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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1947
Page
12
Community newspaper masthead lists publication details for The Amarillo Globe and The Amarillo Daily News. Credits Wesley S. Hazard as president and publisher with Paul Allinghan as editor in chief and emphasizes subscription rates for various durations and delivery options.
The Globe outlines 13 platform planks for Amarillo including city representation on the commission, expanded tax and city limits, claimed status as Hereford Capital, improved traffic control, downtown cleanup, new sports facilities, park expansion with a pool, permanent water supply, hospital facilities, airport terminal, industrial development, cultural and welfare expansion, and enhanced school facilities with higher teacher salaries. The paper offers a weekly prize of 310 for letters up to 500 words addressing these planks.
The piece notes Truman and Vandenberg as likely nominees and age matters for Inauguration Day 1949. It cites Harrison, Buchanan, Wilson and others to frame age in office. It quotes opinions from Dr. Butver, Dr. Sreiurtz, James J. Maroney, Sukero Yasutoa, Pravda and William Green on health, policy and democracy.
Erich Brandeis argues that a name carries power and trust, citing Baron Rothschild and others to show how branding and identity influence perception. He defends keeping the family name amid pressures to alter it for wartime or business reasons, noting advertisers spend to build name recognition.
A fragment from a longer feature follows Oberleutnant Fritz Sturm aboard a U-boat in the Atlantic. He faces the strain of command and distance from home as a shore assignment looms while crewmen’s resentment grows amid the mist and danger.
Lippmann argues Henry Wallace faced a world beyond him and failed under pressure. He cites Roosevelt’s backing, then Wallace’s withdrawal into mysticism and cult like self sacrifice as signs of psychological unsuitability for prime crisis leadership.
The piece argues Henry Wallace misleads Europe by framing U S policy as imperialist, urges he debate openly at home, and cautions against interfering in European internal affairs while touring Britain and preparing for France. It notes the moral and diplomatic tensions of a former vice president engaging abroad.
A column humorously notes the speaker’s dislike of a wife’s phrase The Yegg and I and savors a quip about headlines Molotov Says Yes. The speaker recalls a doctor’s old fashioned remedy The Tincture of Time as a cure for bruises heart ailments and more.
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