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ISSUE NO. 35
TEXAN TIMES TEXAS - APRIL 15, 1935
Dust Disaster By: Rachel Morse, Texan Times reporter of the month Yesterday on April 14 there was a dust storm that has been labeled one of the worst storms of the prairie region in the U.S.. Bringing thousands of tons of sand up in it’s strong winds, this wall of over 100 feet high in height has blown its way into our fears and our homes. The most severe hits that this massive dust bowl brought is at our own Texas Panhandle region and the Oklahoma Panhandle region. People sought out shelter during this storm, too. Getting caught in a dust storm this huge could mean death from suffocation. All of the silt has its way of not leaving us, though. It has been able to get through even the tiniest of cracks so that buildings and houses are forced to seal up to avoid the dirt’s wrath. In fact, this event is so significant that it has been called Black Sunday by many, and rightfully so. Schools, businesses and even hospitals have to close down to clean up the mess, although transportation was cut off so that people can’t get to those places easily anyway.
Black Sunday dust storm approaching hundreds of feet in the air
Dirt Devil Creation This dust storm that so many fear was not just randomly created. In fact, we are the inventors. During World War 1, there was a wheat demand that called for more farming, along with machines being created for easier work when farming. All of this affected the soil tilled for farming so that the the dirt was not stable enough to stay put during windy days. After droughts occurring later, the soil became very dry so that when a wind storm comes now, the soil comes up with it in clouds of darkness, becoming the curse of what we’ve done to the land. Although we have thought that our state of Depression can’t get any worse, it now has all of us that live in the prairie land stuck with sand more than crops, making the agricultural aspect of the Great Depression become another disintegrated part of life. continued on page 2
Inexpensive Things We Like To Do For Fun
As many board games, Monopoly is just another one of those games that people are playing day in and day out, as more expensive entertainment is harder to get in this time of poverty.
THE BOSWELL SISTERS HIT IT OFF AGAIN WITH THERE NEW SONG “THE OBJECT OF MY AFFECTION” WITH MANY YOUNG COUPLES DANCING TO THE TUNES.
KING KONG HAS STILL BEEN A HIT TO WATCH, WITH MANY YOUNG COUPLES GOING OUT TO THE MOVIES TO HAVE SOME FUN RATHER THAN THE USUAL WORK.