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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-26
PENNSYLVANIA
FLOOD THREAT
INCREASES

PITTSBURGH, April 26 G.N.S0.
Whipped up by more than 80
hours of inceSsant rainfall, rivers
and streams in Western Pennsyl'
vania's vast watershed overran
their banks today, spreading havoc
and destruction reminiscent Of the
great floods of 1886 and Of last
January.
At Pittsburgh, the Allegheny and
Monongahela, rising towards q
predicted crest of 80 feet, five
above flood level, reached 32.2
feet this morning.
In Johnstown, the stage was
17l2 feet, a foot and a half above
flood level. United States engi.
neers predicted a crest of 80 feet.
Indirectly, the flood was held re"
sponsible for one death. An elderly
JohnstoWn woman died of heart
attack when she learned water was
flooding her cellar.
A 30-foot stage in Pittsburgh will
send water over the edges Of the
Golden Triangle" business section
and into Easements of stores
Rainfall over the Allegheny
averaged 225 inches since early
yesterday and on the Mononga-
hela two inches.
All records for "a hours were
believed broken at Franklin where
the U. S. observers reported a fall
of 3.18 inches. Rainfall in Somer-
set since 10 p. m. Saturday meas
ured 1852 inches. Rainfall in
Johnstown in the 24-hour period
was gagged at 181 inches.
Mayor Daniel j. Shields at
Johnstown ordered evacuation Of
all low-lying business and residen-
tial sections and those along river
banks. All schools in the flood
sections were closed, affecting
10000 of the city's $4,000 school
children.
Railroad tracks were flooded
and train service in several Sec
lions of the State curtailed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-26

Charlottesville, was at a standstill.
Several hundred motorists Ware
reported to be stranded in each
of the towns as the waters flooded
the roads and made passage lrnpos-
sible.
Two normally small streams
near Culpeper reached river pro-
portions and cut off highway traf-
fic on all sides Of Culpeper.
Mountain Run, one of the small
streams, was swollen by the rains
to such an extent that hundreds
of acres of farm lands were flooded.
Water from the Appomattox
River, driven by southeast wind
of more than 20 miles an hour,
covered the approach to the bridge
between Hopewell and Richmond
and cut off traffic there.
At Charles Town, w. Va, Chief
of Police E. H. Ambrose reported
that the Shenandoah River has
risen 10 feet above normal for
this time of the year and flooded
Bloomery Road. A heavy rain was
still falling at 10 a. m. and a
further rise is expected.
Two Driven From Home
Waters sWirling far above high
tide stage drove Mr.. and Mrs. viii
liam E. Swanson, principals in a
daring rescue during the 1896
floods, from their Sycamore Island
home to higher ground.
Mrs. Swanson, So, the former
Eva Dell Myers, recently married
Mr.. Swanson, who rescued hel
from a perch atop tree on March
10, 1886, during the crest of the
flood. Swanson, a public &C
countant, was member of a res
cue squad which helped extricate
refugees.
| At East Hyattsville, Md, high
est point on the northwest branch
of the Anacostia River, the watel
was within a foot of the top of the
embankment, while at River Falls
the rise was said to be a foot anc
half. At both places, RESIDENT
were preparing to evacuate.
Kenilworth. Md, was so flooded
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-26
GaIe-Lashed Blizzard
Bullets Four States

LINCOLN, Neb.. April 26 G,N.S)
Lashed by 50-mile winds for more
than 36 hours, Nebraska, Iowa,
Minnesota and South Dakota were
digging out of huge snow drifts
today and attempting to reestab-
lish communication lines and re-
sumo highway, rail and all traffic.
Communication with many rural
communities was cut off by the
blizzard. There was at least one
death-William Spedula, Is, of
Sioux City, IoWa-electrocuted
when he grasped live wire blown
down by the storm.
While the gale-driven snow
whipped northeast Nebraska,
southeast South Dakota, northwest
Iowa and southwest Minnesota,
severe dust storms were reported
in western South Dakota. Hun.
dreds of motorists were reported
stranded.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-26

