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the highway on s stretcher and
to the fillbwrt Cnderiaki
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+,eg, M sail " other, public
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and the upset .,furred
that be and Mies, Ferris were
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ton Raring of Icke Ridge, one of
Ins toward Rerca,yv60
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,I"rob" festerday.
the "-*jet group" who ,seined
countered water aaY�o heat
7bpar Abetaaeun
to renew' Chapman" contract, wee
Tbey attempted to fold It, Qnt
City crews today were working
defeated by John Campbell, pledged
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to( atheQFive-Ml
n the repair of abutments at the
to support the fee tlnn which had
tun eDrive
Irk. street bridge to make If safe
eUpWrted Chapman.
Avenue extension. They dal
for frartl, They ware also non-
lawrenee (rtWes win
11foixr watt [here until the wa-
-envallnF .m rrpairn et the toot
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he
had •food wih the Chapman fac-
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terndfil but It kept ram ins
ter subsided,
Ife',1^r Slrrel, wbl„M1 le earn-
lion on the board, waa re-.leclad.
finally drove hem [o the
too l., inure of trmnic diverted
tie w e opposed by airs Clayton
up and
fool of the air.
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,ere both arcom-
movethe car from the highway
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Cilgya 6u raglOYe tllR
e( good debris which
hioek} T'saiQanaeck Aoutevard a:
the xaath end of the airport.
city Pumps working
The city'. Arlen purr Ds are
working night and day in empty-
ing flooded cellars for private
home.. Seven more Dump* are
being brought in tonight from
Newark, N. J. The old steam
pamper of No. 6 are company was
resurrected and put to good serv.
Ica yesterday In pumping Out
the High School basement,
pumping operations are to
charge of Fire Chief B. J. Reilly,
insisted by two men from the city
eaginser'a office. Residents be-
coming impatient about their base -
menu were advised they could ob-
Isis pumping assistance from
these private contractors — Amos
A. Barns, Treman. King & Co.,
James P. Sullivan, A. A. Ward.
and Joseph Dorsey.
The Board of Public Works was
to meet at S D. m. today to take
up plane for reconstruction of Dub -
lie works and utililiea A special
maetinK of city Council called for
yMterday afternoon visa c.nceiled
when a quorum failed to attend.
Schools to Assist
Mayor Louie P. Smith today re-
edivRd notice from Claude L. Kulp,
superintendent of schools, that the
Board of Educat:on In special
meeting last night loud to extend
feruities of the public achool Rep
tem to ties cNy in its emeigan",
The t o l l o w l a f fep41a40 was
adapted: 11
I"Resolved that; The dbrlgtlas of
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the Ithaca Public lob"I'lit welt be
Rita" at the 41,10010 of UI. city
�d Into a 1
them into I Make Trouble
Sleparated by Log
The up likely to have
Brokaw said he held onto Miss
any effect a fortunes, of the
Ferris a• long as he could, but
ousted principal, since the contract
that they were finally separated
has already been signed with his
by . log floating on the flood. He
successor. Sir. Chapman Is still re-
did not see the girl again, but was
siding at Ludlowville, having failed
himself carried on across the Le-
to obtain another school,
high Valley Railroad tracks and
Election of a president will be
managed to grasp a tree. He
made by the new board on the eve-
climbed Into the branches and
ping of July 16. The Rev. Cheater
clung there the rest of the night
C. Beebe Is the Incumbent preal-
until the water went down suffi-
dent who was a leader In the move
,lenity for him to severe.
to get rid of Sir. Chapman.
The body of Miss Ferris was
The outcome of the election was
found not m. re - tan 100 feet''J"m
hailed as proof that the "major--
the tree which, sired Brokaw'. life "
Ity group" of the brand went,
Her clothing was practically all
against the wishes of the majority;
torn away. .
of the residents.
The CCC men had been search.
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the flat, ever since the flood
bolded. A detail of 24 roan started
omhingthe area again his morn-
v, In charge of Blaine Jessee, de-
l.: leader. It was Only a short time
aft^, they set out when the three
youths sent up the cry that they
had fouvA the bodr-
Cndrr**rlff Mortimer Darling
was in vision of the search
It was thestW
body he had helped
recover. r'
Sheriff Frillo C. Ellie today ex-
tended thanks rough the press to
the Clvillan (fu' vatlon Corps o4
Bclals and youthas well a, sev-
eral other volunt who system-
atically aided in arch for
Musa Ferris' bully, well as In
other searching VMH16 and relict
efforts in the county.
ariners
Weather, ideal
and the growth c
changed after the
the arason. Frida
into a condition n
crop damages In If
The summary
crop condtttons, ft
1ng July $; proper
States Department
Weather Bureau
lows:
"For the week whore, tem-
peratures averag e o im e w h a t l
above normal, w Friday and
Saturday the but days of the'
season. Weather ond'itions the
first half of the ,reek were fa-
vorable for farm work and crop
growth, Haying was In full swing.'
and all cultivated crops made ex-
cellent progress- Ralf wheat seed-
ing is about completed. Wheat is
turning, and oats are heading out.
"Truck crops, gardens, at n d
fruits made good tarns. Beginning
Saturday afternoon and continuing
through Sunday and Monday, rec-
ord breaking rains occurred over
the control lakes region, and east-
ward to Lake Guam.
"Serious flood conditions re-
sulted, and over a $Cole of deaths
were reported. Property loan and
damage to highways, bridges, and
railroads, will amount to millions
of dollars. Damage to crops was
heavy In some localities, but it is
too early to estimate the loss. At
Ithaca, over nine Inches of rain
fell from Saturday night to Mon-
day night, eight Inches of which
fell within a 36 hour period. Farm
work In the rain soaked region
will be at a standstill for several
days."