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CUERO, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8;; 1933
TWELVE PAGES T<
JofmTallc
perhpps
,t of Agriculture f
ction lottos will
fiva lable to DeWitt
farm ;rs. Many of them
need such loans
de "t heir crops. Loans
ihsti.nces are ad vis-
But these government
net
d<^>j|
SUB-FREEZING TO N
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advisable when
not absolutely
>w to produce his
\ tb the farmer
>y without a loan
up the gov-
and harvest a
in the fall of
seems to bo
with some of us.
times we gave ,
promising
in sink
RIVER SEARCHED FOR TWO
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_ realise
- t/ms* the
, newpitj.”
i a loan
necessary.
Half Submerged Boat
Only Trace Of Two Men
Missing Since Saturday
British Speed Ace to Attack Own Record
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w^u
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HP*.
who is
»knows
enough pi them,
working
pressure
l come
(man
A half submerged row boat found a short distance from !
the point where Joe Hotz, 73 and Herman Hotz, 59, are be- j
ileved to have met their death in the murky waters of the
Guadalupe, was the only trace found Wednesday of the two
men, missing since Saturday. It was a conclusive fact Wed-
nesday morning that the two men had been drowned as they
attempted to cross the river in | .............. -
the small boat
Divers searched the depths
of the river for quite a dis-
tant below the crossing point
at*5
1
m„
t look-
mm# 'ifc&pm
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afternoon but were
to And any trace of the
fas to be used
afternoon in an effort
the bodies, according to
given The Record,
to pieced detoils of the
JO* Hot* is be-
BMM Wft ’driven. dtom to the
1»» • *dggy Saturday afternocm
, Herman, who
the opposite side of
the maw Be tied hi* horse to a
>ree near the river bank, and enter-
ed the boat with Herm*afwObe jfeur*
rifld across. Sane mishap apparent-
as the two me* WeVe
the rtver and both were
i into the water,
hone was found by searchers
k afternoon. A search of the
the rtver Tuesday afternoon with
but had made no
^Sms.
ileved to lam dri
rtvwWMwl
to jofcK Ms nepl
was camped
the river Tuesday
grappOdg books, bu
___provide discovery prior to noon Wednesday
. .. jv f joe Hots i3 a well known fanner
igcauon ror ^ thB Araeckdvtlle section. Herman
than Dewitt Hots was a fisher and trapper, hav-
rers of every tag Bttd on the river 53^
FARM CENSUS
BE ABOLISHED
vi i. v Mercury Will Again
Around 15 Degree
To Be Warmer Tl
m
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Temperatures of from 14 to 20
, icy mantle over tills section of the
coldest spells experienced in Texas
abated.
•Records Tor several years were
, morning as the mercury dropped to 15 d
official
ed
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Senate F
i; BUI
Passes House
waUyt Passes
II Eliminating
<& every
| can be
on
?v
- Co. forms
*«v possibilities
... » a location
should be
dub when it
on May 9th and
f r v,. ^
quite a bit of
regarding
Youngest Orientall y
Student Entered U. S
AUSTIN. Feb. 8.—(U.P.)—The
Teas Senate today passed finally »
WU to repeal the present law pro-
viding for an agricultural census.
The Hooke bill was passed without
' gwatts the
s signature for final en-
lure was ' an
work of gather
k_s?eh 4MRW t«n* character-
A bill to rigfiSt pfty of Rangers
wak before the total* today. The
bill would sut aotfl* 2$ to 30 per
cent. ' :-0:. V
BiDs introduced today provides an
emergency appropriation to combat
the Mexican fruit fly in the valley;
to put all matters of the lnter-
schoiastic leagtle under the Board of
Education mad to allopi teachers
warrants to draw j
terrific speed of 284 aa3es «a boor. But since
i be fees rebuilt the Bluebird end ii confident diet
sbe will now do 300 or better. J&0. car is now at
_______________^ H .Oaytoua being tuued up for IMfip|to,«pid driver to
the tail of tbe mon.ter which holds the Indldt-Bke carl make hi* attack on the reeord whea 1
oo a straight course. Last ysar Sir Malcolm achieved ■ ere favorable. ,
Ao unusual view of the giant racing car, Bluebird fl,
in which Sir Malcolm Campbell, British speed king,
wtU attempt to break kis own record at Daytona
Fit., early this month. This doseup
WEDNESDAY IS
■GOOD-WILL DAY
'r&
Grand Prige to Ito Award-
ed in Addition to UsuwT
Caah Prize*.
