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WEAT?I ER RAIN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW VOLUME I—NUMBER 6 BLAME MADMAN FOR MAILING BOMBS England Lays Down Law To Italy; Demands End of War More Embargoes If Ethiopia Is Further Invaded GENEVA, April 10 (TP)—Great Britain warned today that she will deman I more league embargoes a gainst Italy unless the Ethiopian war is ended immediately. The waruins threat was made by British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden before the League of Nations Peace Committee. . , . Eden lirst asked that negotiations to make peace between Italy and Ethiopia get underway without de lay. When this demand was rejected by the French delegate, Eden sug gested that the league sanctions committee would meet to impose an oil embargo against Italy. Eden announced that he will ask the Portugese chairman of the sanc tions committee to prepare the com mittee to assemble at a moment’s notice. Eden indicated the commit tee might gather at Geneva on next Friday, 0.. Thursday the league peace committee of 13 will again assem ble. That das was fixed after to. day’s stormy session which ended in a split between the French and British delegatee. The French Foreign Minister Flandin opposed the British demand that the league grind down on Premier Mussolini. The French view was in line with France’s desire to gain Italian sup port in her struggle with Germany. France indicated plainly that she is willing to let Mocsclinl make peace with Ethiopia on his own terms. Not so Great Britain. Secretary Eden insisted that Italy should halt her drive on Ethiopia while peace is being discussed. Eden added that the League Peace Committee should stay in sessicr until the Italian government said yes or no to s>eace proposals. POLICE COURT AIRS AUTO CRASH CASE The la t chapter in an exciting episode which opened yesterday at Port Wentworth and featured two auto' accidents, the injury of two motorists, the shooting of a negro passenger in one car. and a thrilling chase by centy police officers of a fleeing negro driver, was written in pol'ce ccurt this morning. The whole affair was reviewed when two docket ca;es were called. George Odum, negro, of Tillman, S. C., was given a sentence of a straight six months on the Brown Farm. George was the instigator of most of the ex citement. County Police Officers F. B. Adkins and H. H. Grotheer chas ed the car Odum was driving for 36 miles —all the way to Tillman i where Cdum and a fellow pa senger, Eciwai’d Pinckney, also a negro, were arrested by Deputy Sheilff C. U. Floyd. For a time the pursuit reach ed a 65 mlle andhour clip. It wes late yesterday afternoon county police headquarters was noti fied of an accident on the Augusta road at Port Wentworth. An auto driven by Harold Rosholt, 31, of New York City had collided with one driven by R. E. Blackbum who is employed at the Sears Roebuck Store. A knot of people had gathered about. The negro's car knocked down Ro sholt and J. M. Green, a filling sta tion attendant who was in the group of spectators. The county officers jumped into their maheine and set .out after the negro car which had mot abated its speed.” BAKER’S TRIBE WILL COME TO SAVANNAH Phil Baker will take his tribe of entertainers on a trip through Sa vannah when his radio program of May 3 hits the air. Through the ef forts of J. C. Cook, local repre sentative of the Gulf Refining Com pany. Savannah will be the city visited by the radio %tars at that .time. I Savannah has appeared in sever kd radio itineraries of late through She Chamber of Commerce’s deter- Mtiination to advertise the “city by sea.” f Call 7900 - 7448 To Start Your SAVANNAH DAILY , TIMES Delivery Today Siiuiinfittb^WfiihjO r hncs Rivers In South Georgia Continue To Leave Banks ATLANTA, Ga., April 10 (TP) —The rivers in south and central Georgia are continuing their gradual rise today. The Chattachoo cnee, Savannah, and Ocmulgee rivers have left their banks ani swept into the lowlands. The rivers are swollen from the recent driving rains which follow the devastating tornado. The Stribling Memorial Bridge over the Ocmulgee River has been closed owing to the high water. Little damage however, is expected. Gainesville’s Poor Suffer Most Bishop O’ Hara Finds On Visit To Stricken Area That the miserable condition of the poorer families of Gainesville is the most pitiful and distressing part of the wreckage left by the recent tor nado, was the report of Bishop Ker ala P. O'Hara this morning, al. *tie discussed the sights that met -aun on his recent visit to the desolated area. The homes and tenement settle ments of the very poor were com pletely demolished, the bishop said, the poverty stricken