The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 252, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 21, 1934 Page: 1 of 6
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VOL. 40.—NO. 252.
CUERO, TEXAS, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1934
SIX PAGES TODAY
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As far as we are able to
Iftfefn there‘ will be no live
Stock exhibits at the 1934
Tturkty Trot. With stockmen
Is this immediate • section
Masting some fine herds, it
appears little difficulty would
to experienced in securing a
Hoe stock exhibit. Net prizes
mould be necessary. ' Stock-
Men in all probability would
to glad to exhibit their stock
Mr commercial purposes tp
the thousands of visitors' ex-
pected here for the three day
celebration. Ample time re-
Mains for a live stock exhibit
t» be worked up. What about
it?
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The regrettable tragedy of
Vtiday night involving two
CUero men and a third man
hrom San Antonio stresses the
tfcnger of running or parking
itong highways without
Ifchts. There is a possibility
file lumber truck involved in
Pbe crash was burning its
fepfets at the time of the acci-
(flCtit—that fact has not been
<>ired up. But motorists who
mate by the scene of the
CTMh a few minutes before
declared the lights on
ttftdc were not burning.
Warnings do no good after
tfte damage has been suffer-
ed. Two men may pay with
fltcir lives because some one
mas thoughtless.
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>'s clean-up campaign
sh is- to be staged prior to
tlM Turkey Trot should in-
dude a thorough campaign
JM the business section of the
fMf. One citizen has suggest-
ed that fire hose be laid and
the streets given a thorough
drenching to dear gutters of
Cftnd and dirt accumulated
* CCCf a period of time. Perhaps
the idea is a good one. We
certainly want to look our
tMkt for the Turkey Trot.
•’Very business man can co-
operate. Let's present a “clean
face” next month when
thousands of visitors pour in-
to this city to attend the
Trot.
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Looks as if the Fordtran
•action is going to get a real
(day for oil. When the Texas
company's test in Victoria
COttnty near Fordtran showed
0 heaty pressure of gas,
MMEBing picked up consider-
ably in and around the Ford-
feeah section, with DeWitt,
Victoria
INSTITUTE OF
BUSINESS WILL
OPEN MONDAY
Henry W. Stanley of Dal-
las to Conduct Insti-
tute Here.
MANY FEATURES
Program For Two Day
Session is Announced
By Record.
Where Hungarian Miners Wageei ‘‘Suicid e Strike”
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Opening at 10:30 a. m. Monday
morning in the city auditorium.
The Cuero Record’s Institute of
Business, brought to this city thru
the courtesy of the Trade Exten-
sion Division of the Dallas Cham-
ber of Commerce, will continue
through Tuesday with six lectures
slated for the two days.
Henry W. Stanley, director of the
Trade Extension Division of the
Dallas C. of C. will be in charge of
the institute/and aside from his
regularly scheduled lectures will
confer with individual merchants
regarding problems in their stores.
Stanley speaks Monday morning
at 10:30 on “Credits and Collec-
tions.”
His program for^the session will
be as follows:
Monday:
10:30 a. m.—Credits and collections.
7:30 * p. m.—The Merchandising
____ Outlook.
the 8:30 p- m-—Statesmanship, the Key-
stone In the Arch of Business.
Tuesday:
10:30 a. m.—Turnover the Pulse rf
Profit.
7:30 -p. m.—Advertising for the Pall
Volume.
8:30 p. m.—The Retail Sale.
Stanley, who conducted the In-
stitute several years ago, is one of
the most interesting speakers ever
heard here, and has messages of
value to both employers and em-
ployes.
The institute is open to the pub-
lic without charge, and Cuero
business men are urged to be pres-
ent at all sessions.
State Troopers
Seek Robinson
AUBURN, -N. Y„ Oct. 18.—(INS)—
State troopers were watching all
roads in this section today for a car
with Ohio license plateis In which a
man resembling Thomas H. Robin-
son, Jr., kidnaper of Mrs. Alice
Speed StoU was reported seen.
Bert Hollenbeck, of Auburn, re-
ported he had seen a man he was
sure was Robinson, dressed in a
mackinaw coat, driving toward Ro-
chester. The man had stopped at a
restaurant and Hollenbeck got a
good look at him. He was accom-
panied by another man who was
described as “rather short.”
