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Evening star., 1937-01-26
FLOOD
HALTED BY COLD.
Mercury Drop Curbs Rivers
After Second Invasion
of "GoIden Triangle"
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, January 26.-A
sudden drop in temperatures halted
steady rise in Pittsburgh's rivers
today, just as they swept over the
edge Of the golden triangle" busi-
ness district for the second time in
0 week.
With the temperature fall the city's
three rivers began receding from q
flood height. Upstream, the Monon-
gahela, Allegheny and Ohio Rivers
were stationary or dropping slowly.
The industrial suburbs-McKees
Rocks. Etna, Sharpsburg, Verona
were flooded during the night.
Water Invades Homes.
The water climbed into homes and
neighborhood stores as 1t did last week.
Hundreds of families fed. Relief sta
tions were set up; school houses be-
came barracks.
One man died. Charles M. Snyder.
river patrolman. who rescued
hundreds from drowning during years
Of service on the river, was swept
down the swollen Allegheny as he
prepared his launch for q tour OF
flooded areas.
Gas and electric lights were shut
of in some Of the harder hit districts.
Upriver in Sharpsburg, always hard
hit by flood waters of the Allegheny,
Burgess Dennis Casper gave orders to
shoot to kill' any looters.
Freep0rt Marshals Aid.
At Freeport, another Allegheny
River town. Burgess c. A. Rogers said:
I'VE have made all possible prepara-
tions to care for our own homeless.
Supplies, blankets and other neces-
stiles so far are adequate
In the bottoms" Of McKees Rocks,
death trap in the floods q year ago,
calm prevailed. The flood was an old
story to them.
At the giant Gulf Building. on one
Of the highest spots downtown, the
subterranean water was 4 feet be-
meath the floor Of its 40-foot-deep
subbasement.
Maj. Lynn g. Adams. superintendent
OF the State police, ordered 40 addi-
tional troopers into the city.
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BUS PROBE STARTS
WITH TOLL AT Il
Expert Mechanics Inspect
Mud-Caked Vehicle That
Plunged Into Canal.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, January ga three.
way investigation was pushed today
into the disaster that brought death
by drowning to II passengers Of q bus
crossing the Everglades.
Expert mechanics, sent independ-
emily by civil authorities, State Rail-
road Commission and the bus oper-
ator. Tamiami Trail Tours, Inc, ex-
amined the big. mud-caked vehicle
that rolled into q roadside canal IS
miles west of Miami.
The bus carried 80 passengers, its
driver and a Negro porter, bound for
Florida's West Coast.
The driver, w. w. Hammond Of
Tampa, who escaped with minor lacer-
ations, said he thought either the
steering wheel broke or the right front
wheel collapsed. I was driving at q
moderate rate of speed"
Early today two bodies. both women,
remained unidentified.
The identified dead:
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Rodgers, 81, 1913
E1aoL DIN SH StICCL, Wdllh Wdllh, WhSh.
C. D. Towled, so, st. Louis, Mo.
Louis Frank Sergent, Al, Miami
Edgar H. Whitney, rs, Winthrop,
Mass.
Robert M. Halpenny. 80, Everglades,
Fla.
Thomas ]. Waters. 31a, New
Rochelle, N. Y.
Mrs. Helen B. Waters, 20, his
mother, of New Rochelle, N Y.
Mrs. Sarah House, SO, Detroit.
Mrs. J. F. Heidi, 81, High Springs,
Fla.
Mrs. Clara Young, So, New Castle,
Pa.
Mrs. Sarah L. Liks, ~, Matawan,
N. J.
Mrs. Emily Best, AZ, Wyncoate, Pa.
Mrs. w. P. Heinrichs, so, 1890
North Paulina avenue, Chicago.
w. p. Heinrichs, IS, Chicago.
Mrs. 3. 8. Wood. ~. OF Bingham
ton, N. Y.
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the flood areas donated material, such
rs food, clothing and medical sup
plies when shipped by and consigned
to the American Red Cross. This free
movement Of relief supplies will be
continued for 18 days.
Commissioners Issue Appeal.
The Commissioners appealed to the
public for prompt donations of funds
and clothing for the relief Of the flood
sufferers and established machinery
for handling contributions.
Money contributions should be sent
to the office of the District auditor in
the District Building or to the District
Chapter Of the Red Cross, 1870 E
street. and all police and fire station
houses and the District Building were
ordered kept open continuously for
the receipt Of gifts of clothing.
The Commissioners said in a proc
lamation:
THE President of the United States
having publicly called the attention
Of the people of the United States to
the apalling disaster which has ovei-
taken the inhabitants of the Ohio and
Mississippi River Valleys as a result
OF the floods, and as the president Of
the American Red Cross having urged
the American people to contribute
promptly and generously funds to
alleviate the suffering incident to this
disaster, the Commissioners of the
District Of Columbia appeal to the
people OF the District TO contribute
as far as Is within their power to pro-
vide money and clothing for the need
full assistance Of the inhabitants of
the stricken localities. Our people have
never failed to respond to such a call
and our record OF liberality in this
respect should be maintained"
The Commissioners named the fol-
lowing as q committee In charge Of
contributions made through the Dis
trict government: Police Supt. E. w.
Brown, c. E. Schrom. E. P. Brook,
superintendent of the District Build
ing; A. r. Pilkerton. and G. NJ
Thornett. secretary to the Commits
sioners.
Relief headquarters here presented
. scene Of amazing activity last night.
One Of the busiest was Colin Herile,
who has slept only 10 hours during
the last week while directing relief
for the 100000 flood victims.
Between disasters, Herile leads q
quiet life, amusing himself with anna
teur carpentry and efforts to make
his lawn grow. But the first sign Of
Evening star., 1937-01-26

