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VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,664_____ JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 21, 1950_ MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESg_PRICE TEN CENTS
Floods Drive Thousands From Their Homes
$300,000 ANS Hospital at
Bethel Destroyed by Fire;
Patients Evacuated Safely
Scores of patients were evacuated
safely when fire destroyed the
Alaska Native Service hospital at
Bethel, In the Yukon valley, in zero
weather yesterday.
None of the patients was injured
but one hospital employee was hurt
during the removal of the invalids,
injured during a fall.
Hugh Wade, area director for the
Alaska Native Service, said a report
received here from Dr. Duncan
Chalmers, head of the hospital, said
the $300,000 building was a total
loss. The fire started at 4 p.m., yes
terday, Bethel time, or 6 p.m., Ju
neau time.
Dr. Chalmers asked for immediate
aid in providing suitable quarters
for 27 patients deemed in need of
immediate hospitalization.
Wade said he had no idea how
many patients had been in the
structure but knew that everyone
of the institution’s 70 beds were
filled as it was "the busiest hospital
in the interior.”
Bethel is approximately 1.000 air
line miles northwest of Juneau and
600 miles southwest of Fairbanks. Ii
is the center of a largely Native
area which recently has been the
scene of a severe typhoid fever epi
demic.
Wade said that so far as he knew
none of the patients in serious need
of care was a typhoid victim as the
epidemic had been brought undei
control several weeks ago. Earliei
reports had said the hospital waf
filled to overflowing with 300 ty
phoid victims.
The injured employee was flowr
to Anchorage by the 10th Rescuf
Squadron for treatment.
The patients were evacuated U
a nearby quonset hut which car
serve as strictly temporary quarter;
only, Wade said. He said the pa
tients would be flown to other ANS
hospitals in Alaska.
The ANS is a federal agencj
which deals with Alaskan Native
in providing schools, hospitals anc
other care.
Dr. Chalmers said the cause o!
the blaze has not been learned al
though it was known to have startec
in the boiler room.
Northern Consolidated Airlines
Anchorage, has a DC-3 standing bj
in Anchorage until weather clear;
and patients are ready to be flowr
from Bethel to other ANS hospitals
Ray Peter is the pilot of the DC-3.
There are nine nurses employee
at the Bethel ANS hospital and al
are ANS personnel.
William J. Featherstone, construc
tion engineer, and Miss Priscillf
Parker, area consultant in nursing
are leaving this afternoon for
Bethel for survey of damage and tc
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
Copyright. 1SS0. by Bell Syndicate, Inc.
By DREW PEARSON
IF/ -
ASHINGTON—Last week tol
erant editors permitted me to ex
pound on certain facts pertaining
to Russia—that Russia has neve)
been defeated in a major war ex
cept through internal revolt; that
our huge armament burden anc
the Soviet strategy of wars of at
trition may w’ear us down whil
ItSosccw gets ready for all-out
war; and that our best defense i:
to take the offensive, penetrat
the Iron Curtain and get to the
Russian people—some of them al
ready chafing at the bit agains
the Kremlin.
War documents seized after V
E Day have shown conclusive!
that about three million Russian:
surrendered to the German arm
in 1941 because of the* revol
against Moscow. There is also con
clusive evidence that millions o
Russians were friendly toward the
United States at the time of V-t
Day; and that the chief reasoi
for the Iron Curtain was to keei
them from knowing the benefit
of peace and friendship.
Cracking the Iron Curtain, it
should be noted, Is not easy. Bui
neither is war easy. And as a step
toward cracking it, I would like to
propose four rather elementary
moves which could be made in
Washington.
Move No. 1.—President Truman
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reassign the Bethel hospital em
ployees. Featherstone will send in
a report on how much funds will be
necessary to rebuild the hospital.
j MORE FIRE PARTICULARS
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 21—
tfft—Three patients and one in
jured employee from the burned
Alaska Native Service hospital at
Bethel arrived here by airplane to
day.
They said they believed there
were 62 patients in the institution
when yesterday's fire drove them
out in freezing weather. They said
bed patients were taken to a Na
tive Service school.
Francis Aloysius, 25, a Native
worker, who was injured, said he
was sleeping when the fire broke
out. He tried going through a cor
ridor w'hen the smoke drove him
upstairs.
“Too many smoke to go down
stairway,” he said at a hospital here,
where he is being treated for wrist
and possible leg injuries.
Explosion
He started climbing out a w'indow
of the second story. He said he
was hanging on a ledge when there
was an explosion. That was the last
he remembered.
