Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 22, 1943 Page: 4 of 8
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PALACIOS BEACON. PALACIOS. TEXAS
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EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
ASSOCIATE EDITOR -
MRS. J. W. DISMUKES
JESSE V. DISMUKES
Entered at the Post Office at Palacios, Texas, ns second cluss mail
matter, under the Act of Congress.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One Year $2.00 Single Copy, 5c Six Months, $1.25
WE STOP ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS AT EXPIRATION
The Beacon Stands For A
ERMANENT
mJ ROGRESSIVE
ALACIOS
IwEXAS GULF COAST
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Nobody Need Go Hungry
From now on the public must think straight and without
prejudice on the matter of taxation, or the best laid post-
war plans will become worthless scraps of paper.
When business men plead for adequate corporate re-
serves for reconversion of industry to peacetime production,
they are pleading not for themselves but for the millions who
must be employed by industry when the war is over. If taxes
prohibit the accumulation of adequate corporate reserves, it
is not the business man who will suffer most. It will be the
•people looking for jobs—jobs that only industry can provide
despite tempting ballyhoo which would have us believe that,
come what may, we need not worry because the government
will take up the slack in employment.
Senator George, chairman of the Senate Finance ComT
mittee, in warning that: “Reserves for post-war contingencies
and for conversion to peacetime activities, and for deferred
maintenance and repairs, must be established and built, up out
of earnings during the war,” speaks a truth with which there
can be no compromise. And yet there are plenty of politicians
who are trying at this very moment to undermine the sta-
bility of industry the same as they sought to in peacetime—
by inequitable taxation—and they are doing it for the same
reason they did it in peacetime, namely, because they think it
appeals to the voters. These politics-as-usual politicians are
the worst threat to the future of this nation.
The people must realize private industry in their strong-
est ally in peace and in war. It is the bulwark of freedom.
It. can be destroyed by humbug taxation.
PICKING DATSITJ
The Case For Democracy
Ray W. Sherman, the son of a country blacksmith, who
was born in upstate New York in the “horse-and-buggy
days, and who climbed to success because of the opportunity
America gave him, has written an inspiring book: “I Believe
in America.”
“We know our America is only a collection of men who
employ, and men who work.” writes Sherman. “Most of us
want jobs—just jobs. Somebody’s got to provide them. And
we want bigger and better jobs in a bigger and better
America.”
Of poor boys who climbed to greatness in America he
lists many: Henry Ford, son-of a farmer; Walter P. Chrysler,
once an apprentice in a railroad shop; the late Charles M.
Schwab, once a stake-driver; the late John D. Rockefeller,
born in a little country town.
The corner druggist, grocer, barber, and all the rest are
in the same class. They take their savings and start busi-
nesses. Thousands fail. A few succeed. And from the suc-
cesses come our prosperity, our wages, and the development
of our civilization. There isn’t any other way.”
United Gas Pipe Line
Co. Issues Instructive
Advertisement
Cooperating in the nation-wide
effort to closely guard all informa-
tion which might be of value to the
enemy, United Gas Pipe Line Com-
pany and associated companies are
publishing an advertisement this
week in the Palacios Beacon and
more than 300 other daily and
weekly papers in the Gulf South
which points out how information,
loosely passed, can aid the enemy.
Illustrated by a drawing of a
jig-saw puzzle being put together
by an Axis spy, the advertisement
points out that “Freedom of Speech
is a sacred heritage, but in wartime
every American must be careful
how he exercises the privilege. Un-
less we are cautious, ‘harmless’ re-
marks give enemy agents informa-
tion that may mean death for our
fighting men.”
The sponsoring organization is
engaged in production and trans-
portation of natural gas to meet
the fuel requirements of war indus-
tries, cities and military' centers
throughout the Gulf South. Its oil
production is going to meet military
requirements in this country and
at distant battrei'ronts.