steamers-the Northland and the
District of Columbia-required
nearly an hour to dock this morn
ing. The District of Columbia was
returning with a Congressional
party headed by Vice President
John Nance Garner, which had
been on a historic tour through
Virginia's Tidewater Peninsula.
Two women members of the
Congressional party were injured
when a wave caught the steamer
broadside and swung her around,
overturning tables and scattering
a small avalanche of dishes about
the dining salon during dinner.
Mrs. Andrew J. May, wife Of the
Representative from Kentucky,
suffered a sprained wrist and
chest bruises when table over
turned on her. She was taken
from the vessel this morning in a
wheel chair.
Thrown by the roll of the YES
sci, Mrs. Ernest Lundeen, wife Of
the Senator from Minnesota, was
bruised.
The captain said the storm was
the worse he had experienced in
II years. The steamer arrived at
the Norfolk and Washington docks
shortly after 6 a. M, but it was
nearly 7:30 before it was docked.
Asked if the riding was rough,
Vice President Garner replied:
ut wasn't any too damn
smooth"
Reporting rough passage through
the storm, the Norfolk and Wash.
ington steamer Southland arrived
on schedule at Norfolk this morn
ing. A number of the passengers
were said to have been sea sick.
Ferry service across the Chesa-
peake Bay from Annapolis to
Claiborne and Matapeake was dis
continued.
Across the Potomac, service be-
tween Morgantown to Colonial
Beach also was discontinued. the
American Automobile Association
reported, the Norfolk buses being
rerouted by way of Fredericksburg.
All boat clubs were warned to
make fast the mornings Of their
craft as the river was six feet
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-26

United States Weather Bureau at
Richmond, said the James River
probably would reach rs to %
feet at Columbia.
Automobile traffic between
washington and Culpeper, Va,
was cut off when two bridges
spanning the Strawberry Road
and the Rixeyville Road were
washed out.
All men at the Naval Air Sta
ton were summoned for emer-
gency duty as rising waters neces-
STATED removal of much equip
ment.
Four or five families in Brent.
wood, Md, had moved from flooded
homes, and several others were
preparing to flee.
At Colonial Beach, Va, water
flooded all streets and the cleo
trio system. Poles and wires were
blown down.
Woman and Child Saved
A woman and her year-old child
were rescued in Alexandria by the
District Fire Boat as her house
boat was stranded on pilings at
the foot of Cameron Street. The
woman, Mrs. w. D. Daniels, said
the water was rougher than she
had seen it in years.
Nearly 100 calls had been re-
ceived by the District Sewer De
partment for help in homes where
cellars had been flooded and pipe
connections damned.
From the Virginia Capes to East
port, Me-, Coast Guard storm
warnings flags stiffened to a ris
ing gale that approached hurri
cane velocity over Chesapeake Bay
The Potomac at Alexandria was
over it's banks and rising slowly
Warehouses and wholesale mer
chandise establishments on lower
King Street, between Union anc
Lee. Streets, more than a block
from the waterfront, were threat
ened. Union Street, which paral
lels the Strand, was l8 inches
under water. Residents of the lO(
block of Prince and Duke Streets
were prepared to move out.
Persons on st. Georges ISlant
estimated that the gale hat
reached a 70-mile velocity as i
toppled telephone poles ant
trees and severed all communi
cation to the trapped resident
of the small island.
The island is three miles lonl
and about a mile and a hal
wide. Nearly half of this are
was reported under water earl,
today. More than 400 person
live on the island.
At Leonardtown, Md, the baron
eter had fallen to 1888 at mid
night and was still falling, ind
eating the approaching storm Ger
ter.
Motorists Stranded
Highway traffic at Culpeper AM
Orange, and part of that nea'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-26
Storm Cancels Show
Slated for Toniqht

