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The Washington times., 1936-03-20
JAMES RIVER
RECED|NG

RICHMOND, March 20.-Flood
waters of the James River were
slowly receding today after reach
ing an all-time record flood stage
of 1913 feet. The crest was reached
shortly before 3 a. m.
There we're no casualties, police
said. The flood waters forced the
closing down Of the city's gas
plant, but workmen piled thou
sands of bags of sand around the
power plant and saved that place
from being inundated.
Railroad schedules were aban-
doned. The Seaboard Air Lines
bridge over the James River took
a terrific pounding and officials
declared it unsafe. The Southern
Railways station at Hull Street
was under water and service on
that line was maintained out Of
South Richmond.
The Buxton Line piers were un-
der water. The river spread to
IL times its normal width at the
gas plant and flooded low-lying
sections of Richmond and South
Richmond on the opposite bank.
Several persons were marooned on
islands and were taken to the
mainland by police rescue parties.
The Washington times., 1936-03-20
Treasury Condition

Treasury balance as of March
18: $2,835, 52,09041; miscellane-
GUS internal revenue, $45, ,44S.r
754.85; current receipts, $20,171,r
523.99,
The Washington times., 1936-03-20
TODAY IN CONGRESS

Committee; open hearing on
American youth act.
1920 a. m.-Finance Commit
tee; executive session on liquor
tax.
1920 a. m.-Interstate Com
merce Committee; open session.
1890 a. m.-Military Affairs
Committee; executive meeting.
1890 a. m.-Agriculture Com
mittee; cotton, open.
HOUSE
Today
Meets at noon.
10 a. m.-InterState Commerce
Committee: executive session.
10 a. m.-Ways and Means
Committee; executive session on
taxation.
1890 a. m.-Judiciary Commit
tee; Government contracts, open.
1920 a. m.-Military Affairs
Committee; airplane balloon hear
ing.
1890 a. m.-Appropriations
committee; deficiency, executive.
The Washington times., 1936-03-20
Maryland Flood Areas
Menaced BY Typhoid

Maryland, in the upper Po
tomac valley area, fought a new
menace today as it counted its
dead in the receding flood waters
The new menace is diseaSe-ty
phoid fever.
Already health officials, who
warned of the typhoid danger
have begun plans to inoculate
entire communities.
Meanwhile, martial law was in
effect in some areas and ma
tional guardsmen are being
rushed to other towns to halt
looting of stores and homes
ruined by the flood.
Cumberland Guarded
At Cumberland so militiamen
have formed a Gordon around
the business section where it was
unofficially estimated that thou
sands of dollars worth of mer-
chandise already had been stolen.
Guardsmen are en- route from
Baltimore to Hancock, Williams
port, Harpers Ferry and other
valley towns.
County commissioners Of Ale
gany county appealed to Governor
Nice for aid in a telegram which
read:
"It is absolutely imperative
that the State of Maryland ex-
tend emergency assistance to
Cumberland and adjacent flood
area. Conditions are appalling.
Many people in dire need. Busi-
ness and traffic at a Standstill.
Allegany county will appre-
ciate any assistance you may be
able to extend at this time"
WARNED ABOUT WATER
State health officials rushed
messages to town and county Of
ficials in the affected area, warn
ing that all water must be boiled
before it is used. The plan to
inoculate citizens of these towns
against typhoid is being consid-
cred by the health authorities.
Thrilling rescues throughout the
area were many and police and
firemen have been on continuous
duty nearly 48 hours.
At Point of Rocks, where two
thirds of the town is inundated,
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>scores of persons were rescued as
their homes were swept down
stream.
Hard hit is the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad line through the
Potomac Valley. An estimated
100 miles of right of way has been
washed out or seriously damaged.
A work train, with more than
200 laborers, left Washington this
morning to start repair work and
salvage operations near Bruins.
wick, where the railroad yards
have been devastated.
Damage Not Estimated
Damage to the railroad could
not be estimated today by Of
ficials.
DR.. Homer Tabler, State roads
commissioner, has estimated that
d age to highways alone is
more than a million dollars.
The appeal from Allegany
county officials to Governor Nice
was forwarded this morning to
the Maryland congressional dele,
cation in Washington, accom-.
panied by a note from the Gov.
ernor asking the Maryland Sen.
ators and Representative to seek
Federal aid for the impoverished
flood victims.
AS the flood receded through.
out the valley today, it left dead
livestock, collapsed homes and
broken furniture piled high along
the river banks. National Guards,
men will put to work immedi-
ately. State officials indicated, to
clean up the debris.
Water Supply Low
Hagerstown is still on a water
diet" as workmen struggled vainly
to place the water pumping station
at WilliamSport back in operation.
The station went under water
early yesterday and water was still
more than two feet deep in some
parts of the station this morning.
Officials said it probably would oe
possible to have the station operat-
ing tomorrow-if no serious dam
age to equipment has been done by
the water.
Meanwhile. Hagerstown uursed
its reserve supply, which it is
feared will not last beyond today.
The Washington times., 1936-03-20
Rise of Potomac Lures
Merry Thousands

