Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 29, 1948 Page: 3 of 8
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unday, January 29, 1948
1 »yy lit^Av^y* - pj'ACIOSt TEXAS
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A* of September flr*t, the U.8.
Navy had 226,000 men afloat and
49,000 aahorc. Ai of November
first, the U.8. Marine Corps hnd
2,400 men afloat and 19,000 aahore.
Many a tombstone haa been rnrv-
ed by chiseling in traffic, say* the
Texan Safety Association. Be sure
you have the right-of-way then
go ahead.
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Strikes, More Men Working,, Meat
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This column normally consider*
itself unqualified to propheny eith-
er doom or glory. The spirit of the
New Year, however, inspire* an
urge to peer through the dawn af
the prospects for 1948. And so
some of the things that the next
12 months will almost certuinly
bring forth are here gravely set
dflwn.
The American people, for the
41st time in their history, will elect
n Pres’dent and a Vice-President.
A fervent campaign will precede
the election. Candidates and sup-
porters will heatedly dchute issues
and personalities. Then on Novem-
ber 2, about threc-flfthH of the
eitizens of voting age will proceed
to their neighborhood polls and
most of them will vote about as
they had all along intended to vote.
They will vote according to their
judgement and conscience, without
compulsion, violence or bloodshed.
Some good American will be elect-
ed.
Moore people will have jobs than
ever before. They will make moro
money than ever before. They will
worry more than ever before about
what their money will buy.
The bnseball season will open
around the middle of April and
some people will pay more atten-
tion to the contending tenms than
to the contending political purties.
Headlines by spring will be talk-
ng about the great meat shortage
and there will he one, but more
people will have meat on their
tables than will have to do without.
Meanwhile on millions of farms
calves, pigs, lambs and chicks will
be growing as fast as they can into
more# meat.
Serious strikes and many triv-
ial ones will break out during the
year. More men w'll never miss a
day's work than will strike, but not
so much will he said about them.
While three-fourths of the young
people will be working and study-
ing in serious effort to make suc-
cesses of their lives, old folks will
he grumbling about the wild young
generation und wondering what this
world is coming to.
Women's styles w'll change. Men
will make fun of the changes and
continue to admire the women.
Millions of people will dig into
their pockets for generous contri-
butions to the Red Cross, Salva-
tion Army, cancer, tuberculosis, in-
fantile paralysis and other such
funds, for the Boy and (Jirl Remits,
and Community Chests. They will
send gifts abroad and support U.S.
official aid to other countries.
Russians will denounce America's
selfish imperialism.
A substantial number of people
will give time and energy to help
make their communities better, and
others will criticize what they do.
Several of the nation’s leading
citizens w'll leave their businesses
to serve the country on important
tasks. They will be criticized.
Editors and statesmen will shud-
der” ut the ruinous catastrophic*
constantly being foreshadowed.
Some of the predicted catastrophic*
will not happen; those that do will
not be as bad ns expected. Some
that no one foresaw will be worse.
No cure for the common cold will
be found, but some scientist will get
closer to it than anyone has yet.
More people will begin to suspect
that their prosperity is partly il-
lusion and they will want some-
thing done about it.
Church and Sunday School will
be held weekly at the usual hours
and it would be a good thing if
mor* people attended.
Weddings and babies will con-
tinue to be popular.
July-'will be warmer than Feb-
ruary'.—Wheeler McMillen in The
Pathfinder.
1 Postal Receipts In
Texas Show Gain
By GUY STEVENS
(Hollywood National Syndicate)
GREENW OOD-CURTIS
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SPRING TRAINING
On recommendation of the Ad-
visory Council the State Executive
Committee adopted the following
ntorpretation of Rule 27 of the
Football Plan:
“The issuance or use of any
football equipment other than a
footbull will be considered a viola-
tion of the spring training rule,
whether or not this occurs in a
physical education class or not.”
