The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-11

NltVN uHu NHV NANNNIH NHu VI Ntt Great Lakes, reaching from north of tho Canadian border to okla homa and Tennessee and taking in portions of West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
 Chicago, May II -- (UP) - Freakish results of the eountry's blggost dust storm
 Mayo brothers clinic In R0ches. ter, Minn, cancelled arrangements for operations until tho storm sub. sides,
 Snow. blows were used near Val. paraiao, Indiana, to clear highways blocked by sand from tho Indiana dunes,
 pr, r, B. Powley, director of the Minnesota Experimental Engineer Ing Laboratory, estimated that ap. proximately 800, 100000 tons cf dust floated on winds carrying tho storm, Above each square mile ot ground thore was goo tons Of dirt,
 Motorists, especially In tho Twin Cities of Minnesota, drove with lights throughout tho day,
 Airplane pilots wore forced to throo.mile attitudes Co gain clear air. From above the 100000 square miles Of dust Hooked like n muddy ocean,"
 Wheat Market Boomed
 Chicago, May II --. tuP) -- A hugo dust storm rolling over tho mid west and continued drought In Ameriea's richest farming TO- gion boomed tho wheat market again today.
 on the strength of weather con. ditions and the government report on crop estimates. prices of major grains were up Aa much as 2 bss cents at tho opening. They hit the fluetuation limit Of five cents yesterday.
 September futures were influ. enced most by the overnight de. velopments and opened ut Ss cents, lup 2 6-s cents from yesterdays close, May was up l-8 10 l l.d and July | i.s to b.s cents,
 Corn and oats were up trae' tionaliy.
 In the great belt. tho devastating drought remained unbroken, with roaring winds atlll whipping up hugo clouds of dust over wide area,
 In Chicago, tho dust clouds which sifted over the city and even Into the grain pits yesterday were gone today and tho sky was clear DUST COMES EAST Washington, May ll--tUP)-- Whirllng at high attitudes, western dust storms described by tho wea- ther bureau as tho worst on ree.s ord, reached the Atlantic seaboard today, producing an eorio haze. Portions of the east were envei- oped in a dim light as the sky eiouded with billions of tiny. dust particles. Assisted by dust measurf. | Ing instruments, bureau oincials began recording the phenomen and announced that they expected soon to have some significant re- ports on tho quality and quantity of tho dust.
 At the same time, the bureau re- ported some relief in prospect for | tho drought stricken grain states, | Local showers tonight or Saturday in the Dakotas, Nebraska and Kan sas appeared likely the bureau said,
 Showers were predicted for Sat urday in Western Minnesota, ex- treme western Iowa and western Missouri. No other rainfall In the grain states was indicated, how ever, the report said
 Bureau officials said they had "little doubt" that the dust storms In the middlewest, particularly the present one, were the largest and most severe on record. Extreme dryness and high winds. were the cause. it was said.
 Despite the rarity of dust travel ing more than half the breadth Of the continent. officials said they had recorded similar phenomena, extending from Montana and the Dnkotas to ohio and even passing ' over the Atlantic.