Virginia were dismissed early in
an effort to avert the traffic tie
up, but this seemed to be of little
help as every citizen who owned
an automobile, it seemed, headed
for the river to see the awesome
sight.
Canal Road was closed to traf-
fic, but many pedestrians dared
the rising river to view the flood
from that point, leaving their
cars on the. high ground above.
BY six o'clock, when the crest
of the flood passed by, it was esti-
mated that more than 100000 per-
sons were along the banks of the
river, and all through the night
and into the early hours of the
morning they continued to come.
Despite the serious situation,
the crowds were excited, laughing,
happy, as though it were a big
football game or civic celebration,
rather than a river gone mad.
The Washington times., 1936-03-20
PENNSYLVANIA
RIVERS EBB
SLOWLY

HARRISBURG, Pa, March &c
{I.N.SO.-Central Pennsylvania S
mad rivers and streams fell slowly
today as initial reports, trickling
in from flood isolated communi
ties, revealed regional death
toll of at least eleven and hun
dredS of thousands of dollars
worth of property damage.
The mile-broad Susquehanna re-
ceded to 1877 feet this morning at
Harrisburg after having driven
hundreds from their homes and
inundating the Pennsylvania rail
road yards. An all-time flood
stage of 30.34 feet, which temper
arily cut off the &ty's water sup
ply and steam and curtailed power
was reached last night.
From Clearfield, the first def
mite report in two days revealed
three new droWnings with the
west branch of the SuSquehanna
fallen from an 18 foot crest to IL
feet. The temperature was at
freezing there. however. and the
city was urgently in need of Red
Gross aid.
Three additional deaths at
Wilkes Barre brought the city
death toll to-seven. Worst hit Of
the north branch of the Susque-
hanna's cities, Wilkes Barrie had
more than 1000 homeless from
the torrent that so far has reced-
ed only inches from it's crest of
1871 feet.
The damage at Williamsport,
where fire wiped out a large build
ing while firemen were unable to
get through the deep water to
fight it, was described by Gov
ernor Early after an aerial survey
as "the worst place I've ever seen,
next to Johnstown." Remove,
farther north, was still isolated,
although the Red Cross was NOV
ing northward, over roundabout
routes to all stricken points.
A special train removed over
500 families from Sunbury, where
disease was reported rampant,
yith 80 persons quarantined with
measles, scarlet fever and chicken
poX.
The Washington times., 1936-03-20
Flood Waters ReCede
In Upstate New York

