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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1950
Page
16
The Amarillo Globe lists editors, publishers and staff roles, with subscription rates for home delivery and mail across regions. It describes itself as an independent Democratic newspaper, publishing impartial news and supporting what it believes to be right regardless of party politics.
Paul Gallico riffs on menu indecision and predicts a color display kitchen aisle. He imagines Gallico's Visual Menu Restaurant with a glass cabinet showing all daily dishes in vivid color, eliminating second guessing. The concept echoes automat dining already in existence.
A clergyman notes rising church attendance during the Korean War yet ongoing crime and materialism. The author contrasts Christian focus on the Hereafter with Hinduism where religion is integral to today. Reading from the Bhagavad Gita, he argues Hinduism makes religion a daily guide and life force rather than a Sunday obligation, urging readers to decide what they value.
George E Sokolsky argues that the US electoral system is superior to other political devices, despite ugliness and vulgarity in campaigns. He praises free secret voting, critiques bureaucrats and totalitarians, and notes the public can remove rulers through elections. He cites Truman and contrasts with Stalin and Hitler regimes.
Dr. Albert Wiggam surveys mind tests on 1 400 married and single women showing shifts in imagined surveillance after age 60. He questions trends in honesty among youths and notes diet experiments at Minnesota. warns on hunger in Russia and Asia.
A Polk Street article notes Mrs. Henry R. Dickson of 3901-A Harrison dressed as a gypsy to read palms at a school carnival and Ellwood Park festivities. A 10 year old girl sought future news on grades and a boyfriend. the reader offered hopeful responses and even joked about freckle cream. The narrator muses on palmistry and cites Shakespeare as a skeptic believer.
Crossword puzzle solution list shows horizontal entries 1 through 59 and vertical 1 through 57 with clues and missing letters. The readable fragments indicate typical puzzle fill structure including names, objects, and plants, with several entries referencing mythological, geographic, and linguistic terms.
Fort Worth reports 1198 church brotherhoods in Texas with L H Tapscott noting 136 new groups formed in the year. District 12 in the Dallas area leads with 24, and Camp Copass attendance was 1147 as the Fort Worth encampment closes. The convention continues with officer elections and a Baptist General Convention session to follow.
In Tuscaloosa Alabama Mr and Mrs N L House displayed a home grown dahlia at the curb market measuring one foot across and three feet in circumference.
Harpo Marx brings a concert show to Municipal Auditorium with a Dolly Lynch Bureau booking. Ticket pricing spans parquet and balcony sections while noting Harpo’s musical prowess on multiple instruments and inability to read music.
Harpo Marx signs with a battered relic harp after considering costs from $2.50 to $47. The cracked instrument requires repeated tuning and wiring for stability. Harpo later performs in Harpo's Concert Bazaar with Christina Carroll Jeanette Savran and the Ivan Kirov group blending slapstick and serious music.
Gloucester mass reports Captain Drum, a 72 year old mackerel seiner, as the oldest active fishing boat in New England. Despite age she led the fleet in catch this year, proving enduring seafaring presence for regional fishermen.
An investigation board examined the turret explosion during firing practice at Fort Hood. Four soldiers were injured including Lt. Charles Bailey of Dallas and Pfc. Ernest G. Baker of Red River, Texas, with one enlisted man critically hurt. Set. Harold Knowles of Gloucester, Massachusetts, among the victims, all from the Armored Division.
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