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Pages

Founded July 24. 1829

Ue * We*k
By Carrier

E L Y R I A , OHIO, W E D N E S D A Y , M A R C H 18, 1936

Thret Cents

Flood Waters Paralyze Pittsburgh, Fires Add To Terror

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FEAR 20 LIVES LOST AT JOHNSTOWN

! Science Editor 1 Marietta Faces ; Flood News Bulletins
Flood Waters
Takes Glimpse ! Disastrous
President Orders Agencies To Act
Reach Depth
WASHINGTON. March. IS President Roosevelt today
Flood
Into Future
" called on the various agencies of government to begin immedi- Of 18 Feet
[ ately the relief of victims in the stricken flood areas.

Water And Ice Rule Streets

LlV6S

Lost, Damage
Is Enormous

A glimpse iiito a future which- MARIETTA. O.. Mar--h IS <fJ> "

mar offer siu-h scientific achieve- \ The Ohio River reach*,! Hood Trapped On Second Floors
ntents as cheap and unlimited I stage of 36 feet here :odaj and :
NEW
KENSINGTON. Pa..
power, rocket travel at what '
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PITTSBl'ltUH. March 15>

't'.!>>F:fiy blocks of Pittsburgh were inundated today
by the- Ohio Riier and its tributaries, the Mouougaheia
and ihe Allegheny.
The most seriously affected district was the Golden
Trsanrl**. formed at th" point
where the Monongahela and
Allegheny join to make the
Ohio.
Water stood as drep as IS
feet in th triausle and damage there was e-nimuted at
at least ?H.000.'"0.

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March 18- -(By Short "Wave

here
asking
second

floors of lheir hoines bv flliod walers.

e' Elvria
Business and Pro- I "alTr**
section.
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The crest
of ih* flood probably j

Relief was asked from Pittsburgh.

. fess'ional "women's Club and a i //j"^^^^^^^?

o-ea'v I ew John Wetniore aiul Harold Shea were reported to have left
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large number of guests at the ; ^ d __ ^ p PowelV%ovprnafe=t ! ^
York shortly after midnight with emergency radio equipmner at. wealn"e'r oj,server for this dis-! inent to penetrate isolated regions and establish eommunicairicl said
j tions.
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Petersburg.

He described several "scientific !

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=ta"e.' Dam Collapses. Town Isolated

to be s-mKar-y af- j
W1N.STED. O.nn.. March ISThe town of New Hartford
PITTSBURGH. March IS'I'-K j
j ful giants" in the future, and: .wa
--The Ohio rner and ii t w o
.. .hours warning
. of, the
, i was inundated todav when Greenwood dam over the West
w-arned his listeners not to pic-j iec**^_u 24
mighty tributaries, the Mononga-j
S merel>
! ag<_erauon
lhrVUlUorr<;
' '-'-an M~ i nood.rdang
river collapsed, sweeping away two bridges and
lujimrsa , Farmington
hela and the Alleghen:-. paralyzed)
, al e,r'."Mariett'a"'"business!
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t tne preseni.
remove ! the main telephone cable.
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the Nation's steel city today, j
! After reviewing the progress i wrked
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ds and
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The town was isolated.
,
pouring flood waters to a depth |
i made and being made bv the pVs- I S?,
?The rapidly rising river was reported to have swept
jical sciences, he said that there! B-v ">norrow " floors in
of 17 feet at some points in the |
"~ | through the business section, skirting the river bank.
famous golden triangle.
j
j appears to be a need for adoption j **;es
lot the same methods bv the so_,.
S*ioral deaths wr" reported.,
Farmingt'.ii. ten miles away, the river rose so fast that
Tae Oh:o Rlrer &ere rose ac
; cial sciences.
"
damage ran into millions and;
I
rate
of
two
and
one-half
inches
|
school
buses
v.-ere sent to return children to their homes before
"Any
program
of
national
plan'
business was disrupted complete- [
the
highway
became impassable.
ining must be based on obserra-i an hour
ly.
i
It was believed the flood would
tion and collection of data, the i
The main highway at Farmingtoii was under two feet of
Dangerous fires broke oat and j
be
the
third
worst
in
Marietta
methods used by the physical j
firemen were forced to light them
I history, in the disastrous 1913 water and the meadows were being inundated.
sciences." he said.
under almost impossible condiHe warned against becoming i flood. ;he river stage was 5S feet
tions.
here and in the 1SS4 flood, 52 600 Families Removed From Homes
The river stage at the point
feet.
j
science,
pointing
out
that
"there
',
the juncture where the MonougaWILKES-BARRE. Pa.. March ISSix hundred families
flood here, in
is no substitute for character,"
! The last serious
l
hla and Allegheny meet to form
v
?25'"
.OOO
damage
evacuated
their homes today as the Susquehanna river went
and the first concern must alwa s j anr1"*
the Ohiowas at 43 feet at 11:15
and the maximum stage was only on a ne\v rampage, turning Wyoming valley into a vast lake.

