Show MICHl MICHIGAN AN un HIT BY BIG G FLOODS fl D DETROIT Mich April 7 AP AP- AP Northern Michigan streams swollen swollen swollen len out of their banks by recent heavy rains and snow thaws to tonight tonight tonight to- to night had flooded thousands of acres of lowlands interrupted traffic traffic traC- traC fic and caused heavy damage to water power lOWer projects The river in the vicinity of ot Midland transformed in into Into into In- In to a a. raging torrent twenty times Its normal size swept a forty mile course to the Saginaw river into which is empties clear of lowland outbuildings and Inundated farm tarm lands About a dozen river front homes In Midland were flooded and the occupants forced to move to the main section of town Boat service has been set up to maintain contact with outlying sec sec- cc com communication uni- uni Road of ot the eit city cOnnection connection connection con con- Rail Rai cation has been cut off still in intact in- in the tho city was with steady downpour 0 of ofrain ofrain tact but a expected to swell rain tonight was the further the stream northwest tw t tA A blizzard from the Munising tonight added that U struck to difficulties there All telephone severed and ana was communication commercial and railroad telegraph lines were damaged |