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What was once a peaceful farm scene is now a picture of destruction as the Missouri River flooded this farm north of Omaha.

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Piers for a new highway bridge usually standing on dry ground were subjected to torrents of Missouri River water during the flood.

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Council Bluffs, Iowa . . . Red Cross nurse Mrs. Helen Kruml of Council Bluffs, feeds a bottle of milk to Janice Collier, Council Bluffs at Washington School, which is now serving as a Red Cross emergency shelter. Approximately 195 flood victims are…

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Council Bluffs, Iowa . . . Red Cross nurse Mrs. Helen Kruml, of Council Bluffs, takes time out from her numerous medical duties to amuse a young flood victim, Elinor Montgomery, in front of an Indian statue at Washington School, which is now a Red…

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Council Bluffs, Iowa - - Red Cross canteens served thousands of sandwiches daily to workers on the dikes north of this flood threatened city. Here, a canteen furnished by the St. Louis, Missouri Chapter of the Red Cross, provides coffee and…

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Council Bluffs, Iowa . . . Red Cross nurse, Mrs. Helen Kruml, Council Bluffs, takes the pulse and temperature of flood victim Lawrence Jaco, Council Bluffs, at Washington School, which is now serving as a Red Cross emergency shelter. Approximately…

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One of the great worries of the flood was sandboils, caused by water seeping under the levees and breaking through the earth behind them. Sandboils near the Douglas Street bridge on the Iowa side are ringed with sandbags.

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A human chain passes sandbags along at the North Levee in Council Bluffs.

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First established in 1912...the Carter Orchard east of Glenwood was replanted in 1941. Now covering some 70 acres of the rolling Mills County land, the orachrd containes nearly 2,000 fruit trees...mostly apple. It is presently owned and operated by…

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The Journey...from orchard to the farm plant is a careful one as Stacey and Suhr head for the sorting and packing shed with a trailer load of apples.

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Both Mechanical And Human Means...are used in sorting and grading the orchard fresh fruit. Edwin Carter watches as apples mover over the grader. Mrs. Carl Yates of Malvern watches for rejects.

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Pleasing To Both Eye And Taste...is this box of apples shown by Edwin Carter. The new cardboard packing cases are becoming popular in the trade.

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They Look Good Enough To Eat...Calvin Sell of Glenwood displays a box of apples for Mr. and Mrs. Jens Christensen of Route 2, Council Bluffs, who drove out to the orchard to make a purchase.

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An Apple A Day...might deep the doctor away, but they also are good eating. Enjoing nice red apples are, left to right: Carole Sue Stacey, Linda Rae Stacey, Mary Williams, Dale Stacey, Anna May Stacey, and Gary Lee Sell.

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Council Bluffs, Iowa . . . Red Cross volunteer, Mrs. Charles Milner, Council Bluffs, calls upon Levee worker Mr. Ben Myatt, 625 Pierce St., Omaha, NE, to take a sample of her freshly made soup. Mr. Myatt is one of the thousands of volunteer workers…

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Council Bluffs, Iowa . . . Story telling keeps small children happy in Red Cross disaster shelters. Miss Sue Olsen, student at Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs, helps amuse six young evacuees.

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Council Bluffs, Iowa . . . Working under the banner of the Red Cross, women of the Broadway Methodist Church in Council Bluffs prepared hot meals for flood evacuees in the church basement and served evacuees and dike workers in the church basement…

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Council Bluffs, Iowa . . . Miss Shirleymae Hendrix, a Red Cross volunteer residing at 1649 Madison Ave., Council Bluffs, Iowa, prepares freshly made soup in the kitchen of Moose Hall, which is one of the main food preparation centers in this area. …

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Council Bluffs, Iowa . . . Red Cross volunteer, Mrs. B. Balaban, residing at 900 North 8th St., Council Bluffs, Iowa, assists PFC Willard Dickerson, Co. Headquarters, 199th Engineers, in moving a case of freshly made sandwiches out of Moose Hall…

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Council Bluffs, Iowa . . . Making 5,000 sandwiches a day and hundreds of hot meals falls on the shoulders of more than 100 Council Bluffs housewives, a group of whom are shown here at work in the Moose Hall commissary, working as Red Cross…
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