Aid rush to storm struck Woodward Oklahoma
More than 400 Telegrams addressed to Woodward residents were sent by bus to Amarillo to be forwarded. Western Union says Woodward’s telegraph lines are being repaired by crews from Kansas and Texas with no clear restoration time, perhaps tomorrow depending on power return. A traveling man staying at the Higgins hotel was registered there before it was demolished.
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Woodward
Okla
Scruggs
Western Union
Amarillo
Kansas
Texas
Mr. Scruggs
Radio storm relay network linked Florida to Canada unit
Mort Arnold in Miami reports Irvine Doss traveled to Canada with a mobile unit W5HF to set up a network. A Miami station relays the storm area updates to Arnold via the Florida relay link.
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Miami
Fla
Mort Arnold
Hughes
Irvine Doss
Mr. Arnold
Florida
Salvation Army sends three volunteers to storm area
Salvation Army officials said Maj. Fred Cherb Capt. Betty Williams and Tom Hudson left this morning in a station wagon for a storm stricken area with clothing blankets and coffee to provide aid. The spokesman noted no fixed destination as the group headed to serve wherever needed.
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Salvation Army
Fred Cherb
Major Cherb
Betty Williams
Tom Hudson
Washington Aid Sends Red Cross to Stricken Area
Congressman Gene Worley telegraphed that eight officials from the Washington Red Cross headquarters are flying to the disaster zone. He said he conferred with national Red Cross headquarters and that Army and Red Cross resources are fully utilized. Extra workers are arriving from St. Louis with medical supplies cots and blankets on the way.
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Gene Worley
Washington
Red Cross
National Red Cross
Army
St. Louis
43 Planes Sent Here To Aid Amarillo Storm Area
Army authorities at Fort Sill dispatched 43 planes to English Field this morning under the impression Amarillo was struck. Six liaison planes carried mattresses and blankets, followed by a troop carrier with medical supplies. Thirty-six additional planes arrived, then all 43 landed and proceeded to the storm area.
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Fort Sill
Okla
Amarillo
English Field
Boxwell Reports Destructive Canadian Storm Casualties
Howard Boxwell reports from Canadian that a cyclone demolished homes along Higgins Street injuring a mother of Dr. A. E. Winsett, destroying nearby houses. Ida Farrell and Harry Farrell are storm victims, Roy Landers and family are safe, and W. M. McKnight of Paris is missing amid estimates of 25 to 30 deaths.
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Howard Boxwell
Boxwell Brothers
Boxwell
A. E. Winsett
Higgins
Ida Farrell
San Jacinto
San Jacinto Was One of the Storm Victims, Mr. Boxwell
Harry Farrell
Roy Landers
Amarillo
W. M. McKnight
Paris
Radio Equipment Sent to Rebuild Tornado Area
Portable radio transmitting gear from Amarillo was dispatched to Woodward Oklahoma where facilities were wrecked by the tornado. Emergency coordinator Al Reville said communications would be reestablished early afternoon. Portable generators accompanied the transmitters for power. An American Red Cross plane with medical supplies was sent from Lubbock to Gage Oklahoma after calls for aid. No contact with field operators had been possible that morning.
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Amarillo
Woodward
Okla
al Reville
American Red Cross
Lubbock
Gage
Amarillo Mayor J Jenkins Heads to Tornado Stricken Area
Mayor Joe Jenkins of Amarillo left at 8 this morning with Bill Gilstrap of Southwestern Public Service to visit towns hit by the tornado and offer official aid from the city. They traveled by automobile.
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Joe Jenkins
Amarillo
Jenkins
Bill Gilstrap
Southwestern Public Service Company
First Aid Specialists Respond in Wake of Tornado Damage
Eight Amarillo Fire Department first aid specialists departed at midnight to aid the tornado area. Chief E. R. Wilson also left this morning to offer assistance. The crew includes Red Stevens, assistant chief, and Jack Williams, Jake Fletcher, Wilson Frazier, Thomas Hathcock, Frank McDowell, L. M. Brasher and Maynard Clements.
