Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 6, 1947 Page: 2 of 8
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PALACIOS BEACON, PAUACIOS, TEXAS
Thursday, November f>, 1947
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JESSE V. DISMUKES
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State Tax Battle Looms
A battle over State spending is shaping up as the biggest
problem that will confront the next Legislature when it con-
venes in January, according to the Texas Research Institute.
The Legislature will either have to cut expenditures or
levy additional taxes, declares a report issued this week by
the Institute, a statistical agency sponsored by the South
Texas Chamber of Commerce.
“The State Government is taking in more money than
ever before,” says the report. "But it also is spending far
more than ever before. The last Legislature appropriated
all'the money certified by the Comptroller as available, in-
cluding an accumulated surplus of $52,000,000. A much
smaller surplus will be available when the next Legislature
convenes. The difference will have to be raised by more
taxes unless the lawmakers reduce expnditures.”
State Government cost increased 34 per cent in the fiscal
year ended last Aug. 31 over the preceding fiscal period to
reach a total of $319,988,101, the Institute reported. It was
the biggest year-to-year gain in history.
“This expenditure will be overshadowed, however, by the
anticipated expenditure of more than $450,000,000 for each
year of the present biennium,” the report added. “Demands
for still more spending may be expected in the next Legisla-
ture. Higher taxes will be difficult to avoid unless Texans
alarmed by the prospect make their voices heard between
now and January, 1949.”
“BATTLE OF THE BULGE”—1947
By COLLIER
STATE TO HELP SAVE NATION
MILLIONS OF TONS IN LOST FOODS
DURING BUMPER CROP YEARS
Texas may soon provide a hungry
world with 2,600.000 tons more
food than during the state’s bump-
er crop years.
New refrigerating systems, tech
nical developments and faster
transportation will make that goal
possible, according to engineers
without increased sowing, labor and
harvest yields.
“These developments are well
beyond the blueprint stage,” said
R. L. Mallory, Texas regional en
STATED MEETINGS
PALACIOS LODGE
‘ NO. 990. A. F. & A. M.
1st Thursday each month 7:30 P.M
Visiting Brethem Always Welcom*
M. O. Burton, W. M
1. E. Friery, Se,
gineer for Brown Instrument Com-
pany. “New techniques will affect
meats, fish, fruits, vegetables,
dairy products, poultry and grains.
They will conserve food and food
nutrition and flavor.”
“The 2,600,000 extra tons of food
from Texas are based on U.S. De-
partment of Agriculture estimates
that at lea3t 25 per cent of all
food produced in the country, or
50,000,000 tons, is wasted in tran-
sit or in homes.
“Instead of adding to grower and
processor financial burdens,” said
the engineer for Brown, "the in-
crease in available foods should re-
duce costs for everyone and also
prices to the consumer. We have
reached that period where, from
frozen foods to home equipment,
we can build stocks in times of
plenty for years of scarcity.”
A CLEAN DRIVE
GIVIS MORE
A CLEAN MOTOR
GIVES MORE
KEEP YOUR MOTOR
ClEAN AS A
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Sinclair
SINCLAIR
OPALINE
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iMM MOTOR OIL
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. Premium Graded
T. A. CASTLETON, Agent, Bay City
ARTHUR HENSON, Station, Palacios
PHONE 170 FOR WASHING AND LUBRICATION
KX3CO(3O{XX!k:iQ0OlX'XXIKXJBKJCH# pastor of the Methodist church
THIS WEEK
IN PALACIOS HISTORY
FROM OUR EARLY FILES
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10 YEARS AGO
J. L. Koerber was hoo3t for a
party of representatives from the
Schumacher Co. wholesale grocers
of Houston, Corpus Christi and
Victoria, and entertained them at
the noon hour with a feast of
shrimp, oysters, fish and all that
goes with these delectable sea
foods.
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Faubion
moved to the house at the corner
of 5th and Welch which they had
recently purchased.
The local post of the American
Legion was planning a program
for Armistice Day, and Hon. Olin
Culberson was to be guest speaker.
15 YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. Shorty Shelton an-
nounced the birth of a baby girl,
October 29.
Rev. R. Paine who had served as
pastor of the local Methodist
Church the past year, was returned
here by the West Texas Confer-
ence while in session in San An-
tonio.
Cotton ginnings for the county
as reported by R. E. Lindsey were
8,483 bales, 17,540 had been gin-
ned the same time the preceding
year.
Mrs. Mary Elder announced the
marriage of her daughter, Estelle,
to Charles Henry Alley, in St.
Paul, Minn., Oct. SO.
20 YEARS AGO
The Palacios Shoe Store, E. L.
