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VOLUME 52 NUMBER 18

All fam les have been evacuated from the area.

i Prosec ting and defense attorneys

' began selection of a Criminal Court

for the trial of Dan R.

Anderson ‘Indianapolis grocer, on

f filing a false Center poor relief grocery claim. - There eros only a scant possibility that a jury would be chosen by late today. At noon, seven persons had been excused, six for cause, and one peremptorily. |

ich the jury is to be seed the courtroom as the selecting began. In addition to the.

el of 12 petit. jurors) was d were the first to fill the

road trackman was excused with. The peremptory challenge: was ‘made by the defense. The other challenges were made by Prosecutor David M. Lewis, who is

_ “directing the State's case.

n, defense and proseculicated they had tentatively agreed upon six prospective jurors. Special | Judge Charles B. Staff, , Who is presiding, ¢xcused jurors from service before

by more than 60 seeking immediate release.

derson is one of five- per- |

sons indicted by the Marion County | in its Investigation | into b iness practices in the ofthe Center Township

| Chief questions asked the jurors by M Lewis Sollght to determine

Pau Rochford, defense attorney. pked the Jurors whether they had

dealings with any political governmental units in the County. | The trial is <Jxpected to last at least [three days.

HOOSIER TO CLAIM TOLEN ‘TREASURE’

>JKFORD, O., April 1 (U, P). odore Brandt, refired Ft. Ind., merchant, was ex-

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Wayne, pected here today to claim $3000 in lold found on the banks Ma

d bonds f the St.

coins, | currency

's River Saturday. e “treasure” was reported to

have been stolen from Mr. Brandt's | coin collection on Feb. i2. ‘ently the thief was afraid to convert it into current

Appar-

cney. Mercer County aut] orities and of others searched along the

scor | river over the week-end in the hope lof

vering more [of the old

money. One boy found a $10 gold

| piece. Most of the money was in

an [eld suitcase (which had been as a seat by Hales during

| QUAKE IS RECORDED

NEW YORK, April 1 (U. P)— Fordham University seismograph recorded what was described

as a “fairly severe” earthquake at

| 5:21:52 A. M. (Indianapolis time)

today. Seismologists said the quake rently centered 8050 miles away the general direction of ippines.

Flower-planting time is + here again! And to help amateur gardeners, Henry Pree has written a series of articles on ''Smail . Gardens."

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DOCAL TEMPERATURES .m., ... 4 10a m.... 50 ...4 1lla. m . 56: e... 48 12 (noon)... 58 ... 48 1pm ...61

Showers are a meteorological characteristic of April, and not just

something some poet thought up, |

the Weather Bureau said today. It is in this: month that the rains become more of a local character, and spatter down capriciously this place and that. . | ‘Rains and snow during the winter months are apt to be a part of a much more general condition. During the ‘average April, there is a normal rainfall here of 3.62 inches, which comes on an average of 12 days in amounts of 1-100th-inch. or

more a day. . There age your show- :

ers for you. the other hand, the normal April has sunshine 55 per cent of the time -as compared to March with but 47 per cent. The March Just ended, however, provided only

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farm, buildings ; are almost inundated by the Sacramento River flood waters near Marysville.

Pitter - Patter - Pitter, Etc., Those April Showers Are Due|”

40 per cent of the possible sunshine, was an evarge of 2 degrees a day colder than normal, and had only .9 inch precipitation as against a normal of 3.93 inches. It was the second driest March of record, the driest being in 1910, when only .7 of an inch fell. - There usually is at least a trace of snow sometime early in April and the average date of the last killing frost is April 17. The average maximum temperature for the first week in April is 59 and the minimum 40; the average maximum for the last week in April is 68 and the minimum 53. The highest temperature of record for any day in April was 90 on the 24th in 1925. The coldest was 19 April 17, 1875. There is no reason for assuming that we will have a flash spring because we had such a persistently cold late winter, the Bureau said. As for tomorrow: - Partly cloudy and not much change in tempera-

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££ MASONIC FETE

Reception for ‘Candidates, Conferring of Degrees Are Scheduled.

