Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 17, 1933 Page: 1 of 4
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PALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1933
VOLUME XXVI NUMBER 33
T. N.G. TO BREAK CAMP FRIDAY
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Practice in War
Has Been Given
At Camp Hulen
ARMY OFFICIALS' SONS
ARE INJURED IN AUTO
WRECK FIRST OF WEEK
_ ww | Jack Carmiehael, son of Col. H. H.
Hlllpn Carmiehael and John MeGee, son of
* I Col. McGee, were injured when their
ear was wrecked by a hit and run
driver on Highway 58, just west of the
city limits, Monday afternoon.
John McGee was the more seriously
injured of the two, receiving severe
cuts on the left side of his face and
of the One Hundred several body bruises. Jack Carmiehael
Infantry, Thirty-sixth rec.ived bruises about the face and
TENTS PUT UI' IN 13 MINUTES;
HEALTH OF TROOPS IS
"UNCANNY"
Divisional Review Held Monday for
Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson and Party
Companies
Forty-second
Division, had real war practice Mon- had his right hand and arm badly cut.
day in combat firing, one of the keen- Both were given first aid treatment
est contents during the encampment. a£ j^ospita.1 and were reported get
The men deployed a large tield of tall jjng along' nicely today.
grass, first by companies then by
squads, with unaieen targets, the
"enemy," several hundred yards dis-
tant. The soldiers dropped flat on the
ground, wriggled and crept forward
to vantage points, unmindful of the
hot sun.
(See "PRACTICE," Page 4)
URGES ALL DEMOCRATS TO SUP-
MASS MEETING
HELD AT AUSTIN
VICE PRESIDENT
GARNER FAVORS
REPEAL AM'ND'T
MAYORS, COUNTY JUDGES, CITI-
ZENS OF TEXAS DISCUSS
RELIEF SITUATION
Austin, Texas, Aug. 10.—Mayors,
county judges and representative
citizens from the four corners of Tex-
as gathered here last Friday in re-
sponse to th° governor's proclamation
to discuss the relief situation. After
four or five principal talks the meet-
ing was turned into a round table dis-
cussion in which one county judge after
another stated that his county would
be unable to feed the unemployed if
federal funds are cut off.
A dark picture of the future was
painted by Jim Ferguson, speaking
for the governor, who predicted that
mobs of hungry men and women will
take possession of grocery stores, that
rioting will run rampant and blood-
shed might follow failure of the peo-
ple to authorize the legislature to Is-
sue bonds for the relief of the hungry.
It was pointed out that more than 60,-
000 are destitute in San Antonio, Dal-
las, Fort Worth and Houston, but that
in the rural districts the proportion is
just as big. In the drought areas of
the Panhandle it was shown that much
higher precentages of destitution exist,
some counties having more than half
the total population on the relief rolls
now.
Col. Lawrence Westbrook, director
of the Texas Rehabilitation and Relief
Commission, pointed out that less than
half the unemployed are on the relief
rolls, and that in a national industrial
recovery those not on the relief rolls
would naturally be the first reabsorb-
ed into work. He predicted that cotton
picking would offer some relief in
September, but that in October the
upward trend would start again and
the peak of relief demands will not be
reached before December or January.
General Jacob F. Wolters told the
audience that in the (vent of food
riots he would favor confiscation of
food for distribution to the hungry
and let the owners collect from the
state.
More than a score of county judges
told the meeting that but for the fed-
(Seo "MASS MEETING," Page 3)
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clausen, of
Port Arthur, came in Monday for a
visit with their uncles Messrs. Phil
and Will Hill and J. L. Deutsch. Mr.
Clausen's mother, Mrs. C. C. O'Neil
and sister Miss Grace Clausen, and
grandmother Mrs. S. D. Hill have been
guests at the Hil home the palst three
weeks.
