Globe News Publishing Co Amarillo City newspaper listing
Founding date February 20 1924 as second class mail. post office Amarillo Texas. Publication evenings except Sat Sun with Sunday morning edition. Rates: Daily and Sunday 1 year 10.20. 6 months 5.40. 3 months 2.70. 1 month 0.90. Globe and News 1 year 19.20. etc. Officials named include Paul Allingham Grady Camp and WEELRE GB FIZARD.
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Amarillo
Texas
Grady Camp
Cdnepessepseeneesees
Egent
Globe and News
Amarillo Platform Outlines City Reforms and Projects
The Globe's platform calls for revising the city charter to broaden representation and expand limits, building a coliseum and new city hall, improving traffic control, downtown cleanup, and street maintenance. It also urges park and sport facilities, water supply study, more hospitals, English Field as a key air terminal, small industry growth, cultural welfare, library and arts expansion, and higher teacher salaries.
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GLOBE
Amarillo
City Commission
Bulild
English Field
Clean-up Week urged to keep Amarillo tidy
Citizens favor ongoing Clean-up Week and call for a system to clear weeds from vacant lots. City prisoners, already used to clean alleys, could work on vacant lots at low cost to owners to remove eye sores and mosquito breeding grounds despite an unenforced weed ordinance.
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Amarillo
City Commission
Silver Lining Amid News Woes Showcases Quiet Triumphs
A collection of optimistic items stands out: Gentleman's Agreement tops best-seller lists, Life With Father sets a record for continuous Broadway performances, and Finland pays another wartime debt. The notes include veteran housing calls for less red tape, emphasis on hard work, and a defense of free expression in media.
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Laura Z. Hobson
Father
Finland
Time for Courage in a Humble Fourth of July
Eleanor Roosevelt urges humility and courage as the nation marks Independence Day. She notes the Founders' boldness, warns against selfish fears about accepting displaced persons, and calls Americans to rededicate to the Declaration's truths and shared global responsibility.
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Hyde Park
Creatures of God by George E. Sokolsky
The column argues about the 1776 declaration's rights and calls for liberty against modern despotic rule. It cites Samuel Adams John Adams and Jefferson and contrasts freedom with oppressive governments and surveillance. The piece urges faith in Providence and pledges mutual commitment to liberty.
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Philadelphia
America
Siberia
Samuel Adams
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Billy Rose on Palestine and public debate in wartime honesty
Billy Rose reflects on his open letter to President Truman criticizing hush-hush diplomacy over Palestine. He recalls mixed reactions from readers who admire or deride his Broadway style and bubblegum approach, and defends using humor and plain talk alongside references to Diogenes Voltaire and Will Rogers.
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Truman
State Department
Palestine
Gresham
Adam Smith
FBI
Kibitzer
Diogenes
Acropolis
Voltaire
Bastille
Will Rogers
Clown or critic article by Billy Rose about criticism
The piece argues for humor in criticism and open debate. It compares barber shop talk to formal discourse and defends speaking plainly when unsure, highlighting that loudness does not equal expertise and that journalists like Billy Rose value candid, unpolished expression.
Polk Street Professor Travelin Hodge Podge
A reflective vignette on road travel in Oklahoma and Texas. The narrator recalls hitchhiking with his wife and young daughter, notes roadside scenes like a Shamrock sign and high corn, and thanks a generous truck driver who helped.
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Wanglin
Shamrock
Oklahoma
Crossword Puzzle Word List Challenge
A readable puzzle fragment lists across and down clues with numbers and hints. Entries include animals plants and generic terms across categories such as color, city names, chemistry symbols, and directional words. The vertical section repeats with additional clues and several garbled letters.
God as Saviour and Infinite Principle in Christian Science Sermon
The Sunday lesson sermon across Christian Science churches centers on God as the only wise Saviour and the infinite, eternal divine principle. Included texts cite Jude 1 25 Psalms 89 8 and Science and Health page 249 to affirm God’s ever present glory and unity. Separate note states Japan’s illuminating gas production remains under one third of prewar levels.
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Churches of Christ
Scientist
Mary Baker Eddy
God
Japan
Roath the Quaiven and a Fox Tale in Pocket Lore
A bizarre spoof fable in pulp prose describes a crow and a fox with fanciful language. The fox mocks the crow after a dramatic mischief and delivers a moral about avoiding deceit and balancing desire with caution.
Victor Baker Poems Published in New Anthology
Victor G. Baker of 911 Alabama has two poems in Songs of the Free, a postwar anthology from Crown Publications New York. The pieces are Cf. Tr Caverns and Texas, and the book also includes Baker’s brief biography.
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Victor G. Baker
Alabama
The
Crown Publications of
New York
Trad Caverns
Texas
City Locks Up For Holiday
Amarillo residents pause from duties to mark Independence Day as most businesses and public offices close. Essential police, sheriff, fire, and highway patrol personnel stay on duty while others observe the holiday. Few wheat harvesters take time from crop work to celebrate.
Turpin Named ASCE Head at University of Texas
W. O. Turpin is chosen to lead the American Society of Civil Engineers chapter at the University of Texas for the summer session. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Turpin of Route 2.
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American Society of Civil Engineers
University of Texas
W. O. Turpin
Funeral tomorrow for Clyde H. Jeffus
Funeral services for Clyde H. Jeffus of Amarillo will be held at 4 p.m. tomorrow at Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel with Rev. Phil H. Gates officiating. Jeffus, 45, died Wednesday in a Topeka hospital. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. Surviving are his widow Mary Edwina Jeffus and children Clyde Henry Jeffus and Mary Lou Jeffus. The family home is 1001 North Van Buren. Decline in Cuba’s industrial demand is reducing output.
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Santa Fe Railway
Blackburn- Shaw Memorial Chapel
Phil H. Gates
Buchanan Street Methodist Church
Jeffus
Topeka
Kan
North van Buren
Mary Edwina Jeffus
Clyde Henry Jeffus
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