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Show Real 'Real ' Storyof Story of Flood Disaster DisasterIs Is F Found FOltlld Oltlld Behind Beltilld tize tlw the Headlines Head1ii5 H Headli HeadlinesHumor eadli . , es eHumor Heroism Heroislu Suffering Are AreAll AreAll Humor Hl1lnor , Pathos , ? , AIl All Part of Central Celltral Valley Saga . By WILLIAM C . UTLEYSTATISTICS IJTLEYS IJTLEYTATISTICS UTLEY IJTLEY UTLEYC C TATISTICS about the great _ Hood flood _ _ , , the , havoc it haswreaked haswreaked has i i i- i i1 - in its 1 0 jnrair wake arestaggering arestaggering are areUU STATISTICS S wreaked and the mIsery which lies staggering in themselves , merely as statistics . But they theydo theydo to teIl tell the , real . , story of what . . . It is like to be do UU not JlUb begin UtiyiU tu Leu inv- inv invfm - f\m f m \ nw - - - face to face with disaster . , More than a million homeless homeless'Four homelessFour ' < ' rour Tour or five hundred dead-really dead really deadreallyI deadreallymore deadreallymore dead - reallymore I more than that , it is ccrt-iin ccrt iin cert'1.In cert1.In cert1In ccrt'tlni ccrttlni ' . ' - ' Hun Hun.dreds Hundreds . dreds of millions mllhons of dollars dam dam- damage damage damage - age ' Great cities threatened wIth wIthdIsease withdisease withdiseasel dIsease I ) Food and drinking drmkmg water waterrunnmg waterrunning waterrunning runnmg running shorti short shortiAwe ! ! Awe inspiring msplrmg , lOde indeed ed , arc are these theseheadlmes theseheadlines theseheadlines headlmes headlines But they are too generalf generalt generala3 general , . . r rr " ' < --r r - rf : t a3 a3u u . ' " " \ f , -f f - . dQr < . < ? 1 < YEN - l ' \ Y Ya E i : ' ' ' * * ' ' " * . , a . - . & _ . " ' ' I , , . - * " " y yDog's < p I I J't Jt , < - ' ; " : ; t + A . ( F J } - > } Y l.h lh l.ht . t : ( ( f . 6 6Dog's Dog's Dogs ' l life e saved at Pomeroy , , Ohio . , ( Photo Copyright Univeisal Univelsal Univeasal Newsreel Ncmsreel Netitsreel ) to do justice to the spectacle The Theway Theway Theway way to understand what they really reallymean reallymean reallymean mean is to get down m in the flood floodzone floodzone floodzone zone , or m in the adjacent areas where wherethe wherethe wherethe the refugees have been rushed to tosafety tosafety tosafety safety . . There in the countless indi mdl- mdl indi- mdlvIdual individual individual - vidual cases which may be seen seenfirst seenfirst seenfirst first hand are stories of pathos , suf suf- suffermg suf- suf suffering suffering - - fering fermg , humor , selfishness , generos generos- generosIty generosity generosity - ity and heroism that no statIstIcs statIstIcscould statisticscould statisticscould could measureHerOIsm measureHeroism measure measureHeroism7 Heroism7 HerOIsm ? ' Everybody's Everybodys ' a hero herodovm herodoom herodov/n herodov n dovm doom / here Heroes are a DIckel nickel DIckelapIece nickelapiece nickelapiece apIece , and most of them are name name- nameless nameless nameless - lessPohceman lessPoliceman less lessPoliceman Policeman Pohceman Saves SCO 300 . They are of many kinds kmds . Plchmg Picking Pickinga Plchmga a few out of the hat ' . There is the parachute Jumper Jumperwho jumperwho jumperwho who was determined determmed to rush badly badlyneeded badlyneeded badlyneeded needed medical serums , food and andlamps andlamps andlamps lamps to Paducah , Ky , one of the thecltles thecities thecities cltles cities hardest hardet : ; hit Leaving Leavmg Louis LouIs- LouIsvIlle Louisville Louisville - ville he planned to drop the food If IfpossIble ifpossible itpossible itpossiblehere possIble possIblehere \ \\here here where \ \ the marooned mIght mIghtreach mightreach mightreach reach it , then to carry the serum serumdown serumdown serumdown down by parachute He got it thereNobody thereNobody there thereNobody Nobody remembers who the theLOUIsvIlle t theLouisville h e eLouisville LOUIsvIlle policeman pohceman was who kept kept300 300 