colored families being in a particularly destitute con dition. A sad sight indeed, he observ ed, was to watch families standing over the ruins of their houses trying to salvage domestic ware or small possessions. Asked what is the greatest need of the people in the storm weary sec tion of the state, Bishop O’Hara re plied, “They are in need of every thing —of food, clothing, shelter. Scarcely a home is left standing ex cept in the residential district on the fringes of the town. There are no hotels, and the people have no place to sleep except among the ruins of their dwellings.” Every church in the city was dam aged considerably except the Roman Catholic cathedral, the bishop said. Bitter Internal Battle Looms G. O. P. Here Gather to Elect Delegates Tomorrow; Lily Whites , put up fight AU signs point to a bitter internal battle for leadership of Chatham county’s Republicans when they gath er here to elect delegates to the state and district conventions tomorrow afternoon. Always uproarious in their periodi cal conventions here, the several hun dred supporters of the G. O. P. in Savannah, most of them negroes, are expected to uphold their reputation for lively gatherings at tomorrow's get-together. Gilbert E. Johnson, leader of a bloc which has pledged itself to re pudiate th eleadership of J. G. Lem on, negro attorney, declined to re veal hU plans today. He admitted, however, that his group will fight io elect him to the chairmanship of the convention. Possibilities of another “Lily White” fight, such as has thrown many another Chatham Republican convention into uproar in past years, were foreseen today. But nobody would admit anything. Mr. Johnson has said that his group is not prepared to wage a “Lily White” battle, the bugaboo of every convention to date. But rumor had it that when the bat tle begins it will rapidly develop into one. Charles E. Donnelly, whom Mr. Johnson claims is aligned with Lem on's leadership, said today he doesn't intend to get into the promised scrimmage. In past years Mr. Don nelly has taken an active part as a white leader in the local G. O. P. ranks. Superior Court Judges To Convene In City The first convention in twelve years of the judges of Georgia's Su perior Court will open here at the Savannah Hotel on May 28 and close on May 30. At this time the rules for practice in the Superior Court will be considered for revision. Judge Robert N. Hardeman of Louisville, judge of Superior Court for the Middle Circuit, will be in charge of all arrangements of the meeting. Judge James B. Park. Greensboro, judge of the Ocmulgee Circuit, and Judge William E. Thom as, Vidalia, judge of the Southern Circuit, assisted Judge Hardeman in sending out calls to the convention. The three senior judges of the state have each been on the bench for twenty-two years. As it is made of stone it remained unimpaired except for a few tiles on the loof. Bishop O’Hara, accompanied by Father James Grady, arrived in Gainesville on the day of the torna do at 11 p. m. He immediately re ported to the Methodist Church, In which the Red Cross had set uo head quarters, and placed the resources of the Catholic church at the disposal of the organization. The city was In darkness, and the Red Cross workers were carrying on their activities by the light of oil lamps. A torrential rain was nouring down, adding to the misery of the homeless men, women, and children. “I was impressed by the splendid organization of the Red Cross,” the Bishop said today. “No words can describe the perfection of its organi zation. It is deserving of the help of every Georgian.” He paid tribute also to the untir ing work of Georgia doctors and nurses who stayed on duty day and night ministering to the injured. A collection will be taken up in the Catholic churches. all over the state on the Sunday' after Easter to assist in the rehabilitation work of the Red Cross. TOBACCO MEASURE PASSED BY HOUSE WASHINGTON - , APRIL 10 (TP —A bill which would permit tobac co states to draw production con trol agreements between them selves is before the Senate. The measure passed the House by a roll call vote of 189 to 117, despite the battle waged by Repub licans who called the project a new dea maneuver .to get around the Supreme Court’s AAA decision. Representative Dewey Short of Missouri led the battle against tho bill. Short labelled the measure a stubborn refusal by the administra tion to admit the AAA had failed. Late amendments to the House Bill authorized states not mention ed in the original measure to par. ticipate in the model control act as soon as they passed the necessary state legislation. States mentioned in the act include Virginia, Ken. tucky, Tennessee, the Carolinas and Georgia. FATHER OF TWO GIRLS ARRESTED IN NEW YORK CALLED MODERN FAGIN NEW YORK, April 10 (TP)— Two little girls and their father are in the hands of police today. Detectives say the father, Harry Meyer, trained his two daughters. 