Flooded Ohio towns face deepest crisis of 1913 surge
Athens reports the worst of the flood over per U S Weather Bureau but Pomeroy Middleport and Gallipolis brace for higher crest than 1913. Homes marooned, boats scarce, and relief convoys depart Logan for Pomeroy as rivers rise and authority warns of continuing danger.
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Pomeroy
Ohio
Middleport
Gallipolis
Chauncey
Glouster
Sunday Creek
Nelsonville
Hocking
Logan
Flooded Nation Mobilizes for Rescue Across 1 800 Mile Front
Wartime relief pivots as 460000 refugees face illness and terror from Ohio to Mississippi valleys. Deaths rise to 37 with millions in damages. Roosevelt commits all state resources. 35000 WPA workers assist guards and volunteers. Looter activity and martial law reported as Cincinnati and Louisville endure record floods.
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Ohio
trans-Mississippi River
Roosevelt
Memphis
Tenn
Cincinnati
WPA
American Red Cross
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Tennessee
Missouri
Arkansas
Illinois
Louisiana
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
Mid-South
C. A. Dykstra
United States
Evansville
Ind
Carruthersville
Frankfort
Supplies Sent to Flood Victims Nationwide
The Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation ordered 72 000 dozen eggs and 60 000 pounds of canned beef for flood refugees. Two carloads of eggs head to Illinois Indiana Ohio and West Virginia. canned beef to West Virginia. Eggs sourced by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration under its Surplus egg program.
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Washington
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
West Virginia
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Ford Receives Tax Refund in 1936 Fiscal Year
Washington report shows Ford Motor Company leading a list of taxpayers who received refunds totaling 21,877,077 in the 1936 fiscal year.
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FORD
Washington
U.P
Ford Motor Company
Red Cross Urges Local Unit Donations For Relief
Disaster Chairman Cary T. Grayson urges all calls for help and offers of assistance go to the local Red Cross chapter. He says send money clothing and supplies to the local unit to assure orderly distribution and prevent oversupply for some areas while others lack essentials.
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Red Cross
Cary T. Grayson
National Organization of the Red Cross
Washington D. C
Pension check received in Columbus for federal old age pensions
State Treasurer Clarence H. Kinsley announced receipt of a $4,227,085.46 check from the federal government representing its share of old age pensions for the quarter ending March 31.
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Clarence H. Kinsley
Red Cross Launches Five Million Dollar Relief Appeal
Admiral Cary T. Grayson national Red Cross chairman announces a five million dollar appeal to fund increased relief as floods worsen. Telegrams go to 3,700 Red Cross chapters urging double contributions and canvassers to exceed the doubled target. He calls a conference of heads of government relief agencies at 1 p.m. to coordinate flood relief.
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Washington
U.R
Cary T. Grayson
National Red Cross
Grayson
Red Cross
No Mail Here No Flood Pictures Notify Flood Coverage Delay
No mail trains reach Athens by noon today preventing The Messenger from receiving NEA news pictures and features. Flood pictures from Hocking Valley taken Saturday were sent to Lancaster for engraving but did not arrive. The paper apologizes for the lack of photo coverage and promises full flood front pictures once service resumes.
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Athens
U. S. Weather Bureau
Columbus
Messenger
Logan
Ed Wagner
Lancaster
Coolville
Parkersburg
134Th Field Artillery
Portsmouth
Cincinnati
Paul H
Flood
NEA
Hocking Valley
West Virginia Governor Rules Out Martial Law
West Virginia's new governor Homer A. Holt after visiting flood areas announced no need for martial law. He reported about 14,000 homeless in Huntington and 1,500 in Pt Pleasant as relief becomes his first priority.
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Charleston
W. Va
U.P
West Virginia
Homer A. Holt
Huntington
Pt. Pleasant
Legion and Salvation Army Aid Flood Victims in Ohio
Flood relief centers opened in Athens at 20 W Union St to gather food clothing and bedding for victims in Pomeroy Middleport and Gallipolis. The Athens Home Telephone Co issued a contribution line 935 with trucks collecting at homes. Local posts coordinate deliveries via Sheriff Roscoe Fowler and Mayor Jim Harley. A school collection day is set and broadcast appeals are underway.