be
for
man
himself.
a. m.. the weather bureau reHe suggested "trust in the ! 41 5 feet.
Red Cross workers, toiling in row boats, said all residents
ported. The bureau said the stage
At Cincinnati. W. C. DeverQu^en Street. Port Hope. Ontario. Things looked pretty hope- ' nroper kind of education and in
had
been removed from their homes safely.
was risins: at the rate of from
the "inhabitants when they woke and found an ice jammed < the proper kind of character." as eaux. government observer, said
four to six inches an hour. The river toinstead
the
Ohio
River
would
be
flooded
of the concrete of the main thoroughfare.
Hundreds ' the best solution for the difficulnormal stage is IS feet and the w ere rescued from flooded homes.
from below Parkersville
t o Coast Guard Crews Assist Flood Victims
I ties now facing the world.
flood stage is 25 fe^t.
j Louisville before Sunday. A 55I Great Energy.
"WASHINGTON. March 18Red Cross officials ordered
The most vital portion of the
! foot crest w-as expected at Cincity, the triangle formed by the
In hi* look into ths future, he i cinnati. where the flood stage is coast guard boats and crews back to the Wilkes-Barre. Pa., area
j saw the possibility of releasing j 52 feet.
rivers and which houses the chief j
today on reports of freshly-rising flood waters in that vicinity.
j great energy through breaking
banking, steel and coal interests.}
i down the atom.
were inundatedJ
10,000 Are Homeless In Johnstown
i The atom has already been I
Papers Suspend
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i smashed, he said, but the diffi- 1
NEW YORK, March 18Between 8.000 and 10.000 persons
As an indication of the seriousculty in releasing its energy is
are
nomeless
in Johnstown. Pa., as the result of the flood. JLt
ness of the flood, the building of
that scientists to date have been
the Pittsburgh Press, on the
was estimated today in National Broadcasting Company shortahle to make a direct "hit" only
boulevard of Allies one block from
!
about once in a million times.
At least a score of officials of wave broadcast from the scene today.
By UNITED PRESS
Five thousand Lorain County j
the Monongahela and four blocks
Collection of great energy the Republic Steel Corporation
from the Allegheny, stood in 10 school students today ^ere given' Northern Ohio was blockaded from sunshine and putting it to- i will come to Elyria Thursday
Red Cross Swamped With Appeals
work were also seen as possibili- j night for the annual dinner of the
WASHINGTON. March 18The American Red Cross sped
for the future. Dietz report-! Elyria Chamber of Commerce, to
t h a t one horse power of ener- 'be hPld at 6:30 p. m. at the First aid today to scores of cities and towns in a half-dozen eastern
falls every second on everv M. E. Church, according to in- states, menaced by the worst floods in years.
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Most Schools
Closed, Buses
Unable To Run

