Show j: - -i- I T" r THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE SUNDAY MORNING T ViU he iu 'ail iT In East Areas Rivers Roar With New Threats for Lower Valley Towns Pennsylvania and West Virginia Hard Hit as Soldiers Guard Against Vandals in Dark Wintry Blasts Hamper Work of Flood Area Recovering From Deluge fel H (Continued s I By JOSEPH SNYDER Associated Press Staff Writer Copyright 1936 eavy PITTSBURGH March 21 snows buried the prostrated cities and towns of western Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia today while an army of relief workers fought to restore order along the trail of the devastating flood waters that claimed at least 100 lives and caused damage estimated in the hundreds of millions The latest siege of the elements— a blizzard that swept the area with snow frajn six to 20 inches confusion among the homeless thousands but brought a ray of hope to the reconstruction agencies that it might stem the threats of fire and disease Still in Darkness Utilities in ths steel metropolis slowly were returning to a semblance of normalcy and engineers hoped to restore lighting facilities and relieve the acute shortage of drinking water Pittsburgh still is in darkness The desolation remained frightful in scores of communities along the from Pago One) ver known in existence erj pe Its 300 years of New York state the six large Finger lakes in the central part of the state reached record flood levels Three hundred summer homes and cottages were inun nd It he qu nd dated New York counties Twenty-eigh- t have been hit by the flood The city of Binghamton has been a heavy sufferer One large plant there estimated its own damage at hit rat A a ha ha million dollars The New York state health de partment alert from the first mo ment of the flood said there was no sign of disease In epidemic pro' portions anywhere in the state Rehabilitation Much of Pennsylvania's flooded area was concerned with rehabilitation— with returning to home where a few days ago water stood and where now there is muck and mud calling cards of the ruffian rivers The need for money— for much money— was recognized in Washington as well as in the capitals of the stricken states and in the council chambers of suffering cities President Roosevelt allocated to the W P A for repairs and replacements in affected areas Red Cross money was being poured forth without stint Private contributions were swelling Everywhere that need existed either for funds or food or medicine or manpower the need was being filled as swiftly as the conditions permitted Huntington W Va was experiencing (though in smaller measure) the suffering that Pittsburgh and Wheeling knew earlier in the week and what it is feared downstream points on the Ohio may experience I ft 7ht W lire1 T fov The ilet g ir tbo ea' F o iol valleys 0 he zal he he 1 ac fin A vhi lar Sea tra isr this sha - week The flood waters were spreading over the Ohio lowlands from Marietta to Cincinnati and on the West Virginia and Kentucky sides too Several rivers in North and South Carolina were reported last night to be rising rapidly They were expected to reach their crest late 'today or tomorrow Refugees Periled By Cold Weather Md March 21 rain and cold threatened Maryland’s second largest city with new misery and suffering tonight but relief forces apparently had the situation well in hand Damage here was estimated at $3000000 Thirty Inches of snow in the mountains west of here and five to 16 Inches in nearby towns together with a new two-forise in the Potomac river after heavy rains caused the city's 40000 to become alarmed Miss Margaret Lewis Red Cross field representative in' charge of flood relief here said the 1200 homeless families were being cared for however and that none were being permitted to return to their dampened homes Governor Harry W Nice swinging down from here to Hancock and Williams to wind up his personal survey of the flood zone expressed alarm at the suddenly developed cold Declaring a state of emergency the city council today ordered all liquor stores closed by 9 p m Five hundred men worked on the littered streets and 100 national guardsmen stood shivering at their posts to prevent looting CUMBERLAND Federal Officials Given for Work of CCC Praise Of Flood Victims Enrollees in Catastrophe for Leaders Issue Johnstown Turns To Rehabilitation Appeal Contributions to Aid Disaster Victims CP) — Snow Urges Speed 'You’d better hurry” she told ths operator “the house has started down the river” By the "time linemen arrived they reported the house was far down stream ot homes S L Women’s Group To The Salt Lake Women’s Safety council will elect officers at the annual meeting to be held at 10:30 a m Monday at the chamber of commerce Mrs William J Lowe president of the council will have charge of the program Dr Elmer I Goshen will speak on "Courtesy in Traffic' Fifth t of City R J Ross deputy city engineer said available data indicated that 20 per cent of the city was under water when the Connecticut river reached its crest of 375 feet at 10 a m He estimated that of the Inund was occudated districts pied by private homes and mercantile establishments one-thir- tax -- mmiimmwMmmis Airy Spring Drapery Income Levy Nets Gain of 28 Per Cent No place excels Penney’s Yard Goods Department (or an accumulation oi money-savin- g barg a i n s Everyone has the fever Nothing brightens the home like new curtains and drapes See these during Here DAYS of handful from our our beautiful drapery display Hurry! —then BUY and SAVE at these low prices —ready-to-han- g e or PENNEY are just a such items Basement-lu- a IS t c L Take the elevator! f 1 ready-to-mak- Novelty Crashes and Typical Penney Values in Printed Monks Cloth Just tn time for smart spring decorating! £lafds stripes iand Mexican effect designs only Gaily colored wide 50 Inches Tailored and Side Hemmed inches by 2 yards A big bar- gain at this lbw price In novelty net open mesh curtains Curtain Fringes 10c Jqj'’ Splendid value in 4x4 thread The same in 8x8 thread EACH at 67o yard IOC YARD Surprising Assortment oi Silks & Rayons Novelty Wool Suitings These are 54-l- Also tweeds rayon and wool Beautiful buys 98 YARD Wool Crepe A tm 00 You’ll love the new shades and patterns for Spring n wool n a — In pi a Id a and checksIn Another Bargain novelty popular plain VYd ahades distinctly worth more McCALL Printed Patterns Plain and Printed CREPES This group Includes Cinderella Crepes In plain shadea and Sorority Novelty Printed Crepes w ONLY Just glimpse the varieties? in this bargain offering Crepes YARD ADVANCE PATTERNS Take the Elevator or Handy Center Stairs to the Basement newly-condition- JS YARD Plain and Printed Flat Crepes Plain and Figured Novelty Rough Plain and Moire Taffetas Rayon Panne Satin Washable and will not pull at the eegms I Monks Cloth 39 3 Inches wide to go with paneflT' per yard only 7® Natural Color Net Panels Delayed Outing -- Face Problems Tonight relief and rehabilitation agencies faced these problems among others: Restoration of electric power for homes streets and industries Cars of ths steadily Increasing number of homeless estimated at more than 5000 Repair of damage along the river area which veterans of the last previous flood — that of 1927 — said would approximate $10000000 Prevention of food and fuel shortage and spread of disease A checkup of flood areas for buildings in danger of collapsing because of weakened foundation Maintenance of a constant vigil along the river front for evidence of further loss of life Red Cross officials said their organization alone was caring for 2600 refugees They estimated as many moro had taken refuge with friends and relatives 20-t- President Plans last-minu- slowly HOLYOKE - 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Murder Case Proves Elect e HARTFORD Conn March 21 UP) Khaki-cla- d national guardsmen took virtual control of Hartford tonight with orders to be especially vigilant against vandals in ths darkened flooded area Reinforcements began arriving from armories in New Britain Meriden and Bristol while the cheerful news spread through the and harassed city that for the first tima in three day of unprecedented flood destruction tbs Connecticut river had begun to drop miyfi §m Mass March 21 (S’) guardsmen attempted with rifle fire today to sink two railroad tank cars empty which floated about a canal and butted at locks leading to the Connecticut river It was thought that if the cars March 21 — tto combat it” Fechner said in re- WASHINGTON broke through they would smash to flood the situation ferring of of members Pralse for the work & bridge below them G C C camps Fechner said the civilian conservation corps in wherever locatedtheare Bullets Futile under always regions Js pouring standing orders to assist in any The rifle bullets ricocheted off into the office of their chief Robert emergency that arises without wait- the steel however and broke windows In a mill across the river ing for instructions from WashingFechner ton This was done in the existing The tank cars floated off tracks Fechner director of emergency emergency he said adjoining the canal conservation work said 100000 C C ' Supply Own Needs C men in camps from Maine to VirMe BRUNSWICK March 21 Unlike other relief workers he ginia and west along the Ohio river (D— they named him Moses beout men are the CCC supflood-relipointed to Cincinnati were engaged in cause he was saved from the flood work during the past 48 hours plying their own food needs and for Moses is the son of Mr and do to reason that load not add the or stood in readiness to be called in Mrs Emilien Racine born precommunities of any emergency which might arise The full strength