enjoyed at least
relief from soaring tenn
peratures Wednesday.
One OF those areas, comprised Of
Indiana, western Ohio and northern
Kentucky. continued to swelter under
the intense heat The other, . larger
was made up Of Nebraska, Kan.
sas. Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas
and Texas. Not only were .inhabi.
tants suffering In these sections. but
the corn crops were firing and an
alarming danger Of drought was re-
While the east and northeast en-.
!oyed a temporary break in the high
temperatures, there were predictions
the high humidity would remain and
that the torturing heat would return
for another stand.
In Washington, D. G., q number
OF census bureau employees were
treated for heat sickness. Deaths
to the heat in Pennsyl-
vania. Kentucky, Maryland, New
York, and surrounding states were
set at 20.
Storms Hit New England
Storms which did unusual violence
IN many sections sent the mercury
tumbling In many sections during the
last "a hours. A severe rain and
hurricane through central Vermont
knocked power lines out and cluttered
the highways with wreckage. Violent
winds prevailed In New York, Maine,
and many other sections Of New
England. In Bridgeton, Me-. the
wind destroyed all the sleeping tents
at three summer camps.
General storms also brought down
the temperatures In Ohio, Wisconsin,
Illinois, Utah. ana other
sections.
The southwestern district suffered
the most severely. Temperatures In
Kansas City were 10l, Stockton, KAs.,
107, Emporia. Kas., l0S. Lincoln. Neb..
l03, Omaha, 100. st. Louis, 90.
While the southern states continued
to have seasonable weather, the
Rocky mountain region had cooler
temperatures, as did the Pacific coast.
Grasshoppers, which laid waste to
whole sections In the Dakotas, Me-
braska and Iowa. were reported In
northern Michigan, and the dreaded
army worm appeared in sections Of
Drought conditions existed IN the
and In Montana and north.
ern Idaho forest fires ragged.