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TUESDAY, FEB. 2, 1937

CAIRO SEAWALL

IS THREATENED

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Miniature Geysers Spout in

Streets; Workers Battle To Plug Breaks.

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What was going to happen in the | major test between the billion |

first dollar levee system and the great flood. Most towns felt that if Cairo could beat it, they could, too. Cairo—14 feet below the water

level in places—stripped for battle. | Women and children had been re- |

moved. Military orders were barked through the streets. bulkheads had been built on top| of the concrete wall that protects the town,

Ohio pounded.

Crest Rolls Onward On toward the Mississippi River rolled the crest of the Ohio flood. Sometime in the next 48 hours it Then New Madrid, Mo., Tenn., and Helena probably will know their fate. Heading toward this scene of the struggle between manmade walls and the Mississippi were members of President Roosevell’s

Emerganey |

and there was a 63-foot | high obstruction against which the |

Hickman, | Tiptonville, | and Mellwood, |

flood commission—each of them an |

expert in the flood. By Wednesday noon they in Cairo. Then Maj. Gen. chief of Army unbounded confidence

will be

Edward MarkEngineers — who has

in |

the strength of his levees and the | courage of his men—will be in per- |

sonal command when the Cairo flood gauge begins crawling upward and finally signals that zero hour has struck. Harry L. Hopkins, WPA administrator, who has thrown thousands

of his men into the struggle to work |

shoulder to shoulder with the Army, will be there, too—close to a tele-

phone line that leads into the ex- |

offices of d States.

ecutive the Unite

Surgeon General on Scene Surgeon General Thomas Parran, chief health officer of States, will be beside them. charged with the duty 1ealth of refugees, maintaining sanitation, of preventive measures. The fourth member of this “general staff” will be James L. Fieser, vice chairman of the Red Cross, who is concerned with raising money for

the President of |

the United | is | of guarding |

and advising local cfficials |

flood victims and with pouring sup- |

plies into the Mr.

ravaged areas.

Hopkins and his feliow-mem- |

bers of the commission planned to | move northward from Memphis to- |

omobile. Their first stop Madrid, Mo., where

day by aut will be New

they will take a boat and make their |

to Hickman, Kv. will go to Cairo, arriving on the eve, or perhaps the very day, of the struggle that may whether lives of 500,000 nersons from Cairo down to the mouth of the Arkansas River are safe or, in danger, The ‘general stafl” struggle brimming with confidence. They

way they

colder” for the Ohio and Mississippi basins, which means that there appeared to be no danger of river-swelling rains. Gen. Markham predicted

pointed out that the weather | =was on their side — and

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Cairo is only one of several towns near the confluence of the Ohio and

Mississippi that will be tested by |

the river in the next two days. Hickman, Ky. on the east bank

of the Mississippi, also is protected | | by a wall, and the water already is

“generally fair | sloshing close to the top. Night and

day men, staggering under 100-

| the top of the wall and stacking { their burdens to raise the height of |

every Government-built levee would |

and, in the send the flood

throw back the river, fullness of time, coursing safely Mexico. Cairo Awaits Crest Never before in Cairo’s history, and it has seen some floods—has the water crawled so high. The concrete wall is 60 feet high, but it has been built three feet higher in the most dangerous Spots | by Je

into the Gulf of |

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Bessie, Tenn. also is a danger sector. The river already has bro-

are marching to |

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Markham calls “impregnable,” but heavy rains or waves raised by wind could cause havoc in the town.

