The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 14, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 18, 1942 Page: 1 of 6
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A NEWSPAPER REFLECTS ITS COMMUNITY
VOL. 48.—NO. 14.
CUERO. TEXAS, SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 1942
SIX PAGES
The Weather
Warmer east portion, cooler
treme northwest.
ex-
pitizens might feel a
ashamed of their “ail out"
for the achievement of
Red Cross War Re-
fund goal were they to
at the splendid showing
In Victoria. Victoria ftad
Of $6,500. A total of
had been contribut-
that city prior to Fri-
end contributions were
pouring in. Victoria is
to send her quote far
the top. Let’s see if we
ijaake a little better
bin Cuero than we
ive done in the past.
* * ♦
stood at the comer
and Esplanade 1
ten minutes Thursday
and observed traf-
approaching the _ signal
lights at that point. For a
conglomeration of traffl vio-
lations, that ten minute pe-
riod produced something to
think about. A number of the
were plainly ignor-
ef traffic laws of any na-
pe. Apparently we need an
gpimtJftrml fampatp) in
Otero.
* * a
Are you saving tin foil and
* razor blades for the girl
,1 If not, why not start
Q ed to London from Plymouth
. The girls h»T» a Koodly |u ^ by
on hand at the present
I
and with your help gnd
will be able to mage a
le shipment before very
Money derived from the I*"*- Roosevett
AXIS GARRISON
SURRENDERS TO
BRITISH ARMY
Imperial Troops Move In-
to Battle Starred
Halfaya
NAZIS LOSE GENERAL.
Apoplexy" Given As
Cause Of Death Of Von
Reithenau
l * - ’_,
•j IaicnittiMul News Service
There v^as food news for the Brit-
ish today In the safe return to Lon-
don of Prime Minister Winston
Churchill simultaneous with an-
nouncement that Imperial troops in
north Africa had forced surrender of
the Axis garrison at Halfaya.
THIS blow to the Germans was
followed by word of the death of one
of thf Reich’s foremost military
leaders. Weld Marshal Walther Von
Refchcnau. Berlin announced Von
Reichenau had died of apoplexy.
As British, Indian and (Australian
units in Malaya prepared for a ma-
jor Battle in defense of Singapore,
Tfftttri were made of still deep-
er Japanese penetration toward the
Pag Eastern Gibraltar. Some claims
placed the Japanese advance forces
at points only SO miles from Singa-
pore, but these reports were entire-
ly unconfirmed.
Prime Minister Churchill re turn -
, where
way of
to be greeted by a tre-
mendous ovation. He had traveled
aboard a civilian flying boat after
leaving Washington following con-
clusion of historic conferences with
WHERE JAPS ADVANCE IN DRIVE AGAINST SINGAPORE
Cuero Citizens Asked To
Volunteer For Defense
YOUTHS HAVE
MIRACULOUS
ESCAPE HERE
Hal Nielsen Jr. Back
From Stale Convention
Car Wrapped
Power line Post Bui
Occupants Escape
SUFFERS BROKEN LEG
MOVIE STAR Spirited Bidding At
WES IN CRASIT Auction Sale Friday
Prices Well Over Toppi
E. H. Nielsen, Jr., owner of the
7-Up Bottling Company, returned
Friday night from the Texas State
| Bottlers Convention, where he was
elected a Director in the State Bot-
tlers Association for a term of three
Around
ni UUIIU The convention was held in Hous-
ton, Texas, this year, which Nielsen
attended as a guest of the National
Nu Grape Company for the largest,
sales in Nu Grape in the State of
Texas for 1941.
The 1943 Convention will be lield
In Fort Worth, the Board of Direct-
ors decided.
Bruce Lambert, NYA ddatdau at
Youth, Only Victim, Sec- T aUUiAIi! AI
end YouIMJninjured j JJQJJ SCHOOL
Escape from death was nothing
short of a miracle for Bruce Lam-
bert and Milton Sasse, local NYA
youths, here early Saturday morn-
ing when the Ford Coupe in which
they were riding crashed into a
power line post on Court House St.,
throwing flaming gasoline in all di-
rections and bringing high voltage
electric power lines sizzling to the
ground.
Lambert suffered a badly fractur-
ed leg. Sasse was uninjured. .