of the CCC maturely yesterday Dr Maurice within the eastern flood zone in the eastern states some 100000 Dionne said in a house surroundActions Recounted men stands ready to take part in ed byjaging flood waters of the Hundreds of telegrams and let- the rehabilitation work if their serv- Andrbscoggin river Child and mother were taken from the house ters have been received at C C C ices are needed headquarters telling of the quick Fechner emphasized however it by boat and moved in an ambuand effective work of the 35000 en- is the policy of the C C C to “pull lance to safety rollees actually engaged on a score out” of an area after the real crisis HOLYOKE Mass farch 21 (D o flood fronts in digging out whole has passed except when their servcommunities saving lives and feed- ices are needed for preventive meas- — When the power plant of the ures so as not to Interfere with reg- American tissue mills was short ing and housing thousands victims ular or relief labor In that way circuited by the flood the company pressed into service a calli"Never before’in- the bistort of criticism is avoided the nation has an emergency found Copyright 1936 by North American ope ordinarily used for advertising purposes to operate lights and so large a force adequately trained Newspaper Alliance telephones Ths calliope was equipped with n gasoline-drivea electrical genof Prince Buried Body erator More Than 100000 Organized Men in East Toil in Scores on Devastated Districts to Save Lives Feed Victims Monongahela flood-wreck- and Allegheny rivers as Red Cross workers and other rescuers dug through heavy debris ever fearful new victims might be found to add to the staggering toll Western Pennsylvania’s death total stood tonight at 83 including 56 in Pittsburgh The number of lives lost In the area around Wheeling W Va rose to 18 with the recovery of three more unidentified bodies in a demolished structure on Wheeling island in the middle of the Ohio river where many residents refused even at the crest of the flood to embark in rescue boats ORANGE Mass March 21 (D Hundreds In Hospitals —A woman resident bf Erving of injured lay in hospi Hundreds the remembered her pennies at height of the Connecticut valley tals Thousands still huddle Sunday in churches schools public buildflood She asked telephone headquarters here to disconnect her ings and makeshift relief headquarters Other thousands of idlers telephone saying she dld not believe she would need it any more JOHNSTOWN Pa March 21 OP) tines moved slowly through emergency commissaries tonight whiiS Jho flood city prepared for the second time in 50 years to drive toward recovery after disaster A rehabilitation committee composed of civic industrial legal and religious leaders announced plans to: ‘‘Make an appeal for contributions and cash help in reestablishing families whose homes and other possessions have been wiped out by the flood’’ Snow Hits Area A wet snow swirled down on the Thousands trudged soup lines along waiting their turn to eat or to draw food for their families from Red Cross stations Some are homeless others have shelter at their homes but are without food or means of cooking Red Cross workers said Johnstown’s 6000 destitute whose homes flow of were ruined by a flood water are beingadequately fed and sheltered Sixteen aied in the flood Guard Lines Formed Eighteen hundred national guardsMan Held by Police men drew a cordon around the section admitting none Claims S L as Home business but officials and C W A workers In Van Alen Family WHEELING W Va March 21 whose restoration efforts were (D— Three spirited men in a boat by the raw considerably hampered Plot in Rhode Island floated down the Ohio at the HANNIBAL Mo March 21 UP) weather —A man who regained consciousThe committee named the United height of the flood Near a bridge they left up ness today after having been found States National bank of Pohns-tow- n WASHINGTON March 21 (UP) shouts on a highway near here was beone of the community’s largMIDDLETOWN R I March 21 —After thrice the start of delaying Rescuers tossed them a line but ing held by police pending his pos- est financial institutions as the de- (D— The body of Prince Serge his vacation to assume sible identification by the depart- pository for its funds charge of were rebuffed by one of the men nobleman killed Mdivani Georgian national flood relief efforts Presi- who shouted: ment of justice at Washington All "We don't wapt no rope The man who said he was Thursby a kick from his pony in a polo dent Roosevelt is expected to leave ton Marque 39 years old of Salt game at Palm Beach last Sunday the White House tomorrow for his we want is a pair of oars!” Lake City claimed he had no recwent to its final rest In Berkeley Florida fishing trip ollection of events since his mother chapel churchyard here late today 13 Should any new emergency