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Central Press Cameras Cover Flood Scenes
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An excellent view of a water front street in Cincinnati, where many wholesale business firms and warehouses are half deep in water
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Farm buildings near Decker, Ind., on Indiana’s White river barely show above the water, which covers many
miles of lowland in this vicinity.
Where Floods Run Rampant in Ohio River Valley
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Tl.is map of the Ohio river valley shows where the floods have spread their greatest misery and de
struction. The shaded areas represent regions already inundated or threatened by rising waters.
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NOT VENICE, BUT MARIETTA, O.!
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Although tills may look like Venice, Italy, it is Marietta, 0., show
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HENDERSON, (N. C.) DAILY DISPATCH, MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1937
Sloan "Still Hopeful”
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Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., Secretary ol
ference with John L. . despite his “walkout” Sloan, shown
Labor Perkins B»t was hopeful of settling
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Portsmouth, 0., flood wall, pictured just before continued rise of Ohio river forced water department crews to deliberately flood
the business district. The flood wall is 60 feet high and was built at a cost of $1,000,000 to protect the main section of the city.
BUILDINGS NEARLY HALF UNDER WATER AS RIVER INVADES CINCINNATI
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An excellent camera shot taken from an Ohio river bridge leading to Cincinnati’s east aide shows warehouses half-submerged.
From Cells to Slums
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Sanford Bates, who resigned as di
rector of the Department of Justice
Bureau of Prisons, has been named
executive director of the Boys’ Clubs
of America, an organization which
operates in congested areas of
American cities, providing recrea
tion centers and building character
to cut off crime at its roots. Presi
dent Roosevelt termed Bates’ new
work-“of vital importance.”
Maine Shows She Can Take It
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Accepting defeat with American sportsmanship, six Republican stalwarts of Maine called at the White
House to felicitate President Roosevelt on his second inaugural. Left to right (front row): Gov. Lewis O.
Barrows; Senators Frederick Hale and Wallace White. Back row: Reps. James C. Oliver, Clyde H. Smith
and Ralph Q. Brewster. (Central Press)
Kidnaped?
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Franklin Sarpy
Mysterious disappearance Os
Franklin Sarpy, four-year-old
VVheaton, 111., boy, baffles police,'
The boy was reported to have
been taken from his home by two
men driving an automobile bear
ing an Ohio license. Police were
asked to contact the lad’s father,
who. according to a report, has
not been residing in Wheaton.
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Georgia Fights Frost With Ice
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This picture from Universal Newsreel shows how the Georgia peach crop
is being assured for next season. Taken at Montezuma, Ga., it shows how
ice packs are placed about the rdots of the trees to keep the sap from
riaihg because of the unseasonably mild weather. If the sap rose, a sharp
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