Evening star., 1936-07-28
SHOWERS BRING
MIDWEST RELIEF
Cooler Weather In Hard Hit
Area, but Crops Still
Suffer.
Ry tie Associated Press.

CHICAGO, July 28.-Scattered
showers brought widespread relief to
the heat-harassed Midwest today.
Rain-too light to break the CROP
killing drought in most areas but SUBJ
stantial in others-fell in parts of the
lower Missouri, middle Mississippi and
Ohio Valleys. Colorado, Oklahoma. Ne
braska and Western South Dakota.
Fresh precipitation was indicated for
today in the southern sections Of Il
lnos, Indiana, Missouri and Kansas
and for tomorrow In parts of the arid
Dakotas and Western Minnesota.
Ohio thunderstorms routed a hot
wave as three persons were killed by
lightning.
Cooler Weather.
Cooler weather spread over most of
Kansas, Nebraska. Ohio and Iowa and
the northern portions of Missouri, Il
linois and Indiana.
Manhattan, Kans, enjoyed a drop
from III to 70 degrees last night, SINH
lar sharp declines were registered at
other Kansas points in the wake of
precipitation that ranged up to Q
inches.
Three men perished in a forest fire
raging along 25-mile front near
HaTe, Mont. A new flare OF flames In
the national forest near Winamac,
Ind, brought out 600 men to attempt
to stem the connagration
The long dry spells effect on timber
was gauged in an official estimation
that approximately SO per cent of the
trees planted In the Cook County
(Chicago) forest preserves this Spring
had died.
Forecasts of dwindling yields came
from important corn belt states.
Much of Crop Ruined.
Federal Agricultural Statishcian L.
M. Carl figured from 80 to 80 per cent
of the crop was ruined in 20 counties
along the western and southern bor-
ders of Iowa-the Tall Corn State"
In Is other counties, he added, pros
poets were the worst they've ever
been"
Statistician W. M. Ebling reported
Wisconsin's corn had been irreparabiy
damaged.
Extremely spotted conditions" we're
noted in Illinois by Statistician A. j.
Suratt.
Kansas weekly report held early
corn would make no more than fod-
der. while late corn and alfalfa were
termed on the verge of ruin.
Corn prices moved upward in the
markets as pessimism grew.
At Lincoln, Nebr., Sam r. McKelvie,
former member of the Federal Farm
Board, suggested that the Government
buy the 1886 corn crop and resell it
for seed next year. He asserted it
would remove the crop from specula-
ton and assure a quantity Of seed for
1897.
Meanwhile, w. P. A. aid was mapped
for Kansas and Nebraska. Seven
counties in Nebraska were among the
81 in six States added to the Govern
ment'S emergency drought list, bring
ing the national total to GOT in II
States.
Capper Urger Quick Aid.
Senator Arthur Capper, appealing
TO Washington for quick allotment of
funds, declared thousands OF farm
families are facing destitution" State
Resettlement Administrator L. A.
White reckoned 10000 Nebraska farm
families would require assistance be
tween now and Spring"
Gov. ALI M. Landon said Kansas
officials had decided to renew a re-
quest for emergency freight rates on
feed shipments and to borrow water
pumping equipment from oil firms.
The Resettlement Administration
authorized an additional $827, 900 for
loans and grants to resourceless farm
ers In eight States-bringing the al
lotment total to $5,7l8,750.