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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1947
Page
10
The Amarillo Globe and News lists its founding date February 20 1924 as well as publishing practices and staff roles. It provides subscription prices for daily and Sunday delivery including carrier mail and agency options with 1 year rates and shorter terms.
The editorial argues that Truman's 10 point inflation program does not threaten democracy and that real danger lies in partisan gamesmanship. It urges Congress to balance powers, resist totalitarian labeling, and demand sober, cooperative leadership to avoid national economic disaster.
Prof. Corwin D. Epwards of Northwestern University argues for a framework where unions accept and apply jurisdictional awards issued by labor itself, aiming to reduce disputes and streamline collective bargaining.
Paul Gallico warns that a Production Line mindset in the United States risks national security by underpreparing for war. He parallels the Maginot mentality with complacent belief in know how and universal military training, arguing key factories and supply chains could be crippled by atomic attack, and calls for urgent strategic action. The piece is distributed by McNaught Syndicate.
Dorothy Thompson argues Marshall's Harvard address energized Europe by proving US belief in Europe, lifting morale and spurring recovery. She warns that European Communists may undermine this by returning to Moscow and presenting a wrecking program that could derail American diplomacy and European resilience.
Billy Rose recalls rooftop pigeon coops in his East Side youth where gangsters kept fancy breeds. He notes the sport of pigeons as a badge of bohemian toughs and details a 1920s rooftop culture with beer and buckwheat, while shifting to a political moment as the USSR arms critique and US policy sparring with blunt, dignified defiance.
A chilling 1947 tale describes pigeon fanciers killing birds over love and pride. One man murders 400 homers after wedding plans collapse, a brutal end to a bizarre subculture. The piece also touches on postwar Soviet critique and a water system outage in Pampa.
A late night road stop near Polk Street features a sleep-deprived driver, a football foe from 1924, and a jittery cook. the narrator recalls shared dormancy, a jukebox loop, and a clumsy order as dawn nears.
A night shift scene shows a waitress and truck drivers sharing a wakeful hour. She keeps cups full and eyes a loud patron who drunkenly disrupts the room until a driver cools him with a sharp glance. The narrator enjoys hot cakes and syrup before slipping back to a cold duck blind.
A filled crossword grid with numbered clues for horizontal and vertical entries. The list includes common crossword words such as adventurer picture, peruser, bail, Christmas song, war god, and many others across 1 7 and 14 15 lines, plus verticals like presses and refuge.
Churchill states in a telegram that he could have persuaded President Truman to extend lend lease after the war but was swept from power by the Labour landslide in 1945. He sent the message to Frank M. H. Taylor, Conservative candidate for Gravesend by election, Kent, addressing Socialist claims about shortages.
Dean Blackburn a 33 year old mechanic from Mr Pleasant recounts being robbed by two hitch hikers between Dallas and Fort Worth. They tied him up at a Fort Worth tourist cabin stole his car ten dollars a watch and a knife before fleeing. The pair later were captured at a Johnson County filling station while in possession of Blackburns car.
City Court Justice Jacob Herzog declared a moratorium on tenant evictions in Albany for December 15 through January 1. He noted that most landlords would not want to put anyone out at Christmas time.
Actor Ralph Bellamy was granted a divorce from Ethel Smith in Gooding Idaho district court. He cited desertion as the reason.
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