Long Range Forecast Sparks Debate Over Weather Predictions
Fortune magazine excerpt discusses Irving Krick’s long range forecast method claiming 70 to 75 percent accuracy. It contrasts Krick’s cycles with Jerome Namias of the Weather Bureau who emphasizes planetary waves and differing approaches to predicting May’s wet and dry spells across the Plains and West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Krick
Denver
Fortune
Krick
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
US Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Jerome Namias
Namias
Earth
Fort Worth International Air Port Amon Carter Field
A quick visit outlines the new Fort Worth International Airport known as Amon Carter Field and its relation to Dallas Love Field. The piece notes its vast space, modern terminals, and rapid transit between ports, with Dallas backing a bond to expand Love Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth International Air Port
Amon Carter Field
Midway Air Port
Fort Worth
Dallas
Love Field
Dallas-Fort Worth
Y * & Fort Worth International
Fort Worth International
Maverick Club Seeks Bookcases For Library Walls
Elmer Lewis seeks sectional bookcases for the new Maverick Club library asking for donated units or purchases. Mayor Curtis will host the first KGNC TV telecast at 6 30 tonight. Wiggins Lumber advertises 2x4 and 1x8 boards at 6 95 per hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Elmer Lewis
Maverick Club
Maverick Library
Curtis
Kgnc-Tv
Amarillo Center Link Faces Senate Hurdles
In Austin on May 4 the Senate State Affairs Committee heard a bill to make Amarillo Center an off campus part of West Texas State College in Canyon. Walter Woodul and John S. Calhoun urged passage. Opposed by Sen. Ottis Lock who warned of broader off campus branches without limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Amarillo Center
West Texas State College At
Canyon
Senate
Walter Woodul
Houston
John S. Calhoun
Corsicana
Senate State Affairs Committee
Grady Hazelwood
Amarillo
Ottis Lock
Lufkin
West Texas State College
Lock
Martha Cole Austin
House
Amarillo K Day clothing drive floods city with donations
Amarillo citizens contributed an estimated 100000 pounds of clothing for Korea as K Day turnout filled trucks at M L Transfer and Storage. The Globe News drive, led by Mason King, sent clothing to the American Relief for Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Johnson
Korea
Amarillo
Globe News
M&l
Roy V. King
Roswell
KGNC
Globe-News
Mason King
American Relief For Korea Organization
Newtones Robinson
First Christian Church
Shelby Kruser
The
Daily News
Don Brown
Dwight Snyder
Jerry Sanders
Berlon Lincoln
American Relief For Korea
News-Globe
Musician Artie Shaw Denies Ties to Reds
Artie Shaw told the House Committee on Un-American Activities that he attended four Communist meetings in Hollywood but never joined the party or paid dues. He said wartime Navy service left him with a chip against social injustices and that he never acted disloyally to the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Artie Shaw
House
Shaw
Hollywood
Baseball Scores From West Texas to National League Highlights
In Abilene Plainview won 7 0ver 8 0 as cold weather postponed several games including Borger at Amarillo and Clovis at Albuquerque. Cincinnati beat New York 12 to 9 in the first game, while Philadelphia defeated Chicago 8 to 4 and Milwaukee topped St Louis 9 to 0. American League results show Boston and St Louis postponed by rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hearn
Lanier
Koslo
Corwin
Yvars
Camsakaiden
Philadelphia
Konstanty
Burgess
Milwaukee Free
Antonelli
Burdette
Crandall
Roe
Sabine
Milliken
ST Louis
Pittsburgh
Waugh
Fitzgerald
Raschi
Miller
McDonald
Lowe
Madison
Houtteman
Betts
Church
Podbielan
Seminick
Klippstein
Jones
Atwell
Brooklyn
Padres
Hughes
Campanella
Louis
Mizell
D. Rice
Dickson
Hall
Community group meetings and events listing
A schedule listing multiple organizations with times and venues in Amarillo. Includes League of Women Voters events at two addresses, Lions Club, Real Estate Board, Kiwanis, Toastmasters at Herring Hotel, Men’s Club at YMCA, 20-30 Club at Dowell’s Cafe, Swingsters at USC Club, Engineer Training Center, Civil Air Patrol at Amarillo Air Force Base, American Legion, and Cinco de Mayo celebration at the Mexican Center on Cleveland Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Women Voters
Browning
Amarillo Lions Club
Jones Bros. Village
North Amarillo
9860Th Engineer Training Center
744Th Transport Co
USAR
Civil Air Patrol
Amarillo Air Force Base
American Legion
West
Mexican Center
Cleveland
Tulia Swisher County Field Day and cookout details
Tulia hosts a field day barbecue at 10 AM at Cross L Angus ranch, 14 miles southeast on Highway 86. Plainview hosts 9864th VART Squadron at Hale County airport at 7:30 PM. Borger hosts 9833rd VART Squadron Flight B at the American Legion Hall at 7:30 PM. Dalhart kicks off a Hartley Boy Scout campaign breakfast at B and B Cafe at 7 AM. Hereford Deaf Smith Boy Scout district business meeting at Jim Hill Hotel at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulia Swisher County
Cross L. Angus
Tulia
Plainview
Hale County
Borger
American Legion Hall
Dalhart
Dalhart and
Hartley Boy Scout
Hereford Deaf Smith Boy Scout District
Jim Hill
Pigeon Overruns National Geographic Map Machine
National Geographic Society faces a map production halt as a pigeon nests in a drying machine. Workers cover switches and plan to unplug the unit while the bird incubates two eggs. The episode delays a 10 million maps per year program and highlights the bird’s unexpected persistence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic
Mama Pigeon
2 Eyes
Washington
National Geographic Society
Governors Meet Eisenhower for Wide Foreign Policy Briefing
President Eisenhower convened 44 state governors and five territories in Washington for a two day closed session on foreign policy and national security. He outlined the constitutional division of powers and warned that civilian populations face dangers in modern times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmot Hercher
Washington
Eisenhower
United States
James C. Hagerty
Wheat Storage on Plains Is Needed
Commodity Credit Corporation seeks storage space for wheat in the Dallas district covering Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico. C H Moseley PMA Dallas says 85 million bushels already stored plus 18 million more from Kansas after harvest. CCC explores options including airport flat storage while elevators hold last year’s crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Cherry
Commodity Credit Corporation
C. H. Moseley
Dallas
Production Marketing Administration
Panhandle Grain and Feed Dealers Association
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Kansas
CCC
Howard H. Gordon
PMA
Washington
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Panhandle
Canadian
Middle West
Gulf Coast
Lede
Vermont
Connecticut
Royster
Wall Street Journal
Wes Izzar
Fie
Olx & Wiggins
Margaret Mayer
Fae Oka
William Moore
Bryan
Kilmer Corbin
Lubbock
Wayne Wagonseller
Bowie
Marshall Bell
San Antonio
George Berry
Reds
By Arthur Everett
Arthur Edson
Newsfeatures
Society
Newman Bumstead
Bumstead
AHS
Sandie
Amarillo High School
Jerre Lewis
Nancy Windsor
Sharon Stubbs
Jack Westerfield
Jim Hobbs
Jackie Cain
Sandies
Amarillo Folks
CIECR
aYroand
West Texas
Wes Izzard
Bob Hope
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