98-DEGREE HEAT KILLS TWO IN SOUTH JERSEY;
59-YEAR MARK FOR JUNE IS SMASHED HERE 
Camden Man, Rushed to Hospital From Factory, Dies Soon After 
OTHER DEATH BLAMED ON TOO MUCH WATER 
Slight Relief Promised Today as Wave Kills 100 in Nation

With the temperature skyrocketing to a record of 98 degrees yesterday one Camden and a Williamstown man died from heat prostration while the nation's toll was estimated at 100. 

It was the hottest day in two years. July 1, 1931, registered 98 degrees. It was the warmest June 9 in 59 years, according to the Weather Bureau. 
The temperature reached its peak at 4: p. m. Then it began to decline and was 87 around midnight. The weather man forecasts slightly cooler weather today with clouds. 

Dies Fixing Car 

Oscar L. Tann, Jr., 22, of Sicklerville Road, Williamstown, died last night while operating an electric drill under an automobile in his father's garage after he had drank a quantity of ice water. Other employees saw him collapse while the drill kept running, but were unable to revive him. Coroner W. J. Burkett, Pitman, said the ice water and excessive heat caused his death. 

John Gelecki, 55, of 214 Jasper Street, died in West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital of heat prostration. 

Gelecki was stricken while at work at the McAndrews & Forbes licorice. plant at the foot of Jefferson Street. He was rushed to the hospital by other employees, but lived only five minutes after he was admitted.

As a result of the torrid weather, Dr. Leon N. Neulen, superintendent of Camden public schools, ordered all classes dismissed in the Camden grammar, high and junior high schools at the noon recess. Pupils in Philadelphia schools also were excused. 

Scores cooled off in hastily-opened pools throughout this section of state. Others bathed in lakes and rivers, while hundreds flocked to seashore resorts. 

The less fortunate, forced to remain at work in offices and factories, suffered from the terrific humidity. 

Saloons and tap rooms had one of their biggest days since the return of 3.2 brew. Crowds drank schooner after schooner of beer in an attempt to cool off. 

Heat Blasts Highway 

So intense were the sun's rays on the Pitman pike that a section of the highway, near Barnsboro, contracted and exploded from the heat. The blast raised the roadway almost a foot, according to County Engineer William C. Cattell.

At Shibe Park, Philadelphia, where the Athletics met the New York Yankees, Jim Peterson, Mack pitcher and former Penn star, collapsed after pitching to the first batter and had to be taken from the game. 

Although the official weather bureau thermometer had reached only 91, street thermometers skyrocketed to 100 and more, both here and in Philadelphia. Also broken is the year's high mark of 92, set at 4:30 p. m. Thursday.

John Tranowski, 76, of 245 South American Street, Philadelphia, was prostrated in his home yesterday and died before he could be taken to the Pennsylvania Hospital. 

William Murphy, 60, of Bristol, Pennsylvania, collapsed on the lawn at the home of Michael Brennan, near Tullytown, Pennsylvania, and after examination by a neighboring physician, was pronounced dead from sun stroke. 

William Barchmaier, 42, of 4059 Teesdale street, collapsed at Keystone and Cottman streets, Tacony. He was pronounced dead at Frankford Hospital. The first victim died in Philadelphia on Wednesday. Another Philadelphia victim was William Smith, 65, 4252 Houghton Street, Roxborough. He was found dead in his cellar.

Joseph Yates, 21, a member of the crew of a ship tied up at the New York Shipyard, was taken to Cooper Hospital suffering from heat exhaustion at 10 a. m. yesterday. He was revived and remained in the hospital rest room. Yates' home is in Port Arthur, Texas. 

The county park swimming pool in Gloucester was opened in advance of its scheduled time. The Mountwell pool, Haddonfield, will remain closed until the regular opening date, June 17. 

Gloucester City schools were dismissed at 2 p.m. because of the heat.