RESCUE WORK IS SPEEDED AS FLOOD ENGULFS NEW AREA; NATION'S FUND NOW $7,443,267; MORE TOWNS SUBMERGED Red Cross Reports That 323,837 Refugees Are Receiving Aid. PERIL GROWS IN LOUISIANA Thousands Toil to Reinforce Red River Levees as the Flood Crest Rolls Near. FAMILIES HUDDLE ON RAFTS Many Refuse to Leave Improvised Floating Refuges in the Vicinity of Their Farms.
By From a Staff Correspondent of The New York Times
Rescue work speeded as new towns are engulfed; peril grows in La; contributions; telephone operators brave danger; sympathy and funds from abroad; Gen Jadwin sends lr to C L Potter, head of Miss River Comm, asking for full report by Oct; S G Porter asks for appt of civil engineers to aid Miss River Comm in survey
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