Storms Crazy Quilt of Oddities Clouds Serve Warning
A tornado damaged a school model, knocked out lights and water, then the area was quickly restored by Southwestern Public Service crews and National Guard. Citizens rushed to aid, with coffee served at Foster Cafe as authorities set road blocks and calm returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. L. Brutten
Southwestern Public Service Company
Amarillo
Set. A. L. Chilcote
National Guard
Pampa
Panhandle
Ed Foster
Foster Cafe
Char- Lee Crazy
Storm Carves Up White Deer Home and Car Scene
A tornado struck White Deer last night around 8, leaving Mrs. B B Wein berger’s five room frame house with two partitions destroyed except a chest of drawers and hats on a closet shelf. OX Fleming, awakened by a meeting late, slept through the storm as his father Bob Fleming, 62, warned of rough clouds and contemplated rolling up the windows of a 1951 Chevrolet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. B. Weinberger
OX Fleming
White Deer
Bob Fleming
White Deer Tornado Leaves Heavy Property Loss
A tornado in White Deer caused more than 1.5 million dollars in damage with about 30 homes destroyed or damaged and two schools ruined. Twelve people required medical care, but injuries were minor and four remained hospitalized in the morning. The storm struck at 8:10 p.m. yesterday on the town's northwest edge, with five minutes of warning helping residents seek shelter. Ox and Nellie Fleming survived unhurt as their home lost its exterior but kept interior walls intact.
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White Deer
Mary Kate Brotherton
Globe Regional Department
Panhandle
Santa Fe
Carson County
Amarillo
Glazier, Higgins
Woodward
Borger
E. B. Palmer
W. B. Weinberger
Palmer
Lela Moss
Judy Wells
W. W. Wells
J. D. Hester, Sr
E. E. Frix
Jeanie Cavin
P. Taylor
Glenn Young
Eva Golliday
Gertrude Golliday
Hester
Frix
North Plains Hospital
Cavin
Mr. Taylor
Highland General Hospital
Pampa
Young
Worley Hospital
White Deer Hotel
W. E. Moore
Twister
W. C. Powers
Holmes
O. J. Taylor
Roy Myers
J. D. Fleming
H. T. Dickens
F. L. Harrison
K. E. Guyer
E. W. Outlaw
Alvin Lewis
Deer Eee TT Southwest Prublic Service Company
Renovn
T. W. Gilstrap
Weldon Jolly
Jolly
Childress
Wichita Falls
L. 8
S. Cotter
Southwestern Public Service Company
Mrr. Cotter
Southwestern Bell
J. D. Hassell
Shorty Morgan
South Plains
Plains
White Deer Tornado Strikes Plains Town
Violent winds spawned twin tornadoes across the Panhandle and North Texas. In White Deer twelve injured and about 1.5 million dollars in damage, with homes destroyed and utilities disrupted. Childress area tornado damaged three farms and cut a mile of telephone lines.
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Panhandle
South Plains
North Texas
White Deer
Union Flat
Childress
Hail Storm Pounds Borger and Panhandle Towns
Severe weather swept the Texas Panhandle with Borger receiving large hail over an inch and a half in diameter mushy to the touch, while other towns logged light rainfall. Ample damage limited to gardens shrubs and flowers as forecasts called for scattered thunderstorms and cooler conditions ahead.
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Panhandle
Amarillo Air Terminal
Borger
Childress
Clarendon
Shamrock
Vega
Harrowing Tornado Escape For White Deer Agriculture Teacher
White Deer High School agriculture teacher E. E. Frix and his 24 year old wife Sue survived a tornado that struck as they sought shelter. They fled to a storm cellar but he pounded on the door and clung to an iron post with three women as debris battered the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Allen
E. E. Frix
White Deer
Frix
White Deer High School
Sue
Eva Golliday
Gertrude Golliday
R. L. Thompson
Flix
Storm cellar nightmare as family hid from fierce winds
In a storm cellar crowded with about 35 people including children, Flix and his wife Sue Frix protected the Golladays and others as glass and debris pelted them. Sue suffered a four inch gash and others were bruised while rescuers listened to screaming from outside. Flix recalled facing death for the first time, realizing the storm was deadly and dangerous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flix
Frix
R. A. Thompson, Jr
Sue Frix
Mrs. Galliday
UN Troops Seize Key Peaks Near Chorwon Kumhwa
Allied infantry climbed Mount Kodae 2,700 feet high south of Chorwon and seized 3,100-foot Kwangdok Mountain southwest of Kumhwa as UN forces push toward the Chorwon Kumhwa Yonggang triangle. They repelled counterattacks and pressed toward the Reds iron triangle amid heavy artillery and mortar fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Chorwon
Kumhwa
North Korea
United Nations
Kodae
Shorwon
Kwangdok
Iron Triangle
Chorwon-Kumhwa- Yonggang
Seoul-Chorwon
Pyongyang Valley
Eighth Army
Imjin River
Yonchon
Baseball scores and schedule mix of National and American Leagues
National League results list games between Chicago Philadelphia Cincinnati New York St Louis Brooklyn Pittsburgh Boston with pitchers Klippstein Burgess Church Kelly Raffensberger Scheffing Koslo Spencer Westrum Westrum Poholsky Rice Roe Campanella McCullough Bickford. American League notes Washington Chicago with Moreno Guerra Dorish Niarhos. Tonight's slate features New York at St Louis Boston at Detroit Philadelphia at Cleveland. Remodeling Loans listed for Olver Wiggins Lumber Company at 1200 West Sixth.