Aloysius and Alice Keeley, 26, of
Seattle, a nurse at the hospital who
was recovering from an operation,
said the evacuation was done by
hospital personnel, ably aided by
airlines employees acting as volun
,eer firemen.
The other patients brought here
were Mike Rooch, 57, of Bethel,
and Mis. David S. Rodgers, Bethel.
Most of the patients were reported
to have been tuberculosis victims
or crippled children.
Congress to
Be Asked for
A-Bomb Funds
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 — Of) —
The Atomic Energy Commission is
embarking on a new expansion pro
gram for “certain production fa
cilities,” Senator Maybank (D-SC>
disclosed today.
He made public a letter from AEC
General Manager Carlton Shugg
saying that the commission plans
to ask for the money to pay for the
program as soon as Congress re
turns next Monday.
Neither the amount the AEC seeks
nor details of the new program were
revealed.
Maybank is a member of a Sen
ate Appropriations subcommittee
which has jurisdiction over AEC
funds. Shugg wrote:
“It is now planned to present a
supplemental appropriation request
for a further program of expan
sion of certain production facilities
when the Congress reconvenes at
he end of this month.”
Maybank told reporters that
money for atomic energy develop
ment should be “the No. 1 item’ in
any defense appropriations to be
:cnsidered at the short session.
STRANDED FLYBOYS
DUE FOR PICKUP BY
RCAF PLANE TODAY
EDMONTON, Alta., Nov. 21—UP)—
A Royal Candian Air Force plane,
equipped with skis, was to attempt
the rescue today of two stranded
airmen near iced-over Iosegun Lake,
96 miles southeast of Grand Prairie,
Alta.
The two men, pilot Harry Adams
of Renton, Wash., and passenger
Arthur Foss of Kenai, Alaska, were
sighted near the lake last night,
several hours after their single en
gined Stinson 150 was reported over
due.
The plane disappeared on a 250
mile flight from Edmonton to
Grand Prairie. Neither of the two
men appeared to -suffer injuries and
both were well-equipped with ra
tions and sleeping bags.
U.S. TROOPS
ON BORDER,
MANCHURIA
Walk Into Deserted Town
Without Firing One Shot
-River Ice-Coated
_
(By the Associated Press)
Tank-supported U.S. Infantrymen
walked into deserted Hyesanjin on
the Manchurian border today. Not a
shot was fired.
Only the narrow, ice-coated Yalu
river lay between them and Red
Chinese territory. The troops—of
the 17th Regimental Combat Team
—were the first Americans to reach
the Manchurian boundary.
U.S. war planes swooped low over
the smouldering, bomb-wrecked
town as weary Infantrymen slogged
the last two miles through snow.
The only humans around were 15
villagers, garbed in black. They
stood outside the town and bowed
low as the unsmiling Americans
marched by.
Town Deserted
Hyesanjin itself was deserted.
Buildings that had survived the
bombing were boarded up.
Commanding Generals were jubi
lant. But the Infantrymen who
reached the banks of the much
talked-about Yalu river boundary
were not impressed. One GI cocked
an eye at the narrow stream and
exclaimed.
“Well I’ll be damned. So this is
the Yalu. Well how do you like
i that?”
Enemy Forces Isolated
Maj. Gen. Edward M. Almond.
10th Corps commander, said the
feat the 17th Combat Team “di
vided enemy held territory and iso
lated all significant forces east of
the 127th meridan east longitude.”
Reds still held a Japanese-built
network of military roads on both
sides of Hyesanjin. They were re
ported reorganizing in the moun
tains and north of the border.
War All Winter
United Nations intelligence offi
cers predicted the war would con
tinue throughout the winter. GI
dreams of being home for Christmas
or even by Ground Hog Day faded.
Before the Allied forces lie wild,
almost inaccessible mountains,
headhigh snow drifts and tempera
tures of 20 degrees and more below
zero. If the U.N. forces could at
tack in full strength the line held
by the North Koreans and Chinese
would not hold. But sub-zero
weather will cut down combat effi
ciency and U.N. Army’s resources
will be absorbed in just keeping
men alive and in the line.
Within Artillery Range
Col. Herbert B. Powell, command
ing the 17th Regiment said Com
munist Manchuria was within easy
artillery range, but his guns would
not fire across the Yalu “unless they
fire first.”
The dog-tired Infantrymen, vet
erans of an outfit which fought in
the cold-blasted Aleutians during
World War II, reached the border
just 22 days after they had made an
unopposed amphibious landing in
Korea, altogether they had marched
some 100 miles in the freezing cold.