Report on Rivers

Army engineers made this report on the entire sector around the con-

| fluence of the Ohio and the Missis-

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augmented forces of United States {and levee bhoardwatchers. Supplies of all kinds for maintenance were

| sent to strategic points by truck and

| ken through a sandbag levee near |

there, but so far the flood water has found its way back into the Mississippi, two miles downstream. Winds occasionally whip water over | the main levee at Bessie which | protects Tiptonville, Tenn.—concentration point for 2000 refugees. New Madrid, Mo.. probably will | learn its fate from what happens | at Cairo. It sits behind a main |

IN INDIAN APOLIS

MEETINGS TODAY

Allied Investment. luncheon, Hotel Washington, noon Retail Shoe Men's Association, Hotel Washington, 6:30 p. Alpha micran Alfa, Ww ashington. 7:30 p. Theta Chi, dinner, Hotel 6:

m. meeting,

Washington, 30 p. m. Indiana Indorsers of Photoplays, ing, Claypool Hotel. morning. Indiana Association of Ice Industries, convention, Hotel Severin, all day. Rotary Club, luncheon, Claypool noon. Alpha Tau Omega, Board of Trade, noon. fiyro Club, nono Mercator Club, lu noon

meet-

luncheon, luncheon, Spink-Arms Hotel,

ncheon, Columbia Club,

noon Construction luncheon, Architects ing. noon, Thi Gamma Delta, 6 pm University of Michigan Club,

MEETINGS TOMORROW

Indiana Association of Tee convention, Severin Hotel, all dav. Lions Club, luncheon, Hotel Washin noon Lions Club Auxiliary, Washington, noon Foundrymen's Association, Washington, 6 in meeting. Hotel Washington, 10 Sa was Club,

League of Indianapelis,

and Builders

dinner, Athenaeum,

luncheon,

dinner,

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Purdue Arama Association, luncheon,

Severin Hotel, noon

dinner, |

Hotel |

Hotel,

Lowell, Alberta Dav, at *Coleman. Clarence, Mildred Haight, at Coleman. Vincent, Dorothy Lannan, at Coleman. Beryl, Mary Tracy, at Coleman.

Boys

Jack, Madge Frazier, at Coleman. Lerov. Esther McKinney, at Coleman. Howard, Katherine White, at Coleman. Wilber, Oma Hoover, at Coleman. Clifford, Norris Kays, Olin, Mary Phillips, James, Annis _ Smith,

at Coleman. at Coleman. at Coleman,

DEATHS Fannie Jackson, 76, at 1039 W. Vermont,

| coronary occlusion

Build- |

luncheon, |

Nien s a Club, meeting, | 3% 6 m.

| Sunrise

Twelfth District, American Legion, lunch- |

St.. noon ncheon, Board of

eon. 136'> N. Delaware Sigma Alpha Epsilon, lu Trade, noon. Real Estate Board Property Management Division, luncheon, Hotel Washington, noon.

MARRIAGE LICENSES

(Incorrect addresses frequently are given to the Marriage License Bureau deliberately. The Times in printing the official list assumes no responsibility for such addresses.) George Vandaveer, 39. Owensville, Ind.; Nellie M. Bennett, New Harmo Ira M. Steth. 48. of 2050 Highland Place; Licssie Bridgeforth, 50, of 2050 Highland ace John Steven Rizzo. , of 902 ATholda Antonia Cecelia Faletic. 20, of 17 Ketcham St William Ball. 60. of 1609 N. West 52. Indianapolis. Walter Clements, 24, of 241 N. Holmes Ave: Mary E. Armstrong. 17, of 247 N. Holmes Ave Glover B. Moreland, 30, of 4133 oo 28th Emogene Fletcher, 17, of 2023 Chester St John Nash on, 28, Indianapolis; Clara Little, 315 W. 14th St. Robert G. Lede. 20, ‘of 3240 Park Ave.: Margaret High. 29. of 85 N. Dearbarn St. Golding 24, of 1711 Bates Thompson, 27. of 530 S.

256 N. Mount St.: 22. of 51 N. Warman |

[3 “Edward J. Hanlon, Norma Pearl Robins, ve Clarence Harvey Sorum. 37. Wis.: Emma Louise BEachelder New Jersey St. Arthur Grider, 18. of 1630 Ww. are St.: Eliza Earline Brooks, 16, of Minnesota St Clifford E. Arnold, 23, Mavwood, Helen ¥. Kugelman, 19. R. R. 1, Indianapolis. ————

BIRTHS . Girls Homer, Ruby Etter, at Coleman. Harry, Lillian Schoolcraft, at woman. Garland, Pearl Viers, at 1322 W James. Dorothy Miller, at 2422 Enh. George, Rhances, Beach, at Soieman Edward, Mary Brown, at leman. Henry, Vivian Carlyle, at Coleman.

