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Show 65 Perish In TexaStorms .. .u.vN;' .'. . . DEATH LIST GROWING II SOUTHWEST ! Cyclonic Gales Hip Through Texas Towns To Scatter ! Desolation and Death In Its Wake; Heliet' Work On. DALLAS, Texas, May 7 (UP) Nature, loosening furious fur-ious winds, left crushed communities com-munities in Texas and nearby southwestern areas today in the wake of destructive twis-I twis-I ters which claimed a. heavy toll of human life, a host of injured find a staei iiii; amount if property damage. Oklahoma Escapes Vicious we;iO-er evolved into cy-cyonic cy-cyonic gales which ripped through widely separnW districts of Texas and Oklahoma late Tuesday, Tornado-toin towns were counting count-ing their dead and injured today while whole communities surveyed scenes of desolation. At least (i5 persons were reported dead in Texas areas which bore : the brunt of the storm. Oklahom- ens, escaped death in the. alea ! there. 1 A gulf coast disturb;) nee con-( con-( verged in a twister late Tuesday which bore down on the small town of Nordheim. Texas. More than 25 persons, crushed or hurled i by the ronring wind, wore counted dead in that section. The farming community of Frost, near here, rc-! rc-! ported 23 dead. i Leaden skies billowed hy wind puffed clouds, fused into a blast-j blast-j ing funnel which swept ;.t the. i same time through the area sur- rounding Frost, Texas, nbout 1& ! miles southeast of here. It trans-I trans-I formed that town ami invirby farm j centers into scenes of dent h, destruction de-struction and terror. The reported i list of de;ul were numbered (wen- ;y. In diea lions were thut t he death list and extent nf the d:im:ige wrought might be mcio:v;ed above these estimate-; "s del:; yrd details of i he storm crime n ( ver rripplwl communicHl ions f'( otn isolated points. |