Dust Bowl wind erosion drive ends as Soil Conservation brings change
In 1935 a massive dust storm spurred a national shift to wind erosion control. The article traces the push from Amarillo campaigns to the U S Soil Conservation Service, noting key figures, legislation and the long term gains in Texas Oklahoma Kansas Colorado and New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Dust Bowl
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Colorado
New Mexico
Amarillo
Soil Conservation Service
Landon
Guymon
Okla
Department of Agriculture
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Drouth
Roosevelt
Wallace
Texas Panhandle
M. L. Wilson
Dust Bowl
Red Cross relief reaches Crowell after deadly tornado
Nurse Pet Cummins reports from Crowell that 21 people hospitalized and 10 dead after the tornado. National Red Cross teams mobilize 11 case workers with more on the way as Crowell rebuilds. William Baxter Jr cites Foard County chapter and nearby volunteers aiding operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crowell
William Baxter, Jr
Red Cross
Texas
Foard County
Susie Lucille Freet Dies After Long Illness
Susie Lucille Freet of Amarillo died last night at 11 15 at her home 2006 Pierce Street after a long illness. She was 44 and a member of First Baptist Church. Survivors include her mother Mrs Mary E. Freet a sister Mrs A B Stewart a niece Mrs Jack Milton a nephew Thomas A Stewart and two great nieces all of Amarillo. Funeral services were at 3 30 this afternoon at Boxwell Brothers Chapel officiated by Dr E B Fincher with Dr A D Foreman Jr assisting. The body will be sent by Santa Fe to Slater Missouri this afternoon for burial in Slater Cemetery with Mrs Stewart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Lucille Freet
Amarillo
Pierce Street
First Baptist Church
Mary 8. Freet
A. B. Stewart
Jack Milton
Thomas A. Stewart
Boxwell Brothers
E. B. Fincher
Ellwood Presbyterian Church
A. D. Foreman, Jr
Santa Fe
Slater
Stewart
Slater Cemetery
Mrs. B M Puckett Condition Is Good
Attendants at Northwest Texas Hospital report Mrs B M Puckett in good condition today. Globe News Want Ads get results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. M. Puckett
B. M Puckett
Northwest Texas Hospital
Globe News
T B Mortality Increase Feared
The United States may see a higher tuberculosis mortality rate soon due to wartime conditions, warned Dr. Herman E. Hilleboe of the Public Health Service in an address for the 38th annual meeting of the National Tuberculosis Association in Philadelphia on May 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
United States
Herman E. Hilleboe
U. S. Public Health Service
National Tuberculosis Association
Dominican Ship San Rafael Sunk by German Submarine
A German submarine sank the Dominican steamer San Rafael off Trujillo on May 8 with 30 crew members missing. The 1,973 ton vessel built in 1905 at Bremerhaven is confirmed by Lloyds Register. Red Cross supplies arrived and a canteen operates while disaster relief measures proceed for affected families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trujillo
Dominican Republic
San Rafael
Lloyd’s Register
Bremerhaven
Germany
Red Cross
Army Bomber Crash near ESLER FIELD Kills Six
An army B 25 bomber crashed in swamps near ESLER FIELD Louisiana during a routine training flight killing six. The pilots were Second Lt Merton Ortmann Clinton Wisconsin Second Lt Edward Walters Odebolt Iowa Second Lt Thomas Gilliam Appomattox Virginia Second Lt George Edwards Crawford Texas Second Lt Charles Willock Jr Winthrop Massachusetts Staff Sgt Thomas Numbers Glendale California died in the incident. An official investigation will determine the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esler Field
U.P
Here
Merton W. Ortmann
Clinton
Wis
Edward N. Walters
Odebolt
Thomas
Gilliam
Appomattox County
George 8. Edwards
Crawford
Tex
Charles T. Willock, Jr
Winthrop
Mass
Thomas R. Numbers
Glendale
Cal
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LCS
Lewis Nordyke
Liberal
Plains
Rio Grande
State OF Texas
C. C. Bearden
Minnie J. Tate
M J. Tate-Patterson
Patterson
Minnie J, Tate
District Court
Potter County
108Th Judicial District of Texas
W. M Scofield
Ben Smith
108Th District Court
Eleanor Blohm
Gulf of Mexico
Boise City
Territories
Great Plains
John E. Hill
Washington
John FE. Hill
H. H. Finnell
Dalhart
John Arnot
Muleshoe Journal
Henry Wallace
Marvin Jones
Panhandle
Great Bend
Kan
Godiva
Atlantic Coast
Department of Ag
R. L. Wells
Tex Thornton
TNT
Jones
Star Lbr. Co
E. M. Lefforge
Gene Klein
Jackson
Pay Cash
Rinso
West
Mrs. Cooper
Pet Cummins
Country Club Cleaners
NEW Rachon
T. B
the First National Bank of Amarillo
Fisk
Nabisco
Nabisco National Biscuit CO
Mexico
Cuba
Spain
Cologne
Herbert Drug
Amarillo Bldg
Don
Turkey
Phillips
Worlp
Phill
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