The Pacific Const League officials
have been after a major league
rating now for some time. And
there’s a fair amount of juxtifica-
tiqp to all the noise they’ve been
making. They lured 4,000,000 cus
tomers in 1947—moro than the
American or the Nationals drew in
194,'!. They can also boast that
every team in the circuit drew more
thun the St. Louis Browns last
year. Then, too, the West is grow-
ing and growing fast. But the Pa-
cific League is Just ns far from
a major league rating ns they were
five years ago. ’Pants” Rowland and
his boys got a lot of publicity out
of it and that’s about all. They
could drop out of organized hail
and call themselves a major league
outfit. But that, of course, would
mean a baseball wur—something
that hasn’t happened since the
Federal league organized in 191.')
and declared war on the majors.
They folded two years later. The
Coast Leaguers might do the same
if they break.
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Last year, the middleweight divi-
sion stood out as the only bright
spot on the fistic horizon. But that
can’t be said today. Here are a
few of the better boys who were in
action about a year ago: Tony Zale,
Jake LaMotta, Rocky Graziano,
Georgia Abrams, Marcel Cordun,
Bert Lytell and Steve Belloise—all
top-notch scrappers. What’s hap-
pened to those boys in recent
months? Well, Tony Zale lost the
title and has been inactive- ev
since. Jake LaMotta is under sus-
pension because of the Billy Fox
ufTuir. Rocky Graziano is also under
suspension and doesn’t know wheth-
er he's coming or going. Georgie
Abrams has seen his better days
and is through as a contender, Mar-
cel Cerdan, the French threat, has
returned to Europe. That leaves
Bert Lytell and Steve Belloise—
they’re active and doing all right.
Oh yes, we forget to mention Fred
Apostoli. He was around last year.
In fact, he was campaigning way
hack in 1934 and 1935. He defeated
Marcel Thil of France in 1937 and
Thil was recognized by some as the
world’s champion. The same Fred
is around today—and he’s rated
one of the top contenders for the
title. That’s the sort of dearth that
has hit the middleweight division.
• * *
The Washington Redskins have
Sammy Baugh as their ace passer.
But they got themselves a pretty
fair substitute when they signed
Harry Gilmer of Alabama last
week. Many seem to think that Gil-
mer will replace Baugh, who is
nearing 34, next Fall. As far as
passing is concerned, Gilmeh is one
of the best in the business. He had
his best day in the Sugar Bow!
game of 1945 when he completed,
eight passes out of eight tries.
ferenco to play more games. Ho
believes they should play week-
day games as well as the Sunday
battle so clubs could at least break
even. That may he all right hut if
more games are played, more play-
ers will be needed. Football is a
rugged game and it’s too much to
expect a player to participate in
two games a week. Any revenue
from a few additional games might
be offset by cash outlay for ad-
ditional players which would put
Rickey right buck where he started.
What Rickey needs is a good team.
Give Brooklyn a winning outfit and
fans will be on hand.
• • •
Too had we don’t have a fighter
like Featherweight Champ Willie
Pep up there with the big boys.
Pep keeps in shape by fighting—
and fighting often, sometimes three
and four bouts a month. I,n fact,
within the pnst .month, he added
five wins to his credit. That’s
pretty active for a chump. Last
week, he met Joey Angelo, a light-
weight, and carried every round.
Angelo is the same boy who scored
an upset win over tough Bob Mont-
gomery recently. Another "Pep”
umong the lightheavies or heavy-
weights could stimulate plenty of
interest.
* * *
If the majors are looking for star
negro baseball players, what's the
matter with Satchel Paige? He
may be getting along in years
(some say he’s on the shady side
of 40) but OP Satch can still throw
■ AUSTIN — Postal receipts in
Texas exceeded expected seasonal
gums with December receipts ad-
vancing 52 per cent above Novem-
ber totals, according to reports of
The University of Texas Bureau
of Business Research.
Receipts for 56 Texas cities
reached $4,215,459 to better Decem-
ber 1946 figures by 14 per cent and
push the Bureau's seasonally-ad-
justed index to 239.
