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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1937)
Ohio and Mississippi Valleys Devastated by Flood 1—Flood refugees load their possessions aboard a truck prior to fleeing to higher ground. 2—Cat is ma rooned on a second story window ledge as Ohio river flood waters rise. 3—Flood sufferers at Portsmouth, Ohio, are fed by boatmen who row about streets, handing bread to refugees above the water line. Tank Cars of Drinking Water for Flood Sufferers Tank cais, normally milk cars, are shown being loaded with water in Chicago and started southward to the flood scourged sufferers in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys where water was so contaminated that it was unsafe for human consumption. Coast Guard Rescues Flood Victims Flood victims in coast guard boats shown arriving at Jeffersonville, Ind., across the river from Louisville, Ky., where they were placed on refugee trains and taken to safety further north. Floods on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers were the worst in the history of the country. More than 1,000,000 people were made homeless by the treacherous waters that rose over retaining walls, inundated cities and towns and covered rich farm areas. Damage of property exceeded half a billion dollars. Orphans of the Flood Find Refuge Refugee children from the flooded districts of northern and eastern Arkansas are shown asleep on the floor of a railroad station following their rescue. With millions of acres of farm land under water and count less cities inundated, the Ohio and Mississippi valleys experienced the i •SMC devastating flood in history. EVACUATION AREA £AIRO. I MISS.I / LEW Orleans bBC Map showing 100-mile wide strip along the Mississippi river from Cairo, 111., to New Orleans which the War department ordered evacu ated of all people in the most dis astrous flood in the nation's history. Largest peace time removal of civilians in history, the project was conceived to save the lives of more than 500,000 people. HEADS FLOOD RELIEF Harry L. Hopkins, WPA admin istrator who has directed the work of more than 50,000 federal relief workers in the flood area. Besides rescue and first aid work, the toilers have begun the task of rehabilita tion—a job which it is estimated will confront Ohio and Mississippi river cities for several months to come. Scenes and Persons in the Current News . l_Worst food in the history of the Ohio river inundates Louisville, Ky. More than 1,000,000 people in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys were made homeless. 2—Admiral Cary T. Grayson, chairman of the American Red Cross looks over map of flood district as he appeals for funds. 3—Kunimatsu Hamada, whose challenge to the military party in the Japanese parliament precipitated a crisis. Columbia Crewmen Begin Winter Training Grind Championship crews are made in the long winter months, when the oarsmen perfect their technique and build up their stamina for the racing season by daily workouts on indoor machines or in indoor tanks. Lay ing on the oars in the approved Glendon manner are the Columbia university oarsmen. Left to right: Shimp, Bass, Murphy, Bertull. Johnston, Roy, Kelly and Marzari. This indoor tank was specially designed to stimu late actual rowing conditions. ORANGE QUEEN Thousands of fruit growers and winter visitors stood in the Lake Silver amphitheater and cheered lovely Doris Harrison, Bartow, Fla., as she was selected queen for the 1937 Florida orange festival in Win ter Haven, citrus capital of the sun shine state. TRIED BY SOVIET .. '"V* A recent photograph of Gregory Sokolnikov, former ambassador to London, who with 16 other Rus sians, many of them internationally known, faced a military tribunal of thj Soviet supreme court to answer charges of treason. The 17 were charged with participation in a plot against the Stalin regime. Leon Trotzky, now in exile in Mexico, was named as the genius behind the plot. “Kneet” Social Security Reminder People in show business being notoriously lackadaisical in keeping track of bothersome detail, June McNulty, charming Broadway eyeful, is taking no chances with her social security number. So she is having Doris Donaldson print it indelibly on her knee. Granite Dust Mask Protects Workers Not for deep-sea diving and not for service in the Spanish war, are these odd appliances that these men wear. They are to be used for construction work on a new road to the national park at Yosemite, Calif., and are dust masks which will prevent inhaling rock particles. Home Heating IJl rite By tohn Barclay II111 la Heating Expert Avoid Unhealthy Dry Air—Keep Radiator Humidifier Pans Filled With Water. \4 ANY winter colds are caused ■ by hot, dry air in the home while the season for burning the furnace is on. Heat, of course, absorbs the moisture in the air. This hot air also dries out and damages furniture. You can easily and inexpensively provide for air-moisture by keep ing a “pan humidifier,” or hot water pan, filled with water in each room of your home. Designed to hang out of sight on the backs of radiators, these pans furnish water that can be evaporated by the radiator heat and provide mois ture for the air in the rooms. This prevents the air from becoming too dry and lessens the chance of catching or spreading colds. Warm air heating plants are equipped with humidifier pans. All you have to do is to keep them filled with fresh water. Copyright.—WND Service. A Big Building Russia is constructing the big gest building in the world. Already over a million cubic yards of earth have been excavated for the foun dations, and the steam shovels and pumps are at work night and day behind a high wooden fence near Kropotkin square in Moscow, and within sight of Kremlin. Known as the Palace of the Soviets, it will have 200,000 tons of steel and 400,000 tons of concrete. One of its halls will seat 88,000 people. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Is a tonic which has been helping women of all ages for nearly 70 years. Adv. But Few Many men’s nature demands adoration and few are averse to it. DoThis For a Cold 1 Take 2 Bayer Aspirin tablets with a full glass of water at first sign of a cold. 2 If throat Is sore also, gar gle twice with 3 Bayer tablets dissolved in H glass of water. Quick Relief with 2 Bayer Aspirin Tablets The modern way to ease a cold is this: Two Bayer Aspirin tablets the moment you feel a cold coming on. Repeat, if necessary, in two hours. If you also have a sore throat due to the cold, dissolve 3 Bayer tablets in 14 glass of water and gargle with this twice. The Bayer Aspinn you take internally will act to combat fever, aches, pains which usually accompany a cold. 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