Evening star., 1936-07-14
END Of HEAT WAVE
DUE |NCOOL WINDS,
RAIN IN MIDWEST
Temperature May Reach
95 Here Today, Fore
caster Says.
MASSES OF COLD AIR
MOVE ON GREAT LAKES
Central Area to Get. Generous,
Widespread Showers-Death
Toll Hits 1000.

Two masses of cold air, one from
the West and another from the North,
moved today toward the heat and
drought baked North Central and
Great Lakes States, indicating to
weather forecasters that the grip OF
the heat wave-now in its twelfth
day-would be loosened tomorrow. The
national death toll was set at more
than 1000.
In Washington the temperature was
due to rise again today-possibly as
high as 95.
The official forecast was mostly
cloudy and warmer this afternoon
with possible local thundershowers to-
night; generally fair tomorrow, cooler
IN the afternoon and night.
Breezes from the ocean and an OBJ
scured sun kept the Capital pleasantly
cool yesterday The maximum tenn
perature was 80. reached at pm,
while the low" this morning was TO-
at o'clock.
The change was marked one, the
average temperature for the last "a
hours being 76, / degree below normal
for this time of year.
J. r. Lloyd. Chicago forecaster, pre-
dicted thunderstorms, local in nature
I but widespread and of generous pro.
portions. for the east and central sec.
tions of the North Central States anc
Ohio by tomorrow night, according Il
the Associated Press.
Relief Seen Tomorrow.
A mass of cool alr-and Lloyd sale
he meant really cool'-was moving
down from the Hudson Bay and by
tomorrow should envelop all of the
Upper and Lower Great Lakes region
he said.
States which will benefit by tht
showers from the northwest by to.
morrow afternoon or night will in.
clude Minnesota. Iowa, Missouri, East.
ern Kansas and Nebraska, Illinois
Indiana. Wisconsin, Ohio and Mich
igan. Lloyd said.
Wisconsin and Michigan also were
scheduled to receive added relief from
the northern cool mass.
Western Minnesota. the Western
Dakotas, Nebraska and other North
western States which have alread!
benefited from the cool air mass from
the West were to receive continued re
lief In the form of showers today ant
tomorrow, said Lloyd.
Ohio Valley Unaffected.
The broad column of cool air from
the Hudson Bay probably will not con
! tinue past Northern Ohio and North
ern Indiana, it is believed. and tn
| Ohio Valley will have to wait to obtail
its relief from movement from tn
West.
The draught of rain-laden air from
the West advanced approximately 80
miles in the past "a hours. giving i
an average speed of SO miles an hour
| Delegates to the North Dakota Stat
American Legion Convention cheere,
last night as 15-minute rain strucI
| jamestown. Showers fell in Gram
Forks, Williston, Bismarck, Fullerton
Minot and Fargo.
The clouds dripped over Aberdeen
and Huron, S. Oak. and Valentine
Nebr.
Temperature TumbIes.
The cold air mass swept into West
ern Minnesota at Fergus Falls, bring
ing with it a 45-minute shower whicl
knocked the temperature down fror
106 to II.
At the same time thunderstorms
fairly general over the Carolinas
brought cooling temperatures OF
another front, with more forecast 70
today and tomorrow Heavy thunder
showers fell in South Central Mani
toba, Canada.
Iowans, suffering yesterday from
the highest temperatures of the seasol
and alarmed over corn crop prospects
took hope for forecast of possibl
showers today. A forecast of coole
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