Amarillo Snowbound After Severe Storm Halts Travel
Reports from Amarillo and surrounding Panhandle areas describe a desolate, icebound landscape with six to twenty inches of snow on a three inch ice base. Radio contact resumed with Albuquerque as crews assess widespread damage, downed lines, toppled towers, and halted trains and vehicles.
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Kansas City
TWA
Amarillo
Albuquerque
Panhandle
Harry Campbell
Stratoliner
Campbell
Pampa
Texas
Otto
Adrian
J. W. Letzkus
Texas City
Water shortages persist in Amarillo as lines to wells repair
City grapples with limited reserve water supply as repairs delay full restoration. Mayor Ross Rogers orders conservation measures, including lowering pressure and stopping large users like Santa Fe. Gasoline pumps are being set at wells as crews work to reestablish supply and mix in train-delivered water from Pam pa.
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8. M. Bever
Rock Island Railway
Amarillo
Beaver
Ross Rogers
Eighth Avenue
Bonham Street
McDonald
Wells
H. R. Smith
Santa Fe
Pampa
Health Department
D. L. McDonald
Cocke & Braden
Highway Contractors
International Harvester Company
Power Rush Restores City Lights After Storm
Major hospitals and city industrial areas remained dark as crews from Southwestern Public Service and about 100 linemen from Texas New Mexico and Oklahoma worked to restore the water system and power. Restoration to residential areas would take several days with lines checked section by section.
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Southwestern Public Service Company
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Public Service Company
Candle reflects brighter light in mirror tip
W. R. Fox, local manager of the telephone company, discovered by accident that placing a candle directly in front of a mirror doubles the perceived light.
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W. R. Fox
British RAF Raids Durazzo Hit Ships and Ports
British air forces bombed Durazzo and surrounding docks in Albania, scoring direct hits on ships including a 10,000-ton vessel. Bombs struck the harbor area while anti aircraft fire and fighters fought back. RAF transports report all aircraft returned safely after raids amid bad weather as Italian and Albanian defenses clawed at targets near Tepelini and Koritza.
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Athens
Greece
Durazzo
Tepelini
Koritza
Amphibian tanks for Navy rise from Clearwater inventor
Clearwater contractor Donald Roebling will supply 200 amphibious tanks dubbed alligators to the Navy. The 8,000‑pound machines, twenty feet long and eight feet wide, run 25 mph on land and 8.5 mph on water, able to traverse swamps and mud where conventional vehicles fail. Roebling’s earlier model in 1935 showed the concept, with tests demonstrating crossing land to water with ease and capable of battering trees up to eight inches in diameter.
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Clearwater
Fila
Navy
Donald Roebling
Roebling
Washington
Mars
Roosevelt Calls Cabinet Conference on Defense Strike
President Roosevelt intervened in the defense strike issue by summoning a 1 pm meeting including Secretary of War Stimson Secretary of the Navy Knox Attorney General Jackson and labor defense commissioner Sidney Hillman The Downey California Vultee Aircraft dispute likely dominated talks after Congress discussed the defense labor problem yesterday House Ways and Means Chair Hatton Sumners urged strong action against strike leaders.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Defense Industries
National Defense Commissioners
War Stimson
Navy
Knox
Jackson
National Defense Commissioner
Sidney Hillman
Vultee Aircraft Company
Downey
Calif
Congress
Rep. Hatton W. Sumners
House
Ways and Means Committee
Defense
News Tip Prize Is Won By F O Bible's Help
Accidents and celebrities dominated last week's Globe- News tip contest. F O Bible 1801 Van Buren Street won five dollars for tipping about a girl who fell from the Fillmore Street underpass Thanksgiving afternoon.
