By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 25.—The North and Middle West shivered today in the swirl of wintry blasts sweeping in a broad southeasterly fan from snow-capped wheat fields on the western Canadian prairies.

To the south the cold wave moved down the lower Ohio Valley and into the Texas Panhandle, while the winds that .halted wheat harvesting in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan with a 6-inch snowfall, coursed along the St. Lawrence toward the seaboard.

The unseasonable temperatures sent the mercury scurrying downward to unprecedented September levels and brought well below freezing weather to many northwestern points.

Apple Crop Suffers.

In the American Northwest the wave assumed proportions unparalleled in the meteorological records and threatened extensive damage to apple and other crops in Washington and Oregon.

From that area a blighting chill crept over fields of corn and standing small grain in the Central West, adding to the millions of dollars' damage from recent heavy rains. In Western plain fields not reached by snow flurries, killing frosts were spread.

Damage to unharvested crops was estimated at $12,000,000.

Farmers in Illinois and Iowa were spurred to activity in sodden fields by warnings to recover seed corn from their crop. While Kansas' corn was reported generally beyond the danger point, there was grave fear to the eastward that the cold and frost wind, in many instances, complete the damage begun by a record September rainfall.

Winds of tornado velocity carried the lower temperatures to many regions, and central Illinois, weary from three weeks' unceasing battle with floods, watched new rain start streams backing up toward overflow stages.

A record low temperature of 20 above was reported from Yakima, Wash., and Baker, Oreg., while the eastern end of the wave had sent the mercury to 47 degrees at Chicago early today. Snow flurries were reported in northern Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota.

The coldest reported spot in the country was Helena, Mont., where thermometers read 6 degrees above zero. Ankle-deep snow was reported in parts of the Dakotas, with temperatures dropping as much as 40 degrees in a few hours.

Slowly rising temperatures were forecast over much of the Middle West today, with cloudy skies and possible thunderstorms.

Oil Derricks Felled.

PETROLIA, Ont., September 24 (/P).—High winds and torrential rains swept this district with hurricane violence yesterday wrecking houses, toppling oil derricks and disrupting telegraph and telephone communication.

The storm was the worst the district has ever experienced. In one of the oil fields near here, all the derricks were felled. An automobile truck was blown from the highway. .

The reports from Winnipeg said the storm, which brought some snow and rain to the prairie provinces during the last three days, passed eastward last night, leaving damage that will run into millions of dollars to the unharvested crops in Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan.

The passage of the storm carried the first snow of the season into Western Ontario. Port Arthur reported a light snowfall.

By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 25.—The North and Middle West shivered today in the swirl of wintry blasts sweeping in a broad southeasterly fan from snow-capped wheat fields on the western Canadian prairies.

To the south the cold wave moved down the lower Ohio Valley and into the Texas Panhandle, while the winds that .halted wheat harvesting in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan with a 6-inch snowfall, coursed along the St. Lawrence toward the seaboard.

The unseasonable temperatures sent the mercury scurrying downward to unprecedented September levels and brought well below freezing weather to many northwestern points.

Apple Crop Suffers.

In the American Northwest the wave assumed proportions unparalleled in the meteorological records and threatened extensive damage to apple and other crops in Washington and Oregon.

From that area a blighting chill crept over fields of corn and standing small grain in the Central West, adding to the millions of dollars' damage from recent heavy rains. In Western plain fields not reached by snow flurries, killing frosts were spread.

Damage to unharvested crops was estimated at $12,000,000.

Farmers in Illinois and Iowa were spurred to activity in sodden fields by warnings to recover seed corn from their crop. While Kansas' corn was reported generally beyond the danger point, there was grave fear to the eastward that the cold and frost wind, in many instances, complete the damage begun by a record September rainfall.

Winds of tornado velocity carried the lower temperatures to many regions, and central Illinois, weary from three weeks' unceasing battle with floods, watched new rain start streams backing up toward overflow stages.

A record low temperature of 20 above was reported from Yakima, Wash., and Baker, Oreg., while the eastern end of the wave had sent the mercury to 47 degrees at Chicago early today. Snow flurries were reported in northern Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota.

The coldest reported spot in the country was Helena, Mont., where thermometers read 6 degrees above zero. Ankle-deep snow was reported in parts of the Dakotas, with temperatures dropping as much as 40 degrees in a few hours.

