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A NEWSPAPER REFLECTS ITS COMMUNITY
VOL. 47—NO. 251.
CUERO. TEXAS. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4. 1941
The Weather
lair tonight, cooler in east and
extreme south portion; Wednesday
fair to partly cloudy with gentle to
moderate northwest winds on const.
FOUR PAGES
f^TosmMt COL MARTIN
GETS REEASE
Stars to Entertain at American Bases
4 - ■ '
Cuero has suffered the lo&s
of%nother splendid citizen in
the passing of R. B. “Bob”
McMahon. He contributed
much to the civic welfare of
this city. He got much oht of
life. His friendly greeting, his
cheery smile will be missed
by scores of friends through- j
out Cuero. His genial nature, t
his generosity, his public spir- J
itedness will long remain a
monument to his memory.
* * ♦
Monday morning we noticed
a truck speeding down Espla-
nade at a rate not less than
FR0MSERV1CE
Takes Over Duties As Dis-
. tritl Attorney At Port
Lavaca Session
GONE ONE YEAR
«
Colonel Marlin Serves As1
Executive Officer Of !
Infantry |
Lieutenant Colonel Frank Martin,
fifty miles per hour. There placed on a year’s leave of absence
was considerable traffic on as distric* attorney of the Twenty-
the street at the time but ap- ,fourtl? Judicial strict last Novem-
parently traffic meant noth- ber- "°k over the court duUes
tag to the truck driver. Had °‘ th' 0,*Tg lhc d,stncl court
session at Port Lavaca, after beingi
it become necessary for him to released from the Servicc it was
have brought his truck to a revealed lau? Monday
Stop, he could not have stop- Colonel Martin was called to the
ped within two hundred feet, service last November and reported
—T'?E
that
at an infantry officers' training
school at Fort Bcnning. Ga . before i
and in an emergency
would have been too late, joining his regiment of the Thirty-
Such drivers are a menace to sixth Division at Brownwood as an
the safety of motorists and" m rt - |
Since Colonel Martin s absence
pedestrians alike. They should 'District Judge Howard P. Green has
be punished and punished se- !been appointing the district attorney
» > from the county where the court
session is being held. In the ses-
sion in Cuero the early part of the
E. E. Young was rejoicing “ppolnted w*>™
Monday following the arrival Colonel Martin was placed on the '
of a “shipment” of six new re- 1'es€rve bst recently and allowed to
Robert Bruce McMahon
Victim Of Heart Attack
HARDEST FIGHT
OF WAR RAGES
IN CRIMEA
Positions Changing Hands
Several Times In Few
Hours
i
j COSSACKS RIDE
Russians Make Excellent
Use Of Cavalry On
Ukraine Plains
DIES HERE TUESDAY
■j-
verely.
* * *
A group of well known entertainers is shown before taking off from Mitchel Field, N. Y., in an army
bomber, converted into a flying showboat, for a tqpr’of Caribbean bases, where they will entertain
American soldiers. Left to right, front: Eddie Dowling, president of Camp Shows; Ray Bolger, Mitzi
Mayfair, and Louis Polanski. Left to right, center: Stan Laurel; Jane Pickens and Benay Venuta. In
the rear are John Garfield (left) and Oliver Hardy. >
MANAGER OF
COTTON Mill
i DIES AT HOME
v i '
Found Dead In Bed By
; Wife At 6 A. M.
1 Tuesday "
ILL ONLY FEW DAYS
Al Home For A Rest Con-
dition Not Considered
Serious
KUIBYSHEV. Nov.’ 4 (INS) -
The heaviest fighting of the entire
Russo-German war raged in un-
bounded fury on the southern front manager of the Guadalupe Cotton
today as Soviet troops and marines Mills, died here in the early hours
battled to stem the Nazi tide in the of Tuesd*,-V the victim of a heart at-
Crimea.
Robert Bruce McMahon general
tack.
at the Stowers
i return to his home iir Goliad. While
frigetetors a, ^ (with the he was placed on a
Store. "Big shipments SUCh leave of absence, although he re-
as this are rare in this day of fused P»y during that time,
priority
CUERO JUNIORS Labor Statistician Declares
PLAY BADGERS Troub,es Have Two Sources
T
and curtailment of
production. Stores through-
out the city are feeling the
oftoeX of the curtailment of
production of articles of va -
rious nature and declare that
it is as hard to keep up with
prices a* it is to follow a
swamp rabbit through a
marsh.
♦ * *
Tickets for the Victoria
nine TAnnrnn Teams Play Tonight AI|MoYer And Labor Rack-
NAZIS TORPEDO I 7:30 Al Gobbler e,eerKCa1se 5* la- ” -...............
