Heat Wave Sweeps Nation
Temperatures of 107 Recorded In Columbia and Greensburg on Monday.

The scortching weather of the past few days is not only the hottest in years, but is claimed by many of the older citizens to be the most intense heat on record over a long period. There has been practically no let up in the hot weather for four weeks with the heat becoming more intense for the past five days.

Temperatures of 107 were reported here late Monday afternoon and the government thermometer in Greensburg recorded the same. The temperature dropped only a little before midnight and many persons whose houses are usually cool and comfortable even in warm weather, were forced to take to their lawns before they could sleep. Every available swimming hole within a radius of thirty miles has been crowded with bathers for several days seeking a little respite from the heat.

No deaths have been reported here as caused by the blistering wave, but 6 have been reported in Louisville and the nation's death toll has climbed to 426.