New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 5, 1930, Page 2

5 CAMP DEVENS DRY, OFFICERS DECIDE | - Actress Hurt rving to Kill (Un request. ®edt with stamped. ad- dressed envelope, Mr. Ripley will furnish Droot of anything depicted by him). (Reg. U. & Pat off.) Zaro Agha Tells About Real Heat of Baklans New York, Aug. 5 (UP)—Zaro Agha, who may or may not have lived the 156 years that he claims told some heat tales today that at least indicated he had been oa earth long enough to make up a good story when occasion de- mands. 1 present heat wave, Zaro declaerd, is nothing compared to one he went through 80 or 0 vears ago in the Balkans when the following wondrous events nspire His finger nails wgre burned when he touched a stone wall. Water boiled in a watering trough His wooden shoes warped and before he could get them off they sprained both his ankles. Whereupon, cxhausted, Zaro went to bed to try to t up more stori G —— government agencies view the pres- | ent wave as a national catastrophe which will become doubly serious if | rain is not forthcoming soon Puzzled weather bureau | Temperatures six to cight degrees |above norma! have prevailed in the Ghio and Mississippi valleys since last week. The middle Atlantic | states are as much as nine degrees over the usual mark. Drought Not Serious in East, with the garden hose. Residents of Kansas compared their crop damage to that caused by the great grasshopper plagues of ploneer days. In Oklahoma and | Tennessce, cotton fields were literally »w England, the Carolinas, and [burmng up after five weeks without New York have not been so badly | rain. | hit by the drought other states, crop experts of the agriculture de- pertment said. The crop damage | been most severe for corn, cot- ton, oats, hay and tobacco. Winter Eastern Missouriana slaughtered their cattle rather than let them lose weight or die of thirst and hunger in baking pastures. While thousands sought relief in | wheat was harvested mostly before |lakes and streams, vyord came from the drought became severe, but|Indiana that even this oldest and | spring wheat is believed to have suf- | |the heat was failing and the water | fered heavily. The seriousness of the drought sit- | uation was stressed before President | Hoover yesterday by Louis J. Tah master of the National Grange. | Taber warned the drought may re- { sult in a “major ca ophe” unless rain appears soon. In a 10-day trip through the dry region, he said, he tures completely parched s browned by the sun's hot la drying up and general water shortage. Reduction in railroad rates on | iivestock out of the stricken area |and on feed for animals to that re- | was proposed by Taber a He also, said addi- most reliable method of escapz from in some small lakes accuzily was o hot fish were dying by scor==. At Wichita, Kas., ice companies limited their average customers (o 25 pounds a day and said if condi- tions continued it would become | necess: to import the city's ice supply Market Seen For Surplus Grain traders at the Chicago I board of trade saw one advantage to the drought: It was promising to make a market for the surplusses of heat and corn that have choked midwestern storage elevatcrs for months. On the board of trade yes- rday, both grains advanced sharp- e i : on the strength of reports that R M hing In he | tional government credits should be |this vear's corn crop had been all D L e Do Bl i e roNis it piiloa In one county alone, Bellville in 24 hours. They are nearly as much | Petition to Raflroads Llinois, the corn damage was esti- |at a loss to explain the causes of | At the interstate commerce com- { mated at $1,500,000 and B. W. Till- ! {he hot spell as they are in predict ission today, it was said the only |ma adviser, said damage to its possible terminat reduced livestock rates could be ms there would exceed . Overshadows All Records ¢ffected for relief of the farmers and 000 in other Tllinois counties, . [ s e B 1 ttle growers in the drought area |eMPerts estimated that even if tha de TOMPADOUR_ / . ‘ e ! pres. | would be through petition of the |drousht were broken at once tho ; : . hadowed | ailfoads themselves. The commis- | COFM €rops could not run more than a P e A 4 ) per cent norma!. Il- FAVOURITE OF LOUIS Z¥ / = ¥ The nations ital set| sion has no authority to cut rates, fosd0fpepscentimorms, < = t was said = as had only 54 per cent of 5 T n infa e Mar £ LOST his talk with the president, L G e ORI, " 1,500,000% . - L § time this yea 0 de- | Taber also stressed the prevalence 80, Aug. 5 {UP)—A scorch- | and arid winds which have| (Conti i water reserves in cities te From First Page) Rocky Mountains to the | American Legion building, neither Cnfslones Sor Alleghe hich is tax exempt. iegeRyit e ol tuothirds he committee will meet Thurse T £t Dpiedistatesitoday oon at 4 o'clock to re- Peak Has Passed owers which - brought | oney giscussion of the Washington F. Marcin, chief SRS to some parts of | Giroet realty and to talk over assess- 8 t00 date topnte ts in the fifth d. Meanwhile oL i cemen will make inspections and prep r bearing on strations y cool forecusers predi HARHIESS SNAKE SAVES frp e eiane | YIGTIM FROM RATTLER | Farmer Feels Sharp Sting, But Be- . the Largest Oak Tree in the “Vorld—T tree, situated in Bidwell Park, named aft } Enzlist list, Sir Joseph Hooker. It argest ir av 1 ents: outside circumference i er of trunk, 8 feet from whom I have drawn 1 i Responsible—G le of Hindu as- lieves Bee Responsible—Garter e i g Snake Changes Mind. rlowe was at X hich hed e ked from s H htma ree scc since th o o Lt ela iy L el salad b i L) of a victim of the hottest places in pressu ditior s and tempera- | vogiorday when he felt a sharp sting in his ed a bee for the attack and c 4 with his work. re commo se of widespread dro L | t ) in t el s e swall and soon afi- ot I\ s o ootls s S Molnen S e wigzled out g | ! A : maha, Washington, Oklahoma City | o & © vthe. The sight Ia. 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