The Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, September 16, 1955 Page: 2 of 8
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The Panhandle Herald, PanhandU, Carson County, Texas
Friday, September 16, 195$
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'my goodness.open it. i'll bet
it's A CRXTE OF DELICIOUS FLOR-
IDA ORANGES. I GUESS JONES
ISN'T MAD AT ME FOR FIRING
HIM AFTER ALL.
'JONES SENT MES
SOMETHING? I
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The Panhandle Herald
B"*^bUahed July 22, 1887
printed Every Friday at Panhandle, Cargon Oannty, Texw
MEMBER: Texas Press Association, Panhandle
Pi'es* Association and National Editorial Ass v.__
t>AVIP M. WARREN, Editor and Publisher_
Sntared as second class matter, July 32, 1887, at th« pos*
•ffics at Panhandle, Texas, under the act of March 8, 1878.
” Subscription Rates Carson and Adjoining Countiss
inv, Year________ *200
311 Months--------------------*i aB
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Subscription Bates Outside Oarson and Adjoining Counties
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Advertising Rates
Obituaries. Resolutions ot Respect, Cards ol Thanks, ete.—
8 oents per word.
county, etc; $90,819,123 for schools and
$48,987,240 for refunding and miscellan-
eous. This wa§ an increase of $122,000,000
over a year ago.
So, Texans are paying more money day
by day for taxes, but also are increasing
their bonded indebtedness.
Our local and state taxes do not hurt us
too milch; it is the terrific bite that the
federal government takes that should
cause us to review the tax situation.
BIG YEAR FOR STATE TAXES
The comptroller’s annual report for the
fiscal year ending Aug. 31, 1955, shows
that receipts were $838,009,264 compared
to $790,556,058 the previous fiscal year.
Ad valorem taxes were up almost $2,-
000,000 to $29,000,000. Natural gas gross
production taxes jumped from $25,603,000
to $39,253,535.
Gross production on crude oil was $129,-
669.000, up about $1,500,000. Insurance
companies occupation taxes were up $1,-
000,000 to $21,000,000.
Motor fuel taxes were $135,729,000 with
refunds of $14,645,000 or a net of about
$121,000,000, up $7,000,000 from a year
ago. Cigarette taxes were up $400,000 to
$35,044,000.
' Alcoholic beverage taxes and licenses
were up almost $3,000,000 to $21,441,000.
Sales taxes on autos, radios, etc., increased
more than $4,000,000 to $22,619,000.
Franchise taxes took a tremendous jump
from $20,265,000 to $30,139,000. Mineral
leases, rentals and bonuses dropped from
$54,944,000 to $29,139,000. An increase of
almost $38,000,000 in receipts after taking
this loss of $25,000,000 in bonuses shows
how taxes have been going up.
Oil and gas royalities increased about
$1,600,000 to $25,303,000. Interest on
securities owned went up from $11,695,000
to $13,768,000. Motor vehicle licenses in-
creased from $42,523,000 to $48,619,000.
Federal aid to highways was $45,136,-
000 compared to $30,690,000 a year ago.
Federal aid for public health dropped from
$8,109,000 to $5,888,000. Federal aid for
public welfare was almost stationary at
$118,718,000. There was an increase in
federal aid to education from $8,355,000
to $9,202,000.
Unemployment compensation taxes took
an increase of almost $1,000,000 to $17,
418.000.
Those receipts were big, but they will
be larger next year because of high|er
levies on gasoline, corporations, beer ahd
cigarettes.
Well, for the fiscal year Texas increased
its spending from $702,828,000 to $777,-
558,950. Highway expenditures went from
$162,681,000 to $183,363,000, up almost
$27,000,000. Education jumped from $255,
028,000 to $299,464,000, public welfare
was about the same at $157,270,000, state
teacher retirement about even at $14,789,-
000, eleemosynary and correctional went
up from $38,457,000 to $45,214,000.
Production of crude oil was 979,165,123
barrels up about 13,000,000 barrels for
the fiscal year. Cigarettes stamped were
892,526,132 packages up 10,000,000 packs.
Automobiles sold were $1,942,378,579, up
almost $400,000,000 over the previous
year.
Only 488,755 decks of playing cards
were sold, compared to 532,857 the pre-
vious year.
