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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1950
Page
14
The Amarillo Globe News announces the 1920s publication details and postal status with editors and business staff. It lists President and Publisher, Editor in Chief, general and business managers, and subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, including mail and carrier options.
Dr. Juneau Gunkel of Milford, widow with two children, heard a dog fall through ice on the Weppawang River. She braved the cold, swam out, and rescued Sergeant Cocoa, a firehouse dog known to neighbors. Firemen aided the pair back to shore as Cocoa expressed thanks by licking her hand.
A Dr Murray Banks meditation contrasts heaven and hell through a banquet table parable, urging otherness as life’s core and discussing happiness, selflessness, and the limits of selfish pursuit. The piece compiles quips and quotes from public figures, actors, and scholars, reflecting midcentury moral and political sentiment.
Comedian Rep Sxeu of TON jokes about having 351 days until income tax is due, framing it as a lighthearted countdown. The remark highlights tax timing as a humorous topic in public discourse.
Billy Rose recalls a 1950 column about Tiny a 250 pound cab driver who parks before a theater. The amiable driver loses his humor to a phantom rule that a sad tale must be told by 1 pm daily to keep a customer. The stories drift into postwar politics with a stray reference to the Kremlin and Marshall Plan.
Joseph Alsop argues Vienna shows a fragile postwar revival amid ruins while warning of a looming Soviet push. He ties a 1949 shift in Austrian treaty talks and peasant aid to a broader Kremlin campaign, highlighting a purported development of a Soviet atomic bomb as a key turning point and motive behind East German forces and Yugoslav tensions.
A Polk Street professor recalls a trip to Fort Worth and Wichita Falls with colleagues. He remembers summers picking cotton near Corpus Christi in 1921 22, the hard work under sun and dew, damp clothing, sores, poor pay, mosquitoes, tortillas, Mexican dice barns, and a wary warning about heat and a forked tail.
A compact crossword clue set listing definitions for horizontal and vertical entries. Includes instruments, animals, chemicals, places, and common words guiding a themed puzzle. Presents a mix of common and obscure terms such as fish elements noble metals and historical references.
A high school junior narrator discusses going steady at 17 with a man five years older, noting pros like parental approval and prom certainty but cons such as limited dating, gossip, and age/education gaps. A second teen adds long dating, steady love, and parental familiarity, signaling mixed feelings on commitment.
The piece argues the U S rearmament policy under Forrestal was dropped by Louis Johnson and suggests the Kremlin could withdraw from Austria and tilt Europe toward peace until it is ready to strike with atomic power. It warns the Soviets may repeat Hitler era tactics to subdue Western Europe without firing a shot.
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