Hardy, manager, was purchased
by Lewis Bros, of Houston, from
S. E. McLellan, owner.
Miss Faye Golightly had the
honor of sending in the name
selected for Bay City’s new hotel,
Bay-Tex.
W. H. Stoddard, one of our suc-
cessful truck growers had plenty
of nice home grown cabbage on the
market.
Rev. F. G. Clark was the new
Be Comfortable
THE COMFORT and
relaxation you enjo^ in
your favorite chair can
be rudely interrupted by
fire, or explosion or some
other peril. If you have-
n’t sufficient insurance,
it will not be comfort-
able for you to pay the
loss out of your pocket.
Ask this HARTFORD
agency for adequate in-
surance TODAY!
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INSURANCE
NOTARY PUBLIC
REAL ESTATE
326 Main St. Phone 158
23 YEARS AGO
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Rev. G. L. Hester was sent to
Palacios by the Methodist Confer-
ence to take the place of Rev. H.
S. Goodnough, who had served the
church here four years.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Marshall were
the parents of a boy baby.
Lee Tompkins easily won over
George Lundis in the third wrest-
ling match sponsored by the Pala-
cios Athletic Association.
HEALTH NOTES
AUSTIN. — Commenting on the
food conservation program now be-
ing stressed throughout the na-
tion, Dr. Geo. W. Cox, State
Health Olllcer today emphasized
the importance of including the
proper food requisites in the daily
diet, as being important to the
maintenance of health,
"Food conservation is an ab-
solute necessity and all Texans are
eager to assist in this program;
but eliminating needful basic foods
will only result in undernourish-
ment and illness, which can he
avoided by observing the Texas
Food Standard in daily meals," Dr.
Cox said. "This good standard will
enable Texans to utilize available
foods, eliminate waste, cooperate
in conserving food and spend their
food dollar wisely.”
The Texas Food Standard, re-
commended by Dr. Cox, provides
all necessary food elements, and
for each individual includes daily
servings of: 1 pint to 1 quart milk;
1 egg or substitute; 1 serving
meat, poultry or fish; 1 serving po-
tatoes; 1 serving green or yellow
vegetables; 1 serving citrus fruit
or tomatoes; 1 serving other fruit;
1 serving whole grain products;
other enriched corals or breads:
small amount butter or margarine
with vitamins added; some sweets
or desserts in moderate quantities.
“Good nutrition is bated upon
the observance of good food habits,
practiced every day,” Dr. Cox de-
clared. “This is important at any
time, but especially now, when it
will not only maintain good heuUh
but assist in the conservation o»
good supplies.”
passes Half-way mark
Major General Kenneth F. Cram-
er, chief, National Guard Bureau,
announced that organization of the
National Guard has passed the
u. lf-way mark with 3,261 ground
and air units Federally recognized
out of a total allotment of approxi-
mately 6,380. In the Fourth Army
area, New Mexico, and Texas were
credited with eight and six units
respectively.
PALACIOS
FUNERAL HOME
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
& LICENSED EMBALMERS
AMBULANCE SERVICE
PBONK I PALACIOS I
M. K. FEATHER, Mprr. |
FEDERAL LAND BANK
FARM AND RANCH LOANS
LONG TERM PREPAYMENTS LOW INTEREST
FOR PURCHASE, REFINANCE, IMPROVEMENT
Wharton National Farm Loan Ass’n
WARREN E. HART, Secretary-Treasurer
Brooks Building, Wharton, Phone No. 465
Adrmiimuff
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From where I sit... 61/ Joe Marsh;
Square Biscuits,
Yet!
DR. JACK KAHN
OPTOMETRIST
Eyes Examined — Glasses Fitter
Phone 233 Collect for Youi
Appointment
r'ifth Floor. National Bank Bide
Victoria. T'"-!*
I sec by a neighboring paper, that
the round biscuit is on the way out.
Yes, sir, home-management spe-
cialists have found that the square
biscuit lends itself to assembly-line
production and easy storage better
than those customary ovals.
Well, we’re all for progress, but
that's one new idea we just don’t
cotton to. A round biscuit, spread
nicely amidships with snappy
country cheese, looks like a biscuit!
And accompanied by a mellow
glass of beer, it’s a combination
that you can’t improve on!
So nt the risk of being railed old-
fashioned, I’m voting for round
biscuits, that fit a hungry man’ll
mouth like no square imitation
ever will... and for American beer
served in the good old-fashioned
way, in tall, cool mugs or ordinary
glasses, with frosty sides and bub-
bles winking at the brim!
Think I’ll step out to the kitchen
for a snack right now!
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Copyright. 1947, United States Brewers Foundation
for the
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Dismukes, Mrs. J. W. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 6, 1947, newspaper, November 6, 1947; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth727089/m1/2/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.