disaster galvanizes him into action.
After one Of his countless telephone
calls today-this FROM Puducah. Ky
ne adjusted his rimless spectacles, lit
fresh cigaret from the stump Of
another and observed:
From our point OF view, there IN
nothing to be worried about there.
That Is. nobody is goahs to be drowned
or starved. Outside of that they'll
probably catch all kinds OF hell"
Food Is Shipped.
A few minutes later, he sent 20
trucks of food up the river from
Memphis. a special train to Louis
vile, $4,000 worth of food along the
tributaries of the Ohio.
Orders are for us to get the food
loaded and see about paying for it
later" he said.
Herile. a native Of the District,
has been with the Red Cross 27 years
and now is assistant director Of dis
aster relief.
He had his first flood relief expe-
rience in 1914 on Red Cross mission
in China.
Five women have been working more
than Is hours at a stretch to handle
the telephone calls at the Red Cross
Building. About half Of these calls
are inquiries from friends or relatives
Of persons in the stricken area and
the rest offers Of aid from all parts Of
the country.
In the annex there are about 100
girls doing clerical work, Of which
about IS are emergency workers called
in to tabulate contributions.
Evening star., 1937-01-26
HOUSE REPUBLICANS
DECIDE ON PROGRAM

BY the Associated Press.
The SO House Republicans embarked
today on a militant" campaign Of
opposition to any Democratic pro-
posals they deem inimical TO the Ma
tion's interests.
They instructed their leader, Repre-
sentative Smell of New York. at a con-
ference last night TO name a nine-man
Policy Committee to work out a party
program.
1--WE are attempting TO organize q
militant. cohesive minority" said
Smell.
Several made 1t clear they consid-
cred this course the best basis for a
drive to regain lost party power.
They said their best orators would
lombard administration action or leg
islation they consider unsound or un-
constitutional.
Evening star., 1937-01-26