ALBANY. N. Y, March 20 ON.
SO.-Flood waters receded rapid
ly in upstate New York today as
State and local officials turned to
the task of rehabilitation.
Late reports from all of the
flood areas revealed that both the
rivers and hill streams were re-
turning to normal levels. The
situation was helped by dropping
temperatures. Thousands of fami-
lies driven from their homes by
the high waters of the last few
days, were returning to their dam
aged dwellings.
The Washington times., 1936-03-20

others were treated for minor
hurts and sent to their homes.
Johnston issued his appeal to
"all civic organizations and service
clubs" but also urged all citizens
to take the same step.
Relief workers, Red Cross Off
cialS, American Legion posts and
other groups Immediately started
a trek to nearby streams.
BY nightfall, it was estimated,
Pittsburgh would be without any
water. City officials said the sup
ply could not be replenished for
48 hours at the earliest.
Down the Ohio, which today
was pouring its accumulated
waters in an oily torrent over
the West Virginia and Ohio
shores, hundreds were still ma
rooned in small communities,
without adequate food, water or
shelter.
From other sections of western
Pennsylvania, cut off from here
for days, other reports of death
and devastation began to seep in
as communications were restored.
Tarentum reported terrific flood
damage; five were reported dead
at Vandergrift where more Ma.
tional Guardsmen were requested
to stem looting that broke out.
Death, injury and ruin became
commonplaces. Districts hereto.
fore unscathed by high waters
were stricken. Hourly it became
apparent the full story of the
flood toll will not be told for
days, possibly weeks.
The Washington times., 1936-03-20
By Arthur B. DONEGAN

PITT S B U R G H, Mar. 20.
G.N.SD.-Confronted with pros
pect of a water famine by night
fall, Leslie M. Johnson, director
of public works, today appealed
to citizens of flood ravaged Pitts
burgh to obtain individual water
supplies as quickly as possible
from streams near their homes.
AS the new peril confronted the
stricken city, Pittsburgh doggedly
began the task of emerging from
it's devastation. At 10 a. m, the
known dead in Pittsburgh and i'm
mediate vicinity was As. with the
toll certain to mount as the
swiftly subsiding waters gave re-
lief and rescue workers entry to
hitherto inaccessible communities.
At least $50 persons we're in hos
pitals, suffering from injuries and
exposures while hundreds of
The Washington times., 1936-03-20
Two Are Promoted
In Fire Department

Two promotions in the District
Fire Department were ordered
today by the Commissioners on
recommendation of Fire Chief
Charles e. Schrom.
Resulting from the retirement
of Lieut.. Paul Steinman. the
Commissioners appointed Sergt.
j. w. Kay to succeed him and
Private P. w. Stafford to be
sergeant.
The Washington times., 1936-03-20
Flood Emergency
DELAYS Rail Hearino

Because of flood conditions, the
1:C.C. hearing on the petition of
the railroads for an indefinite
continuation of the present emer-
gency freight rates, set for Bos-
ton, March 26, today was post
poned to a date to be announced
later.
The Washington times., 1936-03-20
IS SET.
BYM0THER

OSHKOSH, Wis, March 20.
Mrs. Anna Putzer, this towns
most famous mother, has estab.
lished a record in which there
is little, if any, competition.
She has recently given birth
to twins for the sixth time.
And in each case she has never
been confined to a hospital nor
been attended by a doctor at
childbirth.
In all, Mrs. PutZer has given
birth to 16 children, IA of whom
are living. Her latest twins are
a boy and a girl.
The Washington times., 1936-03-20
Wears Glasses

Pal Gilbert, Alabama U. boxer,
wears glasses outside the ring. Gill
bert, senior middleweight, fought
to draw with West of Ole Miss
recently.
The Washington times., 1936-03-20
PITT SBURGH'S )
WATERFALLS

PITTSBURGH, March 20
Q.N.S).-Unable to Withstand
the pressure of racing flood
waters in the Allegheny, the
Sixteenth Street bridge, one of
the chief traffic arteries be-
tween Pittsburgh and the
North Side, collapsed today,
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-12
FARLEY SAILS
FOR VACATION
TRIP ABROAD