arise died years ago ' He said he did not know how he The prince's widow the former however he is prepared to delay the Louise Astor Van Alen of Newport trip further Mr Roosevelt made happened to be lying unconscious wearing a deep black veil was vis- clear that he placed the flood enter pi the highway where he was found ibly moved at the brief Episcopa- gency foremost among his duties Thursday night He had no injuries lian commital service The Rev Dr to indicate an accident Last Conference ST CLOUD Minn March Stanley C Hughes rector of Trinity He planned conferchurch at Newport officiated as21 CP)— The Rev Henry Ret-ze- k ences tomorrow with his special Donald sisted the Rev Fraser by and Gas Explosion Kills anthropolopriest flood relief committee headed by rector of Berkeley parish WASHINGTON March 21 gist solved an old case for the of War George H Derri Secretary An element of was D— A 28 per cent increase in Girl Hurts Six mystery given county attorney today Young the burial by Jiie fact that two WPA Administrator Harry L March Income tax collections Failure of WPA workers were opened in the Van Alen Hopkins and Admiral Cary T Gray was anover March 1935 to report the finding of a graves DUBOIS Pa March 21 CP)— A nounced today by the treasury skeleton in a gravel pit sevfamily plot where the princess’ son chairman of the American Red gas explosion killed a girl eral days ago prompted Coungrandfather James J Van Alen Cross department His departure was contingent and injured six other persons today her father James L are buried and Collections for the first 20 to Burns ty Harry Attorney ' as workers were repairing gas lines remark: “Murder never outtheir Prince Mdivani was interred in upon reports on the situation days of this month totaled ' in recently-floode- d sections Mr Roosevelt if hs leaves tomorthe farther grave and that directly laws” He then called for an $389694381 Donna Jean Beard 7 died behind the graves of James J Van row will go direct to Winter Park The only comment to be investigation Her parents Mr and Mrs Alen was filled in after the service Fla where he is scheduled to remade by treasury officials Father Retzek thoughtfully in--- John Beard sufferedsevere ceive an honorary degree Monday was that the receipts “are added the bones to his collecJuries tion however and observed: Yacht Awaits conforming very closely with The blast shattered windows in “Tell the county attorney that the department's estimates" Speaker Announced He then will go to a point on the the entire block Totar collections for the this fellow died before he was John M Whitaker will be the Florida east coast where the elected— about 300 years be1936 calendar Po6130 p m in the year up to at Sunday speaker presidential yacht Townsend Parly Slated 9 fore I suggest that he call March 20 amounted to sacrament services in the Eleventh tomac awaits him off that investigation” The an increase of 30 per Townsend club No 4 will hold a L D S ward chapel Musical numIt had first been planned that the cent over the corresponding barn dance and a basket supper priest said ‘the skeleton was bers will be rendered under the di- - cruise would take about three weeks that of an Indian peridd last year Monday evening at 994 South Secrertinn of the ward Genealogical Present White House plans are for 1L two a weeks’ cruiss ond West street jabout society — Soup of the Ohio roamed the streets of the towns several of which were patrolled by national guardsmen to of wrecked buildprevent pillaging ' ings Chaos yielded on most fronts The snow demoralized traffic but thousands of W P A workers attacked tons of debris in the buildings to start the wheels of rehabilitation turning The department of health in Pittsburgh moved to meet the sanitation problem and announced enough typhoid antitoxin on hand to immunize 400000 persona Serum and food were on the way from other cities Rivers Subsiding Tbs snowstormcaused no serious rise in the rivers Weathir bureau officials did not expect more high water unless a change in weather melts the snow and sends it into the subsiding rivers Six thousand WPA workers took up the job of clearing the streets of devastated Johnstown The Conemaugh river which leaped upon the town like a destructive giant became once more the placid little waterway it normally is Nearly every store in the town was damaged 16 persons wers dead add homes lay in ruins To the south at Wheeling and in neighboring West Wellsburg Virginia truckloads of food rolled in to relieve the famished victims thousands of whom wers bereft of flood-besieg- CD-H- In hn I IN Blizzard Brings Added Troops Move Suffering to V ictinis Into Hartford Of Disastrous Floods River Drops Flood Losses Set at Billion Ser o T MARCH 22 1936 QUARTER MILLION MOM ku -- A ljhii'iAlfai'it f RTJSJ! 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