Under Water The 1937 Flood

by Steven J. Rolfes

Index

A Armleder, Otto 177 A&P Grocers 125, 134 Armstrong, Leon 48 Abbe Observatory 40, 96, 173 Army Corps of Engineers 37, 59, 223, Abbe, Cleveland 96 225 Addyston 4, 85, 103, 130, 142, 189, 201, Art Deco 34, 58, 101, 102, 138, 212 203 Associated Charities 23, 27, 111 Aequi 135 Associated Press 108 Aeronautical Corporation 95 Atkins, Rev. Henry Pearce 205 Alexander, Edward F. 48, 135 Atlas Rubber Products Co. 87 Allenwood, Pa. 195 138 Alms Hotel 106, 208, 209, 211, 212 Aurora bridge 32 138 automobiles 32, 45, 52, 78, 97, 103, 105, American Airlines 53 129, 142, 168, 185, 186, 188, 18, 20, 128, 137 196 American Legion 53, 65, 168, 194, 218, Avondale 28, 197 224 American Products Co. 166 B Ames, John H. 48, 98, 141 B&O Railroad roundhouse 82, 158 Amrein, John 179 Bailey, Miriam 217 Anderson Township 72 Baldwin, Mollie 25 Anderson, Richard Cligh 72 ban on theaters 141 Angel, George 70 Banker, Charley 16 Anna Louise Inn 106 Barenscheer, Leo 157 Anstead, Harry 87 Barlace, William 127 Ante, Louis 199 baseball park 20 Archdiocese of Cincinnati 176 Batavia, 93 Armleder Building 177 battle of Mons Algidus 135 232 Cincinnati Under Water: The 1937 Flood

Bauer, Nicholas 194 Bush, Sheldon 153 Baumberger, George 48 Butler, Smedley 213 Baumer, John 166 Beckman, Clem 83 C Beechmont 95 C&O bridge 202 Bell, Samuel W. 140 C&O Railroad 122, 123, 149 Bellevue, Ky. 99, 117, 152, 187 C&O shuttle 146 Benigni family 91 Cain, C. W. 218 Berasenbruegge, Joseph 124 Cairo, Ill. 3, 60, 61, 138 Berner, William 23, 28 Caldwell, A. B. 168 family of 28 California, Ohio 55, 56, 70, 89, 91, 93, Besse and Borgmann Funeral Home 164 97, 129, 148, 201, 205 Big Miami Conservation Project 218 Camp Seldom Seen 59 Black Sunday 105, 121, 131, 134, 171, Campbell Co., Ky. 67, 122, 149, 199 180, 184, 202, 211, 227 Campbell, T. C. 28 fire 155–172 Carpenter, Lewis 148 water 133–153 Carrollton, Ky. 125, 178 Black, John 206 Carthage Fair 32 Blackwell, H. C. 142 Castelli, Peter 169 Blinn, Eloise 88 Castellini, J. J. 114 Blue Ash Airport Cat Tail Creek 46 Watson Field 71 Catholic Youth Organization 77, 153 Blue Ash, Ohio 71, 197 Catholics 8, 201, 205 Bluefield, W.Va. 50 Central bridge 115 Bockley, Charles 102 Central Disaster Committee 48, 135, 137, Boeh, Valentine 32 144, 175, 197, 215, 224 Boles, Irvin 153 Chandler, “Happy” 122 Bone, Oscar 94 Chase School 147, 199 Bool’s Drug Store 194 Chase, Salmon P. 13 Booth Memorial Hospital Cheviot Fire Department 194 (Covington) 100, 151 Cheviot, Ohio 194 Bottoms 23, 33, 49, 50, 51, 52, 61, 63, 64, Chevrolet Assembly Plant 61 65, 81, 87, 88, 107, 113, 114, Chicago Daily News 77 115, 116, 145, 183, 202, 203, Chicago, Ill. 19, 27, 108, 123, 137, 145, 217, 218, 226 163, 175, 178 Bowen, John 89 Children’s Home 74 Boy Scouts 63, 76, 143, 224, 225 Children’s Hospital 113 Brighton 79, 80, 207 cholera 14 Brighton Corner 67 cholera epidemic 17, 18 Bromley, Ky. 151 Christ Church Cathedral 14 Brooklyn Bridge 19 Christ Hospital 176 Brown, D. S. 191 Cilly, Dr. 28 