Patriotic Rally Proves To
Be Most Impressive
y At Cuero High
Iterta Frank,
will go into the Girl Scout
which ks exceedingly
at this time. D6'*wir
l part, won’t you. ;
* ♦ * ,1
the sage of
Texas, comes to town on
night of January 29th to
honor the Gobblers, and
Frank comes to
are
a trip he
town
going to pop.' We
_ [.made to
home town a few years
.. •«- •
One of his former neigh-
, seeing him wUfcinfc down
ft called to her daugh-
said, “Come in the
Susie and call .the dog.
Morris Frank.” It’s
that Morris fVank
his audience out at
school in an uproar
le your plans to attend
Gobbler Honor Might right
MOSCOW, Jan. 17.—(INS)—Des-
attaokz have been /thrown back on
both the Moecow/god Leningrad
fronts, and Soviet troope have gain-
ed ground in both these areas, it
waa announced today.
Meanwhile the government news-
paper Ixvestla said that Soviet forc-
es in the southwest had recaptured
the important inhabited locality of
“V" despite fierce enemy resistance.
Hundreds of German dead and huge
quantities of equipment were left on
the battlefield, according to the
netspapier.
Earlier there, were reports from
the front, lines that the southern
Armies of Marshal Semyon Timo-
shenko had. completed the encircle-
ment of Kharkov, Industrial and
nerve renter of the vital Ukraine.
Carol Lombard Among 22
Passengers On III Fated
Air liner
LB6 VEGAS, Jan. 17— A ground
party late Saturday reached tlic
stuff.
faic opinion seems to have taken
Again After Late *£ *£
or more, are going to remain at the
present level or go even higher, and
- with a good winter season and bet-
The weatlser man and the cow ter than average winter grass,
man came to terms and full accord many stockmen have come to real-
in the auction ring of the Cuero' that theV need" some more cattle
Fall Slump
Patriotism was the theme of a
most interesting and impressive
: f %
program presented Friday at the
__ . .. Senior High school Dy tne . Senior
Thej^. property thC **** High Student Council, the program
was reduced to scrap.
The crash occurred shortly after
3 p. m. Saturday. The car, travel-
ing west on Court House street, ap-
parently at a high rate of speed,
evidently sped across a slight up-
heaval in the street and took to the
air, hurtling into the post. The
coupe was bent as if by giant fin-
gers, tightly around the post. The
post was splintered as if struck by
lofty,Friday and bidding was active andipay for them
*nd .sales brisk, as long as the offerings; In addition
lasted.
to the
regular, buy-
er representatives present at the
While it was not the biggest sale sale, several others who have not
. 1
♦ * *
Fowler feels that an
nt in ah apartment
Cuero is about as
safe mi investment as a man
could make just now, and adds
that it 1s Caere's moral obti-
to provide adequate
^ housing facilities for the
‘ many members of the Bray-
ton personnel. New members
are arriving weekly, and Clyde
Brayton. President of the
f company, has declared that at
ta£t fifty additional famil-
ies can be expected within the
next six months. No an-
nouncement has come from
Brayton or the Army regard-
ing expansion of the Cuero
field but it is safe to say that
a big expansion is most likely.
The Army Is expanding every
available field in this area and
the Cuero field should be no
exception. Many additional
ied apartments are to
needed in Cuero at an early
however, and persons
having property which can be
transformed into suitable liv-
ing quarters should look into
the matter at once.
i CAIRO, Jan. 17.—(INST - The Axis
garrison trapped at Halfaya Pass
In the Libyan desert near the Egyp-
tian frontier surrendered uncondi-
tionally today.
• Announcement that the Axis had
given up after repeated land and
sea artillery attacks on their posi-
tions was made by the British mid-
dle east oommand at Cairo.
Editor's Note—The Italian high
command insisted that Halfaya Pass
and Solium were still in Axis hands.
Solium fell to the British several
days ago.
The surrender, tlie communique
said, released It British troops who
had been held prisoner. Enemy
guns and war material were cap-
tured intact and about 5,500 prison-
ers were taken.
table mountain Friday night,
as had been feared, all persons
the plane were found dead.