U. S. TANKER ^ °r
Both sides were reported .suffer-
ing heavy casualties as (lie battle
| ebbed and flowed, with some posi-;
Hops changing hands several times
in the space of a few hours.
Meanwhile new Russian successes
were reported on the Moscow
front by the Tass news agency,
which said several Nazi attack.*, on
the Volokamsk sector .were repuls-
~ i ed.
intolei able, j The Germans were reported using
has been about hundrec^ of dive bombers against:
j the only method the workers could Russian defensive positions.
I rpl?; * brlnf Lhelr !!'ievance tj I ‘ Pront line dispatches said
j the attention of the public in seek- soviets
the I
GOP DENIES
WILLKIE MOVE
Two Leaders Deny Move
To Oust Leader From
. > Party
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.~<INS.) —
By S. DEANE WASSON
Texas Capital News Service
iUg-j-etiressi
Commissioner Reed cited tlie re-
cent walkout of unorganized bed-
i ding workers at Tyler and the per-
WA8HINGTON, Nov. 4 —HNS.)
The Cuero Junior Gobblers will
seek their second victory of the sca-
to keep tlie public informed
City Junior Badgers Tuesday night. on ail Texas labor condition', of management obstinacy forcing
tonight, at 7:30 in Gobbler Sta- ^ood. bad or indifferent. Commis- i drastic measures to obtain fair con-
dium. In their first game the two ^ °f ^ Burea^ j ^erat.on of employee* petitions
I of Labor Statistics declares that all, for improvement of working condi-
| teams ought to a 0-0 tie. data collected by his fact finding j tions or wage adjustments. or
In four games to date the Cuero organization will be made avail- < both!”
Cnlinar MaUr D/xrl \A/:*L *..... ~'< AUSTIN. Nov. 4.—Inaugurating a ennial striker, of pecan shelters in
Jdlllfdj ludlVCj lOll WITHi8011 when the Karnes policy to keep the public informed San Antonio, “as glaring examples
| No Loss Of Life Or In-
jury To Crew
-------were “making excellent use ’ ,
of cavalry units on the bare country j
stretching across the southern Uk- tade,slliP °r Wendell Willkie
raine to the Yailadagh Tableland i Wined momentum among congre,is-
On the bloody battlefront protect- lonal ReJ™bllcan;> **** two lead-
ing Moscow .said Tass. German at-1 ° the Indiana GOP
tempts to penetrate Russian de- de***tl0n flat,ly d€med they had
fenses in the direction of Mozhaisk ^ l?adinf f
due west ol Moscow were “especial- j ^ ^Mential. nominee out qf the
lv stubborn." j pai ty or that su?h a P^r *x*st-
special train are now on sale _The Navy today announced that ; Juniors have won one. lost two-and able to newspaper and magazine Continuing, he said:
and we are hoping that Cuero the U. S. S. Salinas. a I6.000 ton oil , tied one. Although the Tuesday editors and writers, radio commenta- j “American workers, by and large,
fans will send the quota over !tanker had been torpedoed while on wiU u. _ rii_frjf.f ^ or the representatives of am are fair minded citizens. But. like
.. . , - ... :tt>nvoy duty southwest of Iceland g e. 1 mepja fGr dissemmination of all human beings, when abused the''
tne top. A group OI PUDIIC the night of Oct. 29-30. but ha‘d w* have no bearing on the champ- information to the people, or to in- | will rise up in vigorous protest. At
spirited business men, led by reached an undisclosed port with no ionship. auice the Kenedy. Junior dividuals making specific request, | such times, dilatory tactics ob-
the Lions club have under- k,ss or serious injury to its j Lions have already clinched the in-so-far as tlie law permits. , vioitsly intended to coerce can be
written this ipecla. tram and Navy "T ~ ^ ^ ^ 7,. , i.^ST.
unless enough tickets are sold, ship to be torpedoed while on con- e ° ’ *“"* W1,‘ hC S ‘ , i from one of two sources, or a combi- i mass emotionalism which make
° e ea ie ames it> i nation of both. One is tlie employer j the situation just right for tlie
■showed more of- who fails to apprecillU. Uie value of ---------- - ®
labor and considers it necessary, es-
pecially in highly competitive fields
to get the work done by those who
REPAIR WORK
ON INCREASE
The denials were bv Senator Wil-
lis and Rep. Halleck Halleck nomi-
nated Willkie for the presidency at
the GOP convention last year.
