Show Mississippi River Reaches s New High Level Just Above New Orleans Orleans' S NEW ORLEANS May 7 AP AP- AP Driven riotously before the flood crest the waters of ot the Mississippi had reached new new high lev levels ls tonight over a long stretch porth porm pf f New Orleans from Donaldsonville to Angola An An- gola Record sta stages es also were recorded at places places' along th the Old river empties into the MississippI MississippI- north of ot Baton Rouge and which is receiving re- re flood floodwaters waters from the the Red Ouachita Tensas and Black rivers as well as from the great crevasse and andY backwater ter lake Jake spreading InI in northeastern LouIsiana I In announcing this situation on the two rivers the weather bure bureau u r r. r J r reiterated its warning every precaution should be taken to guard against the he stages above New Orleans Or leans leans' with leans with the approach of the crest which novy y is south of ot VIcksburg a approximately half way between Memphis and New Orleans After an Inspection of the levee along the present greatest danger point the point the mile eighty front of th the theOld theOld Old rivet river and nd the Bayou de des to the tile south Governor Governo Simpson declared at Baton Rouge that In his opinion these embankments embank embank- merits ments were strong enough to to- ho hold the anticipated highest flood stage stag and thus save south central Louisiana Louis Louis- I iana lana S t r t t 4 i Jt fl i I c 1 |