A reception for candidates, their ives and the general membership

in the Scottish Rite Cathedral toight will mark the opening of the

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ve-day diamond jubilee celebration f Scottish Rite Masonry in Indianpolis. Dr. Roy Ewing Vale, pastor of the | Tabernacle Presbyterian = Church, will give the address. of welcome. Dancing in the ballroom*will follow, ; The celebration will be featured by the conferring of degrees and class reunions. Degrees will be started ‘tomorrow afternoon and will not be completed until Friday afternoon. ." Schutz’ to Speak

J. Raymond Schutz will speak at the first class reunion - tomorrow night. Arthur R. Baxter will speak at the reunion Wednesday night and Bishop Titus Lowe Thursday night. Dinners for the class will be given at 6 p. m. tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday. The celebration will be climaxed with the jubilee banquet at 6:30 p. m. Friday. Samuel G. Pettengill, South Bend, former Congressman, will speak at the banquet. Distinguished guests at the banquet and ceremonials will, include John S. Wallace, New Castle, Pa., deputy grand commander of the supreme council, and John R. Hunter, grandmaster of Indiana Masons. The [first degree to be conferred tomorrow will be those of the Lodge of Perfection. Council and chapter degrees will be conferred Wednesday, the consistory degrees Thursday and the 32d degree Friday.

Ploch to End Ferm

- All presiding officers of the four Rite bodies will complete their terms at the close of the degrees. Carl A. Ploch ends a one-year term as thrice potent master of Adoniram Lodge of Perfection. Crawford H. Barker completes two years as sovereign prince of Saraiah Council, Princes, of Jerusalem. Fermor S. Cann completes two years as most wise master of the Indianapolis chapter of Rose Croix and William F. Kruger ends a three-year term as commander-in-chief of the Indiana Sovereign Consistory. Elections are to be held in May.

REGISTRATION CLOSES SOON IN- BRANCHES

Only three days, including today remain in which voters may register in neighborhood branch registration offices. After Wednesday, all registrations and transfers must be made at Room 34, Court House, and the last day at the main office is April 8. Branches open today are fire stations at 2320 Olney St., 352 N. Beville Ave, 332 S. New Jersey St. and 512 E. Maple Road and’ Rhodius Park Community House. Persons who have not voted .in the last two lelections or have changed their addresses since that time are required to renew their fesistration > make them eligible

OPENS TONIGHT

Son Was Right,

‘Mother Learns

SAN FRANCISCO, April 1 (u. P.) —Richard Bell, 5, sauntered {into the kitchen yesterday. “Where's Orville?” his mother asked? Orville, Richard’s brother, is 3. “He's outside,” Richard said. “He can’t be outside,” Mrs, Bell said. She had seen him playing in a bedroom with Richard a few. minutes before. “Yes, he is, mamma. pushed him out the window.” Mrs. Bell found Orville in the garden, crying after a 40-foot fall. He suffered only a few scratches.

NEW TYPE LIGHT FOR

ELEVATIONS STUDIED

Sodium Vapor Lamp Adds to Safety, Board Told.

The Works ‘Board today opened a series of conferences with the Indianapolis Power & Light Co. on the proposed installation of sodium

vapor lamps at 50 railroad elevations in the City.

Board members said they would

‘ask the railroad companies ‘to. par-

ticipate in later conferences and would ask dif they will bear a part of the expense. City Engineer M. G. Johnson said the sodium light illuminates an overhead or an underpass | with ‘a bright yellow glow which is visible through heavy fog. He estimated the total cost at $35,000. | The installation plus maintenance could be amortized over a 10- -year period at $8500 a year, he said. The City’s cost would be reduced materially if the railroads agree .to bear part of it, he added. |

City Attorney Michael B. Red-|

dington said the Legal Department favored the installation.| Utility representatives said the sodium lamp glow is distinct from any other light in the city, and herice would tend to emphasize a danger spot in the minds of motorists Works Board Vice President Leo F. Welch said he believed the installation of the sodium - lights could be worked out without entering into a separate contract.

