Word: relief
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...should be debating farm relief . . . water power . . . flood control. . . . Reorganization of the Government in Washington in the interest of economy and greater efficiency...
...Washington, D. C., Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska, Republican, leader of the progressives, vigorously and wholeheartedly indorsed Nominee Smith's stand on water power and farm relief. He scoffed at Nominee Hoover's farm remarks as "meaningless" and flayed the chubby man for his silence on the power trust. While Senator Norris did not commit himself to vote for Smith, he will take the stump for Democratic Senators Wheeler of Montana and Dill of Washington...
Florida. The carnage in Florida came as a surprise to those who read the early reports. With the hurricane, centering at West Palm Beach, the barometer dropped to 27.57, believed to be the lowest reading ever recorded in the U. S. During the first frenzied days of relief work the death total reached at least 1,500. Unnumbered thousands were injured, 15,000 were homeless, and property losses of $50,000,000 or even $75,000,000 seemed likely...
...than the lake and is protected by dikes. There are hundreds of small farms, sugar cane fields, blackamoor shacks. During the hurricane Lake Okeechobee burst the dikes. The rich land became a morass; in certain places water rose to the height of 10 feet. Hundreds, mostly Negroes, were drowned. Relief workers found the water filled with floating bodies, so decomposed that skin color was no longer determinable. One surviving family had lived on peanuts for three days. Throughout the whole region the air was noxious with fumes of decay. Immediate cremation of the dead was ordered. Quarantine of the entire...
...Relief. President Coolidge issued a nationwide appeal for help. In the first few days of the campaign $879,377 was subscribed. The American Red Cross sought $5,000,000. Two army transports carrying a total of 1,200 tons of food were diverted to Porto Rico. Also to Porto Rico went the naval supply ship Bridge, loaded in New York with 3,490 tons of miscellaneous supplies. On board the San Lorenzo, sailing with ten days provisions for 100,000 people was Brig. Gen. Hugh A. Drum and his staff, who were to have complete supervision of relief...