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Floods S Feared,
New
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| Island Put On
lert
Stateside Agencies Plan 2 Storms Watched By Weather Bureau
Fo Rush Help To Island
Rain-weary
By WALTER S, PRIEST STAR
. WASHINGTON—Government
Washington
and
fering help to sections of Puerto Donna. : The Small Business Admi-
residents of Puerto Rico.
braced themselves last night against the
Correspondent
private organizations
joined
yesterday
in of-
Rico ravaged by floods in the wake of Hurricane
threat
of new
spawned
floods,
from
eligible
for three
cent emergency
low
pressure
area that was moving towards Puerto Rico at a speed of 18 mph. Reconnaissance aircraft ‘| were shadowing the low pressure area, located about 240 miles east of San Juan at
of Bayamon, Humacao and Guayama disaster areas, “ making business and home ;
by showers
an easterly
nistration declared the cities
~ pwners
caused
rehabi-
9 p.m.
yesterday
and
a se-
cond wave detected 1,100 miles east of the island at the same hour. A flood alert is in effect for the eastern sections of Puerto Rico, as
measured
from
a
line
stretch-
ing between the north coast of Manati to the south coast of Ponce. No cyclonic circulation or, storm activity was noticeable terday
afternoon,
town port other yes-
reported
the s,
U. S. Weather Bureau. But the bureau is predicting moderate to locally heavy showers over Puerto Rico until midnight tonight. The “alert” will be changed to flood
‘‘warning’’
if
any
substan-
tial rainfall pelts down upon the saturated soil of Puerto Rico. Evacuation of residents from the danger zone is advised under the L “warning” status. Meanwhile, residents in the Ca(See FLOODS, Page 20)
Tn San Juan Milk rationing which began yesterday; will several weeks and possibly one two months according to dairy officials interviewed yesterday. Rationing was announced in a
joint release by the tight dairies
in
‘Metropolitan area. It would affect current prices, they
SPEEDY ACTION—This was the scene last night at the Capitol Transportation Ine. the
warehouse
truckload.
Enough
on Carpenter road, as donations
Local
victims
poured
by
in
Red
SUAREZ
the Puerto Rico Chapter of the American Red Cross, yesterday requested that no further donations of clothing be made for the flood victims as enough has been collected to meet the present emergency.’ The colonel suggested that all donations be made in cash. The announcement was made
Cross
executive
chapter,
Toppel,
president
of
was named chairman of the local
at Puéblo’s,
offices in’ Hato Rey.
living
media into conference to discuss mize
of
nendling the Sent
in areas
affected
to boil all water
by the
to be
for human consumption, e@ call does not apply to the San Juan metropolitan area. Arbona said that this is’ a measure to prevent an epidemic of typhoid fever. He added that the Humacao-Fajardo area is still without water service.
curtailment of the clothThe Secretary said that so Toppel called business leaders,| The governnient officials and repre-| ing contributions was made after far, no. cases of typhoid fever (See RED CROSS, Page ‘20) have been reported. He added, sentatives of the communications}
OPEN YOUR
HEART
Contribute today to the flood victims through
the
AMERICAN RED CROSS P. 0. Box 1067, San Juan, P. R.
(The
Red
Cross
hag
sufficient
clothing
on
hand
however,
that it will take from
six
days
to
there
to
aid
21
for
symptoms
of
typhoid fever to be detected. Juan Labadie Eurite, director of the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, said last night
Help Your: Fellow Puerto Rican
at an emergency meeting called
Pueblo Supermarkets, Inc., who
Secretary of Health Guillermo Arbona yesterday urged people flood
Cross Appeals For Cash
MANUEL
Harold
flood
swiftly to pleas for help. (STAR photo by Hett.)
responded
Col. Antonio Silva, director of
by
the
Clothing Collected
Red By
citizens
for
City Water Not Contaminated
the
disaster victims. The need is for funds to buy medicines and ' meet needed expenses.)
was
no
truth
to rumors
that
people in the Metropolitan area had been advised by his authority to boil water. Any such directive, (See WATER, Page 20)