Cairo floodway saves city from worst flood in history
The Birdpoint New Madrid floodway opened to divert Ohio River floodwaters toward the Mississippi, lowering Cairo Illinois riverfront levels. A fear of levee overflow prompted steel flood gates closure for protection. Mound City and Golconda suffered damage and CCC workers were evacuated or rescued as guards built a pontoon bridge to Paducah survivors.
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Cairo
New Madrid
Missouri
Ohio River
Mississippi
Ohio
Mound City
CCC
Court House
Coast Guard
Golconda
National
Parkersburg Green light for immediate clean up drive
Parkersburg West Virginia officials ordered an immediate clean up as the Ohio River crested at 554 feet and began to recede three tenths of a foot per hour. About 3,500 residents were homeless though relief agencies reported adequate food and clothing supplies to meet needs.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Iu.r
Ohio
Flood Control Conference Set for Feb 3 in Ohio Valley
Columbus business leaders announce a Feb 3 flood control conference led by Alexander Thomson president of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. The meeting will address conservation and flood management across the Ohio River valley.
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Columbus-Iu
Ohio River Valley
Alexander Thomson
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt urges farmers to raise more in drought relief push
The Roosevelt administration calls for greater crop output this year to fill storage bins diminished by two droughts. Secretary Wallace says soil conservation remains essential, with production guided to fit good soil practices. Cotton and tobacco are exceptions to the higher production push.
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Washington
AUP
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Glass workers win eight cent raise in Libbey-Owens strike
Toledo reports the 43 day Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company strike ended as company and union representatives signed a wage agreement giving all workers an eight cent per hour increase.
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Toledo
U.P
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company
Building Collapse Feared in Wheeling Flood Area
Wheeling West Virginia faces collapse danger as flood refugees return to water soaked homes by the Ohio River. Building Inspector W J Emerth warns many structures could fail if a severe cold snap strikes the district as rehabilitation begins.
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Wheeling
W. VA
W. J. Emerth
Rauch Bakery Denies Bread Profiteering Rumor
Frank X. Rauch of the Rauch Bakery in Athens rejects claims of profiteering on bread sold to relief agencies and retailers in flood areas. He says 2,000 loaves daily go to the American Red Cross at wholesale prices and deliveries to Bend retailers use standard wholesale pricing. No proof of profiteering cited. any cases alleged do not stem from bread prices.
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Rauch
Athens
Pomeroy
Frank X. Rauch
Ranch
American Red Cross
Flood Aid Surge Mobilizes 130000 Workers Across Flood Zone
A 130000 strong relief corps concentrates on midwestern floods and the Ohio Valley. CCC director Robert Fechner orders 196 conservation camps from Pittsburgh to New Orleans to shelter displaced residents. The Federal Home Loan Bank coordinates with six district banks to extend assistance in the flood zone.
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Washington
Ohio Valley
Mississippi River
Robert Fechner
CCC
Pittsburgh
New Orleans
Federal Home Loan Bank
Poison tablets kill 13 month old in Marion
Eight tablets containing poison were swallowed by 13 months old Roland Oberdier, causing his death on Wednesday in Marion. The incident remains under investigation by local authorities.
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Roland Oberdier
Funeral services for 8 year old John Barnett
John Calvin Barnett died Wednesday after a second stroke of paralysia. The Urbana resident was a farmer and former editor of Farm and Fire side magazine. Funeral services were held today.
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Urbana
John Calvin Barnett
Farm and Fireside Magazine
Organizers Injured In Auto Accident Near Flint
Four United Auto Workers organizers were hospitalized after a car sideswiped the escort leading them to a union meeting in Flint Michigan. Police seek the driver and occupants of the vehicle as GM resumes production plans amid a citywide truce and a Flint Alliance meeting with Governor Murphy to press for protection for workers commuting to plants.
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Flint, Mich
Flint
United Auto Workers
Bay City
Saginaw
General Motors
General Motors Corporation
Flint Alliance
Frank Murphy
Lansing
Twins Born to Flood Victim in Gallipolis Scene
A boy and a girl were born to Mr and Mrs Andy Carroll during the Gallipolis flood before they evacuated. The newborns and mother were moved to a flood relief hospital base set up at the Rice furniture store.
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Gallipolis
Andy Carroll
Rice Furniture
Loyalist troops push across West Park in Madrid siege
Loyalist forces advanced on a wide front and occupied the entire West Park area, where some of the fiercest fighting in the Madrid siege has taken place, an official announcement said.
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Madrid
West Park
Marietta Times Publishes Flood Editions Here
Lewis N. Harness of The Marietta Times leads a skeleton staff in The Messenger Building as a four page flood issue is published. Eight feet of water flooded the business office and five feet flooded the press room stopping operations in Marietta. The Times was sent to Marietta by truck at 2 p.m.