14-year.old Ellen and 12-year-old Margaret, to be two of the most accomplished thieves that police have encountered in years. Ellen and Margaret were picked up after Manhattan housewives complained that they missed val uables and cash after two little girls came to their door, selling lot tery tickets. The children, when searched ,were found to be carrying a stolen diamond ring and a size able sum of money. Ellen and Mar garet immediately broke into tears and said they had stolen because their family was on relief and didn't have enough to eat. Police found loop-holes in their story and called the father to the police station. After questioning the two children admitted they stole because their father wielded a heavy hand with the hair brush if they returned from their daily excursions without a plentiful sup. ply of cash and stolen jewelry. In all, the pair are believed to have grabbed cash and valuables worth $5,000 during the past couple of weeks. The lottery tickets, by the way, were worthless. Meyer was thrown behind bars on charges of receiving stolen goods. The nimble-fingered little girls were taken over by the soc iety for the prevention of cruelty to children. SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1936 Easter Holiday For Cadets Cut Short By Death In Crash ’ - ~ ... I . » Bk Wi 9l 9? K □ I ...-iX.— Charles H. Smith Donald R. August Robert G. Evans Crawford T. Kelly Four cadets at Valley Forge (Pa.) Military academy, en route Robert G. Evans, an orphan who lived at the military academy; home for the Easter visit with their families, were among the Crawford T. Kelly, of McKeesport, Pa.; Charles H. Smith of 11 victims of the crash of the TWA air liner in the mountains New Kensington, Pa., and Donald R. August, of Grove-City Pa. near I montown, la. Ihe four youths, left to right, above, are There were three survivors of the crash. . • .... * U. S. AGENTS SCOUR SKIES CALLESPLANE BROWNSVILE, Tex., April 10 (TP) —Federal authorities are watching the Brownsville airport today for a tri-motored plane bear ing formed President Plutarco Cal les of Mexico and three of his political aides. The four Mexicans were seized at midnight in a surprise raid on Calles home at Mexico City. Report, cdly the government forces blame the former “Strong Man of Mexico”, for the bombing of a train near Vera. Cruz Monday. A dozen people were killed in the blast. Officers held the prisoners un der strict guard until dawn. Then they were rushed to a plane. Of ficials said the men would be taken to Brownsville, and ordered to stay out of Mexico. The arrest of Calles Is said to have been ordered personally by President Cardenas. For 11-years Calles dominated Mexico. Last year he was eased from power by President General Cardenas. Government forces charge that Calles has been trying to regain his place in Mexico, thru agitation among the Catholics. Calles is bitterly <opopsed by the Labor and Socialist forces which support President Cardenas. • Germany’s Envoy At London Dies LONDON, April 10—(TP*)— The German Ambassador to Great Britain succumbed to a heart attack today. The ambassador was ’ 55-year-old Dr. Leopold Von Hoesch. He had served the Nazi government at Lon don since 1932. Recently he has ha a major part in the turbulent diplo matic discussions which followed Hitler’s march back to the Rhine. Much of Dr. Von Hoe-ch’s diplo matic career has been spent at Lon don. Until the outbreak of the world war, he was secretary to the German embassy at London. He also had rep resented Germany in Turkey, Norway, Spain, Bulgaria and France between 1918 and 1932'. NEBRASKA SOLON PLANS BAN ON GLOOMY SONG WASHINGTON, April 10—(TP)— Nebraska’s Representative Stefan is going to decide this afternoon wheth er he will introduce a bill banning the Hungarian suicide song—“ Gloomy Sunday.” Stefan has invited a small group of his friends to a conference to pass judgement on the song. He says he will play a transcription of it and then decide about introducnig the bill. The song has caused quite a sen sation both in America and Europe. Numerous suicides have been attrib uted to it. The words relate the story of an unfaithful swetheart who fails to keep a tryst with her lover. BRIDE KILLS SPOUSE IN CHICAGO TAVERN CHICAGO, April 10 (TP) A bride of three months, Mrs. Andrew Martin, told police today that she shot her husband, to death in a tavern beause he entered the place with another woman. Customers of the tavern fled in pcnic when Mrs. Martin fired five