Northern Ohio
Blockaded
! By Snow

Republic Steel
Of fields Coming

and Liberty
'-ontinuouply during the past -I* \ sun is shining. Plants are able | her off ices.
of
,
The ci';>"s most famd histori-s recalled in d r i f f s from
six ' * use th'"s energy in growing,
j One of those officials. R.- J- Wy;
hours
0
cal building, thp Blockhouse on vilia:: schools are operating, al- ' t o >n feet that paralyzed automo- I throu S n the process of photo-syu-j sor. vice-president in charge of
lnei
s
most
all
of
the
other
county
th point that was Fort Duquesne
i
' ' and if man could learn the ! operations, will give the principal
;bile and bus traffic.
j secret it might be possible to ! talk at the meetin
and later Fort Pitt, almost was schools are closed according ,o. Offieja!=
reports received a L tne county
covered with water.
Among the
officials plan' other
"
at Columbus reported all travel manufacture all food and all fuel '
The Joseph Home Department
instead of getting it directly or ning to attend are D. J- Gillis and
or.
the
CCC
highway
north,
of
School buses made partial runs Westerville had been suspended. indirectly from plants, he said.
Henry W^ck. vice-presidents; J.
Storeone of the largest in the j
Great progress in glandular R. Sampson, sales manager, and
citystood in 11 feet of water. yesterday with greet difficulty, and In other directions from ColumM. Richards, assistant viceThe Roosevelt Hotel had four feet it was decided to close the schools bus traffic was halted at Dela- therapy was seen as one of the
today to avoid the possibility of ware. Xewark and Zanesville.
probable chief developments in president in charge of operations:
of water in its lobby.
!
more serious trouble today.
Dairage of Millions
State highway authorities r<_ j medical advances for the future. L- I- Parker, district sales manAlthough only one school was ported Akron. Ravenna and Sal- i He suggested that some day "hor- ! ager: R. B. Kelly, of^ the CleveCity officials said that flood
damage would run into millions. closed yesterday, because the em were snowbound. It was said ' mone surveys" may be made of j land sales office, and f . J. Schrivcould not reach the school, it was impossible either to leave ali infants to determine their j er. salesman at the general sales
The district affected most was> teacher
several others had greatly short- or enter any of the three cities. needs in developing their talents ' office of the corporation,
from Smithfield street to the end sessions to give the children
Xames of the other officials
A high wind which whipped the to the greatest possible extentpoint.
time to recah their homes before snow as it fell negated efforts 01
who
will be included in the group
Trirel,
Water covered many of Pitts- dark.
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,
, were not reported to the Chamhighway maintenance men to use
1
burgh's best known and most
\\ nh regard to possibilities of jber
Bust" of the La Grange School effectively their snow plows to
travelled thoroushfares.
rocket travel, he said that scien- j f R D Republic Steel Corporation
did not reach the school until 10 clear roads.
Only two of Pittsburgh's niany a. m.. and the school was distists feel that within a few years < ;s a]so expected to be represented
river bridges were open to traffic. missed at 12 after a two-hour ses- Abandon Machines
it will be possible to send rock- ]bv a large delegation from the
The most serious fires were re- sion. The Ridgeville School was
Mor than HOO persons in scat- ets 200 miles into the air. He iocai plants of Sfl and Tubes,
ported at the Metzcer Boat Works dismissed at 2 p. m.. and some of tered vicinities of northern Ohio also said that scientists are pre- j jnc a subsidiary of ths corporain Etna, where six persons were its buses did not complete their were forced to abandon their dieting that within four or five ' tion.
unaccounted for and at the Wav- routes until 5 p. m. Elyria Town- automobiles and seek shelter in years airplanes with sealed cabins
erly Oil Company plant.
?hip school buses were reported {nearby farm houses last night. will travel through the stratoIncluded among the snowbound sphere from Xew York to San
Firemen fought in waist-deep two hours late last night.
currents to attempt to stem the
Francisco in a few hours.
A West Carlisle School bus was I ^ere 110 men and four officers of
A of lne 6ist coast artili
blazes. Ordinary equipment was stuck in drifted snow for two iBatte.|J
Dietz gave his talk at the close i ;
.
almost useless. Hastily construct- houre. hut there were no children i erv- Te troP ?" enroute east of a program which included
i
from
Fort
Sheridan.
111.,
in
25
short talks by Miss Elizabeth
ed rafts proved of little use in in the bus at the time.
s Th
inJVsh- j Rich, club president: Miss Elsie j
getting at the blazes.
A Ridgeville School operetta, I
'
founder,
and
The Metzger
Boat Company "The Gypsy Rover", scheduled to land county and took refuge in Johnston, club
was reported destroyed along with be given last night, was post- the Troy township high school Mayor D. A. Baird. and music bv i
gymnasium.
the club's octette, composed of
,, ,,
four frame houses.
poned to next Monday night beCi v i 1 i a n Conservation Corps Miss Caroline Foley. Miss Emma I
WASHINGTON. D. C.. March
cause of the snow-blocked roads
Oil Drums Explode
1S
- The rows and riTalnes
which prevented participants and workers were dispatched to Woos- Gleason. Miss Vantia Hubbard i
The Waverly Oil Company fire the audience from reaching the ter in an attempt to clear the Mrs. Dorothy Funk. Miss Vivian! that wage inside the Ca,Dlne5
highway there. Two hundred men Hackett. Miss Alice Foley Mi^s ! are lo a large extent blanketed
was accompanied by explosions of I ^
oil drums. Neighbors reported 20 j " Among the few schools in ope- were placed on the project.
Ruth Gates and Miss Elizabeth ' b^" a'""ms and excursions in
T^=-t.
. _ Rossiter
Europe and the skirmishes Oi
At Akron railroad officials
explosions in ali. Fireman had i
i Rich, _*.x.
with -.,_
Miss _
Marjorie
the political
to keep a distance of 200
c a m p aign.
because of the blasts.
recalled that the
But
the
Both blazes were said to
d Professional
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... ' t i n u o their trip<=.
chronic difunder control at I O - 3 3 a. m. B u t ,
u
omen
Club
was
formed
in
Xo
s
eft r _ct, to any of tne c h i i - j H i ? hway conditions wr- th
feronc^s beiNo. 3. -oiitinnea on I'age 21
p
firemen feared
possibl- major j dr n ar(, bo],Vvod to have resulted jc hW'con^rn 'in"th*-"ma jor "irt~ of !!
twe
n the run
disaster ,f oth*~ fires broke out. from th delayed buses, became j ^.'st,^ b", ii4t ri=o in -L m
of
the mine
F.r* hydrants were under water lhft weather was not extremelv
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! Alice
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Says

