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Show 1 CtiA LEHI FREE PRESS. LEHL UTAH FLOOD CRISIS MADE NEW HEROES Re-ourecfu- liK T l - : an 'IJ.Jr ..f 'll.ev h.'i.l eouM A a -- tatiM. Tlie rum. If banks started their from ... 'i'.ll u le It. Billes of tlie Fast's broke, froze and In Potomac, the Atiilrusi-.-.- In i..-- i: a t . woih.Ts, ewie'Ki! tlie r,ly s inn".-- r i: g r , 1:1 j bar-rin- - w .1 t ways, a --Mi II. 'I reseiie. 111" Se...i the llllin n d.iy a'id the l pas-e.- tut.-!- :ii., r " Ci i i''-- ' v . ',f" ' ' 'v th i , - s- 1 , r . v j . y - o.er it. .sHf - W t" & i yn rn - V V - ."W3t N .. . . A .. House, Feed and Care for Homeless Children burgh Flood Area. . - W- - 4 . Bleet-broug- ninety-six-year-ol- d bed-ridde- n iV L( HI Clear I'M st leaveoroi I 1 1 j plBCKea don 1 1"1' I I S V ' V J . X'v ' ri i'l '.V f U tV Uiu.ittiWii4iualt ( 1 THOUSANDS NEED HELP Willi lion. cie-t- s loss to the linli el'ial family beenjnes more apparent. It is no longer e i;o;e i by exc.le l.ii'lit. by Tor 'I ra.iy he some-Ihinahoiu a hoii.e. a::ii..st in.-Winners, d to lis gable.-- , gallantly straltiii g against rag iig tos reMs. I!ut u home has a ghost .like, u half buried lo-and !r look ula'a the wa'e.- - has .re." r- - rA. . .f.- - more ' nil iiJWMfaqftlil of states as a :i!t to Legionnaires arrh g at .New York for plane a Miami to in- transported 1 let roll a series to Presi i - tnt:i 1 marked homines, 8 cbevaux." brought to the Celt, war veterans-- . 2 Members of the Lritisi, wmnen's . ... ijoss some i .vinoin.ui nuuiuis ifaiiia.- on ixiuuing Ilia on a Davj fcjl t think tnt ell at lo-- usiniig giuuuua near me uunamas. Helena i i I 1c if Head and Tail Light Safety Aid for Walkers 1 ; t 4 ws neit no ;, bad iaotions co bad showi fcta?e emu m of Accidents tape' much f Sc tempi tout. Hei aj Cat's eye mirrors, which act as hue. are advised to bled me t liglits and Registrar of Motor Vehicles Frank iterlj taP" Goodwin to cut down Hip toil nt ,wi Ueil 1 had av on Massachusetts highways. Thesrf women pedestrians Illustrate how tint 1 There wai game would be fastened over the drpw iI i a wonia vu suit) to warn approaching automobih sat tip i of the person's presence. The nlan suppos said to be enjoying a wide vogue la England r H. plumbing and electrical fixtures must be relegated to the junk pile. The home is dead with its mouth agape, and its window eyes have been poked out, and it is no longer a home at all. Small wonder that flood sufferers without resources must be helped to face the future. The Red Cross reports that in Wheeling alone, 15,000 families will require some form of household goods or home repair assistance . . . An expectant mother at l'owhatan I'oint, Ohio, was in desperate need of essential supplies. She lay on a mattress in a dance hall In the midst of 7.". other refugees. Lamplight flickered dimly and couples moved- about the floor not In the dance but to keep warm. The Point was practically moment Ler before, Device May Cut Toll "r till lini--e .. je.s-t.- cui V,.,, u"" ten t-j- t h tl .f cut MfK lay feit I s.WW!, "iVMT IMieWttetaslaa the original French freight cars of war times, ,t Up SSt. h'-r- $ u 'Y A tail-light- u s. , s ;v . ihV'wW 'f 1 h1 1 s 1 sappos 'f.i - 'An' ft 1 v IP 'J w "From last over a full hi 1 Oregon City, Ore. A record ai done. of grandparents for a baby tru Tvt got MeWa when believed established be pn't Markley Clarke was born to Mr. in' While b Mrs. Melvin Clarke. Eleven persons pre and S' are grandparents. However, he has would gli dearth of other relatives, havlne as bn;hts r brothers or sisters and only one uncle tilth I hi and one aunt. Helena I SJ 1 Th toced. But It. Luxury for res-cue- d Air Travelers Trans-Atlanti- c 1 fie piper h eous: My tarding e "From ie "tA r v coun with howev' f'ey. H won't i hall t settle 'ten voc W had pch mis fa sleep ' "With r Ana ga h't b that tie s s 'Where How He'll Be Spoiled With 11 Grandparents relief truck fought through from Wheeling carrying the essentials for the stricken woman. A little later she gave birth to a child, both lives doubtless saved by the dogged persistence of relief workers who traversed impassable stretches of what had once been roads . . . The United States Coast Guard K).