Floodwaters Hit North East Texas Stretch Amid Rain
Rivers and streams rose after eight days of rain flooding north and east Texas. Trinity at Dallas reached 33.7 feet but failed to crest as predicted. About 2,500 residents were ordered to evacuate South Dallas. most refused. Tornado touched Henderson, Arkansas and Louisiana areas faced floods. City officials declared a disaster in Atlanta, Texas as lakes, levees, and oil wells faced disruption.
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Dallas
North and
East Texas
Trinity
Atlanta
Tex
M. P. Ellis
Henderson
Texas
Xas
Arkansas
Louisiana
McKinney Bayou
Garland
Texarkana
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Green Monkeys Spill Paint at Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo worker painting a gable above monkey cages had a bucket of green paint grabbed by a monkey. The simian crew scooped and tossed the paint, attracting attention from other monkeys.
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Denver
Denver Zoo
EUB Church Ladies Aid Meets May Day In Big Springs
Big Springs EUB Church Ladies Aid will gather at Mrs. George Summer home May 1 with Mrs. Joe Logan Jr. as assisting hostess. Day includes sewing and a noon covered dish luncheon. Elmer Zeeb and Robert Holloway visited Fort Riley for army reserve training over the weekend. Mrs. Clyde Rainbolt of Larned visits her daughters and their families. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Holloway and others from Kansas City attend a Sunday gathering.
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EUB Church Ladies Aid
George Summer
Joe Logan Jr
Elmer Zeeb
Robert Holloway
Fort Riley
Clyde Rainbolt
Larned
Jack Norwood
Petersile
Arthur Holloway
Alice Zeeb
Herbert Lewis
Kansas City
Local visits and health notes from Oskaloosa area
Mrs Edna Gutchinritter returns from Ft Sill Oklahoma where she visited her son Bernard in army training. Mrs Floyd Edwards and Robb return to Savannah Missouri after visiting Mr and Mrs Shirley Edwards. Miss Wilma Glasco and Hazel Arrens spent Saturday in Kansas City and Glasco will present May Fete with grade school pupils the first week of May. Frank Pottorf is in Winter Hospital recovering from surgery. Mrs Merle Pottorf reports sister Mrs Mick Ford and family will accompany Mr Ford to Newfoundland for travel arrangements.
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Knobwoster
Ford
Kathleen Henshaw
Jack Stoner
Sweetberry College
Bob Robbins
Janet Burnett
Janice Killinger
Verna Holliday
Marlene Gentry
Patricia Edmonds
Mary Meinhardt
Bernard Patterson
Max Dick
Margaret Cooley
Henry Pesch
Ida Mae Coleman
June Meyer
Dale Rogers
Larry Douglas
Frank Newell
Mary Weinberg
Jefferson County Welfare Office
Topeka
Order of Eastern Star
Ruth Long
Mary Hoskinson
Martha Kern
Andrew Kern
Paul Alexander
Dale Parker
John Watson
Brice
Blake
Margaret Nichols
Watson
Wichita Falls
Tex
Minneapolis
Wichita
Leland Edmonds
Ernest Edmonds
Elk City
Clearwater
Ernest Barnard
Karl Dryden
Everett Dryden
Mason City
Iowa
Robert Murrey
Kansas City
Richard Dodson
Stevie
Lawrence
Herbert Mize
Alpha Delta Fraternity
Washburn University
Arnold Mize
Rebekah Lodge
Oskaloosa
Ozawkie
Arabella McCormick
Ellen Mites
Homemakers Club
James Bond
Walter Haun
Marine Pic
Vestal Patterson
Vern Patterson
Santa Ana
Calif
Edna Gutchinritter
Ft. Sill
Okla
Bernard Gutchinritter
Floyd Edwards
Robb
Savannah
Shirley Edwards
Misa Hazel Arrens
Wilma Glasco
Miss Glasco
Frank Pottorf
Winter
Merle Pottorf
Mick Ford
Mr. Ford
Newfoundland
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Arthur Johnson
Carbondale
Frank Roberts
Dixie
Kay
Sacramento
Harley Edmonds Momay
John Meister
Dorothy
A. L. Shaner
Grace Watts
Lecompton
Sophia Kellogg
Sam Dark
Lydia Anderson
W. S. Brown
Murphy
Fred Hartman
Ray Cree
John French
W. P. Henry
Harley Edmonds
Beulah Wagstaff
Emporia
Gus Hartman
Francis Wilson
Vena Wilson
Connie
Sea Brook
Delores Mueller
Charley Oakley
Wakarusa
Ernest Wulfkuhle
Harold Keating
Elmont Hessett
Bill Smith
Virgil Wilson
Highland Park
Dean Wilson
Marcus and
Garnet
Olive Hawes
Howard Hook
Silver Lake
Robert Wulfkuhle
St. Francis Hospital
Warren Morris
Earl Tobler
Jeffrey and
Mark
Leland Hartman
Elenora Sage
Big Springs
Presory Pack
Audrey Hepburn
Roman Holiday
Jack Webb Teneteign
Pete Kelly Blues
A Warmigh Produetio
Charles
Nigel Coburn
Patrick Wenoy Hiller
Raney Senay
Avoeny
Guardiola
Marjorie
Gene Keaty
Natale Woop
Claire Trevor
ED Wynn
Everett Sloane
Marty Milner
Carolyn Jones
Certoon
Otner
Eneration Young Lovers
Jim Clark
Plymouth
Dodge
Chrysler
Imperial
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