Evening star., 1934-07-27
RELIEF FROMHEAT
DUE HERE TONIGHT.
DAY to Be Cooler, Too. but
Humidity Makes for
Discomfort.


ton a small measure of relief from the
heat today. and the Weather Bureau.
suddenly made optimistic by the
slightly lower thermometer readings.
promised even more comfortable tenn
peratures for tonight and tomorrow.
The cooler weather. the forecasters
said, probably will come with a series
OF thundershowers. marking "fnis'
at least-to the torrid
wave that has held the Capital. along
with virtually all the rest Of the Ma
ton. ir its grip for the last week.
Although the mercury vas not ex-
pected to rise above the s7-degree
mark here today. the humidity was
running unusually high-nullifying,
to some extent, the effects Of the COM
paratively low temperatures. The
humidity was expected TO lessen dur
ing the course Of the day, however.
making the way clear for the cooler
weather forecast for tonight and to-
morrow.
Relief Late Here.
The falling of in temperatures in
this area began day later than In
most other sections Of the country
the heat wave beginning its break,
generally. yesterday. Here in the
Capital. however, temperatures con-
tinued high yesterday. a maximum OF
90 being recorded at 8 pm, and there
we're two prostrations. The victims
we're Melvin Thrift, %, Of the 200
block of Massachusetts, avenue, who
was treated at Emergency Hospital.
and Gerald Turner, "a, OF Alexandria,
Va, treated at Georgetown Hospital.
During the night, however, cooling
air flowed eastward. bringing the tenn
perature down to IA, the lowest Tor
the day.
California Hit Hard.
Blistering heat swept in yesterday In
the Pacific Southwest, with tempera-
lures as high as 110 being reported
in Southern California and little re-
lief for that section was forecast by
the Weather Bureau for today. Alaska
also reported unusually high tempeFa-
lures.
Readings of 100 degrees or more
were recorded in Cincinnati, Okla
homa City, Wichita, Kans.; Boise,
Idaho: Fresno, Calf, and Spokane,
according to the Associated Press,
while drops in temperature readings
of from 10 to 20 degrees were re-
ported in Milwaukee, st. Paul, Detroit,
Denver, Topeka, Chicago anG Port
land, Me.
In Cheyenne, Wye, half-hour
hailstorm struck downtown and parts
of the residential districts last night.
windows were broken and automobile
tops punctured. The hail was almost
an inch deep on lawns and streets
Immediately after the storm.
The lives of 1870 throughout the
Nation are believed to have been
taken by the current heat wave.
Blazing temperatures continued to
stalk through the aged and inflrm
wards of Cook County, Ill, where eight
elderly persons died yesterday, bring
ing the total deaths during the cur
rent hot spell at the Oak Forest In
frmary to 80, according to an. Asso-
ciated Press dispatch, while the total
uedJIlo lUT IIlc udy CAACAO 4AOAAA AASNS
was placed at 81.
100 Dead in Cincinnati.
Cincinnati had counted 100 fatal
tiles for the current hot spell.
Ironically, Charles Miller Of Day.
ton, Ohio. was treated for frost-bttten
fingers received in an ice storage
plant while the thermometer stood at
100 degrees.
Three Boy Scouts from the Canal
Zone found Columbus, Ohio, too hot
for them after three weeks and plan
ned to return to Cristobal, c. z. They
were Richard, Is; Donald, 13, and
Robert, 10, sons Of Mr.. and Mrs. N.
E. Parker. Donald, mopping his face,
exclaimed, How do you stand it up
here?"
The heat was not accepted as an
excuse in Pittsburgh, where three
youths were arrested for appearing in
public parks without shirts. The City
Council indorsed the action Of the
police.