Secede From Church
Of Adolph Hitler
BERLIN, Oct. 20.—(INS)—The op-
position church in Germany today
formally seceded from the Evangel-
ical church headed by ReicAishop
i Ludwig Mueller. The Schism which
and Jackson counties'has threatened for weeks became
•fe coming in for some Of the!a reality when members of the op-
•IMts. We’ll hope the play!^i«on church »***-
■ ed a resolution declaring its seccs-
Wrtends toward the Cuero !sion from the Reich church.
Itmde area. We could certain-
ly use a few oil wells during
the dull seasons of the year.
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Cuero High School's Gob-j*
bier football team has “taken !
It bn the nose once more.”!
Cttero, nevertheless, is still!
backing those Gobblers. Aj
good loser is better than a!
poor winner. It’s easy to put!
enthusiasm into a winning'
HAUPTMANN IS
IRRITABLE IN
HIS JAIL CELL
Shows no Signs of “Crack-;
ing,” However, Police I
Say/
IS ISOLATED
Not Allowed to Talk To
Other Prisoners in
t Jail.
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Here is the pithead of the mine at Pees, Hungary,
where 1,200 went into self-imposed imprisonment
1,000 feet underground for five days until their
employers granted them a raise in pay. Threaten-*
ing to cut off the ventilating system in the mine
and commit mass suicide, the striking miners had
sent up word to “buy 0*>0 coffins—we are ready to
die!” before mine officials acceded to the demands.
Passes
Overwhelm Cuero
34 to 0.
HOP OFF FOR
AIR Dm
Finest Planes
Enter Hazardius
Flight.
BACKYARD TRASH
HAULING FOR MERCHANTS
Terry Newman, our active mayor,
is as* busy as a barrel of monkeys
getting the business men along
the principal .business streets1 of
1*7 i j ■the town to agree to a nominal
In World charge, on the monthly plan of
payment, for a regular trash
hauler to take &way the accumu-
lated trash and rubbish from the
back yards of their respective
places. Splendid move. It will not
only improve the appearance of our
SERVICES SET
FOR TODAY
Methodists to Close Con-
ference Year Sun-
day.
Special services are planned for
the Methodist church today as the
back yards but will reduce the firei church observei its last services of
hazard.
ATHENS, Oct. 20.—(INS)—Hard
on the heels of the Dutch airmen
leading the race from London to
Belmourne, Col. R06coe Turner
and Clyde Pangburn of the United
States left here at 1 p. m. (E.S.T.)
today for Alpeppo.
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WILDEHALL, Eng., Oct. 20.—J
(INS )—Flagged away at intervals j
of less than a minute, 20 of he
world’s finest airplanes zoomed
into the air with machine-like pre-
cision from this airport today to
begin the England-to-Australia Air
Derby, the longest and most haz-
ardous race in the history of avia-
tion.
Three American entries and five LAWTHON Okla., Oct, 20._(INS) of the conference year.
American-made planes were)—Wedged for three hours in an
among the starters. Forty-three i abandoned well into which he had
men and four women, their num-; fallen while playing, Richard Leon
ber including many of the world’s Toombs, 30 months old son of Mr.
foremost pilots, were to fly the 20! ^ Mrs. Otis Toombs, was dragged
planes over the gruelling route for!from the narrow hole with ropes
a share of the $75,000 fortune to j this afternoon. *
be awarded in prizes. | The father an unemployed me-
The first plane, piloted by the;chanic, with the aid of four other
famed Flying Malisons,. Captain men, succeeded in making clear to
FLEMINGTON. N. J., Oct. 20 —
(INS)—Bruno Richard HauptfiTann
was a bit nervous and irritable in
his cell here today but he showed
no signs of “cracking” as New Jer-
sey went forward with its plans to
bring.him to trial on the charge of j
having murdered . the Lindbergh i
baby.
After nine hours of sound sleep j •"
in ^he Hunterdon county jail, j . . *-
Hauptmann awakened at 11 a, m. I Fill Air With
drank a cup of black coffee and!
asked one of his. guards when he’
was going to be brought to trial. J _
Nobody could answer that ques^l ,, ~ “
tion for him. Indications are. how- { Flllm/ the air Wlth passes after
ever, that the trial will not take j a • suborn Gobbler forv. ard wall
i place for about a^month or five • had refused to budge, the Beeville
weeks. . . ' j TYojans in Beeville Friday after-
Hauptmann is one of fourteen < n°°V completely overwhelmed Coach
other prisoners in {.he jail. The, 'Skee) Kozelski's 1934 charges to
Lindbergh case suspect, however, i eventually win 34 to 0.
was allowed no contact—verbal or | It was. the first district game df
otherwise—with the other prison-; the season for the Gobblers and
ers. , j their fourth consecutive loss.