shots at her husband. Three bullets struck Martin. Another slightly wounded a customer. Martin died on the way to a hospital. Witnesses said they saw no one accompany Martin as he entered the tavern. Mrs. Martin later told police she had quarreled with her husband recently over money matters. Opening Evelyn Ritter Hospital In Ridgeland Next Thursday Marks Realization Young Doctor’s Dream RIDGELAND, S. C., April 10—The formal opening of ths E.elyn Ritter Hospital in Ridgeland next Thurs day, April 16th, will mark the reali zation of the dream of Dr. Adolph Ritter, Jr. The new structure, which boasts 23 rooms with 17 beds, 12 white and 5 colored; modern x-ray equipment, laboratory, drug-room, and completely equipped operating room, is as modem a hospital ag can be found in any city. The formal opening will material ize in the shape of ‘open house” at the hospital on the afternoon of April 16th from two o’clock to five o'clock. The public is cordially invited to at tend. Mayor W. J. Ellis of Ridgeland will act as master of ceremonies, in troducing the speakers. Among the speakers will be Senator H. Klugh Purdy, Rev. Or H. -McKinnon, Rever end John Wilder of Savannah and the Reverend W. Currj-, Superintend ent of the Warren A. Candler Hos pital in Savannah. A musical pro gram will be provided during the af ternoon by a Savannah orchestra and guests will be shown through the hospital. Refreshments will be served on the lawn. The first Ritter hospital was open ed just six years ago. on April 16, 1930. It was a tiny affair of three rooms, kitchen and offices but it was the beginning of the dream of a young doctor who had received his M. D. degree just two years earlier at the South Carolina Medical Col lege in Charleston. By dint of will power, diligence and application, Dr. Ritter built up his practice. The first patient in the hospital, two year old Lonnie Cleland, of Ridge land, scored a complete recovery af ter suffering some time w.th pneu monia. At this time the personnel consisted of one nurse, Miss Jennie Lee Goethe, of Garnett. S. C., who had been employed by Dr. Ritter in 1930, and was in charge of the old hospital up to the time of its ex pansion vzhen she assumed the du t'es of Private Secretary and Office Nurse. In November, 1933, William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. died tn the old Rit ter Hospital, after suffering fatal in- EX CONVICT SEEKS LINDBERGH MONEY ♦ * * Spit’s Hunt For Ransom Bills Shrouded by Veil of Mystery CHICAGO, April 10—(TP)— Mys tery veils the activities of a Chicago ex-convict and his lawyer today. The two are on an eastern journey in search of a hidden bundle of Lind bergh ransom bills. The former convict, Stepjien Spitz was released from prison two weeks ago. Spitz said he could lead his at torney, Bernard Finnegan, to the place where he has the ransom mon ey hidden. Spitz explained he bought the bills at a discount shortly after the kidraping cf Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr. Attorney Finnegan’s wdfe says her husband keeps in daily touch with her—but has not hinted as to the success or failure of his mission. She c ays his only remark is, “our work is progressing nicely.” WOMEN STRIKERS DEFY PICKET BAN IN OHIO COSHOCTON, Ohio, April 10 (TP) —Women strikers defied a court injunction today and continued pick eting a Coshocton glove factory. The court injunction was issued ”este:day. It forbid further picketing of the factory. The plant ha sbeen closed for two weeks. Once the women pickets used clubs to prevent reopen ing of the plant. Company officials indicated there would be no attempt to reopen the factory until Monday. juries in a motor accident near Ridge land. In the new hospital, a bronze tablet, commemorating the n’remory of the young scion of the famous Vanderbilts, has been hung on the wall of the lobby. William K. Van derbilt, Sr., made a generous dona tion to the hospital. In September, 1935, the work of re modeling the old hospital began al though not completed until January, the hospital was in use by Novem ber, now with the installation of steam heat, indirect lighting, elevat or, and every convenience that mod ern methods have made available the hospital, which should be the pride of Ridgeland, is formally open. The personnel includes: Miss Vera Elizabeth Woods, graduate of St. Luke’s Hospital in Jacksonville, su perintendent of nurses: Miss Thelma Wilson, who received training at Roper Hospital in Charleston, and Mrs. Luella Ragins, graduate of Park View Sanatorium, Savannah, both member of the nursing staff; Miss Winona Davis, Student nurse, Mrs. E. A. Arnsdorff, book keeper, and Mr. Rudolph Ritter, laboratory technician. Mrs. Addle McKenzie Clegg, also a