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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1946
Page
7
Chicago report notes sociologist and band leader agree the Bobby Soxer phenomenon is waning as postwar normalcy returns. Evelyn Millis Duvall cites wartime unrest driving teen adoration for Frank Sinatra and values shifting as parents relax.
Swing era fans retreat from frenzy as bobby soxers like Betsy Weer embrace quieter times after years of chasing Frankie and causing fuss. Glen Gray notes fans once tore at coats and handkerchiefs and now expect calmer crowds. Betsy, 16, says reform is coming after a four year high energy run.
The Agriculture Department reports 1946 cash farm income for January through November reached 21.6 billion dollars, up 14 percent from 1945. Livestock receipts rose about 10 percent and crop cash returns about 19 percent, with October boosting totals. November income is estimated near 3.0 billion, down from October but well above 1945.
A Madagascar aye-aye demonstrates a peculiar drinking habit by dipping its fingers into water and pulling them through its mouth. This unusual behavior highlights the aye-aye’s unique feeding adaptations and nocturnal foraging.
Texarkana resident Mrs. Ton Connally wife of Senator and foreign relations leader keeps a travel log of capitals and meeting places of UN heads. She accompanied her husband to key 1945 46 and UN events and may travel to Moscow if he serves as adviser.
Frances Martin and Otho L. Crawford of Amarillo were named to John Tarleton Agricultural College honor roll in Stephenville as the school announced the top students for the first nine weeks.
Registrar Leslie S Moore announced that each honor roll student was registered for at least 15 semester hours and earned 80 or higher in every subject. The note mentions the starfish has nerves but no brain and gives a brief history of the U S Coast Guard founded by Alexander Hamilton to combat smugglers with ten cutters authorized by Congress.
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