Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 9, 1940 Page: 4 of 8
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PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
Thursday, May 9, 1940
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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-
eios, Texas, as second class mail
matter, under the Act of Congress.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
In Matagorda Countv:—
Six Months, $1.00: 1 Year $1.7.*)
Outside Matagorda County:—
Six Months. $1.25; 1 Year $2.00
LOCALS
"When you attend the Flower
Show get your free ticket for the
picture show.
Mrs. Viola Sanford, of Waller,
Texas, is the guest of her sister,
Mrs. John Fleming.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Sanders were
business visitors in Bay City Wed-
nesday.
Mrs. Ethel Wildman Young of
Victoria visited Mr. and Mrs. Far-
we'l over the week end.
Miss Margaret Hill who attends
school in San Marcos visited her
home folks and friends over the
week end.
J. E. McCutcheon, of Tulsa, Okla.,
arrived here the first of the week.
He is with the British American Oil
Company.
Can you think of a better way to
increase the value of your property
than to vote in favor of the bond
issue Saturday.
A picture show on flowers and
gardens will be given along with
the Flower Show next Tuesday
sponsored by the Garden Club.
The Prairie Center School Board
had their regular monthly meeting
Monday night, and re-elected Miss
Helen Sanders as principle next
year.
Mrs. R. G. Hendricks left Sunday
for Dallas after spending a week
here with home folks and friends.
She is assisting in caring for an
aged sister who is an invalid.
Mrs. L. A. Bruer, of Sei-ena, 111.,
renews her subscription to the Bea-
con and asks to be remembered to
all their friends, and would be glad
to have any of them who might
take a trip north to drop in and
see them.
Mx*. and Mrs. Jimmy Phillips were
in Palacios Wednesday. Mr. Phil-
lip's states 5239 votes were cast in
the White Man's Union Primary
election held in Brazoria County
last Saturday. A run-off election
will be held Saturday, May 18th.
for County Attorney, treasurer and
a commissioner in the Sweeny-Bra-
zoria precinct.
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, By JULIAN CAPERS, Jr. pi
AUSTIN.—Assuming the role of
elder statesman, and still making
no declaration of his expected en-
try into the gubernatorial race,
Railroad Commissioner Ernest O.
Thompson centered the attention of
political observers of Texas upon
himself this week, by a radio ad-
dress in which he advocated a 5-
cent a bai-rel tax on oil, to raise
$25,000,000 for social security,
teachers' retirement and other state
fiscal needs. Thompson vigorously
opposed the sales tax. He said he
was speaking as a "public official,"
and that he believed "all public of-
ficials should speak out on public
questions."
Inside information here was that
Thompson will get back into the
Governor's race, and his re-entry
may change the complexion of the
race considerably. His tax talk
might easily have been the'opening
speech of a declared candidate,
ft * *
Think Thompson Candidate
Thompson's re-entry, after he
started to run for Congress in the
Amarillo district, and then with-
draw, will undoubtedly affect most
the race of Harry Hines, who is
generally regarded as having got-
ten the jump on other anti-sales tax
candidates as a prospective run-off
opponent of Lee O'Daniel. There is
not a great deal of difference be-
tween Hines' and Thompson's taxa-
tion programs, except that Hines
proposes to i-aise $15,000,000 in-
stead of Thompson's $25,000,000,
and Hines also advocated an in-
crease of present absurdly low
franchise taxes on corporations.
Hines' proposal probably would call
for an increased oil tax equal to
about one-half of Thompson's pro-
posed "nickel for Grandma," and,
since oir and gas are produced in
such a large proportion of Texas
counties now, it is likely Hines' pro-
gram would have more chance of
enactment than Thompson's.
Reports here indicate that much
of the strength which Thompson
polled as runner up to O'Daniel two
years ago has held together, and
that he will prove a formidible bid-
der for the anti-sales-tax, natural
resources taxation group of voters.
Canvass of the state by various
headquarters here indicates that
there is still a predonderently
strong sentiment against a sales
tax in Texas, and with only O'Dan-
iel and Ferguson advocating a sales
tax—each under a different fancy
name—and all other candidates op-
posing it, experts here regard the
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By PIERCE ItHOOKS
Of course America is neutral in
the terrible war raging across the
Atlantic. We also are neutral in the
ravaging war the Japanese are
waging on the opposite side of the
world against the peace-loving
Chinese.