Mrs. S. J. Cool, had the great plea-
sure Sunday of having all her child-
ren with her, the first time in 35 years,
Her daughters, Mrs. M. E. Manning,
of Huntsville, Ala., and Mrs. W. H
Melton of Waynesboro, Tenn., had been
here for a week visiting their mother
and sisters, Mrs. Lydia Cheshere, and
Ruby Redman, then on Sunday the
circle was completed when her son and
Wife Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Cool, of
Houston, came to be with her. Mrs.
Cool is 82 years of age, enjoys very
good health, and is quite active for one
of her years. Having all her children
with her Sunday, together with 6
grandchildren and two great-grand'
children was a most delightful occa-
sion for her, as well as all the others.
Because it violates a fundamental
principal of government and has rmt
produced a satisfactory or effective
solution of the temperance problem',
Vice President John N. Garner ca'ils
upon the people of Texas to vote for fil.at''Fie]d"Ar.tillery "and "the
the repeal of the Eighteenth amend-
Thousands of visitors were in Pala-
cios Monday for the impressive review
at Camp Hulen when 7000 officers and
men of the Thirty-sixth division, Texas
National Guards, paraded before
Governor Miriam A. Fergu-
son and her husband, former
governor James. E. Ferguson.
At 5:30 p. m. Major Gen-
eral ohn A. Hulen and Adjt.
Gen. H. H. Hutchings, with
the the Divisional Staff in the
back-ground, accompanied the
Governor and party to the re-
viewing stand, where teh flag
formation advanced directly
in front of the governor and
the 132d Field Artillery Band
played the National Anthem
as the Guards saluted Old
Glory and civilian citizens
stood at attention.
The regimental order in the
review was the One Hundred
and Forty-fourth Infantry, the
One Hundred and Forty-third
Infantry, the One Hundred
and Forty-second Infantry,
the One Hundred and Forty-
first Infantry, the One Hun-
dred and Eleventh Engineers,
the One Hundred and Thirty-
way as not a horse was usel. This
was the first time the organization
had gone through a complete divi-
sional review without horses. Various
units have been motorized in coni'or-
ment.
The Vice President's plea was con-
tained in a letter addressed to Roy
Miller, Texas Director of the Demo-
cratic National Campaign, and releas-
ed from Committee Headquarters here
today. The letter in full follows:
"In response to your inquiry as to
my position concerning the Eighteenth
Amendment, I beg to remind you that
[ voted against its submission when
it was first presented to Congress be-
cause I believed it violated a funda-
mental principal of government. Since
then I have availed- myself of every
opportunity to assist in bringing about
its repeal.
"In obedience to the platform of the
last Democratic National Convention
ayd rn the first day of the session of
Congress following, as Speaker, I sub-
mitted the question of repeal to a vote
of the House of Representatives. I
considered it my duty to do so because
the American people, by overwhelm-
ing vote, had ratified the party plat-
form which demanded repeal.
"That the Eighteenth Amendment
has not accomplished the results ex-
pected of it, even by its advocates, ail
will agree. That it has not produced
a satisfactory or effective solution of
the temperance problem is the judge-
ment of a vast majority of the people
of this Republic.
"I shall exercise my duty as a citi-
zen on the 26th of August by voting
to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment
and trust that every citizen of Texas
likewise go to the polls and perform
a similar duty. I especially urge my
t'ellow Democrats to thus support the
party and its leadership.
"Very cordially yours,
(signed) John N. Garner."
One Hundred and Thirty-sec-
ond Field Artillery. The pa
lade lasted one and one-half
hours, and was unique in a
mation with the modernization pro-
gram of the military establishment.
At 5:30 the Governor reviewed the
full division of 7,000 officers, and men
of the .Texas National Guards. Later
in the evening a reception was
held in her honor at the Club
House when all the officers
of the Division -were present-
ed to her. This was followed
by a concert by the 111th
Medical Regiment Band.
Governor Ferguson and
party remained as guests of
Major General and Mrs.
