CATASTROPHE: Flood

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Meanwhile in Arkansas, Illinois and Missouri a new flood was driving valley-dwellers away from the homes to which they had returned with the receding of the flood waters which now are running into the Gulf of Mexico. The new flood, caused by heavy rains, is not so great as its predecessor, but passes through a country whose shattered levees offer relatively little resistance. Crops, hastily planted in still muddy ground, have been inundated again, and from 15,000 to 20,000 persons in Arkansas alone were once more forced to abandon their homes before the new onrush.

In Louisiana, official evidence that the main flood is over was furnished by the resignation of onetime Governor John M. Parker as Relief Director. "The life-saving stage of the flood is over and my share of the task is done," he said. He added: "I feel it my duty to pay tribute to those whose work has been of untold value to the Mississippi Valley and especially to Herbert Hoover whose powers of organization, engineering and deep interest in humanity have again been manifested in saving more life and property than ever before in his memorable career."