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Solves Problem
of Crumbs in Bed
NEW YORK — Comedian Lew
Lehr and Norman Dine, slumber
consultant for a famous “Sleep
8hop” in New York, have the
answer. Here we see Lew skilful-
ly testing out Expert Dine’s solu-
tion to the 1002nd problem of
Sleeplessness — cracker crumbs in
bed. For the folks who like a be-
fore-retiring snack while comfort-
ably propped on their pillows.
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NEWS -- VIEWS
By L. L. STEVENSON
I have had a few inquiries lately,
from folks who are trying to raise
a fall garden, about a little known
parasite called the nematode. If
you are one of those gardeners
who get nice vegetables growing
in your garden only to see them
begin to die suddenly from no
apparent cause, then you probably
have a garden infested with nema-
todes.
Nematodes, or threadworms, or
eelworms as they are commonly
called, are found in almost all
soils, often in surprisingly large
numbers, especially In the South.
They are no relation to the com-
mon earthworm and are distinctly
"different both in size and external
characteristics. In size, they are
almost wholly microscopic, seldom
being large enough to be seen at
all readily with the naked eye.
There are good nematodes as well
as harmful ones. The ones we are
concerned with here in our gardens
though are the harmful type. They
are parasitic, attacking the roots
of plants passing at least a part
of their life cycle imbedded in the
plant tissue. It is during this
time that they do their damage to
plants.
The control of these pests, which
I know you gardeners are inter-
ested in mostly, is very difficult.
Their control is difficult due to the
fact that they are able to remain
alive from season to season in the
soil living on remains of plants
left in the garden at the end of
the season. When the same type
of vegetables are grown in the
same garden spot year after year,
these nematodes build up to the
point which makes production of
Vegetables almost impossible in
old garden plots. You can readily
see then, that the best control for
the nematode is crop rotation. In
other words, if the nematodes eat
your okra crop each year and you
get only a fraction of the produc-
tion you should get, then the best
thing to do would be to plant some
other vegetable there. The only
hitch is finding a vegetable that
the nematode does not like. The
cotton farmer knows that when
his Cotton begins to die from root
rot. which is caused by the same
parasite, he can plant a crop which
is immune to root rot, such as
grain sorghum, small grains, or
grasses. It’s a little harder for the
small vegetable gardner, however,
because we don’t know many veg-
etables that are immune to the
nematode, and the common type
nematodes attack some 500 differ-
ent types of plant life. About the
bpof '•nntrol for garden nematodes
according to the U. S. D. A. is to
fall or winter plant your garden
to some good winter legume crop
and turn it under in the spring
in time for it to decay well before
planting your spring garden. Aus-
trian Winter Peas, Dixie Wonder
Peas or a similar crop is best.
You will get much better growth
too, if you use about 200 pounds
of superphosphate per acre at
planting time. The cotton farmers
in this county follow this recom-
mendation to reduce cotton root
rot and results last year showed
that this type of nematode damage
was reduced about 90 per cent in
Matagorda County. The County
Agent will verify this statement.
A lot of wonderful work per-
formed by soil and plant scientists
goes unnoticed each year. These
men are working constantly devel-
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1948
PALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS
VOLUME XLI NUMBER 49
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SCHEDULE FOR
JUNIOR HIGH
BASKETBALL SET
Tournament At
Wharton To Decide
District Champions
Tuesday night coaches from Pa-
lacios, Wharton, Lamar, Boling,
and Bay City formed a Junior High
basketball district at a meeting ip
Wharton. The games will he started
on Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. The
Junior high “B” teams will play at
6:30 and the Junior high “A”
teams at 7:15 p.m.
The boys participating must meet
the following age limit. They must
not be more than 15 years of age,
as of last May 1st. They must also
be passing three-fourths of their
subjects in school
The district games will be fol-
lowed with a district championship
tournament at Wharton February
5th, 1949.
Palacios will play several other
games before the district schedule
starts and also during it. These
games will probably be with high
school “B” teams.