Brown, Ella Layne 45, 46, 50, 72, 124, Cincinnati Airport 47, 53, 62, 70, 72, 92, 176 95, 96, 148, 205 Brown, Marshall 28 Cincinnati and Suburban Bell Telephone Bryan, William Jennings 138 Co. 63 Bulkley, Robert 222 Cincinnati Automobile Club 78, 94 Bunker, Joseph 27 Cincinnati Bell 123 Burdick, W. H. 22 Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce 214 Burger Brewing Co. 193 Cincinnati Club 134 Burwinkel, Robert 146 Cincinnati Coffin Co. 116 Busch Sausage Co. 108 Index 233

Cincinnati Fire Department 53, 82, 156, Columbia 11 162, 166, 167 Columbia Broadcasting System 212 Co. 1 27, 64 Columbia school 192 Co. 14 64 Columbus, Ohio 47, 77, 166 Co. 17 168 Committee on Water Flow 223 Co. 2 166 Conelly, Ludwig S. 78, 137 Co. 24 167 Coney Island 34, 55, 56, 57, 58, 96 Co. 27 124 Connell, Mary 208 Co. 29 102, 130 Coolidge, Calvin 137 Co. 6 127 Cooper, Fletcher 32 Co. 9 166 Corryville 46, 195 fireboats 27, 64, 75, 82, 203 Coughlin, Rev. 111 Cincinnati Gas and Electric 51, 61, 83, Coup’s Circus 22 109, 124, 142, 177, 178, 191, Covington Tobacco Warehouse 185 206 Covington, Ky. 4, 21, 29, 51, 67, 73, 98, Cincinnati General Hospital 43, 119, 175, 99, 100, 122, 130, 149, 150, 184, 189, 192, 207 151, 185, 187 Cincinnati Iron Fence Co. 163 Cox, George Barnsdale “Boss” 28, 56, 96 72, 135, 137 Cincinnati Oil Works 183, 195 Craddock, Jack 205 Cincinnati Police 63, 69, 73 Cricket Club 58 District 5 159, 165 Crosley Field 189 Cincinnati Red Stockings 58 Crosley Radio Corp. 82, 158, 159, 160, Cincinnati Southern Railroad 22 165, 168 Cincinnati Street Railway Co. 53, 217 Refrigerator and Storage Plant 163 Cincinnati Transit Co. 78 Crosley, Lewis M. 168 Cincinnati Water Works 17 Crosley, Powell, Jr. 169 Cincinnati Workhouse 164 “Cross of Gold” speech 138 Cincinnati Zoo 198 Cuba 40 Cincinnati, Lawrenceburg, and Aurora Cumminsville 4, 11, 53, 65, 66, 67, 75, bridge 32 81, 88, 100, 107, 109, 117, 131, Cincinnatus, Lucius Quinetius 135 145, 146, 150, 158, 162, 163, Citadel 176 167, 169, 170, 182, 183, 199, City Hall 50, 51, 73, 121, 123, 131, 140, 202, 211, 212, 215, 220 142, 146, 148, 157, 177, 187, fire map 161 189, 197, 201, 208, 209 Police Station 26 Central Station 63 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) 38, D 84, 107 Dalton Street Post Office 102 Clark, Nellie 25 Daly, John 25 Clark-Butler Shoe Co. 131 Dan Cohen Shoe Co. 204 Cleveland, Ohio 77, 96, 137, 198 Daniel Webster 13 Cleves, Ohio 32, 46, 48, 76, 103, 189, Davey, Martin L. 137 190, 201, 203, 218 Dayton, Ky. 74, 100, 122, 129, 150, 186 Clifton 40, 96, 225 Dayton, Ohio 29, 31, 33, 145, 166, 177, Clifton Hills 224 178 Coddington, Charles 157 Deer Park 153 Cohen, Dan 204 Delhi 93, 178 College Hill 127 Detroit, Mich. 164, 198 school 192 Devereaux, W. C. 29, 40, 41, 44, 47, 49, Collins, Rev. 118 51, 59, 60, 62, 75, 96, 105, 108, Colored Newsboys’ Club 95 234 Cincinnati Under Water: The 1937 Flood

