Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 January 1937 — Page 2

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PERSONS WITH RELATIVES I REFUGEE CANPS MAY REMOVE THEM, ADIT. GEN. STRAUB SAYS

Military Passes Will Be Issued for That Purpose but Not to Those Who Wish to Make Visits to Danger Zone.

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Thompson. This office receives | library and firehouse, $20,000. communications from Gen, Tyn-| Switzerland County—Vevay, light dall's headquarters at West Baden. | and water plant, $50,000. Vanderburg County — Evansville, Scouting Patrols Active | Court House, City Hall, water plant, Gen. Tyndall, ‘with Col. J. M. flood wall, firehouses and city liPetty of the Regular Army as his | brary, $500,000. advisor. is in charge of flood work. Warrick County-—Newburg, water Reports are made from sector head- plant, Court House, library, $50,000. quarters,

Indianapolis Busy From the sector headquarters ye "

scouting patrols line up the condi- | tions in the various areas. Gen. Tyndall moves the medical and engineering units. The State Health Board is completely in charge of the water and sanitation situation in co-operation with the National Guard. The State Police radio communication with points task today. the water front. Twenty-four-hour service in atThe State Pire Marshal's office is | tempting to locate relatives in the in touch with field men. The clear- [flood area is being provided by the ing house for flood registration is|Junior Chamber of Commerce at its under Col, Robinson Hitchock in [information booth in Union Station.

Anderson Ketcham, state tax board secretary, instructed Jess R. | Robertson, his chief engineer to- | day to work out a plan to estimate | the damage to river town buildings. They will take assessment records las a basis for the estimate, he said. | Indianapolis, center of flood relief is in |activities, was busy at its emergency along

Room 212, State House. | Volunteer workers report more than WPA Maps Program [50 calls an hour.

Mr. Coy announced that thousands | locating friends or relatives here of Works Progress Administration land free transportation are proemployees are to be sent into the vided. Members of the Federation area as soon as the river returns to [of ‘Women’s Clubs, directed by Mrs. its banks. [John F. Engelke are helping. The Definite policy regarding owner- Indiana Bell Telephone Co. has ship rights and the extent to which | installed special equipment. Boy WPA aid will be given private home | Scouts are providing messenger servowners is to be determined. lice. Wallace P. Daggy is in charge WPA workers are to pump out the [of the bureau. basements of private homes. Rights | of the WPA and the owners in mov- Offers ‘to Industries ing back houses that have been| The Indianapolis ‘Chamber of pushed from their bases into streets | Commerce has wired messages to also must be determined. | Cincinnati and Louisville chambers, In cases where property has become a health menace it is to be removed immediately, Mr. Coy said. Last night there were still 300 refugees in Jeffersonville, although | the complete evacuation of the city has been ordered by the National Guard, The refugees, quartered in the Colgate plant, eaptured a cow which swam by the plant, and two hogs | marooned on & high spot. These animals were butchered and the meat stored in the building ecol room, Dr. F. Hayes Threlkel, Red Cross medical director, reported.

RA Offers

The Resettlement Administration of Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and Misgouri, through R. C. Smith, regional director, announced co-operation with the Red Cross, WPA, National Guard and other relief agencies. : “Within the limits of funds avail- | An Indianapolis policeman, John able, grants and rehabilitation loans | Willis, 813¢ Ruckle St, returned | will be made to stricken farm fam- here last night on a Red Cross | ilies,” Mr. Smith said. “Such fam- | hospital train after a narrow escape ilies in need of assistance should | from flood waters in Louisville. He apply to the nearest county rural Ws in a boat with Patrolmen Dulin rehabilitation supervisor. Judd and Charles Halstead, IndianEdward P. Brennan, State budget | abolis, and two civilians when the director, placeq damage to city and | boat capsized. county public buildings alone at They swam to a nearby house $2,480,000. His estimate did not in- | through water eight feet deep, and clude loss to streets, roads, sewers | were rescued a few hours later. Mr. and school property. | Willis contracted a cold and was Mr. Brennan's city and county | sent home to recover. The other public buildings estimate was pre- | two officers remained in Louisville,

ties for temporary production here, | George S. Olive, C. of C. president, | said. No serious illness has developed at the Manufacturers’ Building, State Fair Grounds, where more than 1000 refugees are housed, ec- | cording to Dr. Herman G. Morgan, {City Health Board secretary. A contagious ward for children with communicable diseases is to be | established there, he said. There {have been several cases of whoop[ing cough, none serious, he added.

