Falfurrias Facts (Falfurrias, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, November 7, 1941 Page: 2 of 6
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Jalfurriaa if arts
Established In 1906
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
At Falfurrias, Brooks County, Texas
HOWARD BEURENT.....MGR.-ERITOR
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Subscription Price $2.00 per year Payable in Advance
YOUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE
¥^OR the first time in history the relative tax
P burden of the United States has become
heavier than that of Engand”. That astonish-
ing fact is stated by Ralph Robey in News-
week.
Under the new tax bill/ the per capita tax
in this country will be $180 a year. It is $173
in Great Britain. Our taxes will amount to a-
bout 25 per cent of our national income, as a-
gainst 22 per cent in England.
It is true, of course, that English income tax-
,es are greater than are ours. But the English
are not burdened with the vast numbers of
sales taxes, excise taxes and ‘‘nuisance taxes
on which our government depends for much
of its revenue. Lastly, the English are not bur-
dened so heavily with taxes levied by local
government. In Great Britain, the national
government collects 90 per cent of all taxes;
here the Federal government collects only n-
bount *0 per cent.
We cannot blame the cost of defense for
the staggering tax load we are now carrying.
As Mr. Robey also points out, in Great Britain
approximately 80 per cent of all government
expenditures are for military purposes. Here
only about 50 per cent is used at present for
those purposes. Half the cost of Government,
in other words, is for non-defense activity, and
Congress and our local governments have
\ , , . , . . .__ta,n« ”e 8some time ago, the difficulties
shown absolutely no wish to m • Hitler is experiencing in the Russian campaign
in any important direction. provide no guarantee that Germany will not
To quote Mr. Robey once more, “No nation attempt a major invasion of the British Isles
in the world, regardless of how strong it may before long. England is sending planes and
be, can stand such a financial policy indefinite- ! tanks to Russia. Mr. Churchill and his advisors
ly and maintain a democratic form of govern- know that the British public must n'ot be un-
ment. With our tax bill now above that ol necessarily subjected to the morale-damaging
Great Britain, it clearly is time to come to our effects which follows a defeat,
senses.” We are rolling merrily along toward| Qn £0p 0f that, England has a big job to do
national bankruptcy now, and only a public | jn Africa. Here Hitler is weakest. The Italian
understanding of the consequences of reckless, (roops jn Africa have proven themselves easily
unbridled non-defense “spending as usual can vincible. And no man rules the world, as Germ-
save us. , .. .w , an militarists have written for generations, un-
less he first rules Africa. General Wavell, abl-
ENGLISH DEMAND NEW FRONT ! '* °J 'he *“ «" «h»r,e in
the East. And rumor has it that the British war
office, which is headed by aggressive, Nazi-
hating Anthony Eden, is planning a surprise
move in Africa, in conjunction with the De
Gaulle Free French forces.
In the meanitme, the Allies are encouraged
by the terrible losses Hitler is talking in Rus-
been given the support of a number of ( on- >ia Even jf you discount Soviet claims of kill-
servatives and Liberals. The teeling is grow- tl{E wounded and captured to the minimum, it
pies would be immensely encouraged, and
would increase the extent and scope of their
pposition.
There is little doubt but what that argument!
has validity. If, for instance, British troops
could effect a landing on French soil and push
the Germans back, the democratic world
would take it as miraculous tonic. But it is ap-
parent that Mr. Churchill and his high com
mand, even though they realize this, believe
that the time is not right. And here again, a
morale as well as a military problem is involv-
ed.
The hard truth is that England has had
nothing but failure in her land operations a-
gainst Germany during this War. Her navy and
air force have done wonders. Her infantry and
her artillery and her mechanized divisions, on
the other hand, have been completely unable
to cope with their German enemies. This is no
criticism of the courage or resolve of Tommy
Atkins. Kipling’s “Thin red line of ’eroes” still
remains. But Britain simply hasn’t the equip-
ment, and we haven’t been able to deliver it
to her in sufficient quantity. The German
army, whether you like it or not, is still the
best in the world.
England’s debacles at Dunkirk and in Crete
and Norway tell the story. These soldiers did
all and more than could be expected of them.
But a man with a gun in his hand is no match
for a tank. A trooper with a fewmonths of
training can’t equal a ruthless superbly-train-
ed soldier of the Reichswehr with seven or
more years of intensive military development
behind him. The finest British pilot can't last
long in a sky which holds twenty Luftwaffe
planes for each one of the R.A.F.
Mr. Churchill’s much criticised policy is thus
easy to understand. He is apparently conserv-
ing all the military resources England can ob-
PACTS *»„ FANCIEI
* LET THE WISE
MAKE THE DISTINCTION
TT IS SIGNIFICANT that the most aggressive
J. opposition to Winston Churchill in England
has developed from his refusal to open a new
front in Europe. The demand for this hus
largely come from Labor M. P.’s, but they have
ing in many quarters that Hitler’s Russian
campaign has, for the first time, sufficiently
diverted his energies and resources so that it
may be possible to carry the war to Germany.
The military problems involved in this are
enormous, and no layman is in a position to
discuss them. There is. however, a problem of
morale involved which is of the utmost im-
is apparent that many of the finest Nazi troops
have died in the endless spaces of the U.S.S.R.