(HM) persons from Wilkes-Harrand Kingston homes. The Susquehanna loops here, and flood waters spilled across at right angles, closing the loop. There resulted some of the swiftest and most treacherous currents ever encountered by small craft. The lied Cros chapter at Wilkes-P.arrPa., established a first aid station in a trolley car placed at the end of the Market street bridge. This made light and heat possible. Phy- siclans were in charge, aided by Ked Cross nurses and the Chapter First Aid crew of 4.. men. As Coast Guard boats brought refugees to the bridge, they yu don 1 0 1 31 that f remise v tacket of was v "s s. V t e: S s - I In f won etjoni s ftte, Aw fitement i he it tha e a i oou t Sot ;o I,-- , a i full i . ry arirac 1 change. ',,. current. Organized relief took the field. led by the American lied Cross, which quickly deployed mm trained disaster WorKers to Key points of Hooded areas The United States Coast Cuard sent n fleet of power boats to churn up and own the main streets of America'! nest densely populated centers. Count less other organizations and groups pooled resources to avert a major trntjedy. rUt the Dress of the nation tins already given a composite picture of ttood details. Day after day head lines paced the southward flow of each crest and told vividly of new areas threatened. The public was brought to the river bank to "view with alarm," but the very bftadth and scope of the catnstrophevniade It Impossible to bring this pnhlhj to the Individual home, show a closeup, of a Red Cross refugee camp, portray the interior of a crowded rescue boat plying from house to house In the half dawn. light of The real story, however, has been fold. It has come In snatches from th Hi of the men and women who were there, who still are. It has been told In part by volunteer workers, by trained workers; by the rank and tile of the great army of rescue and rehabilitation. WANTED TO DIE It happened at Springfield. Mass. Rising water trapped a family of three. There was a woman who weighed 2a0 pounds, her grandfather and her hushand. The circumstances were unusual In this way: these people had bad time to move out. Rut they wanted to die. To the woman, three S'tV f I r Somehow - - 1 J Take In Pitts- nd the Susquehanna these mid other begun to weep for her husband. For turbulent glaiils bejjun to shake themthe first time she was receiving medifelves loose and e alive. Without cal care, and life was worth holding saying much about It, people bepm on to. The Ked Cross located the missto wonder what would hnpiH-i- i If It ing husband and a touching reunion ihould niln hard, and the department took place at the side of the cot In the of rivers and floods at the United hospital ward. The woman will be States weather bureau, Washington, give a new start In life . . spent a lot of time on the phone Sometimes the line between drama questions. and melodrama is drawn with a sure, JOHNSTOWN THREATENED bold stroke. This is true In the folAnd then the rain came, delutcinu lowing Instance. A Red Cross nurse the northeastern watershed, convert- who is a war veteran set out for Washing melting enow Into runaway water ington for much needed hospitalization. by the ton, smashing river lee free Second Lieutenant Mary Scanlon was T DftiiKs. Surcharged rivers from trapped by rising water in Bellaire, Maine tn Virginia and from New Jer- Ohio, enroute. For 48 hours she washed sey to Ohio, broke hank and leveled dishes and tended frightened children g out, an stain which t a refugee center, putting the need of others before her own brought desolation to all it touched pressing need Johnstown was threatened with .a for rest and medical care . . . During the first flood crest the ('oast duplication of the debacle of '89. Pitts burgh was Isolated overnight. Its light Guard cutter Kenosha, under Capt. and power disrupted, its airports sud denly vast lakes. Wheeling, W. Va., was struck with such devastation sud 4 s jS V, denness that 10.000 marooned men, women and children were trapped as water pyramided to the second floors or homes. Other towns, other cities leaned against the invader's sweeping H d Two II si.Il'Iits of Wi.ee'ili; ... led ; are dead. Thej ;..;..,..!;, p-:i;ie e;i' U' W' j, i.!f::.:e; eii their services '1 plight of th.-iand paid for their hen liW's. iles,,! ,.!,,,, , also I,.!,..n,., ni terms of its after liiiitli iso-hne- Red Cross Volunteer! -- "S f. is wirped and broken, 'ud and silt are piled feet deep over once choice belongings. Plaster has flaked away, pyramiding the soggy mess below. Walls have buckled; - s X i Furnituie I sr fcW&fe-f- J - drained away. VY , IJ .rr-- j W h : 1 t .:.. i. datiolis. !,,. W;,;,.r reee.!.'