Inspectors to Louisville

Two city building inspectors, Wil- | [liam E. Holmes and Leland P. | | Davis. have been sent to Louis- | ville to aid the city administration there in investigating flood gam- | | age, George R. Popp Jr. Building Commissioner, announced.

Assistance

pared at the request of Forrest M.|along with 22 more policemen from |

Logan, acting State director PWA, for transmission to Wash- | ington.

Estimate of Damage

of | here. « Schools Help

A total of 112 pupils and seven teachers from Indianapolis schools

| offering industries there opportuni- |

Registration of refugees, help in|

| like

| two newspapers in the last 11 days. |

| since the first of

The estimate was obtained from | are giving full-time duty to flood re-

the field force of the State Accounts Board, local officials and Legislators living in the zone. Damage itemized by counties follows: Dearborn County-—Aurora City Hall and two fire stations, $75,000: Lawrenceburg — Court House,

He also has asked pupils and teach- | ers to collect information about refl- | ugees in the city, to be turned over to the Red Cross. Sale of flowers at the Variety | Club's relief show at the Indiana $300,006; City Hall and electric | Theater Thursday night added $475 plant, $200,000. | to the local Red Cross fund, BerterFloyd ‘County—New Albany. City | mann Brothers & Co. announced. Hal, S10 woe. wh loet their glasses during evacu c y ‘ | who heir sses - Po Ns erative, all | ation from their homes may obtain gs, $1,000,000. [new glasses free at Jaffee & Sons Gibson County—Hazelton,

lief ‘work, Supt. Paul C. Stetson said, | Picked up

High School Pupils Lend Hand

Manual Training High packing canned food for gone. These commodities lected at the school in a drive by

RIVER AT TROY

§ MILES WOE

Life in That Area Primitive,

Sanitation Acute at Tell City.

BY JACK HALLAM (Written for The Times) TROY, Ind. Jan, 30.—We're living primitive islanders in the Troy-Tell City-Cannelton area. No water, no lights, no mail, no radio,

Water and food are being rationed but every one is taken Some are sick but not seriously. There have been no casualties. Sanitation problems are acute in Tell City. Residents there depended

on their water supply. now cut off. | In Troy sanitary conditions are bet- |

ter, Refugees are housed in churches and schools. It has rained every day but three January. Residents won't believe it but I've kept an accurate record. I felt in my hones something was going to happen the first of this year. River Eight Miles Wide Werner's Drug Store is one of the few businesses in Tell City that is operating. It was moved ih =n bucket from the store building to

[ the City Hall. Workers strung a wire

across the street and a fellow rowed around in a skiff in the drug store and picked up medicines. He put them in the bucket were pulled across the street to the City Hall on the wire. I looked in Schriber’s Drug Store the other day. It Is in eight feet of water. and a new prescription department

[are floating around inside.

At Troy the St. Cloud and Nester

Hotels are standing in 18 feet of | water. The river now is fully eight |

miles wide, compared with a normal width of a mile. It is five feet nine inches higher than ever before. Buying Back Lumber A chair factory at Troy was buying back at $12 a thousand feet the lumber that floated out of its vard. Cans of varnish from the Louisville Varnish Co. were being as they floated past in the river. When the water began to rise Ferd Phillips worked all night in a chair factory carrying chairs to

| safety, When he went home in the

Schol pupils are shown sufferers in the flood | and $22025 were c¢ol- |

care of. |

and they |

Third Attempt to Promote Peace in G. M. Strike Fails

Bottles, counters, hoxes |

the Junior Red faculty member,

State Houses 19,000 From ~ Ravaged Area

lana Red Cross showed that about

[in Indiana. Red Cross officials said tentative

| plans have been made to keep all | refugees in their present locations | Attempts may |

{for about a week. [be made then, they said, to have {them moved closer to their homes [if it is practical. The largest group of refugees is (being cared for in Indianapolis The number of refugees in Indiana cities and towns follows: Bloomington, 480: Columbus, 506: Franklin, 160; Seymour, 1500; Brownstown, 150; Crothersville, 100; Vallonia, 60; Dillsboro, 554; Batesville, 150; Osgood, 40; Milan, 120; Paoli, 300; Mitchell, 650; Moores Hill,

85; Salem, 1000; Pekin, 200; Fred- |

lericksburg, 200; Campbellsburg, 62; [ Palmyra, 125; Bedford, 1000; Vinlcennes, 175; Decker, 100; Freeland(ville, 19 and Indianapolis, 2500. Edinburg, 18 in private homes; North Vernon, 450, all in schools and { public buildings; Liepsie, 37; Orleans, 60 in public buildings; Charles{town 500; Port Fulton, 150; New | Washington, 150; Utica, 470; Henry(ville, 170; Memphis, 100; Bethlehem, | 56; Sellersburg, 800; Speeds, 115; St. Joseph, 200; Tell City, 100; Madison, [ 1000; Saluda, Kent, Deputy, 284.

"THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES in Relief Work

Cross club. : Left to right are: MeCarty, Herman Jeffries, Tilman McCoury, Marjon Sims, Betty Stich and, standing, Robert L. Black,

A survey of refugees bv the Indi- |

| 19,000 are being billeted in schools, | [ churches, public buildings and homes |

where 2500 are housed temporarily. |

Mary Tilly, Eugene

LOUISVILLE'S FLOOD * VICTIN ARE LISTED

‘Two Unidentified Looters on Partial Report. By United Press | LOUISVILLE, Ky. Jan, 30.—A | partial list of Louisville's flood dead: | “Albert Neurath, Howard Moore, Major John Younger, John William Roth, Robert H. Mudwilder, Gala

Giles, Lucy Wheatley, Sally D. Mc- |

Henry, Ed Batlerry, Foster Gruenwald, Edward Sauer, Herman Robben, John Savers, H.

kemper, Thomas Gates, John J. Wetzel, Grall S. Nunn, Donald Jackson, Sam H. Boone, James Martin, Owen Wallace Wiison, Horace Spence, Albert Berry, Charles Frank, Newton Gibbs, Joe Yarbrough, —— Hass, Jack Evans, Thomas Drake, | Frank Taylor, Sam Smith, G, W. Nagel, Elizabeth Hoff, Anna Robben, Joe Gilligan, Margaret Everin, Mrs. Fred Becker, Albert Knocke, Mary | Ackerman, George W. Reeder, W. FP, | Lambert, Lawrence Claycomb, Frank ID. Allen, Herman H, Rieke, Tolbert A. Edwards, Mrs. Rutha Spears, Wanda K. Bolton, J. M. Shuck, [Georgia May Steward, Anna Buek- | man, Augusta T, McCoy, Gerald Nunn, William F. Krembrel,

| son, Maggie Grunewald, Robert P. Muller. Two unidentified looters.

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{would give Miss Perkins his de[cision on “points discussed” in a

| telephone conversation this morn- |

[ ing. Mr. Sloan's departure from Wash- | ington—while she sat at dinner— was not a surprise to her, Miss | Perkins said, but his telephone call from New York was. “He had agreed,” she said, “to have his people attend a conference | in Michigan which was to have been called by Governor Frank Murphy. It was to have been Monday

| morning he found the water had Tuesday. He asked me to withhold

{ mother.

Elderly refugees in Indianapolis |

city | optical stores, it was announced to- |

building, $15,000; Patoka, light plant day. Only a note from the Red |

TE Cross is needed. go ey building, ¥20.60. . | Indiana funeral directors, in anHarrison County—City buildings | nual convention here yesterday, an-

in all towns, $10,000. Jefferson County—Madison, water | ices to civil and military authorities plant, $10,000. [in the flood region in preparing

Ohio Oounty—Rising Sun, Court | bodies for burial. House, $50,000. WPA Activities Perry County—Tell City, water | As many of the 55,000 Indiana plant, $75,000. [WPA workers as are nebessary will Pike County—Winslow, ‘water be used in reconstruction work in LP nt, $5000. the devastated flood area, WPA OffiSpencer View, | cials have indicated. | Most WPA workers have turned | from emergency flood relief activi- | ties to distributing commodities and | clothing and making the refugees | comfortable. | R. E. Hanson, manager of the InINDIANAPOLIS FORECAST—Rain te: | dianapolis division of the Standard night and probably tomorrow; somewhat | oil Co., said his division had dowarmer tonight; colder tomorrow. nated 2000 gallons of kerosene, 100 6:55 | Sunset ....... 5:02 | gallons of gasoline, and had proTEMPERATURE vided five tank trucks with drivers ¢ ~Jan_ 30, 198 for use in the emergency. tm... - m. Ph The division also has furnished barrels for use in constructing rafts,

BAROMETER .'30.23 T%.m...... 9 a gas engine for water works, elec-

ton “m... oo | tric power plants and mechanies.