109, 140, 173, 190, 220, 221, Chicago in 1871 145 225 fire of 1910 169 Devore, Frank 69 shoe district fire 171 Dillon, Rev. John 218 Fire Prevention Bureau 51 Dixie Terminal 205 First Baptist Church (Newport) 151 Doereck, Hubert 113 First Regiment Militia 20 Dolle, Martha 102, 103 Flamm, William 97 Dooley, William P. 53, 65 Flasher, Harry T. 47 Drake, Dr. Daniel 14 Fletcher, Mrs. 113 Dunham, Harvey 52 Flood Control Act 223 Dunham, Howard 7, 8 of 1970 226 Dykstra, Clarence Addison 61, 108, 125, flood of 1815 13 135, 136, 137, 139, 141, 144, flood of 1832 10, 12, 13, 15, 23, 35 164, 174, 190, 194, 197, 200, flood of 1847 10, 15, 18, 35 201, 204, 206, 207, 214, 220, flood of 1852 35 224, 225 flood of 1883 19, 23, 32, 35, 163 flood of 1884 10, 23, 26, 32, 35, 49, 56, E 75, 108, 109, 119, 174, 216, 228 East End 4, 7, 23, 26, 43, 49, 50, 51, 53, flood of 1897 35 55, 69, 72, 79, 81, 88, 92, 93, flood of 1898 35 94, 95, 100, 120, 121, 127, 147, flood of 1907 29, 30, 31, 35 148, 170, 173, 177, 184, 202, flood of 1913 10, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 205, 217, 220, 221 71, 101, 108, 145, 166, 177 63, 138 first death 32 Eighth Street Viaduct 226 flood of 1918 35 Elbe, Charles 118 flood of 1933 35, 47, 94 Elks 176, 218 flood of 1937 10, 228 Elliott, D. O. 59 after 222, 223 Elmwood 46, 201 Clarence Addison Dykstra 137 77, 96 first death 21 Engle, Peter 195 first local victim 46 English, Lee 124 flood of 1945 228 Erbacher, Al 87 flood of 1959 226 Erlanger, Ky. 149 flood of 1962 228 Ernest, Edward 184 flood of 1964 10, 228 Ethiopia 38 flood of 1997 10, 228 Evanston 179 Flood Relief Committee 45 floods F Kentucky 45 Fabing, Dr. Howard D. 165 Pittsburgh 45 Farrell, Ruth 61 Puerto Rico 45 Fashion Frocks 163 Tennessee 45 Federal Communications Commission Ford Motor Co. 108 (FCC) 178 Fort Thomas, Ky. 46, 199 Feldman Coal Co. 185 Fort Washington 114 Feldmann, Joseph 65 Forty-Eighters 18 Felthaus Grocery 117 Foster, Stephen 114 Fernbank 130 Fourth Street bridge 73 Fernbank Dam 124 Fox Paper Co. 194 Fifty-third Evacuation Hospital Army Franco, Francisco 38 Reserve 44 Frank, Walter 113 fire 22 Frankfort, Ky. 121 Index 235

Fuller, Robert 113 Hartoin, Adam 184 Harvey, Jerome 89 G Haverty 32 Gaiety Night Club 113 Hawkins, Lytle 26 Garrison, Joseph 157 Hays, Joseph 48 Gehrum, Joseph 123 Heine, Barbara 41 General Motors 175 Heine, Frank 41 General Protestant Orphanage 181 Herper, William 124 Genius of Waters 59 Hibbs, Albert S. 51, 109, 175 Georgia Coast and Piedmont Railroad 61, Hickenlooper, Andrew 26, 39 72 Highland House 19, 20, 24 Germans 18, 38 Hilsinger 167 Germany, Ohio 18 Hirsch, Christian 103 Gibbons, Floyd 212 Hoehler, Fred 144 Gibson, Walter 89 Hoffmann, Dr. Jacob 76, 198 Gilbert, Cass 125 Holton, Eber 92 Gilbert, I. A. 144 Hooven, Ohio 189 Gillett, L. A. 216 Hoover, Herbert 137, 213 Gilman, Edgar Dow 71 Hopkins, Harry 197 Globe-Wernicke Co. 175 Horn, Charles 55 Glore, James 106 Hotel Gibson 125, 194 Goosetown 26 Houston, Barney 73, 75, 91, 160, 164, Gradison, Willis D. 145 166, 195, 202, 205 Grand Central Station 59 Howard, Bishop Francis 201 Grant, Peter 159 Hudepohl Brewing Co. 193 Great Depression 38, 46, 107, 213 