Drought Threat Looms From Carolinas to New England
Washington May 74. Weather officials say southeastern conditions are extremely critical but no widespread drought yet as rain is hoped within the week. The dry area extends into Kentucky and the Central Ontario valley while the Mid West remains unusually moist threatening potential impacts on the nation’s larder program if the dry spell persists.
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Esstrem
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Weather Bureau
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Kentucky
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Legion Post 366 Hosts Memorial Day Program in Elks Club
San Antonio Post No. 368 of the American Legion will host all Bexar county chapters next Friday at 8 p.m. in the Elks club for a Memorial day program. New members of the Legion will be initiated.
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San Antonio
American Legion
Bexar County
Elks Club
Legion
Carlsbad Fears New Flood Crest Strikes City
In Carlsbad New Mexico a dozen people are missing and more than 1900 are homeless after two days of floods. Eyewitnesses say waters swept people away as channels fill from heavy Guadalupe Mountains rainfall. Red Cross and emergency crews shelter about a third of the town's 3800 residents. Sheriff Howell Gage says missing persons will be checked at relief stations and names will not be released yet. Possible deaths include a boy seen hanging to a house as it carried away, an elderly man, two women, two children and two rescuers. If dams above Pecos River fail, the town faces greater danger and evacuation orders are enforced. A first flood crest left 600 homeless. a second arrived yesterday with a third feared if rains persist.
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Guadalupe
New Mexico
Red Cross
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Howell Gage
Atroyo
Pécos
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Gage
Parsons
Tanning Company Strike Ends in Waukegan
Chicago May 24 An agreement ends a 36 day strike at Griess Pfleger Tanning in Waukegan Illinois. State Director of Labor Marlin Durkin announced the settlement and that work will resume Monday. Six hundred members of the Fur and Leatherworkers Union had been out.
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Griess-Pfleger Tanning Company
Waukegan
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Ussign Haas
Parents and Their Relation to the Liquor Problem Talk
Dr. George B. Ballord a field worker for United Days will speak at 3 30 p m Thursday on Parents and Their Relation to the Liquor Problem at the Lala Fay Watts Woman's Christian Temperance Union meeting in the First Baptist church educational building San Antonio Parent Teacher associations will attend as guests.
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George B. Ballord
United Days
Lala Fay Watts
Texan escapes flood after 24 hours in car ordeal
Bring Hall, an Insurance man from Snyder, was trapped between two swollen streams near Lubbock for a full day after leaving home Thursday night to travel 20 miles. He survived by staying in his car as waters rose, then was found safe today. Torrential rains across New Mexico into West Texas caused widespread crop and wheat losses and delayed harvests. Roads from Lubbock to Brownfield and Slaton remained underwater with shoulders caved in. Also reported, W L Huggins of Emporia, a noted industrial relations expert and former Kansas jurist, died after a major operation.
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Snyder Insurance
Hood Waters
Siice
Hall
New Mexico
Weather summary for May with temperatures and sun times
This report lists temperatures and humidity readings for May with a total rainfall of 18.89 inches since January. It notes daily sun times from 5:37 a.m. to 7:25 p.m., a new moon on May 26, and scattered data on tides and tourist weather across multiple cities including Abilene and Amarillo.
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Pionday
Abilene
Texas
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Apalachicola
Fla
Texas Loudy
Knudsen to Speak at Purchasers Convention in Chicago
William S. Knudsen co director of the Office of Production Management will head a list of prominent speakers at the national convention of the National Association of Purchasing Agents in Chicago starting next Monday. Leon Henderson chief of the Office of Price Administration will discuss government price policy on Tuesday. Other officials conducting the defense campaign will also speak.
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Chicago
INS
Willam S. Knudsen
Office of Production Management
National Association of Purchasing Agents
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Bay area machinists strike may spread to Western Pipe yard
May 24 San Francisco INS reports threat of extension of the San Francisco bay area machinists strike to another yard, Western Pipe and Steel, the twelfth affected. Pickets expected Monday though AF of M said men would report for work. The yard signed the mater agreement guaranteeing time and a half overtime as per West Coast wage standard. Johnny Weismuller holds 40 swimming records.
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INS
San Francisco Bay Area
Western Pipe and Steel Company
C.so
APL
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