| Show I Mississippi Damage Reaches Million Fight Goes On I I GRAND ORAND TOWER Ill June Tune 3 A Arho p Tho rho The fight tight between man land river continued unabated south of St St. Louf Thursday in an effort eUort to save remaining levees while army engineers and soil conservators estimated estimated estimated es es- es- es flood damage along the thera ra raging racing ihS Mississippi and its ita over overflow overflow- lowIng low low- Ing ng tributaries rl s in Missouri Iowa and Md Illinois to be At least R n. It H. Musser regional conservator conserva conserva- tor tar for lor the United States soil conservation con con- service said isid at Milwaukee k kee that A survey s compiled from fromfield fromfield field office reports report and aerial l re re- re showed that enough I soil had been washed to cover acres acrs six inches thebes d deep Op Meanwhile at St. St Louis the river fluctuated b between tween th the year high of ot and on tenth one t nth of a afoot afoot afoot foot less Harry F. F United d States Staid meteorologist said IBid A Aar ar gradual d d decline ellne was expected Inthe in inthe inthe the ne next t 48 hours hourI High water from th the Missouri MissO and Illinois rivers rs was keeping the MIssisSIppi high h he added Town Cut Off OU Grand r Tower ib lUelf U was cut out of off aft from land following breaks break In tn the Deg levee and several other communities were partially dated A It small amIL section of the Ch Chester Sl r III IlL business j district t w was was s sunder under wat water r. r Food supplies Were re b being brought here by boat and most of th the 1000 residents expected to remain romain since line most of ot th was WM aa located On high enough Ir groUnd nd to escape th the river l' l Residents of Ii o IlL elfin eight ml MUM miles s southeast t of 01 St. St Louis ap ap- ap patently h had lutti d won their fight t t to tove save ve the town from the flood floo water Army r oni 2300 residents out of town T Tu 4 but hut many persons perIODS returned return m. m up a temporary sandbag el em ment mont on the terminal tracks and then ere erected ted a earth w walL lL Several small streams strem south south St. St Louis which were heavy rains Sunday and M Mand Moal and prevented by backwater t ft flowing into the gone cone out of their banks banke M moro more families from their and flooding lome some railroads Many l Homeless f The Bed Red Cross Croll h reported p persons homeless in Missouri 2972 In Illinois minal About affected In Iowa Nebraska sour and Illinois by th the n fl flo to Arm Army engineers said laid most moat o remaining l levees veel between en Si St Og and Cairo Ill would hold haiti It was no more rain All AU 1 In critical condition the they tr em sized b because cause of prolong I water S1 |
