Heaviest 24 hour snowfall cripples Corry and area
Corry endures the heaviest 24 hour snowfall in city history ending at midnight. Roads blocked by deep drifts halt highway traffic and rail service suffers major disruption. Roofs collapse at Kurtz Case Goods and K P L Furniture plants causing extensive damage and threatening further closures. Rail lines including the Renovo division face washouts and delays as snowdrifts, floods, and wrecked bridges cripple transportation. Hotels fill with stranded travelers while workers clear inches of snow from factory floors amid collapsing structures and fear of wider devastation.
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Corry
Kurtz Case Goods Company
K. P. L. Furniture Company
Mine
Warren
State Highway Department
Renovo Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
Emporhim
Johngenburg
Renova
Hile
Kane
Philadelphia Pier
Erie Railroad
Buffalo-ruitsburgh
Baltimore
Erie
PR. R. Main Ines
Kurtz
W. A. Redmond
Wheeloick
Cleveland
K.P. L
Majin Street
Move Favoring Germany Meets Cool Reception
London dispatch reports French delegation angered by Britain's Rhineland proposal to internationalize a 30 mile buffer zone. Delegates study the plan, consult Sarraut and Paris staff, and await Plandin's fly to Paris for cabinet talks. The move risks undermining Britain's peacetime strategy and Maginot-line considerations.
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Ralph Heinze
United Press
London
Rhineland
Germany
Great Britain
Pierre Bitienne Plandin
Paris
Albert Sarraut
Britain
France
3000 Marooned in Lock Haven
A plea for air delivery of motor boats was sent to the governor as flood waters left Lock Haven nearly 3,000 people marooned. The West Branch of the Susquehanna overflowed 15 to 20 feet, trapping residents on rooftops. The report cites Chief of Police Turner of Clinton County.
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United Press Harrisburg
Lock Haven
Tuner
Clinton County
Averflow
West Branch
Susquehanna
Britain urges league to brand Germany treaty violator
Capt Anthony Hiden and Foreign Secretary Eden called on the League council to declare Germany a treaty violator and notify Locarno signatories. They reaffirmed that Germany violated the Versailles and Locarno pacts.
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United
London
Mar
Anthony Hiden
League Council
Germany
Eden
Vandergrift Flood Swallows 50 Homes in North Vandergrift
Waters of the Kiskiminitas river swept away an estimated 50 homes in North Vandergrift. No casualties reported. Residents had warning of the flood. In Herndon, Donald Smith, 19, an athlete, drowned when his motorboat capsized on the Susquehanna River.
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Vandergrift
United Press
Kiskiminitas
Herndon, Pa
Donald Smith
Herndon
Hie
Susquehanna River
Flood at a Glance Floods Hit Johnstown and Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania reports widespread floods from dam breaks. Johnstown and nearby cities face rising waters with 17 foot depths in Pittsburgh streets, rail service halted, and major industries submerged. Governor Earle visits to direct relief as Susquehanna rises, many towns evacuate and power and communications fail.
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Pittsburgh
Golden Triangle
Venizelos Dies in Exile at 71 in Paris
Eleutherios Venizelos, veteran Greek Republican leader, dies in exile at Ka m Paris after a severe grippe attack. He faced death with dignity during a brief illness, ending a forty year political era as Greece faces a restored monarchy. Continued on page fight.
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United Press
Paris
Eleutherios Venizelos
Crete
Venizelos
Grippe
Kam
Red Cross Deploys Aid Across Flooded Eastern States
The American Red Cross sped emergency relief today to scores of cities and towns in six eastern states hit by the worst floods in years. National headquarters was swamped with appeals for evacuations as residents faced swollen rivers and muddy waters.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Warn Residents of City of High Waters in Thaw
Street Commissioner Edward Hay Wigton warned merchants and residents to prepare for high waters if a heavy thaw occurs. Workers cleared sewer intakes, yet officials warned the sewer system may be inadequate if snow melts too fast. Merchants should be ready to move stock from basements.
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Edward Haywigton
Hartington
Roosevelt asks Congress to extend WPA for another year
President Roosevelt urged Congress to appropriate 1.5 billion dollars to continue the Works Progress Administration for an additional year. He cited 1.0 billion in unextended prior appropriations and 0.6 billion in the Civilian Conservation Corps and other public works, with relief spending dependent on private reemployment and overall federal cost tied to industry recovery.
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United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Works Progress Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Mobilize WPA for flood duty near Johnstown
Harrisburg report says about two thousand WPA workers were mobilized this afternoon in Cambria Somers et Bedford counties to aid Johnstown flood victims. Edward N. Jones WPA chief ordered the move and E Arthur James district director advised that Johnstown would lack electric lights tonight. Workers will be equipped with miners lamps as the flood recedes and debris blocks progress. The district director cites three feet of silt in the business district and three bridges washed out near the city.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Cambria
Somerset
Bedford
Johnstown
Edward N. Jones
WPA
E. Arthur James
Jones Ir
Floc
James
Assistance of Guardsmen Sought in Johnstown Flood
Lawrence W. Campbell of Johnstown chamber of commerce requested National Guard aid to protect personal property amid extreme emergency as floodwaters approached the 1889 flood level. Messages to Johnstown should come via radios from Carlisle barracks. Rain resumed in Harrisburg at 2 pm.
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United Press Harrisburg
Johnstown
Lawrence W. Campbell
Chamber of Commerce
National Guard
Carlisle Barracks
Flood Devastates Johnstown and Pittsburgh Amid Massive Loss
Historic floods sweeping from New England to Virginia devastate Johnstown and Pittsburgh. Water up to 18 feet swamps downtown districts, crippling factories and major streets. Officials fear hundreds dead and widespread looting as 50 blocks flood in Pittsburgh and Johnstown endures record damage.
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New England
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Johnstown
George H. Earle
Red Cross National
Gu Lieve
Chi
Evtimaul
Tnday
National Broadcasting Company
Shout Wave
Thursty
Ohio River
Monongahela
Alegheny
Golden ‘Triangle
Tovni
Dam Out at Johnstown Relentless Flood Strikes Johnstown
New York dispatch reports Johnstown Pennsylvania faces major flood damage after a dike broke near the telephone exchange. Gov. Earle mobilizes state forces, Major Generals and state police deploy to lead relief as waters recede from 18 to seven feet, with extensive destruction of streets bridges and buildings and weeks of work ahead. Federal aid and rapid relief efforts are urged as Roosevelt orders immediate disaster response and engineers push plans for a two county flood-control program in New York and Pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania
Johnstown—Telephone Company
Philadelphia
Johnstown
George H. Earle
Pittsburgh
Baltimore & Ohio
McKeesport
Wilkes-Barre
Susquehanna
Wyoming Valley
Williamsport
Toll
Tyronne
Huntingdon
Smithfield
Lancaster
United Press
NEW York
National + Byogilnasting Company
NBC
George Fi. Earle
Worthere
Lynn G. Adams
Edward
Cannon
National Guard
Tormal
Washington
New York State
Pennssylvania
Board of Army Engineers
Roosevelt
Ffield
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