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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1948
Page
18
Potter County officials face criticism for jailing children with adults under an obscure state law. The piece argues the law aims to keep delinquents separate and urges repeal or full compliance, noting runaways and innocent youths have been detained in the jail. The writer questions how children can learn respect for the law when authorities ignore it.
The piece argues a small group of Democratic senators should publicly state they will allow the Republicans to organize the Senate if Dewey wins and the House is Republican but the Senate remains Democratic. It warns unseating Vandenberg would impair foreign policy and damage credibility abroad, urging Democrats to back Kefauver, Anderson, and other allies to avoid a divided government. It portrays public unity as honoring the will of the people and preventing a chaotic transition.
The Globe and the News pledge unbiased explanations of eight proposed state constitutional amendments on the November general election ballot. One amendment would force legislative redistricting to fix unfair regional representation, with aims to restore balance after decades.
Paul Gallico extols election day as a weapon of reform urging readers to wield their vote against corrupt politicians. He praises the simple act of voting, imagines undemocratic insiders being toppled, and celebrates civic responsibility with a provocative, tongue in cheek flair. Distributed by McNaught Syn Inc.
A column contrasts Soviet Russian representatives in the United States with a skeptical tone. It questions whether a rigid, uncompromising society can produce friendly or humane figures and argues for American values over communist rigidity.
George E Sokolsky argues the dollar has been diluted by wartime spending and rising subsidies. He cites national debt per family, inflation drivers, and the need to cut government costs, subsidies, and taxes while boosting dollar purchasing power.
A letter from a Polk Street Professor addresses a young reader named Bob McCasiana. The note praises family dignity, urges responsible conduct, and recalls the author’s memory of the boy’s parents. The fragment ends with a casual sign off referencing Polk Street.
A compact puzzle clue set listing terms for a word fill game with numerous across and down hints spanning science, anatomy, classic names, and geography. Includes references to relatives and Greek letters, plus historical names and celestial terms for solution crosswords.
A 1948 editorial argues the ballot tests whether the United States government can function amid party divisions. It contends the choice is about governance capacity, not New Deal, communism, or wartime accords, urging voters to back Dewey over Truman and prevent Senate obstruction.
Wil iam H. Reilly division manager of Southwestern Bell Telephone Co dies of a stroke at his Topeka home aged 47. Native of McAlester Oklahoma he joined Southwestern Bell in 1924 serving in Oklahoma Texas and Kansas.
A trap set by residents captured a full grown raccoon believed to be the thief behind crop and poultry pilfering. The incident halted further livestock loss as the animal awaited relocation.
Time senior editor Whittaker Chambers formally answers the libel and slander suit by Alger Hiss in federal court. He insists the charges are true and seeks dismissal. Hiss, a former government official, helped shape Dumbarton Oaks and San Francisco conferences and heads the Carnegie Endowment in New York. Cone Donelson was named street commissioner at Ford according to Eugene Hudson.
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