Amarillo Flood Wreaks Havoc as Residents Weather Storm
Amarillo residents recall a night of heavy rain with high water and flooded streets. Interviewees describe leaking roofs, cars stuck in mud, crowded buses, and soggy yards as widespread nuisance. One witness notes a slipping incident and a backyard fish pond overflowing amid the downpour.
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Amarillo
Bertha Helley
Photographic Dark Room
West Sixth
Winnie Lowe
Florida
Wolflin
Georgia
Friona High School Fire Destroys Building
A fire in Friona destroyed the high school building with $100,000 plus damage estimated. The gym survived due to combined effort of Friona and Hereford fire departments. No injuries were reported as flames rose from the north end around 2 o'clock.
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Friona
Friona High School
Hereford
Pete Buske
Dalton Caffey
Amarillo Sees Historic Flooding With 7.69 Inches In 24 Hours
Amarillo faced a record flood as rainfall mounted into the second day. The Globe News gauge at Ninth and Harrison logged 7.69 inches at noon and 5.71 inches from 9 yesterday to 9 this morning, well above the 53 year high. Previous single day records include 4.38 inches in May 1936. Weatherman H. C. Winburn noted prior notable rain in 1949 and other low-precip months with multiple days over an inch. The month’s all time high stands at 9.76 inches from June 1923.
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Amarillo
Globe News
Ninth
Harrison
Amarillo Air Terminal
H. C. Winburn
Winburn
Sixth and
Johnson
J. A. Coleman Wholesale Grocery Co
Dalhart
Southwestern Public Service Company
Polk
H. R. Smith
Plains Rain Jackpot Deluges Panhandle Areas
Amarillo faces record May rainfall as Panhandle counties record heavy totals. Water floods streets and businesses including J A Coleman Wholesale and Kearns Grain elevator. Telephone lines, traffic lights, and sewer systems suffer, with high water prompting barricades and road closures. Panhandle totals reach 9.50 inches with Happy and Tule Lake area floods continuing as US highways brace for stalled vehicles.
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Ing
Highway 60
State Department
Happy
Panhandle
la Roes
Highway 87
Tule Lake
Tulsa
Texas Highway Department
Amarillo
Canyon
Dimmit
Hereford
Highway Department
Conway
Pampa
Red troops push along Korea eastern front with probing attack
Allied forces report Red units moving from Chonchon to the Sea of Japan amid heavy fighting. Maj. Gen. William Hoge predicts an offensive may open Friday, noting moon phase could trigger further large scale attacks. Intelligence cites a 390,000 strong strike force ready for the signal.
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Tokyo
Korea
Chonchon
Seoul
Sea of Japan
William Hoge
Ninth Corps
Hoge
World Almanac
US Coast and Geodetic Survey
United Nations
No-Man’s-Land
Baseball scores and tonight's marquee matchups
BasebalI American League notes list players Dobson Stobbs Hinrichs Evans Batts and Droppo with HR. Cleveland and New York tied by Lemmon Hegan Raschi Berra. Tonight St Louis at Philadelphia Detroit at Washington. National League Boston at Cincinnati and Brooklyn at Chicago. Later scores unavailable. tonight New York at Pittsburgh Philadelphia at St Louis.
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Chicago
Boston
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
New York
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Becks Loose Hose After Ground Tug of War
In Ann Arbor on May 16 Dr and Mrs H O Beck recovered their garden hose after a week long ordeal when suction drew several feet of hose into the ground while watering a willow tree. Neighbor milkman Fathor Nordman hauled the hose free with a single mighty pull.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
H. O. Beck
Becks
Fathor Nordman
South Korean Officers on Trial for Withdrawing Troops
Pusan May 16 Lt Gen Chung Il Kwon said more than ten South Korean officers face military trials for withdrawing troops without orders during Chinese Red attacks last month. He insisted soldiers cannot withdraw without orders and noted the army never ordered the action. Remodeling Loans. Olver & Wiggins Lumber Company.
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Pusan
Korea
Chung Il Kwon
Weather forecast for Amarillo and surrounding region
Rain continues today and tonight with little sign of ending before Thursday. Showers and isolated thunderstorms expected over the Panhandle and South Plains next two days. Partly cloudy in New Mexico with scattered showers mainly in the east portion and cooler southeast today.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
West Texas
South Plains
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
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Stock Record
Belleview
George Patterson
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes—Insurance
Central Plains
A. J. Weiser
Earth
Olver & Wiggins Lumber Company
Florence Whittington
Madison
US Weather Bureau
Stephen F. Austin Junior High
Sixteenth and Johnson
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