Hulen and other friends in
the camp until Tuesday at
1:00 p. m. when they depart-
ed in their special car for
Houston.
Another ceremony of tho
afternoon was the presenta-
tion of the Hulen trophy to
the One Hundred Forty-sec-
ond Infantry for winning the
division shooting match, which
just closed, a regiment com-
manded by Col. C. W. Nimon.
General Hulen presented in-
dividual medals to the 10 men
in this regiment who made
the highest scores, and the
individual award went to Cap-
tain Van W. Pyland of Waco.
The winners will go to
Camp Perry, Ohio, for the
national contest this Fall.
GUARDSMAN SUFFERS TEM-
PORARY LOSS OF HEARING
FROM REPORT OF 37 MM GUN
Rodeo Held Here
Saturday-Sunday
Drew Nice Crowd
Lamp Explodes; 2
Severely Burned
Sergeant Jphn C. Crossman and Cor-
poral Francis P. Crumb, both of Co.
F, 111th Engineers, were severely
burned by the explosion of a gasoline
lamp in the company supply tent last
Thursday.
Sgt. Crossman was refueling the
lamp from an open container when it
caught fire. He made several at-
tempts to thcrw the lamp from the
tent but there being a number of boys
at each exit the lamp exploded before
it could be removed.
Sgt. Crossman received severe burns
over hands, abdomen, chest and lower
extremities. These burns were from
the direct explosion of the lamp. Cor-
poral Crumb received burns about the
legs while trying to put out the fire
from the clothing of his fellow buddie.
Sgt. Crossman was sent to Fort Sam
Houston via Red Cross plane Thurs-
day. Corp. Ciumb was treated in the
36th Division Hospital until Sunday
and sent by train to San Antonio, ac-
companied by Capt. Walter Presley,
131st Hospital Corp.
Besides the $394.00 given as prizes
at the rodeo Saturday and Sunday,
put on by Messrs. Tom Slone and A.
A. Brown, there was plenty of excite-
ment. A splendid exhibition of bull
fighting was given by E. Felts, of
League City, though it seemed the bull
got the better of the argument. There
was also a good exhibition of horse
and bull riding, one rider showing his
skill by riding a bull backwards the
' entire length of the arena.
| Sam Heard, of Louise, received the
majority of the roping honors, and
carried away $75 in prizes. Ira Wood
of Dilly, came second, with $61, Ben
Bryon, of Richmond, third, $39.; and
William Slone of Collegeport, fourth,
$36.33.
The contests and time were as fol-
lows:—
First Break-Away
William Slone, Collegeport; Hays
Gilliam, Edinburg, and Alex Border,
I-Iungerford tied with 4 4/5 seconds,
Second Break-Away
Ben Bryon, Richmond, 5 2/5 sec.
Sam Heard, Louise, 5 4/5 seconds.
Willie Meriwether, Edna, 6 seconds.
Third Break-Away
Sam Heard, Louise, 4 1/5 seconds.
Lonney Bonnot, LaWard, 4 2/5 sec.
Kelly Smothers, Edna, 4 3/5 seconds.
Fourth Break-Away
Ira. Woods, Dilly, 3 1/5 seconds.
Tom Heard, Louise, 3 2/5 seconds.
E. Cornett, Markham, 3 3/5 seconds.
First Tie Down
Clinton Booth, Manvell, 24 seconds.
Ira Wood, Dilly, 24 1/5 seconds.
Ketter Slone, Collegeport, 30 4/5 sec.
Second Tie Down
Ira Wood, Dilly, 25 4/5 seconds.
E. Felts, League City, 26 3/5 seconds.
Keeter Slone, Collegeport, 30 2/5 sec.
Third Tie Down
William Slone, Collegeport, 22 1/5 sec.
Ira Wood, Dilly, 23 2/5 seconds.
Sam Heard, Louise, 26 2/5 seconds.
Miss Dessie Sullivan returned the
first of the week from Colorado where
she spent the summer, enjoying
Boulder, Estes Park and other places
of interest.