Included was Carole Lombard.
glamorous screen.beauty. wife of {ever had by the Company in Cue- been here regularly, were on hand
Clark Gable, popular screen star.. , ro, from a standpoint of cattle num- to participate’ In the bidding and
Dissuaded.by frieuds from joining beqs or even quality, the prices were buying, included in which buyers
the searching party, Clark Gable. t well over the top again, after the was the Houston Packing Co„ thru
Miss Lombard's husband, remained late fall slump and tlie demand was its representative, Walter C. Sager,
In seclusion in a Las Vegas •_ hotel, greatly in evidence/ au old Cuero boy, who now lives in
He ariived ‘here this morning. In- Small, well marked calves brought Houston.
chartered plane.:?? // * ■' - . *s. much as 12 cents a pound oh As the winter wears on and
/ ~~ ' foot, and average sales of the bet- spring approaches, activities at the
WANT BEBTQBS TOPAY ter kind of calves and yearlings auction sale should increase ma-
CAMp 'HILL,■ Pa.—(INS >—Own- sold strong as between 10 and IV teriallv and buy ers and-sellers will
ers bf- two gasolinf! srtvife: .station* ffllte; wlHdi price also included a find the auction ring a good pfcice,to
Greeted wooden '/signs ; measuring number of fat Brahma calves More come together,
seveu. by; ftAtr feet ’qutaide their es- conqbon stuff brought 8.90 to 10 included ih the offerings at the
tabUshfli&ufc ajaj. .tififta toned to cents a pound. auction Friday, was -the largest
publicise the, names of debtors. Perhaps tlie general tendency of number of hogs and feeder'{rigs
William E.- Meyers and- George tlie market was better reflected in seen in several months, and hog
Bentz. partners. estimated that the high prices bid and paid for dry prices were apparently- very satis-
debtors owed them about $300 cows and calves, and general stock- factory-.
entlv set off by the daueing charged
wires, was beat out by resident* of
the neighborhood attracted to the
scene by the terrific impact of the
crash. It was some twenty minutes
before rescuers were able to extract
Lambert from thp wreckage, so
tightly was he pinned in the crush-
ed body of the coupe.
NYA officalis were investigating
tlie crash Saturday afternoon.
NEW STUDENTS
ARRIVE SOON
being the first of a soles planned
for Cuero public schools this spring.
Tlie program was under the di-
rection of Mrs. Julia Sutherland
and Miss Glsela Bauer and was a
most unusual presentation.
A stirring address by Cecil New
man Jr. on the subject, “Our High
School Defense Program,’' a talk
by Dorothy McCurdy on “What
Uncle Sam Means to Me," and songs
by thethigh schoolgirls’ chorus anew ** cltifena
features of the program. The pre- •spadkfiy needed
sen tat ion opened with the “Salute tog up the volunteer* and t
to the Flag" and the Lord’* Prayer. can mnd one or two hi
Son ns included “Anrhrtns Aoieicrh »* ,__.ui______ j_i__
REGISTRATION
TO BEGIN HOE
IMMEDIAT
Every Citizen Will Be
peeled To Volunteer
■ Work Of Some Kind
LADIESHEEDH)
Clerical Labor For
istralion Needed
At Once
Registration of Cuero
DeWitt county citizens
Civilian Defens? Work
underway here this
hours and places for i
tion to be announced by
nesday, County Judge
Hebert announced Sa
At least 1000 persons
tween the ages of 12
are expected to be re_
in Cuero alone.
In Luling a total of
persons registered for Ctrl
fense in a single day, and
kum almost 1,000 persons
been registered.
VOLUNTEERS ASHED
FOR REGISTRATION
Hebert meanwhile
for volunteers to
Songs iucluded "Ancliom A weigh,
“I’m An American,” “Any Bonds
Today," and the “Star Spangled
Banner.”
Postmaster S. G. Tarkington Jr.
addressed the student body on their
duty in purchasing defense stamp6
and bonds, stamps now being on
sale In both schools.
A second program is to be pre-
sented at the Junior High this
week.
Ban on Auto and Tire Sales Will Mean
Big Loss In State Gasoline Taxes
Say Captured
Americans Are
Aviation Students Slated Treated Weil
To Arrive Here On
January 22nd
Tax Return Expeded To Be
120,000,000 A Year
Less
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who are daily going into the armed
forces or are finding new openings
in war industries.