Precipitation 24 hrs, ending 7%. m... Total precipitation since Jan. 1 Union coal miners have agreed to

Excess since Jan. 1 MIDWEST WEATHER Indiana--Rain tonight and temorrow, -turning to snow west and north portions tomorrow; somewhat warmer east, colder extreme northwest portion tonight; cold€r tomorrow, Illinois «- Cloudy, rain probable south portion tonight and tomorrow and north portion tonight, turning to snow central and north portions tonight and extreme gouth tomorrow; colder Sunday and central and north portions tonight,

Lower Michizan—Rain tonight and fomoriow, torning to snow tomorrow: slight |! lv warmer southeast portion tonight; colder tomorrow, Ohio — Rain tonight and tomorrow, changing to snow tomorrow afternoon or night; warmer tonight, colder tomorrow afternoon; much colder Sunday en, Kentucky—Rain tonight and tomorrow: warmer tonight, &older Sunday afternoon: much colder tomorrow night.

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES AT 7 A.M. Station. Weather, Bar. Temp, Amarillo, Tex, vor. Clear 0.86 34 ismarck, N. D. ...... 0.28 BETO > ov ive 0.52 chicago ...... . 0.18 Dincinnatt ............Cl 3 0.30 leveland, Sa 0.82 Denver x 0.02 Dodee City, : J Helena, Mont, Pa Jacksonville, Fla, Kansas City, Mo Little Rock, Ark.

County—Grand

OFFICIAL WEATHER

ee United States Weather Buream a.

Sunrise

By United Press LOUISVILLE, Ky, Jan. 30.— Louisville began “mopping up” today. Glimmerings of normalcy were seen as yellow waters receded

slowly from this city where 192 died and 230,000 were swept from their homes by the worst flood in Ohio River history. The first ragular mail entered the city last night. Looting was reported on the wane. Soldiers and policemen went on eight-hour shifts, Hysteria among refugees started to fade. The major worry was health. As the water grew shallower—it was {down to flood stage of 56.1 feet— health officials feared spread of disease among refugees returning too soon to homes covered with silt and sewage. One of the principal problems, it was felt, was to

4 [forestall this return until the en-

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| nounced they would give their serv- |

| that

| through waist-deep water.

risen up to the bed of his invalid He carried her to safety

You can get through to Troy from Indianapolis on one road. But I wouldn't advise you to try it, It's pretty wet.

the request of Governor Townsend they suspend their 85-hour work week and enter the mines tomorrow in order to supply coal for rehabilitation of the Southern Ine diana flood area, Edward Beggs, clerk of the House of Representatives, told the Legislature yesterday. No more regular Army troops will be needed in the Louisville flood area, Brig. Gen, William K. Naylor declared late yesterday upon his return to Ft. Harrison after a fiveday survey of the Ohio Valley. Gen. Naylor, who established relief headquarters in Louisville Monday and ordered a battalion of troops sent there from Ft. Harrison, commanded the emergency activities of the Indiana National Guard. “Adjt. Gen. Elmer Straub has a smooth working organization, and his Guardsmen are doing fine work on the Indiana side of the river,” he said. Gen, Naylor left Louisville Tuesday and directed activities of the 5th Corps Area from Ft. Hayes, Columbus, O., until his return to In-

dianapolis.

When the waters go down, it was feared the death toll ‘would rise. The official toll is 192, Two of those persons were drowned, and 198 of them died of natural causes aggravated by the flood. Two were looters shot to death. Laurence W. Claycomb, a policeman, and Robert P. Muller, Tell City, Ind. trooper were killed in an automobile crash. William A. Stoll, acting as press liaison man, announced the deaths. He said 1950 persons were in Louisville hospitals. Mayor Neville Miller's executive committee estimated damage at '$100,000.,000. Gov. A. B. Chandler, who intends to stay here to assist Mayor Miller, said that to prevent recurrence of flood disasters, he had recommended a long-range program in the hands of Army engineers. President Roosevelt, he said, had telephoned = promise of every assistance, There

[announcement until he had time to |

check with his people. | “Then he called up from New York and said it was all off. In other words he ran out on me, It was really an | situation. 1 had made all arrangements.” “We had a discussion o nthe subject,” Mr, Sloan said in New York. “We discussed various things for a couple of hours. with the agreement that not later than 10 a. m. Saturday I wouid inform her of my decision on the points discussed.”

