Show ii LEVEES CRUMBLE ON MISSISSIPPI J J WATERS RISEt RISE t By the Associated Press I Into the lap of ot old man river rivet himself the rolling deep untra table t- t able Mississippi was poured today the anger anger of the late autumn flo floods ds Levees near Quincy Ill m. had c crumbled permitting the waters of ot otI I a swollen tributaries to sweep over thousands s of acres of ot corn con wheat I and rice on both loth the Missouri l and andi i 1 Illinois s side de of or the Mississippi i With this flood and damage done I I by the Kentucky and Cumberland rivers In Kentucky the uncontrolled waters today had claimed seventeen p j lives and inflicted d a property loss lossi i roughly es estimated mated at ten million dollars k WATERS VATERS RECEDE t Okla- Okla In Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma Oklahoma Okla Okla- homa where fourteen lives have b been en lost lot and where property damage damage damage dam dam- I age has been heaviest a recession of the waters aters was making possible II a Ii survey of the greatest November flood tood damage these states have e ever eer er i. i known That was true however k h mere particularly in Kansas and andU U I. I Oklahoma for across Missouri the I river that has the same name continued con con- 1 ii to be a raging menace li II The Missouri was dangerously 1 t clo close e to flood stage across the entire t et state te and the Inundation of great it II areas areas of ot bottom lands near StI StLouis St St. I I Louis was feared Sm Smaller streams t iJ In Iii the St St. Louis territory were ij I ch choked ked with waters aters and many railI railroad rail rall- t. t I r road ad lines Unes and highways throughout the state were blocked T The e number of homeless ran high fn Into the thousands One thousand were driven from their dwellings in 2 five Kentucky communities alone II with the Kentucky and Cumberland rivers still sUll rising at last reports Q from the flooded areas early today Pineville Georgetown Sunshine S Barbourville and MIddlesboro were I the Kentucky communities hardest 4 hit by the rising waters Georgetown Georgetown George George- 1 town and Sunshine are suburbs of or I Harlan It was near Pineville that three of the Virginia Har Ian lan Coal corporation were swept to death when a a. tree borne on the floods flood's crest tore away a a. bridge 1 on which they stood i LEVEE BREAKS BREAKS' r There was nas no I loss ss of or life In the tl region surrounding Quincy Ill al although although although al- al though many thousands of acres were ere flooded The bursting of the thew Mark levee which protected the w South Fabius drainage district on the Missouri side of ot the Mississippi s permitted the waters to pour over Il acres of ot rich bottom lands and andt its growing crops t On the Illinois side the earthen levee evee which has served to confine Bear creek since l 1892 92 crumbled In four tour places flooding acres in inthe inthe 1 the Lima drainage district twenty miles allies north of or Quincy The Mississippi river gauge at QuIncy last night registered 17 5 feet leet the highest mark ever recorded I In In the half halt century it has been in Use 1 The Missouri Illinois flooded territory territory territory ter ter- ter- ter near QuIncy was one in which there are no now large communities a i fortunate fact fad In that It Jt minimized property damage Some farmers on the Illinois side today expressed the hope that part of ot their corn crops might be bc saved and possibly some of their Wheat I COLD SNOW ARRIVE l Cold and snow were following the flood causing rains in parts of ot Kansas and Missouri making necessary necessary necessary essary essary still sUll further rehabilitation and relief measures among the thousands of ot refugees Public buildings buildings build build- ings were thrown open In many Kansas communities as headquarters h for the flood victims and local organizations w were e active in prof providing pro pro- viding aid ald The American Legion f and end Salvation Army were helping a wherever their services could be beI utilized to best advantage I Train schedules were slowly being be being be- be ing returned to normal although alth ugh there were many miles mUes of ot right right-of- I way where repair crews were at work Normal train service was predicted by tonight Highway damage was particularly t 0 heavy In Missouri running into hundreds of or thousands of dollars |