NEW YORK, Nov. IL. WP)-James
A. Farley, Democratic national
chairman, sailed yesterday for Eng
land and Ireland on a three-week
vacation, leaving behind a plea for
national unity.
AS time discloses that nobody is
seeking to take away anything any,
one is entitled TO-" he said. the
vast majority of those defeated at
the polls will come into line and
wonder what they became so excited
about.
"AB the years go by and business
continues good, they will come to
understand that Communism is not
a threat in the United States; that
they are not menaced by a dictator
ship; that there is no danger of
confiscation by taxation or other
wise"
Farley was guest of honor at a
dinner rendered last night at the
Hotel Biltmore by the office staff
of the Democratic national commit
tee.
He warned that the hackers of
President Roosevelt must be ready
to repulse a new drive by powerful
reactionaries after temporary per-
iod Of quiescence ana insisted that
a militant fight must be made to
head them off.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-12
>o> SCHOOL NOTES %,

From early morn till late at night
To your hive you must go lap after
lap,
Do you never grow tired and long
for a nap?
You're never lazy like the drone
You do your work and never moan.
When other bees disturb your hive
Your food you move SO your swarm
may thrive.
If We could only learn a lesson from
you
We'd never be lazy when there's
work to do.
Dorothy Ann Mitchell, 5th grade
A Little Bee
Buzzing around with glee
A little bee
Stings Yo San on the knee!"
Jimmy Bray.
Lazy Drones
Buzzing lazlIy in the sun,
Are you having lots of fun?
Why don't you help the worker bees
To gather honey from the trees?
Jean Bradshaw.
The Honey Bee
One day heard buzzing sound
And from the flowers tidy tips
The golden nectar juice she sips,
Away she flies back to her home
To feed it to lazy drone.
Again she flies back to the field
To gather the honey the flowers will
yield.
Lee Munroe, 5th grade
An Adventure i'm the Field
Flying Bird was trotting along as
fast as her legs could carry her and
she was very happy. Her mother
had told her to play in the field
until lunch time.
When she got to the field she
heard a noise and ran to see what
it was. She saw some Americans
trying to capture a run away dog.
She asked if the dog was theirs.
They said it was. Flying Bird said
she would help them catch it.
Now Flying Bird was a very
smart girl so she got a board and
bits of rope and made a trap. The
dog walked right into the trap.
The Americans thanks to her
could not be worded. They said
they would send her an American
doll as soon as they could buy one.
They kept their promise and sent
her a doll. I'll bet she was glad she
went to the field.-Phyllis Maxwell,
grade "A.
Going to the Spring
Once there was little girl named
Light Eyes. Her mothers name
was Iowa. Her fathers name was
Swapping Turtle.
One day Light Eyes mother told
her she could go to the spring with
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-12

her. Light Eyes was delighted. On
the way to the spring Light Eyes
saw strange animal Mother said
it was beautiful fox.
She saw many interesting things
on the way to the spring. For in
stance, she saw boy hunting rab-
bits with his tomahawk. She saw
a very pretty cactus plant too. She
saw village Of Pueblo Indian boys
beating the tom-tom just for fun,
soaring the people half to death.
Finally they got to the cool
spring where they got the water
Then they went home.-Phyllis
Smith, Grade "A.
Eta-wee's Bumpy Bowl
Eta-wee had just finished watch
ing her mother make a bowl. She
thought she would like to make one
too. So she got some clay and
rubbed it between her fingers. Then
she began her work. She wrapped
strips of clay around and around
until it was a big bowl. Then she
let it dry for many days, but it was
quite bumpy
She was not going to let anybody
know what she was making. The
bowl was finished o! but she was
glad-Esther Weakley, grade "A.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-12
CHANGE VOTED
IN TRADING ON
CHICAGO MART