Sheriff John W. Curtis dropped.! Beeville’s first score came in the
in at the jail at It a. rm just as j second quarter when Cheatham’s
Hauptmann was awakening. The i crew suddenly shifted their attack
prisoner was offered the regular j to the air. .
jail breakfast of oatmeal, bread j So successful was this air at-'
wasn’t | tack that line plays were missing
CUERO MEN INJURED iN
CRASH GIVEN A GOOD
CHANCE TO RECOVER
Allen Laster and Pete Mayne of this city were
in a critical condition today, and H. S. fi/iizell of
Houston. suffering from minor injuries, as a result
of a crash between a truck driven by Laster and a
heavily loaded lumber truck occupied by Mizell and
parked alongside the Yoakum-Cuero highway about
three miles from this city Friday night.
~~~ " Laster and Mayne were
TROIANS WHIP both eiven a chance to
I IlwmlU IT 1111 | survive their injuries late
GOBBLER CREW!Saturday afternoon
4a
and butter but he said he
hungry.
RESCUED FROM
EMPTY WELL
Boy Taken From Well
After Being Trapped
For Hours.
the conference year. There will be. was brought to him.
special music at both morning 'and
evening services according to the
announcement of Rev. P. E. Lan-
caster. E. Y. Seale of San Antonio
to be in Cuero to conduct the musi-
cal services.
“TJie Tower of Ffcith” will be Rev.
Lancaster’s subject at the morning
service, and “The Reward of the
I Faithful” the subject for the even-
ing service.
Rev. Lancaster is anxious that
large congregations turn out to
both services which mark the close
j througnout the remainder of the
“I’m a bit shaky, I’d like seme, afternoon, and playing a man lor
black coffee,” he said. The coffee man defense the Gobblers failed
utterly to halt the Trojan raid.
Mizell, who suffered
only a broken rib and
minor injuries, is consid-
ered in no danger.
Tne cfash occurred about 9:30
Friday night when Laster was up-
turning from one of his regular
runs with a load of produce.
Whether or not Mizell had/
groWn sleepy and parked his truck
along the highway to rest could
not be definitely learned, but pass-
ing motorists declared the truck
had been parked along the road
few some time previous to the
crash.
The impact of the crash was
terrific. •Laster’s big truck was
almost completely demolished, the
lumber being driven through the
cab. The entire froo£ of
was* crushed as if it were an
shell. Powdered glass from
truck’s windshild -could be
PRESIDENT
IS HONORED
, ] year, and gave the Trojans a clean
Accepts Honorary Degree i tead over all other teams in the
From William and |district
i
dusted over the load of lumber
i , ... I Passing motorists rushed the
j Cuero’s offense was unable to do .. ... . ... “ . •
imuch the heavy BeevUle treatment local haSuif*
: one .of tile heaviest lines in the Berale AmoU, Caere boy. re-
turning fnaft Yoakum a few min- . ■ v*
utes after the crash, narro
caped serious injury *!»en forced
to drive his car off the highway
j into a ditch after coming suddenly
upon the wrecked cars still stand-
ing, in the highway.
Iftie extent of Laster’s injiBM;^
had not been deflnitey decided 9at-
i entire district, and the Trojans
1 tfere never in trouble.
I The defeat eliminated all hopes
of the “long shot” Gobblers to
make a bid for district honors
Jim and Amy. left the ground
promptly as scheduled at 6:30 a.
m., 1:30 A. M. E. S.S., Col. Roscoe
Tcrner and Clyde Pangborn,
American entry, were into the air
next, by 6:47 the twentieth plane
was on its way, the start of the
great race going*off without „ a
single mishap
In addition * to Col. Turner and
the bewildered child that he should
place the! ropefc, which had been
formed into nooses, around his
body and hands. He then was pull-
ed to the surface.
The child was believed to have
removed a Covering from the well,
a short distance from . the tent
home of his parents on the edge of
town, and toppled in. His mother.
, ! Rural Mail Carriers urd*y afternoon, but m* condition
| WILLIAMSBURG. Va„ Oct. 20.— j c . j u . was regarded as extremely serkns.
i (INS)—The career of Thomas Jeffer-j Lntertftlliefi ITerej Mayne suffered a fractured )*
j son was the theme of President | - ’ I the brain being exposed, accord- /
# j Roosevelt's speech of acceptance oi \ Rural mail carriers of DeWitt j ing to the report given The Rec-
Meeting in Tivoli'511 fi°norary degree from the Col-land Lavaca counties were to be | ora. Unless (complications set in,
__ ; lege of William and Mary today. I hosfe here Saturday night to car-! he is given a fighting chance to
Thomas Jefferson studied herejriers of the old Ninth District at aj recover.
