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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1947
Page
12
The Amarillo Globe announces publication notes including founding date February 20 1924 and theater of operations. It lists evening publication schedule except weekends and details subscription rates for various plans and delivery methods in Amarillo and surrounding areas.
The Globe outlines 13 platform planks to guide Amarillo toward imagination vigor and opportunity. Proposals include revising the city charter, building a coliseum and new city hall, upgrading traffic control, downtown cleanup, expanded sports facilities, park expansion, water study, hospital growth, English Field as an air terminal, support for small industries, cultural welfare, and school facilities with salary increases. The paper invites readers to submit 500 word letters for a $10 prize.
After a year of debate the UN Military Staff Committee limits the international police to small and medium powers disputes. The five great powers veto remains, blocking major steps even against minority fights, and only a broader US Russia accord or veto abandonment could make such force practical.
George E. Sokolsky writes that Harry Truman signed the bill restoring Hoover Dam to its original name and praises Truman as a noble, decent man. He notes Hoover endured smear campaigns, was cheered at a Waldorf Astoria dinner, and argues restoring the name honors service without inflating ego.
The piece argues the interview hid two significant points. Stalin equated US and Nazi Germany systems in government, while opposing imperialism and worker oppression. but democracy and capitalist freedom in the US and its enterprises differ sharply from totalitarian regimes.
The passage shows Billy Rose in a clipped, witty exchange about politics and society. It includes a dinner with the Robertson family, Jeanie and her Amherst date, and remarks on education, culture, and competition. The tone mirrors a period newspaper portrait of public discourse and social satire.
A narrator recounts a disastrous evening with Jeanie as he tries to impress and converse about culture. He brags, fumbles through music and dance, shifts to adult topics, and ends with a waning compliment from Jeanie. The closing line notes the speaker, a shattered man, toiling at a portable typewriter.
A dense grid of crossword clues lists many entries across horizontal and vertical sections. Clues cover variety from radio star to mathematical terms and place names in a traditional puzzle layout.
A humorous column recalls a husband listing his wife’s 1000 virtues but critiques her thrift. He jokes she hoards worn girdles in every spot from drawers to the yard while noting one in a shotgun shell box proves excessive. The piece ends with a quip about a drunk wife being a joked fault.
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