Evening star., 1936-07-06
RECORD HEAT HITS
WEST AS FARMERS
TAKE v. P. A. Jobs
Damage and Distress In
creased as Temperature
Ranges Up to 40.
5000 CALLED TO WORK
ON u. S. RELIEF PROJECTS
Feverish Buying HOSTS Grain
Prices to Maximum Allowed
by Regulations.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
With corn in critical period,
moisture or dridity OF merit fort
night ,DiH determin phether Mid
1Dest drought destruction OF 1886
will equal devastation OF 1884, in
opinion OF Agriculture Department.
Alarmed by conditions, the de-
partment has established a liUe
stock feed agency. Secretary Wal
lace has allotted $4,000, 900 to pur-
chase cattle. The I. C. c. has cut
freight rates in stricken area. The
r. A. seeks authorization to loan
from its s1,425, 900, 900 relief fund.
ey the Associated Press
CHICAGO, July 6.-Record heat
Increased damage and distress in the
Midwestern drought belt today.
Despairing farmers pinned thell
hopes for break in the protracteo
siege on a change in weather But
none was sighted for the immediate
future. Instead, broadening OF the
high temperature blanket was for
cast.
Meanwhile, in Washington Presi-
dent Roosevelt plunged into drought
relief conferences almost Immediately
on his return from Virginia. Three
administration officials discussed the
problem with the President. There
were Rexford G. TugWell, resettlement
administrator; Aubrey Williams, as
sistant works progress administrator
and j. B. Hudson, acting administrator
of the A. A. A.
Abnormal heat scared the prairies
from the Rocky Mountains to western
Kentucky yesterday. All-time marks
were broken at Williston, N. D., and
Rapid City, S. D., with respective
readings of Ito and 106 degrees, ano
at Sioux Falls, S. Oak, with l09. A
new record of los was established
at Moline. Ill. Other maxima in
cluded:
Yankton, S. Oak, 112, after an all
time high of 113 had been set Sat
urday; Miles City, Mont; Huron, S
Oak, and Pana, ILL.,, 108; Hastings
Nebr., 107; Bismarck, N. Oak, and
Fremont, Nebr., 106; Grand Island
Nebr., los; Quincy and Peoria, Ill;
Des Moines, Iowa, and Dickinson, N
OAK, 104; Springfield, Ill; Keokuk
Iowa and Havre, Mont, 102, and
Omaha, Nebr, 100.
Showers Fall in South.
Scattered showers fell in Southern
and Atlantic States. Light precipi-
tation was indicated for tomorrow
in some parts of the Dakotas, Wis
consin and Indiana, but the general
prediction was for hot, dry weather.
The drought stimulated feverish
speculative buying in the Nations
markets today, hoisting prices of all
major grains-wheat, corn, oats and
rye-the highest they could 60 under
existing trade regulations.
Wheat shot up cents a buShel,
corn 4, oats 3 and rye S.
All prices were at new highs for the
season.
Trade reports were that drought and
heat had destroyed crops in many Sec
tions of the United States, resulting in
the seventh consecutive crop failure in
the Spring wheat belt. Canadian ad-
vices indicated grain growing in sec
tions of the prairie provinces also was
damaged seriously.
Market Reaches Stalemate.
The wild rush to buy all grains at
the start of trading in Chicago re-
suited in a virtual stalemate of the
market. Prices were at the permis-
sable limits and would-be buyers,
frantically trying to acquire holdings,
were unable to bid any higher. There
were few sellers at the sharp advance
and therefore little business. Trading
In corn came to a complete standstiIl
for time.
July wheat was bid up to around
s1.06 and December was around
$1.075s, within cents of it's 1885
peak. Wheat prices have advanced
more than IL cents a bushel in two
weeks and were now % to Is cents
higher than they were a year ago.
The limit prices of cents above
the previous close were bid for wheat
futures at Duluth and Minneapolis,
but there was no grain for sale at
these figures early in the day.
Buying orders flooded the wheat
futures market at Kansas City as
drought reports from the Northwest
sent prices soaring the full scent
limit.
Deliveries Above 81 Mark.
All deliveries here went above the
81 mark, with December selling up
10 $1.03.
Trade diminished soon after the
(see DROUGHT, Page A-5)