Harry Russel informed the Beacon
Acquire the safety habit; it
habit that will never hurt you.
this morning that he had just received
a letter from Oscar W. Bogard telling
of tho death of his father, George
Bogard, on Saturday, Aug. 12. Mr.
Bogard went to Lyons, Ind., a few
weeks ago to visit his father and other
relatives and was there when his
father suddenly dropped dead. Tl>e
deceased lived in Palacios some years
ago and had many friends here who
regret to learn of his passing on and
extend sympathy to the bereaved.
HMr>
Roy Miller Will
Speak at Mass
Meeting Friday
CANAL, CAUSEWAY, SEAWALL
TO BE DISCUSSED BY MANY
PROMINENT SPEAKERS
19 Gun Salute Given
Gov. Ferguson Upon
Her Arrival at Camp
A mass meeting of Palacios citizens
and surrounding community will be
held in the Queen Theatre Friday
morning at 10:30 o'clock, at which
time Roy Miller, Col. Dallas J.
Matthews and others will speak on the
importance of the causeway across the
bay to Collegeport, Intracoastal Canal
and Palacios seawall. These are of
vital interest to everyone around here
and a large crowd is expected to at-
tend.
Famous Battle of
Goliad Being Re-
Fought By T.N.G,
The purpose of the Thirty-Sixth Di-
vision of the Texas National Guard
being encamped here each year is to
keep our defensive power up to stand-
and to protect the citizens of the U.
S. A. and especially the coast of Texas.
The famous Battle of Goliad is be-
ing fought over again with an army of
7,000 officers and men under Gen. John
A. Hulen participating.
The Blue army is stationed in the
neighborhood of Goliad and represents
the army that is to protect the native
soil. The Red army, which is to be
the invading army starts its journey
somewhere about Palacios.
Major General Hulen and staff left
yesterday for the battle scene. The
Red army left Tuesday and the Blue
army left Wednesday.
All problems are being worked out
by Brigades.
During the absence of Major Gen-
eral John A. Hulen and his staff, Capt.
Thomas A. Bay, Bat. A of the 131st
F. A. is Camp Commander.
"Willard the Wizard," shows left
early this morning for Matagorda,
after being in Palacios since last
Thursday. Many Palacios people also
a largo number of Texas National
Guards from Camp Ilulen, enjoyed his
wonderfdl tricks of magic and illusion
in tlie nntertainments he gave on
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Mon-
day evenings. Many of them were
superior to anything ever shown hero
bifore. The Willards are very con-
genial people, have a nice outfit, make
new friends each time they come to
our c'4" and are always given a most
cor 'elcome on their return visjts.
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson and
her husband, James E. Ferguson, to-
gether with her daughter and her son-
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Watt,
arrived at Camp Hulen, via the South-
ern Pacific railroad in a special car,
Monday at 12:45 p. m.
The Governor was met at her car by
Major General John A. Hulen and a
number of his staff, and the aviation
Bervice with three planes, Lt. Scott,
Lt. Schofield and Lt. Showalter as
pilots gave her a salute. Major Hulen
presented companies A. B. and C. of
the first Battallion of the 142 Infantry
and the 142 Infantry Band to the
Governor and her party and then es-
corted them to autos awaiting their
arrival. The band led the procession
down highway No. 58 to the second
entrance gate and continued to officers
mess hall at Divisional Headquarters
where a delightful lunch was enjoyed.
As Governor Ferguson passed the
Artillery Field a 19 gun-salute was
fired. The president, by a recent exe-
cutive order, placed governors of states
on' a parity with other national digni-
taries in extending military courtesies
by the army. Only the president and
visiting foreign sovereigns recievo a
21 gun-salute.
A number of Palacios citizens were
at Camp Ilulen to welcome the Gov-
ernor and her party and wish them a
pleasant stay in the City-by-the-Sea.
Officers Elected for
Texas Coast Seafood
Dealers Here Wed.