critical at the capital city. Flood
waters forced abandonment Of the
century-old State reformatory after a
riot by inmates. The prisoners were
moved to jails in Central Kentucky
cities and concentration camp near
Louisville.
Reports confiicted as to the number
Of prisoners who might have lost their
lives behind the gray stone walls Of
the flooded prison, where surly prison.
ers rioted and some were shot after
flood waters edged into their cells.
40 to IS Prisoners Missing.
One high State official who declined
to be quoted by name said a check-up
last night showed that from 40 to as
prisoners were missing. Some National
Guardsmen said that probably IL
bodies would be found when the flood
receded from the institution.
County Judge Boone Hamilton esti-
mated the property loss In Frankfort
and Franklin County would approxi-
mate $4000,000. The State capital. on
hill overlooking the water-covered
Kentucky River Palisades, sheltered
1000 refugees in its marble walled
corridors. Water surrounded the old
State Capitol, now a museum for
valuable historical relics, in downtown
Frankfort.
Equally serious was the situation at
Henderson, KY, across the flooded
Ohio from Evansville, Ind. Two thou
sand refugees were reported to have
left Henderson.
Points along Ohio River tributaries
in Western Kentucky were hard beset
by food waters. President James H.
Richmond ordered Murray College
classes suspended so that the building
could be thrown open to Western Ken
lucky flood refugees.
Buses Are Seized.
City officials adopted drastic meas
ures last night in an effort to rescue
10000 persons still marooned in flood
ed houses and to preserve the health
and the morale Of 100000 others al
ready evacuated.
Alderman Board President Horace
A. Taylor, outlining to Mayor Mil
ler's Emergency Council the urgent
need for motor vehicles for avacua-
tion Of refugees. described the meas
ures taken to obtain them.
A bus company left 20 vehicles on
a hill. The keys were in the :gni-
ton switches. Officers searching for
vehicles to move refugees huddled in
evacuation bases spotted the buses.
They loaded 20 drivers in truck.
seized the buses and moved thou
sands Of refugees in them.
A private supply house trying to
move some Of its equipment left q
truck in front of q business place a
short time. When the driver re-
turned he recognized his truck re-
turning from an evacuation base
with so refugees in it.
Orders Are Posted.
Safety Director Wakefield directed
the following order be posted on
Evening star., 1937-01-26
COAST GUARDSMEN|
RUSH TO WHEELING
Crew of Fl HurrieS to Evac-
uate Citizens as Ohio River
Climbs Higher.
BY the Associated Press.


WHEELING, w. Va, January 26.-
A Coast Guard crew of 81 men sped
to Wheeling today to hurry evacua-
ton of thousands Of persons still re-
manning in hood-threatened homes
while the Ohio River climbed higher.
The stage was 466 feet early today
10 feet above flood stage-and still
rising.
They brought with them from Will
mington, Del, three power launches
and nine life boats to ply over the
swirling muddy tide carrying supplies
or transferring men, women and
children to refuge on higher ground.
Other relief workers rowed through
the water-fllled streets transporting
baskets of food to 600 families on the
Island" ard in South Wheeling.
Hundreds of other persons stood in
line outside a relief center, moved
slowly through kitchen and received
bowls Of steaming food-then trudged
to the streets again.
Throughout the night crowds
tramped through Wheeling's streets,
gathered at the edge of the encroach-
ing tide, aided in attempts to save
stock of big stores.
One group-clerks in a big depart
ment store-completed their job Of
moving stock from the first floor
Then they played-donned roller
skates and turned the sales room into
a skating rink.
r. E. Spears, director Of Red Cross
relief. estimated 5000 of the 10000
population of the island midstream.
residential district have fled to safety.
Others. he said, are trying to ride
out the flood" despite pleas and warm
Ings Of relief agencies.
The relief director also placed the
figure of 10000 on the number Of
homes touched by flood waters in
South Wheeling. low-lying residential
district on the mainland.
In the business section three main
streets were under water for blocks;
one hotel was surrounded by the flood;
theaters were closed: pumps chugged
all over town, pumping waters from
the Easements of stores and buildings
still above the flood lines.
Refugees crowded all available shell
ters in churches, schools and public
buildings. Hotel rooms all were taken
Similar conditions existed in Wells
burg, New MartinSville, lowland sec
tions of Moundsville, all towns along
the opposite bank Of the river in
Ohio. At Powhatan, Ohio, heat and
gas were shut off; many families were
evacuated forcibly after they declined
to flee from the flood.
Rescues were frequent-one man,
Abe Wilson, was pulled from the tor
rent after a wild ride 7 miles down.
stream from Follansbee.
FACES WATER FAMINE.
Evening star., 1937-01-26
NAVY INCREASED

TOXIC. January 2C CP-Japan TO-
day launched the second torpedo boat
to be added to her post-treaty navy
within a week.
The warShip. named the Hato. Is
595-ton vessel. 1t is ESQ feet long.
Ten thousand persons witnessed the
launching.
Evening star., 1937-01-26

Whiteford lives at 10l Leland street,
Chevy Chase. Over $500 already has
been donated she said. and the Chevy
Chase Fire Department Is collecting
clothing and other usable articles.
The Pennsylvania Railroad announc-
ed it will transport free Of charge TO
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IN
TRADE IS NOT
YET SERIOUS
President States View in
Message But Asks for
Quick Action

