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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1954
Page
4
The leaflet explains how capital stock fire insurers deploy the Catastrophe Plan in fires, explosions, or hurricanes. Loss adjusters are brought in to speed claim payments and funds to destitute residents, supporting rebuilding and offering security. It urges regular insurance checks and offers help for problems or questions.
The National Association of Manufacturers argues the fall in production rate in 1954 stemmed from inventory practices. Domestic demand stayed fairly steady with minor declines. government sales fell by under 3 billion, while construction and metal sales rose. Inventory drawdown accounted for 80 percent of the drop, signaling a temporary lag between demand and supply.
Texas farm cash income rose 4 percent January to May 1954 from 1953, led by higher cotton and cattle receipts. Gains also shown in peanuts 115 percent oats 87 percent and grain sorghum 46 percent while cottonseed income fell 39 percent wheat down 33 percent. May prices up 1 percent from April but below May 1953.
A UT Bureau of Business Research report shows May retail sales rose in towns under 2500 by about 8 percent despite a statewide drop. January to May gains reached around 2 percent versus 1953, while the state overall fell 1 percent from April and 6 percent from May 1953.
Two June Texas disasters struck in rapid succession. Floods caused loss of life and property in La mesa Ozona and along the Rio Grande. Simultaneously drouth gripped Central and Southern Texas as rains faltered and heat dried soils.
In Brady county, rural residents form half the population and agriculture drives the economy. Rainfall is far below normal with under five inches this year and seven inches since last October. Crops such as cotton and sorghum suffer while pastureland deteriorates. residents urge Austin and federal action to reinstate the government feed program to prevent further livestock losses.
REBEKAH LODGE No. 155 meets at 7:30 p.m. each Monday at Odd Fellows Hall Roosevelt and 11th. Members urged and visiting Rebekahs invited. Mintie Hayes Noble Grand Helen Griffith Vice Grand Leona Whitman Secretary Tommie Bozeman Treasurer. NOTICE: I.O.O.F Lodge meets every Tuesday at Odd Fellows Hall. Visiting brothers S. L. Neely Noble Grand E. A. Eaves Vice Grand Leo Baily Recording Sect.
Aid requested from federal authorities as Texas agricultural leaders plan action. Indications point to a recurring breath problem in the state this year, prompting coordinated response and mitigation steps.
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