E. Lawrence Phillips, general
manager of the Johnny j. Jones
Show now exhibiting at Eighteenth
and H Streets Northeast, an.
nounced today that there would
be no showing tonight due to
weather conditions.
Even should the storm cease, Mr.
Phillips stated, a desire to afford
the public the maximum protec.
ton influenced him to cancel per,
formances today. With the clear
ing of the weather the show will
be resumed tomorrow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-26
RISING FLOODS
NEARD.C. FLED
BYHUNDREDS
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the Belle Haven Golf Club was
partly inundated, and the Gov
eminent plant nursery at Four
Mile Run was reported partly
under water. Scout tents erected
along a section of the Memorial
Boulevard in preparation for the
scout jamboree were blown away.
A number of small vessels along
the Alexandria waterfront were
sunk.
The Virginia garden week tours,
scheduled to begin today, were
"rained out"
The Potomac River has risen
six feet since Saturday, the Naval
Air Station hangers at Anacostia
are flooded, all personnel is work
ing to evacuate the planes and a
close watch is being kept on Me
mortal Highway, with flood waters
gradually approaching the road
bed.
Hundreds Stranded
Hundreds of Washingtonians
were stranded in nearby Maryland
and Virginia as rising rivers and
streams blocked both highways
and railroads.
Reports on property damage con-
tinued to mount as policemen and
firemen worked overtime to re-
move fallen trees which blocked
many streets throughout the city.
The rain, which has been falling
steadily for more than "a hours,
had reached total of 2.31 inches
at 1880 a. M, and was whipped by
a gale that reached velocity Of
80 miles an hour at midnight.
Roads made impossible before
this mornings traffic rush in
cluded those in East Potomac
Park, Anacostia Park, Beach Drive
from Park Road to Blagden Ave
nue. and from Blagden Avenue to
Tilden Street, BladenSburg Road
at Peace Cross and several streets
in nearby Alexandria.
Park policemen said the Mt.
Vernon Memorial Boulevard be-
tween here and Alexandria would
have to be closed.
Between Orange and Char
lottesville, trains were halted by
high water on the main lines of
both the Southern and Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railroads. A
railroad bridge south of Orange
was reported washed out.
Tourists Stranded
Hundreds of weekend tourists
from the Capital were stranded
in towns and villages nearby as
highways were flooded and
bridges washed out.
Nearly 500 residents Of st.
Georges Island. at the junction
of the Potomac River and Chesa-
peake Bay, frantically moved to
higher ground during the night
as raging gale dashed the At
lantic Seaboard, and rising waters
inundated the sole bridge con-
nection between the island and
mainland.
More than dozen trees were
blown down in Washington, three
falling on automobiles and an
other crashing into a mouse.
Tree Hits Guards Car
Sergt. Joseph Jordan, guard at
the old Interior Building, narrowly
escaped when a falling tree struck
his automobile as he was driving
in the TOO block F st. N. w.
The tree struck the top of the
automobile just over Jordan'S
head, but the framework of the
machine kept the tree from crash
ing through.
Two parked automobiles were
damaged, and house in the 200
block of Eighth st. N. E., was
crushed.
Both the Norfolk-Washington
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-26

that wild ducks were swimming in
the streets.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-02
An Open Season

An open season on deer ~ being Sought
from the Legislature this year. The bill
comes from Rep. William f.. Tcmpeton
Of Kent and when he introduced 1T last
week he said IT vas in the interest OF
highway safety. We should Ike TO have
the State Motor Vehicle Department
issue some figures on this subject. II must
have on file the number OF accidents
caused by deer on the highway. Perhaps,
too, IL might have on record some facts
about highway crashes that we're not
avcrtcd because the operators wanted 10
strike and hit deer or other animals.
That often happens when notWjgt@
are speeding along our roadg. Instead OF
giving come small animal sufficient time
TO get across the driver hag been known
10 accelerate his vehicle 10 that he will
clip" II and probably Kill IL. There arc
others who merely maintain the same
fast pace and refuse to slow down for any
thing no unirnportant az a skunk or some
other poor creature that Wanderg onto
this forbidden territory. This has nothing
TO DO about an open season OF deer, OF
course.
Rep Templcton cited several cases in
which deer we're responsible for highway
crashes. We don't doubt but what this
VI LIuE. DLUI We CdII uuiN uIIutI6LdlIh
why the small number OF deer that in
habit this state should be killed off
simply because they we're 10 blame for
few accidents. An open season would
mean the determination Of every deer in
Connecticut. Enough are killed now by
farmers, who claim the animals are ruin
ing their vegetable crops and budding
fruit trccg, not 10 mention Illegal Blaugh-
ter by hi-jackers.
The purpose Of the bill Is a thrcc-day'
open season with shot-guns only per
n1ittcd, no that the animals would be
scattered and driven from highways that
bear heavy traffic We don't think the
objective would be attained and We do
think that highway safety will be 1T.
tanned just al easily and quickly by pay
Ing more attention 10 the driver Of the
car than the animal that wandcrs onto
the roadway.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-02