CHICAGO, Nov. IL. W.P)-Acting
under an emergency rule, members
Of the board of trade today voted
change in trading hours, effective
Monday, Nov 16.
Effective Monday, grain trading
hours will be from $3.50 a. IN. to
lis p m. tCST) daily and from
9:30 a. m. until II noon Saturdays.
The hours will be in force until
Nov. "a when members will again
vote whether to retain the new
hours permanently or to close the
market daily at l 80 p. m. and lis
on Saturday.
A change in trading hours in cot
ton and securities was also voted.
Beginning next Monday trading
hours will be from 900 a. m. until
2 p. m. daily and 900 a. m. until
noon Saturdays.
The changes in trading hours
were necessitated by the recent de-
cision to restore Central Standard
Time to Chicago.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-12
VISITOR WILL
GIVE TALK AT
P.T.A. MEETING

How to Qualify as Modern Par
ents" is the topic which Mrs. Harry
Archibald of San Marino will dis
cuss at a county P.-TA. meeting
Monday at o'clock in the Hoffman
P. school, CaleXico.
At this time the county PIT A.
board will meet but the sessions are
open to the public.
Mrs. Archibald has for more than
10 years organized and promoted
study groups. She will return to
Imperial county later in the year
to assist with the organization of
such groups who will carry on a
definite stedy program.
Mrs. Edward H. Law of Ell Cen
tro will provide the music for the
meeting.
At 1890 Monday a luncheon con-
ference will be conducted in the De
Anza hotel coffee shop, open also
to all women interested and to p
T. A. presidents and study group
chairmen in particular.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-12
HARDING SCHOOL
Brown Bee

Brown bee buzzed up in the heat
To find a velvet blossom seat.
And there he sits on a dainty petal
To tell the swarm just where 10
settle.
Betty Jean Peacock, 5th grade.
Busy Wings
Busy buzzing honey bee.
fluttering her fan.
Gene MouSSeau.
Little Girl in Japan
A little girl lives in Japan
And for all know she may still be
There you sing your sweet, sweet
song
AS you work the whole day long.
Carl Maggie, 5th
A Happy Japanese Boy
guess that little japanese boy
Is full of joy,
He flies his kite with another boy
Ora Faye Maynard
Worker Bees
There you make it nice and sweet
Busy little worker bees
Storing honey in the trees
There you make it nice and sweet
For all the lazy drones to eat.
Busy little worker bees,
Fluttering round the blossoming
trees
You aren't at all like me
AS you flutter all around
MokinU oy,lv q hIIzzi,,O coIpd
Looking ever for nectar sweet
To make golden honey for all to
eat.
Martha jenkins, 5th grade
Busy Bee
Busy little honey bee
Buzzing round the apple tree
There you gather honey sweet
For all your baby bees to eat
The way you work is quite sight,
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-12

against the district in his attempt
to collect back salary he declares
is owed him, is set for November
"a.
Whitlock brought suit against
various district officials for ST.
518.75 and $10125 the fifteenth and
thirtieth of each month until paid
In an answer, the district declared
Whitlock had been fraudulently
appointed deputy in the assessor
collectors office and instead of
the district owing him, he owed
the district $6,O75.
Demurrer hearings in the B..
Jennings suit for declaratory re-
lief, is scheduled for November %.
Jennings alleged he tried to re-
deem certain property from de-
linquent assessments but had been
prevented from doing so. He de-
clared the district let Warren B.
Holdridge use the property.
The case of the district against
Andrew Riegel in a quiet title
action involving farming property
in the northend of the valley is
set for November 25. Thanksgiv-
ing day. The case was filed June
27, 1885.
Another quiet title action set
for November % will include a
motion to hear a demurrer. The
case was brought by the district
against Cora B. Metz, Sylvia E.
Ritzman, j. w. Ritzman, H. E..
Gleason, John F. Poole, D. Gross
and others The case was filed
in 1880.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-12
DISTRICT FIGURES IN FOUR COURT CASES IN WEEK NOV p

dean of the University of Califor-
mia medical school and one of the
nations outstanding pediatricians,
died yesterday at University of CAL
ifornia hospital after a lingering
illness.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-12
OUTSIDE JUDGE
WILL HEAR CASES

