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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1948
Page
15
James Marlow reflects on Christmas cheer amid global communist threats. He warns readers to cherish democracy and consider the future, noting both Eastern and Western pressures and their impact on daily life. A neighbor’s hopeful view contrasts with the looming dangers.
The whippoorwill, a relative of the nighthawk, is more of a night bird and takes to the air in the evening after the nighthawk is silent.
The city personnel board completed the first draft of an efficiency rating manual for department heads to use on employee evaluations. Clifford Davis said a meeting will be held soon to gather department head suggestions before final adoption. The board approved nine new police hires eight new firefighters two water clerks an assistant auditor an auditing clerk and a personnel office secretary.
Hamline University of St. Paul Minnesota began at Red Wing Minnesota due to a territorial charter that required establishment on the Mississippi River for students who traveled by steam boat.
The prosecutor urged the judge to impose the full lash of the law as Walter Stilges, aged 29, was jailed for six months in a Bel fast Northern Ireland court for his crime.
Campaign chairman J. B. Briscoe reports Potter County has raised 11145388 toward a 1250000 goal. Funds will support county treatment of disease and national foundation research.
The Council of Social Agencies in Amarillo founded a Christmas aid effort to feed several underprivileged families. Christmas Cheer chair Jack Haas urged volunteers to provide baskets, with residents asked to call the Community Chest at 6359 to offer help.
The 347 White House employees received identical leather bookmark gifts embossed with “I would rather have peace in the world than be President Christmas greetings from the President Panama plans a Free Trade zone and Mrs Truman 1948” interpreted from a 1947 report.
James G. Hurst 26 of Miami is charged with illegally exporting an A-20 bomber from Brownsville to Nicaragua on Jan 21. Bond set at 500 by US Commissioner Roger E. Davis with a Jan 10 hearing date. Plane seized in Miami May 7 when Hurst claimed it did not reach Nicaragua.
London reports Britons will see small Christmas spoils with an extra half pound of sugar a quarter pound of tea and two ounces of candy per ration book holder. Normal weekly rations remain a half pound sugar two ounces tea and three ounces candy. A small amount of non rationed meat loaf and sausage is added to butchers supplies.
Scientists estimate about 18 000 distinct bird species exist worldwide. The figure reflects the vast diversity across continents and habitats, highlighting ongoing efforts to classify and study avian life.
Ancient observers imagined the moon as a bowl of fire that spins around. Different angles from Earth create the familiar new moon first quarter and full moon phases.
A Brazilian tree, Andira laurifolia, grows with its trunk buried underground. What look like surface roots are actually the tree's underground branches.
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