These are busy days al the Capitol in
Hartford Important legislation IL being
fed into the mill from which will emerge
the new statutes by which the state will
be governed. This year iS an important
one because many things have been pro-
posed that demand radical changes In
the present sctup in our state govern
rnent. 1t Is important, too, because the
state hopes TO undertake many projects
which have been hanging fire now for q
good many years.
In such times as these IL Is necessary
that craftsmanship play minor part IN
the proceedings Only by complete coop
Grafton and understanding between the
parties participating in the festivities at
Hartford can practical results be at
tanned. There has been tendency TO date
for the major political parties TO stand up
for what are considered their own rights
In the present situation. Political rights
must be gubordinatcd TO the more human
rights Of the individual in 1887. Without
such action on the part Of all concerned
no good can come Of this 1887 session.
The democrats OF Connecticut have a
commanding position in the state at the
present moment. We do not ask them TO
sacrifice II In any way, but We DO point
out that at one time republicans held
Just such strategic and powerful place.
Perhaps the republicans think they still
arc powerfully placed in our various
forms Of government. That IL not the
question. What VIC would urge IL some
sacrifice on the part Of each party 10 that
from this gathering may come only what
IL needed and what IL right. The gradual
change from republican domination 10
democratic control In Connecticut was
In the interests Of better government, we
believe. We trust that the confidence Of
the electorate in the democratic party 10
bring this about will not be lost.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-02

they been driven half mad by mental
torture and threats against their fami-
lies?
You find, when you look into the matter
historically, that all the Russian leaders
who stood with Lenin In the beginning,
except Stain himself, have already been
eliminated or are now In process OF
liquidation" You are likely TO conclude,
as Max Eastman does In an Illuminating
article In Harper's, that II Is Stain
himself who has gone back on Lenin.
Russia LIS no more "claSgleSs," as the
MARKHAM ideal required II seems TO have
swung back about half way TO capitalism.
Social privilege" has revived. Instead
OF social and economic equality, there Is
a new creation Of classes Some workmen
get 20 times as much pay az before. Engi-
nccrs get 30 10 100 times the pay OF
Workmen. There appears a class Of
"leisured women" In Moscow, playing
Ladies Bountiful Private capitalism re-
appears In the savings Of millions OF
workmen and professional men, who
invest In untaXcd government bonds pay
ing per cent, and who deposit savings
IT. the State Bank at 8 per cent interest.
All this wins much American sympathy
az does the gesture towards democratic
constitutional government. But If any
body has betrayed the feminist revolu-
ton, 1t may be the present Russian
government rather than the men IT lS
prosecuting.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-02
Samson's Hair

Samson's strength was Slapped by clip
ping his hair. Apparently the American
flood giant must be tanned by similar
craft. Flood prevention starts at the top.
The little streams up In the hills must be
cut of by storage dams before the dclugc
pourg down into the big streams. The
process Is well known TO engineers. 1t has
been tried and 1t works. The method Ii
costly, but less 30 than doing nothing
What Louisville alone has lost In this
food would build great system OF dams
in the mountains Of Kentucky, West
Virginia or Pennsylvania.
Building retaining walls lower down IL
inadequate Always the Mississippi lcyees
need TO be raised higher until at flood
time the Father Of Waters along his lower
courses Is riding up In the air Ike great
viaduct, threatening with overflow ever
wider areas. Concrete walls along the
Ohio itself, apparently can't be made
high and long and strong enough 10
safeguard the river cities. With upland
reservoirs there must be such supplement
tary measures AZ reforesting and rcgrass-
ing the hill slopes, using better cover
crops on the titled lands, and plowing
and draining the hillside farms by mod
ern methods, TO check the run-of and
prevent erosion.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-02

Entire responsibility for the care Of
patients in our state Tuberculosis Sana-
toria would be invested in the state under
provisions OF a bill proposed by the com
mission D,study our paupcr laws. AT tnc
present time every city or town contrib
utcs 81 week towards the support OF
patients who cannot afford to pay for
their own care The toWng would be left
out OF it entirely under the new measure.
This no doubt would meet with the
lie awake nights now trying TO think up
ways and means Of getting the state 10
assume certain obligations hitherto al
ways considered local. In a few more
years at this rate the average town would
not feel obliged TO do much OF anything
for IT. citizens. Not but what 1t hasn't q
tremendous load TO carry today. But this
continual effort TO shift the responsibility
TO others doesn't seem TO this writer TO be
Well-adviged
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-02
The Russian Mystery

OF all the crazy things now going on in
the world, those Russian treason trials
seem the crazicst We see and hear again
the strange drama, unparalleled In any
other country or age, OF well known
public men contrasting volubly 10 the
glorying In their shame.
Is all this reimbursement Of men like
Radek, ZineWeff, Kamcnef, Piatakon,
Hykoff, Bukharin, Sokolnikoff Tomsky
and the rest sincere and truthful per-
formancc2 Unless human nature IN
Russia Is different from human nature
anywhere else In the world, IL IL iinpogsl-
ng 10 think 10. Have these accused men
really betrayed Communism, or have
they themselves been bctraycd7 And have
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-02
A Book a Day
Woman's Adventures
In African Jungle