Attend Auxiliary
mCm j for two years and remained five j banquet in the Presbyterian An-
years longer to pursue legal re- nex.
A large number of Cuero
bers of the Presbyterian Auxiliary
were in Tivoli Friday for the dis-
NeU Thompsorf p^S been accus«1 of i riers Auxiliary were also to enjo^
search. President '- Roosevelt who i Members of the Rural Mail Ctr-
ident of the .district ,at the meet-
ing.
A Ynost impressive program was
enjoyed, with members of the Tivoli j
Auxiliary proving'perfect hosts.
ferson principles, devoted the j the banquet and a large crowd of
greater part of his address to a de- i visitors was expected,
lineation of his career and an ex- | Fried chicken was to feature the
position of JeffefSon’s policies. j evening’s menu.
“I like to think of Thomas Jef
Pangburn, flying a Boeing Trans- hearing his frantic cries, discover-
port Plane, the United States w’as
represented by Jacqueline Cochran
and Wesley Smith, in a Granville
ed him in.the well, which is twen-
ty feet deep. , |!
Firemen and a group of FERA
Monoplane, and John Wright and’ workei^ immediately started dig-
John Polando, piloting a Lam-' a h°te alongside the well, hop-
bourt Monocupe.
I ferson, not only as a statesman. I Hau Af Pair
# l but a!s the enlightened father of | '^Uero rair
Nine Injured After j American education,” the President DraWS Big Crowd
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Jr ire Lin snip “It is entirely fitting that a j
statesman should have been also an:
WINNEPEGOSIS. Man.. Oct. 20.
—(INS)—Nine of ten passengers Qf a
•gasoline fishing vessel were drown-
ed today when the vessel caught
fire 3nd sank in Lake Winnipegosis.
educator. As education grows it be-
comes the partner of government.”
‘Cuero Day” at the Victoria Fair
attracted approximately 150 visit-
j ors from this city, with the races
Laster. until recently, Was -an- m
ployed, as a truck driver for lioore
& Meissner. He recently purchas-
ed his own truck and went into
business for himself.
iMayne is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Mayne of this city.
Catholic Priest
Kidnaped In New
Mexican Outbreak
DURANGO, Mexico, Oefc JO.—
(IMS)—In the first violent action re-
sulting from the National Party’s
The words of the chief executive !provin* the big drawiog card- ___
„ a noie a.^e <„= «, W-,„re ana _ IT "
SERVICES FOR
1SS BITTERLY
Well Known Arneckeville
Woman Is Buried
Saturday.
Funeral services were held at 9
•Mildenhall. reports ' a few hours j
| later indicated- extremely adverse
conditions along parts of the route
particularly in Northern France,
where at least four entries were
forced down.
Low clouds, and bad visibility
dharacterized this portion of the
route during the morning. H. L.
Brook and Capt. Neville Stack. |
both Britons, were forced down at’
plessis Luzarcfies and Abbeville,
respectively.
Soon afterward two more en-
proposition but hard to keep; O’clock Saturday morning for Missj tries were forced down due to
fighting when you’re losing.
That’s why we are proud of
tfeiose Gobblers, because they
fight, win or lose. Stay . in
Hwsre and play the old game.,
Gobblers. As long as you are
really hustling, Cuero fans
•re going to be with you—
Win or lose.
Brother of Andrew
Mellon Is Dead
Rosa Bitterly, 81-year-old Arnecke-. bad weather arid engine trouble,’
ville woman, who.'died at her home near Boulogne. They were
in the Arneckeville section Friday Parer and G. E. Hemsworth,
morning. Death followed an ill-
ness of six weeks.
Miss Rosa Bitterly was born
December 23rd, 1852, in Alsasce
Lorraine, Germany. She came to
this country with her parents at
the age of three years, her family
settling at Meyersville.
