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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1950
Page
6
Local notes show a wide array of visits and travels. Residents from Sherman Dallas Fort Worth Ennis and other places visited relatives and friends in nearby towns while others hosted guests from Wichita Falls Dallas and New Orleans. Several residents underwent procedures or were hospitalized in Sherman Fort Worth and Green ville.
A 12 piece slightly used bedroom set at Lem Tittsworth's Bonham includes vanity chest bed bench 2 lamps rug pillows picture spring and mattress priced at 139.50. Contact Lem Tittsworth Bonham Texas for details.
President Truman signed a security bill adding about 10 million Americans to Social Security with Texas workers making up a large portion. The act more than doubles benefits for 83,000 Texas beneficiaries and expands coverage to 1.4 million Texas workers. Self employed individuals domestic workers and farm workers are identified as major new entrants with eligibility rules outlined. Estimates vary for total Texas additions and many details await implementation.
Vincent R. Paolucci of Euclid has invented and built in jacks into his car a screw type jack usable on any surface. Installed in front and rear the jacks require only a little cranking to lift either end. Paolucci a fur stylist devised the device after being stuck in snow and hopes to find a backer to manufacture the invention.
Washington report outlines the unknown authorship of the Marine Hymn words and the debated origin of its music. National Geographic notes attribution to unknown Marines for the lyrics, with Offenbach’s Genevieve de Brabant as a possible source for the music, while the Marine Corps researches a Spanish folk tune link. The piece discusses historic standards at Quantico and suspected Mexican War influences.
Joel D Thacker argues the tune may predate Offenbach's opera and originated as a Marine hymn heard in Mexico. He notes Offenbach traveled in Spain and suggests the opera borrowed an older folk melody popular with Marines during the Civil War.
New York reports a smaller marriage boom than expected due to a shortage of spinsters and bachelors. Metropolitan Life Insurance statisticians say about two thirds of adults 15 and over are married and about 75 million people are now married in the United States, a record high. This rise reflects wartime marriages and lower widow and widower rates.
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