Evening star., 1936-07-08
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Aubrey williams, deputy w. P. A
administrator, announced today thai
$1,000 destitute farmers in five Mid.
western drought-stricken States woulc
be employed by the w. P. A. within 6
'week or 10 days at the most"
Williams estimated that nearly hall
this number would be employed withir
"a hours.
He said the w. P A. would employ
10000 in North Dakota at the rate o1
1000 a day, under direction of Thomas
H. Noodle, State administrator at Bis
marck.
In South Dakota, he said, 1900
would be employed at an average OF
2,8O0 day, under direction of NJ. A
Kennedy, State administrator at
Pierre.
Montana Gets 5000 Jobs.
Jobs for 5000 are called for in
Montana, he said, at the rate of 400
a day, with Joseph E. Parker. State
administrator at Helena, directing.
In Wyoming 1000 men are to be
employed at the rate of 70G day,
under the direction of Will G. Metz,
State administrator at Cheyenne, Will
IamS said.
Minnesotas schedule calls for the
employment of $500 at an average of
300 a day, under direction of Victor
Christgau, State administrator at st.
Paul.
From the stricken area came word
there was no hope of substantial relief
within the next 36 hours from the
record heat and prolonged aridity.
Death Toll ~.
At least 70 deaths had resulted from
the sun beating down mercilessly for
six consecutive days on the area ex-
tending from the rich corn belt of
Illinois and Indiana to the wheat fields
of Kansas, the cattle ranges of Wyo-
ming and Montana and the great CROP
producing States of the Dakotas and
Minnesota.
AS the temperatures rose to heights
reaching 100 degrees, crop losses
mounted with accompanying rapidity.
Already damage has been estimated at
s30O,000,O00.
In North Americas major grain
markets, prices resumed their sensa-
tional upward trend, started three
weeks ago when the serious extent of
the damage became known, and halted
but slightly since by profit taking.
The Chicago Grain Exchange re-
ported corn gained 4 cents and wheat
3, to reach once more the highest
prices since 1884.
No relief was sighted. Meteorologists
generally predicted, instead, a con-
tinuation of the fair and torrid wealth.
er that has spread death, misery and
destruction across the midcontinent.
United States Aid Promised.
But desperate Western planters re-
ceived good news that President Roose-
welt was swinging the Government into
action behind a program designed to
carry 10000 farm families and their
harassed live stock through the crisis.
Temporary allocations of $393,00o to
six drought-stricken States have been
made by the Resettlement Administra-
tion pending release of new funds for
relief in the area.
The ALLEGATIONS by States follow:
North Dakota, $125,000; South Da-
kota, $150,000; Kansas, $4,000; Ne
braska, $4,000; Montana, $4,000, and
Wyoming, $4,000.
President Roosevelt announced late
yesterday they would receive aid
through w. P. A. work and subsistence
loans and grants, while small cattle
breeders would receive Federal loans
to save their foundation herds.
100000 Families Need Aid.
The President estimated 100000 farm
families-the bulk of them in the
Dakotas, Minnesota, wyoming and
Montana-were in need Of some form
of immediate cash relief. He said
$4,000 were being employed on W. P. A.
well digging, dam building and farm
to-market road construction projects
at an average weekly wage of SIS. He
disclosed $500 men were being hired
daily in South Dakota, 1000 in North
Dakota, 800 in Minnesota and between
500 and 400 in Montana.
Mr.. Roosevelt said subsistence loans
would be advanced to $4,000 families
through the Resettlement Administra-
tion in addition to 10000 already re-
ceiving such aid.
Means of assisting $4,000 others
must be worked out.
He also announced plans to adjust
"dust bowl" farmers to new enter
prises
Next month, the President said, he