Slowly rising temperatures were forecast over much of the Middle West today, with cloudy skies and possible thunderstorms.

Oil Derricks Felled.

PETROLIA, Ont., September 24 (/P).—High winds and torrential rains swept this district with hurricane violence yesterday wrecking houses, toppling oil derricks and disrupting telegraph and telephone communication.

The storm was the worst the district has ever experienced. In one of the oil fields near here, all the derricks were felled. An automobile truck was blown from the highway. .

The reports from Winnipeg said the storm, which brought some snow and rain to the prairie provinces during the last three days, passed eastward last night, leaving damage that will run into millions of dollars to the unharvested crops in Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan.

The passage of the storm carried the first snow of the season into Western Ontario. Port Arthur reported a light snowfall.

By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 25.—The North and Middle West shivered today in the swirl of wintry blasts sweeping in a broad southeasterly fan from snow-capped wheat fields on the western Canadian prairies.

To the south the cold wave moved down the lower Ohio Valley and into the Texas Panhandle, while the winds that .halted wheat harvesting in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan with a 6-inch snowfall, coursed along the St. Lawrence toward the seaboard.

The unseasonable temperatures sent the mercury scurrying downward to unprecedented September levels and brought well below freezing weather to many northwestern points.

Apple Crop Suffers.

In the American Northwest the wave assumed proportions unparalleled in the meteorological records and threatened extensive damage to apple and other crops in Washington and Oregon.

From that area a blighting chill crept over fields of corn and standing small grain in the Central West, adding to the millions of dollars' damage from recent heavy rains. In Western plain fields not reached by snow flurries, killing frosts were spread.

Damage to unharvested crops was estimated at $12,000,000.

Farmers in Illinois and Iowa were spurred to activity in sodden fields by warnings to recover seed corn from their crop. While Kansas' corn was reported generally beyond the danger point, there was grave fear to the eastward that the cold and frost wind, in many instances, complete the damage begun by a record September rainfall.

Winds of tornado velocity carried the lower temperatures to many regions, and central Illinois, weary from three weeks' unceasing battle with floods, watched new rain start streams backing up toward overflow stages.

A record low temperature of 20 above was reported from Yakima, Wash., and Baker, Oreg., while the eastern end of the wave had sent the mercury to 47 degrees at Chicago early today. Snow flurries were reported in northern Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota.

The coldest reported spot in the country was Helena, Mont., where thermometers read 6 degrees above zero. Ankle-deep snow was reported in parts of the Dakotas, with temperatures dropping as much as 40 degrees in a few hours.

Slowly rising temperatures were forecast over much of the Middle West today, with cloudy skies and possible thunderstorms.

Oil Derricks Felled.

PETROLIA, Ont., September 24 (/P).—High winds and torrential rains swept this district with hurricane violence yesterday wrecking houses, toppling oil derricks and disrupting telegraph and telephone communication.

The storm was the worst the district has ever experienced. In one of the oil fields near here, all the derricks were felled. An automobile truck was blown from the highway. .

The reports from Winnipeg said the storm, which brought some snow and rain to the prairie provinces during the last three days, passed eastward last night, leaving damage that will run into millions of dollars to the unharvested crops in Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan.

The passage of the storm carried the first snow of the season into Western Ontario. Port Arthur reported a light snowfall.

By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 25.—The North and Middle West shivered today in the swirl of wintry blasts sweeping in a broad southeasterly fan from snow-capped wheat fields on the western Canadian prairies.

To the south the cold wave moved down the lower Ohio Valley and into the Texas Panhandle, while the winds that .halted wheat harvesting in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan with a 6-inch snowfall, coursed along the St. Lawrence toward the seaboard.

The unseasonable temperatures sent the mercury scurrying downward to unprecedented September levels and brought well below freezing weather to many northwestern points.

Apple Crop Suffers.

In the American Northwest the wave assumed proportions unparalleled in the meteorological records and threatened extensive damage to apple and other crops in Washington and Oregon.

From that area a blighting chill crept over fields of corn and standing small grain in the Central West, adding to the millions of dollars' damage from recent heavy rains. In Western plain fields not reached by snow flurries, killing frosts were spread.

