The times-news., 1937-01-30
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the Gulf, faced its hardest battle
in two danger sectors" One
reached from Cairo to Tiptonville,
Tenn. The other was at Melwood,
Ark.
Army engineers rushed 1000
fresh men to a section few miles
above Tiptonville when waters be-
gan to eat into an earthen struc-
ture there. They said the situa-
ton was dangerous" but appar-
emily in hand.
FARMERS DRIVEN FROM
HOMES WITH BAYONETS
Near Mellwood, national guards
men with fixed bayonets drove
stubborn farmers from their low
land homes.
The lowering, rain-filled clouds
were not expected to swell floods
highe. above Cairo but forecast
ers said they may delay recession
of the waters.
It meant additional days OF suf-
fering for refugees along 1000
miles of the Ohio where threats
of disease are rampant and res
cue workers have just begun to
think of cleaning up debris-swept,
desolated cities.
Buildings were settling in some
cities and there still was a short
age of medical equipment.
The Red Cross reported 1t had
received $4,3S9,00o in its $l0,,
0OO, 900 drive for food relief and
was operating 220 refugee camps
and 80 hospitals. 1t had 10000
relief workers in the field. .
In Washington, the President
appointed a four-man committee
of government relief and recon-
struction experts to survey the
flood area from Pittsburgh to
Memphis. Their recommendations
win cover both recovery from the
present disaster and prevention
of, those in the future.
The list of dead by states:
Kentucky 209, Illinois IL, Ar
kansas 30, Missouri II, West Vir-
ginia II, Indiana IL, Ohio 70,
Tennessee Z, Mississippi q, Penn
sylvania 3, and Alabama 2.
The men who sought to fore
stall the greatest food in the low
er Mississippi valley since 1877,
reported morale high "all along
the line" ;, =. T.,
"The weather will decide it,"
they said. "If it doesn't rain,
we've got the river licked"
The forecast was for CLOUDY
and occasional showers" and
army officers eyed clouds anxious
ly for signs of rain.
Airplanes scared out over low
lands. dropping metal tubes warn
ing farmers to get out to higher
ground.
At least 25o,ooO were homeless
in the five-state area - Missouri,
Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana
and Alabama. .,-;. .H. >.
The Ohio river still was rising
between Evansville and Cairo, Ill.
Cincinnati's business leaders
believed months might pass be-
fore the city could return to a
normal basis. Typhoid vaccine Tor
10000 innoculations was received
from the state health department.
Residents were warned to con-
tinue boiling all drinking water.
Similar work was under way at
Portsmouth, O.. Widespread re-
construction was believed neces-
sary as inspectors reported homes
either resting dizsily on their
foundations or swept completely
away. Residents were asked TO re,
main away from the city until
normal sanitation can be restored;
Like conditions were reported
at Ironton, O., with Portsmouth
hardest hit by the Ohio floods.
z KENTUCKY CoNVICTS
UNACCoUNTED FOR
Prison officials at FRANKFORT;
Ky., reporting officially on a hooa
which drove prisoners from the
state penitentiary, said seven con, !,
victs were "unaccounted Tor,
Waters receding from the nooaed
courtyard revealed no bodies they
said. -,
Street cave-ins added to prob
lens of rehabilitation at str,cken
I 1,;,,;llo Vy and half dozen