“Do jou believe," Texas Surveys
of Public Opinion interviewers ask-
ed, “prison labor should be
j used to build Texas highw ays and
other publio works, thus helping to
♦ AP ♦
cause I want a job with the high-
ways myself.” .
A farmer near Corsicana—“High-
way Jobs ought to be given to law-
abiding citizens who are without
work”
A Dallas woman, member of a la-
bor union—“It would cost more to
support the convicts?" These were | guard the convicts than it would be
represented in per-
wisHINOTON, Jan. 17—(iNSh-
Waves of Japanese troops are bat-
tering the right flank of Gen.
Douglas MacArUiur's Philippine
lines In a heavy attack supported
by aircraft and artillery, the war
department announced today.
The attack appears to be the pre-
lude of a long anticipated major
Japanese offensive designed to wipe
out Che staunch defenders who
have held out north of Manila
against all pressure for about two
weeks.
The departments communique
said:
“Philippine Uieuter—a heavy Jap-
anese attack against the right flank
of American and Philippine troops
In the Bataan Peninsula is now In
progress.
"This attack is well supported by
aircraft and artillery’. Tlie assail-
ants generally outnumber the de-
fending troops. However, our sold-
iers are stubbornly contesting the
attempted advance.
“Tliere Is nothing to report from
other areas."
By JOE BELDEN
Editor, Texas Surveys Of Public
Opinion
AUSTIN, Jan. 17.—Very few tires tlle results,
and no new automobiles will mean ventages:
a considerable curtailment in civil- jIn favor...............................58%
ian gasoline consumption during Against .. ..........................35
the war. Texas will suffer thereby, Undecided..... 7
for the 4-cent gasoline tax for years When those who are undecided
lias carried a large burden of state are eliminated from the compute -
expenditures. tions, the majority in favor rises to
One estimate by a state offi-
cial ir, that the treasury will re- While the statistics compiled in
ceive in gasoline taxes some $20,- tlle state-wide study leave no doubt other types of labor are so liard to
000,000 a year less than it has in Uiat the majority approves of con- j get.” Ordinarily I would say no.
normal times, a cut of one-third. vict labor, there exists a substantial- “Yes, if they will work them de-
And since 75 per cent of this levy ly*large minority (more than one- cently.” reminded a Wolfe City
would go to the building and main- third) whose opinions are not to be woman,
tenance of highways, tlie state road ignored. In the words of typical; The largest amount of opposltlo
system may be seriously- hand!- v°ters themselves who were con- comes from organized labor, bu
capped. Tlie military importance of 1 acted In the poll. tills is wliat even among that group a majority
they say: ; approves. Tlie following table gives
worth. Let them make small tilings
like auto tags.’’
Among those wlio approve of the
idea, on the other hand, there is
the belief that labor is becoming
more and more in demand every-
where. and there is room for tlie
state to utilize free labor. Declared
an Abilene farmer—“Right now I
think it would be all right because
Aviation students composing the
new class at the Brayton Flying
Field are scheduled to arrive in this
city on January 22nd and will be-
gin work on January 24th, Army
authorities declared Saturday.
While no announcement has been
made regarding the number of stu-
dents making up the new class, the
class is expected to be the largest
yet to report here. The students
are reporting from the replacement
center at Kelly’ Field, San Antonio.
Speaking of local enlistments,
Captain Weldon Steinmann said
Saturday that several DeWitt coun-
ty youths had applied at the local
field for information regarding the
Army Air Corps and that the local
board was ready at all times to
either give out Information or to
accept enlistments.
DAMAGES SHIP
IN LANDING
WASHINGTON. Jan. 17—(INS)-
All Americans and Filipinos who
were caught in Shanghai when it
was captured by the Japanese are
“well and well treated,’’ according
to a cable from James A. Mackay,
a banker and chairman of the
American Red Cross committee in
China, received today.
Friends of Fred Bunkenhoefer of
Hordhetm, win be glad to learn
that be le showing quite a bit of im-
it this week.
Lawrence Froelich, son of Mr.
and Mrs. L. Q. Froelich of this city,
has enlisted in the U. S. Army as an
electrician and reported for duty
Thursday. Lawrence has been work-
ing in Port Lavaca for the past year.
roads lias already been recognized,
and federal aid no doubt will be
forthcoming. At tlie same time
Texas may well have to look about'
for means of supplementing tlie
cost of maintalng its road trans-
portation facilities.
