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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1947
Page
10
The Amarillo Globe News announces its founding date, press details, and staff positions. It lists subscription rates for daily, Sunday, and combined Globe and News editions, with prices by mail carrier and in Amarillo, including weekly and monthly options.
The $10-a-plate testimonial for Rep. Vito Marcantonio drew guests from the Communist Party table as he argued against appeasing “monopolists” and warned against another imperialist war. He recalled June 1941 and the Nazi invasion of Russia as a democracy fight, while critics say his stance echoes Communist lines. Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is not involved.
George F. Sokolsky argues in favor of preserving the right to strike within a legal framework. He warns against abolishing strikes, calls for labor legislation to correct Wagner and WLB excesses, and urges balancing bargaining power while preserving individual freedom and association.
Alcide de Gasperi spoke to the American people from Rome urging defense of free democratic civilization. He faced hunger protests and a socialist congress rallying for Russia while warning that hunger and disillusionment risk revolution. He aims to build a future on a solid humanistic tradition.
Billy Rose recalls rejecting Street Scene and predicts disaster as the Elmer Rice musical version fails in Philadelphia. Critics call it dreary and bloated while box office collapses with weeks of losses and near empty matinees. Three Pulitzer-winning peers call the show sick making or avoidant.
A mixed Broadway reception with Dwight and Wiman’s project drawing early praise from critics who hailed Kurt Weill and Langston Hughes collaboration. Meanwhile postwar Italy's coal shortage and economic peril prompt calls for U S tariff leadership and international planning to avert broader disaster.
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Winston G. Smith and Flave Pledger, both Amarillo residents, are candidates for mid year degrees from Texas A&M College. Smith seeks a bachelor of science in petroleum engineering and Pledger a BS in mechanical engineering. Degrees will be awarded to 422 students at the semester end on January 24 with no formal commencement.
Don McNeill of The Breakfast Club on ABC asks listeners nationwide to write to Amarillo's Children's Home. The regular request is a recurring feature of his program and prompts a flood of letters to the local home.
A morning coffee with Chisel Benton reveals his claim to be honest and to earn more than 40 dollars monthly as mayor if elected. Supporters praise J. C. King for commissioner, East Amarillo neighborly regard, and talk of eastern districts on the commission plus favorable comments about Al Reville from North Amarillo residents.
Dr. Gordon S. Seagrave known as Burma Surgeon will address the Amarillo Knife and Fork Club at a 7 p.m. dinner at the Amarillo Country Club. The speech titled Modern Miracles of Medicine covers medical progress and techniques developed by Allied Army physicians during the war. Seagrave, a Johns Hopkins graduate, described rebuilding his practice in Burma after wartime evacuation.
James A. Buchanan assistant to Wesley R. Nelson regional director for the Bureau of Reclamation has returned from Washington D C He attended a meeting of all regional directors in the nation.
Amarillo Pampa Borger and Tucumcari mail orders filled as Cretney Drug Stores announces expanded pharmacy operations. The retailer offers mail delivery from multiple Texas locations to area customers.
Tennessee schools designate My Country and Yours by Dr. J. A. Hill and Dr. Hattie M. Anderson as standard test for sixth and seventh grades. The work features many color illustrations and a chapter on Texas and the West.
Virginia Moore, Amarillo High School graduate, spoke at the Clothing Costume Design and Textile Club meeting at Texas State College for Women in Denton this week. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs W M Moore of 2007 Ong.
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