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THIS WEEK
IN PALACIOS HISTORY
FROM OUR EARLY FILES
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10 YEARS AGO
! Miss Dolphinc Rioux and J- B.
|Rupc announced they were married
June 23, and left for McAllen to
make their home.
First bale of cotton for this com-
munity was brought in by K. Smith
from the Carahcahua community
and was ginned at Lawson-Walker
gin.
Mrs. J. F. Barnett was notified
by Postmaster General Farley of
Washington, D. C., that she had
been appointed acting postmaster
relieving K. J. Sisson.
T. W. Caffall, of Skidmore was
new manager at the Grant Lumber
Company, O. M. Robinson who hud
held the place for 12 years resign-
ed to take over other duties.
A. II. Petersen, of El Campo, pur-
chased the Bluebonnet Confection
ery which had been under the man-
agement of Earl Mayo for several
months.
S. C. Box, an early citizen of
Palacios, died in Alice, Texas.
15 YEARS AGO
Miss Dorothy Douglas was united
in marriage to Mr. Robert Franks.
Three men up for a pleasure ride,
met a tragic death when the plane
in which they were riding, plunged
to the enrth and immediately after
crashing burst into flames.
The 27th annual Baptist Encamp-
ment was in session. Dr. Robert G.
Lee, of Memphis, Tenn., was the
main speaker.
The first bale of cotton for the
county was harvested by W. J.
Chambers, of Sargent community.
The County Commissioners Court
let the contract for remodeling and
enlarging the Court House.
turned from a trip to Oklahoma md
Colorado and Mr. Whitney openedU
vulcanizing sTiop on Main Stint-
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Huddleston
were the parents of a new »> > £ '
S. T. Best purchased thi rnsi
Red Bird, a sport model Overland
touring car brought in by the Cui-
tis Auto Sales Company.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Baeken and
two sons came in front St. I au ,
Minn. , , „
Mrs. Mary S. Gaines was develop-
ing a fig orchard near Gnnado.
Several car loads of watermelons
were shipped from here to the Dal-
las markets.
Your fighting son wants you to
buy more and more War Bonds.
20 YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Whitney re-
25 YEARS AGO
A letter from Floyd Clement to
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Clement, stated he had been trans-
ferred from the engineers to the
photographic department of the
Signal Corps and was working in
a laboratory in Paris, after having
spent over five months in the
trenches.
Sgt. John E. Wolf of Ellington
Field, was in the city for a short
visit with home folks.
Carlton Crawford, a member of
Sousa’s Band and receiving training
at the Great Lake’s Training school,
was home for a few days. Erv II.
Boyd, was also home for a few
days. He was a musician in the U.
S. Navy.
30 YEARS AGO
According to latest census re-
ports Matagordu County had 3295
horses valued at $208,102.
Sons were born to Mr. and Mrs.
A Sutterfield, Mr. and Mrs. R. C.
Huddleston, and Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Wolf.
The hotels and rooming houses
were taxed to their full capacity to
accommodate visitors in the city
for the encampment and big auction
sale.
The American Townsite Com-
pany, had a big aution sale of lots.
A. D. Powers of San Antonio con-
ducted tbe sale.
Messrs. J. F. Arnett, of Houston,
J. H. Eaves, St. Louis, John Davis,
Thursday, July 22;. I9d;f
l! S O NEWS
SOUTH BAY BOULEVARD
Telephone 226
\AATC BAND TO PLAY AT
USO FRIDAY NIGHT. JULY 21
The AAATC Band will p|av .,t
the USO on Saturday, July 24th, at
8:00 P. M. All couples are invited
to attend the dance. No tags will
be allowed.
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VESPER SERVICES TO BE
DISCONTINUED
Sunday Vespers have been held
at the USO during the past few
months by the ministers of pa_
lacios, but have been discontinued
until cooler weather.
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CABARET NIGHT, THURSDAY
A special floor show, will open
the new series of Cabaret Nights to
begin Thursday, July 22.
