Show TORNADO TORN AREA AWAKEN TU TO EMERGENCY Breath Is Regained and Citizens Begin Work of Reconstruction of Devastated Devastated Devastated Devas Devas- Towns Villages Total List of Dead Estimated Estimated Estimated Esti Esti- mated at Burials Rapidly Made and More to Be Laid Away Sunday CHICAGO March tarch 21 By U. U P. P P.- P. Spurred Spurned on by a high courage that refused to acknowledge defeat the of the devastation wrought by tornado and fire tire in southern Illinois and the pocket of Indiana tonight entered with re renewed renewed renewed re- re energy on the work of recon recon- There was little pause for mourning mourn mourn- ing although southern Illinois counted Its dead at while the pocket found victims Many of ot the dead already have been I buried more were lowered in their final resting places this evening evening- and more will be buried burled tomorrow The survivors ors threw themselves Into the greater and more Imperative Imperative imperative Impera impera- tive task task blearing blearing away the ashes and the debris to ake room for forthe forthe forthe the construction of more modern communities TOTAL DEAD With f fifty fur Ur dead reported from Kentucky Alabama and Tennessee Tennessee Ten Ten- the total mown dead of Wednesdays Wednesday's death wind stood tonight tonight tonight to to- to- to night at Indiana officials tonight lost their fear of the inundation of ot Griffin b by bythe bythe the waters of the turbulent Wabash river Earlier in the day the Wabash Va Wa bash threatened to overflow Its bank and sweep down on what is I lIeU left of ot Griffin but late today reI re- re lK IK were the rise of the waters vaters had slowed down The Reaper which stalks after death to to claim the the- Injured Disease figuratively began to raise its head only to have it bowed with the weapons which so swiftly have come to the rescue in other re re- re Warning of a a. large number of ot surgical cases and symptoms of ot gangrene and andt tetanus caused the tho Illinois director of health to appeal for doctors and antitoxin In less than an ho hour r the large response of ot surgeons caused the request to be withdrawn In that same time from faraway Washington came wor word I that the serum was on Its way from the public health service SERUM ARRIVES I Doctors nurses and other relief workers devoted their energies to toI preventing the possible outbreak of I pestilence Antitoxins to fight tight In Influenza In- In pneumonia gangrene and lockjaw were being brought in by train airplane and motor car from far Car and near points Engineers worked desperately to repair the tile water systems smashed by the twisting winds of tion Sightseers and other idlers from the outside are being kept from entering the Illinois storm aone sone John Stack chief of the Illinois highway patrol with the approval al of ot Governor Len Small and the legIslative legislative legislative leg leg- committee on the ground I tonight Issued orders for all persons without business In the storm area areu I to stay out Stack and other officials officials I daIs have asked radio stations to broadcast a warning against Inva inva- invasion Invasion sion slon by outsiders The heavily increasing number of ot I morbid sightseers going into tho the devastated area by motor car and rail is seriously handicapping toe rescue work The motor cars Jam the into Murphysboro Murphysboro Murphys Murphys- boro Desoto and West Vest Frankfort ROADS GUARDED I Colonel Smith Hunter r In charge e of the militia announced tonight he ho would prevent the jams on the road tomorrow as sufficient guardsmen were on hand to handle the crowd At JU the sightseers are not allowed Into the city Only those having passes art are ard permitted to enter the stricken town and passes are given only to relict relief workers and officials Desoto tonight has only one missIng missing miss miss- ing lag person That Is Ruth Taylor 14 H. H a a. schoolgirl She was In school when the fury of the storm dorm d descended descend descend- ed on oa the city and and ha haw has not been seen since Her bod body was not re recovered re- re covered ered from the tho debris of the tha stone stono building Tho The committees have been appointed appointed appointed ap ap- pointed in each of tho the cities to work out a scheme for or the cities to carry on At Murphysboro 1 the big Job is to get the Mobile and Ohio shops shops- which employs 1400 men men back back In operation The Brown Shoe company company com com- pany there also allo destroyed ill be bo another of ot the tho big projects receiving receiving reedy reedy- ing attention CONSTRUCTION SURVEY The surface equipment of the mines at West Frankfort rt will re receive receive re- re the tho first attention while at tt Desoto the entire town must be re re built There are only a few shells of houses there The food situation throughout tho the district Is improving U through rough receipt of ot supplies from Chicago and St. St Louis I A special medical commission Is IsI I making a a. round of ot the various arious cities i investigating the water supply All persons are warned against the raw water for fear of disease To stave off disease everyone In Inthe Inthe inthe the entire district will be ed Vaccine arr arrived ved late today from fromI St St. Louis for this work I Money Moner for far ree reestablishing the district district dis dis- I is 15 pouring in Many thousands Continued on page 5 5 l I TORNADO TORN AREA RECOVERS S TO EMERGENCY Continued from frn l page 1 of dollars has been received at Benton Ben- Ben to ton Ion in lU St. St Louis more than has lias been collected and the relief or organization organization or- or there has raised the quota from front to Inthe Inthe In Inthe the churches there tomorrow a specIal special special cial collection will be taken for the benefit of the stricken district CHICAGO SENDS MONEY Here Hero in Chicago fully I may be raised for relief and reconstruction recon recon- work worle Civil leaders have set the city quota at at- i Newspapers Newspaper and other organizations are collecting money and the tho appeals appeals appeals ap ap- ap- ap I peals have ben en met with generous re response S Other in Illinois S are he e raising funds and the legislature has appropriated appropriated ap ap- ap- ap Relief funds are being raised by Indiana cities for victims of of- the pocket and plans are to se secure ure sufficient mon money y and supplies to rehabilitate the entire area Griffin is a veritable ruin rum Every II house in the village of was leveled leveled lev lev- and flames broke out before rescuers could be organized to re remove remove re- re move the injured Many were cremated cremated cremated cre cre- I mated and the final check may show more fatalities than the 54 rw w listed in this village alone WABASH ON RISE Rising waters of the Wabash river river nver riv riv- er crept through lowlands threatening threatening threatening threat threat- ening to reach the town late today But there is little damage that floods would add the to general de devastation tie tie- I Only a few of the survivors s of the he disaster at Griffin remain on the he spot quarte quartered redin in tents pitched by y national l guardsmen It is doubtful doubtful doubt doubt- ful whether the tho town will ever be bo rebuilt Rehabilitation work in other towns In the tornado zone was w well Jl advanced tonight Henry M. M Baker Baker Bater Ba- Ba ker ter national director of Qt distress relief of ot the American Red Bed Cross pross announced that thit every sufferer Inho in inthe the tho area had been given food and shelter At Princeton worl were al already already already al- al ready clearing away the debris of the he shops of the Southern South South- ern cnn railroad The shops will be rebuilt rebuilt re- re built at once and the work will furnish furnish furnish fur fur- nish employment for scores of men FAMILIES RETURN S SAt At Owensville and other towns which felt eU the force of the tornado debris was being removed and families were returnIng returning return- return Ing ng to homes that could be made tenable enable S G Governor Jackson and Adjutant General Kor of f the Indiana I National guard gUald plan tomorrow to tomake tomake tomake make a tour of the entire area area to determine t the e extent of the damage An appeal has been made to the governor to call a special specia session of ot the Indiana legislature to appropriate appropriate appropriate funds for the relief work wont Scores s of funerals were throughout the district today and the devastated towns will take up the task of buying their remaining dead Brief ceremonies were held for forthe forthe forthe the victims and ministers were were on almost const constant nt duty |