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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1950
Page
22
A public spoof crowns Jack Renny as Mr Thrifty of 1950 while jokes claim he hoards money and resists aging. Bob Hope mocks the tale on a WOAT broadcast, noting Ads cost little yet pull big.
Southwestern Life Insurance Company released its 47th annual financial statement showing an 11.7 percent gain in new paid for life insurance during 1945. Agency force produced 108,786,983 in new insurance while total assets reached 200,132,192.32 with investments in Texas real estate loans up over 18 million. Total life insurance in force stood at 751,844,019, an increase of 4,435,879 in 1949.
A reader from East Rutherford asks how to split profits when B adds 600 to a 2600 partnership stake and a 10,000 profit is shared. Haney outlines methods based on duration of investment, loan status, and agreed terms, suggesting prorated profit, or treating the 600 as a loan with interest, then equal division. Additional letters discuss retirement finances, marriage, and investment strategies, including minimizing risk, increasing savings, and diversifying into trusted investment funds.
Hollywood report says actress Ann Sothern will enter Loray Hospital tomorrow to remove a benign thyroid tumor. The operation is described as routine with a brief recovery expected for the stage and screen star.
Comic weekly feature lists familiar strips and stars including Blondie Maggie Jiggs Little Iodine Snuffy Smith and other come stars in a highlighted page for readers of Puck the Comic Weekly.
The Air Force studies a cash clothing allowance system to replace the present GI issue for airmen at Lackland AFB. Maj Gen Charles W Lawrence says the plan could affect 18 000 airmen and take effect July 1. Airmen will buy clothing at the counter under general military specs without changing grade or type of wear.
A boy found a loaded 38 caliber Colt revolver in an alley behind 28107 Broadway. The weapon was turned over to police by Thomas Wayne Lumley after the boy, familiar with gun danger, brought it to his father. Lumley noted the boy's access to firearms at home on U S Highway 8P and that the son had shot a shotgun and pistol there.
Jose A. Flores nicknamed the west side poet will spend two weeks in Mexico City to gain ideas and local color for his poetry. He serves as night manager at the Casa Blanca restaurant and plans to present some of his Texas poems during the trip.
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