Editing Williamsport, Pennsylvania (section)

=== Modern history ===
[[File:WilliamsportA.png|thumb|upright=1.1|Downtown Williamsport]]
The Flood of March 17–18, 1936 caused the river to crest at 33.9'. Flood waters reached High Street. It was known locally as the Hello, Al flood because Al Glaes, operating a short-wave radio station from his home on High Street, kept the city in touch with the rest of the world after the flood disrupted electricity and telephone service.<ref name="HW_timeline" />

On June 6, 1939 the first Little League Baseball game was played on a sandlot outside Bowman Field in Williamsport. Carl Stotz conceived the idea of a Little League, and he and Bert and George Bebble managed the first three teams.<ref name="HW_timeline" /> In 1941 the U.S. entered [[World War II]] after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Williamsport native Joe Lockard, stationed on Oahu, gave warning of the impending attack based on radar readings. His readings were dismissed as American B17 bombers coming in from the mainland.<ref name="HW_timeline" /> Also in 1941 the Williamsport School Board created the Williamsport Technical Institute for high school and post-high school students. It grew into the Williamsport Area Community College, and later became [[Pennsylvania College of Technology]].<ref name="HW_timeline" />