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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1948
Page
16
Fragmentary OCR notes show a telephone subscription item with an advance payment of 1 20.80 and a reference to six months upfront. unclear names or dates and no clear event or entity beyond generic departments.
A Tennessee controversy questions press coverage of Republican figures Brazilla Carroll Reece and Roy Acuff, pelted with produce in Kingsport. The piece argues for fuller reporting on the incident and motives, weighing free speech against hostile reception and regional pride.
The columnist laments current pop and bebop as meaningless sounds and contrasts them with Italian opera and vaudeville imitations. He recalls past musical tastes, fears alienation from new styles, and questions cultural influence amid Cold War rhetoric.
A Chicago tale recounts a wealthy senile man saved by a passerby who wrapped his muffler about his neck and guided him home. The son placed a $50000 reward for the woman who described the muffler and its initials, but no claimant emerged before the will’s codicil. The case drew urban speculation about motive and risk. In Hamburg an elephant lifted a girl to shore after she fell into a bathing pond, leaving her uninjured.
Dorothy Thompson argues that inflation stems from money flow exceeding goods supply, not from political factions. She critiques price controls, warns of bureaucratic costs, and favors diverting purchasing power to savings over tax cuts or rationing.
M Rogers superintendent of schools says finding well qualified teachers is as hard as during the war. He notes resignations after each hire and rising average teacher age from 35 to 45, as Amarillo plans for about 12 thousand students with 400 teachers and numerous staff this fall.
A list of crossword style clues labeled Horizontal and Vertical. Entries include actor themed hints such as Pictured cinema actor and Railbird plus multiple clue sets referencing actions, colors, and objects. The page presents a dense puzzle grid style with enumerated numbers and partial phrases.
In this Gin Rummy column Oswald Jacoby discusses the difficulty of bad hands. He notes that with several loose cards and little knowledge of opponents, decisions are often guesses. A sample hand shows the dilemma of blocking or discarding while aiming for gin.
The piece outlines a campus dress code emphasizing comfort and tradition. It notes the sport jacket and slacks as everyday wear, with worsted suits for formal events, dinner jackets for special occasions, and raincoats or waterproofs for weather. Oxfords with tan-down collars are common.
The piece discusses ties and foulards as favorites in a style picture for fellows, noting regional differences in cut and fabric and that certain schools follow special facts. It advises wearing basic clothes with assurance, and ends with a boastful benediction to the reader.
Discussion notes two benefits of discarding the jack of spades. It provides protection since it is the only card with defense, and it is a ten point card, making it a likely candidate to be removed from play.
An article notes titanium as the earth's fourth most abundant metal with steel strength and half its weight, seen as promising for kettles in atomic energy applications.
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