The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 19, 1936, Page 9

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1936 Ravaged by flood, Johnstown, Pa., is shown here du ing the disaster that spread death and ruin. Near the bottom of the picture the Haines Street bridge 1s standing firm against the rush of Stony creek, as is the Deibert Street bridge, extreme right rear. But a; the flood surged through the business district at left, and the residence district at right, the Franklin Street bridge, shown center in the stream, was torn from its foundations. Shown in this airview is the downstream point of Pit:sburgh’s “Golden Triangle,” which was inundated from two to 18 feet hy the flood that raged throuzh western Pennsylvania, exacting enormous toll of property and taking several lives. At the bottom of txe piciure is the point where the Alleghenv and Monongahela rivers come together to form the Ohio. At the left is the Allegheny, with its Union bridge in foreground. At right is the Monongahela, with its Point bridge. Nn le ie i pe a oe The damaging floods that have menaced eleven of tie northeastern states have centered their greatest destruction on the area covered by this map. Split by the Allegheny Range that crosses Pennsylvania north and south, the swelling streams have divided th> course of the flood waters eastward down the valleys of the Cumberland and Potomac, and westward doyn the Ohio river. With waters continuing to rise, inhabitants along the lower Ohio, as far as Louisvile, have been warned to abandon the lower districts. livestock as well as humans became marooned whe. rapidly rising streams turned the countryside of eight North Atlantic states into a great inland sea. Here residents of Wayne, N. J., are shown leading Bossie to ground after rowing into the pasture where she had been trapped by flood waters while Flood waters swirled about this power plant in the Johnstown in- dustrial district, threatening a stoppage of power and isolating the plant from coal supplies. Homes in the district, upper right, are only @ foot above the water level while both ends of the bridges are inundated. JERRHARL EE AYRHA LD ‘Waiter poured into this de luxe movie theater in Pitt:burgh’s downtown area as the flocd rose to a depth of 18 feet in some places in the famous “Golden Triaizic.” Damage in the beauiifully-decorated. theaters and stores was especially heavy. Windows crashed 11 before the mighty impact of the surging waters. | Occasional rowboats passed up and down the lagoons which had been busy streets a few hours before. As waters of the Allegheny river mounted to record d2pths, submerging houses and fact 5 cloag its banks, this six-alarm fire raged in the two-block-long plant of the Waverly Oil coman;,, five 3 from down- town Pittsburgh, in the Etna district. Smoke is seen rolling up in tremendous billows, following blast after blast of ofl drums. Streams of water are shown being played on the flames, as firemen battled, waist deep in water, to quell the blaze. Across the siream the water is shown barely below the level of the highway between the river and the high bank beyond. First closed to all but boat traffic by the overflow from flooded Creek Locks at Rosendale, N. Y., this road was left impassable by the huge blocks of ice left behind when the water receded. Thawing of the vast accumulations of ice and snow of which the chunks are fragments is largely to blame for the flood conditions that took more than 10 lives and did extensive damage in eight seaboard states. ‘cek.gthat usually runs placidly through the heart of Johnstown, Pa., became a raging torrent that ed its banks, and covered the low-lying downtown area with its muddy waters. debris, that it had-borne down from the uplands, the river is shown in this airview tearing around one end of the Deibert Street bridge and threatening destruction of the entire structure. Piling up heavy (CONTEMPT THREAT | MADE IN LOBBY QUIZ Implied Action Follows Witness Calling Group, ‘Pole Cat Committee’ Washington, March 19.—(?)—A wit- | ness’ charge that senate lobby in- vestigators were “a pole cat commit- tee” brought from Chairman Black | (Dem.-Ala.) Thursday an implied | threat of contempt proceedings. J. A. Arnold, manager of the Amer- ican Taxpayers’ League, was testify- ing on contributions he received— {$1,000 from Andrew W. Mellon, among others. He said about half of those listed in Poor’s financial manual had been circularized. |, Was that a sucker list?” Senator Schwellenbach (Dem.-Wash.) asked. | Arnold sprang to his feet. “This is a pole cat committee,” he | shouted. “This committe isn't going to have any talk like that,” Black warned. “If there is, we'll report it to the senate.” At this hint of contempt action, Arnold sat down. He then testified the league cir- cratic and Republican parties in the hunt for money. Officers Investigate Ocala, Fla. March 19.—(#)—George | J. Timmerman, 39, had nail holes ‘through his hands and feet Thursday as the result of a “crucifixion” which Sheriff 8. C. M. Thomas declared was faked for notoriety or symapthy. The jobless bricklayer and carpen- ter who was employed until recently on the Cross-Florida ship canal was} found by a friend, James M. Whi shortly after dawn yesterday in wooded section near where he lived in @ housecar. Seemingly semiconscious, Timmer- man told a rambling story akput be-’ ing pounced upon by a group of men and nailed hand and foot to an im- provised cross, He stuck to that story through a day of questioning but investigators discounted his claims. .