Their feat encouraged other U.N.
forces, slowed down by adverse,
winter conditions.
Near Soviet Border
To the east, the South Korean
Capital Division pushed ten miles
along the coast, capturing Chuchon
hujang. This put the division just
85 miles from the Soviet border.
On the northwest front, the Reds
were said to be building up their
strongest defense lines between
Huichon and Anjang. Here they
were fortifying mountain peaks
from which they could dominate
arteries leading to the border.
South African airmen have now
joined the U.N. fighting ranks tak
ing their places with U.S., Australian
and Korean fliers.
PARKER RETURNS
Lauris Parker, sanitarian with
the Division of Engineering, Alas
ka Department of Health has re
turned from the interior where he
has been engaged in work for the
Department.
MRS. VUILLE RETURNS
Mrs. Gladys Vuille, with the Ju
neau an American Airways office,
returned Sunday from a sh)>rt
business trip to Seattle.
Six Soldiers
Die in CNR
Train Wreck
EDMONTON, Alta., Nov. 21—W—
Six persons were killed today when
a westbound troop train collided
with an eastbound transcontinental
train on the main line of the Ca
nadian National Railways, 83 miles
west of Jasper.
E. G. Skelding, superintendent of
transportation for the OR. at
Edmonton said those killed were all
aboard a troop train bound for Fort
Lewis, Wash.
The troop train originated at
Shilo. Man., and was carrying pert
sonnel of the 2nd Field Regimcni
Royal Canadian Horse Artillery.
Railways officials said the en
gine crews of both trains were miss
ing.
Some passengers on the No. 2
transcontinental, which left Van
couver last night, suffered minor
injuries.
The wreck was between Canoe
River and Cedarside, about 400
miles east of Vancouver in an inac
cessible part of the Rocky Moun
tains. Details were lacking because
the wreck tore out telegraph com
munications.
RCTARIANS HEAR OF
GOVERNOR MEETING
Gov. Ernest Gruening talked
about the recent Western Gover
nor's conference at a regular lunch
eon meeting of the Juneau Rotary
Club today at the Baranof ^otel.
He discussed the value of uni
formity of laws regarding such
things as traffic codes, and truck
weights and measurements. Some
progress is being made in assisting
students desiring graduate study
to enter state institutions special
izing in certain fields, such as med
icine, he said.
Hank Harmon announced a Cub
Scout Pack meeting next Monday
night from 7 to 8 o’clock in the
Grade School gym to which all Ro
tarians are urged to attend.
It was reported that A. F. Ghig
lione made up attendance at Hono
lulu.
Edward J. O’Brien, new manager
of the Baranof Hotel was a guest.
Harold Foss will be program chair
man next week.
PAROLE GRANTED
JAP WAR CRIMINAL
OVER RED PROTEST
TOKYO, Nov. 21 — (51 — Japan's
wartime Foreign Minister, Ma
moru Shigemitsu, was released on
! parole from a seven-year prison
term today despite Russia’s strenu
ous objections.
It was the first parole granted
: a principal defendant in the war
| crimes convictions growing out of
I World War II. Shigemitsu was con
j victed at the Tojo trial in 1948. War
| launching Premier Hideki Tojo was
J convicted and hanged.
The seven-year sentence given the
veteran Japanese diplomat was the
lightest imposed by the interna
tional tribunal. He was paroled be
cause of good behavior.
Shigemitsu, 63, was one of two
Japanese who signed the historic
surrender aboard the U.S. battle
ship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
LOU HUDSON RETURNS
Lou Hudson of the Family Shoe
I Store returned to Juneau on Mon
i day’s Pacific Northern Airways
plane from Anchorage where he has
, been on business.
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| STOCK QUOTATIONS
j NEW YORK, Nov. 21 — Closing
! quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
j stock today is 214. American Can
100, American Tel. and Tel. 151, An
! aconda 38, Douglas Aircraft 85 i,
■ General Electric 49%, General Mo
i tors 46',4, Goodyear 58 Kenne
jcott 71%, Libby McNeill and Libby
! 8%, Northern Pacific 28%. Standard
I Oil of California 80’.•, Twentieth
I Century Fox 21%, U.S. Steel 40'j.
Sales today were 2,000,000 hares.
Averages today are as follows: in
dustrials 231.16, rails 69.71 utilities
40.54.
