MISSISSIPPI FLOODS

Evening Star, Issue 21005, 20 January 1932, Page 9

MISSISSIPPI FLOODS

REFUGEES CROWD HIGH AREAS GREAT SHORTAGE OF FOOD Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. MOBILE (Alabama), January 18. ' Reports from many towns in Southern Mississippi, particularly in the Tippo Basin territory, indicate that floods have caused much suffering among the residents, who are left without food, clothing, and housing facilities. No fewer'than 2,600 refugees to-night crowded three towns outside the flood area, while hundreds of others camped in the open upon high ground along the railways or on the few dykes still remaining above water level. The Red Cross and other relief agencies are attempting to'assist the victims, but the situation is growing worse.

The officials in several towns assert that ft would be useless to ask any further for outside help, as they had already done so many times in vain. Boats, food, clothing, and money are particularly needed. One Red Cross representative asserted that “there is not enough food, and people who have not been fed for forty-eight hours are crowding the railways in a dozen towns. ,We just cannot feed them, and they are coming in droves from many points. If something is not done quickly they .will starve.”