INCREASED DAMAGE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22465, 8 July 1936, Page 13

INCREASED DAMAGE

GREAT PLAINS AREA HIGHER TEMPERATURES LIKELY CHICAGO, July G Increased damage is being suffered on the great plains. Temperatures constituting nearly a record were recorded to-day from Kentucky to the Rocky Mountains. North Dakota registered 110 degrees and numerous places in Montana, Nebraska and lowa reported between 100 and 108 degrees. Grain growers had relied upon predictions of rain throughout the area, but these, while fulfilled in some places, were nowhere of consequence. Meteorological predictions now indicate a widening of the high-temperature area, with no immediate relief in sight. The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nebraska has ordered prayers for rain and special Masses are being held today throughout the State. Navajo ■lndians in Arizona went through their rain-making ritual. The prices of grain rose the limit of five cents in the Chicago wheat pit today and stayed there in spite of much profit-taking. CANADA SUFFERS ABNORMAL HEAT WAVE WINNIPEG, July 6 A new heat wave blazed its way across the prairies to-day, bringing permanent damage to Saskatchewan wheat crops and stunting the growth in a large area of Alberta. The heat reached 110 degrees at Estevan.