U. S. CHAMBER
DEMANDS CUT
GOVT.EXPENSE
WASHINGTON. Nov. 21 — (fll —
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce
called on Congress today to cut
government spending for non
military purposes by at least $6,
000.000,000 before it considers taxing
excess profits of corporations.
Ripping into administration pro
posals for a 75 percent tax on ab
normal business profits, Ellsworth
C. Alvord, chairman of the cham
ber’s finance committee, declared it
was impossible to devise a workable
excess profits tax to produce the
$4,000,000,000 yearly asked by Presi
dent Truman.
Alvord set forth the chamber's
views in a statement for the House
Ways and Means Committee, which
is winding up hearings on the pro
fits tax proposal which Mr. Truman
says is necessary to finance the ex
panding defense program.
As business wheeled its biggest
guns into the hearings, Democrats
on the tax-writing Ways and Means
Committee continued to hold firm
rein on Republican efforts to dis
cuss substitutes for the administra
tion plan.
GOP committee members are
plugging for a rise in the corporate
income tax rate or a combination
of that with an excess profits tax.
But the Democrats are sticking by
a mandate from the House to draw
up an excess profits tax bill.
ALASKA BUILDING
! PLANS OUTLINED
j TO CONTRACTORS
SEATTLE, Nov. 21—ffl—Some 300
Pacific Northwest building contrac
tors were briefed here today on an
i $180,000,000 construction program
planned for Alaska during the next
two years.
Col. Lyle E. Seeman, Alaska Dis
trict Army Engineer, warned the
prospective bidders on the jobs that
government stockpiles of construc
tion materials in the Territory are
virtually exhausted. He said, how
ever, that the government would
help contractors break particular
bottlenecks in the long supply line
to keep the projects rolling.
The largest projects outlined at
the meeting included Fort Richard
son and Elmendorf, Eielson and
Ladd Air Force bases. Bids for most
of the projects are scheduled to be
opened early next year.
MRS. FLEEK VISITS FORMER
CHANNEL RESIDENTS ON
THREE MONTHS TRIP
After three months in California
and Arizona where in Phoenix the
thermometer hit 104, Mrs. George
A. Fleek, shuddered a little a:
she stepped into the below freezing
atmosphere at the Juneau Airport
from the Pan American clipper
yesterday afternoon. Oldtime Al
askan that she is, she is sure she
will soon be acclimated.
Mrs. Fleek visited with relatives
and old friends, all former residents
of Gastineau Channel. In Phoenix
she was the guest of her sen and
his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Fleek and with her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. George Hill.
With them she made several trips
in the southwest including a tour
of the Grand Canyon. '
In Miami, Arizona, Mrs. Fleek
visited with her sister, Mrs. Emil
Morf, the former Sarah Berg of
Douglas.
Mrs. Fleek visited in San Fran
cisco with her cousin, Mrs. A. Von
Konsky, the former Mary Garn ol
Douglas. From San Francisco she
went to Redding where she was the
guest of Mrs. E. W. Christoe. Mrs.
Christoe is the former Nettie Mc
Blaine of Douglas. Her husband
was for many years with the Tread
well store.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl C. McClain of
Fairbanks are at the Barunof Hotel.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Baranof from Seattle in port and
scheduled to sail westward at 9
o’clock tonight.
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver Wednesday.
Denali scheduled to sail from Se
attle 5 p.m„ Friday.
ALASKA FISHERIES
BOARD SETTLES ON
RECOMMENDATIONS
Report Will Go to FWS
Hearing in Washing
ton on Dec. t
After four days of hearing reports,
recommendations, budget and
weighing the problems of the Alaska
Department of Fisheries and the
j Alaska fishermen, members of the
Alaska Fisheries Board packed their
brief cases and departed Juneau to
day.
Careful consideration was given to
all suggestions from fishermen and
interested persons. The Board fin
ally settled on the following recom
mendations for fishing regulations
of the 1951 Alaska season which
will be sent to a final Fish and
Wildlife Service hearing in Wash
ington, D.C., Dec. 1. The FWS will
make final determination as the
Territory has no authority in this
matter.
General Recommendations
1. Reaffirmed the stand for elim
ination of fish traps in accordance
with the wishes of Alaskan people
as expressed by vote in 1948. Under
this it was recommended that (a)
during closed fishing periods an
opening in the lead of at least 10
fathoms to be lifted to the water
line. (To be located at mean low
tide outward); and (b) Starting in
1952 increase in mesh size in spillers
to at least three and one-half
inches stretched measure to prevent
killing of young salmon, herring
and other small fish.