CORBIN, IN SHERIFF RACE, IS SUSPENDED

Morris D. Corbin, City patrolman who recently entered the Republican race for Sher today was suspended from duty by Chief Michael F. Morrissey. Mr. Corbin, who made his announcemeént while on vacation, had

.|been scheduled to return to duty

today. He said he would appeal his suspension to the Safety Board, which: previously had rejected his application for a 60-day leave of absence. A Department rule requires that members of the Police and Fire Departments must resign before running for office, officials said. “I entered the race for Sheriff at the instance of influentia friends,” Mr. Corbin said after his suspension. “My record as a member of the Indianapolis police and detective force will stand the most

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MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1940

Pittsburgh Boulevard Inundated .

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' The rain-swollen waters of the Ohio River flood Pittsburgh’s River Boulevard as torrential rains give mighty impetus to already rising waters. The crest today was moving west,

April Fools’ Day Becomes ‘Grave Matter for Deputies

‘X’ Marks the Spot Where Murder Victim Is Buried Until

WATCH VOTERS IN WISCONSIN

Dewey Faces Severe Test Tomorrow; Garner Dares . 3d Term Sentiment.

By THOMAS L. STOKES Times Special Writer

WASHINGTON, April 1.—Wisconsin, home of the La Follette dynasty, becomes politically the most important state in the country tomorrow because of its bearing on several Feliapovs Presidential hopes. ’ President = Roosevelt and: Vice President 2 Nance Garner are pitted against each other in the Democratic primary in a first test

for choice of convention delegates.

Two of the leading Republican aspirants, Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg (Mich) and Thomas E. Dewey (N. Y.), also are facing their first tests with the voters. But these facts by no means tell the whole story with all its implications. N “Two other politically important personages are watching the outs come from here, each with a stake —Senator Robert A. Taft (Ohio), regarded. as 8) contender, nn Follette himself.

Dewey Faces Crucial Test

As to Mr. Dewey, it is generally felt that his build-up was a votegetter and the fact that he now seems to be the front-runner—a perilous - position—makes the. test crucial for him. If his. showing against Senator Vandenberg is not conclusive, whatever the explanations, it will dim the New York District Attorney’s prestige. If Mr. Dewey gets off to a good start in Wisconsin, the bandwagon psychology should help him in other states. If he fails there, his whole campaign is likely to bog down. Much the same is true of the Senator. Senator Vanderberg refused to go to Wisconsin to campaign. He still maintains his air of ‘the office-seeks-the-man, of I-must-stay-in-Wash-ington-and-tend-to-my-duties—and against the advice of some of his friends.

Taft Watches for Clue

They point out that Herbert Hoover won nomination in 1928, Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932, and Alfred M. Landon in 1936, by tossing off timidity and stepping right out in thé role of ‘men who wanted something very much and were willing to work hard for it. : ‘Senator Taft watches Wisconsin from the Washington sidelines for a clue as to which of the two other leaders is to be his most formidable opponent henceforth. His chances, it is believed, would be __ {Conutinued on Page Three)

HORLICK, OF MALTED MILK FAMILY, DIES

RACINE, Wis, April 1 (U. P).~— William Horlick Jr., founder of the multimillion-dollar Horlick malted m] Ik fortune, died today. He had been ill two months. His death was attributed to a complication of diseases which affegted his heart.

Census fo Start in City Tomorrow; 380 Workers Take Oaths of Secrecy

Three hundred eighty enumerators, | will start out tomorrow at 9:30 a. m. to take the census in Indianapolis. |

They are part ofan army of about 50,000 who will take the Sixteenth Decennial Census, as required by the Constitution. | Those . working in Indianapolis and other cities have only 15 days in which to do their jobs; those in 1 areas have 30 days. But noththat es after today is supposed to be counted. People alive at 12:01 a. m. today are to be enumerated; babies born after that will not be: Work here will be directed from

ters for the 12th Congressional District is Room 216, Federal

where E, C. Burkert, 12th. District jd James n

supervisor, "is in charge. Tandy is 11th District

enator Republican

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his offige is at 5657 E. Wasningion| St. :

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Boy Confesses

What at first looked like a first rate murder mystery was revealed

today as nothing more than an April Fool joke. Discovering a {fresh excavation, roughly approximating the. size and shape of a grave, on a lot she owns, Mrs. J. G. Huegele, 2855S. Since the lot is outside the City limits, police in turn notified deputy sheriffs,

‘Meridian St., notified police.

