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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1950
Page
18
The Amarillo Globe publishes evenings with Saturday and Sunday editions, affiliated with The Globe News Publishing Co. billing lists subscription rates including daily and Sunday carrier options at 1 year 10.80 dollars, several 6 month and 3 month plans, and Sunday only and print editions priced accordingly.
Salvador Dali returns to the United States for a five month European visit with five new works he hopes to sell to American collectors. He explains his aim to regenerate modern art through modern technique and spiritual treatment. He describes a piece titled Myself Ten Years Old Lifting the Ocean for Observing a Dog. He ridicules a rival artist who sold two boards as Snowscape and Desert at Midnight for 500 each.
Born today your intuition is highly developed and you forecast outcomes with accuracy. You aim high, trust your inner voice, and may reach early success if you cultivate restraint with close associates. Marriage could bring emotional balance. artistic talent remains a path to peak performance if you stay creative and avoid following others.
Excerpts show leaders and figures denouncing imperialism and calling for peace. Quotes from Philip C. Jessup, William E. Riley, Hum Phrey Bocart, James G. Patton, Truman, Rupert Menzies, Joan Drivet, and Evievinay reflect varied views on imperialism, diplomacy, and policy across nations, with a touch of personal anecdote.
Walter Lippmann notes a policy shift after a closed Foreign Relations Committee meeting. Secretary Acheson described defending Japan Okinawa and the Philippines while urging aid to Southeast Asia, Burma, India, and Indochina under Point Four. The stance departs from the Truman Doctrine of firm, everywhere counterforce.
The speaker urges youths to pursue long study in mechanics, science, and teaching, noting job growth in these fields as the US population rises. He warns teaching faces teacher shortages, cites psychiatrist demand with high private pay, and stresses effort, study, and personal character as keys to success.
A mixed item includes a large crossword puzzle with Across clues such as Depicted and It lives in water, plus Down clues like Distant and Egyptian sun god. The text also features a long, non-graphic political opinion criticizing Acheson and Truman Doctrine, noting a containment policy breakdown and calling for a new approach in Asia.
The piece argues that the United States cannot militarily shield all border nations and proposes a shift toward neutralization and disengagement. It stresses the limits of containment, cites Asia and Europe as regions needing new security approaches, and urges clean living as social leverage in a broader geopolitics context.
In a nostalgic column Billy Rose explains how ideas come from many places including readers. A Toronto housewife Lucinda Lamont sends column suggestions hoping for a date with a Metropolitan Opera singer. The tale ends with a double encounter at the 21 Club and a tabled continuation on page 23.
New Delhi reports claim 2000 non Muslim abducted women are held by government servants in Pakistan. Transport Minister N Gopalaswamy Ayyangar told the assembly India sent Pakistan a list of 7520 abducted women to recover, with details on 2000 allegedly kept by officials. He said 12000 Muslim women were recovered by India and 8000 non Muslim women by Pakistan.
Washington report describes two passersby seeing a man scale a seven foot fence at 2 30 AM. Police and multiple patrol cars responded as the climber moved across roofs then leaped to another roof six feet away before No 3 Truck Company firemen intervened.
In Tokyo the marine safety board reported 5410 vessels lost in Japanese waters during the year, mostly fishing boats, averaging about 15 craft per day. Typhoons caused about 40 percent of losses, with careless navigation at 25 percent and faulty design or obsolescence at 15 percent. remaining cases were miscellaneous.
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