women and children marooned maroonedm maroonedin m in a school from going gomg hungry He Heswam Heswam Heswam swam three quarters of a mIle mIlethrough milethrough milethrough through ice cold waters to seek as asslstance assistance assistance slstance sistance At the end of his SWIm SWImhe swimhe swimhe he had to break into mto a store , . clImb clImbup climbup climbup up some shelves and struggle WIth witha a water logged telephoneRescuers telephoneRescuers telephone telephoneRescuers Rescuers rowed lll like e fury to re- re remove remove re remove - - move three expectant mothers who whowere whowere whowere were marooned in 10 the same place placeThlr placeTheir placeThair Thlr Their ! batting battmg averagea3 average \\a3 a3 was \ \ as only G67 667 G67for , for only two of the women reached reachedthe reachedthe reachedthe the hospital in time The third gave gavebIrth gavebirth gavebirth bIrth to a son in 10 a rowboat tossingon tossmgon tossmg tossing on the angry wavesThroughout wavesThroughout waves wavesThroughout Throughout the emergence emergencj emergency perIod perIodthe periodthe periodthe the short wave radio operators were wereheroe wereheroc wereheroc- wereheroc wereherocWhen heroe heroc . - , When all other means of ofcommunIcatIon ofcommunication ofcommunication communIcatIon failed fallcd they 0 o often"came oftencame f ten t e n n"came 'came came "came came " ' " through " In one mstance instance mstancethey instancethey instancethey they were credited with saving savmg the thelIvcs thelives thelives lIvcs lives of o ! 400 in 10 a single smgle spot The ThevIctIms Thevictims Thevictims vIctIms were marooned on the sec sec- second second - ' ond and floor of a California Callforma ( Ohio ) But WSM in Nashville NashvJlle cancelled cancelledall loss m in mrevenue inrevenue inrevenue at great all programs , a the Louisville bulletins bul bul- bulletms bulletins - revenue , to carry letins letms Yet WSM is WHAS WIlAS ' ChIC chiefcompetitor chief chiefcompetitor : ! competitor . Heroism was not confined to the thesavmg thesaving thesaving savmg saving of at human l life e Rescue crews crewsorten crewsoften crewsoften orten often risked their own lives to save savedogs savedogs savedogs who whowere whowere whowere dogs , cats and other animals ammals were floating on debris debtlS One man manin manin 10 in a rowboat lost his oars in m rescu rescU- reseU rescUjng rescuing - ' A AlIttle Alittle Alittle ing jng a dog from a floating floatmg crate lIttle while later , the dog , . apparent apparent- apparently - who whocouldn't whocouldn't whocouldn't whocouldnt ly disgusted with an oarsman couldn't couldnt ' hang onto his oais oalS oars , leap"d leapd leaped leap"dout leapedout leapedout " out of the boat ; and md swam ashoreSome ashore ashoreSome Some animals ammals did not fare so sowell sowell sowelL well Those in the Cincinnati C10cmnah zoo zoowcre zoowere zoowere wcre were starving starvmg until the Detroit zoo zoo- zoologIcal zoological zoological - logical park sent two tons of horse horsemeat horsemeat horsemeat meat All other meat had to be bereserved bereserved bereserved reserved for human beings bemgs . Humanity Humamty is for the most part partgenerous partgenerous partgenerous generous at heart When the Red RedCross RedCross RedCross Cross made it known that $10,000,000 10000000 $10,000,000was 10000000was $ , , was needed at once , the response responsewas responsewas responsewas was quick and sympathetic . Iven Even Iventhose Eventhose : Eventhose those who were caught in the cat cat- catastrophe catastrophe catastrophe - astrophe wanted to help One Oue young youngmother youngmother youngmother mother , poorly clothed , said in m a ashelter ashelter ashelter shelter house at Sharpsburg , Pa , "I I " wish I had something somethmg to gIve gIvethose givethose givethose those poor people . I know what It'S ItS It'Slike it'slike it'slike itslike ' like Last year the nice mce dining dmmg room roomfurmture roomfurniture roomfurniture furmture furniture I got for a wedding wedd10g g gift giftgot giftgot t tgot got smashed to bits Just lIttle lIttlepIeces littlepieces littlepieces pIeces it was when I went home "They're Theyre " They're Theyre ' Not All AU Generous . One little girl , obviously from an anImpoverIshed animpoverished animpoverished ImpoverIshed family , stopped at a arehef arelief arelief rehef relief station and laid lard a freshly- freshly freshlyb freshly-baked freshly baked - . b baked 1ked < loaf loat of home made bread on ry ryti ti , e + Y s , S St t . c ck k ' 4 1V h frh . 