Paducah, KY., covered with water as seen from the air. Some 1,000 persons were trapped in their homes and a hotel. Twenty persons were known dead, including fourteen who drowned Jan. 25th when their rescue boat over-turned. Refugees were moved out by boat by Wide World Photos, Inc.

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Suzanne Daley has a skating lesson from sister Amy, Needham

Grant, Spencer, 1944-

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Flowing 'Gold' In The Dust Bowl. Joe Evans sunk two wells in his dust bowl farm near Hereford, Texas to get the water with which to fight the drought. Here his son, Wayne, works in one of the pools created by the pumps which throw 2,000 gallons a minute to the surface. This water, and increased rains, make it possible for Evans to produce a crop on his 1,000 acres which, in 1932, virtually was a sea of shifting sand.

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Paducah, KY., covered with water as seen from the air. Some 1,000 persons were trapped in their homes and a hotel. Twenty persons were known dead, including fourteen who drowned Jan. 25th when their rescue boat over-turned. Refugees were moved out by boat

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