WASHINGTON, Nov. l6. (UP)
President Roosevelt warned con-
grcSS yesterday that there has
been a marked" industrial recess
sion and proposed that it be COM
batted by quick action on his leg
iSlative program and by revising
tax laws particularly to aid small
business men but also to remove
inequalities to all.
He said in a message to the leg.
iSlatorS as they assembled in Spe-
cial session that the business de-
cline mas not reached Serious pro-
portions and cautioned that with
the exercise of ordinary plu.
dcncc" there is no reason why
1--WE should suffer any prolonged
recession, let alone any general
economic paralysis
But, the chief executive cmpha-
sized, the slump has had the eff
feet of decreasing the national in
come-"and that is matter of
dcfuite concern" The immediate
task is to try to increase employ
mcnt by the use of private cap
ital. he said, adding:
obviously government cannot
let nature take its course without
regard to consequences. If private
enterprise does not respond, gov
eminent must take up the slack" "
He appealed to congress and the
nation az a whole to cooperate.
Mr.. Roosevelt outlined in detail
the following four-roint legisla-
tive program on which he said he
hoped for early action "f0r the
sake Of the nation:
!. An "all weather" agricultural
crop control bill.
2. Wages and hours legislation.
3. Creation Of seven iva" dis
trictS for the conservation and
development of the nations nat
ural resources.
4. Government reorganization.
Although the presidents mes
sage was conciliatory and devoid
of usual criticism of business, he
made it plain that there would be
no retreat from the wide social
program" initiated under the new
deal. Its detectives were given in
the message as:
/. Higher standards of living.
.. Wider distribution of an 'im-
mcnSely enlarged" national in
come.
The message clearly reflected
the administration concern over
the trade slump but sought to
quiet fears over the scope of the
recession as well as stop a run
away tax reform campaign that
has gained momentum with each
lew business decline. The assem-
bling legislators appeared deter
mined TO make sharp rcvisionS in
the revenue laws with or without
the administrations consent.
President Roosevelt said he had
sought the advice of managers of
large industrial and financial en-
tcrprises, Of owners of small bust
ncSScS and of representatives Of
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WEAR DOG COLLARS

COLUMBIA, Mo. (CPD.-Co-
eds at the University of Missouri
are going TO the dogs--at least,
as far as their clothes are con-
cerned. Three girls the other day
appeared on the campus wearing
dog collars complete with brass
studs, name plates and locks.
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PATLA EMERGENCY
CHAIRMAN FOR THE
COUNTY'S RED CROSS

Nathan Patla has been named
Henderson county emergency Red
Cross chairman, j. {. Coston,
chairman of .hc organization in
Henderson county, announced to-
day.
In this capacity Mr.. Patla will
serve ms chairman in any cmcr-
gency call by the national organ
ization, such as the flood last
year.
Mr.. Patla holds q similar posi-
ton with the Hubert NJ. Smith
post of the American Legion and
his Red Cross appointment will
coordinate these two agencies in
any emergency, Mr.. Coston point
cd out.
Mr.. Patla served as chairman
Of the relief campaign for flood
sufferers last year and his work
was outstanding.
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agriculture and of labor since the

agriculture and of labor since the
business outlook became acute.
These discussions. he said, make
il clear that 1--WE have enough Wis
dom in the country today not only
TO check the present recession but
to lay the ground work for Il more
permanent recovery
Mr.. Roosevelt proposed that the
"all weather" farm program which
he seeks from congress should be
directed at obtaining abundance
without waste" and have soil con-
servation as its principal goal. In
moving toward such a goal. the
president asked the legislators to
keep in mind: the fertility of the
soil; economic welfare of farm
families; fair treatment to the
consumers; the american Demo-
cratic way" Of majority rule and
the United States treasury.
Such a program. he said, should
be planned and administered, so
far as possible" by the farmers
but authority should be supplied
TO prevent an uncooperative mi
nority from destroying the pro-
cecdS of the toll Of the great ma
jority." He warned emphatically
that if the new farm act provides
for expenditures beyond budget
appropriations that additional
means" must be provided to sup
ply the needed revenue.
Mr.. Roosevelt said the country
recognizes the need of congress
sional action to maintain wage in
come and purchasing power. Buy
ing power, he contended, is seri-
ously affected by: (D the exploit
tation of child labor; (2) the un-
dercutting of wages and CD the
stretching of the hours of the
poorest paid workers. Such adjust
ments, the president insisted,
should not be made at the EEK
pense Of those least able to bear
them"
Uniform minimum hour and
wage standards are the ultimate
goal Of the prospective labor
measure but, the president said,
this is not an immediate necessity.
I'VE should provide flexible
machinery which will enable in
dustries throughout the country
to adjust themselves progressively
TO better labor conditions" his
message said. But We must not
forget that no policy of fleXIblllty
will be practical unless cO-ordi-
mating agency has the obligation
of inspection and investigation to
ensure the recognition and en-
forcement of what the law re-
quires."
Mr.. Roosevelt said that it is
"high time" that there be enacted
legislation relating to goods NOV
ing in or competing with inter
state commerce which would:
/. Danish, child labor and pro-
tect workers unable to protect
themselves from excessively low
wages and excessively long hours.
.. End the "unsound practice
of some communities which seek
new industries by offering as the
principal attraction labor more
plentiful and much cheaper than
may be found in competing com.
munitieS.
The message defended his pro-
posed government reorganization
program as necessary to increase
efficiency, minimize error, duph-
cation and waste and raise The
morale of the public service. OF
equal Importance, Mr.. Roosevelt
said, is "intelligent reorganization
of our methods of spending ma
tional funds for the conservation
and development Of those natural
resources which are the founda-
ton of virile national life.
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CARD OF THANKS

