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Weak Spots on Levees Bemg Strengthened LOOTERS AT LOUISVILLE
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(Received 30, 12,30 jp.m.) MEMPHIS i^TniiesseC), Jatt; 29. From Cdirb to New drlearis iabdtirefi - ard wprking day and UigBt iii an' effdrt to heighteh afld strengthen "the leveb feystem agaiiist iiext Weefe's fespedted flbod crdst. Thus far the levebs ard holding out, btit three danger poifitl afe eonsidered to be NeW Madfid (MisSouri), Hiekman (Kentucky) and MfelU wdod (Arkansas). The evacuatioii df the population in these areas is alrdatly iii progfeSs. ThroUghout tbeSe afeas there is tb« spedtaele of & seemingly never-eiidiiijj line of refugees on the mafch tdwardS higher ground. Looters are roaming the distressdd city of Louisville and additional police have been sent from other States.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 13, 30 January 1937, Page 5
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123THOUSANDS FLEE Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 13, 30 January 1937, Page 5
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