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Our government has declared
neutrality in all these world wars.
Let us hope that America remains
free from any such brutal slaugh-
ter of the young men of our Nation.
* * *
But who can but feel a tug at
the heart for the ruthless manner
in which the peaceful Czechs, Poles,
Danes and Norwegians have been
forced to yield to the lust of a pow-
er-mad tyrant? Who can but feel
the utmost in sympathy for the
Chinese, who always have regarded
America as their best friend?
* * *
Remain neutral, yes. It is the
hope of every American. But Amer-
icans are at heart always for the
"underdog." We just can't keep
from being in that situation now.
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Water control and use is develop-
ing into one of the largest problems
before the people. We have been
accustomed in Texas to think that
of water we had an endless supply.
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But in recent years we have come
to learn different. Our cities are
growing rapidly. Their water de-
mands are increasing. We have
been constructing artificial lakes
on many of our river watershed to
meet this demand. As a result in
many instances the farming coun-
try below such dams and cities have
suffered for an adequate supply of
water.
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With the growth of suburban cen-
ters pollution also has become a
grave menace to the rural sections.
* * *
Te National Resources Board, in
conjunction with Texas planners,
now are making a survey. It is to
be hoped that from this will come
a solution of this water problem
which will be just and fair to both
the cities and the rural areas.
WHEN
Your Boy Groios Up!
Ai
^LL mothers and fathers want their
children to have worthwhile employment
when they grow up.
The Texas oil business is manned by
Texans . . . the Texas boys and girls of
yesterday. 225,000 of them earn good
livings for themselves and their families
—a yearly payroll of $271,000,000.
Oil pays good wages . . . maintains
reasonable working hours . . . and offers
opportunity for promotion.
Old age retirement and unhampered de-
velopment of the oil business will pro-
vide many new jobs each year for our
young Texas workers.
But the growing tax burden is a serious
factor in wages and employment, since
the Texas oil industry now pays taxes
equal to 36 per cent of its labor payrolls.
Unwise laws and excessive taxes can
retard and stop the growth of this in-
dustry which means so much to the
future employment of our boys and girls.
This Advertisement Paid for by Various Units of the Industry and Sponsored by
TEXAS MID-CONTINENT OIL AND GAS ASSOCIATION
enactment of a sales tax next ses-
sion as very unlikely,
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Truce Declared
To avoid open conflict in the
statewide iprecinct conventions,
scheduled to be held within a few
hours after this column is written,
Congressman Sam Rayburn and
Congressman Lyndon Johnson work-
ed out a truce between a move-
ment to give Garner a compliment-
ary "favorite son" vote at the Phila-
delphia convention. The agreement
provided that the Roosevelt-Garner
administration would be endorsed
by Texas' democracy, and that the
Garner endorsement must not be
used as a "Stop Roosevelt" move-
ment. Myron Blalock and Gene Ger-
many, Garner leaders, accepted the
terms of the truce, which was said
to have been approved by Roose-
velt personally. Some localities re-
ported the truce did not end plans
for an out-and-out endorsement of
Roosevelt and a third term pledge
of Texas' support.
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Austin Notes
Gov. O'Daniel named Reuben Wil-
liams, Fort Worth lawyer who has
been one of his assistant secretar-
ies, as campaign manager, and
plans to polish up his white sound
truck, hire some musicians to re-
place Leon and the others who quit
to join up with Jerry Sadler, were
under way. The Governor was ex-
pected to take the field soon after
the close of the filing date, June
3 . . . Seventeen candidates now
seek election to the post of Railroad
Commissioner, to* succeed Lon
Smith, and Walter D. Hood, former
head of the law endorsement divi-
sion of the motor transportation
bureau, resigned and was expected
to become No. 18 candidate. Olin
Culberson, another ex-employe who
battled the gas companies for low-
er rates, and regarded as one of the
top candidates, opened his cam-
paign with a big rally at Hillsboro,
where he was formerly county
judge . . . Anion Carter, the Fort
Worth publisher who is never at a
loss for words to expi*ess his vigor-
ous convictions, got considerably
the best of his controversy with
Harold Ickes, Secretary of the In-
terior, over Honest Harold's politi-
cal activity in Texas. The exchanges
between these two able expression-
ists gave the whole state a good
laugh, but Ickes' didn't add any-
thing to his reputation as a file-
tongued debater when he tied into
Carter.
