Roosevelt Mobilizes Five Agencies for Flood Relief
President Roosevelt ordered five federal agencies to operate on a war-time basis to aid flood victims. Army, Navy, Coast Guard, WPA, and CCC heads must keep HQs open 24 hours to coordinate with the Red Cross, with telegraph updates to the President. Army depots in New Cumberland, Philadelphia, Columbus, Jeffersonville, San Antonio, and Chicago opened for private relief.
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Washington
A.P
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Works Progress Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Red Cross
White House
Malin Craig
New Cumberland
Philadelphia
Columbus
Ohio
Jeffersonville
Ind
San Antonio
Tex
Chicago
Flood Disaster Hits Ten States As Outbreak Fears Rise
The report outlines a massive flood across ten states including Ohio and Indiana with 400000 homeless and at least 50 deaths. Cincinnati suffered 5 million in flood losses and 3 million in fire damage as martial law and guard deployments spread. Red Cross seeks 2 million, 18000 WPA workers mobilized, Coast Guard and Navy reserves assist, vaccines rushed, and transportation and power crippled across impacted cities.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Tennessee
Missouri
Arkansas
Illinois
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
Cincinnati
Brookville
Sullivan
Louisville
Red Cross
WPA
Coast Guard
Naval
Army
National Guard
Meaderville Cafe Gaming Raid Ends in Bail
Constable Namen LaHood raided the Rocky Mountain cafe in Meaderville seizing gambling gear. Proprietor Teddy Traparish and tableman Charles Olson were freed after posting $200 bail each, with arraignment tentatively set for 2 o clock today.
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Namen
Dixie) LaHood
Rocky Mountain Cafe
Meaderville
LaHood
Teddy” Traparish
Charles Olson
Justice of the Peace
John Corbitt
Traparish
Justice Corbitt
Engen Wins Western Ski Championship at Anaconda
Alf Engen CCC foreman from Salt Lake City Utah won the western United States ski jumping championship on Oimoen hill at Anaconda edging rival Casper Oimoen of Anaconda. Engen scored 225 points on jumps of 205 and 215 feet while Oimoen finished second.
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Alf Engen
CCC
Salt Lake City
U. S
Anaconda
Utah
United States
Oimoen Hill
Casper Oimoen
Montana
Engen
Oimoen
Montana Relief Expenditures Hit 37 Million in 1936
Helena Jan 24 Special Thirty seven million two hundred fifty one thousand five hundred sixty seven dollars was spent in Montana in 1936 for relief and work relief. From April 8 1935 to Dec 31 1936 works program expenditures totaled 59 75 299 dollars with total allocations 69 665 994. In the week to Dec 12 1936 employment reached 22 708 Montana residents including 14 663 on WPA 3 445 with CCC and 4 600 with other agencies.
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Helena
Montana
National Emergency Council
United States
Congress
Works Progress Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Montana Social Security Bills Drafted for 25th Assembly
Helena Jan 24 Montana social security legislation is being shaped by House subcommittees with drafts aimed at minimizing administrative costs. Chairman Bailey Stortz said two separate measures will be introduced, one to access unemployment benefits and the other covering all other aspects of the federal act.
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Helena
Montana
State Assembly
House
Bailey Stortz
Forsyth
Social Security Committee
Montana Weather: Snow Likely Monday Tuesday
Occasional snow is forecast across Montana on Monday and Tuesday with temperatures rising on Monday east of the divide. The system suggests unsettled conditions and light accumulation in affected areas.
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Montana
Divide
Dead and marooned on Black Island and Island 35
U S engineers received word that 14 people were dead and 300 stranded on Black Island in the Mississippi near Caruthersville Missouri with no food in bitter cold. A second report said 100 families were marooned on Island 35 about 50 miles above Memphis near Covington Tennessee as the river flooded for the first time in history. Boats were ordered to move immediately to both locations to aid the trapped families.
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Memphis
Tenn
U. S
Walker
Black Island
Mississippi River
Caruthersville
Covington
Mississippi
Wilson
Ark
Island 35
Oil Fed Blaze Adds to Horror of Flooded Area
Fire swept a three mile front in Cincinnati as oil fed flames rose over eight stories on flood waters. At least 32 buildings burned before the blaze was brought under control. Fire damage estimated between three and five million dollars, with prior flood damage in Cincinnati at about five million. At least 15 firemen injured amid rising Ohio River flood levels.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Ohio River
Barney Houston
Cincinnati Fire Prevention Bureau
Mill Creek
Houston
W. C. Devereaux
North Bend
Louisville
Kentucky
Washington
Malin Craig
Two Mining City Persons Noted in Cincinnati Flood Area
At least two Butte residents were in the Cincinnati flood zone last night. Mary Piazzola, a nurse from 43514 West Silver Street, went to visit her sister Mrs. Paul Murphy, a Cincinnati resident for several years, raising speculation she might aid in relief efforts.
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Butte
Cincinnati
Mary Piazzola
West Silver Street
Ohio City
Paul Murphy
Miss Piazzola
Murphy
Ohio River Flood Spreads as Evacuation Surges Across Midwest
A vast Ohio Valley flood threatens lives as 36,000 residents evacuate Evansville and Louisville homes. President Roosevelt orders a massive federal relief effort with Red Cross support. Kentucky appeals for troops while Army depots and 4,500 soldiers aid in relief and evacuation efforts amid fires and gas line explosions. Substantial evacuations continue as authorities struggle with transportation limits.
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Associated Press
Ohio Valley
American Red Cross
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Evansville
Ind
Ohio
Mississippi
National Guard
New Albany
Louisville
Fate of Paducah in flood isolates city from world
Memphis dispatch reports Paducah Ky. isolated by rising floodwaters. Eight feet of water covers the business district, three dead, and lines out. Palmer House and post office partly spared while Irvin Cobb hotel and the Paducah Democrat Sun plant flood. Lights, telephones out. river rising one foot daily. trains and bus service halted.
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Memphis
Tenn
Paducah
Palmer House
Irvin Cobb
Paducah Democrat-Sun
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Perkins
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C. C. Dykstra
Frankfort
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