Ten inches of rain have fallen in four days and local weather observers predicted continued heavy rainfall. In) the past 27% hours rainfall here has amounted to 3.58 inches, approaching the record.
The Disaster Emergency Relief Committee which was established following the Long Beach earthquake opened headquarters at West Lake Park to-day While the Los Angeles County Council was mobilized to assist in relief work, Telephones were disrupted by the rainstorms, forcing relief workers to employ portable radios to communicate with stricken areas.
Lowlands including Venice, Santa Monica, Compton, "Lennox, Bell, Vannuys, Lomita and^ Culver City were inundated and hundreds of families trapped in their homes by high water.
The Santa Fe Railway halted traffic east and south of Los Angeles and the Southern Pacific Railway halted traffic to the east and north.
A dozen reservoirs were filling rapidly, threatening residents near them. Well over 100 landslides were reported, increasing fears, that dams and reservoirs might collapse.
Ambulances were busy throughout the city and neighbourhood checking on rumours of additional deaths, The ambulances battled through high. water and mud as relief workers attempted to teach those areas most hard hit. a The famous "moving mountain" at Elysian Park again caused concern in official quarters as it was feared the sliding mountain might tumble down upon Rverside Drive. Officials planned to divert all traffic from the highway as a precaution against possible additional deaths, forces in Shan:
General Yen Hsi-shan is still Commander-in-Chief, but his forces have dwindled to only about 30,000 men.
The main body of the 8th Route (ex-Communist) Army has moved from Shansi into Hopei, and is now active in an area between Paoting and Shihchiachwang.—Reuter.
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