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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1947
Page
14
The Amarlillo Globe presents its historic masthead noting founded date February 20 1924 and publication details. It lists editors general manager and business staff, with subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions and cross publication with The Globe News.
The document outlines a comprehensive Amarillo platform including city charter changes, a new coliseum and city hall, improved traffic control, downtown cleanup, expanded sports facilities, park expansion, water supply study, more hospital facilities, English Field air terminal ambitions, support for small industries, cultural welfare expansion, upgraded library and arts, and higher teacher salaries.
The piece argues Britain will take 75 percent of Hollywood profits from last year, slashing overseas earnings and provoking a boycott of British and American films. It notes the wider economic and political clash as Hollywood could adapt by showing more realistic American life and avoid wealth-centric plots.
In a 1947 Billy Rose column, the writer critiques the lavish habits of investing gents in nightlife. He breaks down the costs of the night for both the male investor and the female companion, tallying lavish expenses from taxis to fashion, implying inflated value and skewed economics across social strata.
A narrator laments Wise injuring her thimble finger while at the sewing machine. He jokes about household life, clothing funds, and watching for pain as his wife battles to sew. The piece humorously stresses the finger's supposed importance.
Puzzle presents a list of across and down clues with numerous garbled entries and partial terms. Entries reference legal figures, languages, body parts, metals, and common crossword topics, indicating a themed or mixed clue page from a newspaper.
The piece argues for an early peace with Japan with broad Allied involvement. It critiques US imposed reforms, warns against excluding Russia, and stresses economic needs and Pacific security. It notes Japan’s democratic constitution and occupation realities while cautioning against a fragile, unsettled peace without joint major power endorsement.
George E. Sokolsky discusses the 1941 mass sedition cases ending July 31 1947 after the government failed to prove guilt under American evidence rules. He cites Justice Bollitha J Laws dismissal and notes the case’s dismissal by default and appeals loss.
The Texas Republican Club in Dallas announced a September dinner to honor Alvin H. Lane Mark McLean and Ralph W Currie who were purged from party offices by the State GOP Executive Committee. The dinner follows the purge at a fiery meeting last month and the club plans an Oct 2 board meeting in Houston to map strategy for the next convention. A separate dispatch from Berlin reports a rifle grenade shell hit a house roof occupied by an American family with no injuries.
Houston was reported to host the 1948 centennial convention of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. J Lowell Ponder announced the site after talks with Dallas officials. He cited 61 new churches since 1939 in District 4 covering 21 Gulf Coast counties, with 253 churches now versus 54 in 1900.
After an aerial survey, CAA examiner Jack Finney reported sands from Venice to Clearwater clear of dead fish. Clearwater Bay still has a few carcasses, and Police Chief J J Elliott hopes to rescind the no swimming and no fishing order soon.
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