1 fr/ fr / , "c\'H "c c 'H H " . \ ' 1// 1 14 . F4 , / / IV " 4 ' y ydq dq dqIV ? bf4L8yW AP r ' ' b KE nfJ / ' Homeless , thIs tiny refugee can shll still smIle for mother . , the counter . * ' Mama sent it , " she shesaId shesaid shesaid saId Another little httle girl , Mary Lynn LynnElsner LynnEisner LynnEisncr Elsner Eisner , nine nme , of Cassville Cassvllle , Wis Was , won wonthe wonthe wonthe the $10 10 $ bank night mght prize in the thetheater thetheater thetheater theater there She would have liked likeda a new doll or two t\lO t lO \ , but she sent t.he the t.hewhole thewhole . thewhole whole ten to the Red Rcd Cross dIsaster dIsasterrelIef disasterrelief disasterrelief relIef fund . Some flood victims were not so sogenerous sogenerous sogenerous generous or heroic In Lawrence- Lawrence Lawrenceburg Lawrenceburg Lawrence-burg Lawrence burg - burg ' " ? < 'Ind Ind ' Ind , three tiny tmy babies were werefound werefound werefound found in m a deserted house Theywere They Theywere Theywere were cared for at an emergency hospItal emergencyhospital while authorities authorIhes searched searchedtor searchedfor searchedfor tor for their In parents Cincinnati CmemnatI a a"flapper a"flapper a"flapper aflapper "flapper flapper " " in m gay orange ski trousers trousersand trousersand trousersand and a leather jacket was heard to w . w8 . ' vw yu- yu yux ! - x 7 { Jm JmJ Jms.a s.a sa . . y n n0 a . n ne J -0 0 - JI e Y dA . IN INr INqn r /qn qn / qnv v , " d r3x r3x3d : 3d Fc Fcf Fc4Q f 4Q ' y yF ymr.wwaa F mr.wwaa mrwwaa . . ' A , . . S ; r : 0 J : ; : 4 4y 4iNfax y iNfax iNfax'f , 'f f ' " Ya " ; * y k N Ny kd kda a ' f w r I If Iw ' d d.q .q q . : , 1 - i ; " 1r r ; ; , -L L - . . , Bcdrldden Bedridden 12 years , this woman Is takcn taken from her home at Junction , DI Ill . , schoolhouse Police got reports VIa viashort viashort ' short wave that water v/as v as was / pushmg pushing pushmgup pushingup pushingup up the floor . After hours of at struggle they strugglethey succeeded succceded in removing the thetrapped thetrapped thetrapped trapped persons . , Kescue Rescue Animals , Too . , Regular commercial broadcastmg broadcasting broadcastmgstahons broadcastingstations broadcastingstations stahons stations v/ere v ere were / heroes , too WHAS and andWAVE andWAVE andWAVE WAVE in Louisville did noble work workin workin 10 in carr carry carrying 109 ing bulletins and instruc instruc- instructIons instructions instructions - - tions to victims and r rescue < > scue crews crewsWhen crewsWhen crewsWhen When these two stations v were v . cro ere forced forcedoff forcedoff forcedoff off the : air ur by plant failures due to toth tothe toths the th ! flood load , other stations carried theIr theIrbulletms theirbulletins theirbulletins bulletms bulletins , of great grcat importance to toC01.S t o ocots ocois C01.S C01S cots . guard boats , police pohce squads and andnational andnational andnational national guard units-when units when units - when these thesebulletm thesebulletins thesebulletins bulletm bulletins : ; did not interfere with com com- commerclal1 commercially - merclal1 merciall mercially ; - - sponsored broadcasts . , say , "I I " wouldn't wouldnt ' have missed it 1t for anythmgI anythmgIII anything foranythingi foranythmgI foranything ! II " IIShe She asked askcd a man at her elbow herelbow , "I I " think thmk it's its ' ' fun , don't dont ' your you ? " He left her without loud outloud . . answering out issome Human nature being bemg what it Is , , some persons in the flood floodarea area parade pa- pa pa - rade their wealth before the of eyesof envying neighbors But eyes wealth isno IS no longer measured measurcd by money , It'S ItS ' it'smeasured itsmeasured measured by boots Those that have th them havethem m love to turn tlicnr them so sa ih that the i yellow theyellow Im10gs linings WIll be noticeable for blocks These Those These.ho \.ho .ho who \ . haven't havent haven'tsay have 't t 'tsay ' say the darn thmgs things are too hot and heavy anyway heavyanyway . Some persons become theoccasion equal to the occasIon in 10 unusual ways Take , for lIlstance instance forinstance forlIlstance , Ida Webband Webb and Virgil 0 O , . Then theyhad it was discovered that they I , had diapersfor drapersfor neglected to provide dIapers drapers for babies A rush call to merchants merchantsproduced merchantsproduced merchantsproduced produced GOO 600 GOOThere 600There GOOThere There were other changes in m the theorder theorder theorder order of commerce . , One bUlldmg building buildinghad bUlldmghad had been a laundry , with many manytrucks day.Now dayNow trucks operating operatmg from it day by day , . Now outboard it is a repair shop for out out- - board motors , with the tiny tmy craft craftcntermg craftentering craftentering cntermg entering the building bUIldmg through the back theback door . , evena There is 1S humor here , too , tor for even evena a flood is not without its ironies Iromes and ItS andits par paradoxes doxes For ofthe instance mstance , one of the chief desires of most refugees refugeesfrom from the high water is a bath On Onthe the other hand , there is the case of caseof the sharecropper who was bemg being beingcared bemgcared cared for tor ina in a Poplar Bluff , Mo , Mocamp chargehad camp , where the doctor in charge had ordered all 800 600 refugees to take takea 01 a bath . . 'Say Say ' Say , " the sharecropper sharecropperprotested protested , ' this thing's things th1Og's th1Ogs ' ' gettm gett1O gettin se- se se - - serious II " rIOUSII rious IIFat Fat Lidy L'1dy L1dy Lady ' Getsa Gets a L Lift Lift.In LiftIn t . In the jaIlat jail at 63 Parkersburg . , W . Va , , prisoners ' didn't didnt mind the fipod food very flpodvery fipodvery foodvery much . , They were eating eatmg "vIttles vIttles fancy"vittles fancyvittles " " fancy they ' couldn't couldnt even call by byname name , supplied supphed by the city's citys ' ' fore fore- foremost - . most hotel . In Cincinnati Cmcinnati , , rescue crews heard tHflt that n a wawf J - woman had been marooned , and set out to get her . They had to chop away part of her house to take her out ; she weIghed pounds In LOUISvIlle 400 took tooka a woman from a rescue party and rowed a ilooded flooded d house housecks her three blocks ) to towanted safety . , Then she w wanted lnted < to be bead rowed b\ck b ck back ' \ . , She had ad left two dol dol- dollars lars . - In the home boatmen , she said . The were gentle Theie , but firm . " "Not Not " even for hvo two bucks " , they said . , SIghts to be seen from the boats rescue were not notall all dIsmal was the truck There sIde besIde a flooded . . . mIred miredin , . 10 in a dItch be- be be - . - hlghway highway It Cairo.It CairoIt was loaded .b b " vuy near Calro Cairo . , flgures figures femininefigures clothedIn clothed with wax femInine in filmy sIgn Asign hung on lingerie A one of ot read modelsread " the models "For For sale sale-cheap sale cheap - " cheap visible ible lble above ahove 20 feet of Just vis- vis vis . - Cmcmnatl's cinnati's cinnatis cmnatl's cmnatls ' Third water m In Cin Cm- Cm - . a signa little weather street was the sIgn , for tale ale or lease beaten "This This " lot lot intenuptionfrom interiuptionfrom from lIonfrom high waterII water II " IIBut ' No Inten interiuption up lIon But perhaps the IronyWas was uncovered uncove1cd SUpreme Irony |
