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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1949
Page
14
The Amarillo Globe press file notes an edition at Amarillo Row with editorial publishing details. The brief item mentions the publication and an ERC related encoding, reflecting local press logistics.
Announcement from the Amarillo Rose Society launches a Memorial Park rose garden on South Washington Street. Outside donations from top rose growers help fund planting. bronze markers will adorn beds as 25 to 100 plants are set. Civic, garden, religious, and fraternal groups urged to back the effort. the park will be featured in an American Rose Society guide for tourists.
Dorothy Thompson argues the State Department style welfare programs threaten freedom. She links expansion of state power to European models, predicts monopoly growth, and warns of loss of liberty and independence under a large state. She cites Jefferson and Henry George to oppose government overreach.
The author argues Soviet TV quizzes would fail due to lack of consumer prizes and widespread indoctrination. He claims no washing machines, fur coats, or cars to offer and questions impossible without correct answers. The critique centers on material scarcity and propaganda in the USSR.
The piece discusses Stalin’s remark on capitalism adapting to improve mass conditions and avoid crises, and analyzes how Marx Lenin doctrine predicts recurring crises under private ownership. It notes ongoing Soviet debate about American capitalism, the New Deal, and potential compromises in future Soviet policy toward Berlin Austria and Germany.
The article recounts 17th century dealings in Manhattan's origin, noting Peter Minuit's 1626 purchase from Canarsees for 60 guilders and the ensuing stories of Geeks, Brooklyn, and midtown forests. It humorously reflects on how the sale's fame grew into jokes while highlighting historic misperceptions alongside the comic retellings.
A narrator describes quirky habits and superstitions. He salts at the table and tosses salt over the shoulder. He seeks to be the third man on a match, avoids stepping on cracks, and performs mincing steps to stay balanced. He suggests some people may be liars about not having quirks.
A dense list of crossword clues across horizontal and vertical entries with numbers and theme hints. Includes definitions for aeronautical terms, elemental symbols, body parts, and various standard crossword prompts.
The proposed amendment would shift part of the counties tax on city property to cities for flood control water supply and road projects. West Texas officials including D A Bandeen John Mitchel and Sterling Williams backed a formula to let cities keep about one third of the 30 cent state levy for water facilities and dams.
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