20, of 1998

Universal Club, luncheon, Columbia Club, | Park,

Anna Mary Smith, 66, land. mitral regurgitation Martha Elizabeth Limpus, cardiac decompensation. Mattie Cattron, 60, at City, carcinoma. Levina Harbaugh, 82. at City, Pneumonia, Harriett Cox. 84, at 437 Randolph, hypostatic pneumonia. Lula Blake Surface. 52. at City, skull at City. bron-

86, at

fracture, Flora Sample Lvons, 77. cho-pneumonia. 65,

James Stokes, at

{ cereb r Industries. | ebral hemorrhage.

OFFICIAL WEATHER

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INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST: Fair tonight, becoming cloudy and unsettled tomorrow; rising temperatures, lowest to he

Sunset ........ 5:05

TEMPERATURE —Feb. 2, 1936— 1p. m aisles is nine 20 BAROMETER

7am. .. 30.63 1p m..

Precipitation 24 hrs. er ending 7a. Total precipiiation since Jon. Excess since Jan. 1

MIDWEST "WEATHER Indiana—Generally fair and warmer tonight; tomorrow cloudy and unsettled, warmer, Illinois—Generally fair and warmer tonight; tomorrow cloudy and unsettled, warmer, Lower rising cloudy,

Michigan—Generally {fair with temperature tonight; tomorrow local snow extreme north poriion,

| rising temperature. St. | | tonight;

Ohio—Fair, not so cold in west portion tomorrow increasing cloudiness and warmer. Kentucky—Fair, not so cold in central and west portions tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy : and warmer.

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES AT Station. Weather, Ba Amarillo, Tex, Cloudy Bismarck. N. D. ...... Cloudy Boston

TAM Temp. 26

| Chicago

Madison, | | K

Cincinnati Cleveland Denver Dodge City. | Helena, Mont. Jacksonville, Fil ansas City, Little Rock. Los Angeles ... Miami, Fla. ... Minneapolis Mobile, Ala, New Orleans New Okla, Omaha. eh. Pittsburgh San Antonio. Tex, San Francisco .... x Loui Si

.Clear Whehington. D, ©... 1. Clas

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hvnostatic |

barge, “Day by day the Memphis district

| system of communications is being | extended to afford instant contact |

bu stem, a special Signal Corps sta- |

| tion at the engineer depot is tied | | into the regular Army network over the United States. The Signal

| Corps today arranged to send into | | the district at once 400 field tele- |

| phone sets and 400 miles of twisted

| | Coast Central Indiana, | C k

| from Washington with 20,000 units |

| telephone

cable with 50 Signal Corps experts to string the tele- | phones over We 3 levee system.”

‘Rush Typhoid Serum

a 61 N. mien | To Louisville Area

931 | By United Press

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 2.—Federal troops patroled a second quar- | antine area of 15 blocks of Bear | Grass Creek slum district today as a Guard flier hastened here

of typhoid serum to inoculate flood victims.

“There is no epidemic at present

{ but we are setting up the quaran-

| tined areas to avoid one,”

Mayor Neville Miller declared. Inadequate sanitation systems and contagious dangers arising from the layer of sediment, filth and stagnant water left by the receding flood remained to menace the city as it began its long struggle back to normalcy. Twelve square miles of the city's West Side ‘was under quarantine and patroled by 250 soldiers commanded by Brig. Gen. Daniel Van Vorhis.

Winter Storms Sweep West Coast States

By United Press SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2.—Winter storms whipped over the Wesiern part of the United States today after a brief lull which enabled rescue workers in Nevada to reach three of six marooned and snowbound parties and either bring the members out or provide them with sufficient supplies to carry them through. The latest storm in the series which has swept the Pacific Coast intermittently for more than two weeks was reported centered on Portland, Ore, All traffic was tied up in that city and normal activities were at a virtual standstill. All schools were closed. Other sections of Oregon reported similar conditions. The state highway department ordered all equipment out for continuous 24-hour duty in an effort to Heep the main arteries open,

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Area Now Under Martial Law

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, Cleanup werk as the water drops | below the second floors. At Cannelton, were in full swing.

