The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-24
ICE CAKES MOVE,
 SAVING STATES
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cd tho flood menace in . dozen states. If the thaw continues. cen- tral states anticipated the worst floods in years. Rivers are frozen as deep as 90 inches and frost has peri- ertated three and four feet into the ground. At Sioux City, 1a., plans were made to use bombing planes to break ice jams in the Missouri river. The temperature there rose to 43 degrees yesterday. Tn other cen- tral states caches of dynamite were placed ct strategic points along c score of rivers to be ready for blast- ing ice jams as they developed.
 Engineers Prepare
 Engineers and Red Cross officials were preparing Q disaster setup." Reports from the most seriously af. fected states were:
 Wisconsin = "Thc Red Cross is. prepared for the worst floods the state has seen in many years," said Miss Margaret Sharp, Milwaukee manager of the Red Cross. Boats, food and shelter will be provided when the rivers and creeks start overhowing their banks"
 Illinois-Thousan of acres of farm land along the 200-mile course of the Illinois river probably will be undated in spring floods. Ice is 20 inches thick on the Illinois and many smaller rivers are frozen solid. Mayors of nine northeastern Illinois cities conferred to prepare for sudden thaw.
 Michigan - Stream control and highway officials ordered the loca- ton of convenient stores of dyna- mite to blast ice jams which threat en highway bridges. The state health department warned against the danger of polluted drinking wa ter supplies due to high water.
 Worst Overflow
 At Kalamazoo the worst overflow of the Kalamazoo river in 20 years Is expected about the middle of March. Rowboats have been provid- cd for emergency use and lowland sections have been advised that evacuation may be necessary.
 Ohio, Kentucky and West Vir- ginia-the annual spring flood in the Wheeling Cincinnati district in expected to be the worst since 1913, Many highways in Ohio lowlands covered to Q depth of several feet by baciswater from ice-chocked streams Engineers believed bridges will be torn out when the ice jams start moving downstream.
 Iowa - With approximately eight billion tons of water in the form of ice and snow covering the state. sudden thaw would cause tremend- ous damage.
 We are certain to have extreme ly high water levels, but 1t is un- certain yet whether they will be seriously damaged" said R. c. Ka- sel, disetrict engineer of the U. s Geological survey.
 Red Cross Is Ready
 The Red Cross has arranged to feed and house families forced from their homes by floods at Cedar Rapids.
 Indiana - Ice on the Wabash river Is 24 to Sl inches thick. un- precedented in recent history. A disaster relief committee comprised of members of the Red Cross and American Legion formed at Wabash. Harbor craft in four rivers threat ened by sudden breaks in ice jams.
 Nebraska - State Engineer 4. c. Tilley greatly worried" about the possibilities of floods but does not anticipate conditions as bad as last May and June when the Republican river went on rampage. taking 100 lives and causing about si0,- 100000 damage. Ice on the Platte and Missouri rivers reported 36 inches thick.
 Alabama - Heavy property and livestock damage feared in spring floods. Rivers in South Alabama are filled to capacity and in some places have been out of their banks since early january due to unprecedented rainfall.