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PAGE YWELVE + HE DAILY: TI MES-GAZETTE FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1951 West Only Partly Ready for Flood In Spite of $50,000,000 Lesson By JOHN DAUPHINEE Canadian Press Staff Writer Winnipeg, April 27--(CP)--The Murky Red River flows, slowly, harmlessly today between miles of new dikes that won't be needed this year, Almost $5,000,000 has been spent to save Winnipeg and its twin, French-sp a™ing city of St. Boniface from a tragic rep- etitior of last spring's flooding. But today the Red, which annually spews billions of tons of water from | the United States into Lake Winni- peg, i three feet below the point at which first flooding occurs in great- er "Winnipeg. Last lakes: More than 100,000,000 tons of water crammed hourly under Win- nipeg bridges. Nine-tenths of that amazing torrent flowed into Canada at Emerson, Man. Emerson felt the flood first. April 20 the Red spilled its banks there; | and nine days later it had surged to a 124-year high. Day after day, hundreds were driven from their valley homes-- until little Letellier, a trifle higher than the rest, was the only dry spot along the river from the border. Before the flood receded, a 700- square-mile lake was formed in southern Manitoba, with Morris at its centre. A dozen cther 'towns were isolated and deserted. Farm- ers shot their livestock to prevent suffering. Hundreds of farm fam- il:es were taken out by boa' and raft to rescue trains that operated peril- ously on shaky underwater rails. Greater Winnipeg's own crisis began the stormy night of Friday, May 5. Icy rain and snow lashed an army of civilian workers who were piling sandbags along the Red's snaking course through Win- nipeg and St. Boniface. Radio sta- tions blared warnings and appeals for men, equipment and diking ma- terials. City officials said they could do Love, Marriage, Children. | --and security The surest way to marital security | and a happy home? Don't wait for | children till you can "afford" them, | advises famed psychologist Henry | C. Link in May Reader's Digest. Read why lasting love and sex | compatibility depend on the experi- | ence of parenthood; why not having too much money may actually make marriage more secure; what 4 influ- ences are most important in deter- mining a happy marriage. Don't miss this key article by an expen- enced counselor who's helped thou- sands of troubled couples. : Get your May Reader's Digest to- day: 43 articles of lasting interest, condensed from leading magazines, | current books. | year--when there were no no more. Premier Douglas L. | Campbell of Manitoba called for military help. Brig. Ronald E. A. Morton, head of the army's prairie command, moved into the legislative | building as commander of all flood- | | fighting work. Scores of civil servants were | ted uncer jously from | their offices.. The building be- came headquarters for r tri- service "combined operation" | against the river. Radio trucks, amphibious ducks and eagoing jeeps, khaki staff cars--even a couple of observation helicop- | ters--appeared on the legislature grounds. For three incred le weeks the Red surged: on. Fifty thousand geside the troops--held it back in places. wood, part of St. Boniface, grew to tremendous size and never weak- ened. The vital power plants were kept in operation. | But in most places the river held control, About one-sixth of greater Win- nipeg--a metropolitan area of 320,- 000 population--was under water. All but one of the bridges across | the river were out of action. Ten thousand homes were flooded. The river swept into downtown factories within a stone's throw of the grain exchange. | About 1,500 hospital patients \ ere moved safely from the flood zone. | Brig. Morton--with "Operation Blackboy" ready in case army-di- | rected, mass evacuation of the city zrea became necessary--urged wom- cn, children and the aged to leave | THERE OUGHT TO BE A LAW voluntarily. An estimated 100,000 left by train, bus, car and aircraft. | "Blackbor" was nev:r used. At 130.3 feet--some 12 feet above the point of first Winnipeg flooding and 15 feet above the river's level today --The Red stopped rising. It held {about there for a week, then be- | gan dropping quickly. Winnipeggers flocked home. A heart-breaking, multi-million-dol- {lar rehabilitation job began. Premier Campbell has said total damage along the Red's course through Manitoba was $50,000,000. The cost to federal, provincial and municipal gov- ernments was more than $20,- 000,000. The Manitoba Flood Relief Fund poured out more than $9,000,000 to meet the per- | Wearisome Bronchial soar COUGH | & DAY Can't sleep for coughing? 