2. Troll salmon season: cohoes,
July 1 to Sept. 20, outside and in
side waters; klngB March 15 to Oct.
31 for outside waters, and inside
waters the year around.
3. Retain the 26-inch minimum
size on king salmon for all types of
gear, except in Cook Inlet area,
where considerable numbers of ma
ture jack -kings, under 26-inches
are caught.
4. Fish ticket system okayed but
the Board believes price should be
on the report considering it highly
important for biological as well as
statistical purposes.
Area Recommendations
Bristol Bay: supported the stand
of the FWS for use of power boats
in 1951, and agreed to proposed sea
son and weekly closed periods.
Kodiak: Agreed to proposed sea
sons and weekly closures with pro
vision for an open season in Karluk
area should a run of pink salmon
materialize. ,
Cook Inlet: Agreed to proposed
seasons and weekly closure with
provision for minimum mesh of
eight and one-half inches for all
gear prior to July 5 in all districts.
Also an additional provision that
an overall quota on the red salmon
pack be set as a maximum or buffer
to prevent the condition that oc
curred last year when too many
fish were taken resulting in a poor
escapement. This quota is to be
based on the catch during the pre
vious two cycles.
Prince William Sound, Copper j
! Kiver and adjacent areas: In gen- i
j eral agreed to the FWS proposals I
except fall season and suggested
August 20 to Sept. 30. Limit the
number of crab pots to 100 for in
side water only, should not apply
to outside water. The board felt
that the potentials of the outside
crab fishery are tremendous and
that no obstacles should be placed
in the way of its development. Also
recommended a trial season July
10 to Aug. 7 to check on the rehab
ilitation of these runs. This period
has been closed for years.
1 Southeast Alaska: Recommended
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NAT. GUARD CHECKS
FOR JULY ARRIVING
Checks amounting to $470.09 are
being received by 26 members of:
Headquarters, Headquarters and
Service Co., 208th Infantry Batta
lion (Sep), the local National Guard
unit, for drill during the first month
of the units activation. The orig
inal members are receiving this
“take home pay” for participating
in four two-hour drills during the
month of July.
Due to organizational difficulties,
this first payment was slow in being
received. Future payments will be1
made much more promptly, accord
ing to local National Guard authori- ,
ties,
Raging, Devastating Floods
Hit Wide Areas in Nevada,
California; Rain Continues
(By the Associated Press)
Torrents of mountain-fed flood
waters ripped through northern and
central California and western Ne
vada this morning, driving thou
sands of persons from their homes
and doing untold amounts of prop
erty damage.
At least nine persons were dead
from the floods, which started on
its third day of rampage with added
force from mountain rains and
melting snow.
Here is how the situation stacked
up:
Reno Tumbled Mass
Nevada — The main section ol
Reno was a tumbled mass of mud,
debris and torn paving after the
swirling Truckee river — normally
three to four feet deep at this time
of year—roared 20 feet deep and
three blocks wide through the cen
ter of "The Biggest Little City in
the World."
The Truckee burst its banks with
crushing force at 10:30 last night,
flooding swank hotels and gambling
casinos. For hours the downtown
section was under six to eight feet
of water, but the flood was receding
today. One death was attributed to
the raging waters.
California Emergency
California — Qovernor Earl War
ren declared a state of emergency
over the racing floods in the central
SEVERIN SWANSON’S
BODY FOUND TODAY
The body of Severin Swanson
was recovered about noon today
from three fathoms of water near
the lower Government dock where
he fell from a gangplank early
Thursday morning. A high wind
was blowing when he went down
the gangplank to go aboard the
Health Department vessel Hygiene,
of which he was captain.
Swanson was discovered missing
Friday and a search instituted by
the Cpast Guard and personal
friends. Dragging for the body con
tinued Friday, Saturday and Sun
day. Yesterday waters were too
rough to continue. The search was
taken up this morning.
Participating were Swanson’s
brother Harold Swanson, Ed Skaret,
Chris Olson, Ed Jacobson, Nils
Anderson, Tom Leite, Carl Nelson,
Art Kobbevik, Emil S'amuelson, and
two sons, Robert and Severin, Jr.
Swanson.
Severin Swanson was born in
Hemnes, Norway in 1889, came to
the United States about 1906 and
to Juneau, Alaska in 1913 where
hp has made his home since. He
has been a fisherman and boat
captain in Alaska waters for many
years, hatting captained the FWS
Gr.zzly Bear, the Margnlta, the Hy
giene, and others.