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Amarillo
E. R. Wilson
Red Stevens
Jack Williams
Jake Fletcher
Wilson Frazier
Thomas Hathcock
Frank McDowell
L. M. Brasher
Maynard Clements
Amarillo Chamber cooperates with Red Cross aid drive
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce offers its facilities for disaster relief and directs its directors to assist the Red Cross in raising funds and collecting clothing and food. Pinkey Vineyard forms a steering committee with John Boyce Gene Klein Ed Hardin Virgil Patterson H Co Starks Gus Roberts Rex Baxter and John McCarty to work with the Red Cross. Chamber staff Jim Howard and Bill Lansing are assigned to aid.
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Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Red Cross
Pinkey Vineyard
John Boyce
Gene Klein
Ed Hardin
Virgil Patterson
H. Co. Starks
Gus Roberts
Rex Baxter
John McCarty
Jim Howard
Bill Lansing
Chamber
Children Injured in Tornado Treated at Amarillo Hospitals
Two children from Higgins Ray and Marie Grana dos, ages 4 and 6, were among the first tornado victims admitted to St An thony s Hospital and other Amarillo facilities. The boy has minor injuries while the girl suffers a shoulder injury and severe cuts and bruises.
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Higgins
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Amarillo
Ray
Marie Granados
Donation proposal aids Amarillo storm victims
W A Eaton owner of a Sixteenth and Polk service station suggests a simple cash drive in Amarillo. He asks residents to give a dollar each for storm victims rather than donating old clothes, calling it a more effective aid.
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W. A. Eaton
Sixteenth and Polk
Amarillo
Food donations flow to storm victims in Amarillo
Food shoppers in Amarillo donated to the Red Cross as grocers collected purchases for storm victims. By noon two boxes of groceries had been donated at Roy Grocery located at 416 East Fifteenth.
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Amarillo
Red Cross
Roy Grocery
East Fifteenth
Tornado Devastates Woodward Describing City Ruined
Johnson and Akin report a devastating tornado through Woodward leaving a city of about 6000 in ruins. Buildings along main street reduced to brick piles and the new courthouse gutted with no windows. Estimated damage near ten million. Residents stand amid debris in shock.
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Johnson
C. M. Akin
Amarillo
Woodward
Mr. Johnson
Trainload of storm Injured Arrives at Shattuck
A freight train carrying more than twenty storm victims arrived in Shattuck Oklahoma. Authorities say many identified only tentatively as the injured are taken to a local mortuary for processing and care. The scene marks a large rescue response following the disaster.
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David Rasco
Globe
Shattuck
Okla
Amarillo Doctors Set Up Emergency Hospital at Scene
Amarillo doctors formed an emergency hospital in Higgins School, headquarter by Dr. A. E. Winsett, with many nurses from Northwest Texas and St. Anthony's aiding. Ambulances from Griggs, Blackburn-Shaw and Boxwell Brothers served the disaster area. St. Anthony's supplied blood plasma and dressings.
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Amarillo
A. E. Winsett
Kenneth Flamm
John C. Wyatt
George Ingham
G. O. Pratt
Veterans Hospital
Northwest Texas Hospital
Mildred Schaffer
Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital
Higgins
Osteo- Pathic Hospital
Griggs
Blackburn-Shaw
Boxwell Brothers
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Four Thousand Low Cost Houses Planned in Venezuela This Year
Four thousand workers will build affordable homes in Venezuela during the current year. The project targets mass housing expansion and job creation as part of a government effort to reduce housing shortages.
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Venezuela
Saliva-Crust On False Teeth May Make Worst Bad Breath
False teeth accumulate a saliva crust that can decay and produce strong odor. Brushing often fails to remove it, but New Plate Wet-Cleans melts and lifts the crust, leaving plates clean and sweet smelling. Sold as Plato for 30 cents at drugstores.
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Plato
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Oxfords
LaVohn Maxwell
Mary Spiegel
Thelka Morris
Gloria Bandy
Mary Jane Linder
Anna Jo Horswell
Mary Peterson
Anna May Tapkin
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