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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 19, 1959)
Tfcurwhy, February 19, 1939 9 MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE. Wabash Forms Giant Lake Over Rich Farmland Mount Carmel, IlL-CP&-The You Get Only U.S.D.A. "GOOD" and "CHOICE" Meats at Food Basket's Meat Department! M A flood-swollen Wabash river bulged into a giant lake 35 miles long and 14 miles wide at its widest point today, im mersing thousands of acres of farmland in Illinois and - Indiana. The river, which earlier tore holes in levees at- Rus ellville. 111, and Oaktown, Ind., surged past Mount Car mel Wednesday night at 24.5 feet, inundating a 20-block lowland area of the city of 8,732 population. Homes Damaged About 75 homes in the area suffered water damage but only 8 to 10 families moved out. The rest took refuge on second floors of their homes to wait out the flood. The storied stream was ex pected to crest at Mount Car mel at 25 feet today. How ever, little further damage was predicted since most of the city is on high ground. The heaviest flooding was on the Illinois side where an estimated 30,000 to 35,000 acres were awash with murky water. Row Boats In Streets The floodwaters covered an area reaching from St. Fran cisville, 15 miles north of here, to Grayville, 20 miles to the south. It stretched in land for about 14 miles to Johnson, Ind., directly across from Mount Carmel. Rowboats appeared In flooded lowland streets in Mount Carmel to serve as taxis for flood-locked families. The worst of the flooding appeajred ever is Indiana, which bore the brunt of the first flood onslaught. Down stream, levees at Vincennes held back the high water and there were no large towns along the banks of the Wa bash below Vincennes. Portland Smog Above Standards Portland-fliTO-Tnt State Air Pollution authority reported Wednesday that Portland is suffering from smog, some times far exceeding allowable state standards. The report was submitted to Mayor Terry D. Schrunk and Portland City commis sioners who only a couple of weeks ago received a similar criticism from the state, hitting at the city's sewage contamination of the Willam ette and Columbia rivers. Wednesday's report on smog was based on a cooperative state and federal survey of Portland last October and on data collected by the state since 1952. The report de clared that: ''Expert medical opinion suggests that such pol lution is a primary cause of lung cancer and may also have other detrimental effects on health." The Authority reported that concentration of smog gases last October was above levels that caused visibility reduc tion, vegetation damage and corrosion, and was approach ing a level where eye irrita tion might be expected. The report added that Port land is one of only two cities of more than 400,000 popula tion in the United States with out a fulltime pollution con trol program. Bridges Promises East German Ties Berlin-tfPD-U.S. labor union leader Harry Bridges visited East Berlin Wednesday . and promised closer ties between his West Coast longshore man's union and the East Ger man Trade Union Federation, the East German ADN news agency reported today. It said Bridges, who arrived here following a visit to Rus sia, would increase exchange of delegations and letters with the Communist union. .SHIP FEARED SUNK Reykjavik, Iceland - (OT) -The lighthouse service vessel Hermodur was missing and feared sunk off southwest Iceland today with 12 men aboard. Authorities said the 200-ton vessel foundered in a storm Wednesday. One of the earliest light houses was the famous Pharos at Alexandria, Egypt. DAILY'S Body & Paint Southern Oregon's Oldest and Finest 29 S. BARTLETT Phone SP 2-2395 (AJjJ This Week FOOD BASKET Is Featuring, A !f -: is4$wk&- 3 i and mm Large Bunches All grocery stores sell groceries: the big difference in stores is in the "extra" you get. 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