thev will have to DUt ud the voy or Patrol duty in the North At- avontef 10 defeat the K;
they Will have to put up tne inri^ ^ ^ team, since they .showed more of
difference. We don’t believe
Tlie latest incident was re- ,
ported only 24 hours' after the de- ifenslve power in their ** «ame
however that they fiave any- stroyer Reuben James was sent to ^.h 1 camed the ball to the
„ *hp hntt/im Karnes City 10 on two occasions,
thing to wQrry about. Cuero th5, P°tU)m
Commander Harley F. Cope of
The Cuero ball carrying has been
fans haye been yelling for a New Orleans, formerly of Texas, is cenU?red ar°u»d Billy Cusack and
special. Well, we have it now. captain of the Salinas. Eichholz. although Melvin Lukei
picks up yardage frequently when
SO let’s go to Victoria aboard Wldl* the Navy f>Pari-ment de- needed Gerald
dined to rjimmwit nffirmllu nn thp ‘‘ceueo xjerain
the train.
* * *
The brisk norther
whipped into Cuero Monday i f^ause of the Inflammable cargo. th dn the line
tankers are considered as extreme- S 0,1 uie une
men jly susceptible to attack and sinking.
will demand the least and are least j spirit of cooperation in attempting
able to demand. j to reach a settlement that would be
HEW YORK. Nov. 4.—(INS)
Wendpll Willkie was “amused" to-
--— j day by the reported plan of a group
City Issues Six Building10
| For publication, the presidential
J candidate would only say “you may
_____ j say I am amused."
racketeer to assume leadership.
“In Taylor tlie workers rejected I -- pa f J
radicalism, and in organizing) Six building permits for repays) lOOlCU tflC vJ6St3DO
their union have .shown a splendid ) amounting to $2.200.25'were issued
Permits For Repairs
■ This Week
by the City Comptroller’s Office
late Monday and early Tuesday,
at its! rlie early building activity this
j week indicates that the building
were!
night caught
The other is the labor racketeer j just to all concerned. That is an ex-
.L ...MM.r, uwuoriv who emPlo>s hLs organizing talent i ample of American Labor
dined to comment officially on the- ‘ . r. h Weath®rly for self enrichment at the expense ! best.
torpedoeing. Navy sources expressed b ,h PntirV cmPte.vees and employers. | “In San Antonio it was a different I inaV equal that of last week when*
Which safe-^arrivaf of^fv^l Td2T Fr'^ Wo^Tand Prerton Go^ i "C°mbi“e lhe ^°H a*ld you i The Communists ,00k charge S7 326.25 worth of permits
which safe-arrival of the vessel at poit. mert haye yed the centers f ■ a mess on your hands,’ he remark-; and you know the result. | taken out.
|rd and continued:
■ “We have been unusually fortu-
nate in this respect in Texas. On
the whole our business men respect
Mr:
weather
napping. In fact, predictions —----
were that this section would (|aj|flS Britain Needs
experience rising tempera- - . p j r IAT
tures Tuesday morning, with American rOOO 10 Win
the mercury expected to $tand Battle AgdillSl Hitler
(Continued on page 4)
LODGEFAVORS
ARMING SHIPS
Senator Opposed, How
ever, To Repeal Of Com-
bat Zone Provision
WACO. Nov 4.—(INS) Great
Britain must have American food
if England ‘o to defeat Hitter—re
gardless of atl other forms of aid.
declared R. M Evans, administra-
tor of the AAA. in an addres-s to-
day before a statewide “tood for
freedom" rally in Waco.
Asserting that tills is “our'’ war
as well as Britain's Evans said: —
'Food is our -ace in the hole. It
NAZIS TO BACK
FINNS IN WAR
Express Indignation Over
Hull's Proposal To
Finland
“But in both situations it wa,
shortsightedness upoj the part of
management that brought
conditions of unrest. And
BERLIN. Nov. 4— <INS.»— Npzi
Germany w. ill back Finland with alli
1 Is .strength in rcject-ing
of State Cordell Hull's bid lor ccs-
the right.- of labor, and our labo-'
j leaders show a willingness to co-
f operate. But it is the few that
don’t that lilt tire headlines."
He pointed out "that when work-
ing xonditions or scale of remuner-
find that Ices of defense contracts.1
present or future. is not the big
stake—loss of buyers' good will for j
their regular lines will in the long
run cost them more than any wari
pfofijt in sight
EGG STRIKES
LORD HALIFAX
ARMY WANTS '
MORETURKEYS
WASHINGTON. Nov.