New bond issues for the year were
$26,111,063 with $286,324,700 for city,
BIG DALLAS TAXPAYERS
Twenty taxpayers will pay 22 per cent
of the record city and school tax bill of
$40,242,424 this year at Dallas-. These
taxpayers have been sent tax reminders
of $8,926,439.
These taxpayers are well known to
people in Panhandle because hundreds
have gone there in recent years to see foot-
ball games and for other purposes
The list includes: Dallas Power & Light
Co., $2,264,888; Southwestern Beil Tele-
phone Co., $1,366,402; Republic National
Bank, $1,112,263; First National Bank,
$880,198; Lone Star Gas Co., $603,271;
Mercantile National Bank, $434,861; Ford
Motor Co., $294,450 ; Sears Roebuck & Co.,
$287,662; Hotel Adolphus, $196,869; Cor-
rigan Properties, $191,528; Dallas Rail-
way & Terminal Co., $180,843; Chance
Vought Aircraft, $161,395; Neiman Mar-
cus, $158,804; Titche Goettinger, $145,-
241; Magnolia Petroleum Co., $127,922;
International Business Machines, $115,624;
Procter & Gamble, $113,792; Safeway
Stores, $113,62-4; Baker Hotel, $95,038;
Katy Railway, $81,663.
Some ideas of the tremendous values
of these institutions are these assessed
valuations: Dallas Power & Light Co.,
over $65,000,000; Southwestern Bell, $36,-
548,000; Republic National Bank, $29,-
660,260 with $21,052,860 on personal val-
uations; First National about $23,500,000
with $20,724,000 on personal property;
Lone Star Cas Co. about $16,000,000 and
$1,150,000 on real estate.
Mercantile National Bank was assessed
$7,767,1)00 on personal property and $3,-
829,000 on real estate.
It looks like Big D has to levy plenty
of taxes, but the city is going ahead with
vast improvements.
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14 STATES RAISE FUEL TAX
Fourteen states, including Texas, have
raised motor fuel taxes this year. Texas
increased its rate from 4 to 5 cents a gallon
last week.
' Texas first voted a fuel tax April 1,
1923, of 1 cent; it was raised to 3 cents
March 16, 1927, reduced to 2 cents Sept.
1, 1928, and hiked from 2 to 4 cents July
15, 1929. The tax has been at that rate
for 26 years. '
Raises by other states were: Alabama
from 6 to 7 cents; Connecticut, 4 to 6
cents; Georgia,* 6 to 6.5 cents; Iowa, 5 to
6 cents; Maine, 6 to 7 cents; Michigan,
4.5 to 6 cents; Montana, 6 to 7 cents;
Nevada, 5.5 to 6 cents; New York, 4 to
6 cents; North Dakota, 5 to 6 cents; Ver-
mont, 5 to 5.5 cents; West Virginia, 5 to
6 cents; Wisconsin, 4 to 6 cents.
New York expects to raise $60,000,000,
Texas $30,000,000, Wisconsin $20,000,-
000 and Michigan $30,000,000 with the
higher levies.
Texas hopes to spend $238,200,000 on
highways this year with $174,600,000 for
new roads. The federal government will
contribute $51,900,000 to the building
program.
The State highway commission would
like to have a lot more money, but federal
and state aid will step up the building
program.
Texas to Produce
Half of Nation’s
Grain Sorghums
AUSTIN.—Texas will produce
more than half of the nation’s
sorghum crop this 3rear, with a
bumper crop expected to beat lasr
year’s yield by more than 20 per
cena.
The University of Texas Bureau
of Business Research says gain in
grain sorghums can be attributed
to a 15 per cent increase in
acreage and generally more rain-
fall in most areas.
Cotton production is expected
to he down only about 1 per cent,
although Texans planted a million
fewer acres in cotton this year
than in *1954.
The Bureau says most cattle-
men feel they can see their herds
safely through the coming winter.
Prospects for early fall and winter
pasturing are better than they
have been in years, and there was
a bumper crop of hay.
Texas farmers suffered a 3 pet
cent decline in income during the
seven-month period of January- (
July, 19 5 5, compared with the
same figures of last year. Prices
received by farmers during July
fell 2 per cent from June figures,
but remained about the same when
compared with prices received
during July, 1954.
