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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1940
Page
6
After a night and half a day without water, Amarillo again has supply. Emergency Power Units start three pumps at the McDonald site and a 12:15 a m recovery builds a fair reserve. Water must be boiled for drinking and used sparingly for several days. Mayor Ross Rogers notes reliance on emergency equipment for delivery.
Pampa High School will travel by special train and buses to Amarillo for the Thanksgiving No. 2 game at Butler Field scheduled 2:30 PM. The event includes the green and gold band leading the train, with more than a thousand Harvester fans expected aboard.
John Gilliam local manager announced Western Union messages are being processed again. An emergency office operates at Claude with mail moved by auto between Amarillo and Claude. About 200 workers including squads from Chicago are restoring service after losing contact since Sunday afternoon.
Seth Yerrington, an American air school instructor in Tulsa, ordered four pairs of all wool underwear. A Moncton firm shipped them and sent a note calling the gifts to a U S flying student who may join the Canadian Air Force. Yerrington says he does not know what to do.
Telephone calls were routed through Dallas today using two short wave wireless links. Radio transmitters received the speech directly from phones and sent it across the gap, then reentered the telephone circuit on the far end.
Amarillo Public School children will observe another Thanksgiving holiday tomorrow due to no lights at the schools. Power will likely be restored today but with a short day previously planned and the Sandies Harvester game, classes will not resume.
Mr. Collman forecasts continued fair weather with moderate temperatures. He says it should be good football weather for the GOP Thanksgiving. Expect a high near 45 and a low around 29 tonight. last night’s low was 29. Winds from the west at about 10 miles per hour. He notes he has no reports from other regions yet.
A California car at the Amarillo Garage and Storage was serviced while the occupants had breakfast. A workman lifted the hood and found a mother cat with two kittens nestling against the engine. The animals apparently crawled into the sleeper area through gaps under the engine pan.
A. O. Thomas of Southwestern Bell reports rapid efforts to restore 3000 silenced telephones after an ice storm. Crews replace damaged poles wire and cables, with about 21 crews working east toward Claude and others from Beaumont Houston and Dallas. Half of phones expected by Saturday.
A two seat scout plane carries a lone passenger over besieged London. The man dons brown coveralls beneath a tailored suit, then parachutes into the fog as the pilot shouts Jetzt Heil Hitler signaling a dangerous mission. The scene fades as the drop merges with the fog.
Boil water for drinking purposes the milk supply is OK. We must use water sparingly for two or three days until new power lines are established. Be careful with lighted candles kerosene lamps and open gas jets due to high fire hazard. Property owners should pile broken tree limbs between sidewalks and curbs WPA workers cannot enter private property unless life is endangered. Emergency workers are from WPA lists and trucks must be on contract lists. Do not pick up loose wires as they may be alive. Police will check thefts of such salvage.
Crews worked night and day at the McDonald site eight miles southwest to reconnect five wells to a temporary power line and restore supply. Officials sought to bring two more wells online and link a golf course well, with power from portable generators, to prevent further shortages.
Veterans Administration Hospital and Northwest Texas Hospital finally got power as lines to vital institutions are repaired. Crews focus on main transmission feeds, with lead ins to homes still being restored, causing uneven service. Officials note wind-damaged pole work and earlier outages, but downtown and fringe areas now gain electricity while some blocks remain dark for several nights.
Local boards carefully review requests from married men with dependents seeking Class I A status. The boards assess dependency needs and will not draft men simply to remove them from home responsibilities.
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