Show 4 J I k Granite Wins State Basketball Title S SCORES BELIEVED DEAD IN FLOODS flOOD S UJ Only 13 Bodies Recovered So Far in Stricken District THOUSANDS SAVED Wat Waters rs Carrying Away Town in Florida PENSACOLA Fla Ma March ch 16 Reports AP-Reports made here by by- relief workers in the northwest Florida flood zone tonight said that the town of Milligan Fla was being swept away by the highest stage ever recorded on the Yellow river The approximately inhabitants of the town warned of the coming floods had moved out in advance of tHe rushing tides and were safe in a schoolhouse out of the inundated dated ares arez Salvation Army workers reported MONTGOMERY Ala March 16 AP Unprecedented torrents which raged seaward between Alabama's Ala Ala- bama's two watersheds tonight were a handicap to the relief agen their efforts ef ef- forts on aiding per persons affected by I Nate t s. s Clear weather r hOj was aiding the resCue workers who had helped thousands to safe ground during the past twenty four hours While only thIrteen bodies had been recovered estimates here were that the fatalities would run into the scores Property loss in the form of buildings livestock household goods farm implements and other materials was so great that no effort effort ef- ef fort was made today to give art an ac- ac curato estimate The greatest immediate emergencies emer- emer gendes tonight appeared to exist in the neighborhood of Geneva and Elba In the Chat taho hee watershed but manY other towns in that valley as well as Brewton Garland and several other communIties in the Alabama Alabama- basin likewise were flooded and in great need of food and medical supplies Elba with water from Pea river trIbutary twenty feet deep in its main sections was the scene of a great exodus last nIght and tOday The Alabama national national na- na guard established a relief camp on cemetery hill hilI between Elba and Big creek and brought out persons within twenty four hours There still were several hundreds who had had little or no food sinco Wednesday Among Conti ed edon on page 9 0 I I FLOODS SOUTH om page 1 S out 1 O school chil- chil ian Jin a a. boats from 1 noon toda today C TED b TI In Geneva last of the water r IVed and the to nearby during tile the tiler r day hours u Samson Samson n arbr Sani- Sani ns flY bad ch last t covered on Murder and tributaries of the Ala Ala- subsided somewhat to- to 1 iP to flood the g the night bight as gan second rise t ellef and disease as aken over at fonta ont font a 53 With Enterprise In and nd The national hill Dg ogee e an supply conn con con- n s. s Governor Bibb command I my airplanes from fromI 1 I which flew over the I with food Jl tb supplies I tors and news of desperate Elba and Geneva par par- au automo- automo tomo- tomo ong toward the Elba ke isome some refugees rr III on order of the thel l TY conditions were ruing dangerous there 1 e klOf meaSles among Children threatened to toz z l I department depa ph phy- phy ark rk ng with national W. W A. A Gayle workers were against measles In broa broadcasting for aid today said d be e necessary for Im- Im TIed e Cross ross in Informed the governor disaster relief lb en ordered to Cof- Cof local chapters rs zed on an emergency Was m that the relief tOM at about |