graduate of Park View, is operating loom supervisor and office nurse to Dr Ritte ris Miss Jennie Goethe. . Dr. Ritter was bern at Ruffin on October 3, 1893, the son of Adolph and Mrs. Harriett Lyons Ritter, he early expressed his desire to enter the medical profession. In 1918, he received his pharmaceutical degree and operated a drug store in Ridge land until 1922. When he returned to Medical College to prepare for a career in medicine. In 1917, Dr. Rit ter married Miss Evelyn Gertrude Arnsdorff, of Yemassee, S. C. for whom the hospital is named. Two sons, Edward and Albert, are now attending Porter Military Academy. Dr. Ritter is a member of the Cea tai Medical Society , and , M,s. Ritter is secretary of the Auxiliary* of the organization. Prominent in Civic and professional life in Jasper and adjoining counties. Dr. Ritter has done much toward the development of the low country section< of the state. SAVANNAH PLANS BE REPRESENTED CHARLESTON MEET Public Hearing 1 ■Mil 13 Improve Intra-coastal Waterway Ph ns for Savannah representation '’t the public hearing to be held at 10 O’clock on the morning of April 13 at Charle:t*n, S. C., on the river and the S'vannah river, were discussed at a meeting this morning at the Cham ber of Commerce. Th? ses'on w?s called today by Cant. Frank W.-Spencer, chairman of the rivers and harbors committee of the Chamber of Commerce. Attending were represenatives fr:m the four oil companies which have plants at Captain Spencer said after the meeting these companies would aoubtless send men to the Charleston would not be S&vannahians. They probably will be dispatched from the companies. headquarters. , It is planned to increase the mean low depth of the waterway twelve feet between the Savannah and Cape Fear rivers. Lieut. Col. Creswell GirlingUn, United States district engineer, will attend the Charleston hearing. He ’eft Savannah this morning fcr South Carolina. Col. Garlington will attend a public celebration at the Soc'te river bridge near Myrtle Beach, S. C. tomorrow. The festivities will mark the opening of the last link in the intracoastal waterway between Wilmington and Charleston. Later he goes to Charles ton for the hearing there. Party Chiefs Turn Eyes On V/. Va. ' WASHINGTON, • April 10 <TP) The little border state of West’Vir ginia assumed a position of relative political importane today as the lead ing candidates for presidential nom ination entered the preferential pri mary. Pclitical observers in Washington, who had hitherto paid little attention to the state, are now watch ijig the May 12, primaries with keen interest. President Roosevelt’s nanje will head the Democratic ballot. His application was forwarded by senior Senator Neely. It is believed that there is little doubt that the states Democratic delegation will be pledged to him. Admini stratitn strategists, however, are said io have selected West Virginia as one of the states in which the President will seek to demonstrate his popu larity with the voters. * The real fight will be in the repub lican ranks. Senator Borah’s candi dacy was entered by Carl Bachmann, of West Virginia, who is the Idahoan,s Washington campaign manager. He will seek to wrest the state delegation from Walter Hallanan, national com mitteeman, and other members of the regular republican organizations who have announced they favor Governor Alf Landon of Kansas. ‘W-MEN” HIT CHISELERS Will Prdbe Efforts to Divert WPA Funds From Proper Use A new campaign against work-re lief “chiselers” has been begun by Dallas Dort, head of the WPA di vision of investigation, who says that so far his ‘‘W-Men” have held graft under the $4,000,000,000 work-relief program to an “infinitesimal” amount, but that he proposes to tighten up his investigative force now active in the field. » Dort says attempted pay-roll pad ding,, use of relief workers to im prove private property, and attempts to collect money from job applicants have outnumbered other effoits to di vert work-relief funds from their prop er. use. With a field staff of 125 men, Dort says he is confident that “there is little crookedness we don’t hear about.” To prove his contention that pun ishment of relief grafters is sure, Dort said that after a year and a half his agents had just arrested a former Virginia case worker on a warrant chraging false issuance of relief work slips. He was traced to Birmingham, Ala., and arrested by a WPA field agent. ATTORNEY HAAR OPENS NEW ATTACK IN BEER LITIGATION A $25,000 damage suit came as a sequel today to W. J. Richter's brief two days as receiver for the Southern Distributors, Inc., when Attorney E. J. Haar filed proceed ings charging Mr. Richter with in stituting the receivership malic iously and putting the beer distri butors to unnecessary trouble and expense by being "stubbornly lit. igiotis.” Southern Distributors, naming the Jax Ice and Cold Storage Com pany, of which Mr. Richter is local manager, a joint defendant, seeks punitive and expenses damages tot aling $25,275 plus attorney fees in addition. ACTRESS RECOVERS DETROIT, April 10 (TP)—Doc tors announced today that the beau tiful Katherine Crawford, former movie . star, is recovering rapidly from her overdose of sleeping pow ders. Miss Crawford, wife of James Ed. gar, Jr., heir to a million dollar sugar fortune ,said she mistook the directions on the box of powders and took too much of the mixture. 