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PAGE SIX Central Press Cameras Cover Flood Scenes in Stricken Areas to Bring You Remarkable Photos [•• ■ I I i _ v -y* . .3 ***?:■ ■ M. . Lp; Flood waters of the Ohio river creep into the wholesale section of Louisville, Ky., as goes to highest stages on record. Observe the stalled street car. w r '' A hoard-.yalk becomes a bridge in Cincinnati, O. F orlnnntely for this man, he's ernssing the flooded street while there’s still time to make it safely. RANDAL JARRELL PASSESSUDDENLY North Henderson Man Dies While on Visit to Ghol son and Gholson Office Randal Jarrell, about. 65-yea rs-old, died suddenly this morning' about 10 o’clock in the office of Gholson and Gholson, attorneys, where he had gone on business. Kunet-a] services were announced for tomorrow, but the hour wan not given. Mr. Jarrell, a resident of North Henderson, came into the office, and was waiting for a conference, when he appeared to he in pain, and others in the office fanned him for a mo ment, Jarrell 'gasped and then slump ed into the chair in which he was sitting. A doctor and an ambulance were called, but Ihe man was dead upon their arrival.' His death' was attributed to a heart attack. fEACilll WOULOBE COSTLY If Requests Would Require $2,500,000 New Money Dally Ditpatcft Iliirenu, In the Sir Walter Hotel Itv ,/ C HASrv f-istv 11.1 Raleigh, Jan. 26.—The proposal to give all school teachers full pay for all holidays, including Saturdays, Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving holidays, as provided in the hill in troduced in the House by Represen tative R. A. Patton, of Macon county, would be equivalent to paying the teachers fhr nine months for eight months school work and would in crease the State’s school outlay by at least $2,500,000 a year, it was pointed out today by those who have been looking.Jnto the cost of this plan. At the present time, school teach ers are paid on the basis of eight months of 20 working days each or for 160 days of actual teaching in a total of 210 of elapsed days, includ ing Suhdays—or in some cases, of more than 210 elapsed days—depend ing upon, the number and length of the Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter and other vacations. Some of the teachers believe they should be paid for this elapsed time instead of mere ly for the actual number of days they spend'in the classroom and that they "<->f p a y for nine months even though they teach for only eight months. They maintain that the other State employes get their pay right Their Home a Box Car fgillP rafffl jf§!pp ;:iij!py|L •-* -» Hr Imiir ■ •• x Rive/Sctmn^f 1 V? homelos , s 1 when the levees in the Big Lake-Littl* The familv ennv , ansas could no longer hold back the swollen waters. freezing uLUipI Ip ? n eni P ty box car into a home. Snow, sleet and trcezing weather added greatly to the suffering of thousands of victims of the flood (Central Press) along, including the time off for Christmas and other vacations. What the teachers apparently over look is the fact that the State has just a.s much money available with which to pay teachers, with the re sult that it makes no difference to the State whether it pays them in eight monthly installments, nine in stallments or even twelve, but that the total will be the same regardless of what method is used, it is pointed out. The belief in most circles is that the teachers would rather get their pay in eight installments instead of in nine, .as long as >.:io total would be the same. Worst Lies Ahead In Stricken Areas, Is Warning Given (Continued irom Page One.) crest of the deluge sweeping into the Mississippi beyond Cairo, 111., a pano rama of water devastation extended. In the lower Mississippi valley, where 600,000 wore made homeless in 1927, authorities awaited the big test, of the great system of dykes and l levees built along a 300 mile stretch, of the Mississippi after the 1927 dis>- aster. President Demands Speed. President Roosevelt, anxiously wat ching the progress of the tidal sweep through eleven states, sent out the crisp command to legislators debating on a $790,000,000 relief request: “Step on it!” The President sent out word that the fund, originally intended to care for work relief, should be appropriat ed for flood sufferers in the emer gency. Martial Law. In Louisville, Ky., United States aimy troops moved into the virtually isolated city of 330,000 citizens to clamp down the military rule arbi trarily declared by Governor A. B. Chandler. 2,000 Marooned in Louisville. Lieutenant A. Burton, of the United States Air Corps, after a boat inspec tion of Louisville’s west end, report ed 2,000 persons were marooned on rooftops. Many refused to move. $21,000,000 Levee Dynamited. As the turbulent waters plunged south, guardsmen near Cairo, 111., dynamited the $21,000,000 Bird’s Foint- New Madrid floodway levee, sending millions of gallons of pent-up fury in to the 131,000-acre lower area bounded HENDERSON, (N. C.) DAILY DISPATCH, TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1937 by a new 60-foot setback levee. Workers tciled feverishly to streng then the weak link in the main line levee below Hickman, Ky. Sand bags by the thousands were flung up a gainst the weakening barrier. At Cincinnati the debris-choked river swirled angrily to the 80-foot level, 21 feet above the flood stage and nearly nine feet higher than ever before recorded there. Water 80.7 ±<ee t Deep. Aurora, Ind., cowever, “boasted” the highest water mark along the Ohio river. The guage read 89.7 feet. The town showed only rooftoops. In Portsmouth, Ohio, the water cas caded over the river wall, which has resisted every flood in the past quar ter century. More than 35,000 were homeless awaiting evacuation. Fire added to the terror. At Louis ville, Ky., flames swept through a dis trict about a mile from the city hall. Fire apparatus still functioning on the higher levels made a hopeless sortie. They turned back, until to move through the flooded streets. Louisville also passed another night of mounting anxiety Dy candle light. With the city’s electric supply “damp^ «sw **~ Moving before the waters maroon them—a family tries to save its belongings from its home in Nashville, Tenn., where 1,500 other far: ilies did likewise as the Cumberland river overspread its banks. Looking clown Chillicothe street, the main street in Portsmouth, showing how the waters of the Ohio which spread over the flood wall made the street a veriable canal. Note the boarded windows of the stores. Guests, including newspaper reporters and cameramen uere marooned in the two large hotels. Later, some climbed on the canopy over the main entrance of the Hurth hotel and offered a small fortune for a rowboat or a launch. ' A small boy, alone in a rowboat, apparently enjoys the thrill as he paddles past marooned residents on Wheeling Island, Wheeling, W. Va., where 10,000 evacuated their homes. ed out,” oil lamps and lanterns were at a premium. 1936—-Ethiopia claims victory in fierce fighting at Makale Wife Preservers Ever try bananas broilecrwith the bacon for breakfast ? Try it on the person who likes hearty breakfasts. Cut each banana in half, roll a strip of bacort around each piece, skewer it with a toothpick and pl&cij &bcos on a broiler eyes* ~ [: j./W'MW'/y . w*vJi§} :■•■- V _ .> v’ . 0 A cow, standing on a tiny island near Kennett, Mo., awaits rescue as the island grows smaller every hour as the St Francis river climbs higher and higher. 1 sssk ? flHp' ... k Ralph Bellamy, Marion Marsh in Man Who Lived Twice’ ’ State Now
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