OCR Text |
Show HUNDREDS DRIVEN FROM HOME. Many Destitute In Flood-Swept Section of Arkansas. Little Rock, Ark. Flood swept sections sec-tions of Arkansas have appealed for aid to care for thousands of persons made homeless and destitute by the rising waters. Hundreds of families camping on high ground with only the barest necessities of life, and many were reported in actual need of food. Newport, Searcy, Augusta and Georgetown have asked for food and money. . At Newport 4,000 persons, vir tually the entire population, are unable to enter their houses because of flood waters. Approximately 1,000 families from the surrounding country have been driven into the four towns and are sheltered in camps. |