3c PAY NO MORE TRANSRADIO PRESS PROMINENT MAN J KILLED WHEN HE ” OPENED PACKAGE Wilkesbarre, Pa. Terrorized by Infernal Machines; Four Blinded WILKESBARRE, Pa., April 10 One man was instantly killed and four people seriously injured today by two dynamite bomb explosions at Wilkesbarre. The bombs had been sent through the mails. Two other packages thought to contain two more bombs, addressed to the county judge and a former sheriff, were intercepted by postal authorities. Postal investigators be lieve the deadly packages were mail* ed by a madman in Wilkesbarre. The dead man was a prominent politician, Michael Gallagher. He was slain by the blast of a bomb he opened at noon. His son-in-law Clin ton Lehman was injured. About an hour earlier the insur gent miners union leader, Thomas Maloney and his two children were seriously wounded by an identical bomb in Georgetown, a Wilkesbarre suburb. Former Luzerne county Sheriff Luther Knfifen heard a radio broad cast warning for citizens to be on their guard against opening heavily wrapped packages marked ‘‘sample." He received one and turned it over to postal- investigators immediately. Clerks in the Wilkesbarre post office intercepted an identical package ad dressed to County Judge Benjamin R. Jones. ' Doctors say that all four of the injured people—if they live—may be permanently blind. Maloney’s hand may have to be amputated. LANIER TEAM * < WHIPS S. H. S. Lanier High School of Macon won every one of the matches played in the tourney between their racquet eers and the Savannah High School tennis team at Daffin. Park th|s morning. The visitors snowed ud der the SHS hots by a 5-0 score. There were four singles games and one doubles match. A second doubles match in which John Mc- Grady and Jack Wilder of Lanier were to opppse Ralph Clements and Donald Tyre of the Northsiders was called off due to rain. The scores of the singles matches follows: Cecil Kelly, No. 1 Lanier man, and John Tyre, No. 1 man of High School, Kelly winner, 2.6, 6-2, 6-4; Jack Wilder, Lanier, and Gar rard Haines, High School, Wilder winner, 6-2, 6-3. , In the only doubles match of the day the Tyre brothers faced Kelly and Evans of Lanier. The visitors took the local boys in this match. 2-6, '-3, 6.3. End Testimony * In Cobb Case Special Auditor Julian Corish today completed taking the testi mony of witnesses in the court bat tle over the salvage of Albert L. Cobb’s abortive 1934 campaign for Congress. Attorney Marvin O’Neal, Jr., re presenting C. J. Darden, who claim.ii W. J. Ryan, Jr., and Max Horn stein are attempting to get all thu salvage for themselves by seizin,i; the property he had staked as coil lateral on Mr. Cobb’s defaulted note, and Defense Attorney Aaron Kra>. vitch, have been ordered by Auditor Corish to file briefs. Auditor Corish, appoint ed by Superior Judge Jc%n Rourke, Jr., to untangle the conflicting mass of testimony for the court’s guid ance in determining Mr. Darden’s injunction suit to stop foreclosure against his property, will likely no-t be prepared to submit his finding!* for some time. Five S ates Fesr New Flood Threats MEMPHIS, Tenn. April 10 (TP* The lash of incessant rains ij driving the Missisippi and Ohio rivers cut of their channels in five state today. Reports indicate that 1,500 familial from Alabama to as far north as Ill inois are fugitives from the surginn waters. At .east 100,000 acres of farm land are swamped. The Missisippi is reported over its banks from the mouth of the Ohio Cairo, 111., to Memphis, Tenn Alabama rivers are flooding the streets of Montgomery and Gadsen. Crum bling levees at Caruthersville, Mo are causing alarm. ’’ Army engineers say the flood waters will rise beyond the peak predicted formerly between Cairo, where high leveesare believed strong enough to hold off the waters. F. D. RETURNS WASHINGTON, April 10 (TP) President Roosevelt just arrived at the White House after his three week Florida fishing trip. The Pres ident looked like a picture of health as he stepped from the Presidential Special at Union Station.