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CHICAGO, July 19.—Upward of a dozen persons died today from the record-smashing heat wave which overspread the middle west yesterday and brought the mercury to new high levels today.
The middle west and northwest probably will have another hot day tomorrow, weather bureau officials indicated tonight. Some hope for relief was held out with the prediction of possible thunder showers for some of the sweltering states.
Boston. June 4.—(AP)—Winter lingering in the lap of summer brought frosts and low temperatures to various parts of New England today. Killing frosts nipped tender garden crops, causing losses to gardeners and farmers in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
While frosts were reported in central and western Massachusetts, the mercury sank dangerously near the freezing point in Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire. Ground temperatures as low as eight degrees below the freezing point were recorded in the cranberry bog region of southeastern Massachusetts.