In Evansville, the water still is

falling and permits have been is- |

| sued for the reopening of approxi- | mately 200 industries and business | places employing more than 10,000 | persons.

Two Deaths Reported

| An estimated 240 cases of illness and two deaths were reported in the | flood zone and refugee centers yesterday by the State Health Board. Another report was expected today |by Dr. Verne K. Harvey, Board director, Medical been

activities have

to the American Red Cross, Dr. now will devote its chief efforts to problems of sanitation, including cleaning up of water supplies and sewage systems. Gen. Tyndall said today that additional troops may be sent to Evansville. “More troops will be needed there than in any other city because of the high value of the inundated property there,” he said. He continued his efforts today to build up a reserve in Indianapolis, where 280 already are awaiting call, for use in emergencies. There has been little looting in the flood area, Gen. Tyndall said.

New Albany Drys Out

district, with the exception of spots, is out of water, there said today. leading residential inundated, however. the business area, Market St. is open. It probably will be necessary to wait until the water drops and open the flood gates before the East Side is cleared, police officials said. As the water recedes, the heavy damage toll becomes apparent, they said. Downtown New Albany streets ore littered with debris, Everything is mud-coated to the high water mark. Store stocks are ruined, floors buckled and windows smashed. Crews of workmen follow the

authorities The East Side, section, still = Spring St., is impassable, but

every day.

transferred from the Health Board |

| tary

| Harvey announced, and the Board |

That SEVILLE rolls and pastries are baked in our own thermo-statically-controlled ovens by our own efficient bakers — fresh —

water, place things in a semblance of order.

mopping up activities also | | Pumps are drawing water out of the

still-flooded basements. Qccupants Return

In the few homes uncovered. miliauthorities are permitting | owners to go in and clean up. They

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sistent report, young man and a girl were trapped : a small coupe in downtown |

| Lawrenceburg.

| he said.

“We won't be able to look Jor | bodies until the water drops more,’

Lawrenceburg city officials informed Maj. Fowler today that | | Jers is 500,00 gallons of pure water | n the city reservoir on a nearby hill | Po this can be used as soon

{the National

| YpheiY cases if refugees were per- |

mitted to move back into their

damp homes at once,

Guardsmen are protecting the In- | diana-Kentucky bridge at Madison. | The water has receded nine [eet

as | {Sunde can be adjusted to turn it | there, and 1200 refugees are being

: mopping up and trying to!

| tion, which is taking care of its own | or drinking water.

will not be permitted to move in |

again until permission has been granted by the State Health Board, | it was said. In New Albany, 3345 of 6617 homes are in the water zone and | 48 industrial plants covered by the flood. Most of Jeffersonville still is covered, it was reported. WPA officials here reported that figures available from a real property inventory made last year shows

3800 of the 3900 houses in Jeffer- |

sonville, Clarksville and Claysburg affected by the waters, and 184 business buildings under water,

Clean Up Sludge First attempts at cleaning up the

{ sludge left by Ohio River flood were | made at Lawrenceburg today,

than a week after the waters

| crashed through the levee break.

Maj. Walter S. Fowler, military commander of that area, issued a few passes for crews to work in second floors of homes and business buildings. No first floors are out of the water yet with 12 feet of river still in the main streets of the town de-

| spite a drop of 3.5 feet in the last Most of the New Albany business |

low |

24 hours. The levee, 10 feet under water when the Ohio was at its crest, appeared today. The entire area will be kept under strict martial law even after the water leaves the streets, Maj. Fowler said. All sick persons, except three, temporarily cared for in the improvised hospital in the Seagrams distillery, have been taken to West Baden. The three remaining underwent appendicitis operations during the flood and cannot be moved for several days.