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National League
Chicago
Philadelphia
Klippstein and Burgess
Church
Kelly
Wilber
Cincinnati
New York
Raffensberger and Scheffing
Koslo
Spencer
Westrum
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Poholsky and Rice
Roe and Campanella
Pittsburgh
State Elks convention hits 400 signups in Amarillo
Registration for the 26th annual State Elks convention reached four hundred before noon as visitors from across Texas filled the Herring Hotel lobby. The opening ritual began at 9 00 with the Odessa team first to perform and seven teams scheduled in hourly slots. The Texas Elks Crippled Children's Institution board met at 10 00 in Old Tascosa to hear a progress report from C E Smeltz on the Ottine hospital project costing three hundred fifty thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Herring Hotel
Odessa
Fillmore
Texas Elks Crippled Children’s Institution
Old Tascosa
Elks
C. E. Smeltz
San Antonio
Smeltz
Crippled Children’s Hospital
Texas Elks
Ottine
Gene Klein
Compromise in Beef Price Dispute Rumored
Reports from Washington indicate possible near agreement on beef price controversy. A group of cattlemen led by M. J. Flynn and J. Roy Turner met with President Truman and top officials at the White House to discuss recommendations now said to be favorably received. Discussions included talks with the Office of Price Stabilization and DiSalle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Weaess Ewmakes
M. J. Flynn
Kansas City
Truman
Flynn
Mr. Truman
J. Roy Turner
Oklahoma
White House
Michael V. DiSalle
Office of Price Stabilization
Missing British Diplomats Spark Moscow Espionage Theories
London reports two British diplomats D D MacLean and G F P Burgess vanished on May 25 and were suspended June 1 for absence. Paris cables hinted they sent messages home as speculation swirls about possible Moscow links and Soviet secrets. Washington and London officials react with surprise and skepticism.
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London
D. D. MacLean
British
Foreign Office
G. F P. Burgess
Washington
Britain
MacLean
Melinda Marling
Chicago
Paris
Mats
Moscow
Reassign Ace With 39 in World War II record chase
TOKYO June report says Col John C Meyer failed to surpass Maj Richard Bong as Americas top air ace. With 39 victories in the Pacific and Europe he heads home to New Hampshire to assume deputy commander duties at Grenier AFB while receiving the Legion of Merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
John C. Meyer
America
Maj
Richard Bong
Pacific
Meyer
Korea
Europe
101St
Grenier Air Force Base
New Hampshire
Barbara Hutton Declines Chance of Reconciliation in Paris
Barbara Hutton arrived in Paris from New York and told reporters at the airport there is no chance of a reconciliation with Prince Igor Troubetzkoy. The statement closes any hope of a reunion between the two noted social figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babs
Paris
Barbara Hutton
New York
Prince Igor Troubetzkoy
Bulletin passes draft bill in push for universal training
Washington dispatch reports the House approved a draft bill lowering the draft age to 18 for 14 years old and paving the way for Universal Military Training. President Truman received the measure for signature as the plan advances through Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
President Truman
Weather summary for Amarillo and Panhandle region
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers this afternoon and tonight. Friday fair and cooler with highs near 82 today and 74 tomorrow. Panhandle outlook notes possible brief interference to outdoor work from showers. West Texas forecast also shows partly cloudy skies with scattered storms in the Panhandle and South Plains, generally fair and cooler tonight and Friday.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
West Texas
Fanhandle
South Plains
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Fleming
Nellie
Bud Evans
Evans
Nathan Edwards
Baton
E. E. Frix Death
Olver & Wiggins Lumber Company
West Sixth
Globe
Woodl
F. L. Lewis
Lewis
Speed Ravey
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes—Insurance
Bulletin
US Weather Bureau
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