Amarillo Globe and News platform outlines city goals
The editorial outlines The Globe's platform for Amarillo, urging charter revisions, a city hall and coliseum, traffic upgrades, downtown cleanup, better sports facilities, park expansion, water supply study, hospital expansion, English Field as an air terminal, support for small industries, cultural activities, and expanded schools and teacher pay.
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Amarillo
Steas
Ontinf Park
English Field
Severon
Women Enlistment Favor Seen in Gallup Poll on Defense Units
Gallup poll shows majority of Americans across ages support peacetime women’s units in army navy and marine corps with women voters slightly more approving than men. The survey notes wartime gaps, the Wacs Waves and Marine Women’s Reserve, and cites OVETA Hobby led units and sizable wartime enrollments.
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Armed Services
Institute
Wacs
Waves
Congress
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Spars
Marine Woman's Reserve
Ogtsonsedein
Pearl Harbor
Wace S
Oveta Culp Hobby
Women’s Army Corp
Old-Fashioned Villain Marcantonio Backs Third Party
The New York congressman Vito Marcantonio of the American Labor Party supports a third party citing big trusts as pushing the nation toward war. He contrasts his view with Ford and other figures, yet avoids blaming Fascists or Stalin, instead pointing to Wall Street as the enduring source of conflict. The columnist notes the irony and hints at party-line styling.
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Vito Marcantonio
American Labor Party
New York
Henry Ford
International Bankers
Marcantonio
Mr. Ford
Mr. Stalin
Kremlin
Wall Street
Mr. Marcantonio
California Rules Unemployment Benefits for 75 Gambling Workers
California AG rules 75 Chinese blackjack dealers and fan tan operators are eligible for unemployment insurance since they and their employers paid the required taxes. The raids last spring closed gambling houses operating outside the law, but tax payments may secure benefits despite the illegal context.
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California
Reward for a Deserter Returns Home
James Minker after desertion and re enlistment was court martialed for two years hard labor and a dishonorable discharge. He was released from army jail by President Truman and sent home. The column notes the mercy showing common sense over the rule book and ends with a biblical verse.
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James Minker
Truman
Young Minker
France
Minker
Thurston the Magician's Farewell and the Magic Touch
Billy Rose recalls Thurston the conjurer who amazed audiences with surprising illusions and rabbit tricks. After a failed finale with two rabbits appearing from his hat the children shouted that the rabbit was under his coat marking the end of his stage magic. He later joined Houdini in death.
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Arthur
England
Merlin
Gunee-cap
Cardini
Thurston
the Great
Charleston
West Virginia
Miami
Movietone
Bronix
Thurston the Magician
Houdini
Heaven
Mac
Kiwanis Case Closed Ahoskie Episode Settlement Explained
Loyal Kiwanis supporters push to publicize good deeds while a formal resolution from Kiwanis International closes the Ahoskie episode. The document praises restitution of $3,000 to the original winner and reaffirms policies against raffles and games of chance.
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Ahoskie Club
International Board of Trustees
Kiwanis International
Kiwanis
Kiwanis Club
United Feature Syn
Polk Street Professor guides fishing trip to New Mexico
Thad Ansley invites Thad, Jack Fuqua, and Roscoe Deiniker to Bandelier National Monument near Santa Fe. They camp near Frijoles Canyon Lodge run by Mrs. Evelyn Frey. rangers provide wood and lights, and Roscoe cooks for the group. The note praises the Santa Fe Railroad and local New Mexico people.
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Thad Ansley
Fifteenth
Thad
Washington Street
New Mexico
Jack Fuqua
Roscoe Deiniker
Santa Fe
Jack
Roscoe
Bandelier National Monument
Park Rangers
Frijoles Canyon Lodge
Evelyn Frey
New Mexico. Mrs. Frey
Crossword clues horizon puzzle 1 7
Crossword puzzle list with horizontal and vertical clues covering a range of words from calm to sacred bull. Includes clues for Greek letters, Egyptian gods, measurement terms, and common abbreviations.
Bombshell Rides Out Ozark Storm and Saves Crew
Milton Reynolds owner-pilot and Capt. Bill Odom escaped a vicious Ozark squall on a return trip from St. Louis with high-octane gasoline aboard the Bombshell. Reynolds said the windshield shattered and the craft bucked, leaving parachute use impractical at 350 mph. The fuel will test the Reynolds Dallas Aero Bolt.
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Dallas
U.P
Milton Reynolds
Bill Odom
Ozarks
St. Louis
Penmaker
Reynolds
Edison's Widow Mina Edison Dies at 82
Mina Miller Edison widow of Thomas A. Edison died at Presbyterian Hospital in New York at age 82 after several weeks of critical illness. She had lived in West Orange New Jersey and married Edison in 1886 when he was 39 and rising as the wizard of Menlo Park.
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New York
U.P
Mina Miller Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Presbyterian Hospital
Edison
West Orange
TCU President Named Delegate to World Assembly
President M. E. Sadler of TCU is appointed one of eight delegates to represent the Disciples of Christ at the World Assembly of Churches in Amsterdam from August 22 to September 5, 1948. Liberia is described as about the size of Ohio or Pennsylvania.
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Amarillo
Texas
TCU Prexy
Fort Worth
M. E. Sadler
TCU
Disciples of Christ
World Assembly of Churches
Amsterdam
Holland
Liberia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
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