Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1940 Page: 4 of 8
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Published Every Thursday
Editor - - Mrs. J. W. Dismukes
Asso. Editor - Jesse V. Dismukes
Business Mgr. - Hugh J. Dismukes
Entered at the Post Office at Pala-
cios, Texas, as second class mail
natter, under the Act of Congress.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
In Matagorda County:—
Six Months, SI.00; 1 Year $1.75
Outside Matagorda County:—
Six Months. $1.25; 1 Year $2.00
HEALTH NOTES
Austin, Texas.—There is still too
much "Behind Closed Doors Talk"
about cancer, Dr. Geo, W. Cox,
State Health Officer, declared to-
day in urging Texans to make the
most of educational opportunities
which will be offered during April,
proclaimed by Governor W. Lee
O'Daniel as Cancer Control Month,
"We cannot fight cancer success-
fully by hiding from it. On the oth-
er hand, by overcoming fear and
lack of knowledge, the campaign
against this disease will be half
won, Dr. Cox said.
Reliance upon lightning warfare
will not defeat cancer. It is only a
relentless crusade carried on over
a period of years that will succeed
in wearing down the death rate
from this disease. Such a crusade
requires more courage and wide-
spread knowledge than our people
possess at this time.
Vital statistics records of the
State Health Department show that
cancer mortality is steadily increas-
ing. Statistics for the past half-dec-
ade, 1933 through 1938, record an
upswing in the cancer death rate
from 64.5 per hundred thousand in
1933, to 66.3 in 1934, to 68.5 in 1935,
to 73.6 in 1936, to 72.8 in 1937, to
a high of 74.4 in 1938. The Texas
cancer death total in 1938 was 4593
as compared with 3863 in 1933.
Whether or not this increase in can-
cer mortality will continue depends
upon the effort every man, woman
and child will put forth to learn
more about cancer, its symptoms
and its cure.
Free educational literature on
cancer may be obtained by writing
the State Health Department, Aus-
tin, co-sponsor of the Cancer Con-
trol drive in Texas during the
month of April.
PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS', TEXAS
THE MOTHS AND THE FLAME
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Lee O'Daniel,]cases,
J Ernest Thompson, a sure entrant,
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candidacy for re-1
IS> PIERCE BROOKS
Impwntance of Texas, commwudal-
ly and politically, has been brought
afresh to the attention of the Na-
tion. Tnro members of the Pvesi-
dent'h irabinet have been recent visi-
tors.
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Secretary of the Interior;. Harold
L. Ickes came down to make the
speech at the tenth anniversary
banquet of the opening of' the Kil-
gore oil field. Texas gave him a
royal welcome, but Texas doesn't
agree with him that tl»e Federal
government should assume control
of our natural resources. Texas
citizens .still believe tltey are cap-
able of doing that job,.
* * *
Then came genial, smiling Post-
master James A. Farley. He had a
few odd jobs to do in dedicating
postoffices and then attended the
postmaster's convention in Marsh-
all. There he met a very large per-
centage of the members of the
fourth estate—because newspaper
editors have been very fortunate in
getting Texas postmasterships, and
all of them are making good.
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Another major tragedy to our
school children was narrowly avert-
ed the other day. The ceiling of the
San Saba high school collapsed and
crushed desks just seconds before
the boys and girls were scheduled
to file in.
* * *
THE POCKETBOOK
of KNOWLEDGE
Austin.—Gov.
announcing his
j election this week, told the voters j declared his opposition to the sales'is improbable
i the governor's race this year is go-1 tax and the transaction tax, point-J would have survived had they been
ling to be a mere sideshow, and the. ing out that the latter is nothing|in their places. It would have been
I big excitement was going to be over (but a multiplied sales tax, and let a worse tragedy than the terrible
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HOURLY WAGES IN THE
AUTOMOBILE IHDUSTBY iHCRCAOEt
SS PERCENT BETWftM 1933
AND 1939, IM SPITE OP HI6HEB
RAW MATERIAL COSTS.
al,vingstanda&-
NEARLV. 2! MILLION TELEPHONES
ARE mow IMUSE IN THE U.S.—
AH ALL-TIMS PEAK}
IS CHINA, THE
AVERAGE FARMER
WAKE5 ABOUT
cIXTECN DOUARS
a yem
IN i960
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genera
WERE PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES- GENERAL
GArtneLp iVOK
A RECENT SURVEy Or It3 CSMPMIES SHOWfcD
THAT VEARLV TAXES EQUALLED FOR
EACH COMATON STOCKHOLDER •
AND PER JOBHOLDER.