HOWELL, t Mich., Feb. 7.—(U P.)
—The youngest Oriental Student
ever permitted to enter this
country, in search of education has
arrived here preparatory to enter-
ing the Xfatversity of Michigan
She is Miss Kyung Shyn Song, of
Pyeng Yang, Korea, and her in-
tention la to perfect her study of the
8tapd on the piano at #e state univeibity. Miss
Of employing a coun- 8on*’ who:^>t*ks no te vte'
- H iting here at the home of her sis-
agant ill De-| ter Br.sDrace Song Line.
Gobbler Forward Spores 32
of Gobbler*’ 34 Points
in 34-31 Victory.
lebtmty.
the opinion
fRfford a* demonstration j tionaf th^re' wten 12
tot we m* i
Some folks stui
t*Kt
wife of
Howell business man.
the Mbaby pianist" of
graung student won a na-
»to spend a dollar
*n almost1 certain guar-
thatdcliar would return
dollars—could you af- gan____
“Snooks” Newman, the only let-
terman on the 1933 Gobbler basket-
ball team, took It upon himself to
beat the Ycakum Bulldogs Tues-
day night, and turning in one of the
most spectacular; goal shooting
sprees ever see* in Yoakum, he
succeeded i* doing it.
Newman wag a one man basket-
ball team as he scored 33 of the
Gobblers' 34 points to defeat the
Geod-Wlil Day, Wednesday,
February 15th, promises to be an
exceptional day of , bargains In
Cuero, fbr Cuero merchants are
planning to make the sixth annual
Good-Will Day k bargain *vent as
Mast attractive attendance
priaes are also to be awarded, a
Grand Brize to be awarded^ in ad-
dition to the $75.00 in usual cash
priBX.
GHero Is planning to entertain
mare than 2.000 visitors on this
sixth monthly Good-Will Day and
indications are that the full num-
ber will be on hand to participate
in the prize event.:
Regular cash prizes will tncfudit
a $35.00 first prize, *10.00 second
prize/ and fifteen additional prizes
totaling *40.00.
The Grand Prize has not yet
been announced.
Home Meat Hog
Production Spread:
PARIS, Feb. 8.—Tracling and sell-j
ing their -surplus hogs Jtft theirj!
neighbors instead of finishing their \
'butpot tor the market e^aWed La-:
mar county swine breeders to supply
400 farm families last year With one
or move hogs each for a borne sup-
ply of meat, it is pointed out by A,
L. Edmiastcn. county farm demcm-j Fent
stration ag^to. These 400, families
had no hogsUVll the previous year,
he states. One thousand eight hun-
dred local farmers are estimated to
have used the modem “A. >nd M.
Way” of butchering andc uring their
nogs last season as shown in dem-
onstrations.
Womar Wins Suit
Against Brewery Mule
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 7*—(UP.)—Pro-
hibition has taken the “kick" out of
brewed products of Anheuser-
DEATH CLAIMS
AGED FARMER
Funeral ’Services for Andrew
Wolter Not Yet Definitely
- Arranged.
. ... . .Busch Company, but not out. of
Bulldogs, 34 to 31. And believe you mule owned py company.
me—that’s a record for the De- valenaa Meyer recently was
Witt county league. t \ awarded *7,000 damages because a
8top Newman” was the cry that! muic belonging to Anheuser-Busch
. Well: we admit times years Oftog*. She is the fourth child
be bettor, but if you had W ^ fMlUyto come ^ America for
! an education.
A special permit was obtained at i came from Yoakum fans every time and used for advertising purposes
Washington before Miss Song start- J the Gobbler ace got his hands on kicked her.
ed her 13,000 mile Journey to Michi- the ball, but stopping Newman was -
gan. j like turning back the j Guadalupe
a4nr~~T~ --------; ----------- j with a rick Hack paddle. He tossed
to qtenff that dollar. Yes
ren the ugh it was the 1
dollar ym had in the
We be ieve every dollar
rested in a home demon-
0n agent will return two
to DeWitt county farm- Valley Fruit and Vege- , House.
. i,LLt A__ d,jiv ^he Gobblers will be Idle until , *
in canneq vegetables and ____* y Saturday when they enter the coun-
ty round-robin tourney in Yorktow*.
