Show MIDWEST RAINS SWELL SWELL RIVERS RIVERS Dr Br Br Associated Press Heavy rains swelled midwestern streams today but receding waters facilitated reconstruction in the flood swept sectors lectors of f the upper Ohio valley The e Ohio spilled ed over its shores again in n the Wheeling W. W Va area without causing appreciable damage damage dam dam- age as the new now crest bore down on Marietta Ohio with n a foot 40 stage foot stage anticipated I Danger apparently had passed along tho river from Steubenville to Portsmouth Ohio Meteorologists predicted a crest crestot of ot 35 feet teet at Louisville two ab above ve earlier estimates Sixty families already already already al al- al- al ready had been routed More prepared prepared pre pre- pared to evacuate low lands Tributaries of the Ohio in south Youth southern ern cr Illinois were brimming after heavy showers that presaged 4 ft a higher stage than had been expected ex ex- d in the e m main ln river Most residents residents' nu of territory along the Ohio from the Wabash t 16 to the Mississippi have hav moved to tho the hills C Ca Carlo Io Ill III at the confluence of the O OlIo Ohto- lo and the Mississippi measured a a rise of a n foot to the foot 41 level six short short of the tho pre pre- predicted predicted dieted crest At AtLa La Crosso Wis the Mississippi approached pi flood stage Several thousand acres were under water along tho the Minnesota river in the wake of heavy snow Meanwhile ean an army of off workers hurried rehabilitation of ot the damage dam- dam ago age In eastern states At Washington the national resources re resources resources re- re sources committee announced it would develop a range long-range flood control plan Harry L L. Hopkins indicated an additional would bo ho allocated to flood r relief ellet The Red Cross announced receipt of f for r the aid ld of of flood victims |