W. II. Hill, of Dallas, sends us a
card from Taos, JN. Mex., where he
is vacationing and says, "Plenty of
fishing, some 8 inches long, and
temperature 50 degrees in the
morning and at noon was 60 de-
grees.’’
John Bentler and William J. Feath-
er, of Palacios, and F. F. Gross, of
Elkhart, Ind., were out «m a boat
trip when overtaken by a storm.
Capt. Thomas A. Wells, a cripple
paddled a frail skiff through eight
miles of raging, sett to rescue the
men who were on a rudderless boat
at the mercy of the waves. An ef-
fort was being made to secure a
Carnegie medal for Capt. Wells.
PALACIOS
FUNERAL HOME
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
& LICENSED EMBALMERS
AMBULANCE SERVICE
PHONJK 8 PALACIOS
M. K FEATHER, Mgr.
REMARKS SOLVE
THE AXIS ACENT’S PUZZLE
Humbug Taxation
For two years we have been fighting with food in this
war. It was easy fighting for a while. But now, suddenly,
it is becoming harder. We find we can’t buy many of the
things we used to take for granted. And we hear rumors
that even more difficult days are ahead.
The time has come to be realistic. We still have a lot
of food. But it is not enough fQr business-as-usual, discrimina-
tion-as-usual or eating-as-usual. We have been assured by
the War Food Administration that though there will be little
fancy food, there will be enough for everyone if it is fairly
shared and conserved. There will be some “inconvenience”
at the American dinner table this year, yes, but it should not
be more than that. Certainly, nobody need go hungry.
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Do:fi help lho Axis spies complete their jig-saw puzzle. Every piece of
information, loosely passed, helps them to solve it.
Freedom of Speech is a sacred lierilage, hut in wartime every American
must he careful how lie exercises the privilege. Unless we are cautious, harm-
hss remarks give enemy agents information that may mean death for our
fighting men.
In the Middle West, a mother remarks that her hoy lias jus! sailed ... in the
East a father says his son is being trained ill coast invasion tactics . . . and in
i. • hotsth a war worker tells his neighbor how many parts lie’s turned out
on his lathe. Harmless? Seemingly, But they’re facts the enemy agents pick
ir—:study, sift, check—until often a complete picture appears ... a picture
that gives America’s plans to the enemy.
IT WILL HELP FOR ALL OF US TO REMEMBER THIS RULE! ;
* If you HEAR ii from someone—don’t repeat it.
If you SEE i! yourself—don’t repeal it.
But if you read it in the newspapers or magazines
or hear il on the radio, then it’s public properly-
and it may be discussed publicly without concern.
7 b.ts advertisement published in the interest of speeding America's Victory
HOUSTON GULF GAS CO MPA MY
UNION PRODUCING COMPANY
And Associated Company
Production and Transmission of Natural Gas and Oil Are /
Essential to VICTORY—Winning the War Is Our No. 1 JOB!
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TjOU ARE
HELPING HIM
WHEN you..
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W ork in your spare time in Victory
gardens, essential part-time work and
civilian volunteer services. KEEP FIT!
Pud. tyausi ///aciey. io koi/z
Where il will do the most good: War
Bonds and Stamps, Income Tax, Vic-
torv Loan, Red Cross, Community
Chest, Pay Off Debts.
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Learn the facts about your war. Don’t
Believe rumors or repeal them. Don’t
Jaik about tilings the enemy would
like to hear.
'Wade koUuntf.
Lse only what you actually need in
■'idle' i7~i ~ Transportation. Put
*<"< material to work. SALVAGE.
»era,, metals, tin cans, fats and
r»vt,,er’nigs’si,k
SAa'te
W mi oui armed forces and fighting
allies. Help with Victory hooks, ship”
Pjtig space, V-Mail, blood banks.
. ‘iic ""J1 each other through ration-
ing, ear sharing, ele.
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Dismukes, Mrs. J. W. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 22, 1943, newspaper, July 22, 1943; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth747237/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.