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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1947
Page
14
A historical notice lists The Globe-News Publishing Co details in Amarillo Texas with staff roles President Publisher and Editor in Chief. It also shows subscription rates for daily Sunday mail carrier and city delivery including annual six month and three month prices.
The Globe outlines a platform for Amarillo including city commission representation, expanded tax limits, expansion of city limits, improved traffic control with clearer street design and signals, street cleaning, park and sports facility expansion, water supply, hospital facilities, a new airport, support for small industries, library and arts expansion, school facilities, and teacher salaries.
In the New York Legislature bills seek to require Saturday bank closings. The piece notes the shift from the old bankers hours when Saturday morning work was common, highlighting changing attitudes toward banking labor.
The speaker lauds a year round toy program and global delivery as Santa’s model, arguing competition better regulates prices and quality than government bureaus. He quotes Joseph W. Martin Jr praising the vigor of private industry over state controls.
Dorothy Thompson critiques Poland's postwar government led by Josef Cyrankiewicz as a Moscow influenced bloc. She notes the Democratic bloc dominates five key ministries and controls security police foreign policy industry and education while portraying Poland as under a shameless conquest rather than a genuine revolution.
Gallup survey shows 68 percent of those who can define jurisdictional strikes want Congress to ban them. Only eight percent overall can correctly define the term, with limited understanding among college attendees and many union members.
Billy Rose argues against racial and ethnic jokes in entertainment and calls out second rate comics across Broadway films radio and vaudeville. He praises top talents while urging Today’s stars to drop cheap stereotypes and keep humor sharp and inclusive.
Billy Rose argues comedians must avoid stale dialect jokes that mock groups. He cites successful acts by Olsen, Berle, Durante and Abbott and Costello and warns politicians and editors to stop endorsing prejudiced humor. He says humor should rely on wit not ridicule.
A dense list of crossword clues in horizontal and vertical sections covering actors roles plateaus binds French exclamations and many standard crossword entries including feelings measures and chemical symbol clues. This readout combines various clue types for a puzzle grid.
A speaker contemplates existential doubt and the search for meaning. He questions his kinship to the world, the scope of his life, and the role within a vast plan. Moments of clarity come with nature and faith, yet inner emptiness persists.
In El Paso two lifelong friends, Santiago Cordero and Octaviano Carrillo, killed each other in a late night duel after a boxing argument. Each fired a gun. Cordero died instantly from a chest wound while Carrillo died while attempting to reload his shotgun. Funeral services were pending.
A reader from Los Angeles writes that Texas women are famed as good wives, while California women seek apartments and bingo halls. The author, Edward Kepford, age 50, seeks a chicken farm and asks for space in the paper.
Under E. Caballero direction, hobby classes begin at 7 30 o clock tomorrow evening at the YMCA. Leather work textile printing wood carving clay and plaster water coloring oil painting and pastels offered. Classes meet every Thursday 7 30 to 10 o'clock with a $7 50 fee.
Dr. Carl H. McCasky of Indiana University prepared to speak on the significance of hoarseness at the Mid-South post graduate medical assembly in Memphis. The meeting was interrupted for an announcement and secretary Dr. A F Cooper could not attend because of hoarseness.
Gov. Beaufort H. Jester approves a proposal for a statewide rural development commission to revitalize agriculture. The plan, urged by Karl Hoblitzelle, envisions a 10 member board with three businesspeople, two educators, three farmers, and three stockmen, plus an executive director.
A commission to guide the overall direction of research in state supported institutions was proposed for the 49th legislature but no action followed.
Fire destroyed parts of the Amarillo Cotton Oil Company plant and Harvey Allen, owner and manager, reports progress. An engine room 24 by 80 feet of steel and concrete is nearly finished, with a 40 by 120 foot steel room due in about two weeks and city water lines being laid for added fire protection.
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