Surviving are his wife, Pern
nela, a daughter Yvonne, and four
sons, Severin Junior, Robert, and
Lance, all of Juneau and another
son, Arnold of Shemya.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later.
PEARL PETERSON SOIITB
M*ss Pearl Peterson of the U. S.
Forest Service office, left yesterday
for Seattle and plans to return
shortly after the Thanksgiving Day
holidays.
•
WEATHER REPORT •
Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ■
ending 8:20 o'clock this morning •
In Juneau—Maximum, 24; •
minimum, 15. •
At Airport—Maximum, 22; •
minimum, 8. •
•
FORECAST •
(Juneau and Vicinity) |
Continued cold tonight with •
lowest temperature near 15 •
in town and as low as 6 in •
outlying areas. Increasing •
high cloudiness Wednesday •
with high temperature 25 de- •
grees. •
•
PRECIPITATION •
(Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m. today •
City of Juneau — none; •
since Nov. 1 — 3.99 Inches; •
since July 1—33.02 inches. •
At Airport — None; •
since Nov. 1 — 1.95 inches; •
since July 1—23.00 inches. •
valley. The Yuba County Sheriff's
office ordered the evacuation of an
estimated 3,500 residents from East
Linda, near Marysville, in the face
of the threat of the flooding Yuba
and Bear rivers. The muddy torrent,
which has already smashed through
levees In three places and inundated
the towns of Hammonton and
Marigold, continues to rise.
Sacramento Flooded
The American river burst its
banks near Sacramento and flooded
thousands of acres of suburban
land, driving 1,000 people from
their homes.
Eight California deaths were at
tributed, directly or indirectly, to
the floods.
The U.S. Weather Bureau at San
Francisco predicted "moderate to
heavy rain" for the high Sierra to
day—the ninth straight day of
storms.
Reno, gaudy little city if casinos
and quickie divorces, reeled under
the impact of the flood. Muddy
water raced through the business
district in a stream three blocks
wide, sweeping trees, benches, cars
in its rage.
Swank Hotels Flooded
The plush Riverside hotel had
five feet of water on its main floor.
The ultra swank Mapes hotel
basement was flooded to the ceil
ing. A six foot wall of water was
kept out of the lobby by sandbags.
Merchants reported thousands of
dollars of damage to Christmas mer
chandise stored in flooded base
ments.
Highways Washed Out
Both main hlgways to California,
40 and 50, were washed out in places
across the Sierra. They were blocked
by slides in others.
Washouts between Reno and
Truckee, Calif., disrupted transcon
tinental rail traffic through the di
vorce capital. Eastbound trains were
held at Truckee and westward.
Westbound trains were held at
Sparks, Nev.
National Guard Called
The Nevada National Guard was
called out in arms to prevent loot
ing and keep residents from danger
zones. •
All of the city’s eight bridges
across the Truckee were completely
under water.
Two big sewer mains over the
river on the east side of Reno were
broken.
An unidentified man died of a
heart attack as he attempted to
save stock from the basement of
a Reno department store. Another
unidentified man, who jumped Into
the flood waters in an apparent
suicide attempt, turned up alive sev
eral hundred yards downstream.
Threat in California
The biggest threat in California
was in the Cutter-Yuba County
area. Dikes along the flooding Bear
river broke, sending streams of
water into the towns of Hammon
ton and Marigold.
Sheriff’s officers reported a num
ber of Hammonton residents had
huddled in the upper stories of an
office building there.
At Sacramento the American
river spilled over levees late last
night, chasing some 700 residents
from homes along the river.
At Visalia, the Kaweah river ate
hungrily at sandbag barricades a3
army engineers and civilian volun
teers worked in desperation to
stem the river's inroads on flood
dikes.
LATEST REPORT
Around 8,000 persons began
swarming into Marysville, Calif.,
this morning as the Yuba river
swept out in its worst flood of re
cord. About half of these refugees
were from the Linda district, and
the rest were from Olivehurst, both
unincorporated areas in the Marys
ville area. Earlier, the nearby town
of Hamonton had been ordered
evacuated.
The Sheriff’s office *at Marysville
said no one was in immediate dan
ger as warnings had been issued in
time. BuUproperty loss was expected
to be tremendous.
There was one note of hopeful
ness—U.S. Engineers said they be
lieved the worst of the floods had
passed in California.
A band of rain clouds was moving
slowly inland.
In Blue Canyon. Placer County,
for example, 8.18 inches of rain fell
in 24 hours.