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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1945
Page
11
H. C. Winburn, a local weatherman, studied 53 years of rainfall to find cycles. He concludes the pattern shows six of ten years below normal moisture with no way to predict which will be dry. The decade 1940 50 may see five years below normal.
The excerpt notes that graph paper shows ups and downs over any 10 year span, with 86 percent fit for most periods in the past 53 years. Mr. Winburn adds the trend is inconsequential, stating it won't affect the weather.
The San Jacinto Kiwanis Club sponsors a Fourth of July picnic at San Jacinto Park with rides such as a merry go round bright balloons and non-explosive noise. Proceeds fund a youth center on West Sixth Avenue. John Snider will fix the barbecue. The park is in good condition with heavy turf and cool shade.
H Cawthon of 2613 Brooks is visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Steve Cawthon in Childress.
The Associated Press reports upper Red River floods with four deaths from Texas storms. Victims include Mrs. Nannie Davis of Athens and grandson L. T. Byron. Flood crest expected near Shreveport by June 20, with warnings reaching Gar land City Fulton and Naples areas. Other casualties include a Brady soldier and a railroad worker near Farmersville.
Mrs Roy Locke and daughter Beverley and Miss Mary Jo Weiss plan to return from Colorado this week after visits to Boulder Manitou and Denver. They reside at 1501 Jackson and 2710 Polk respectively.
Texas aims to build 50 000 miles of primary and secondary highways in ten to twelve years. The Highway Commission chairman John S Redditt announced at a Kiwanis luncheon that state funds will total 60 million dollars for farm and market roads and 27 million dollars for urban highways over three years.
The John B. Golding post and auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars presented a program at the U S Veterans Hospital this week with accordion solos by Dorothy Reed er piano solos by Juanita Bruce and readings by Lynvel Joe Arthur. District commander E R Bruce served as master of ceremonies as patients received cigarettes and chewing gum.
A Texas Panhandle potato forecast set production at 1,672,000 bushels, up from 1,400,000 last year, per a report from the Federal Bureau of Agricultural Statistics. Onion output fell to 462,000 sacks from 1,160,000, while Northeast Texas reported improved tomato conditions with most of the late spring crop set for market this month.
Donald Mulkey of 1701 Fillmore is working on the Hammond Ranch near Happy this summer.
Col Daniel A Cooper of Randolph Field said seven airmen from the field were killed when a B 29 Superfortress on a combat training flight crashed near Marion Guadalupe County yesterday. Identification of the airmen was withheld pending next of kin notification.
In Helena on June 14 police chief Arthur Parsons considered charges after a cowboy rode a horse around city hall and up to the police station door. He finally filed drunken riding as the offense.
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