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Ice Blocked River The onrushing flood keeps rum- ning int® ice. Official measure- ments have shown the Red to be up to seven feet higher than it need be because of the damming effect, | From 1916 on, repeated studies of the river and its habits have been 'made. The United States has spent | more than $2,000,000 on river-con- | trol projects and has plans to spend { 10 times as much. | But the river just isn't suited to | control. Dredging has been considered and d d as impossibly expensive. Dikes and levees on each side of the river can be .useful in some areas--for in- aba stance, low-lying sections of Winnipeg and St. Boniface. That sort of protection was given greater Winnipeg during" the last year. Some 30 miles of raised boule- vards have been erected on both sides of the river. Provincial and city experts say the road-topped dikes will give dike workers enough head-start on any future flood to | avert calamity. | | But almost nothing has been, done so far to protect other valley | towns, Ultimately two new, man-made river channels may provide the an- swer, though at tremendous cost. Alcohol Blood Tests Asked in Accidents Oakville, Ont.,, April 27--(CP)-- Federal legislation to provide for compulsory blood tests to determine the extent alcohol has caused high- way ac 'dents was asked in a reso- lution passed by the Hamilton Con-, ference branch of the United Church of Canada Women's Mis- sionary Society. More than 75 delegates at the annual meeting pledged opposition to the use and sale of alcoholic bev= erages, and urged members to give more serious attention to the alcohol problem. They also opposed adver- tisements for alcoholic beverages in educational magazines which go into! schools, IDENTIFICATION CARDS Deal, Kent, Eng. -- (CP)--Chil- dren throughout Kent County are being given illustrated cards, show ing them how to identify the Colo- rado beetle, destroyer. of vegetables. .| Mrs. T. Cowling and" Mrs. Oleson, Meeting Held By Haydon WA MRS HILDA CROSSMAN Correspandent Haydon, April 23.--The Women's | Association held its April meeting | in the church on Sunday after- noon. Mrs. Read opened the meet- | ing with a hymn after which all re- peated the Lord's Prayer. The de- | votional and prayer were presented by Mis. Charlie Garrard. Mrs. Oleson had charge of the program. Readings were given by and instrumentals by Mrs. A. Read and Ray Ashton. Some business matters were dealt with. - The May meeting will be held at Tyrone parsonage on May 10th. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Fontaine, Toronto, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. A. McNeil, ¢ Miss Shorley Garrard, Toronto, was at her home on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Don Carr and fam- ily, Enniskillen, were recent "vis- itors at Bill Stevens'. Miss Olive ankine and B. Corri- gion, Toronto, visited at C. Rén-' kine's, Mrs." H. Brooking; Port Britain, spent' a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Slemon, Cecil Slemon has sold his farm to E. A, Werry of Enniskillen. Miss June. Anderson: spent the week-end at her home in New To- ronto. Some of the young people attend- ed the convention of the Oshawal, By Al Fagaly and Harry Shorten | ALWAYS TELL LEAN ON THE BELL ~ P=TE TUE PEDDLER SAYS YOU CAN'T WHETHER PEOPLE ARE HOME THOUGH YOU Bur west BED he { A SIGN OF LIFE! | GUESS I'LL SLIP AROUND BACK AND SEE IF THEIR CAR ! =] PZ Lh McCLURE NI SET FOOT ON THEIR POSIE | PLANTING | AND THEY'RE SURE TO SHOW UP RAVING AND RANTING ! "Thanks I~ BILL DUNIHUE, 5224 NW DRUMMOND PL a -- CHICAGO 39, ILL. Ty ' Presbytery: young people's union at Tyrone Saturday 'evening and Sune day. 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