[Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Dust Bowl"

[Shapiro, Fred]

dust bowl (OED 1936)

1935 _Evening Telegraph_ (North Platte, Nebr.) 2 Apr. 1/6 (Newspapers.com)

Rain – the answer to the prayers of farmers in three states – splashed into the dust bowl of the Southwest today in a joyous symphony.

Fred Shapiro

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