Hughes High School 79, 192 Great Lakes 139 Hughes, Harry 166 Great Miami River 11, 59 Humane Society 112 Green, Verna 196 Hummeldorf, Harvey 153 Greenhills, Ohio 107, 215, 224 Hunt, Col. 20 Griese, William B. 159 Hunt, Henry 32 Grimm, Jacob 18 Hunter, Clarence 134 Grimm, Wilhelm 18 Huntington, W.Va. 203 Grissom, Lee 189 Husted, W. J. 193 Groham, Frank 117 Hyde Park 223 Guiding Star 56 Hyde Park School 148 Guilford School 113, 114, 218 Hynicka, Rudolph 56 Gulf Oil 66, 83, 131, 156 I H Illinois 51, 80, 144, 158 Hahn, Theodore, Jr. 144 incline railroad 19 Hall, Mary 21 Indiana 131 Hamilton Co., Ohio 189 Indianapolis, Ind. 108, 178 Hamilton County Courthouse fire 28 influenza 61 Hamilton County Workhouse 165 Ingalls, Allan 27 Hamilton, Ohio 29, 31, 33, 175, 218 Ironton, Ohio 3, 61 Handley, Judge 217 Island Queen 34, 56, 57 Harder, Dr. F. K. 193, 207 Italy 38 Harris, Dr. Charles 189 Harrison, Benjamin 156 J Harrison, Ohio 194 J. W. Powell Co. 65 Harrison, William Henry 156, 157 J.P. Morgan and Associates 145 236 Cincinnati Under Water: The 1937 Flood

James Pierce Mortuary 202 Lindbergh, Charles 53 Jaster, John, Jr. 47 Linwood 93 Johnson, Anna 69 Little Miami River 11, 45, 47, 53, 70, 71, Johnson, Ben 27 72, 92, 129, 148 Jones, Harley 116 Livingston, Leo 215 Jones, Russell 166 Lockland, Ohio 51, 194, 201 Jones, William 67 Longworth, Nicholas 17 Los Angeles, Calif. 137 K Losantiville, Ohio 11 Kahn, Elias 163 Louisville, Ky. 3, 61, 195 Kahn, Louis 134 Loveland, Ohio 51, 148 Kahn’s Meatpacking 107, 163 Ludlow Viaduct 226 Keenan Oil and Fuel Co. 182 Ludwig, Frank 26 Kellogg, W. R. 58 Lunken Airport 47 Kennedy, Paul 100 Lutheran Church 202 Kenton Co., Ky. 98, 152 Lutz, George, Jr. 47, 63, 148, 186 Kentucky 131, 187, 222 Lyons, Candy 211 Kentucky River 34 Lyons, Ruth 208–211 Kentucky State Penitentiary 121 Lytle Park 114 Kilgour School 148 Lytle, William 11, 128 King, Dr. Arthur 44 King, Patrick 25 M Kingsley, John F. 122 Mabley & Carew Department Store 20, Kinney, Ralph S. 73, 123 147 Kirby Road School 183 MacArthur, Douglas 213 Kirby, Durward 159 Maddox, Robert B. 44 Kirk, William 23 Madisonville, Ky. 73 Kluemper, Theodore 187 Madrid, Spain 38 Knollmann, H. A. 149, 215 Maine 139 Knowlton’s Corner 52, 53, 54, 65, 66, 67, Mains, Edward 116 78, 80, 82, 215, 226 Man Against the River 223 Koenig Park 62 Mapleson, Col. 27 Krippendorf O’Neil Shoe Co. 169 Mariemont Police Station 148 Kroger Grocery and Baking Co. 134, 137 Mariemont, Ohio 45, 73, 152 martial law 138, 187 L Marx, Emil 204 L&N Bridge 57, 122 Master Plumber’s Union 146 LaBoiteaux, John 17 Maylon, James 203 Landis, Thelma 207 Maysville, Ky. 182 landslides 184 McBreen, Robert 119 Larkin, Edward 159 McClure, Amelia 61 Lawrenceburg, Ind. 131, 132, 189, 206, McCormick, Rev. Francis 72 220 McCoy, John 68, 69 Lazarus, Jeff 205 McDonald 16 Lebanon, Ohio 22 McDonald, John 189 Lee, Charles E. 206 McKeown, Francis 21 Lexington, Ky. 122 McNicholas, Archbishop of Liberty, Ind. 127 Cincinnati 145, 201, 205 Licking River 11, 73, 112 Means 20 Lincoln Park 58 Meinecke, Charles 84 Lincoln School 95, 147 Mercersburg, Ohio 45 Lincoln, Abraham 13 Methodist Church 50 Index 237

