Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 2, 1944 Page: 4 of 8
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What We Can Do
“The folks back here in the United States don’t seem to
realize there’s a war on!”
How many times have you read that statement in the
paper—the words of some returning serviceman ? How often
have you heard that personally from the lips of some boy
who has come back from a battle-front?
We quite understand the thoughts of the wounded lad
who fought it out with the Japs in New Guinea, or the Ger-
mans on the bloody beaches of Salerno. He comes home
from slimy foxhole life, from the sight of constant horror,
from the battlefield where wounded men died in agony, and
he sees us here, secure, well-fed, and warmly housed. He
hears us grouse about not being able to get enough butter, or
a seat on the train, or enough gasoline, and he compares our
RED CROSS
WAR FUND
ters were established for syphilis; new facts about vitamin
B were discovered; treatment of infected wounds and shock
was advanced.
IN PALACIOS HISTORY
PROM OUR EARLY FILES
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10 YEARS AGO
March came in with all the ear-
marks of a lion, wind blowing a
t-alc, necompnnicd by thunder, ruin
and hail.
Announcement was made of the j
marriage of Win. H. Clement Jr. to j
Miss Mary Morrow in Edna, Fob, 20.
Mayor Ruthven announced as a
candidate for re- lection which
opened the campaign for city of-
ficials.
Burglars entered the office of the
Central Power and Light Company,
broke open the safe, and took over
$80.00 in cash and checks, r ccipts
of the previous day.
country gave the gulf const n taste
of cold weather sending tempera-
tures down to 20. Some fine snow
or sleet fell, bar* !y enough to whit-
en the ground and give the natives
an idea of what snow looked like.
The melting snow formed icicles,
a novelty in this section.
George W. Perry died here at
the home of his brother, S. F. Perry.
The r mains were shipped to Callao,
Mo. for burial.
Hazel Bateman won the medal in
a declamation contest sponsored by
the W. C. T. U.
Answer the question, “How Can
I Help to Win the War?" by buy-
ing more War Bonds.
PALACIOS
FUNERAL HOME
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
& LICENSED EMBALMERS
AMBULANCE SERVICE
PHONE 8 PALACIOS
M. K FEATHER, Mgr.
2.-, YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. George Harrison
announced the birth of a baby giri.
Wayne Robinson returned home
from New Orleans, having received
his discharge from the service.
Roy Gillespie, who had been at-
tending school in Kansas City, re-
turned home.
Miss Jess Beck of Frnneitns pur-
chased the J. A. Elder home on
Morton Ave.
The Mills-Jcnnings Show com-
pany was giving Palacios people
some very good entertainments. _
30 YEARS AGO
A blizzard which swept the whole < >
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All funds received by the American Red Cross
tire voluntary contributions. The principal income
hits normally been obtained from the annual mem-
bership appeal to the American public, called the roll
call, or in response to specific appeal on occasions of
major disasters. The annual roll call has been com-
bined with the general Red Cross War Fund.
H.C. (Howard) CAMPBELL
GENERAL INSURANCE
Corner 4th & Commerce Phones: Res. 103, Off. Ill
troubles with the awfulness he has seen.
No, he doesn’t reason it out that we don’t mean to grouse
about these little things, and that the folks back home are
willing to do everything possible to help with the war. But
his complaint should be a warning to us. We should look
around to see if there isn’t something we can do to help still
more.
There are things on the home front that each of us can
do to help our sons, and our friends, on the battle fronts.
This year we can give a lot more to the American Red
Cross, which not only serves our fighting men all over the
world but is ready in case of disaster here at home.
The Red Cross serves our men on every battlefront, in
Europe, in the China, Burma, India theatre, in the South
Pacific and at our island outposts.
The Red Cross collects blood plasma to keep wounded
men from dying, it prepares surgical dressings, its workers
serve in military hospitals the world over, it packs millions
of food boxes for men who have been taken prisoner by the
enemy and it provides a channel of communication between
enemy interned civilians and their families. It also trains
people here in America to help in hospitals where there is a
irtage of doctors and nurses. Its services are so many that
thej average person has no conception of their extent.
What can we do to help? We can support the Red Cross
•with every dollar we can spare, because we know those dollars
go directly to aid the men doing the actual fighting. After
that we can join the long line of people donating blood for
plasma, or we can volunteer for service with the Red Cross
in some capacity. Let’s show our men overseas we know
there’s a war on!
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The following are a few of the medical advances that
occurred in 1943: Penicillin became widely known and used;
news types of anesthesia were introduced; mosquito control
measures were perfected to combat malaria; new uses were
found for the sulfonamided drugs; intensive treatment cen-
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Dismukes, Mrs. J. W. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 2, 1944, newspaper, March 2, 1944; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth746521/m1/4/?q=12th%20Armored%20Memorial%20Museum: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Palacios Library.