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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1941
Page
13
In Washington DC the 91.1 men for every 100 women creates a social gap. A 35-year-old secretary earning 3200 recounts limited dates and long-term singleness. Others describe aging charmers, arranged dinners, and the pressure to marry by 27, while some men defer marriage and prefer back-home partners.
A report from Washington describes mock kidnap style maneuvers in Tennessee among rival generals, while labor secretary Perkins negotiates with La Guardia over the subway strike to avert harm to defense. Berlin and Moscow offer vague wartime updates as Nazi and Soviet lines shift. Leon Henderson moves toward steel and auto production cuts as price control powers loom.
Citizens propose a loud Amarillo safety push with highway banners and traffic officer armbands. Suggestions include San Jacinto beautification, weed cutting by volunteers, and public tinfoil recycling for defense needs. Residents ask for house numbers, and for sharing unused goods to aid others.
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Dr George Gallup of the American Institute of Public Opinion discusses poll methods and question wording. He proposes an advisory referendum via a bipartisan congressional committee to quickly test public opinion on selected issues using neutral phrasing and split ballots to detect bias.
A Yale professor, Henry A. Haugh, impulsively chased a disruptive traffic light irritant into a lifelong mission. He developed and tested an automatic signal device, partnered with Automatic Signal Corporation in Norwalk, and built a global industry now led by him as vice president, prompting a call to readers to act on ideas.
Major A S Williams argues for an Air Force Academy to train air officers, asserting airpower will dominate future warfare. He contrasts existing army and naval academies with the need for postgraduate entry, competitive selection, and college-level education guiding specialized service training. He calls for reorganizing defenses to seize destiny in American airpower.
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Rockefeller Jr voices concern that soldiers feel neglected as the USO drive seeks support. He emphasizes that many service members currently feel uncared for and calls for public backing.
The article notes Albania's wartime role from 1939 when Italy seized the country and King Zog fled, to Italian attempts against Greece, Greek and Yugoslav resistance, and German incursions. It highlights Victor Emmanuel III’s proclamation as Albanian king and Albania’s transformation into a modern battleground with multiple foreign powers involved.
Veiled Japanese threats over protecting Fiji interests amid potential US war involvement are mentioned beside a 1938 Fiji stamp showing King George VI. The article recalls Fiji discovery by Abel Tasman in 1643, Captain Cook's later contact, missionary settlement in 1835, surveying by an American expedition, and Britain’s 1874 sovereignty.
Harry Lee's No Measure Danced follows Lily Stagg in a department store setting as she sacrifices schooling and love to build a career. The novel traces the toll on family and marriage, presenting an earnest if not entirely happy portrait of a working woman.
Washington observers clash over appointing an air control coordinator as FAA style limits loom. Civil and military planners weigh radio, altitude rules and the need to avoid grounding private flying while expanding to hundreds of thousands of aircraft in future decades.
The census shows a year’s zipper production valued at 17 847 114 dollars and salad dressing production valued at 48 million dollars. It notes 49 centenarian fatalities in 1939 from falls burns fires auto crashes heat and undefined accidents. It also cites 12 million gross safety pins used yearly and 2 582 firearm deaths. Total state tax receipts in 1939 were eleven times 1915 levels.
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