perature in some sections early \ffk-l7Jfl*r

in many points.
cold.
today brought imminent threats j i*lUVIIlg
Lowland districts of all
The closing of the schools is j of
along the Monongahela and Al- classed by the State Department' The first to report inundated i
legheny were flooded.
of Education as an "emergency
roads was East Liverpool. The i
The Pittsburgh Stock Exchange the same as when the schools were main highway into the city was |
suspended trading at 10:25 a. m. closed during the extremely cold partially covered with water and '
because of the rising Hood.
weather more than a month ago. occupants of several dwellings |
The industrial city of McKees- and students present yesterday had been forced to seek safety. <
port, on the Mor.ongahela. was will be listed as present today in
The Mahoning River at Youngs- ,' PARKERSBURG, \V. Va.. Mar.
mostly under water. The McKees- computing the average daily at- town rose rapidly and was two ISFifty families were moved
from the Ohio River front area
port Daily Xews was forced to tendance, upon which funds of the feet above its normal stage.
here today into an abandoned i
suspend publication because o f ' O h i o School Foundation Program Dead at Wheel
hospital building
beyond
the'
four feet of water in its press | to schools are based, Gibbens said,
The first fatality of the storm 1 flood zone.
room.
was reported hf>rp. Warren Miller! Civilian
conservation
corps'
a
55, was found dead at the whe^l i workers from Elizabeth, W. Va., 1
e
of his automobile which was stall- | were brought in to help families
m^ined open to traffic. That was
ed in a deep drift. It was believed j move f om the flood danger area.
the 16th street briuge. The point
over-exertion in an effort to dis- ! where the Ohio River is expected
bridge, long a Pittsburgh landlodge his car had led to a heart to reach a crest of 50 feet or
mark, was closed early this mornattack.
more within 24 hours.
ing.
Attaches at Port Columbus reWeather bureau observers preLONDON*. March 18Capt. An- ported schedules of transcontin- dicted half of Parkersburg's busthony Eden, British foreign sec- ental airliners had been tempor- iness district would be under watretary, urged the league council arily disrupted last night, but that er.
Train service to Wheeling and
today to declare Germany a planes had been re-chartered and
Washington was stopped here totreaty violator and to notify the were sent through today.
The Cleveland Airport like- day. Baltimore and Ohio railroad
signatories of the Locarno treaty
wise said planes had adhered to officials announced.
to that effect.
Transportation officials said
Ohio: Mostly cloudy tonight
Eden re-affirmed his previous schedule today.
Rural schools, shut down early it would be only a matter of
and Thursday, probably light declaration that Germany had
snow iT- southeast portion to- violated both the Versailles and in the winter by sub-zero weather, hours before the city was cut
off entirely by rail and highway.
night; warmer Thursday.
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Locarno treaties.