The Junior High has never played
basketball before. They have been
practicing two weeks and have
shown much improvement.
Junior Hi Schedule
January 7th
Boling at Palacios
Bay City vs. Wharton
Lamar (bye)
January 14th
Boling vs. Lamar
Bay City at Palacios
Wharton (bye)
January 21st
Boling vs. Whartqn
Palacios vs. Lamar at Wharton
Bay City (bye)
Janaary 28th
Boling vs. Bay City
Wharton vs. Lamar
Palacios (bye)
February 3rd
Palacios at Wharton
Bay City vs. Lamar
Boling (bye)
Sandcrabs Play
For Bi-District At
Victoria Fri. Nile
Bi-District Honors are on the
line as the Port Lavaca Sandcrabs,
champions of District 40-B, and the
Floresville Tigers, champions of
district 39-B, meet in Victoria Fri-
day night, December 3rd.
The neutral field was decided on
because of the larger seating cap-
acity. Both Floresville and Port La-
vaca had a picked site for the game
but Port Lavaca won the toss of
the coin.
The Sandcrabs have won their
district championship four years
in a row and the Floresville Tigers
have won three consecutive titles.
Coach Ralph Starms of Floresville
is an ex-Sandcrab, having played
on the Port Lavaca team in 1933
and 1934. A large crowd is ex-
pected, a special train running from
Floresville.
oping immune or resistant varieties
of plants that enable the farmer
to continue production in the United
States on a basis never equaled
by any other country. Maybe some
day they will develop resistant
varieties of all types of garden
vegetables.
President Truman and Party
WASHINGTON, D. C.-(Soundphoto)—Pictured on the White House portico are left to righti
Vice-President-Elect Alben W. Barkley; his daughter, Mrs. Max Truitt; Margaret Truman; the First
Lady and President Truman.
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS SEAL SALE
TO CONTINUE UNTIL CHRISTMAS
The 1948 Christmas Seal Sale
opened officially Monday in Mata-
gorda County, with the delivery of
Seals in the morning mail to coun-
ty residents. Matagorda County’s
Seal Sale is held in conjunction with
the nationwide appeal for funds to
support a battle against tuber-
culosis affiliated with thi National
Tuberculosis Association.
The annual Seal Sale, which will
continue until Christmas, represents
the only appeal during the year
for funds to carry on the year-
round tuberculosis control work of
the local association.
“The nation wide fight against
tuberculosis today is just as im-
portant as it was in 1907, the year
of the first Seal Sale in the United
States,” Dr. Chas. Shoultz, presi-
dent of the association, said yes-
terday. “Although tuberculosis has
dropped from first to seventh place
as the cause of deaths in America
since 1907, the disease still kills
nearly 50,000 Americans annually.
While no age is safe from tuber-
culosis the disease today is taking
the lives of more Americans be-
tween 15 and 44 than any other
disease.
“We consider every death, from
tuberculosis, unnecessary as well as
tragic, because we know that tu-
berculosis can be prevented. We
also know that our tuberculosis
control program is as strong and
no stronger than the interest, co-
operation and support of every
county resident.”
Dr. Shoultz explained that of the
money raised in this county, 82%.
remains in the county to fight tu-
berculosis here and the remainder
is forwarded to the Texas State
Association. The state sends five
per cent to the National Associa-
tion to finance its work on a*na-
tional level. Of the total raised in
the county’s Seal Sale, therefore,
95 per cent will be used within the
state.
Seal Sale money finances such
services in the county as the edu-
cational program which is carried
on by the association, rehabilita-
tion, maintaining Burr cottages
for the purposes of isolating cases
of TB, etc.
“It is an inspiring thought that
the American people themselves,
through their annual purchases of
Christmas Seals have contributed
materially toward the conquest of
tuberculosis,” Dr. Shoultz said.
“But we cannot rest on our
laurels while there is still a sin-
gle case of tuberculosis in the
country. We have a long road to
travel before we eradicate tuber-
culosis and we must continue to
fight the disease with every means
at our disposal. The American
people make use of a powerful
wenpon against tuberculosis every
time they purchase Christmas
seals.”