Meyer, Norman 203 New York Central train 77 Meyers, Marge 159 Newport on the Levy 227 Miami Grove 52 Newport Water Works 99 Miamitown, Ohio 130, 194 Newport, Ky. 4, 21, 26, 29, 46, 51, 73, 98, Milan, Ind. 189 99, 121, 122, 150, 151, 187 Milford, Ohio 32, 47, 103, 184 Newtown, Ohio 4, 45, 47, 49, 50, 73, 123, Mill Creek 14, 16, 17, 26, 32, 49, 51, 52, 148, 152, 176, 201, 220 59, 66, 67, 68, 69, 78, 79, 81, Nicklett, Anthony 78, 204 102, 107, 109, 123, 158, 215, Nimmo, Don 50 225, 227 Nocona, Tex. 145 Mill Creek Bridge 16 Norman Meyer’s 203 Millard, C. B. 144 Norris, Mr. 119 Millard, Charles S. 45 Norris, Mrs. 119 Milwaukee, Wis. 178 North Bend, Ohio 11, 124, 130, 156, 157, Mitchell, Catherine 176 189, 202, 218 Mitchell, William 203, 218 North Presbyterian Church 88, 90 Mohawk District 41 Northern Kentucky 46, 67, 73, 98, 99, Monthly Weather Review 96 100, 106, 122, 220, 227 Moonlight Gardens 96 Northside 4, 52, 66, 79, 81, 82, 84, 90, Moorhaus, C. C. 124 103, 117, 118, 127, 147, 183, Moran, Johnnie 27 198, 215, 218 More, Charles 69 Norwood, Ohio 61, 74, 140, 175 Morgan, Gen. 18 Morrill, A. H. 134 O Morton 88, 89 Oakley 46 Morton, Captain 88 Oakley Station 138 Mount Adams 19, 184 Oberheimer-Ritter Foundry 163 Mount Airy 84 Odd Fellows 123 224 “Oh Susannah” 114 Mount Auburn reservoir 175 Ohio Chamber of Commerce 197 Mount Carmel 94 Ohio legislature 174 Mount Healthy 18, 46 Ohio Medical College 14, 28 Mount Pleasant, Ohio 17, 18 Ohio Militia 26 Mount Washington 46, 71, 72, 73, 93, 94, Ohio National Guard 44, 78, 138, 146, 98, 130, 148, 152, 178, 184, 218 148, 166, 168, 177, 197, 199, Mount Washington School 184 203 Mulen, Albert 158, 159 147th Infantry 106 Mullen, James 89 157th Infantry 106 Murray, Norman 60 Armory 138 Murray’s Drug Store 194 Ohio River 11 Music Hall 28, 204 The Ohio State University 137 My Alice 205 Ohio Valley Authority 222 Old Fort Country Club 45 N old telephone company 95 National Boating Club 20 107th Cavalry 197 National Resources Committee 223 opera 27 natural springs 180 Osterbrock, William 178 Netherland Hotel 44, 181, 204, 212 Over-the-Rhine 26, 29, 177, 204 Netherland Plaza 159 Owens, Gilbert 49, 50, 69, 205, 224, 225 New Deal 39, 40, 61, 84, 139, 223, 227 New Jersey 77 P New Richmond, Ohio 62 Palmer, Joseph 23, 28 238 Cincinnati Under Water: The 1937 Flood

Parker, James 55 Reeves, Ruth Evelyn. See also, Ruth Parks Watson Field 197 Lyons 208 Parnell, Perry 62 Reidy, Andy 23 “Pat” 130 Reisenberg subdivision 51 Pathé News 223 Retail Merchants’ Bureau 214 Patterson, Robert 11 Reuss, Barbara 164 Paul, Gabriel 189 Reynolds, John 67 Pearl Street Market 115 Rhinefelder, Harry 150 Pennsylvania 51 Rhodes, James 226, 227 Pennsylvania Railroad 121, 148, 175 Ries, William 206 permanent Sunday 140, 190, 206 River Downs 97 Pinckney, Mich. 40 Riverside Tower Oil Co. 155 Pinkerton, Robert 53 Riverview Apartments 169 Pittsburgh, Pa. 3, 27, 166, 179 Roberts, Arthur E. 63 