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Tor
Marietta
Columbus Public Service Leader Harry Cryder Dies in Philadelphia
Harry C Cryder age 4 Columbus vice president and general manager of Valley Public Service Co for nine years died Wednesday night in Philadelphia officials said today.
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Columbus
Harry C Cryder
the Valley Public Service Co
Philadelphia
Army Engineers Preparing For Mississippi Evacuation
Ohio River receded from record highs as flood cleanup began in Cincinnati and surrounding areas. Damage in Greater Cincinnati estimated at 25 million dollars, Portsmouth 2.5 million. Ohio death toll 18. Relief efforts focused on mud removal, flood barriers, and typhoid precautions. Governor Davey ordered aid to Ironton with boats and water shipments. emergency kitchens fed thousands daily. Flood control urged including large and small dams and reforestation to prevent future disasters. Deaths in disaster totaled 232 as relief work continued.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Ohio
Portsmouth
WPA
Martin L. Davey
Ironton
Columbus
Davey
United Press
Mississippi
U. S. Army
Cairo
Ill
New Orleans
Jackson
Miss
Ohio Valley
Gulf
Louisville
Neville Miller
Red Cross
Three Drown In Proctorville Flood Chaos
Three persons died when their boat capsized in the flooded Ohio River at Proctorville Ohio near Huntington W Va. Fifteen houses were swept away and village damage was estimated at $50 000. Names of the dead were not learned.
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Huntington
W. Va
U.P
Proctorville
Ohio River
Mail clerk nearly faints at $2500 cash in plain envelope
A WLS Radio mail clerk nearly fainted after opening a plain envelope containing 2500 in fifty dollar bills. The money was mailed by Chicago corporation attorney W. Elting and was neither registered nor insured.
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Chicago
U.P
WLS
W. Elting
Chicago Corporation
Circus train to aid flood zone hospital near Charleston
Indianapolis reports the Cole Brothers Clyde Beatty Circus train will travel to Southern Indiana to serve as a field hospital near Charleston, Indiana, aiding flood relief efforts.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Cole Brothers
Clyde Beatty
Indiana
Charleston
Ind
Flood at a Glance United Press report on historic Mississippi flood
Nationwide flood toll climbs with 232 known deaths and one million homeless. Ohio Valley cities report extensive damage as the Ohio River recedes and levee systems face strain. Evacuations, martial law, and Red Cross aid shape relief efforts across Kentucky Tennessee Illinois Indiana Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
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United Press
Kentucky
Louisville
Ohio
Tennessee
Paducah
Arkansas
National
Mississippi River Front
Memphis
Illinois
Mound
Cairo
Indiana
Evansville
Red Cross
Cincinnati
Portsmouth
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Wheeling
Memphis Flood Center Braces for 50 000 Refugees
United States Army and thousands of civilians reinforce Memphis on High Bluff as the Mississippi rises to 44.7 feet, turning the city into flood relief and control headquarters and planning for an anticipated exodus of up to 50,000 people.
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Memphis
Tenn
United States
Mississippi
Texans Honor Long-ago Gift From Cincinnati With Flood Aid
Cincinnati citizens sent two cannons to Texas a century ago. Now Nocona Texas wires 450 dollars to the Red Cross for flood relief in grateful remembrance of that historic gift.
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Cincinnati
Texas
Nocona
Red Cross
Red Cross refugees reach Columbus without diapers
Columbus officials ferry refugees from Portsmouth with merchants supplying 600 diapers for babies amid relief efforts.
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Columbus
U.P
Red Cross
Portsmouth
Columbua
Residents Return as Muskingum Licking Rivers Recede
Cities in the Muskingum and Licking River valleys began a return to normal as floodwaters receded. Fifty families with homes on the flood boundary returned to their residences today as the streams continued to fall.
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Zanlsville
O.U.P
Muskingum
Licking River
Typhoid Vaccine Due For Columbus Shortage Relief
State health officials awaited 30,000 vaccine units arriving from the U S Health Service in Washington to replenish a rapidly diminishing Columbus supply.
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Columbus
U.P
State Health Department
U. S
Washington
Flooded Backyards Reveal true flood hardship in Pomeroy
Messenger writer recounts walking through flooded backyards near Kerra Run after surveying waterlogged homes. Many houses show water on first and second floors as residents seek food and relief, noting fuel spills and gasoline hazards from flooded stations. Continued on Page a.
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Pomeroy
Athens
Route 31
Kerra Run
Kerri Run
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Marietta Times
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Malcolm Hartley Messenger
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