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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1947
Page
14
The Amarillo Globe News details its publication context, editors, and business staff. It lists offices on Sixth and Fillmore Avenues and provides subscription rates for daily, Sunday, and combined Globe and News editions, including carrier, mail, and weekly options.
The Globe outlines a broad agenda to revamp Amarillo with a revised city charter expanding representation and limits, a new city hall, a robust traffic control system, downtown cleanup, better sports facilities including a high school stadium and indoor arena, continued park expansion and a permanent water study, expanded hospital facilities, improved air terminal, small farm strips, and stronger cultural welfare efforts plus expanded libraries and higher teacher salaries.
The Amarillo Bus Company records show 6 600 miles daily and about 200 000 monthly. Only nine local bus accidents since Jan 1 while city cars exceed 1 100 000 miles in heavy traffic. Buses faced 45 hit by other drivers with the refrain I did not see the bus. Taxi drivers top offenders for speeding cutting corners and ignoring traffic rules while pedestrians suffer. The piece argues taxis could improve service with safer driving and public consideration.
Billy Rose recounts Oscar Hammerstein II and Florenz Ziegfeld, praising Hammerstein’s talent and character. He notes Ziegfeld’s flamboyant showmanship, Showboat’s success, and a famous visit by the King of Greece at Hastings-on-Hudson, illustrating Broadway’s glittering era.
George E. Sokolsky surveys forthcoming Roosevelt volumes by Churchill diaries and State Department archives, arguing history will evolve with new material. He weighs Elliott’s sensational claims, Foresees Perkins Ickes Hopkins books, and predicts Farley’s candidness while stressing documentary evidence matters.
Dorothy Thompson notes Secretary Marshall’s brief, calm defense of American foreign policy. He rejects imperialist aims and argues the United States protects liberties, aids Europe via the Marshall Plan, and denounces domestic critics who, he says, pursue conspiratorial aims while denying peaceful aims.
City auditor J C Lilly reports interest in the sale of two million dollars of water works revenue bonds. Several bond buying syndicates requested information beyond the original mailing list. A separate note mentions a special soap for automatic washing machines in hard water regions.
Amarillo will host a district convention of the Lions Club in May 1948, announced Roy Cloninger newly elected Amarillo Lions Club president. He led his first meeting since installation. Dr. Roy Snodgrass spoke on using and enjoying what is intended and urged unity, criticizing nationalism and UN bypass. Cloninger was named deputy district governor by district governor John McLain.
Mr and Mrs O W Stanford of Miami have been guests of his brother Rev E Lee Stanford and family at 1010 Roberts inquiries.
DeRema Byars of 1523 East Eighth is visiting friends and relatives in Memphis.
A compact essay recalls electricity as the push of a button bringing bells and lights, and a shock from a charged chair. It relays Galvani and Franklin tales with humor about frog legs, zinc plating, and the phrase everything but the kitchen zinc, ending with a quip that electricity returns to its start when off.
Feather pillows stored at Ama rile Field are offered on competitive bid through the Grand Prairie War Assets Administration office until July 14. Purchasers must fumigate and sterilize the feathers before use if used as bedding or for upholstering. Other items include beds, cots, desks, chairs, springs and stools.
James Pickens of Mc Murry College is hosted by Duane Byars at 1523 East Eighth. Pickens serves as president of the Northwest Texas Methodist Youth Fellowship.
A traveler narrates a Cushing Oklahoma visit to his nephew and the return home. He laments road redressing and endless bends while describing many green trees and a modest home. He details meals with strangers and a desire to reconnect with nearby neighbors and family.
Crossword clues mixed horizontal and vertical entries covering counts and wordplay across a grid. Includes entries such as Picture baseball umpire and various definitions for common vocabulary, with missing letters and abbreviations indicated.
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