Shp had made her residence in
this county for many years and has
‘many, many friends who will re-
;gret to learn of her passing.
i1
New Guinea and J D. Hewitt and1
C E. Kay, of New Zealand. . i
Woman Sought In
Assassination Case
TNRIN. Oct. 20.-.inSi—Extradi-
tion of Dr. Anta Pavelitch. head of
the Croatan terrorist organization
Oustachi. was demanded by a po- j
_ She leaves one sister. Mrs. Her-. jjce magistrate here today on behalf
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 19.—(INS)—tman Schlein of Meyersville. a num-|0f Yugoslavia. 1
James R. Mellon, 88 year old broth- ber of nephews and nieces and two
«f of Andrew W. Mellon, died at his1 sisters, to mourn her passing,
home here today after a lingering Rev. Dick, Catholic minister of -
Hlfless j, ficiated at services Saturday and
Mellon was a retired banker and interment was under the direction
capitalist. • of E. J. Frund.
He also asked for the extradition
of Dr Egon Keate’mik. Pavelitch s
secretary.
Pavelitch is charged with being
head of the trvrorist gang which
j assassinated King Alexander.
HEAR
Henry W. Stanley
Director Trade Extension Division. Dallas Chamber of Commerce
Recognized Authority on Economics and Business Administration
For the past six years Mr. Satnley has been conducting similar
institutes in the larger cities of the South and WestJ with unusu-
al success and has gained an enviable reputation as an analyst
of business conditions in this particular section of the country.
Featured in a 2-Day
MONDAY and TUESDAY
Business Institute
Sponsored by The Cuero Record.
NO ADMISSION CHARGE
Morning Lectures at the American Cafe
Night Lecture at the City Auditorium.
Subjects of Importance to Every Business Man
Sessions at 10:30 a. m. and 7:TI0 p. m.
l ficials. «
The President said that President \
1 Jefferson profited by the intellectu- J
j al leadership of George Wythe, j
whom he appraised' aS one of the |
greates tmen of his age.” «
| Trot,.
t
Football Scores
FAIRS BROUGHT
TO A CLOSE
COLLEGE
Army 20. Sewanee 0.
V J. College 12. Westmoreland 0.!
Navy 18. Columbia 7.
Texas 6. Centenary 9.
T. C. U. 13. A. k M O
S. M. U. 29, Okla 0. 3rd. quarter. 1
! Victoria, and Yorktown
Celebrations Draw ,
Big Crowls.
Sacristan Church near Bayacore.
Federal troops started in pursuit
cf the abductors.
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 20—(D6)—
A committee of the Mexican Cham-
ber of Deputies today was deputiz-
ed to petition President Abdmrdo
Rodriguez to order deportation of
all Roman Catholic Archiblshop*
and Bishops residing in Mexico.
Pannen Attends
Church Parley
In Savanah, Ga
HIGH SCHOOL
Beeville 34. Cuero 0.
Kenedy 32. Victoria 0.
Yoakum 19. Seguin 0.
Robinson Indicted
In Kidnap Case
LOUISVILLE. Kvl4 Oct. 20—(INS)
1 Large crowds crowded Victoria]
land Yorktown Fair grounds Satur-, ---
'day as most successful fall fairs! Joseph Pannen of this city ( is
were brought' to a close in the two now in attendance at the Lutheran
] Cities. I Church convention in Savanah,
i Delayed one day because of heavy Georgia, going to Havana from At-
rains. the Yorktown Fair was ex- lanta. Georgia where he attended
tended through Saturday. with; the Lutheran Brotherhood con-
Saturday cfowds setting a new rec- vention October 14th and 15th.
ord for attendance. He was accompanied to Georgia
A gala street parade and a foot- ' by his son-in-law. Ernest Vogt of
ball game featured the opening Victoria.
days program in Yorktown.
Perhaps the largest crowd of the
wefk crowded into the Victoria
The Robinson's, father, son and I Fair Park for Saturday’s racing
I the latter’s wife, were indicted to- j card, with scores of Cuero citizens
; daV for the kidnaping of Mf> Alice being among those present.
! Speed Stoll by a federal grand-jury,
j It maVked the first time that the
’amended Lindbergh law\ calling for
! a maximum penalty of death where
the victim was injured when kid-
; nat>ed across a state line, was in-
ivoked by a grand jury,
At the close of the Savanah con-
vention they plan to go to Wash-
ington where they will be Joined
by Miss Either Pannen who holds
a government position in Washing-
ton. Miss Pannen has a thirty day
A football game between the Vic<- leave and will come home for a
toria Junior College Pirates and. visit with her parents.
Westmoreland Broncs featured Fri- ’ ----------- -
day night's program at the Victoria Miss Nettie Poetter. who is teach
Pair I ing school in Port . Lavaca this
Exhibits at both fairs were , year is spending the week end in
l above the average. J Cuero with her parents.
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