Pleasant Electric Co. 86 Roberts, E. D. 76 PNC Building 125 Robinson Circus 205 Pogue’s Department Store 181 Rodebush, Allen C. 77 Polk, Clifford 48 Roebling Suspension Bridge 122, 149 Pollack Steel Co. 195 Roebling Suspension bridge 23 Pontius, Fred 203 Roebling, John 18, 19 Port Union 46 Rome 135 Portsmouth, Ohio 60 Roosevelt, Franklin D. 38, 39, 60, 124, Posey, A. R. 57 138, 164, 167, 197, 222, 223 Powell and Clement Co. 75 Root, J. E. 79 Power and Water Co. (Los Angeles) 137 Roudebush, Allen 140 Price Hill 29, 70, 78, 103, 124, 167, 181 Rowe, J. J. 145 Princess 34, 56, 57 Russell 138 Procter and Gamble Ivorydale plant 79 Ruth Lyons’ Christmas Fund 211 Prohibition 192 Ruthven, Ed 119 Protestants 205 Ryan’s Saloon and Restaurant 22 public transportation 141 S Q Sabines 135 Queen City Club 46 St. Clair, Arthur 12 Quinn, Monsignor Edward J. 77 Saint Elizabeth (Covington) 151 Saint Elizabeth Hospital 100 R Saint Joseph, Mo. 50 Ratterman, M. F. 177 Saint Louis, Mo. 198 Reading Water Works 193 Saint Patrick’s Catholic Church 118 Reading, Ohio 201 Saint Patrick’s Day of 1907 29 Reading-Lockland Cemetery 51 Saint Paul Lutheran Church 207 Reck, Robert 166 Saint Philomena Catholic Church 113, Red Cross 5, 45, 46, 48, 55, 61, 65, 67, 114, 145 70, 72, 77, 80, 81, 88, 94, 95, Saint Pius Church 65, 66, 67, 88, 145 100, 109, 111, 117, 119, 124, Saint Rose Catholic Church 8, 9, 10, 119, 125, 126, 140, 141, 144, 145, 173, 218, 228 148, 165, 175, 176, 178, 180, Saint William’s Catholic Church 181 187, 196, 200, 202, 204, 205, Salvation Army 80, 95, 111, 112, 176, 207, 208, 209, 217, 224 224 Red Top Brewing Co. 193 Citadel 111 Reddy, Maurice 45, 46, 125, 144 Samuel Hannaford building 138 Saunders, James 208 Index 239

Sausage and Rat Row 14, 19, 20, 23, 24, Stenger, Louise 195 25, 26, 88, 226 Stewart, J. B. 47 Sayler Park, Ohio 93, 103, 130, 178 Stillpass Gas and Oil Co. 182 Schindler, Mrs. 129 Stimson, George 115 Schott, Ed 57 Success 34 Schott, Gene 189 Suspension Bridge 65, 98, 149, 191 Schott, George 56, 57 Swift and Company Meatpacking 65 Schraffenberger, Louis 64, 183 Swing, Dr. Fred C. 165 Schroder, Walter 86, 124 Switalski, Frank 94 Schultz, Fred 65 Sycamore Hill 180 Schulz, William 179 Symmes, John Cleves 11 Schwab, Matty 189 Scioto 203 T Seabiscuit 96 Taft, William Howard 13 Seagram Distillery 190 Taylor family 27 Sears 108, 176 Taylor, Amelia 124 Second Presbyterian Church 15 Teaters, Thurman 124 Secrest, Robert 222 Tenner, Louis W. 181 Sedamsville, Ohio 68, 151, 187 Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) 39, 77th Division 137 222 Sharonville, Ohio 46 Terrace Park, Ohio 205 Shawneetown, Ill. 3 Texas 139 Shearwood (fire marshal) 162 theater ban 141 Sherrill, Clarence 137 Theobald, Dr. A. R. 198 Shillito mansion 181 Thomas, Alexander 197 Shillito’s 193, 205 Thomas, E. S. 13 Silver Grove (Ky.) 152 Times Star 115 Simon, Joseph 181 Toledo, Iowa 201 Skorch, Nick 68, 69 Toledo, Ohio 198 Smith, Carrie 25 Torrence Pumping Station 217 Smith, Kirby 18 Traction Co. 32 Snyder, Thomas 124 Tresler