The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-04

Hopkins and other officials to con- fer over methods of providing i'm. mediate relief.
 New Yorks agriculture commls. sloner, Charles II. Baldwin, pre- dicted "an inevitable increnBe In the prieO of milk after c tour of tho state which disclosed bare pns- lures and dry wells.
 Money IicIicf For Farmers
 Washington, Juno 4--(UP)-- President Roosoyelt's first business today was to provide money Co cnro for the thousands of pidwost far- mers who have watched tho sun burn up ail hopes of this yoar'1
 The need of the drought sufferers was estimated at botwoen S20O,. 900, ,000 and si,000, ,000 900.
 Returning bore from Now York, tho presldentG alled in Relief Ad- minIstrator Harry Y. Hopkins, AAA Administrators Chester C.. Dn- wis and other experts who have been drafting E program to moot tho drought, called the greatest m many gonorgtiong.. \ Tho funds will Dc used in an nTeb vAtgHulHB lEsm hh0 asvehs Mountains to tho Ohio valley.
 Congress was ready 10 appro' priate Whatever funds soemcd ad. to Do earmarked In tho deficiency appropriation bill now before tho house.
 The reiiee program will embrace purchase of surplus cattle In dan ser of starvation, seed distribution for forage crops,. an emergency work program concentrating on water and soil conservation, and benefits under tho A crop reduc. ton program.
 Snow and Rain Fall
 Chicago, June 4-(UP)--Snow and heavy rains over wide areas of the sun scorched west brought at least temporary surceaBe today srom a drought which in three months has reduced millions of American farmers to tho verge Of
 Clouds over the entire northwest promised rain in . dozen parched states farther east
 Prospects for an end to tho long, est rainlegg period in the b0-year history of the weather bureau were pronouneed "the best since April f" by W. ?. Day, ChicHgo fore- easetr.
 Whilo Colorado, Nebraska and Montana fields soaked up from one.fourth of two inches of rain, and bnow fell on the eastern slope of tho Colorado Rockies the record heat wave of last week still per. sisted in Michigan, Illinois and states to tho southeast.
 Farmers of tho Dnkotas, Minne- s0fa, Nebraska and Iowa., had the monetary loss of tho drought newly emphasized today as government agents began purchase of 1,20O,- 900 head of cattle for which there Is no feed or water.
 ---0nlcials of the federal emer- geney relief administration an- nounced that thousands of head of the animals bought and slaugh- tered will be it only for convcr- sion to waste products.
 In Washington, western senators and congressman estimated the possible cost of saving thOusands of drought ruined farm families from starvation and loss of homes at Si,000 ,O00, ,00O. The administra- ton already Is figuring on an out lay of up to $200,000,0 900.
 Prayers ln Church
 London, June 4--(UP)-Prayers in Christian churches, prostrations before idols in heather lands and dances designed to appeal to the rain gods in both Christian and heathen countries testified today tO . drought that potted great areas all over the world.
 in some cases, nature or the gods responded, but with torrential dOwnpours that threatened to com pIete the ruin the drought started. Asia and India, particularly India, Russia and the Balkans, were af- fected.
 Anxiety spread to Great Britain over the weekend after two dayg in which e brazcn sun withefed crops all over tho isles. More than 160 hamlets and vil- lagos were suffering from q short age of water.
 The level of the Thames was the lowest on record. Consumers of water all over BuckinGhamshiro bounty were ordered to reduce their consumption by zb per cent, under penalty of prosecution. ThrouGhout aII CambridGeshire baths were forbidden. 4 Heath fires were increasing. l IFiftseen hundred soldiers were sent to Llphook. Hampshire, to light q fierce outbreak.
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