'New Look' Of
Electric Bills
Out This Month
Electric service bills, which have
beep delivered to the customers in
brown window envelones as Ion"
as anybody can remember, take on
a “new look” this month.
The familiar brown envelopes
with the electric bill inside, are
being replaced by nlain postcard
bills. Users of electricity in Pala
cios will receive their first bills in
the new postcard form during the
billintr cycle beginning next week
Mr. Wm. H. Clement. Central Pow-
er and Light Company manager,
announced.
The customer information con-
tained in the electric bill remains
unchanged. It includes the period
of service covered by the bill, the
latest and previous meter readings,
the type of service provided, the
amount of electricity used and the
amount of the bill.
The new postcard bill is more
convenient for the customer and
enables the company to handle its
billing operations more efficiently
and economically, Mr. Clement ex-
plained. Currently Central Power
and Light Company computes, pro-
duces and mails approximately
145,000 electric bills each month.
As a part of this operation, the
personnel of each CPL office has
had to devote considerable work-
ing time to the job of inserting the
bills in envelopes, afljxing postage
and mailing them out. With the
new postcard bills, most of this
labor is eliminated. There is also
a considerable saving in postage,
since the postcard rate is lower
than the letter rate.
With other costs involved in the
production and distribution still go-
ing up, these savings in the billing
operation help keep the price of
electricity at the lowest level in
history and one of the customer’s
biggest bargains, Mr. Clement said.
Miss Joyce Terry who attends
Southwestern University at George-
town spent the Thanksgiving holi-
days here with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. E. Terry.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE APPROVES
OUT-OF-CITY SITE OF HARMONIE
CLUB PARK FOR SOFTBALL FIELD
Glenn Clavbourn And Paul Gerhard
Make Report Of Soil Conservation Survey;
To Meet In Bay City, Friday, Dec. 3
Examinations For
Military, Naval
Academies Open
A competitive examination for
appointments to the Military and
Naval Academies is to be held
shortly after the first of the year
according to Clark W. Thompson
Member of Congress, 9th Con-
gressional District.
“I expect to make my appoint-
ments of principals and alternates
according to the standing of the,
various candidates in the coming
examination, subject only to the
additional qualifications of charac-J
ter, reputation and suitability for
commissioned service in the Armed
Forces,” said Congressman Thomp-
son.
The competitive examination is
operi to applicants for the Naval
Academy who will be 17 years old
and not older than 21 years on
April 1, 1949. Applicants for the
Military Academy must be 17 years
old and less than 22 years old on
July 1, 1949.
Those interested should write to
the Congressman immediately. Ad-
dress him 405 Post Office Build-
ing, Galveston, Texas. He will
then arrange for a physical exam-
ination fyid later for an opportunity
to take the competitive written ex-
amination. All applicants must be
bona fide residents of one of the
fifteen counties of the Ninth Con-
gressional District.
The Palacios Chamber of Com-
merce met in regular session Tues-
day night, November 23.
Dr. L. A. Wilcox, vice-president,
was in charge and introduced Mrs.
Ney Oldham, a representative of
the Harmonie Club, who explained
the plans the club had for building
a modern Soft Ball Park, as well
ns maintaining it when finished.
She stated the site chosen, a ten
acre tract west of Palacios on
Highway 35, had been given them
by George Harrison and the club
members felt this was the most
suitable for their plans and hoped
to have the cooperation of every-
body in their efforts to give the
people of Palacios and vicinity an
up-to-date Soft Ball Park. After
hearing her report a motion was
made and carried that the Chamber
go on record as approving the lo-
cation.
Mr. Newsom had stated that the
school grounds were available for
the use of a soft ball park. Pres-
ident Maddox suggested the cham-
ber of commerce put up street
lights along the highway in front
of the proposed park.
