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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1946
Page
14
Amarillo Globe News publisher Globe News Publishing Co announces staff roles led by GENE HOWE and JOHN McCARTY with WESLEY IZZARD as editor in chief. Rates appear for Daily and Sunday, carrier outside Amarillo, and Globe and News bundles with varying terms from one week to one year.
Amid postwar shortages and disillusion, Americans rally to help. Mrs. Constance Moser and her children receive over 100 gifts after sleeping in a car in Chicago. The Lapps and Johnny Lower receive support and a seeing-eye dog through widespread generosity.
Erich Brandeis argues for shorter hours and better pay but questions how workers use leisure. He cites coal miners on strike, noting long hours lead to saloons and idle activity, and urges using pay and time for meaningful, human pursuits beyond mere survival.
Reports suggest Russia cannot produce essentials, worsening economy. Molotov gains at New York talks as a credit loan is sought to import materials. The world Communist movement is portrayed as a hoax, with censorship and empire growth used to mask poverty and failures. The piece notes antisemitism at home and global efforts to redirect major powers. The ending mentions severe shoe shortages leading to self-made footwear.
The author argues against legalizing physician assisted killing, cites Dr Charles Francis Potter, quotes Moses and Hitler, recounts a savagery comparison, and warns the State of New York must not authorize murder. He reflects on aging, disease, insulin, and moral duty to preserve life amid postwar fears.
Bob Andrews warns Tau Deli fraternity plans a dance with possible bands Bill Grapes and His Bunch or Joe Banana the Music With a Peel. A junior college quip about wolves becoming Twentieth Century Foxes and a ramrod weapon tale mix with Laydon Stidger’s Memphis sheet metal contract and pole cover project.
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Moody Alexander son of Mr and Mrs J C Alexander 2216 Taylor has been elected president of the newly organized Los Viajeritos at Elizabeth Nixon Junior High School The Spanish club of Amarillo Senior High aims to promote interest in Latin American language and customs with officers Beverly Arnold Paul Olivo Mildred Zweig Skippy Hines Vera Ann Wilcoxson Joan McCormick Susan Sanford Carol Noland and sponsor Avis Weir
A two story rooming house near downtown Detroit burned claiming the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Stincel of Hamilton Ohio and Charles Coward of Detroit. Five others escaped as landlady Anna McKee noted Mrs Stincel smoked in bed.
Christmas Seal sales reached 9215 dollars toward a 15000 goal as Potter County Tuberculosis Association Executive Secretary Mrs. J L Scott reports. Only 135 dollars came from the Amarillo Post Office booth. remaining funds come from mail donations and seal purchases. Mrs Scott urges booth purchases and asks residents to identify themselves with money or stamps to avoid duplicate appeals and keep records straight.
The notice states that any unenclosed name will receive reminder cards as the sale nears its end, with reminders sent to all persons who have not yet responded.
The boll weevil, entering from Mexico about 50 years ago, now costs U S cotton growers more than 200 million dollars annually. It destroys about one bale in seven, equaling roughly 1 500 000 bales per year, per the Smithsonian Institution report.
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