Flood Crisis Spreads as Ohio Mississippi Strain Fuels Evacuations
Nation mobilizes for flood relief along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers after the Ohio valley recedes. Army and Civilian Conservation Corps deploy resources, evacuations ordered from Cairo to New Orleans, with millions in relief funds and supplies pledged. Roads, ports, and power disrupted. Louisville, Cincinnati and Louisville Refugees face fires and water shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Valley
Mississippi
Malin Cralg
Cairo
New Orleans
Jackson
Miss
Kusene Reybold
Memphis
Secretary of War
Civilian Conservation Corps
National Guard
Red Cross
Craig
Vicksburg
Woodring
Washington
Lower
Louisville
Matin Craig
Congress
American Red Cross
Cincinnati
Portsmouth
Frankfurt
Evansville
Ohio
Mill Creek
Frankfort
Indiana
Townsend
How Hawaii Annexed and Pearl Harbor Fortifications
Wright A Patterson recounts the strategic importance of Hawaii in Pacific power dynamics. He notes U S naval bases and fortifications at Pearl Harbor, the role in safeguarding the western coast, and the political path to annexation driven by figures like Roosevelt Thurston and Reed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Miss Perkins
Sloan
Lewis
Washington
General Motors
G. M
Federal Labor Relations Board
Murphy
Michigan
National
Flint
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Freichsfuehrer
Hitler
France
Germany
Blum
Lyons
Dewey
Pearl Harbor
Theodore Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Hawaiian Islands
Admiral Dewey
Pacific
League of Nations
China
Mawaiian Islands
Aleutian
North Pacific
Japan
Great Britain
England
America
Honolulju
Honolulu
San Francisco
Presidio
Golden Gate
Malta
Pajama Canal
Islands
Liliuokalani
Harrison
McKinley
White House
Hawaii
Spain
Manila
Department of the Navy
Lorin A. Thurston
Reed
Thurston
Mr. Roosevelt
Fort Kamehameha
Atlantic
Europe
Asiatic
Harbor
Oahu
Schofield Barracks
Far East
Panama Canal
Hololulu
Pacific Ocean
Smedley Butler
Hay Waii
Western Newspaper Union
Household tips and cleaning hints in old newspaper notes
A collage of home advice covers floor wax, copper brightening with salt and vinegar, stairway painting for safety, pie crust fat choices, hard cold shortening use, greasing the measuring cup for syrups, glove care with tepid suds, cheerful drapery ideas for chintz, and a product ad for Dr. Pierce’s Pleas ant Pellets.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Perkins
Edward W. Pickard
Alfred P. Sloan Jr
John G. Lewis
Strasevelt
Libbey-Owens- Ford Glass Company
C Company
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
M ‘Tne
Joseph F. Guiley
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Guffey
Senare
Guley
Judiciary Committee
Fime
Wallaace
Drouth
Wallace
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Karl Radek
Arl Hadek
Russia
Stalin
Leon Trotzky
Radek
Asia
Ukraine
Gregori Sokolnikoff
Soviet Union
Vladimir Romm
Izvestia
Moscow
Trotzky
M. A. G. Beloborodoff
Bolshevist
Czar Nicholas
Mexico City
Amburg
Luebeck
Prussia
Eutin
Cuxhaven
Birkenfeld
Wilhelmshaven
Oldenburg
A. P. Sloan
Sen
Guifey
Naval
Key
Mhes
Tan
Um Mein Oun
Jalsteatin
ZEA
Iceland
Nalasha
Newpre
Callao
By Wright A. Patterson
Midway
Wake
Guam
South Pacific
Pago Pago
New Zealand
American Congress
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Thomas B. Reed
Aleutian Islands
Samoas
Diamond Head
Waikiki
Island
Associated Newspapera
Haliburton
Luden
Corentors
Adlerika
Adierika
Grace N. Witmer
Walnut St
Lancaster
Druggists Or
Wrights Tat Co
Gold St
N.Y. City
Soe
Crescent
Torrezdate Ave
Phils
Lebanon
Durham Products
N. S
Pittsburgh
Magnesia
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