Thursday, Aprff f!, [949
I THIS WEEK
J IN PALACIOS HISTORY
m FROM OUR EARLY FILES *j
F0 TEARS AGO
D. M. Green had let contract for
the erection of $5,000 residence on
East Biiy.
Mrs.. C. w. Neater, Mrs. G. A.
Harrison and O. F- Cavallin were
re-elected members of the school
board.
The Wednesday Club held annual
banquet for husbiands and sweet-
hearts at G'raycoart.
S. E. McLelaln, a former Palacios
business man, died at the home of
his niece, Mrs. Frank S. Hartwell
in Houston.
There were 400 of these boys and
girls. The crash was such that it will close' In vacation, every school born in Cherokee County,
that any of them!'10Use 1,1 Texas ought to be rigidly March 24, 1851. He was also the from
I the election of 150 House members it be known that he will drive hard
| and 14 Senators. | for increased oil taxes to pay the
I Thai is probably as the Governor social security obligations.
would like to have it. But'political
developments of the week-end indi-
Harry Hines, already busily cam-
paigning with a weekly radio broad-
cated O'Daniel may ba as wrong j cast, promised to work with the leg-
about this as he has been about jslature—denied any desire to die-
some other things during the last tate to the people what kind of a
two years. Legislature they elect—and declar-
In the first place, ODaniel him- ed for a poiicy of spreading the
self made his prediction improbable new tax burden, which all candi-
when he laid the chief issue of the ( dates are agreed must be imposed,
campaign—his transaction tax, and without crippling any line of busi-
his spending program that calls for'noss or industry.
FEATHER & SON j
REAL ESTATE i
AUTO and LIFE I
FIRE, TORNADO j
INSURANCE |
BONDS
—NOTARY PUBLIC—
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PALACIOS
FUNERAL HOME
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
& LICENSED EMBALMERS
AMBULANCE SERVICE
PHONE 8 PALACIOS
M. K. FEATHER, Mgr.
$60,000,000 of new taxes to be laid
on the backs of the people (hf
Texas. His demand that the peo-
ple elect a subservient LegislatLire
that will do the bidding of O'Dan-
iel, as the present Legislature re-
fused to do, reminded the voters
that Huey Long had that kind of a
I legislature in Louisiana for ten
I years, and the people of the neigh-
! boring state have just finished the
I job of ousting the dictator's ma-
chine, and restoring democratic
government in the Pelican State.
Ma May Get In
The probable entrance of Ma
Ferguson into the race furnished
another crop of rumors. If the Fer-
gusons get in, it is a cinch that
the gubernatorial race will be the
main show. Jim Ferguson has been
a power in Texas politics too many
years for any campaign in which
he takes part, with Ma as the can-
didate, to be anything but the main! poses.
attraction. , Ferguson has at various times
Jerry Sadler, opening his drive, advocated a retail sales tax, and
didn't have a hill-billy band, but he later> a gross receipts tax, similar
did try to outdo O Daniel as a(^0 that in use in Indiana. Nobody
promissory candidate. He oppos-; knows what Old Jim would urge
ed the sales tax, but advocated $40 if he puts Ma inj but that both
pensions instead of $30, by amend-1 he and Sadler wil, cut heavjl into
ing the State constitution; a burial 0'Daniel's support is the best guess
The situation thus far is this: All
the announced or declared candi-
dates admit some additional taxa
tion will be required, to meet teach-
ers pensions, aid to the blind, aid
for dependent children, and old age
pensions. Their estimates vary wide
ly as to the amount needed. O'Dan
icl is the most extravagant, with
his $60,000,000 figure. Sadler, with
his bid for support of the "gimrne-
crats" through advoeary of new
State grants and charities, is prob-
ably next, although he is less defi-
nite about the total tax load he
would impose. Thompson calls for
substantial increases in oil taxes,
with his "nickel for Grandma,
while Hines, admitting frankly that
the Governor can't do anything
about the kind or amount of taxes
laid, has so far merely promised to
go along with the legislature on any
reasonable tax program, except a
sales tax, which he strongly op-
fund for putting the penisoners
away when they die; and State ap
propriations to match county funds that Texas voterg have
for relief of unemployable charity
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banks in key cities and
through membership in
the American Bankers
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supply facilities to serve
you or your business on
a nation-wide scale.
THE
FIRST NATIONAL
BANK
BAY CITY, TEXAS
of observers here.
