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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1947

Page

12

Amarillo Globe News Masthead and pricing details

The Amarillo Globe News publisher and staff list appear with Genf Howe as president and publisher Wheelyn GlAZzar as editor in chief Paul Allingham as general manager and Grady Campbell as business manager. Subscription rates for Globe and News are provided for mail and carrier delivery including yearly, half year, quarterly and weekly options.

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Amarillo Platform Aims For City Growth And Welfare

A historic platform outlines goals for Amarillo including revising the city charter to broaden representation and tax limits, building a coliseum and new city hall, expanding parks and water facilities, improving traffic control, cleaning downtown, expanding hospital facilities, and boosting schools and cultural activities.

Amarillo City Commission of Aix Hereford Arla English Field

Universal Military Training Question Haunts Congress

The piece argues Congress dodged universal military training despite Army and Navy support and public polls. It notes the policy might alter world and domestic views, compares hopes for UN Security Council solutions, and includes quotations from Lady Astor and Eleanor Roosevelt about public office and politics.

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Legion proposal signals UN reform debate and isolationist pressures

Dorothy Thompson notes American Legion calls for UN Security Council reform to curb veto power and define aggression while urging limits on armaments and mass destruction. She argues sovereign states may join enforceable international law and cautions against reliance on vague slogans or vetoes. fleeing to isolationism risks war.

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Billy Rose and Uncle Charlie the Inventor

Billy recounts his Uncle Charlie on the East Side a dreamer inventor with odd schemes from cross pigeons to advertising on the Empire State Building. Frieda his wife smiles at his genius while joking he spells beckards jackass and Melvin the pharmacist funds their modest weekly check.

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Congress adjourns and Taft Hartley shapes 1948 race

George E. Sokolsky analyzes the 80th Congress noting Democratic president with Republican organizing Senate, Taft Hartley Act as major issue, and looming 1948 campaigns. He discusses tax bills, Europe aid, and the bi partisan foreign policy under Vandenberg and Dulles, framing future political battles.

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Polk Street Professor Sees Dawn Break Over Quiet City

A narrator recalls working through the night from seven to seven and describes dawn arriving with vivid detail. The sky shifts from pitch black to pale gray, then blue, as the earth wakes and birds begin their morning routine. The moment before sunrise is a still, almost sacred pause preceding daybreak.

Crossword clues and a noir dinner scene tease

A fragment from a newspaper puzzle page lists many crossword clues across and down including 1 5 bands and gods with numbers. The second fragment describes Aunt Frieda serving sauerbraten and potato pancakes as a niece arrives at Uncle Charlie and Frieda’s home and asks about a detective and jail.

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