Chicago, June 1, The unprecedented drought to-day held nearly three-quarters of the Gnited States in a. relentless grip which showed little signs ing.
Utter ruin of crops faced farmers over a widespread area, as a blazing sun beat down upon' millions of acres already parched from weeks of torrid temperatures unrelieved by any rains, The Upper Mississippi Valley, crinally one of the most. productive regions of the country, les a virtually barren waste, with wheat and corn burned to a crisp by the long. rainless lege,
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