Hoped for Conference

Miss Perkins’ conversation showed that she had hoped strongly that a conference would be arranged. “Really, it was not what one would expect from a man in his position.” she said. “For two or three “We had a discussion on the subfice. T went over the whole matter with him and it looked as though finally all parties had reached =o basis for negotiations.” Two points discussed by Mr. Sloan and Miss Perkins yesterday, it was learned, also had been the subject of conversation when high General Motors executives, led by Mr. Sloan, came here 10 days ago. They were: 1. That the two plants should be evacuated and all grievances be referred to arbitration. 9. That “quasi-recognition” of the

Sanitation Major Worry as Waters in Louisville Recede to

Flood Stage

selves ‘safe and did not ‘wish to abandon their homes. Supplied with sufficient food and meager water from the two-hour daily ration sent through the city's mains, only a few have obtained the compulsory typhoid inoculations. The city has been evacuated by $50,000 persons, it was learned reliably, and 175000 remain within city limits, either crowded into such safe centers as the Highlands and the business district or in their own homes, There are no khown cases of typhoid, according to Dr. Hugh Rodman Leavell. health commissioner, He said it ‘was impossible to estimate the number of pneumonia oases ‘which developed since Sunday. He said three bodies had been cremated at the request of families and that trenches had been prepared to receive bodies in case of extreme necessity but that none had

‘yet been used. 4 i

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extraordinarily bad |

1 left Washington |

[striking United Automobile Work[ers’ Union be granted. Sit-Down Strikers ‘Desert Capitol Corridors Bu United Press LANSING, Mich, Jan. 30.— Twenty-four non-union General Motors workers gave up a down strike” outside the office of Governor Frank Murphy early today, The delegation, claiming to represent 10.000 workers of the Chevrolet gear and axle plant inh Detroit, threatened to resume their | demonstration Monday unless Gov- | ernor Murphy gives a ‘‘yes” or “no” | answer to this question: “Will you protect workers going to and from work?” | ‘Governor Murphy refused to an- | swer yesterday | the workers that they [in the building as wished. Led by

could stay

answer. Just when the capitol was locked for the night, Mr. Gilbert announced that the “sit-downers” | would go home.

‘End Believed Near | In Maritime Strike | three-month-old Pacific Coast mar- | itime strike neared an end today,

[but the peaceful settlement ot dif- | ferences between striking employees

the threat of another strike. Seamen declared another walkout would result Feb, 20, if the continuous discharge books provision of the Copeland “safety at sea” Act is enforced by the Government. They contend the discharge books, which were distributed here today, provide employers with an opportunity to blacklist them. More than 15,000 workers have pledged they will not apply for the books, it was said. While the threat of this new strike ‘was discussed by workers, their leaders in the seven maritime unions apparently were finally ironing out their differences with the committee for the shipowners.

U.S. Attorney Opens Probe at Anderson

Val Nolan, District Attorney, returned late yesterday from Anderson, ‘where he opened an investiga ~ tion of labor troubles, in behalf of the United States Attorney General, Mr. Nolan said the Cyovernment had been given information that United States statutes have been violated during the strike of (Yeneral Motors’ employees. Infraction of the law prohibiting importation of men into Indiana to interfere with peaceful picketing was reported, he said. John Porter, United States Department of Labor attorney, also was In Anderson investigating charges made by Edward Hall, United Automobile Workers of Amerion vice president, that the union headquarters £0

NEW PARTS OF EVANSVILLE GET DELUGE THREAT

Weather Expert Predicts Crest to Rise Above Expected Marks.

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as enabling the men to continue their duties under strict medical care. Suspects will be watched or placed in absolute quarantine,

D. Odom, | Charles Eiconcett, George B. Heit- |

John | | Broderick, Sam Blake, David Robin- |

“sit- |

afternoon but told |

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30.—The |

land owners was overshadowed by

Forty scarlet fever cases among [civilians have been reported to [ health authorities in the last week. | They assert flood conditions did not | cause the fever. The new case was | the first among guard troops, Col. Roberts said. Co-opérating with military authorities, the American Red Oross flood headquartears today began Setting up personnel in three areas in Indiana in addition to Evansville. Refugee care and relief is to be directed at Hunterburg, Scottsboro and Dillshoro.