Austin politicians pointed out
on every
occasion they have had in recent
years have decisively rejected a
sales tax, and they believe O'Dan-
iel's stubborn advocacy of his
screwy transaction tax—which ap-
proximates the equivalent of a 4 to
8 percent sales tax—has weakened
the Governor's former strong posi-
tion. There has been a feeling all
along in Austin, where O'Daniel
is anything but popular, that he
was an odds-on favorite to win
without a runoff. After his trans
action tax speech, and his demand
for a legislature that will jump
through the hoop when he snaps
his fingers, the Austin politicians
began to see a real contest, with
a good possibility that ODaniel may
not be in the Governor's office when
the next legislature meets.
* * *
Rail Board Post
Persistent rumors that Rail Com-
missioner Lon Smith may not stand
for re-election, while subject to
heavy discount here, centered at-
tention on that important race.
Olin Culberson continued his busy
campaigning, with gas rates and
an equitable regulation of oil flow,
as his chief issues; Bill McDonald,
ex-land commissioner, and Larry
Mills, of Dallas; are active candi-
dates. Pierce Brooks, runner up to
Coke Stevenson in the last race for
Lieutenant Governor, is about ready
to get in. Smith, in ill health,' post-
poned his announcement for re-elec-
tion, but if he is able, best informed
sources here regard it as certain he
will stand for re-election. If he does,
the voters will see all three mem-
bers of the Railroad Commission
running this year; Smith for re-
election, Sadler for Governor and
Thompson for Governor.
gas explosion at New London.
* * *
School buildings should be regu-
larly and thoroughly inspected.,
Nothing should be left to chance them to study in.
when the lives of our boys and girls
are in jeopardy. The terms soon
inspected.
* * *
We have fire drills in the schools
for safety—and it is good. We have
patrols to escort the children across
the streets and roads, which is
good. Let's have safe buildings for
Governor James S. Hogg was
15 YEARS AGO
Mrs. Mary Coleman died at home
of' her daughter, Mrs. W. II. Clem-
eat, Sr.
C. H. Doak was elected president
ot the Palacios Chamber of Com-
merce.
Mrs. Christine Wheeler, mother
ot Mrs. E. E. Dawdy and Mrs. M,
A. Bell died at the home of the
former.
A very light vote was cast in the
city election. Messrs. J. L. Pybus,
J. L. Deutsch and C. L, Haynes
were elected aldermen.
25 YEARS AGO
R. W. Callaway and Miss Nannie
| Stanford were married at the Meth-
odist Church.
Jess Willard who made Palacios
, his home during the years of 1907-
Texas, 08 won the world championship
Jack Johnson at Havana,
to be elected Cuba.
The Beacon office was preparing
i to move into the Pybus building on
"The greatness of men is discov- Main St.
ered in their willingness and ability j x0m Slone, who was farming rice
to catch and reflect the inspired near Collegeport, "held the number
and inspiring vision of right and which drew the new Ford given
first native Texan
Attorney General.
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justice."
Buy from those who advertise.
irattraraww
jj
but what has
this automobile to do with your
ELECTRIC SEJi VICE?
FRANKLY, it has nothing to tlo with your elec-
tric service. We use it here to illustrate a point.
Automobiles were "rich man's toys" not so many
years ago. They cost a lot of money and they cost
a lot to run. They were gas-eaters and oil-eaters.
The hills they could climb in high were few and
far between. If you got them up to lifty miles an
hour, the noise and vibration were terrific.
Today millions of American families can afford
beautiful, powerful cars that outsmart, outshine
and outperform the best
models of the Twenties
in every way, yet cost less
than half as much.
This progress has not
been confined to the au-
tomobile. Time was when
electric service provided
only your light. Today
you can use more lights,
a radio, refrigerator,
vacuum cleaner, wasli-
IfiORE for your money!
In the past 10 or 15 years, the price of
Electric Service has been CUT IN HALF—
because of improvements and economies
made by CPL. Many customers now use
more appliances, lots of light, radio and
refrigerator for very little more each
month than they used to pay for lights
REOOy KILOWATT c/one/
ing machine and other appliances, and the
electricity to operate all of these costs very
little more than you used to pay for light
alone.
Like the automobile, your electric service im-
proves steadily year after year. At the same time,
its price comes down. This is possible because of
the constant effort of the employees of Central
Power and Light Company to improve service and
reduce rates. It's an effort that goes on and on.
Because of it, your eleo
trie service will be better
and cheaper in the future
than it is today. The
credit belongs to a group
of people who are never
content to rest on their
laurels, who strive to do
their jo}> just a little bet-
ter today than they did it
yesterday. They're the
people of CPL!
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away by our merchants. A crowd
of 3000 or more people assembled
in Palacios for the occasion.
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Dismukes, Mrs. J. W. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1940, newspaper, April 11, 1940; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth411828/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.