Oil Co. 155, 202 Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Triangle Luggage Co. 87 Animals (SPCA) 127, 198 Triumph Manufacturing plant 163 Society of Cincinnatus 12 Turner Hall 21 Socony Vacuum Co. 199 Southern Railway 123 U Sowden, W. A. 111, 112 U.S. Coast Guard 77, 139, 140, 145, 151, Spanish Civil War 10, 38 156, 178, 191 Spanish Flu 61 U.S. Naval Reserve 201 Spanish flu 34 U.S. Navy 60 Spanish-American War 55 U.S. Supreme Court 39 Speers Memorial Hospital 100, 151 U.S. Weather Bureau 96 Spence, Brent 187 Uhrland, M. 187 Spies, Michael 46 Underground Railroad 226 Spring Grove Cemetery 26, 127, 128, Union Central 125, 144, 175, 178, 203, 129, 194 204, 205, 207 Standard Oil 82, 83, 158, 160, 162, 168 Union Light, Heat, and Power Co. 99, Star Foundry 185 100 State Liquor Control 192 Union Terminal 22, 34, 58, 59, 101, 102, Station X 63 123, 138, 163 Steinway, Edward 51, 61 United Jewish Social Agencies 176 240 Cincinnati Under Water: The 1937 Flood

University of California at Los 152, 153, 167, 188, 203, 208, Angeles 137 215, 217 University of Chicago 137 West End Power Plant 142 76, 177, 190 West Virginia 80, 138, 158 University of Iowa 137 Western Hills 78, 103, 194 University of Kansas 137 Western Southern Life Insurance Co. 11, University of Wisconsin 225 204 Urlage, Stanley 166 Western Union 123 USS Scioto 125 Wetternich, John 123 Wheeling, W.Va. 3, 144 V White House 197 Valvoline Oil Co. 199 Whitewater Canal 27, 32 Vaske, Harry 7 Wielert’s Biergarten 29 Vaske, Mr. 119 Williamson, O. E. 157 Vernon, Leroy 77 Wilson, Russell 135 Vest, Walter 68, 69 Wilson, Woodrow 55, 113 VFW 53 Winburn, August 67 Virginia 50, 72 Winifred 201 “The Volga Boatmen” 117 Winton Place 79, 127, 218 von Richthofen, Manfred 213 Winton Woods Lake 226 Vondersmith, P. G. 99 Wissman, William 166 V-W Oil Co. 185 Withrow High School 95 WKRC radio 176, 208 W WLW Radio 73, 76, 159 W. M. Spencer Sons Co. 52 Woellner, Edwin 78 Wadsworth Watch Case Co. 186 The Woman’s Hour 208 Wadsworth, Henry 187 Womble, Ed 89 Wagner, Richard 18 Wood, James M. 152 Wainscott, Stephen 52 Woosley, Luella 169 Wallingford family 99 Works Progress Administration Wallingford, Mr. and Mrs. 100 (WPA) 39, 71, 106, 107, 123, Walnut Hills 169, 209 131, 139, 144, 197, 198, 199, Ward, Harry 63 204, 215, 216 Washington, D.C. 138 World War I 32, 137, 213 water supply 143 World War II 11 Water Works 51, 89, 110 WPDM radio station 178 Waterfield, James 99 Wright, Glenn 73 Waters, Bob 134 WSYX radio 178 Watson family 101 Wuerth, Ernest 152 Watson Field (Blue Ash) 71 Wunder, Albert 71 Watson, Lucille 87 Wunster, Rudolph 177, 186 Watts family 92 Wyoming Water Works 193 WCPO 94, 100 Weatherly 63, 77, 98, 101, 164, 177 X Weatherly, Eugene T. 49 76 Weinard, Harry 117 Welfram, J. O. 60 Y Welsh, Edward 26 Y Marines 20, 49, 50, 53, 55, 69, 70, 76, Wesleyan Church 15 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 95, 148, 205, West End 21, 22, 34, 58, 67, 95, 101, 116, 224, 225 117, 121, 124, 129, 130, 138, Yeager, Frank 93 YMCA 49, 50, 70, 123