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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1948
Page
20
Dispatches from Washington report a House subcommittee inquiry into auto trade practices including a car salesman claiming a $500 customer tip per new car deal. The piece notes past eras of high tips and a postwar buyers market with car shortages and high demand.
Letters praise Y-Teens as the youngest YWCA members linking through 65 nations to foster international understanding. They describe activities from vocations to arts and service while urging girls to join during Teen Roll Call Week.
A compact essay by Philip Wylie contrasts communism and Americanism with a shipwreck allegory. It notes equal labor and shared food under communism, plus indoctrination and divided loyalties, then imagines an immigrant undermining US values after arrival. The piece reflects anti communist sentiment in a satirical tone.
A letter from Mr. Tom Girner of Republic Steel highlights a disturbing clipping about making money and an ominous envelope from San Francisco. The note references a Readers Digest piece on an old Chinese garden and warns of a future economy scare that could affect executives and travel costs.
The piece argues President Truman will push Congress to raise about five billion dollars in additional revenue. It warns of deficits, defense and foreign program costs, and social and farm spending. It suggests corporations bear the burden, debating excess profits versus graduated income taxes, while noting political risk and public sentiment.
The speaker recalls traveling from Corpus Christi to Amarillo in a Model T in 1934 with wife and daughter. They had nine dollars, paid 40 cents for a hamburger meal, 13 to 14 cent gas, and averaged 23 miles per gallon at 35 mph. After spending a night in Abilene for 75 cents, they reached home with 80 cents left, reflecting on headwinds then and now.
A jumbled OCR style puzzle lists bilingual terms and clues from a Mexican official page. It blends chemistry notes, measurements, ranks, and everyday words, forming a broad glossary with scattered numeric cues and fragment phrases.
Amid Thanksgiving travel, discussions shift to school life. Parents seek curricular and extracurricular details while students balance politeness and privacy. Friends may ask about experiences, but guard personal boundaries and focus on relevant facts.
The text offers advice on tailoring remarks to fit audiences including Pop and Mom while being tactful with others. It emphasizes providing information generously to parents and being reticent with acquaintances, framed as guidance from Artista and Writers Service.
Rev Usher-Wilson urged Jeffrey's Bay congregation that cosmetics degrade women and waste scarce resources, citing a million or more people spending time on makeup. On the same day A D de Kock at Pretoria Technical College challenged modern parental attitudes, remarking on a fashionably minded mother and joke about a nurse girl.
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