Yoakum. Yorktown. Cuero. WesthofT
and Nordheim are to contest for the
county championship in this tour-
nament. , / ,< i
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CROP DAMAGE
TO BE HEAVY
MANYBILLS
BEFORE HOUSE
meat;. We can’t afford
foolish expenditures—of
rse not, tut an honest to
’em from all corners at the court
and they slipped through the basket
for counters.
The Gobblers were trailing 14 to
17 at the half but th$hks to the
Gobbler forward, stepped to the!- . *♦'. n T ..arrangements.
^ ^ Foreclosure Problem Taken, ^ ^ _ :
Up in The
Funeral ’services for Andrew Wol-
ter. 75 well known DeWitt county
farmer who died at the home of his
son, Herman near WesthofT at 11:30
Tuesday evening, have not been
definitely arranged, the arrange-
ments being field up pending word
from children living in distant
points.; '
The deceased had spent 47 years
a i of his life in DeWitt county, coming
to this country' 50 years ago from
Germany on his honeymoon and
settling in San Antonio where he
lived for 3 years. For the past forty^
seven years he had lived on his farm
near WesthofT and was recognized as
one of that secMbn s most highly re-
spected citizens- Death was not un-
expected. the aged man having been
ill for many months. * ■
Interment will be in the Linde-
nau cemetery; with Reverend Lorfing
officiating. E. j.’Freund. Cuero fu-
neral director, -wi^ be in charge of,
WET ISSUE UP
r FOR DEBATE
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Feb. 8.—(UP.)—Beer
the bat today before the
Texas legislature. The House State
Affatnf committee began a public
hearing on a bill proposing to legal-
ize mklt beverages’ /* , /', —
; It proposes ito do so under ®*
state constitutional'. amendment.
Committee action was deferred un-
til * sub committee reports dn a
proposition kanto&g'Stoe old saloon
and providing local option.
Drjj George Truett noted Baptist
minister and Eptocopal Bishop
T. Moore engaged in a heated
M<»re is a member on the
foxai .j Liqiior Cedtrol ’ committee.
Representative Mathis of Houston
and F. L. Anderson of Sari Antonio,
also members of the committee,
sponsored one of two amendment*.
tative Weaver Moore drew
the
Grand C
and O
Hear*
More than fifty
of Pythias and .
tended tbe special i
Lodge of Cuero
which time high
order were guestsn
Grand Chancellor
of- Throckmorton, T
of Weatherford, 1
Record and Seal
prominent
the delegation
A most
Grand
featured t!he
formal address
Pythian home
citing some
regarding the
of Texas Knights.
Talk* by W, C. J
and Kr‘-U1- 1
of San
Chancellor
were added
did program.
Light
prior to
tag.
few i
w. c.
Origin of “Buffalo BiU’
, Mont.—(UP)— How did
Buffalo Bill” Cody acquire his
nickname? Cody's prowess as a
hunter of buffalo was outstanding
in his day. He was hired by the
Kansas Pacific Railroad to kill at
least 13 buffalo a day to provide
meat; for its workers in westeren
Kapsas. lii slightly less than 18
mouthy Cody estimated he killed
4.280 'buffalo. In a contest with
Billy Comstock, noted scout and
guide, he killed 69 of the animals
in one day, ; compared to Com-
stock’s 46:
trout early in the third period and
t o<5k a lead never overcome. -Hi
(By .United Press)
Bitter cold weather held ' Texas
j relentlessly in its grip today spread-
ieS£ TOC C bottom invest- I jng damage over the rich fruit and
like 9 home demonstra- j garden lands of Che Rio Grande
(ton department for DeWitt Va"ey destroying growing
*iS' rilaw/ ! grains on the northern plams.
to tnfi writer to be one The below zero temperatures
ttie most
county
could
un
of DeWitt
I
LOS GATOS
of a once
Republic
Mmself
advisable things '• which brought suffering and want
commissioners !to man? thousands win continue
with slight moderation tonight.
Id Ci^^xst now in its , Scores of persons had been pain-
Of !«TVing the peo- I fully Injured as a result of the cold
!‘storm.
! Near «Port Arthur Edward Hobbs,
• -
ing
county.
Blizzard Filled Church
preceded in:
The deceased" was
death by his Mlfe eight years ago. j
Eight children however remain to!
mourn his passing. They are: An-!
drew. Wolter of Seguin, Mrs. Joei
Stewart of Oalifoihiia Herman qf
Cuerb. Mi-s. ,Erickson of Okla-
homa Mrs. J. Schlinke of Cheap-
; AUSTIN;- :Feb.f 8—(U.P >—The
Texas House;of Representatives to-
day opened its battle in behalf of
debtors racecf with foreclosures.