Officers chosen at the meeting of
the Texas Gulf Coast Sea Food deal-
ers on last Wednesday afternoon at
the Queen Theatre, were Ford Jackson,
of Rockport, chairman, Duncan Ruth-
ven, of Palacios vice chairman, and
Sam Tisdale, of Port Lavaca, Sec. This
meeting adjourned, and a meeting of
the executive committee was to be held
in Port Lavaca on Monday, August
14.
This meeting was called to order by
the chairman and after considerable
discussion,, a code covering the sea
food industry in Texas was agreed
upon, same to be forwarded to Wash-
ington for acceptance or rejection. J.
J. Burke represented the chosen dele-
gate, Mayor Ruthven as he was un-
avoidably obtained from attending the
meeting.
Mrs. Archibald Robinson accompan-
ied her mother-in-law, Mrs. Wm. B.
Robinson to Houston, Wednosday, Mrs.
Robinson was returning to her home
in Los Angeles, Calif., after a several
weeks visit here with her son and wife.
Sgt. Louis G. Compton, Jr., Bat. C.,
131st Field Artillery, received tem-
porary loss of hearing on the Field
Artillery range Thursday of last
week.
A 37 m.m. gun was being used in
the project being solved by Sgt. Comp-
ton and the gun failed to fire. The in-
jured was examining the gun for rea-
sons of not firing when the big gun
fired.
Sgt. Compton was carried from the
field and treated in the hospital until
Sunday when he was sent to Fort
Sam Houston.
Annual Training
Period Over; To
Leave Fri.& Sat.
SUCCESSFUL 15-DAY TRAINING
PERIOD IN ART OF WAR-
FARE IS OVER
COASTAL CANAL
MEETING HELD AT
MATAGORDA FRI.
ENTHUSIASM GREETED SPEAK-
ERS AS MANY HEARD OF
PLANS FOR WORK
As many as 150 interested people,
mostly citizens of Matagorda, gath-
ered at the high school building in that
city Friday evening to hear the plans
of pushing the Intracoastal Canal
through the county, the methods to be
adopted for the securing of the rights-
of-way, the importance of the canal
when completed, its relationship to
the Colorado River and sundry other
interesting things incident to and bear-
ing upon our part of this greatest of
all waterway systems.
Those attending this meeting were
liberal in their applause, attentive to
a marked degree and indicated an in-
terest which made it the most en-
thusiastic meeting that has been held
by the association any time anywhere.
The night was unusually warm, but
the crowd sat through the entire ses-
sion apparently well pleased with the
new turn of events as relates to the
project from Galveston to Corpus
Christi.
The question of right of way through
the county has been in the past quite
a problem and owing to conditions sur-
rounding it, has taxed the promoters
and others interested in no small way.
As a result of this situation, E. O.
Taulbee some days ago conceived of
the idea of a mass meeting at Mat-
agorda, inviting the general public to
attend, so that the message might be
delivered to everybody in person. Fri-
day night's gathering was the result
and a most splendid one it was.
The "keynote" on this occasion was
the Hon. Roy Miller, active vice pres-
ident of the association who was intro-
duced by the master of ceremonies,
Commissioner E. C. Baker, as the "man
who knows more about inland water-
ways than any man in America." Mr.
Milelr's talk was conclusive and prov-
ed the exactness of Mr. Baker's state-
ment.
The speaker explained in a most in-
teresting manner the value of the
great inland waterway system of the
(See "COASTAL CANAL," Page 3)
Mosquito Proofing
Demonstration
Do you want to know how to build
a screen door that neither sags nor
warps, regardless of weather, always
fits and keeps out mosquitos and flies ?