The Imperial irrigation district will figure in four
set for trial in Imperial county superior court the week
of November % An outside judge will be in the county
that week for the purpose of hearing the
\ hearing demurrer in the George Whitlock case
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-12
Cean of California u.
Medical School Dies

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. IL. U.P)-
Dr. William McKim Marriott. ST.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-12
Famous Peruvian
Diplomat Dies at 20

LIMA, Peru, Nov. IL. W.P)-Pedro
De Osma, 10, founder of the news
paper La Prensa, lawyer and former
representative, died today.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-12

Because his first wife, Empress
Peng CHI, above, has failed to
provide him with an heir to the
throne, Emperor Kang Teh, be-
low, of Manchukuo will select
an additional mate from among
100 sturdy girls. aged Is to 20
years, assembled for him. Kang
Teh, formerly Henry Pu vi, boy
emperor of China, and his en-
press have been married since
1922
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-21
Howard Eleven
Drills Hard

Howard University Bisons went
into stiff training yesterday for
their encounter here Saturday
afternoon with the strong West
Virginia State College Noun
taineerS.
The game will be played in
the Howard Stadium and will get
underway at 2 p. m.
Springing a surprise by hold
ing the Virginia State Trojans
to two touchdownS last Saturday
down at Petersburg, Va the
Bisons have increased their
chances for an even break in the
remaining games to be played
which will include such elevens
as Morgan, Lincoln, Hampton
and Union.
State, with one Of the best
teams in many a year is being
doomed as the champion Of the
C. I. A. A. this season.
The game this weekend will see
the BisonS in action against one
of it's old-time foes. Last season
the Mountaineers handed the
local boys a nice beating. Coach
Harry Payne, the new mentor Of
the Bisons is planning bag Of
tricks to turn a loose on the in
YaderS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-21
Prizes ChdnQed
Al Kennel Club

The directors of the American
Kennel Club at their midmonth
meeting voted to change the Setup
Of the prizes which the club has
been giving to encourage Ameri-
can.bred dogs at its member
shows. The prize for best at an
all-breed show will hereafter be
$25, if the dog is an American
bred, and $35, if bred by it's ex-
hibitor. An Americans group vic
tory will carry SIS, but without
added money for the owner-ex-
hibitor. On the other hand, there
will be a new prize of $40 for
any American-bred placing second
In a group.
At speciality shows the prize
fon an American-bred going best
is reduced from $50 to $25, with
SO added for a MISREPRESENTATION
winner. Instead of the former
prize of $25 for the best in the
American-bred classes at speciality
shows, there will be two prizes of
SIS each for the best American
bred bitch. The annual prize of
$3.50 for the greatest number of
best-in,show victories by an
American.bred is not affected by
these changes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-21
.UCKPIN
HONOR ROLL

The Warrington Times dis
tributes Twenty-Five ($25) dol
lars in prizes each week to men
and women in the Warrington
area rolling the seven highest
hardwood duckpin games in
FOUL-LINE, fiVe-rnen teams
league competition on veguld-
ton alleys from Monday to Sat
urday through the season to the
last Saturday in April.
The prizes duplicated for
men and UOnen) are:
Highest game of week, IS.
Second highest, $3.50. Next
five highest games, 81 each.
GRAND PRIZE of $25 each
to man and womGn rolling the
highest game by expiration Of
contest, including final week.
Owing to the obvious superb
GRITTY of certain leagues il is
necessary to limit prizes to three
per league Except in case Of a
tie and one to each boWlev.
Only fiUe-men team leagues are
eligible.
Blanks must bear the FULL
first and last name of each
bowler and must be signed BY
the four line umpire and the
president or official scorer of
the league.