Glenn Claybourn reported he
and Paul Gerhard had made a
survey for the Water Conserva-
tion and that a county-wide meet-
ng would be held in Bay City
December 3rd, when the Board of
Directors of the Drainage and
Water Conservation would be pres-
ent for further discussion and
rlans.
Jack Maddox made a report of
his boat ride from Beaumont to
Port Arthur while attending the
meeting of the Intra Coastal Canal
Association held in Beaumont,
'arlton Crawford, who also at-
tended, also reported it as being a
very successful session and called
to mind that the 12th meeting of
the Association was held in Pala-
cios in 1912.
Dr. Wilcox and others discussed
how many of the bills for charity
patients were paid and some in-
teresting facts were revealed. Dr.
M. O. Burton Sho^s
Films On Refrinemtion
At Rotor' Meeting _
M. O. Burton had the program at
the Rotary luncheon Wednesday
and cave a short talk on ice
manufacture and refrigeration
which he followed with the show-
ing of a film on refrigeration. All
was very interesting and many of
the Rotarians were enl’ghtened on
the subject of ice, cold storage, and
the freezing process.
Only four members were absent,
and there was one guest Rotarian,
Frank Shaw Taylor of Bay City.'
Band Sponsors To
Hold Mnfitinq Toniqht
A special meeting for sponsors
of the School Band is called for
Thursday night at 7:30, in the
Band House at the Senior High
School.
All who are interested in the
band and what it takes to make it
a success are cordially invited.
New Owners Take
Over Livestock
Commission Co.
The Gulf Coast Livestock Com-
passion Company Monday began
unHer the management of C. S.
Dove, I. V. Simmons and Billy
H"lt, who last week purchased the
born from E. P. Noble and Guy
Stulting. About 300 head of cat-
Me were sold through the ring.
All types of stock sold well with
butcher stock getting the most
active play. Butcher calves aver-
aged $22.00 to $24.00 per hundred
weight, top paid $24.80. Canner
and putters $11.00 to $15.00 and
medium cows $15.00 to $16.00.
Stockers cows with calves ranged
from $150.00 to $180.00.
The Gulf Coast Livestock Com-
mission Company has the only
auction sale on Monday in this sec-
tion and buyers from a 200 mile
radius are here. These buyers are
particularly interested in butcher
calves and beef cattle. Mr. C. S.
Dove has large orders for calves
of all classes and guarantees mar-
ket prices on all cattle.
WHY SHOULD AMERICANS BE CONCERNED OVER COMMUNISM IS BIG QUESTION
(This article endorsed and sub-
mitted for publication by the V. F.
W., Post No. 2467, Palacios, Texas.)
Why should Americans be con-
cerned over the growth of Com-
munism in the U. S.? Here’s the
answer in the sworn statement by
William Z. Foster, head of the
Communist Party in the United
States. He said: “No Communist,
no matter how many votes he
should secure in a national election,
could, even if he would, become
President of the present govern-
ment. When a Communist heads a
government of the United States—
and that day will come as surely
as the sun rises—the government
will not be a capitalist government,
but a Soviet government, and be-
hind this government will stand
the Red Army to enforce the dic-
tatorship of the proletariat.
In order that people of this com-
munity may become better ac-
quainted with the various forms of
Communism which are now being
practiced in the United States, the
VFW herewith presents a series of
questions and answers based upon
actual facts showing its aims, its
purposes and how it operates.
1. How many communists are
there in the world?
There are 20,000,000 or one per-
son in 115.
2. What is Communism
A system by which one small
group seeks to rule the world.
3. Has any Nation ever gone
Communists in a free election.?
No.
4. Then how do Communist get
control ?
Legally or illegally, any way
they can. Communism’s first big
victory was through bloody revolu-
tion. Conspiracy is the basic meth-
od of communism in countries it
is trying to capture.
5. If this country should become
Communistic, could I belong to a
Union?
Under communism, all labor
Unions are run by the government
and the communist run the gov-
ernment. Unions couldn’t help you
get higher pay, shorter hours or
better working conditions.