ALLIES: DEPEND UPON BLOCKADE

Hesitate in Seeking New Front for Military Attack

On Nazis.

By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor

The Allied powers prepared today for a real test of Adolf Hitler’s

Suimgg “that.g Fans is “blockade 3

Their | objective, it developed in the: wake of last week's Supreme War Council at London, will be a “total blockéde” for the time being rather: than the long-feared “total war.” And the chief victims appear likely to be the neutral states of

Europe.

The reluctance of the British and |.

French to attempt at present to find a new front for military attack on

Germany emerged clearly over thej week-end if the words of Allied]

spokesmen can be taken as final

But behind that reluctance appeared |

to be a plan to force the Germans eventually to open up a new war front. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, declared that the Allies have no desire to spread. the war and ‘that they would. like to operate on good terms with Italy and Japan. They would, he added, also take a passive attitude toward Russia if the Soviets want to play ball, On the surface, at least, that at-| titude would mean success for Herr Hitler's efforts to confine the mili~ tary phase of warfare to the Western Front and the North Sea and would force both sides to resort to still more ruthless economic warfare in other fields. The Allies apparently believe that they dre prepared for such economic wagfare and can afford to wait until the blockade drives the Nazis (Continued on Page Three)

"TWAS ROME, NOT RUM, HE WAS' PINING FOR

Mrs. Fabien Sevitzky, wife of the conductor of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, was puzzled today when she received a telegram from her husband in New York reading “Don't forget to bring pints of rum.” With the help of the office staff, she decided that her husband's Russian accent had confused the clerk in the telegraph office. What Mr. Sevitzky. intended to say; she surmised, was “Don’t forget. to bring ‘Pines of Rome,” a musical selection. ' |

aarinc before Mr. Burkert and Mr. andy today to take the oni of recy required by law. : ‘Tomorrow at 8:30 a. m, 240 enumerators will report to squad. leaders in the 12th District and 140 ‘enumerators to 11th District squad leaders for final instructions and the portfolio of census blanks. All of them are expected: to be in the field by 9:30 o'clock. Before they are finished, each will have counted

about. 1000 Indianapolis residents.

Each enumerator will carry al¥ card bearing his photograph and stating that he is officially employed by the Government for the censustaking and is under oath to keep all information secret. There is a special portfolio bearrg the number of each enumerator's ict. In the portfolio are a large r- of blanks and instructions 3 to how to use each of them. ost important part of the portcontents be the 25 po

Entered as Second-Class at Postoffice,

Times-Acme Telephotos.

It’s All a Joke.

Meanwhile, Mrs, Huegele crossexamined a neighbor youth. When he was told officers were coming to investigate,.the youth confessed he had dug the “grave” for a joke. Informed of the explanation, the deputies threw their shovels back in their car and ria to the Jail. |

Its Dog Day, Too

If you don’t believe today is April Fool's day ask the phone operators at Police Headquarters. Beginning early this morning, ‘the switchboard was flooded with | calls asking for Mr. Cur, Mr. | Barker, Mr. Collie and the like. ‘The calls .all were intended for the Dog Pound, which can be con« tacted only through the police de partment. 2 Mrs, Leona Frankfurt and Mrs. Anna Yoh, the ~headquartérs operators, remind the callers that today is April Fool's Day, and most. of the callers hang up in confusion. Police officials esti mated that before night, hundreds upon hundreds of such cails will | have come in.

Waste of Muscle

Maybe it was because it's April Fools’ Day or because they weren't so smart, but yeggs who broke into the | Deranian- Rug Co., 2701 . Northwestern Ave. battered the combination off the safe which “wasn't locked. After all the unnecessary work, they found no money in it.