To Safety At
Parkersburg

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river S

= The Weather

re- !|Eden Asks Germany

Be Declared A
Treaty Violator

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D e m ocrats
and the New
Dealers go on
as usual.
Mr. Ickes,
the "terrible
tempered Mr.
Bang" of the
P r e sident's
official family, has just
been bested by Attorney General Cummings in a case to determine which has jurisdiction
over the civil affairs of the
Virgin Islands. Mr. Cummings
has been upheld, in spite of
the accusation by lawyers of
the Department of the Interior
that the Department of Justice
is "a usurper."'
In California there is a heated dispute about the sailors'
strike. Miss Perkins, of Labor,
says it is merely an ordinary
strike, while Mr. Roper, of
Commerce, calls it a mutiny.
Mr. Roosevelt must be looking forward to that fishing trip
with considerable relief.
Alice Longworth.
(Copyright 13.16. McNaught
Syndicate, Inc.)

HARTFORD, Conn.. Mar.

18 *CE)Amateur radio operatoi Harold J- More intercepted a short ware message at 11:43 a. aa., froa;
James C. Mohn. Monhnton.
Pa., which stated the dam
at Johnstown, Pa., was "still
holding."
PHILADLLPHIA. Mar. IS
iCPThe Bell Telephone
Company
of Pennsylvania
received a report from its
Johnstown office at 10:30 a.
m. today that a dam beyond
the city had broken and water in the business district
was rising again.
The report said that there
were nearly 30"feet of water
in the streets in one section
of Johnstown.
"We don't know what is
going to happen next." the
Johnstown operator said.
JOHXSTOWX, Pa., March IS
Flood waters raging through
half of Johnstown receded slowly
today while state officials raced
here from Harrisburg to take
charge of the gravest emergency
since 1SS9 when 2,300 persons
drowned in a flood.
Police estimated that at least
20 had been drowned, though
authentic casualty figures were
impossible.
Police believe that almost all
persons marooned during the
night in the two mile square area
that had been inundated to a
depth of 18 feet' had been rescued. Approximately 5.000 refugees had been taken to makeshift -
camps and private homes in por(.No. 1. continued on Page 2)

Flootf Waters
Race Through
Cumberland

CUMBERLAND, Md.. March IS

National headquarters here were swamped with frantic Flood
waters that inundated
appeals for aid in evacuating residents of regions swept by the business section of Cumbermuddy waters of swollen rivers and streams.
land to a depth cf e:ght feet and