Damage to unharvested crops was estimated at $12,000,000.

Farmers in Illinois and Iowa were spurred to activity in sodden fields by warnings to recover seed corn from their crop. While Kansas' corn was reported generally beyond the danger point, there was grave fear to the eastward that the cold and frost wind, in many instances, complete the damage begun by a record September rainfall.

Winds of tornado velocity carried the lower temperatures to many regions, and central Illinois, weary from three weeks' unceasing battle with floods, watched new rain start streams backing up toward overflow stages.

A record low temperature of 20 above was reported from Yakima, Wash., and Baker, Oreg., while the eastern end of the wave had sent the mercury to 47 degrees at Chicago early today. Snow flurries were reported in northern Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota.

The coldest reported spot in the country was Helena, Mont., where thermometers read 6 degrees above zero. Ankle-deep snow was reported in parts of the Dakotas, with temperatures dropping as much as 40 degrees in a few hours.

Slowly rising temperatures were forecast over much of the Middle West today, with cloudy skies and possible thunderstorms.

Oil Derricks Felled.

PETROLIA, Ont., September 24 (/P).—High winds and torrential rains swept this district with hurricane violence yesterday wrecking houses, toppling oil derricks and disrupting telegraph and telephone communication.

The storm was the worst the district has ever experienced. In one of the oil fields near here, all the derricks were felled. An automobile truck was blown from the highway. .

The reports from Winnipeg said the storm, which brought some snow and rain to the prairie provinces during the last three days, passed eastward last night, leaving damage that will run into millions of dollars to the unharvested crops in Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan.

The passage of the storm carried the first snow of the season into Western Ontario. Port Arthur reported a light snowfall.

By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 25.—The North and Middle West shivered today in the swirl of wintry blasts sweeping in a broad southeasterly fan from snow-capped wheat fields on the western Canadian prairies.

To the south the cold wave moved down the lower Ohio Valley and into the Texas Panhandle, while the winds that .halted wheat harvesting in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan with a 6-inch snowfall, coursed along the St. Lawrence toward the seaboard.

The unseasonable temperatures sent the mercury scurrying downward to unprecedented September levels and brought well below freezing weather to many northwestern points.

Apple Crop Suffers.

In the American Northwest the wave assumed proportions unparalleled in the meteorological records and threatened extensive damage to apple and other crops in Washington and Oregon.

From that area a blighting chill crept over fields of corn and standing small grain in the Central West, adding to the millions of dollars' damage from recent heavy rains. In Western plain fields not reached by snow flurries, killing frosts were spread.

Damage to unharvested crops was estimated at $12,000,000.

Farmers in Illinois and Iowa were spurred to activity in sodden fields by warnings to recover seed corn from their crop. While Kansas' corn was reported generally beyond the danger point, there was grave fear to the eastward that the cold and frost wind, in many instances, complete the damage begun by a record September rainfall.

Winds of tornado velocity carried the lower temperatures to many regions, and central Illinois, weary from three weeks' unceasing battle with floods, watched new rain start streams backing up toward overflow stages.

A record low temperature of 20 above was reported from Yakima, Wash., and Baker, Oreg., while the eastern end of the wave had sent the mercury to 47 degrees at Chicago early today. Snow flurries were reported in northern Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota.

The coldest reported spot in the country was Helena, Mont., where thermometers read 6 degrees above zero. Ankle-deep snow was reported in parts of the Dakotas, with temperatures dropping as much as 40 degrees in a few hours.

Slowly rising temperatures were forecast over much of the Middle West today, with cloudy skies and possible thunderstorms.

Oil Derricks Felled.

PETROLIA, Ont., September 24 (/P).—High winds and torrential rains swept this district with hurricane violence yesterday wrecking houses, toppling oil derricks and disrupting telegraph and telephone communication.

The storm was the worst the district has ever experienced. In one of the oil fields near here, all the derricks were felled. An automobile truck was blown from the highway. .

The reports from Winnipeg said the storm, which brought some snow and rain to the prairie provinces during the last three days, passed eastward last night, leaving damage that will run into millions of dollars to the unharvested crops in Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan.

The passage of the storm carried the first snow of the season into Western Ontario. Port Arthur reported a light snowfall.