Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 3, 1945 Page: 4 of 8
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Mrs. J. F. Bavnett is at her desk
in the post office after several
weeks of absence due to her health
and while off duty spent some time
resting at Glennwood, New Mexico.
WAR BONDS will bring our
fighting men back home sooner.
If ignorance of the alw is no ex-
cuse; then what about ignorance of
the law-makers?
Mrs. John H. Bonner, of Houston,
visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
O. J. Howard and Dr. and Mrs. J.
R. Wagner the first of the week.
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MRS. J. W. DISMUKES
JESSE V. DISMUKES
Entered at the Post Office at Palacios, Texas, as second clans mail
. matter, under the Act of Congress.
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We Could Be Less Careless
A heartrending story came across the Pacific the other
day. A bomber crashed and a member of the crew was hoi | v
lessly trapped in the flaming wreckage. After a number of*
futile attempts at rescue, an officer among the horrified spec-
tators, unable to stand the victim’s screams longer, stepped
up and ended the doomed man’s life painlessly with his service
45. The officer was later exonerated at a military trial.
The foregoing incident was a tragedy of war. Yet it
differs from similar incidents that happen regularly in peace-
time only in respect to the method by which the person dying
in the flames was put out of his misery. The ten-thousand-
>odd souls who die by fire in this country every year do it thel
..hard way. They simply scream until they are cooked.
•’ If this sounds unnecessarily morbid and merciless, take
a look at the nation’s fire bill—upwards of half a billion dol-
lars. When it comes to fire, America is grossly careless. We
are careless in our homes. We are careless in our factories
and around places of amusement. We are careless in our
forests. The result is fire destruction on a scale of almost
■ unblievable proportions.
► We could do something about fire if we wanted to. We
v could be leas careless. We could heed the lessons of experience
and fire prevention authorities, which tell us over and over
that real fire prevention is a highly individual business—a
question of detail,, of putting out matches and cigarettes
properly, cleaning up the basements and attics, keeping heat-
ing facilities in good order.
b Most of these things could logically be done now. Spring
is here and spring is clean-up time. Why not clean up right?
Prevent fire, help save lives.
A Rare Combination
It was a foregone conclusion upon the declaration of war
chat somehow industry would have to double and triple pro-
duction even as military manpower demands rocketed,
one doubted that it could be done, and the process of doing
it has emphasized a unique fact about the United States:
\t has a cencentration of .ftfctiKy as well as of resources.
of the Petroleum Industry War
cHRfawmnMs out when he said: “Concentrations ofl
petroleum are found in other parts of the world, but concen-
tration^ of men of the type who built this great industry are
not: The total crude production for the United States for
1944 was 1,678,000,000 barrels . . . approximately 11 per
cent over 1943, itself a record year.
"No one need fear for the future of the oil industry so
long as there are wise and able men to lead the way and the
leadership is not hogtied by needless political interference.
Our right to survive as a free industry depends upon our
ability to provide leadership.
“The petroleum industry is on the treshold of tremendous
advancement if we here at home keep and guard that very
special freedom of enterprise that is responsible for human
progress. Without initiative and daring, the other freedoms
are sterile.”
The United States has a rare combination—resources
and ability—possessed by no other nation on a comparable
basis. It should be preserved above all else because only
through the energies of free men with great ability can wfc
ever expect to attain desired postwar goals of prosperity and
employment.
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PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
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Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Bieri and son,
Carlcton, were down from Angle ton
over the week end.
Mrs. Rudy Gonzales and children
left last week for Oceanside, Calif.,
to be with her husband until he is
sent back overseas for duty.
Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Wagner were
in Houston last week and were ac-
companied home by Mr. and Mrs.
O. J. Howard who are here for an
indefinite stay.
Mrs. Eddie Ferree, of Port Sul-
phur, La., remembered in Palacios
as Miss Mabel Huddleston, was here
last week end, the guest of Mrs.
Duncan Ruthven and other friends
and relatives.
D. O. Laxon and family who have
recently moved to Brazoria were
here over the week end calling on
friends and transacting business.
WAR BONDS will preservo and
protect the American Way.
THIS WEEK
IN PALACIOS HISTORY
FROM OUR EARLY FILES
10 YEARS AGO
Births announced: Mr. and Mrs.
J. E. Adkins, son; Mr. and Mrs.
Winfred Johnson, a girl Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Lee Quinn, a girl.
Many repairs were plunned for
the Texas Baptist Encampment
grounds, the manager, H. Bentz,
announced.
The marriage of Miss Emily Bl is-
ter and Ward S. Cook on April 20
was announced.
A crew was at work wrecking
the old pavilion, making ready for
the construction of the new one.
First concrete for the seawall
was poured.
Farmer’s Cooperative Associa-
tion purchased the Lawson-Walker
Cotton Gin.
15 YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Fox an-
nounced the birth of a baby girl,
and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Roush
were the parents of a baby boy.
The contract for building the
causeway at Port Lavaca was let,
and another link in the Hug-the-
Coast Highway assured.
The concrete highway from Pa-
lacios to Blessing was open for
traffic.
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Wilborn mov-
ed to Palacios from Oklahoma and
purchased a home on South Bay.
PALACIOS
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"Frankly, I with you’d boon a caso
of Wheatieal”
Thursday, May 3. 1945
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I guess our town doesn’t like
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folks. But when a fellow went
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Ed Carey’s misses, Sarah,
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Back on the job, in white collars or work-stained khakis, the return-
ing ex-servicemen of our organization hardly look like heroes of the
Tunisia campaign or the battle of France. Some have scars to show
for it... many have foreign service and valor ribbons.
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We are glad to have them back. They endured much to safeguard
the security of our nation. Keeping their jobs for them was the least
that we could do. But more than that, we will never forget what they
did for us. As long as we. live, we will remember.
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Dismukes, Mrs. J. W. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 3, 1945, newspaper, May 3, 1945; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth727197/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.