—Senator Henry Lodge.
secretary Women Pickets Hurl Eggs For! Sam Houston Asks
is the one thing we have in abund- Nation of hostilities between Fm- At British AITIb3SS0ClOT
i ante, but it doesn’t do our friend' land and Russia the Wilhehnstra.s.v 1 ft T ’»
; across fhe ocean a bit ol good if we announced torlay. in UGnOll
4.—<INS.) ran’f tlie foexl to them The job German officials expressed deep —___-
breaking hie farmers of Texas is linked indignation over Washingtons al- OFTHtOfT, Midi, NOv » fNS |
for I 600 Pounds Of
Dressed Turkeys
Mrs. Fritz Koehler received the!
largest repair permit of tliis week.!
on the! with «William Adickes and Sons
ey wil’ i (heduled to do the $1^83.25 repair-
job. Tlie Koehler Department
Stoic wil be repaired, the offices j-
renovateef and roofing changes!
made under tlie contract issued1
Tuesday. ,
Adickes and Sons also received,
two other' repairing contracts this
week, being engaged to put a new
house of J. J. Fischei: at a cost of j
$190. I
Miss Cornelia Burbank was issued;
a permit for $400 worth of repairs*
with tlie work to i>c done by tire
J T Newmaii and Sons Lumber Co
Other .nermits of Monday and j
Tuesday went to Walter- LcGalley
and WalUy- Guerra, with botli men
jinakine l^iair.s themselve.s, Lr-
Galley will make $50 worth ol re-
pMir.s and Guerra *18 worth
Army officials of Fori Sam Hous-
his silence for the first time in the right up with the battle oi the At- leged “interference" and praised (-..Wd Halifax, the British amba,-Uion are accepting bids lor toon lbs
°---X ~ /<Akntn r, A, 1 10 M f lO ” i Fill Pi llllill, iim-om. I - m » a. • > ■ *9 * ' * * » • • ” » 1 • i-
Senate debate, announced today tentic
that he will vote to arm merchant
tihips but will oppose repeal of the
cofnbat zone provision of the neu-
trality act
“If Americans are kilted in bellig-
erent waters I fear that we will not
be able elong to delay the sending
of our men to other theatres of this
war.” he said. "But we are going
too far too fast.”
The declaration of
Navy Gives Up All Hope
For 95 Missing Men On
U. S. S. Reuben James
ado, to the U S.. was struck by an M), drejjaed turkevs accordillR to „
egg today as a barrage Of eggs and .
. ,frtLcr received by tlie Cliambet of
the Finnish government for
courage in announcing that Hull’s
disruption of a Soviet peace offei Lpmatoes wt-it- hurled by women!
Aas not correct in all paiticulars. pickets when the ambassador enter-jCotiitnerce. Tiie bid> will b<-
■ Cd the Cliamelk-ry of Archbishop ujiened Wednesday. Novem tier 12.
STOCKHOLM. Nov 4 TtVSi- Edward Moonev with whom tie was j Approximately 115 turkevs will be
Finland stands firm m her tew- p, V1sit 4 required to make uj, the'1.600 lbs
lution to re-establish her old tro.i- Tile women, members of tlte TTie turkeys must bi- dressed and
tiers without fear ot assault. dis- p^there of the United States of
'INS ■ pati ne imin Helsinki said today. America yesterday picketed a down
ambassador
Nephew Of Late (uero
Woman Dies In Blaze
__. «
If
Antoinette X
WASHINGTON Nov 4
—Tli<? Navy today gave ijp all hop»- Finland therefore is expected to «ovp hotel -where the
Lodge, which of finding the missing 7 officers and reply to ti.ie U S demand tor Ru - halt given an address,
was hailed by foes of the modifica- 88 crew members of the ill-fated ■ o-Fiumsh |a-aee in the same vein The ambassador stood quietly lor
gainln,8 oestnye,r f„Hu o" Ji*'r,and^- ar Pi",ands rteiu rctort>Br,t- * ............. „...................-......... it „„„ -«vu«r. w...