The hope remains that the news of this will
eventually filter home, despite Herr Goebbel’s
propaganda and the work of the Gestapo ter-
rorist. . There is certainly no reason now for be-
lieving that Jie German civilian population will
revolt. But a civilian population which is disil-
portance. Unrest in the nations which Hitler j burned and without enthusiasm is of little
has occupied is obviously growing. The hor-
rible toll of executions in occupied France is
evidence of that—Hitler’s henchmen aren’t
killing French citizens for fun, but because
ervice to the kind of military machine Hitler
must, maintain. Those who argue that this war
can be won without the dispatch of millions of
Allied troops to Europe, base their argument
A wise old owl sat In an oak—
The more he heard, the less he
spoke;
The less he spoke, the more he
heard—
Why can’t we be Ike that old
bird?
A tramp knocked at the back
door and the lady of the house
said. •You seem to be an ablebod-
led man; you ought to be strong
enough to work." And he replied.
"I know, mum. And you seem to
be beautiful enough to go on the
stage, but evdlently you prefer
•the simple life.” She said. “Step
into he kitchen and I’ll see If I
can’t stir up a meal for you.”
One for the old joke contest:
Two neighbor women had an arg-
ument. One claimed she had
loaned the other a pitcher and,
when it was returned, it was
cracked. The other woman said,
"In the first place. I returned the
pitcher In good condition; In the
second place, it was cracked when
I borrowed It; and In the third
place, I didn’t borrow it at all.”
If you got a chuckle out of the
above gems you can thank Boyce
House, a sort of roving corres-
pondent . . . However, for a bit of
whlmsey, and in his favorite ex-
pression, "don’t overlook” DICK
HOUSER who is instigated by
MARVIN NOLL to try that No. 8
water hole on the local links with
nothin? more formidable than
their putters . . . Both get across
in fine form and what’s more
they par the hole with three each.
Speaking of records, there’s
PETE PLEVANS who has driven
a C. P. & L. truck for 140,000 miles
with nary an accident ... He gets
his picture In the trade paper,
truck and all. . .
You can’t keep a good man
down long . . . JOHNNIE MINTEN
spends a week in Spohn Hospital
with a serious leg injury but he’s
doing nicely now. . . Also on the
convalescent list is DICK MILLER
who returns from a San Antonio
hospital after that motorcycle ac-
cident. . .
News from the Army front . . .
SAM HARDER. Company A, 63rd
Battalion. Camp Claiborne, La.,
can give the orders now after his
promotion to sergeant. He’s to
participate in the Carolina man-
euvers soon. . .From Mineral Wells
we get word from Capt. O. V.
HOLMES that his family has a
very wonderful mailman who de-
livers Facts each week regardless
of the fact that the address Is all
wrong.
Mr. and Mrs. ERWIN OALLA-
WAY are making quite a name for
themselves as bulldog fanciers
and what’s more Falfurrias is
getting some mighty good publici-
ty as the home of championship
dogs. . They have just returned
frem a tour of the dog rings with
a championship and other a-
wards. . .
Dust off your maps and locate
New Foundland . . . It’s a long
way from South Texas and that
cold spet of the universe. Lt.
HIGHTOWER SMITH, son of Mrs.
DAN F SMITH of this city. Is
stationed there on an Army as-
signment and he gets his picture
in the papers with a bunch of
politicians who are inspecting the
base ... He says its no Earl Car-
roll paradise because the nearest
ladies who might be thrilled by
an Army uniform are 150 miles
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1941
H. E. Ill Girls Take Students Of Schools
Part In Cake Contest Hear Defense Program
High school H. E III girls held a
pie ; con test Tuesday in the H E.
Department. The pies were judged
by the girls.
Alma Barrera and Raquel Garcia
won first place. Amanda Ramirez
won second place and Gemma Sa-
linas and Luplta Jimenez third
place.
After the judging the girls served
tea to the high school faculty.
beyond. . .
It is generally recognized that
Mrs. RICHARD HOUSER S hus-
x band is a sort of Burbank and a
great authority on flowers and
shrubs, but she can carry her end
of the family’s horticulture pres-
tige. too . . . She has nine—that’s
what we said, nine—strawberry
plants In a flowrer bed and she’s
nursing them carefully in the
hope that they will feed her fam-
ily ... All is well until Mrs. NEIL
RUPP disilhisior.s her as to the
Local schools observed National
Defense Week with special exercises
last Tuesday. November 4, during
which a patriotic program was
presented in the auditorium under
the leadership of Supt H. Lee Clif-
ton and Principal Wesley Martin
Feat’J"'’3 on the program were
j w Wilson who gave a patriotic
address before the gathering of stu-
dents and J. O. Norris whose topic
was "How we can support our na-
tional defense program in this land
that we all love.” This subject.
I stressed the importance of buying
defense londs and stamps.
A? a result of the program, oifi-
cia’s of the First National Bank of
this city announced that the bank
will cooperate in the sale of tamps
to school children by assigning a
representative to the school one
hour of one day each week to take
(charge of the stamp sale._
| number of plants required to pro-
! duce an ample quantity. . .
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Reich. So it is argued that if the Allies could People will get a bellyful and simply give up.
start an aggressive military campaign against That happened in World War I. But there is
Hitler on the continent, the subjugated peo- no guarantee that it will happen this time.
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Behrent, Howard. Falfurrias Facts (Falfurrias, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, November 7, 1941, newspaper, November 7, 1941; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth878000/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .