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PEOPLE WALK IN WINDY AND DUSTY STREET.
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story of the year.
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in some parts of Texas--was dramatized by these scenes in Fort Worth in February. Blinding dust-storms, reminiscent of the mid-thirty-dust-bowl- days, spread a haze over the entire western half of the state. To city folks it was an inconvenience dust and grime. To thousands of ranchers and farmers in West Texas and other sections, the drouth was an economic killer. ~ shortly after four in the afternoon, the dust so
completely enveloped the city that the lights went on in downtown office buildings. A farmer joked grimly that even his drinking water contained only 10-per--cent moisture.
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