Report Some Trapped

Maj. Fowler said there are many rumors that some residents were trapped in their homes or in cars

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Our Delicious

BUTTERSCOTCH ROLLS

Served Every Monday and ¥ Thursday.

on. Arrangements also are being made by the Indiana Service Corp. to turn | on power in the town in a few days. |

Cannelton Cleans Up |

cared for.

Gen Tyndall yesterday visited Tell |

| City, where he found 15 factories

[ under 12 feet of water, work, and 200 Guardsmen on duty.

| Most of the homes are out of water

Cannelton, town of 2265 popula- | | flood victims, started the clean- -up | job today. | The river fell six inches there last

(night and the total drop since the | | crest past is more than a foot. According to Edward F. Clemens,

| there is no disorder in the town and |

‘no cases of sickness that can be at- | tributed to the flood.

In Madison today, Dr. S.

however, but there is no fuel, light from the pipes, and all persons are | warned not, to smoke. Future inspection trips probably will be made by plane, the National | Guard head said today. Col. Petty, Army engineer, visited fT Albany today, and Col. to Evdnsville. It tachment now stationed at Baden probably would return to In-

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LEAVENWORTH'S CITIZENS NEED NEW DOMIGILES

Constable of Village Says

They Better Awaken to That Fact.

By SAM TYNDALL Times Staff Writer LEAVENWORTH, Ind, Feb. 2.— Joseph Marshall, town constable, summed it all up here today: “The people here just ain't waked up to the fact they’ll have to he findin' someplace else to live.” There's only one resident still living in this community. He's the hotel and bar proprietor. He paddles out to his home, one of the nine houses still standing, and enters the third-floor window. “I was just lucky to save my home,” the hotel man said. “About 70 of 'em broke loose and floated down the river.” The town's 418 citizens now are housed in the school building, bute ton factory and a chicken hatchery, all in the highlands. Offers Sites for Homes They've been told that Emile wealthy landowner who owns Campbell Hill, has offered 1000 lots

| and about two acres to them upon

| down.

| |

| ber | most

which to rebuild their town But right now, the citizens are just waiting for the water to recede from their homes—or what's left of then. As Constable Marshall put it: “Well, they can’t tell what they want to do until the water goes Personally, I don’t see any reason for rebuildin’ the place.” John Wilkins, Town Board mems= and Red Cross leader, said of the residents expect the

| Government to move in and clean

| up

the town. No rehabilitation

' can be completed without Federal

| funds,

he said. Wonders What To Do Like most other persons in this area, Mr, Wilkins said he wondered “just what you do next in a case

| like this.”

said thers National

Marshall need for

Constable isn't much

| Guardsmen and doctors in Leaven- | worth,

| he

| Co.,

“We can take care of ourselves,” said. “Most of these folks are river folks, so they're healthy. And no one's goin’ to steal anything when the water goes down.” Leavenworth is 106 years old. It was founded by the D’Lyon Skiff which made river boat hulls, Everyone worked for this factory. A

| few years ago the factory folded up.

| ' | the water’s edge,

| women today, | down

2000 out of | than 10,000 workers were called back

Gas is escaping |

|of military authorities. H. Weir | lgo into the flooded areas only by

| delayed | sanitary

Up until two weeks ago, some persons worked in the button factory. The rest, the most part, just | fished. The road, which drops down to was lined with taking their children to see the water again. They've been doing it for more than a week. As Constable Marshall says: “Well. they ain't got nothing else to do but go down there and look.”

10,000 to Return to Johs at Evansville

Times Special

EVANSVILLE, Ind. Feb. 2.~Industry was swinging back to normal rapidly here today as the crest of the Ohio River passed on to the

| Mississippi.

Military permits for the resumption of business were issued to about 150 additional firms today, bringing the total to near 200. More

to work after a shutdown of more than a week. The river stage early today was 53.5, a drop of .2 of a foot since the crest was reached Sunday. Repopulation of the flooded areas, ' comprising about 40 per cent of the | city, will be under strict control Refugees and repairmen will be allowed to

special permits. Reopening of city schools will be until rigid inspection of conditions can be mada,

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