Hundreds Frightened

PHILADELPHIA, April 1 (U. P.).—What started out to be a publicity stunf turned out to be a scare for hundreds. of Philadelphians last night. Following a news broadcast, radio station KYW read the following telegram, addressed to Jack Benny: “Your worst fears that world will end are confirmed by astronomers of the Franklin Institute, ' Philadelphia. Scientists predict that the world will end at 3 p. m. E. S. T., April 1. This is no April fool statement. Confirmation of this report can be obtained from \Wagner Schleisinger, directo: of the Fels Planetarium, this city.” The telegram was signed by William: A. ‘A. Castellini, ‘public relations director of Fran lin Institute, where a new exhibit, “How the World Will End,” wi open ‘today. But no mention was made of the exhibit and KYW, the elec~ trical Bureau and newspaper |of-. fices were flooded by telephone calls from frantic residents. |

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| FISH DEMANDS PROBE | WASHINGTON, April 1 (U. P). he Rep. Hamilton Fish (R. N.Y.) today introduced a resolution’ calling for a flve-man House investigation of the German White Book, which quoted American diplomats as informing the Polish Government

that the United States would assist in war against Germany. :

preliminary sheets to be left with families when the person contacted first by the enumerator cannot answer the questions. These are the principal forms, but the enumerators will have to carry many others as well, Each >numerator will have 25 individual cen= sus forms to be. left at rooming houses to be filled in- by roomers. There will be 25 new occupant cards; ese will be filled in for roomers 0 have moved in since April 1. ere are five cards for absent households, those who are away during the whole census period. There will be 10 infant cards, for babies born since Dee. 1. There are three lists for hotel guests; these are to be enumerated] the night, of April 8. There also are three “nonresident schedules” for people who don’t live here any more.

Indianapolis, Ind.

| have internal injuries. | son of Mr. Ta Glean Shor,

Matter

WILKES-BARRE, 'Pa., hundred thousand gallons of

the city.

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Pennsylvania border. Five other states in the ea

TRUCK INJURES ‘BOY ON SKATES

Young Donald Short’s Leg Is Broken; Two Men Are Killed in Traffic. =

“A new warning to all vacationing school children to stay out of

stieets while playing and take off skates when crossing streets was broadcast by police today after 12-year-old Donald: Short was seriously injured. The accident occurred in the 2200 block ‘Massachusetts Ave. when Donald, crossing the street on skates, fell uhder a rear wheel of a truck. His leg was broken and. City Hospital pliysicians said he may He is the

2433 Stuart St.

trafic’ injuries over the -

bringing the city’s 1940 total to 16, more than twice as many as at this time last year. A Chicago man died after.an accident at. Valparaiso.

CLAUDE CHILDERS SR., 45, of 1514 E. 16th St., died at City Hos-~ pital yesterday of injuries received Friday. WILLIAM HUMPHREY, 93, of 405%, W. Ohio-St., died at City Hospital yesterday of injuries received a few hours earlier. GEORGE STRAINIS, 65, ‘Chicago, was killed: when the car in which he was riding turned over on a curve one and one-half miles east of Valparaiso.

Capt. L. M. Troutman of the police d4raffic "division told police who see children. playing in streets. to’ order them and one of their parents into traffic school ‘at 8 a. m. Saturday in Cropsey Auditorium, the main Public Library Building. A school child died in traffic’ as

olice asked all motorists to: be especially careful during the re(Continued on Page Three)

NOLAN ASSURED OF UTMOST SUPPORT’

Issues Statement After Talk ~ With Rogge.

Times Special ASHINGTON, April 1.—The Department of Justice is giving him “utmost support” in the prosecution of Indianapolis WPA cases, U, S. District Attorney Val Nolan said here today. " He made this declaration after a conference with Assistant Attorney General O. John Rogge, in charge of criminal cases, and Hugh Fifher, Mr. Rogge’s assistant. ‘Mr. Rogge and Mr. Fisher gave him full authority on all points regarding the case against Arthur V. Brown and others, the District Attorney said. Mr. Nolan said there was no cific of his making public correspondence with the Justice Depart- |! ment. In a statement, Mr. Nolan said: “I conferred with Mr. Rogge and Mr. Fisher today. Mr. Rogge said the sole purpose .of the conference was lo assure me of the department’s utmost support in thé prosecution of the Arthur V. Brown case and confidence and trust in me. “I asked if there was any criticism of my disclousre of our correspondence in open court. They assured me that there was none. 1 told them that in that respect, my/first loyalty and obligation is to the court and to the public, and that in the discharge of the obligation 3 could have no regard for mere rules. : “They said there was no such departmental rules.”