Although ull cities reported No-
vember-to-Dedember increases, pos-
tal receipts of Sweetwater, Child-
ress, Big Spring and Galveston
dropped below December 1946
levels. The greatest yearly gain of
97 per cent was made by Plainview;
Corsicana followed with 45 per
cent
Dallas receipts led In dollar fig-'
ures, totaling $1,007,239 in Decem-
ber. Houston, running second,
marked up a $739,003 December
total und Fort Worth came in third
with $424,432.
Texas Ranks Sixth
In College Enrollment
Texas ranks sixth in the nation
in the number of students enrolled
in colleges and universities, the
United States Office of Education
reports.
The first national survey showed
122,516 students, 60,332 veterpts
•ttending Texas institutions.
The survey included 1,763 insti-
tutions, 89 of them in Texas. On
Texas campuses, 87,532 men were
enrolled and 34,984 women.
The largest enrollment in the
that hall. In exhibition games last
Fall, he faced Ewell Blackwell,1 -UI °f 2'338>22
backed by an All-Star team, and
struck out nine men in four innings.
Against Bob Feller, the Cleveland
fast-haller, he went nine innings
and struck out 15 batters. That’s
not exactly minor league pitching.
As a relief hurler, he could prob-
ably hold his own with the best.
But maybe OP Satch is satisfied
right where he is—pitching for the
Kansas City Royals.
-was re-
There’s one thing about the own-
ers of the Pittsburgh Pirates—
they are spending plenty of money
trying to build up a winning ball
club. And by spending money for
colorful players, they reap a gold-
en harvest at the gate.
Last season, Hank Greenberg
alone cost the Pirates $110,000
($25,000 to Detroit and $85,000 to
Hank in salary and bonuses).
Though Hank fizzled and the team
finished seventh, the Pirates drew
over 1,250,000 customers—500,000
more than in 1946.
Build’ng their 1948 team, the
Firates completed a deal with the
Brooklyn Dodgers involving $250,-
000. Out of it, they received Dixie
Walker, one of the most popular
players in Erooklyn. Walker, near-
ing 38, can’t have much major
league ball left in him but, like
Hank, is a colorful attraction and
bound to pay off at the gate.
The Pirates may not have a
championship team but they’ll bear
watching just the same. They’ve
got too much talent to be over-
looked. Incidentally, they complet-
ed one big deal that may backfire-
buying Bob Chesnes from San
Francisco for $80,000 and three
players. Bob proved a sensation on
the Coast last year until his arm
went bad during the last part of
the season. After that, he was
knocked out of the box often.
* * *
The Brooklyn pro football club
lost a fair chunk of cash last sea-
i—something like $200,000. So
now Branch Rickey, who has taken
over the handling of the football
team, wants the All-American Con-
JUST GAB—Charlie Root, form-
er pitching ace with the Chicago
Cubs will manage the Billings team
in the Pioneer League. . . . and will
also act as scout for the Hollywood
Stars. The $100,000 Maturity at
Santa Anita is the big attraction
for bangtail followers this Satur-
day. . . . take your choice—Double
Jay, Braba^con or Flasheo. The
regular baseball season will not
open until April 20. . . . last year,
it opened April 14. . . . leap year
has a calendar oddity. Commission-
er A. B. Chandler will do his spring
training out in California watching
the club:- drill. Rollie Hemsley, who
use to be with the Phillies, is now
manager of the Yaquis team in the
Mexican Pacific Coast League. The
Chicago Cubs signed hard-hitting
Harold Jeffcoat last week. ... he
batted .346 with Nashville of
Southern Association.
vealed, wh'ch is alnw ne mill)
more than the prews1 ak of 194'
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First proximity-fuze anti-aircraft
to destroy a Japanese plane was
fired from the cruiser USS Helena
on January 5, 1945.
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your child, says the Texas Safety
Associat on. See that your children
play away from traffic.
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Dismukes, Mrs. J. W. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 29, 1948, newspaper, January 29, 1948; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth726109/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.