Among the suggestions that have
been advanced from time to time
i3 that prison labor be used, not only
on highways, but other public works
as well. The idea has flared up in
tlie Texas legislature more than
once.
is proportionately out-weighed, the
majority will be found in favor of
making prisoners swing the pickr
and shovels in place of tlie men
n Brayton — Student Only
Slightly Injured In Ac-
cident Friday
Predicts Break
With Axis Powers
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—(MS)—
Sen. Connallv, chairman of the
Senate Foreign Relations commit-
tee, today predicted that all central
and South American nations will
break off diplomatic relations with
Germany, Italy and Japan.
NEGRO FACES
THEFTCHARGE
Charged With Theft 01
Tires And Wlyels In
Yoakum
tog in this work during the we
asked to contact the Cuero I
ber of Commerce at onoe. Bb|
tion will probably begin
continue through (Saturday,
said.
Every citizen of Cuero wifi
pected to volunteer for
6ome kind, and all w
will be given their
work.
Volunteers for the
services are needed:
. Give air raid warden
Give Messenger sendoe. i
Give Nuree’s aide service.
Serve In medical corps.
Act as fire watcher.
Serve In rescue squads.
Serve in driven* corps.
Serve in emergency food
housing corps.
Serve In decontamination
Serve In staff corps.
Act as auxiliary policeman.
Act as auxiliary fireman.
Serve in bomb squad.
Serve in demolition and
crew.
Serve Ir rood repair crew.
Assist information
men in uniform and
Serve as hostesses,
dance partners, etc.
Assist recreational programs,
similai centers.
Arrange a home hospitality
gram for men in uniform.
Arrange special
for community events.
Assist ctinics.
Give clerical assistance.
Give motor service.
Opportunities in field of
Opportunities in field of
tton.
Collect magazines and
Red Cross Staff Assistance
Red Cross Production Carps.
Red Cross Canteen Corps.
Red Cross Motor Corps.
Red Cross Nurse's Aide Corps,
Red Cross Home Service
Red Cross Hospital and
tion Corps.
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A San Antonio labor union mem- percentages for and against using
ber—"I hate scabs, and prison labor prison labor on Texas liighways and
is worse.’’ i oilier public works, the breakdowns j a plane from the Brayton Flying
An Aslier ton young man. 22, of! showing that although tliere are! Service School was damaged con-
less than average income—“I'm op- j some differences here and tliere, ap- jsiderably and the pilot slightly
posed to it. well, by golly, just be- jproval by a majority is universal:
- ■
For
Against
Undec
All. ........................................
......-........ 58%
35%
7%
Men Ouly
............. 56
38
6
Women only ....... . ...........
61
30
D
1 Members of Labor Unions .......
....%................. 55
il
i
Non-union members ....... ... „ ...
................... . 5« '
35
7
Farmers .... ......'.......
.......... 57 .
36
7
Rural voters .......
59
3o
6
Sfnall towns
60
39
1
Medium-sized cities
57 *
37
6
Large cities
» ............ 58
32
10
bruised Friday afternoon when the
student, Sergeant Serge Alexczuk,
stalled the ship In landing and
flipped over when striking the
ground.
Tlie accident occurred at the aux-
iliary landing field near this city.
Sergeant Alexczuk is a member
of Class 42 F. He enlisted at
ington Field, Houston.
Charley Richardson, 19 year old
Yoakum negro, has been lodged in
the DeWitt county jail on two
charges of theft and one charge of
burglary, officers revealed Saturday.
Richardson is charged with tlie
theft of an automobile tire and
wheel from a Yoakum motor com-
pany and theft of a tire and wheel
from J. S. Morrow of Yoakum.
Officers also implicated lilm in the
forceful entry of the Polls and Ha-
gan tomato shed at Yoakum where
Ell-'a platform scale was said to have
bedh stolen.
Major damage was done to tlie The three charges will be investi-
ship. but the Sergeant escaped * gated by the DeWitt county grand
with no more than a big bump jury reporting for further duty on
over his eye. January 26th, officers declared.
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