TWENTY DEATHS IN HEAT WAVE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20465, 9 July 1936, Page 9

TWENTY DEATHS IN HEAT WAVE

DROUGHT-STRICKEN STATES THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE RUINED PRESSING PROBLEMS FOR PRESIDENT United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received July 8, 8.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON, July 7. High temperatures have continued. Reports indicated that 20 deaths had occurred from heat. The maximum temperature was 120 deg. in North Dakota. The Weather Bureau sees no rain for 36 hours. The Department of Agriculture has designated 97 “emergency drought counties,” enabling the railways to reduce the freight rate to them. Forestalling Droughts President Roosevelt outlined a plan of grass growing and reafforestation to forestall recurrent droughts. He said the Government’s main thought was to change the country’s economy. Droughts had cost the Federal Government 300,000,000 dollars in less than four years. Grain Prices Soar Wheat, maize and oats soared to nearly the maximum permissible limits on all North American markets, but eased later of profit-taking. Relief for Distressed Settlers RESTRICTIONS IN PLANTINGS United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received July 8, 3.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, July 7. President Roosevelt set in motion to-day a comprehensive programme to give work on relief to 100,000 drought stricken families, in addition to the present 70,000 and 34,000 others soon. The President told the press there will be no national food shortage, and any curtailment will be due to drought and not to crop restriction as in 1934. The plantings in wheat and maize were 10 per cent more than in 1933. The estimated wheat crop will yield 600,000,000 bushels, which with 150,000,000 busneis carry over, will give America 125,000,000 bushels more than the average annual consumption. CHALLENGE TO PRESIDENT OPPOSITION TO RESTRICTED PRODUCTION United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph -Copyright CHICAGO, July 7. Mr John Bosch, head of the Farmers National Holiday Association, telegraphed to President Roosevelt and Mr Wallace (Secretary for Agriculture) witfi a plea to them to end the crop .estriction and announcing that the organisation which sponsored the farm strikes in 1932 and 1933 would hold mass meetings and discuss the stop ping of feed and seed loan repayments to the Government and the halting of the payment of destitute farmers’ rent.