Thursday, January 21. Had a letter from Taylor saying Mary is better and David is over chicken Pos. Very cold 21 below zero all day. Water pipes frozen up stairs. This afternoon I went as a guest to Drama Club at Mrs R.B. Porters. Cleone ask me to go. She & Myrene are members. Myrene has just been made a member. Mark Robinson gave a talk on Opera and his pupils. Miss Carma Douglas, Glen Hansen & Paul Cragun sang gave opera selections from Faust. Dr went to medical meeting we after read for 1 and half hr. 13,000,000 also in flood district in Ohio & 11 other states loss 10,000,000. Severe cold. Cold, Hunger, Disease Plague Refugees With Property Damage Mounting As Ohio, Mississippi Go Over Levees. CHICAGO, Jan. 23 Cold, hunger, snow and disease plagued nearly 300,000 refugees driven from their homes by icy waters today. Twenty four deaths were counted as a record smashing flood cut an ever widening swath through the lower Ohio valley and the menacing Mississippi burst through its levees. Property losses estimated at approximately 10,000,000 in Ohio alone increased apace. Damage in Arkansas, officials feared, would reach 13,000,000. Eleven other states were affected.