. dri.ppo into pl.t.-,- s,. a.'- urareiy t trallie Miiiiieil an ly eros-c- i ?y-- ."' Y,r', I ; ' .'"it. r -- i xiry ! u - ea , i, i ' k : !,.' . v:V s.;-- r -- 1 , '!!.. -- . (ins-han- Ml.iW was r.w-r- . : : , tlie way. It was lieres.nry to 1,11. nk the out to get the woman Into the Af'.-resent- lio.it she was od.eii to n hospital she went on a Inn. -- er strike. The uieanwhFe. I,, el disnn,.r pealed, leaiin- - arrest i:t ij i - , !.. tt- e. s ii. II. I, inn lues s,ts leaehed tli.tr home. 'I!,.- woman won;, not In.. I,'.-- . Her I,' grimly tei mined, stood g,lai, tier. ,,-rt- from .I I - thousands '...I I f.rn i! ,.,'t-- . t'.wi'.l rt '.'.;:'e ui.-.;-:- ,! oai'a.'.:ii-iit- . i j.-i- i In. 's. liuki-ij ij ni I w rr...f!vm l w News! s ....!.,', a ! - Hi r,i. to a'.s Itesidehf, of tl,.and e.'i.isi-.- j th.- - t.i id-- .-. .itoi.g ;..!y t.;,t Mill-:)r.a'.k u.,".!:,,-- hooted eli-- f years w.lli meant Ins'hi f W - re-ai- jx-- .or, w ; J . i - - r .'t-i- -rtf wild America's i' ciiuoge.s me colnpl.-- loll hi it flood. The human little incidents tell tlie real story. Humor, pa Mi. is and nut lnevitalny it quici !ier.ii.sm trate tlie daily barricade f Lea lines. Tl.ls Is especially true of this mg's great cistern flood whi.h haw taken tull nf i.early 'Jim I, vis, .au-.-,r, damage sealing to on.- jut f hillion dollars, and driven I, .J'uK.-d,,f "Je .".; r rYYYYYY YY- .), I Relief v By ALWYN W. KNIGHT HE ?ri;n V e to a wail "Where' Murmt:'.It w: mistakubie crv for with ii.'iir.t;r: The woman paused, w heeliiiL' tlie ai,:,mi,,i;e,l lo.,,s(- from vJiich the sound Lad come. An arm hra-- ai'l Leant!!' the triolein 01 trie hai Cross identiticd her. toM her Lusin.-shere in tiic Itreet runnin- - knte deep with intiddv water. 'I his entire of residential 1'itt l,r-- h looked as though it had en H..ated .,i:t to "V lu re's Mum mie!" It was a scream now there Utls n., tine xo lose. I lie relie! worker c the to a;,d rcoOjca'ed a plunged moment later with a parrot, a badly scared talking parrot. ;,. her arm Behind rfx . - of "Backstage" Seems Revealed Courage and Workers in Kocum" Sufferer. S;;enesand Persons in the Current Y" st 4 ,' - r Y:Y:,;t V v. , SSv s , vs J3- s. w v l;ly wor if - ,1:3 .St i s- , s i. 8t i ge mo ;t go l y I s. to Lakehurst. YYlZYr tons of t as tnoT "ions Z!! Y sera, and 10 freight. The dinin- - 8. h,n iV ti , The new air liner Is named in hn,mr who later became president of the Cwrm rYZZ ' ven, Germany, hy its makers. "P,an ZeppeI,nT twt ln dii,,n-- t0 make lt9 "rSt Pflfse" , and will carry a crew of 3ft. WwlnJ" h"8 obsprvntln Promenade with slopinfi war. V?" 1,i,ulenl,rR. famous German general In the World pl'iwn has been given exhaustive tests at Kriedrlcbsna, 't,' 1 Y - Wlllch 13 fi i full to tJ tole horn : tonrsi Vfi'iairiiii McClure Avenue Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Refugee Station. Henry lingers, was rammed by a log the Ohio during a blinding blizzard The cutter, loaded with relief supplies. was bound for Powhatan, Ohio. The crew stuffed the Jagged tear in the hull with blankets, keeping the vessel afloat for eight hours until second cutter pulled alongside and pumped the Kenosha out autlieietitly to shore and patch her. After which she proceeded to Powhatan under her own In power . . . PEOPLE RETAIN HUMO, When flood waters sldeswined Hart ley, Mass., homes ami outbuildings were swept downstream. Sheds Hiid roadside stands were tumbled end over end for nearly a mile. Citizens of the community formed a posse to hunt "Glass" Sehoolhousc Tried Out in Minnesota Is Turned Into Emergency were inspected, then either sent to g hospital or treated on the trolley if rs quiring medical attention . The Hood Is over. Kivers in practically all affected areas are homeward hound for their banks. Mass feeding and shelter stations are caring for few these days. But rehabilitation has just begun. For long, weary months relinf agencies will Interview individual families and survey damaged homes. This, the heart, breaking aftermath of catastrophe, is the version of the flood tale which will live longest In the memories cf tamihes who have lost the bulk of their possession. The rest of the world soon forgets. Wtr Nwwpapr t'nUa. the f" k 'HW. " ""WW.-vw- . r . 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