THEN SEE tho Mosquito Proofing
demonstration, Saturday, Aug. 19, at
3 p. m. in Bay City, at the hgme of
Ralph Bussell, on Seventh St. '
The County Health Department, to-
gether with State Department of
Health and the United States Public
Health Service, will have representa-
tives on the ground to show you the
cheapest and most effective method
of screening to protect your house
from mosquitos nnd flies. Don't come
in an empty car. Bring your friends
and neighbors.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Sparks, of Sin-
Ion were here from Saturday evening
until Monday morning guests of Mrs.
Sparks' sisters, Mrs. Emma Willis and
Miss L. Smith. Sunday was Mrs. Willis
birthday and to make the day complete
in every way Mr. and Mrs. Sparks
furnished a most' "delicious dinner,
bringing it witlyfhem all prepared, and
further surpri*d the honoree by hav-
ing ice cream, aj|the proper time.
The 1933 Encampment of the Texas
National Guards in which more than
7000 officers and men have under-
gone a most successful period of train-
ing in the arts of warfare is drawing
to a close and early tomorrow morn-
ing the pulling of stakes will begin.
Many officers and those who came In
their cars are leaving today Thursday,
while trains will take out the enlisted
men Friday and by Saturday morning
Camp Ilulen will be vacated except
for those who remain to do the clean-
ing up work.
EXTENDS TEXAS
SHRIMP STUDY
SURVEY IS BROADENED TO IN-
CLUDE FOUR MORE CITIES
ON TEXAS COAST
Washington, Aug. 11.—Extension of
the current study of Texas shrimp biol-
ogy to cover ports of Galveston, Mat-
agorda, Port Lavaca and Aransas Pass
was announced Thursday by Federal
Fisheries Commissioner Frank T. Bell.
It is now being conducted jointly by
the federal fisheries bureau and Texas
game, fish and oyster commission.
Enlargement of program was made
possible through co-operation of Wil-
liam S. Tucker, secretary of Texas
commission. Commissioner Bell stated
that shrimp is the most important
commercial fishery of Texas, yielding
in 1930 more than 10,000,000 pounds
for which fishermen received $377,-
000. In same year shrimp constituted
65 per cent of the volume and 48 per
cent of the value of all fisheries of
Texas, outranking sea trout, the sec-
ond most valuable fishery, over three
and one-half timas.
Major shrimping ports were said to
bo Galveston, Matagorda, Palacios,
Port Lavaca, Aransas Pass and Csrpus
Christi. Operating out of these ports
in 1930 were 264 trawl boats manned
by 548 fishermen. Their catches In
1930 reached a value of $750,000.
The Texas studies, Bell explained,
show that shrimp spawn in the gulf
from April to September. Young
shrimp on hatching spend their early
life in sea until they are about ono-
third-inch long, when they move into
warm, shallow waters to feed and
grow. By late summer and early fall
they have grown sufficiently to enter
the commercial catch. During follow-
ing spring and summer they reach
maturity, spawn and disappear from
the fishery—probably dyina.
Fisheries bureau said it was prob-
able shrimp live only one year. This
was said to make them susceptible to
overfishing, since no older breeding
stock remains as in most fisheries.
Biological studies of shrimp similar
to Texas are now being conducted by
federal bureau in Louisiana, Florida,
Georgia, North and South Carolina.—
Houston Post.
Sheppard Addresses
Crowd at Columbus
Columbus, Aug. 12.—Senator Mor-
ris Sheppard addressed a crowd here
today in furtherance of his campaign
aguinst repeal of the Eighteenth
Amendment.
After his address he was the guest
at a luncheon presided over by Con-
gressman J. J. Mansfield, chairman
of the Committee on Rivers and Har-
bors.
The Senator also conferred with a
delegation of state militia officers
headed by Maj. Earl Z. Crowd us of
Dallas, which came here from the an-
nual enampment at Palacios. Senator
Sheppard is chairman of the Military
Affairs Committee in the Senate.—
San Antonio Light.
Mrs. A. A. Alexander and children,
of Fairbanks, and Mrs. Walter John-
son and sons of El Campo, ware here
this week guests of their parents Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Sullivan.
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