We express our appreciation OF
the great kindness and sympathy
of our friends in cur bcreave-
mcnt; for floral tributes and
every word of comfor: and friend
ship.
Mrs. Denton Orr ard Family.
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and study.
The writer is native of one of
the best sections of one of the
most progressive counties of
Piedmont North Carolina, but has
always liked and valued the at
fractions of the mountain section
of the state. where he has lived
for IA number Of years, admring
it's beauties and advantages, and
often dcploring certain Shortcom-
inEs and dctcriorating factors. He
wishes To suggest at least one
idea in which every citizen can
take some part toward making
our county more attractive for
our tourists and for our own poo
pie.
Much can be done toward max
ing our county attractive by en-
ploying simple methods Of beauti-
flying our roadsideS and our home
surroundings. We have miles and
miles Of crodcd and badly Scared
loadSidcS-an cycSOrc both to our
own citizens and also TO our tour
istS-that can be very easily rem
cdicd and made attractive by a
little thought and little work
done at odd times, when the land
owners or the people of the COM
munity are idle OF can easily
spare the time and do small
amount of work needed in plant
ing trees along the roadside or in
planting honcySucklc vines at the
top Of unsightly banks along the
roadside.
Running a furrow, placing in it
some honeySucklc roots or vines,
and covering them will be all that
is needed in the way of work to
stop erosion and soaring of the
bank and to start the covering Of
many an unSightly roadside clay
bank with an attractive vine.
This will also often save erosion
of the land back of it and pre-
vent the loss of valuable soil. 4
blanket or rambling roses Of vali.
Gus cOlorS is also often used to
great advantage in identifying
roadsidcS. especially in the vicin-
ity of homes along the road.
The planting Of some well-sc-
lected trees along the roadside,
such as white pines, naples, white
oaks, post oaks, OF other good
types, or perhaps some good fruit
trees in certain locations, will Of
ten take away the unSightly, bar
rem appearance of the land ad-
iacent to the road or around some
dwelling house. and will make it
attractive to the paSscr-by.
In many places grass can be
used to good advantage, and this
is also one of the best means of
preventing or overcoming erosion,
the great thief of plant food so
much needed in our fields, pas
turc lands and woodlands.
Some careful thinking, a rca-
Sonablc amount of intelligent
work. based on wholesome inter-
est, such care as ought naturally
to be given, and patient waiting
over comparatively short period
of time, will result in an improve
mcnt in the attractiveneSS and
value of our county that will be
u real cye-opcncr to our tourists
who may return for visit here
after being away for a few years,
and will in the meantime mako
our own home section much more
pleasant and worth while to our
own home-loving citizens. Let's
get together and do what we
ought to do along this line.
Brazil is sending twice as much
.cD,tnn IN M her countries rs n
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BANK TELLER John
Mcmahon: "Im ham
ding money by the thou
sands. tangled nerves
just don't fit in that kind
of work. So it's Camels
for me-"
AUTO MECHANIC Al
Patterson: I'm the gar
age business you have to
catch your meals on the
run. Camels seem to
smooth the way for good
digestion"
CHIEF SIGNALMAN
of N. Y. Central r. r.,
John Geraghty: Speed
and safety our watch
words - call for healthy
nerves. Do Camels JAM
gle my nerves? No sir"
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Brazil is sending twice as much
cotton 10 other countries as q
year ago.
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Italy has the greatest number
of employed since 1898.