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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1948
Page
14
The Amarillo Globe reports Texas traffic deaths may reach 2,150 this year, surpassing 1937. It notes last year 1,997 fatalities and warns on peak danger times between 7 and 8 pm, weekends, December holidays, and August tourism. Drunken driving remains a major cause.
A bricklayer resident argues that Amarillo’s construction industry dominates payrolls with about 100 bricklayers earning over 2000 dollars daily and hundreds of carpenters laborers plumbers electricians and painters. He asks the editor to publish a weekly permits list with owner contractor and amount and to report construction trade activities.
Dorothy Thompson outlines a evolving Western bloc from Britain France and Benelux toward a loose confederation. She argues for European freedom and Russo American pacification with a Europe capable of defending itself and a strategic US role in offering aid to the Soviet Union while opposing permanent US bases in Europe.
Paris impressions note that living standards have declined over two years while tourism and dining quality persist. Mentions Excelsior in Rome and Royal Monceau in Paris as comparable luxury hotels attracting dollars, reflecting postwar consumer expectations.
In Paris and Rome a reporter describes severe shortages and rising hardship. The Royal Monceau hotel reports scarce supplies including soap towels milk fats and bread. Prices for meat and gold markets shift as public mood darkens about Italy and the outlook for France grows grimmer.
Walter Lippmann argues that Italy must sever ties between Socialists and Communists to form a durable government under De Gasperi and Saragat. A broad non Communist coalition is needed, with Socialist reunification and Labor unions aligned to support reconstruction. The United States influence should back constructive reform, not anti Bolshevik relief alone.
The piece argues that in Western Europe outside the Red Army’s reach the main danger lies not in Communist seizure of power but in constitutional governments failing to govern, provoking Fascism. It cites postwar Italy, Germany, Poland, Hungary, and Romania as warned, and references Churchill’s view that Fascism was the ugly child of Communism.
A Polk Street professor spoke at the Honor Society banquet at Sam Houston Junior High School. Principal I. D. Maharon and teachers Miss Alma Pafford and Miss Catherine Driskill attended. Students, led by Billie Blaisdell, offered the invocation and performances followed. The speaker hoped to leave a memorable, hopeful impression for the future.
The page presents a crossword puzzle with numbered Across and Down clues. Entries include occupations, objects, places, and adjectives such as Rents Pictured Flag maker cerium symbols and various Greek terms. Several clues reference celestial, mythic, and geographic terms, with complexity suggesting a themed or varied puzzle.
A column warns against psychosomatic eating when mood swings drive food or fasting. It notes overweight or underweight may have physical causes, but urges addressing mental distress to avoid harmful cycles. It advises consulting a physician if symptoms persist.
The Home Office announced new routes for former Polish armed forces members to become British citizens. To qualify, applicants must speak English, have five years of residence, and have served in the British Army or in approved civilian posts for one year. The move comes as Poland presses Britain to disband about 30,000 Poles in British uniform and settle the Polish Resettlement Corps. In a separate brief, the American Feline Society offered cats collected for Europe’s rat drive to aid New York City's battle against rats.
The Western Queen arrived in Ensenada with 11 Dauntless survivors after a three day drift in heavy seas off Lower California. Louis Ursich, owner of the Dauntless, said rescue was confirmed by radio from the Western Queen and valued the ship and cargo at 150000 dollars.
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