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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1947
Page
10
The Amarillo Globe News announces publication details and staff including Genf Howe as president and publisher and Wheely Grizzard as editor in chief. It lists subscription rates for Daily and Sunday, Globe and News, and Sunday editions with various term options and prices.
A city program outlining plans to revise the charter expand city limits and tax powers build a coliseum and new city hall establish traffic controls six new downtown improvements expand sports facilities and libraries support culture welfare and education with a focus on parks water facilities and industry growth.
The piece discusses Jimmy Petrillo and the AFM proposal to monopolize union musicians for all recording work. It argues the plan could oust current record manufacturers, faces public resistance, and would fail to compel consumer demand. It also criticizes Petrillo’s tactics and notes potential legal and labor repercussions.
The urgent coal, food distribution, and transportation gaps in Europe demand rapid planning at the Paris Conference. Raymond Moley outlines Europe’s postwar priorities: coal supply, food stability, currency reform, inland waterways, fertilizer production, and US assistance. He notes potential long term moves toward a Western Europe Customs Union and a steel cartel model, while addressing US role in supplying iron and steel and avoiding hostile cartel objections.
Europe lines up for the Paris conference on the Marshall plan as Britain France and the United States weigh claims against Soviet Russia. The piece surveys Moscow Berlin and Washington views and suggests a Europe split East and West with Germany redefined under a British American zone plan.
Billy Rose and Maj. Timothy Morgan stage a comic art scam turning a white marble block into an apparent sculpture. The con artist hypes the piece as museum worthy while the financer brags of fashioning a grand exhibition, then parades it toward a museum prank.
In a New York gallery Morgan adapts a museum piece into art by turning a marble washstand upside down and mounting it on a black base. The stunt draws mixed reactions from critics and visitors as a tale of theft, bribes, and satire unfolds around a modern sculpture exhibit arriving from France.
A light local column mentions a party scene with a watermelon used as a floral centerpiece, remarks on moisture keeping flowers fresh, and a quip about Pappy O Daniel and a hostile Senate run. It also recalls a card game anecdote and a local boy showing a pencil as a “trip over the weak end.”
A readable OCR filled with horizontal and vertical clue strings listing numerous crossword prompts including names, nouns, abbreviations, and letter hints across two directions. The fragment outlines standard clue formats such as Nail, Utopian, Before, Crucifix, Vehicle, Air raid pre cautions, and Hebrew letters among others.
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