drove hundreds of residents to

rooftops, receded slowly today.
Rescue crews of National
PITTSBURGH. March ISThe weather bureau said today Guardsmen and volunteers worfefloods here would reach their crest between three and four ed throughout a night of pitchdarkness and in a pelting rain reo'clock this afternoon.
moving scores of persons to safeThe river stage was at 43 feet eight inches at 12:30 p. m. _ ty. Many suffered from exposure
and the forecaster predicted it would reach the 45 foot mark. j but no fatalities were reported.
Flood waters from a cloudburst
in the upper readies of the Potomac River and Wills Creek raced
through the town last night,
reaching a crest at midnight and
then began to fall at six inches
an hour.
Mechanic and Center streets
were under eight feet of water.
current was 12 miles, an nour.
Winter's March encore, which j sutned however, at noon today, it The
A mass of debris, furniture, lumswept this section with a two-day i was reported at the bus office ber and goods from flooded
swirl of wind and snow thst broke here. It was the first time the t homes and stores were carried
new records for this record-break- ' buses left Elyria since 6:30 last i away while owners looked helplessly on from second story wining season, produced a general , evening,
dows and'housetops.
traffic tieup the like of which has , Work All Xigbt
Col. George Henderson, comnot been experienced here in many . Approximately 50 men of the manding
40 National Guardsmen
and which dwarfed to in- i
_
ranee even the travel Alt-[<& ad department and in charge of rescue efforts, said
ficulties of this most frigid sea- another gang from the state high- he believed the "worst is over."
son in 70 year*;
! way department at Oberlin worked The water at awn had 'alien
nearly two feet from the high
Dic
ho
Sheriff Clarence ""- . ^- _^ j all night in an effort to ooen the point, he said.
Hundreds of homes in the lowAll IdJM. a*ic,it. -JM. ... *~ *..v^
drifts made lying section of the city of 33.000
traffic tieup in his seven years in continued to build
their work of little avail.
persons were inundated. In the
the sheriff's department.
Headway was being mad - today, inky darkness of a night of horror
Early last evening Elyria, so
far as motor travel was concerned. howevei. with an indication that ijt was impossible to account for
hasten the everyone. Many families were
was practically isolated.
Route a general thaw would
_,__
20 between here and Cleveland - ^ork of the road S^gs. _ Snow separated.
Frantic mothers and fathers
and to Oberlin was blocked. Graf- ' P'WS bucked into the driits las,,
night, but the heavy snow ,n many searched the surrounding hills to
ton and Telegraph roads were
! blocked, and the lesser traveled cases simply packed into chunks which the rescued had been
: highways throughout the county of ico ana resisted further efforts moved for their children.
were found crying, hungry and
were practically all choked with to move it. it was
County Engineer J. W. Warden shivering from the cold.
deep snow drifts which made pasworked all night with his men try- Check On Homeless.
sage impossible.
ing to get the main roads open.
Guardsmen began a check of
Hotels Are Filled
It was reported this morning that
of homeless huddled aboa:
Because of the traffic stagna- 15o CCC men from the camp on groups
res and whatever shelter was
tion hotels in Elyria were filled to Gulf road would be put to work available. Col. Henderson said it
capacity last night with tourists - n j s afternoon to assist in opening probably v-ould be hours before
and bus passengers who were ma- - ne roads.
it could be determined if any JJte
rooned here.
Tourists houses j Service Director I. D. Faxon
lost.
were also crowded, and through- sa j<j -i,e Cjty's street gang worked was
The city was cut off from ra;.out the county farmers and rural i sjnce midnight trying to open road communication.
Bridges
residents vere called upon to give ' some of the streets which were were washed out and tracks tinshelter through the night to mo- i blocked with snow. Columbus, der water. Highways were nncer
torists who in some cases disre- j Ohio, and West River streets were water in many places but it was
garded warnings and thought they j closed to traffic this morning. believed they would be passab.e
1
could get through.
and several cars were held fast by
noon.
Sheriff Pick reported that a : drifts on these streeU. Faxon said. bv "Food
is scarce, but no OBC -.1
Grpyhound bus enronte from De- '
starve." Co'. Henderson sas*.
"The urgent need is for d r i n k i n g
i[rk t(in aTnow" drift 6 between i Hundreds Snowbound
water. It may be day* before fie
Brighton and Wellington. The ! ln
T i>OrUiem
7sjortUern
city water plant, wbioli was Hoc-lpassengers took refuge in nearby
ed." can begin operating aas>n.
i farm houses or remained in the
As Jhe water began to recede
CLEVELAND,
O-.
March
IS.
bus, he said. The sheriff said
guardsmen operating rowboais
deputies were unable to get to the Hundreds of tourists were snow- removed only those in imminent
bound today in villages through- danger. Other? on second floors
bus.
A Southwestern bus was ma- out Ohio.
and rooftops were told to retnaia
But traffic was almost com- where they were temporarily.
rooned between here and Oberlin
last night, also, it was reported. pletely halted and in Wooster, O.,
Telephone lines to outlying sec*
Another bug went to the rescue alone. 23 buses were reported tions were down and it wa
and brought the passengers to a stalled.
ed that many person* in iw secThe state highway patrol re- tions were not warned In time to
hotel here where they stayed last
ported all roads in northern Ohio escape. Efforts to rch
night.
Bus service between Oberlin, were impassable due to heavy
4, Cooiinooa oo
Elyria and Cleveland was re- drifts of snow.

Will Reach Crest This Afternoon

Winter's March Encore Ties Up Traffic,

Highways Choked By Snowdrifts, Bus
Passengers And Tourists Marooned Here

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