Evening star., 1932-01-02
5000 NARROWED
IN FLOODED HOMES
Families Unable to Leave and
! Food Running LoW-Aid
Is Asked.
~ the Associated Press. ,

BY the Associated Press.
GLENDORA, Miss, January al
Red Gross survey Of the Tsllahatchi,
River flood zone that showed sbou
5000 people are marooned in thei
homes, many Of them in need of food
led Mayor Meyer Turner and the Towr
Council of Webb to issue a call today
for boats to hasten rescue work.
An epidemic of colds was also dis
closed by the survey, and relief workers
expressed apprehension lest the pro-
5onged exposure encountered by thou
sands led to an outbreak Of more serious
fitness.
Appeals for Help.
The mayors appeal for boats read:
"On account of lack OF boats. Webb
Is not able to go to the assistance of
several thousand people, who are sur
rounded in their homes along CasS!-
day Bayou and in various parts Of the
territory enclosed by that stream.
We have appealed to the Red Cross,
but are informed the organization can
not assist dwellerS on the farms as
this is not within the organization S
jurisdiction. Webb Is not financially
able, or otherwise, to assist.
need at present is for boats to get peo-
pie out of a strip Of territory now
flooded that is 20 miles long and half
as wide, in which there are 700 to 800
families whose homes have been flooded
and who have no means to get to
safety"
The struggle to strengthen crumbling
Ievees was centered today on the
Matthew Bayou embankment, mile
and half above Glendora, and at tbs
Twilight Levee, 2 miles beyond.
Danger of Disease.
Two minor breaks in private levees on
che CaSsiday Bayou near Sumner early
today sent water over several hundred
acres of land and forced at least a
dozen families to flee their homes.
r. L. Ward, in charge Of Red Cross
work at Sumner said he had appealed
TO the National Red Cross for more
funds. He estimated that more than
10000 persons" have been made home
less by the flood.
He has asked doctors and nurses at
Clarksdale, Greenville and Greenwood
TO be ready for emergency calls.
while we are hopeful" he said,
in refugee camps
Some Boats Used.
Available boats were sent racing
through the inundated sections Of West
ern Tallahatchie County today to rescue
the marooned. However, relief workers
said the small number of boats at hand
would make possible the immediate re-
moval Of not more than per cent OF
those stranded.
In addition to the appeal for boats
sent out by the town of Webb, the VII
lagos of Sumner and Swan Lake made
known the need for craft to search the
flooded countryside for helpless families.
All Of the northern portion OF Talla-
hatchie County is inundated, and the
crest is not expected until tomorrow.
Fresh squads of convicts from the
State prison at Parchman were hur-
ried to the Matthew Bayou and Twilight
levees today. About 400 men are now
working on a 14-mile stretch Of dykes
in that vicinity, but water IS pouring
over the leveeS despite their efforts.
Suffering on the part Of refugees was
accentuated today by cold weather.
The food situation at Crowder be-
came acute today. Canned goods, on
which the residents had relied for days,
were exhausted.
A call for tents for refugees in the
Webb section was made to Gov. Theo-
dore G. Bilbo, but neither the State
nor the National Guard units were able
to supply them and the request was for
warded to Gen. Frank A. Mccoy, COM
mander OF the 4th Corps Area at At
lanta.