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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1946
Page
10
A Pere Marquette Railway initiative to ban tipping in dining cars is praised as a strike against tyranny of custom. The piece argues tipping burdens city dwellers and travelers by expanding gratuities beyond service, and notes waiters often rely on tips due to low wages. The writer hopes the reform spreads widely.
Capt. D. W. Decker at Yokosuka Naval Base notes the moment when enlisted men and their wives were guests at an officers club, a historic break in Navy social practice. He contrasts old beliefs about class with a plea that gentility is not limited to officers.
George E. Sokolsky explains how index numbers can mislead by choosing a base date and adjusting averages to prove a point. He argues government figures ignore human behavior, using Prohibition and meat pricing to illustrate how the index number can mask real costs and drive people to distrust official statistics.
Walter Lippmann notes Gromyko’s proposals on atomic energy aim to create universal law for weapons of mass destruction. He contrasts Russia’s idea of criminalizing production and use with a U S plan that gives international authorities a monopoly while making any production or use a serious crime.
Dorothy Thompson argues Gromyko’s disarmament proposal would return to a divided world order with no single decisive power. She notes two committees would share research on atomic science while outlawing use of the weapon but criticizes reliance on unanimous Security Council sanctions and broad knowledge sharing. She warns perpetual peace requires a monopoly of decisive world power.
A L Biggs is listed as unit manager located at 711 Fisk Building with contact phone 8811. The brief entry provides business address and telephone for correspondence.
Conservative Christian Social Union dominates in the U. S. Zone with a two to one lead over Social Democrats in Bavaria and allied areas. In overall results the CS A leads by about 350000 votes over the combined Social Democrats and Communists as voters choose assemblies for constitutions. Washington also reports a five year lease of a Phoenix aluminum plant to Reynolds Metals. The Arctic tern migrates 11000 miles to nesting and 11000 miles back to Antarctica.
A Denver humor column satirizes a 1940s draft plan by imagining an Army of the Arthritis. The speaker jokes about 40 plus men being drafted with doctors and nurses, naming comic units like the False Teeth Fatties, and describes reluctant obedience, debatable orders, and a peacetime soldier awaiting potential conscription.
Crossword style list of clues for a United States Army Group puzzle with numbered across and down entries. Clues cover military terms occupations plant parts body parts and common words with abbreviations and foreign language notes.
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