Social Workers
Mrs. Oscar Hart's birthday was
observed by the Social Workers last
Friday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. R. C. Huddleston. Ten mem-
bers and two visitors were present
and enjoyed "42" and Chinese
Checkers. Mrs. Pasal was in charge
of the devotional period. A covered
dish lunch in which each member
had provided some item was served
during the afternoon and most
heartily enjoyed.
THE POCKETBOOK
of KNOWLEDGE kRs
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u.S. government debt- fedepal, stato
and local- is almost twice the
TOTAL RESOURCES of quo NATIONAL BAU^S.
IHEc/4/NS, members op
a religious sect, in
india, always brush 0f1>
any object before sittm
down to moid
killing ihsbcTs!
milk
in china costs
70 CENTS
A quart,
Industrial research
can now make
SPONGES, superior
to nature's product,
from WOOD
ano QOTTON.
fa'
conditioning industry
will have EXPANDED 300 PERCENT.
Big Summer Opening Dance oni Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Walker, of
the Palacios Pavilion, Saturday Westhoff, came in Wednesday for
night, May 11, with Arch Haley a visit with Mr. and Mrs. O. L.
and his orchestra furnishing the j Kirkpatrick, Mr. Walker is a sister
music. 'of Mrs. Kirkpatrick.
SINCLAIR
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WKUlIt
FLIES • FLEAS • ANTS
BEDBUGS • GNATS
ROACHES' MOTHS
MOSQUITOES •
Agent Sinclair Refining Company (Inc.)
T. A. CASTLETON,
Agent, Bay City
JACK RAMZEL,
Station, Palacios
! FEATHER & SON
| REAL ESTATE
AUTO and LIFE
FIRE, TORNADO
INSURANCE
BONDS
—NOTARY PUBLIC—
PALACIOS
FUNERAL HOME
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
& LICENSED EMBALMERS
AMBULANCE SERVICE
PHONE 8 PALACIOS
M. K. FEATHER, Mgr.
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WHAT A SOFT JOB YOUVE GOT -
READIN METERS FROM A PARK BENCH !
BET HE READS
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MY BILLS
AREN'T GETTING
ANY SMALLER!
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boys were joshin' me about their
bills. When I tell 'em rates have gone
down, they say, 'Well then, why don't
our bills go down?'
"Now all those fellas Ihe other night
had paid money to bowl and some of
'em paid for extra games. Yet they
didn't give it a second thought. I sup-
pose because they could see what they
were gettin'. It would be the same if
they bought an extra pack of cigarettes
or an extra tank of gas. But electric
service, that's different. When they
want to do somethin' nice for their
wives they go out and buy some kind
of electric appliance to make the house-
work lighter. Or they buy an electric
razor for themselves. They and their
folks get plenty of comfort and pleas-
ure out of those gadgets. But when the
bills come in they sometimes forget
how much service they had for that
money.
"The reason that some bills don't go
down is that a good many families use
a lot more electricity than they used to.
There isn't one of the boys who doesn't
have electric light, a radio, a washing
machine and a toaster in his home, and
most of 'em have electric refrigerators
and fans too. Yet it doesn't cost 'em
much more, if any, to operate all those
things than il used to cost for light
alone, because rates have been cut just
about in half during the last dozen
years.
"If we could sell electric service by
the pound or by the quart, people
could see what they were gettin'. They'd
realize how much electric service they
use and how many jobs it does. And
they'd appreciate how much less elec-
tricity costs now than it used to.
"It gives me a lot of satisfaction to be
in a job where I'm lielpin' people get
more of the good things of life. All the
other boys at the plant feel that way
too. We know people depend on us to
give them better
service for less
money, and that's
just what we aim to
do."
CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
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Dismukes, Mrs. J. W. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 9, 1940, newspaper, May 9, 1940; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth412024/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.