Restless Jungle" Mcbride: 80,
Ii another book ON Africa by
another woman. ~ II exactly
what the title implies: story 0f
kOod00s. impallas, wildsbeesks. bh.
boons, Wnrthoes, n0cttral ic0pards,
lions, and the natives OF swnziland
and Zululand.
It's author. Mrs. Mary Il. Jobc
Aksiey. wife Of the late Carl Axe
ley. naturalist and explorer, was
sent through the jungle for the
American Museum Of Natpdal
History.
The book IN illustrated generously
with beautiful photographs taken by
Mrs. Akeley.
She writes In d clear, straight
forward manner OF her own cxcit-
Ing adventures and Vt the amazing
experiences Ut the jungle rangers.
There II q vivid description Of the
attack VI u black fnafnba, q deadly
snake tiiat travels ~ fast ~ horse
cii gaii0p, which stood on its Tall, !"
rising four feet from the ground,
And there Ia a thrilling account Of q
hunter, who was thrown from his
horse when lion attacked him
and who fell right In this path OF
another lion. Dragged under tho
belly Of the great beast. he man
aged " reach his knife and stabbed
tho lion with u most remarkable
backhnnded blow.
Mrs. Akeisy visited the queen
N swaziland and made such q mt
with Swat royalty that she DO.
came u frequent visitor NJ the Royal
Kraal and no II abIs 70 reiate W
detail tho customs Of those strange
ps0pIe.-wi1ich are extremely ODD
and interesting.
Even though they are stiperstI-
ti0tis and fiiied with ave Of the
Unkn0wabie. Mrs. Aksisy says tho
jungle people have the admirable
| qualities Of generosity, love for their
| fsii0Wmen, and kindness. And siie
Should know. I'D. D. y.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-02
T est Y ar
knowledge

Can you answer seven of
these test questioHs7 Turn 70
last page for the answers.
/. what does boxing the COM
passo fnean7
2. In which state II tho Garden
Of the dods7
Who was David Tsittcnhotse7
4. Which stats extends faftbest
n0rth7
5. Who wrote this Epistis 70 Phi
lenon7
o. Name the famous theater IN
Milan, Italy.
Z. Hoy many times did Grover
Cleveland run for Pfesidsnt2
0. Name this sixth month Of the
civil Jewish year.
O. Why was Paul Won Hindcnbtirs
called .ttIe hero Of Tafinenblrg7"
10. OF which country n M0reloa
h slater
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-02
All Changed

When the strike first begafi--'1
and most Sidcline sittcrs, So
thought the question ~ issue war
whether General Motors would
bargain collectively with bonafldc
representative OF its workmen OF
whether II would do no such
thing, All that has changed. The
war 81 this stage OF the conflict
appears 10 be u battle OF veraclty.
In Madame Perkins, Secretary Of
Labor, another Baphira the moth
or OF oil female liars? Or II sho
telling the exact truth whom shc
SAYS Mr.. Sloan Of General Motors
ran out ON her? Ii Mr.. Sloan o
legitimate son OF AnaniaS. the
father OF oil preyaricators7 Or
n he n descendant Of that George
washington who could not tell q
lie no matter how many parental
floggings ne might escape by NO
doing? Did Alfred do wrong by
Frances? Or did he not? are
tho leaders OF the automobile
workers union lying when they
say that they represent the ma
jority opinion In the General MO-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-02
Selected Poem
INVITATION

pau fta1sOn in tho New York bun)
A. one uhos had chauce W test
Tho climate III the Golden West.
And heard It's Native B0ps defend
HCds Country ~ tho bitter end,
Citing the fruits mnd flowers that run
Riot nut tEetG The beamjpg sun
That YARNS tho bsart and spreads good cheer
On everybody all the year,
I must confess read With gee
What papers printed recently
About that snowfall on the Coast,
Unusual yisiLatlCn7 M0sti
frost On the 6rangs Really, this
Isn't ~ easY ~ dismiss.
Think how those Calif0rnhns must
Be fsslltg picture their disgust
Here IN Manhattan one may note
The rising temperatures and El0at
We're not ~ had ~ we've been painted
Why not come Fast and get acquaintsdi