3 DEAD, MANY HURT

- WASHINGTON, April 1 (U. P)— At least three persons died and six others were seriously injured early today when fire destroyed a 50-fam-

‘And just s0. the ‘enumerator can

ily apartment house here. | “Many suffered sprains and minor

this spring vacation began FPriday.|

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BULLETIN

‘April 1 a. P. )—Thres - burning gasoline spread oyer

this flood-devastated area today, threatening the city of | Kingston before the flames died down. The flames ignited several farm buildings on the outskirts of Kingston and for a time threatened to envelope the entire area, Finally . they burned out as the water carrying them entered

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aging Susquehanna River. in

Pennsylvania were threatened today with complete evacuae ¢ tion as the rising waters inundated a 200-mil extending from the New York State line to the Southern

long ares

st and California sulfersd from

floods, the death toll having reached 14. At: least 15,000 were homeless, some 125, were ordered to prepare for evacuation. Property loss was

000 others

placed in the mins, £01 In Pennsylvania nine per= sons were known dead, three other were reported missing and feared drowned. Hardest hit were | | Wilkes-Barre,

Kingston, Plymouth and’ Sunbury, Business was suspended in Wilkes< Barre, a city of 86,600, and Sune bury, a city of 15600 situated at the confluence of the north and

’ west branches of the Susquehanna,

~ Weather observers said the crest had not yet been reached when the river rose to ‘less than two feet from the highwater stage it hit in the disastrous 1936. floods. A crest of 33 feet, three inches below the all-time high, was foree cast’ for Wilkes-Barre later today, Churches in | Sunbury were turned into refugee centers. Meme bers of two churches in the lowest section of the city were summoned by radio to report with screw drive ers to aid in removing pews and furnishings.

WPA Men Bulld Bulwarks. 1 “UY. 8. Army engineers and WPA

r auio.a, weak, ou i

: he which broke twice in the 1836/ floed. Three hundred WPA men were kept on duty there cone structing temporary = bulwarks- in case the river broke through. The Mary M. Packer Hospital was filled to capacity as sick persons were removed from the inundated erergeniey. station was

and household furn floors . or Isurro

. | Gasolina Escdping ; addition to the flood threat, escaping from a broken

large section of the rich g. Valley. anthracite belt, ‘The tank contained 30,000 gallons of gasoline. Smoking was banned in Wilkes Barre when the escaping gasoline was detected. It spread rapidly on the west side into Kingston. Resi » [dent began” dousing their furnace es . All of the 21,500 inhabitants of Kingston, were ordered to pre‘pare to evacuate when a dike.gave way to flood the territory under six feet of water. | * Schools throughout the territory were closed. Many business estab. lishments were ‘flooded, and - some did ‘not open for business.’ ft CCC Boys Summoned

“All ccc boys in the area were summoned to erect barricades along the river. ; ‘ Surging waters from Tobeys creek, backing’ up as they tried to burst into the Susquehanna, dere mined a 20-foot: section-of the dike pretecting South ' Kingston: Army engineers sped 200 WPA workers to the spot but soon’ the breach had widened to 75 feet. Governor Arthur H. James: of Pennslylvania, who called off a speaking tour and hurried back to Harrishurg, left the capital at noon r. Wilkes-Barre when his emere gency flood relief committee advised him that his home county of Luzerne was hardest hit. He made the trip by automobile. ! From New England to the Middle= West, along the Ohio River, the floods had Be many homeless, ruined spring crops : and crippled industry. = The Ohio River was from four | to: six feet bove normal from Portsmouth, O,, to. Lawrence 8 Ind., measuring 22.4 feet at Cine nati flood stage there and thro out most of ‘the area is more than 30° feet. The waters of the Monongahitla

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