22 Jan 1940
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1940
Page
1
A survey of over 1,400 Amarillo High School students shows private home parties favored for social activity, concerns over petting, and views on drinking morality. About 1,180 said ardent peers were undesirable, while most students reported staying awake at night or feeling carefree to varying degrees.
The group states acceptance of petting as conventional and harmless but not agreeable. Living room parties with games in private homes outrank attending theaters with dates as the top social activity, with dances and school events as popular third choices. The gregarious high school crowd prefers crowd or gang affairs over dark corner activities.
A poll finds 1028 students homes surveyed with 434 reporting that the word grace is spoken regularly. The results highlight language use in domestic settings and reflect the study’s reach among students.
A fragment discussing parental alcohol use and social drinking norms. It questions whether parents drink tasted liquor intoxication and whether drinking alone or with crowds reflects morality. The text references girls who drink regularly as morally questionable.
Fragmentary OCR shows a survey style exchange about petting and dating with numbers 647 1101 357 and 803 730 382 1180 609. The text suggests moral concerns and questions on dating behavior amid ambiguous context.
A large Amarillo High School survey shows 1,095 students report parents not objecting to school dances while over half object to dancing in public venues. The study covers religion, immortality, tobacco use, ambitions, and attitudes toward liquor, with insights from many named groups and students.
In Amarillo High School, students equate drinking with immorality. A leading argument states drinking leads to many forms of immorality, and two-thirds say most frequent drinkers of girls are morally questionable otherwise.
A sparse group of students admitted they were too young to decide their life work. They cited not discovering talent, leaving decisions to parents, and simply putting it off as reasons.
The survey shows 400 students live west of Polk Street and north of Tenth Avenue, 360 in the southwest. east of Polk Street 333 live north of Tenth and 382 south of Tenth. Total respondents include 700 boys and 776 girls. Income ranges include 2500 to 5000 annually, 400 plus from 1000 to 2500, 134 from over 5000, about 100 from only necessities funds, 34 from under privileged.
Finnish communique reports nearly 1,000 Reds killed in five engagements across the Karelian Isthmus to mid-Finland front. Kollanjoki and Kuila losses include 450 and 120 killed with tanks and armored cars destroyed. Taipale River fighting leaves hundreds dead beyond count. Russians pressed artillery at Mannerheim line and warned of Germans.
The eighth snow of the winter coated the Panhandle with a light blanket while a southeast Texas blizzard disrupted travel from San Antonio to the Gulf Coast. Amarillo reported about a half inch with .04 inch moisture, and subfreezing lows dipped to 10 degrees at the airport and 12 in town. A north wind of about 10 mph returns tonight as forecasters predict continued cold, with a possible 23 snows this winter and 15 remaining.
The House rules committee, after a brief stormy hearing, unanimously approved and sent to the House legislation to extend the Dies Committee on un American activities for another year. Administration leaders planned to bring the measure to a vote tomorrow. The panel rejected requests from Democrats Dempsey and Casey to add procedural restrictions on investigators.
Raymond Massey portrayed Abraham Lincoln arriving at the White House with a Washington police officer named Robert E Lee escorting him from the airport. The event followed a dinner engagement at the White House.
A collision between two Chinese ships on the swollen Yangtze River today caused more than 200 deaths all of them Chinese. No other details were available.
Washington dispatch reports the Foreign Policy Association concludes Finland Norway and Sweden together could field about 1,000,000 trained soldiers 400 to 600 planes 14 coast defense ships 35 submarines and 150 small vessels but are strategically weak apart. The analysis notes Denmark can offer no reliable aid against Germany while Norway and Sweden might assist if delay harms their security amid the Russo Finnish war.
Report from Helsinki describes a Finnish ambush where two men armed with crowbars attacked a Russian tank as it moved through woods. They boarded the vehicle pried off the turret top and dropped a hand grenade killing the tank crew amid attempts to dislodge them.
London hotels report surge in marriages during wartime with three pound rates at the Savoy offering dinner dancing luxury bedroom and breakfast. About 20 couples daily use the offer as part of a bargain honeymoon trend amid the war.
A Globe News Want Ad sold two clarinets from Tolzien Music Store. The Bundy Selmer clarinet, in A condition, originally $100, priced at $42.50 with Tolzien Music Store at 619 Polk St. Ad ran 4 days for $2.52. Watch Want Ads daily for used instrument bargains.
The film opens February 15 at the State Theater in Amarillo for a week with three daily showings at 10:30 2:30 and 8. Night tickets cost 1.20 including tax while day seats are 75 cents. Sunday matinee at 2 includes reserved seats and 1.20 ticket. Manager Fred Patterson will announce ticket outlets soon.
Tokyo protests to Britain over stopping the Japanese liner Asama Maru and the seizure of 21 German passengers aboard their voyage home via Japan and Siberia. A shot was fired near the ship as officials study the incident and trade relations.
J D Newell a convicted robber shot in an attempted jail break at Canyon underwent surgery reported to be successful He was shot in the abdomen after attacking City Marshal John Guthrie at breakfast He received a seven year sentence for the C B Clegg holdup in Amarillo last Oct 1 Sheriff Cantrell sent three other prisoners to Amarillo Irvin Lee Davidson Newell s companion also received seven years for the same robbery
A London government spokesman said Allied victory would help small neutral nations but Churchill's speech hinting at a united front against Germany and Russia should not be viewed as government policy. He stressed no new departure was announced and neutral nations reacted unfavorably to the speech.
Berlin January 22 Goering ordered confiscation of the former Polish state property in German occupied territories to safeguard it. The note appears in a historical or archival column with a 25 yearsago line referencing January 22, 1915 and an unrelated ad for Anna Shade & Equip. Co.
Col. Ernest O. Thompson of the Texas Railroad Commission will retire as chairman of the Interstate Oil Compact Commission after three terms. He supports rotating the chairmanship among member states each year and will continue as a member and as the Texas representative. The quarterly conference opens with Governors Ratner of Kansas and Phillips of Oklahoma scheduled to speak. Opposition to federal control of the oil industry is a key topic in pre-convention meetings.
Italian officials announced that all 412 passengers aboard the burned motorship Orazio had been rescued off the south coast of France amid heavy seas. A new survivor check showed only a few crew of 231 missing after rescue ships checked the survivors.
The poll tax office reports only 3,400 receipts issued with about 7,090 potential voters still due by January 31 to maintain voting strength for a national state district and local elections. Names listed include Rufus Steele, Russell Stationery Co, Neely Greenhill, and Agey Insurance.
The forecast covers Amarillo and surrounding areas with clearing and colder tonight and Tuesday. West Texas expected to be cloudy with light snow in the north and east, clearing in the southwest. New Mexico shows light snow in the east with mixed clouds and temps near 10 to 19 F. noon reading 72 F.
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