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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1950
Page
4
Local notes record visitors from Dallas Fort Worth and other towns, birthdays such as W N Stone’s 93rd, and residents attending family gatherings. Several ETSTC students, soldiers, and graduates are mentioned with coinciding trips to Sherman, Dallas, Gainesville, and Marshall Arkansas.
Weather expert A M Hamrick says balmy Gulf air and a southward cold front create glaze storms when warm moist air rides over cold air. North Texas saw major ice events in 1945 1949 and 1950 centered near Sherman and Denison with Lake Texoma cited as a possible local factor.
Tax Officer Robert Dean estimated Saturday that Grayson County's voting strength in 1950 will be about 17000. Poll counts at the tax office totaled 13300 and there is no way to determine accurately how many exemptions are held in the county.
A homeowner guidance column answers practical home care questions. It covers thermostat height at five feet, removing calcimine with warm water or ammonia solution, removing dents in rugs with a damp rag and hot iron, painting houses to boost appeal, adding roof color with asphalt shingles, and fixing creaking floors by wedging subflooring to beams.
The Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor project construction activity totaling 19.25 billion dollars. This forecast highlights massive growth in the industry with anticipated output across multiple sectors and regions.
A line in industry progress proclaims that modern steel plants can produce in about an hour what Civil War furnaces produced in a full year. The message highlights a leap in efficiency and industrial capacity spanning production speeds and technological advancement.
The Federal Housing Administration predicts a continued high rate of home modernization and new construction in 1950, based on insured property improvement loans that reached at least 600 million dollars in 1949. Title I loans cover up to 2500 dollars for single family homes and farm buildings, with plumbing and roofing among top improvements.
A Civil Service Magazine survey finds U S workers prefer staying in their current roles to seeking promotions. Detroit hospital attendants rate security highest, good pay and conditions next, with interesting work and promotion opportunities varying by gender and supervisory status.
Washington report from the Commodity Exchange Authority warns small grain speculators in Chicago pit trading face high losses. From 1924 to 1932 nearly 9,000 accounts were watched. 6,598 lost money while 2,184 profited, with total losses about six times profits. The main cause cited is hesitating to close loss positions while letting profits run.
A Yale professor emeritus says there is no fixed ideal home temperature. Dr. C. E. A. Winslow notes comfort depends on body heat produced. He suggests 74 degrees for still activity and 68 to 70 for moderate work, with 65 to 70 for light factory tasks. Humidity matters mainly at high temperatures.
Dr Sizoo reflects on the Bible as a supreme source of poetry drama romance and biography and compares its cultural loss to a wheat field wrecked by a cyclone. He celebrates the Twenty third Psalm Sermon on the Mount Isaiah and Revelation for their haunting loveliness and grand vision.
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