Show FLOODS SPREADING OVER WIDE AREA Patrols Established Along long River RiverBanks RiverBanks RiverBanks Banks at Memphis to Give Warning of Danger Memphis Tonn renn Jan 24 H. Unconfirmed firmed telephone advices s today from the vicinity of ot the break in tho the mIn miln levee near Big Lake Mo Ray Bay that three thre negro neEro families were drowned In the flood lood late Thursday nl night ht Tho The water from tho Big BIg- Lake break is flooding flooding- the lowlands of or southeast Missouri Should the tho break continue to widen the St. St Francis basin will be threatened A forty foot stage in the Mississippi river at Memphis was wan predicted today at the local weather bureau As a precautionary measure patrols patros s established along along- the river hanl banks tod today tody y The Tho crest is expected to pass here hera within a week A portion of ot Now Madrid Mo Io Is re reported reported reported re- re ported inundated and the greater part of or West cst Hickman K Ky Is flooded At Paducah backwater Is Js spreading over tho the lower er section of or the town Washington Jan 24 As As a a. result of the rains raiDS in tho the last thirty six lIb hours according to tho the weather bureau re reports reports re- re e ports tonight a forty foot stage In the Mississippi river at al Memphis within the next six or 01 seven days as a's Is probable ble with tho the possibility of or a still higher stage Helena Ark will have a stage exceeding exceeding- nine forty feet teet Representative o Stanley Staney of I Kentucky Introduced today a resolution authorizing authorizing author author- izing the war department to expend for food and subsistence for forthe forthe forthe the sufferers from tho the floods loois In the he Ohio alle valley It also alBo authorizes tho the use of or arm army tents |