Sign placed over an office drink-
ing fountain: “Old Faceful.”
The U. S. is the world’s largest
consumer of coffee and cocoa, ab-
sorbing 60 per cent of the coffee
exported and 40 per cent of the
cocoa
The Riangs, tribesmen of south-
east East Pakistan, have a strangg
way of expressing apology; stick-
ing out their tongues. When they
accidentally bump into a stranger
they show their tongues as a means
of saying “I have no words in my
mouth which can say how sorry
[ am.”
Herald Want Ads Get Results
How About That!
PRIVILEGED VIEW—WAC Lieutenant Olive F. G. Marsn or
Cleveland works where most people only visit—the White House.
She is administrative assistant to the President’s personal physi-
cian, Major General Howard McC. Snyder. Her former bosses were
well-known too: Generals of the Army George C. Marshall, Dwight
D. Eisenhower and Omar N. Bradley.
Seek To Interest
More Students In (
Studying Science
AUSTIN—Ways of getting more
school pupils interested in study-
ing science will be examined at
a Texas Work Conference for the
Advancement of Science Teaching
and Science Fairs October 6-8 at
the University of Texas.
Sponsors are the Oak Ridge
Institute of Nuclear Studies, the
National Science Teachers Associ-
ation and Texas colleges and uni-
versities. Several industrial cor-
porations have donated scholar-
ship funds to provide 55 scholar-
ships to teachers who otherwise
would not be able to attend the
conference.
More than 300 persons are ex-
pected to participate in the ses-
sions.
Half the conference will be de-
voted to the mechanics of the
science. fair, a teaching technique
featuring exhibits of science pro-
jects developed by students under
^he direction of instructors. The
other half will be concerned with
every-day science education prob-
lems such as these:
How may science be integrated
in the lower grades? How may
teachers better perform finore in-
teresting and instructive demon-
strations? What audio-visual aids
are best? How may colleges pro-
duce better science teachers?
Nationally- prominent speakers
will appear on the program, and
all teacher-participants will ex-
change ideas and experiences.
ALTERATIONS
SEW SHOP
303 Main St.
Phone 3291
Res. 3837
Your Inquiries Invited
MRS. J. C.
HIGGINBOTHAM
America's first
factory was a
qlqss plant and
qlass bottles
were qmonq the
•first carqo ever
exported from
'these
Shores 1
Xhe first nursinq
bottle was .
patented in
.Americans
consumed 27,703/00,000
bottles of soft
drinks rrt 19s* 9
Jftvic
Now f_during Septe m befi
U. of T. Expects
17,500 This Fall
AUSTIN.—The University of
Texas will hold registration for
the Long Session .fall semester
Sept. 19-22, and classes will open
Sept. 23.
Meanwhile, Sept. 14-21 was
designated “New Students Week”
for introducing newcomers to
campus life. Orientation proced-
ures including freshman tests,
convocations and social activities.
University officials predict an
enrollment of approximately 17,
500, compared with 16,084 last
fall. The University of Texas is
the' largest institution of higher
learning in the South.
made!
Herald Want Ads Get Results
THE BAFFLES
By Mahoney
BOSS,THIS CRATE JUST CAME FOR YOU
FROM AJAX JONES, THE GUY WHO MOVED
TO FLORIDA WHEN YOU FIRED HIM.
FARMER RETURNS . . . Chas.
J. Hearst of Cedar Falls, la.,
wears Kazak costume, souvenii
of his tour (with 11 other U. S
farmers) of Russian farms.
Pvt. Hollis Dixon
Sent To Germany
Pvt. Hollis A. Dixon, 23, whose
wife, Deliah, lives on Route 1,
Skellytown, is a member of the
10 th Infantry Division stationed
in Germany.
Dixon, a clerk with the 710th
Ordnance Battalion, arrived in
Europe last July under the Gryo-
scope plan. The division is re
placing the 1st Infantry Division
which is returning to the U. S.
A member of Phi Beta Kappa
fraternity, he was graduated from
Texas Technological College be-
fore entering the Army last De-
cember.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mack
Dixon, live on Route A. ,
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Warren, David M. The Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, September 16, 1955, newspaper, September 16, 1955; Panhandle, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth881784/m1/2/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carson County Library.