By special settin^it took up ttie
relief bill drafted :by Represent*- side. Fred Wolter. Gus \Vbltef
tive Harley Morrison. Terrill lawyer.:! cuei-d. and Mrs.
The bill if made a law. will limit [Cl’9rf^
_ the foreclosure tkking any-| ‘
TRENTdN. Utah.—cUPi— Bliz-1 thing but what the property ac-i.i (;M
zards and snow drifts comiielleclj tually brings for sale. ^ ; SJ
49 school students to attend New hills presented included : | Wh(
church, some for the filst- time state licensingcf all stored and (tithe
Heavy snows stalled a. school bus graduated clafe to
COUNTY CAGE
TOURNEY SET
Five Team* to Compete
County Championship
Saturday.
Five DeWitt county
Loan* to be
Farmer)
/,v '
Farm loans in De1
though limited to a lump
$300 each, will net be
number, Secretary af the
of Commerce Joy Arnold
Wednesday, in clearing up the
tion at whether or not
county would be limited to any cer-
tain sum. * / • ,i H
AH fanners of the county* <
eligible to receive the crop produe-
tion loans to be provided by the De- by i
partment of Commerce he declared.
The rate of interest will be 5 1-2
par cent and all loans will be pay-
able on or before November 30tfi,
1933. Tenant farmers wishing loansp
must secure the zjgrtoure of the
landlord, and the landlord must at
the same time agree that the loan killed/
is to be repaid before any rent is
collected. . " ** v \
Loans are to be available within
tbe next ten days or two weeks ac-
cording to Arnold.
A local committee of T. O. Buchel,
cuero banker, and representatives of
Yoakum and Yorktown must pass oo
all loans made in this county.
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Highway Projects
Halted By Cold
Cal.—(UP)— Last 20, clung to his disabled motor boat
large Grand Army
post here. William
fias nominated and
post* commander.
as it bobbed, storm tossed for five
hours. He was nearly dead frem ex-
posure when coast guardsmen res-
cued him.
sin cf
. school bus graduated clafi to reach chain _..when; tlie sun dtpi-inished in in-1 Th
and the students maeje their way1 stores; elimination of front ‘automO-*|'tehsf{y. and \ winter
to a Mormon Ward Chapel. Ser- bile license plate as a needless ex-
vices were being held, • and. since pense; taxing butter substitutes 10
it was the only building available ; qents a pound; prohibiting any
they were forced to stay for tbe|ihember of the legislature to accept
night. Many admitted it was the' corporation employment during his
first church services they jhad ever] term; allowing poll tax exemptions
basketball
teams are to seek honors in York-
town Saturday in the annual
county basketball tournatnenl, and
Ellen "phdgen of »<»; #■«*■<•, ___ ,
;! , Cd«*, Vorktown. VMM, Word- Work „ ^
■■IK04. ^rir!reb,n'*^: “ras
j meat ' hich gets underway in the
-! Vnrkfnfcn High gym
A
v 1 : rn~^.;
onkev Got- «von Lamp
'FRANCISCO — <UP)
Mickey.
, Yorkto c|n High gym at 9 . afclbck
Mickev.^ masqot monkey in- SaturcJ tyi morning and continues
.... lei&hhafknv.feoo* heiW .i pinKi; througl: thi'.day.
^ I .^finished m The hdaW betwepn the two sui-
tensi^y imcK winter temperttrures: vivi, teams wil] ^ held
closed ih on San Franctscp. zoo , ^
attenda^its .installed a ffriyate sun!
for Mickey’s benefit. * They —-l- Outcome of the tournament re
attended.
to b^ issued until June
pro-
cured’ ail ordinary sun lamp, and
With a/pair of goggles to protect
his eyes] the mohkev is happy
again. I .
mains |n doubt, with all teams
being given a chance to win.
Yorktown at the present time is
rated a# the favorite however.
holding sway,
think it advisable
operate paving
trucks used
Wednesday due
Work was also
ed on the paving
did not
attempt to
and
materials
severe cold,
rarily halt-
5T tsplanade
along the new entrance of High-
way 81. and on the gravel hifi
project. Work on all
jects' will be started
; favorable weather returns,
three pro-
as soon as
nis
hours.
snow f4B i& ■
In Morristown,
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Howerton, J. C. The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 8, 1933, newspaper, February 8, 1933; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1072904/m1/1/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Cuero Public Library.