in the bittei Senate light, came af- ncially hst-ed them ns dead Tlie am—that Finland has no intention ijmd then walked slowly, into the .Office, Wilson 8t Fort San Hous- inan\# tnends in Cuoid who will s«*oght bv the Gestapo, she eseap4?d 4th. Mrs Flv is the
ter the Senatae heard fiery predic- announcement brought the total ot invading non-Finnish territories. Ipuilding The egg which .struck ton. Proctor was a vhit.or m Cue - gret to learn of tlie tragevtv Spires^ into Unoccupied France with
tions of wai and heated denial hum dead to 97 as two oliit-i laiairties but w lil not stop fighting until her fc.ini striick his light slmuidei andjro last week h> lijok ovei the tuikey is a
Milton b|)iies. 7 year, old son ot
Mr and Mr.- LrvoH ^Bwires oi Aus-
tin. a nephew of the late Mrs A
........--------- wim E. Brown, ol tins citv/ was burned f . w«14t, U)Vlu
;chilled twenty-tour hours befdre de- I« death early Tuesday w hen llw^ Safe in London at (Jen. DeCaulle’s j 0-rlock ieavjng
jHvery. and the birds must l>e in giyod Spires home wa. dest roved’ by fire headquarters is Antoinette X, 18, af(er
condition with no deformilie.- A nurse m charge ot the three n ■ hug altyr ban-laismg escape j _ - —
Ls g'iLSxrx ......
tor. duel clerk Quartermaster'.. residenUs of tfidiml count' -ai.ul h.»v-| aij<l pub])S.,u>(j anti.Nazi literature. »>•*>’ born Tuesday morning, Nor.
Robert Bruce McMahon,
general manager of the Guad-
alupe Valley Cotton Mills, and
a prominent Cuero business
and civic leader, died at his
home in this city e&rly today
after a brief illness. He was
sixty years of age.
Confined to his home for ttoe
past ten days but apparently only
j to enjoy a much needed rest, Mr.*
j McMahon was found dead in his
Ired Tuesday morning at six o'clock,
the victim of a heart attacki His
death was entirely unexpected »"«*
came as a severe shock to rnembm
of his family as well u hundreds
of friends in Cuero and thtWI^Knit
South Texas. j
Funeral services will be held Iron
the home at 801 Terrell Street Wed-
nesday afternoon at 4 ateioek At was -
an notmeed. The hour wits al-
low for the arrival of a verf deer
friend. Jack Wilson, who is ffring
to Cuero from New York City to
attend the funeral. The serves wifi
be conducted by Rev. T. K. Ander-
son. pastor of the First Methodist'
church and interment wMl follow
in Hillside Cemetery under ettrae-
tion of Freund Funeral Homer"
Mr. McMahon, celebrated his
sixtieth birthday on October 13 He
had been a resident of Cuero sttoSQ ?
1916. A man of splendid jjtoys1"* -
and wonderful personality he
pressed 'his friends as bemgT
younger He had been 111 outy o
days in his entire life. 1% p»tTT.
mile and'friendly greetifpg won
friends instantly In any gathering.
Robert Bruce McMahon was bora
at Savoy. Texas, near Boobom, ft
son of Mr and Mrs. D. T. llcMa’
He attended public school in
little city and at Waco and was ft
student at HateeU College. Wien lo-
cated at Savoy. He was married
June 7, 1905 jto Miss Julia Purnell
at Savoy. As a young man he moved
to Bonham and accepted a position
with the First National Bank, ad-
vancing to the position of aaafet-
ant-cashier. It was there he attreet-
ed the attention of John C Saund-
ers. then president of the Bonham
and Cuero cotton mills, who induc-
ed him to come to Cuero in 1916 ax
manager for the local mill.
The genial general manager of
the Guadalupe Valley Cotton
is credited with saving Cuerok
largest industrial institution thru
his efficient management and untlr-
tg personal effort during the lean
vears of the depression.
Mr. McMahon was also active to
local civic affairs. He served for a
’turntier of years as director of the
Hi am ber of Commerce amL was «
’>as» president of the Cuero Rotary
<itib of which he was a charter
member.
He was a Knight Templar, a
decree Mason and a Shriner.
He was an active member and
worker in the First MMhaffet^’1
Church in this city.
Surviving are his wife, one daugh-
ter. Mrs John T Halsell Jr.,* of
Laredo, two grandchildren. BobMa
and Jack HaLsell; three brothers, E.
A McMahon of Dallas, W. E. Mc-
Mahon and Mark McMahon of FV
Sj Worth and two sisters. Mqp. C. C.
i Fieriv of Savoy and Mrs. Dee
■j Stubbs of Fort Worth. All are ex-
«I peeled to arrive in time for the
|3 funeral services.
j Mr. and Mrs. John T. Halsell Jr.
land Mrs John T Halsell arrived
Tuesday morning shortly after U -
Laredo immediately
the death
other speakers.
were announced
security 1 guaranteed for all time, -.^pattered over his coat.
I crop here
Ol! V
former Melba
a Morgan. Mrs. Kas Morgan. the
cousin of-Mrs Lias Steen of this French lieutenant then to North proud grandmother, is vtoiM li
Africa « ywI final! v in Rrifnin I _
Africa and finally to Britain. ; parts
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