New Red Cross Setup

Dr. William DeKleine, Red Oross medical director, left here today for St. Louis, Louisville and the Mississippi River area. Dr. L. M. Thompson, Washington, D. C,, took charge of assignments of medical | officers to the four areas established [in Indiana. While Red Oross officials poured | provisions and medicine into the | refugee centers of southern Indiana, [this city watched the river back- | wash sink deeper into some river- | front streets. | At the Vendome Hotel, headquarters for many out-of-town re- | lief workers, guests were incon{venienced when the hotel's last elevator stopped because of a flooded | basement,

Sunday Worship Barred | A martial law order banning Sun-

| day worship resulted in one down- | town chapel holding, week-end serv- [ fees, Army engineers launched a ferry to be used, if necessary, to ‘carry | eitizens and supplies to the peninsu- | lar ‘west section of the city as water | cut off all but an inconvenient route. Authorities and engineers say the | west section is well supplied with

| food and water and sufficient boats » | are on hand to carry supplies should |

[the need arise,

The city mains have been charged |

|'with water. Pressure is adequate | for first floor business places. Repair of the water works next week | is expected to relieve the sanitation problem, . The city reservoir is reported to | have a 17 million gallon reserve sup- | ply. Abandon Airport Job John K. Jennings, district WPA supervisor and civilian advisor to | the military, abandoned efforts to [ sandbag the Municipal Airport to prevent surface waters from affecting plane take-offs. “The effort is not justified. The | planes are not needed for emergency at present,” he said. Farthern barriers may be thrown up if engineers consider the plan feasible. Two Coast Guard planes and five civilian ships are in the airport hangar, Three National Guard ships are parked on the airport apron, When citizens return to their homes in the city’s once fashionable Fast Side, some will have to chalk | high water marks up to 10 feet.

Much Furniture Ruined

Others will find their automobiles | still parked neatly in front of garages. the flood waters, some cars remain standing in the streets with only their tops above water. Showplace homes, with spacious lawns, now stand in water up to 'windows and to rooftops in places. Furniture and woodwork many will face the task of com-

| pletely refurnishing and repainting |

homes.

Street lights barely show above |

the water level in places. Street

| signs still guide travelers, but only |

in boats.

trolley lines. Many, before their hurried evacuation, stacked furniture high in their homes, but to no avail. On Kentucky Ave, fine homes

Terror Has Sculptured Faces of Ohio’s Victims

By TRISTRAM COFFIN

An empty voice that once must | have trembled with strong emo-

tions was asking a question at the |as to want him to recall those |

State House refugee information | service, She may have been a pleasant, happy woman 10 days ago, but today her eyes were not focused on present images and her walk was the measured, ponderous step of a pallbearer, “Do you have any more hews of persons rescued from Jeffersonville?” she asked. No one got her name, but the clerks said she had been rescued from Jeffersonville and was seek[ing news of her family. | The sculptor, Terror, has modeled thousands of faces in the last 10 days, and the masks that once were men and women are common sights around the State House.

Beg for Passes

They come to the Adjutant-Gien-eral's office begging and pleading for military passes to return to their own communities and search for their families. They come to the information booth in the State House rot ¢ hoping the names of their parents and children will be listed ‘among the registered refugees.

and future.

State House whose eyes have seen too much, because they a marked with from the cheerful ‘world and streetcar commuters. The fellow who says, “Sure

of polities

to be a volunteer

Tr ws

Battered beyond repair by |

ruined, |

Tall street signs peek above water | on Riverside Drive. Boatmen must | duck in passing under light and |

It is easy to tell those around the | tobe |

State Sum mary

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given ‘to 2000. Mall distributed for first time since flood. Refugees from surrounding towns being cared for here. First flood baby In area born yesteraay, BHOALS — Typhoid adWised for all residents, SCOTTSBORO--Red Cross tabishing headquarters unit for relief work. TELL OrTY-—Water supply cut off; sanitation problems acute. Property loss estimated at $1,000,000, Nine o'clock curfew ordered to prevent looting, TOBINSPORT-Town surrounded by water. Grocery supply een- | ter is high and safe, | TROY--Rivér here eight miles (wide. Refugees housed ih churches and schools, VEVAY—Water falls 18 inches with flood damage reported at a minimum. Light and power shut down and telephone service limited.

inoculations

42 STATE ROADS

One-Way Traffic and Water Are Handicaps to Travel On Other Roads.

