Show I Flood Menaces Entire Valley Rains Continue Thousands Join Greatest Battle of 01 Man Against Mighty Mississippi River MEMPHIS Term Tenn April 16 16 AP Thousands of men men recruited from every available source today were WE-re throwing their bodi bodies s. s tir tired d almost to the end of endurance into the greatest battle man has ever made with the Mississippi riv river r. r From southern Illinois to New Orleans the flood menace grew Tew to gigantic proportions today Continued Continued Contin Contin- rains throughout almost nil all of ot the valley and in the headlands of the Mississippi's 1 tributa tributaries i s promised promised promised prom prom- no surcease from the gradually lIy mounting tide v Columbus J Ky where the levee in front of the town gave way IlY during during dur dur- ing the week registered rapidly ns- ns l g water in its streets Only a afew afew afew few re residents id remained in their homes and those In upper floors Th The remainder of the population had moved out to the hills back of the town when the breach threatened At Hickman Ky Johe he flood was vas s sc c considered by engineers m more redan dan dnn gero t a tY r r n-jj n ln t The contour of ot the river at Hickman Hick Hick- man throws the weight of th the head headland lead lead- land waters flush upon the government govern gJ ment plent dikes which turn them westward westward west west- westward ward for a distance RIVER 25 MILES MitES WIDE On the Missouri side of the viver Cape GIrardeau and other towns were preparing for any eventuality though no immediate danger an er from breaks In levees was reported The Mississippi normally about one a and d a half miles wIde at the widest point has spread ad out in inmany inmany inmany many places to ten twelve and fir- fir i teen cn miles wide In some places where there arc no bulwarks to hold the waters vaters the river is 8 to be as high as a's twenty five miles wide Arne Armed l guards at Tunica county Miss were walking the loves levee four ty-four hours a Jay Ja to prevent le a recurrence of a ec nt dynamiting attempt there The levee vas was be believed believed be be- able abl to withstand the wat water r rIn in sight at the point where the dynamite dy dy- blast occurred Only damage was done CAPE GIRARDEAU Mo 1110 April The AP-The The Mississippi river 16 46 AP e levee twenty-five twenty niles miles s south of Charleston Mo br Ke arly today and water inundated thousands or of acres in the lowlands A heavy wind lapping over th tl top of the newly constructed embankment embankment em em- washed out a breach in inthe tl th the levee and within a a. feW minutes a gap ap yards In length had been beera opened Four hundred men who who had been working to hold this stretch were vere called to safety and no no l effort will will viii willbe be made to repair the break ki engineers engineers engi engi- s said d. d L L. T T. Berthe government district engineer estimated d acres acrE of farm and timber land bo too in Inundated In Mississippi 1 and aniF n New Nev ell Madrid co counties as result result I if Ithe the the levee break Of this area irea ho cv r. r approximately telY acres s would Continued on page page 46 6 |