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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1950
Page
6
Local residents from Sherman Wolfe City Bonham Paris and Denison and others visited family and friends across Whitewright Tom Bean Van Alstyne Frisco Grayson and surrounding areas. Notable events include a birth announced for Stateville and several weekends spent with relatives and in hospitals and homecomings at Pike.
President Truman issued an executive order directing all businesses to preserve records on prices and costs for May 24 to June 24 under the new controls law. The move enables a potential price rollback and excludes wages and several specific exemptions.
The State Street Council finds married Chicago women rank companionship with husbands as their top duty while white collar single women list getting married as their first wish. It notes office women view their jobs as a potential source for husband material, marking a shared though nuanced view of marriage across groups.
A fragment notes that 235 million people avoid weather talk due to beliefs about fate in Islam. It contrasts this with meteorologists in Moha met and mentions humanity's first weapon as the slingshot.
Washington officials study plans to keep billions in U.S. bonds from maturing as E bonds begin to mature in 1952. Treasury Secretary John Snyder heads a committee to recommend options, aiming for operational rules by 1952 and beyond.
Edward F. Bartelt argues people should keep matured bonds with value rising at set intervals, every four months or monthly. He estimates a $100 bond bought for $75 could gain 1 percent every four months, reaching $101 after four months, $102 after eight, and $103 after twelve, with no compounding. The plan is voluntary and allows cashing anytime.
Seventeen year old Juanita Wood of Seagoville drowned in Lake Texoma after falling from a motorboat Sunday afternoon near Willow Springs Resort. Grappling hooks recovered her body at 1 30 Monday morning, more than 12 hours after the accident. The boat was driven by Ray Hutchinson of Dallas. her uncle E R Wood of Dallas owned the other craft causing the wave. No life jackets were aboard Hutchinsons boat. Ancient coins were minted from electrum, an alloy of gold and silver.
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