in the flood district as reported by the State Highway Commission: VINCENNES DISTRICT Road 37—-Closed north of Tell City, reIfef detour provided, 24 inches of ‘water south of Orleans. ord 41 Closed south of Vineenness, relief traffic detour via Petersburg inslow and Oakland City to Evansville, way traffic south of ullivan, Closed north of Evansville, relief detour provided Closed south of Evansville, Road Closed north and ckpori, oad 50—-One-way traffic three miles west, of Bhoals Road B56 About 12 inches water ove road east of Paoli, About 10 inches water over road west of Petersburg, oad 58 Closed west of Bedford. ond 60 Closed southeast of Mitchell Road 61 -One-way traffic

south of

Clo al

ad west Pigeon

relief detour provided of ount Vernon Closed Creek, east of Boonville Road 64 Closed west of Road 65 ‘west of Princeton, oad 65 Closed north of Princeton Road 66 Derby. Road 68 Road 69 Road 70 Newtonville Road 145 Closed ulda,

ville

Closed south of Buckskin Closed south of Mount Vernon Closed west of Road 66, near between Troy and 61 Closed north and south of City. Closed south of Tennyson, 86 Closed north of 'Tobinsgport, 237--Clored north of Cannelton, 245 Closed south of LaMar, Road 337--Closed east of Orleans, Road 450 -Closed at Williams, Road 6550-—-Closed between Wheatland and Emison. SEYMOUR DISTRICT Road 7 Closed north of Madison, relief detour provided, Road 31-W- Closed north of New Albany; relief detoud provide Road 31-B- Closed south of Sellershurg relief traffic vse Road 56 from Beottsburg to Road 3 via Charlestown to within two Mies of Jeffersonville, Closed at junction with 62

Road 1 | Richland | Road Road Road

Oloxed

Albany. relief detour provided. east of Mauckport Road 37-—-Pavement renceburg Road 50 Closed west of Brownstown, detour will be established B aturday over Road 235 and county road, edge of Aurora, relief detour Closed, Lawrenceburg to Aurora, Road 56 Closed Just west of Madison Closed, near Guilford, Closed, Madison to Veva, Closed in two places from Junction 156 to Aurora, Road 63 Closed east of Leavenworth, Road 62 Closed from New Albany to Jefferzonville, to two miles north of Jeffersonville. Closed north of Charlestown Closed near Corydon, Closed just west of New Albany.

Closed north of Madi son due 30 slide, Road 120 -Closed north of Veyay

settled north

provided

New Albany Road 148

rora, Road 150- Closed west of Palmyra, Closed at northwest edge of New Albany—-relief detour provided. Road 156 -Closed from junction with 56. to Vevay in numerous places Road 231--Closed south of junction with

-BE Road 235--Clored at Medora. Road 250- Closed at Patriot, About 14 inches of water east of Brownstown, Road 25 14 inches of ‘water

“Closed at north edge of Au-

west of Seymour. Road 262 Road 350 Closed west edge of Aurora

have a foot of water on their floors, Water 4s billiard-cue

Monroe Ave, Chickens are perched on roof tops. They munch grain tossed by coast guardsmen, Cows stand wearily in water to their knees, gaping at passers-by: A few families, undaunted, remain on upper floors of their | homes. They cook food with canned heat and secure provisions from boatmen. Neighborhood telephone poles and trees are their river | gauges.

| Tood and debris mingle in muddy |

| eddies near groceries broken open | by flood waters that are now near"ing their ebb,

| Jooks at you with dull amazement fs

the man with the story. He hardly

can believe there is anyone un- |

| touched hy the flood and so callous

| scenes. | There is another type, too. He was | spared from the flood, out of town on business, but has lost contact with his family. “I just have to have a military pass to go back and search for my wife and children,” he insists. OfMicers Are Patient

The staff is patient, and even Adj. Gen. Elmer F. Straub, busy man that he is, talks to them. “We have to keep the roads opeh for water supply, refugees and medical supplies. It would be chaotic if the roads and towns were érowded with distracted persons looking

officers explain. “You may rest assured the Red Cross and WPA are doing everything humanly possible to care for refugees.” Some are resigned, others belligerent and some wander back again hunting up a new officer. ‘Glory Grabbers’ Around

For a time the minds of those who | der the suffered worst in the flood seemed | mercifully bolted against the past

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Here is the condition of 42 roads [damage at $100,000,000

One |

Road 62 Closed west and east of Evang |

Closed between Newburg and |

Road 33- Closed at north edge of New |

Closed at west |

Road 133—Closed from New Boston to

Josed Rising Bun to Milton. |

depth on

frantically for their families,” the

SATURDAY, JAN, 30, T0837

WORKERS RACE AGAINST TIME T0 SAVE DIKES

| 100,000 Laboring on Levees Between Cairo and Helena, Ark.