6. Could I change my job?
No, you would work where you
were told at what you were told at
wages fixed by the government and
be satisfied or else.
7. Could I go to school?
You could go to the kind of
school the communists tell you to
and nowhere else. You could go
as long as they let you and no
longer.
8. Could I belong to the Elks,
Rotary, Athena, etc?
No. Says William Z. Foster, Com-
munist head n the United States
“Under Communism, all the cap
italist parties will be liquidated.
Likewise wiy be dissolved all other
organizations that are props of
bourgeois rule, including chambers
of commerce, VFW, Rotary Clubs,
and such fraternal orders as the
Masons, Odd Fellows, Elks, Knights
of Columbus, etc.
9. Could I own my own farm
or ranch?
No. Under communism, the land
is the property of the government.
You would be forced to farm the
land under orders and you could
not make any dec'sions as to when
or where you would- see the pro-
duce of your work, or for how
much.
10. Could I own my home?
No. Under communism, all real
estate in the city as well as the
-ountry belongs to the govern-
ment. Your living quarters would
he assigned you, and you woald
my rent as ordered.
11. What are the differences be-
tween Communist promise and
Communist performance?
When it is agitating for power,
communism promises more money
for less work and security against
war and poverty. In practice, it
has not debvered any of this, any-
where in the world.
12. But don’t the Communists
promise an end to racial and re-
ligious intolerance ?
Yes, but in practice they have
murdered millions for being re-
ligious and for belonging to a
particular class or race. Ypur race
would be no help to you under
communisms. Your beliefs could
get you killed. So could the color
of your skin.
Wilcox stated a complete report
from the hospital would be made
soon after the first of the year.
Directors present were Carlton
Crawford, Glenn Claybourn, H. C.
Campbell, R. N. Grant, Jack Mad-
dox, C. Maddox, R. P. Newsom, and
Dr. L. A. Wilcox.
Members in attendance included
C. J. Parchman, Mrs. Arnold, Ron-
ald Harris, Mrs. C. Maddox, Eli
Mayfield and Mrs. Ney Oldham.
Mrs. Kenneth Waring and Mrs.
Steve Parsutt, of the Harmonie
Club.
Husak Motor Co.
To Have Formal
Opening Saturday
The formal opening of the new
Husak Motor Company’s building at
the corner of Main and Eighth
streets is announced for Saturday,
December 4.
The attractive new building is
modern in every respect from the
show room where there is a dis-
play of the Plymouth and De Soto
cars, on through to the, service
room. A complete line of parts for
motor over-hauling and general
repairs further adds to the fully
equipped plant.
Prizes are to be given away Sat-
urday and refreshments served
from 2 to 5 p. m.
Joe Husak, owner and manager,
is to be commended for giving Pa-
lacios this up-to-date place of busi-
ness and we join others in sending
him congratulations.
Twenty-Five Men Will
Take Examinations
For Army December 9
erv
Twenty-five men of draft i^ge
will go to Houston for examina-
tions from the Bay City board next
Thursday, according to local draft
board officials.
Those passing these examinations
will be subject for induction in
the army after the prescribed length
of time.
The quota to be inducted from
this board for December has been
set at two men. These will be
inducted if they pass the exam-
inations at Houston and do not
appeal their classifications
All registrants in the If 27 age-
groups have now been classified.
Those classified as I-A go for their
examinations as their names come *
up on the lists.
Since the regular registration
ended in September, 248 18-year-
olds have registered with the local
board. This group must register
within five days after their eigh- v.
teenth birthday.
Mrs. C. N. Brown has gone to
Eastland for an extended visit
with her daughter Mrs. L. M.
Chapman and family.
Walter J. Hayt, Field Represen-
tative of the Salvation Army, Texas
Division, was in Palacios Friday
in the interest of the approaching
campaign funds for local and re-
gional welfare needs. He was ac-
companied by Mrs. Thos. H. Lewis,
chairman of the Salvation Army
Service Unit for Matagorda Coun-
ty. The drive officially opens De-
cember 6.
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