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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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The North Levee, Council Bluffs, Iowa

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Sandbagging efforts along the Missouri River

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NW Railroad officials surveying the tracks

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Flood prevention efforts along the levee

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Local evacuation center shelters flood evacuees

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Missouri River floodwaters threaten Omaha businesses

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Soldiers gather at a flood relief command center

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Checking the levee on the Missouri River

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Reading to children at a Red Cross evacuation center

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Red Cross evacuation center at Abraham Lincoln High School

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Red Cross evacuation center at Abraham Lincoln High School

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Missouri River flood damage

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Floodwaters threaten Epstein Paper & Metal Co.
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