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F. O. Bible’s Help
Globe- News
F. O. Bible
van Buren Street
Fillmore Street
Mr. Bible
Charles Wilson
Fort Worth
Denver
Salvation Army
D. B. White
Herring Hotel
Charles F. Correll
Fanny
Amos and Andy
Churchill Rejects Yuletide Armistice Idea
London. Prime Minister Winston Churchill rejects a proposal to call a Christmas armistice in the war. The decision comes as Allied and Axis forces continue hostilities across multiple fronts.
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Churchill
Yuletide
London
Winston Churchill
Ill wind helps locals in Tyler fishing aftermath
In Tyler on November 26 a story notes that amid receded waters near Palestine, Black residents walked out to collect stranded fish, claiming the season's largest catch as an unexpected boon.
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Tyler
Davey Lake
Palestine
Schools Won’t Open Tomorrow Amid Power Outages
Superintendent C. M. Rogers said power restoration may reach some buildings but reopening appears unlikely. The decision affects students and staff as conditions remain unsafe for in-person classes tomorrow.
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C. M. Rogers
Amarillo Urges Boil Water and Milk After Test Delays
Amarillo City Health Department issued a precautionary warning urging residents to boil water for 15 minutes and boil milk to the point of a boil. Chief chemist Jack Wyatt said tests are ongoing with results due late afternoon and 10,000 notices were distributed house to house due to power outages.
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City Health Department
Amarillo
Jack Wyatt
Mr. Wyatt
Telephone service restoration speeds up after outage
Telephones are back in and rapidly being restored with officials forecasting 80 percent restoration in two to three days and long distance service by Thursday. Hundreds of workers are repairing lines and will continue until full service returns, noting many poles were damaged but most can be reused.
Storm cleanup begins in Amarillo aided by WPA crews
An emergency WPA action mobilizes 200 workers and 30 trucks at noon to clear storm debris in Amarillo. An $18,000 appropriation funds cleanup and furthers wood distribution to needy families via welfare agencies.
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Amarillo
WPA
Ross Rogers
Alson Meredith
San Antonio
Treasury Department
Meredith
Police Department
H. R. Smith
Boy Burns Hands Lighting Water Heater
Robert Beck a 15 year old son of Mr and Mrs Virgil S Beck of 1323 Taylor was painfully burned on his hands and arms last night when he lit a water heater. Mrs Beck said the gas may not have been fully cut off and a small accumulation had collected in the burner.
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Robert Beck
Virgil S. Beck
Taylor
London Air Raid Alarm Blanks Bombs in 24 Hour Silence
London reports only one air raid alarm this morning with no bombs dropped ending a 24 hour war silence. The air ministry noted the quiet period as events on the front lines continue.
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London
Air Ministry
Weather forecast from Mr Collman predicts two days of fair weather
Mr Collman bases a two day spell of pleasant weather on years of experience and notes a high of about 55 today and a low near freezing tonight. He cites recent rain totaling 3.17 inches bringing the year to 13.35 inches and hints at a coming wet cycle with historical 11 year dry and wet spell patterns.
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Collman
Cake Flour Sells Fast With Lamps in Amarillo Blackout
Hurricane lamps priced at one cent with Softasilk Flour drew shoppers who bought cake flour by the ton as Amarillo stores stayed dark. Lamps lit aisles as grocers handed them to customers entering, then buyers took lamps home with flour.
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Amarillo
Dalhart Texan Printed Under Difficulties
Dalhart in 1983 faced outages with no telephone telegraph or power. Publisher Ed Bishop and staff traveled to Clayton New Mexico to print at the Clayton News plant and used the Union County Leader facilities. The Texan has never missed a regular edition since becoming a daily in January 1983.
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Dalhart
The
Texan
Ed Bishop
Edie
Albert Law
Clayton
N. M
Clayston News
Union County Leader
Amarillo Substituted For War at Dallas
Newsboys in Dallas shout war news amid a Texas storm. Phrases claim Amarillo taken by the enemy and Panhandle frozen like Finland while Texas refuses to surrender.
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Amarillo
Dallas
Texas
Panhandle
Finland
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