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{precedented high waters of the [Ohio River and tributaries. | Known dead totaled 326. Louise [ville mlone counted 190, according to [efficial announcements, and feared that many more would be found when the flood waters recede, | Property damage was more thah $400,000,000. | Red Cross Gets $2,831,361 | The Red Cross reported it had received $2,831,361 in its $10,000,000 drive for flood relief funds. The Ohio River pushed through its natural banks five ‘miles above Cairo, threatening to isolate the city [of 14000, but relieving pressure [against the 63-foot seawall at the | confluence of the Ohio and Missis- [ sippi | Paducah, Ky, presented a pitiful picture as regular troops worked to | rescue between 6000 and 7000 maw rooned men, women and children, Nineteen were dead, The city was [four-fifths under ‘water. Disease { Was widespread. A flood crest of 61 [feet was expected momentarily, Louisville estimated its property Louisville's [regular and emergency hospitals | were crowded with 1050 patents. All | precautions had heen taken to pre [vent spread of disease, but there were many cases of influenza and [ pneumonia that needed hospitaliza« | tion,

Army Praises WPA Men | The Army credited WPA workers [with invaluable assistance in the | battle against the Mississippi at | Tiptonville, | “WPA labor gained all day against {tremendous odds,” said an official [communique on the “danger sector.” Full térror of the disaster already inflicted upon Arkansas, Missouri land Tennessee was brought home [when nine refugees in Memphis [worn by htinger, privation and fear went temporarily insane. They [were taken from the Fair Grounds | refugee carp to the Memphis jail and hospitals The Mississippi rose at the rate of (an inch anh hour and was within | 16% inches of the top of the town's 60-foot seawall early today. Downstream, Helena, Ark, below [river level, Waited behind a huge [well for the flood crest expected in (about 10 days. The Army was ready [to brace the barrier at the first sign lof danger, | Evacuate Arkansas Town Only 12 persons remained at | Mellwood, Ark., where the levee, (sinking for several years, was bee | ing bulwarked with sandbags. Nee [tonal CGuardsmen with bayonets fixed had driven stubborn farmers [from their homes to higher ground. | President Roosevelt appointed a [four-man committee of government relief and reconstruction expérts to survey the flood area from Memphis to Pittsburgh, Their rece [ommendations will cover both re= [eovery from the present disaster (and prevention of future floods. Cineinnati figured its loss at more than $25,000,000, City officials believed months might pass before normal conditions could be restored. The known death total showed: Kentucky, 200; Arkansas, 30; Tllinofs, 11; Missouri, 17: West Vir (ginfa, 11; Indiana, 12; Ohfo, 20; Tennessee, Mississippi, 14; | Pennsylvania, 3; Alabama, 2.

U.S. Summary

By United Press KENTUCKY Two hundred eleven [ dead; 300,000 homeless. Troops work [to rescue between 6000 and 7000 [ marooned at Paducah: 19 dead | there, Four-fifths of city inundated, [Louisville begins “mopping up” as | water starts receding; 192 dead an | property damage estimated at $100.+ (000,000. Governor Chandler says ho | one died in Frankfort State Pent | tentiary evacuation,

| —_—. ARKANSAS=Thirty dead: 70,000 homeless, Crest due at Helehn bes [hind levee, in 10 days; 12 persons [remain in Mellwood, Ark, ‘where | levee threatens to give way,

OHIO=Twentv | homeless. River recedes ai Cineine hati. Civic leadérs start campaigh [for reservoir system against future | floods. Cincinnati estimates loss at [$26,000.000. “Clean-up” squads ore ganized there, at Portsmouth and | Tronton,

dead: 250.000

| MISROURT=Seventeen dead; 45,000 homeless. Red Cross remove ing thousands from lowlands. Trane | sient camp houses refugees at Pope [lar Bluss,

INDIANA-—-Twelve dead: 75000 homeless. Crest expected today at Evensville but no further damage expected. National Guard cuts mare tial law area one-third.

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