Twenty-five Years Ago
Twenty-five Years Ago
Twenty-five Years Ago The most devastating floods ever recorded in the Ohio valley ran rampant. Damage was nearly $500,000,000 and 137 persons lost their lives as the Ohio and its tributaries hit a flood crest 28 feet above normal. The roofs of houses are just visible above the flood water. Man saves chicken and rooster from debris. People row down main street in a motorboat, they ride past hanging traffic light. Aftermath, after the water is drained of the rubble and destruction caused by the flood. Camera pans past street light and traffic light. Abandoned boat rests on street curb. Mud and wood left behind from flood waters. Storefronts being cleaned up, policemen walk over debris. Line of men outside building. Leon Trotsky, a refugee from communist terror, arrives in Mexican exile. Trotsky amid women (wife? ) Three years later he was hatcheted (axed) to death by an assassin. Then - as now, the first harbinger of SPRING were the new hat styles. Hats have changed, but the beautiful models were as pretty then as they are today. Various styles of straw hats. Models stand together in circle and look toward camera, and wave.