“He is faking,” said Police Chief J. H, Spencer. Hold Spouse in Fatal Shooting of Woman Los Angeles, March 19.—(?)—Sam- uel L, Whittaker, 60-year-old retired organist, was placed in technical cus- tody Thursday by police in connec- tion with the slaying of his wife, Mrs. Ethel E. Whittaker, whom he report- ed shot and killed by a robber. The detention of Whittaker came after James Fagan Culver, 23, of Hen- derson, Ky., told Detective Lieut. Thad Brown that Whittaker killed his 44-year-old wife after arranging with Culver to perpetuate a fake holdup of the couple in their appartment Mon- day. > Today’s Recipe } jo Seen Oe Asparagus a la Goldenrod Asparagus (canned, green if avail- able), 4 slices of toast, 2 hard cooked eggs, 4 tablespoons butter, 4 table- spoons flour, % teaspon salt, % tea- spoon pepper, 2 cups milk. Heat asparagus and season with) salt and pepper. Make a white sauce | ot the four tablespoons of butter, flour, salt, pepper and milk. Chop the whites of the hard cooked eggs nd add to sauce. Arrange the as- paragus on hot toast. Cover with the sauce. Force the yolks through a sieve and top each serving. Accom- pany with a fruit salad. Trenton, N. J.—When Gov. Harold | G, Hoffman of New Jersey will ques- tion Dr. John F. Condon, the “Jafsie” i of the Lindbergh ransom negotia- the Bronx apparently will be the site jot the conversations. Red Cross Seeks Flood Relief Fund’ President Appeals to People of U. S. to Contribute at-- Least $3,000,000 i Washington, March 19.—(?)—Presi- dent Roosevelt took personal direc<: tion Thursday of federal activities to combat the eastern flood emergency. He made a quick survey of condi- tions reported by his special flood committee and then issued a proc- lamation appealing for $3,000,000 in contributions to the American Red Cross. The flood committee was called im- mediately after the president deter- mined to postpone a scheduled trip to Florida in order to inquire into the adequacy of federal aid in the flood emergency. A The magnitude of the disaster was: _ emphasized by a Red Cross announce- ment that 150,000 victims already were dependent on it for aid. The president's proclamation said: “To the people of the United. States: “Flood waters raging throughout 11 states have driven 200,000 people from their homes, with every indica- tion that this number may be ma- terially increased within the next 24 jhours.... Need $3,000,000 “To enable the Red Cross to meet this immediate obligation and tocon- tinue to carry the burden of caring for these unfortunate men, women. cularized contributors to the Demo-j 8nd children, until their homes are restored . . . it is necessary that a minimum relief fund of three million dollars be raised as promptly as pos- sible. s “As president of the United States -..| and as president of the American Red Reported ‘Crucifixion’ Cross, Tam, therefore, urging our people to contribute promptly and most generously .. .” After talking with the flood com-" mittee, Mr. Roosevelt gave a personal explanation of the situation to White House newsmen, emphasizing the im- . portance of financial assistance to” . the Red Cross. Has Four Phases He said all government depart- ments now are completely coordinated. in the flood relief efforts. He di- vided the emergency program into four phases. The division of relief, saying it was absolutely essential that money be contributed to the Red Cross which. is providing clothing, food, lodging, furniture, stoves and medicine and also cooperating with municipalities in repairing private houses; the civil~ ian conservation corps; relief works, ” being used everywhere, building dikes. | and cleaning up, and rescue work, un- der charge of the army, Mr. Roosevelt. explained. a If flood conditions definitely. im= prove, Mr. Roosevelt said he would begin his trip te Florida Friday. Counter Attack Is : Launched by Selassie’: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 1! —(#)—A desperate battle was report: ed in progress Thursday near Amba Alaji. Emperor Haile Selassie, it was said, was personally directing a series of Ethiopian counter attacks against: Italian columns whose objective was Lake Ashanvi. The losses on both sides were said: | to be heavy. ELECTRIFICATION BILL » APPROVED x Washington, March 19.—()—The $420,000,000 Norris - Rayburn rural’: electrification lending bill was ap- = proved Thursday by the house inter... state commerce committee. ats SANBORN PIONEER DIES Valley City, N. D. March 19.—(}—"* John E, Vernon, 78, pioneer Sanborn’ merchant, died here Thusrday. Fu- neral services will be held at Sanborn Saturday. MINNIE NESS DEAD : Fargo, N. D., March 19.—(?)—Misé Minnie Ness, 54, Fargo, sister of Mré. Julia Hammer of Maddock, N. D., died Wednesday. The majority of professional mateh= makers in the United States are Jews | tions, was in doubt Wednesday, but|ish, and their services are rendered mainly among the orthodox of that sect.