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Athens
American Legion
Salvation Army
Union St
Pomeroy
Middleport
Gallipolis
Athens Home Telephone Co
Glouster
Nelsonville
Legion
Roscoe Fowler
Jim Harley
Harper
Pendry
Elks Club
Perons
D. B. Green
Ohio University
Five Agencies Rush To Flood Relief Efforts Across Regions
Federal flood fighting agencies operate on a 24 hour basis under President Roosevelt who directly commands the Army Navy Civilian Conservation Corps and Works Progress Administration to aid 460000 displaced in the midwestern river valleys. The White House and Red Cross are fully mobilized as snow and rain threaten relief work while lawmakers push for faster flood control funding. General Malin Craig reports 4500 soldiers aiding rescue and 17000 evacuees in Paducah with depots tents and medicine ready.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Coal Guard
Civilian Conservation Corps
Works Progress Administration
White House
Red Cross
U. S. Weather Bureau
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Malin Craig
Coast Guard
Paducah
Perkins Calls Strike Meeting
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins urged a final push for peace in the General Motors strike by ordering high GM executives and UAW national officers to meet in Washington for negotiations. Union leaders, led by John L. Lewis, hope the order brings Lewis face to face with GM President Alfred P. Sloan Jr., while Sloan and other GM officials delayed replying.
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Washington
U.P
Frances Perkins
General Motors
Miss Perkins
United Automobile Workers
United Press
John L. Lewis
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Sloan
Legislature Reconvenes for Flood Relief Funds
At Governor Martin L. Davey’s request the general assembly will reconvene in Columbus to consider an immediate flood relief appropriation. Meeting resumes at 8:30 tonight with a proposed funding of at least $250,000 to finance relief work in flood-stricken areas.
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Columbus
U.P
Martin L. Davey
General Assembly
Stork Wins Race Against Rowboat And Ambulance in Wheeling
A baby girl arrived at Wheeling Hospital after a unique delivery sequence. She was brought by boat to the maternity ward, while the mother Mrs. Robert Hinegardner of East Wheeling watched as a hospital elevator carried her inside. The setup followed a playful race between a rowboat and an ambulance.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Robert Hinegardner
East Wheeling
Wheeling Hospital
Cairo Evacuation Ordered Over Mississippi River
Women and children in Cairo Illinois with a population over 14000 were ordered evacuated as fears grew the rising Mississippi River would breach the seawall.
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Cairo
Memphis
Tenn
U.P
Ill
Levees to be dynamited as flood crisis widens across states
Reports from Miami to Cairo detail rising flood danger as levees fail and residents evacuate. Engineers with guards prepare fuse plug blows along the Mississippi floodway. Paducah and other towns flood while hundreds of thousands seek safety.
Eastern Seamen End 86 Day Old Strike
The 86 day old East Coast Seamen strike ended today with only small groups in Houston Jacksonville Mobile and Providence RI rejecting the decision to call off the walkout. The Pacific Coast strike remains unaffected.
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New York
Houston
Jacksonville
Mobile
Providence
R. I
Pittsburgh Faces Fifth Flood Threat This Month
Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania Brace for a fifth flood threat in a month as heavy weekend rains push water toward an expected crest of 35 feet 10 feet above flood stage.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Pennsylvania
Prince Michael Improves But Faces Pulmonary Risk
Prince Michael remains gravely ill in Florence after an appendicitis operation with reports of improvement but continued danger from possible pulmonary complications.
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Florence
Italy
U.R
Michael
Order Investigation of Charleston Explosion
A state mine inspector ordered an investigation into the Loch Gelly Coal Mine boiler blast near Charleston that killed four workers. The deceased were foreman John Lucas, pumper Silas Hill, engineer Jake Mitchell, and teamster Emery Ellison.
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Charleston
W. Va
Loch Gelly
Here
Clarence L. Jarrett
John Lucas
Silas Hill
Jake Mitchell
Emery Ellison
Plan to Cut WPA Roll by 600000 by May
Administration aims to shrink WPA rolls by 600000 within four months, bringing total to 1,600,000. The move targets relief costs down to $3,000,000 per month as part of sweeping economizing measures revealed to Congress.
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Washington
U.P.— Administration
Congress
Flood Leaves 30 000 Homeless in Wheeling
Ohio River rise floods Wheeling W Va after week long recession leaving 30 000 homeless and at least three dead officials said the panhandle district faced rising waters and extensive damage across towns
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Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio River
Panhandle
Italy replies to British notes on neutrality in Spanish Civil War
Count Galeazzo Ciano Italy foreign minister delivered Italy's formal reply to British communications about neutrality in the Spanish Civil War at the British embassy today.
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England
Rome
U.P
Galeazzo Ciano
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