The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 75, Ed. 1 Monday, April 3, 1939 Page: 1 of 6
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CUERO, TEXAS, MONDAY, APRIL 3. 1939
Future Admirals Usher in the Spring
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All Citizens Asked To Join
In Campaign This
Week
DR. THOMAS H. TAYLOR ‘
Dr. Thomas H. Taylor, President
.iORPHANS PUT
ON PROGRAM
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NO INDIGESTION
.PORTLAND. Ore.— (IMS'-Dishes
Income Taxes Show
i Big Decrease
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Refuses To Sandion Con-
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DISTURBED BY
DEMANDS FOFk
MORE MONEY
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men of Tacoma are trying tn pull March 28th
Cuero Merchants St
Easier Contest For Th
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Cuero Record
A NEWSPAPER REFLECTS ITS COMMUNITY
the Geological Society of
President Puts Fool Down
On Increased Ap-
propriations
Solon Says O'Daniel Is
Baiting The Legis-
.lature
RESENTCHARGE
OE GOVERNOR
>. /. Jones.
^tataTmep^three’dent 50016thin8 more te involved in the race than the per-
isi<3erabie interest <_ ...
HMRKftv evidenced —;”
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the polls November 30 and voted in favor
Hallettsville was selected as the Maggie Lee Wuench. Mrtting
, ^gZd’’to”'ime* attacked* *Berrara ±^Bt4On'
with a knife.
GET BIG VOTE
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line post and so
fcO 'i
agk.
fighermen were
ribbing from
jtt Fdrt Ltevaca roteru Monday.
pt be permitted,,
jne from the Highway teade the race two years
ent and ^Wgloon
, meta-
ham or
sardonyx
as-
. . I ; cinnabar vein
. - witl firm footwall (berry pie.)
F. D. R. Way Down South
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"Who are the politicians he keeps
talking about. Who are the st»te
j officials who slammed the door in
his face. Whnre is the political
corruption which he said made
You know they are
figments of his imagination. But ’
the people don’t know. They think
the Legislature is crucifying him. ”
when in fact he is baiting the Legis-
lature."
ago, again Making the office.
Thara are three candidates for
(WMiMnleiih John Adams, the
J3P-
jten fishing W
But the practii
The Texas
the part
•4 accidents and 119 urday u school trustee election which I
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L many of Which were
lied to fishermen.
Kht now that in the
Trotters are able to
their problem re-
hurler that they are
tes in the Gulf Coast
year. The Trotters
ry have little in the
he, although there
ta of chunkers on
ahp may develop te-
al thing before the
oker. Let’s plug the
Twenty one attractive prise
| to be preacBted Vys and g|
Cuero and this section in an 1
contest, details of which are 1
in a full page advertisement
pearing in today’s issue of The
ord.
The rules are simple. The cs
is limited to boys and girts 13
of age and under, and all that i
quired is that contestants cola
Easter eggs and the big Easter ral
bit which appear on the page. .. |
Water colors or crayons can 1
used, and no help must come fra
mother or dad or big brother p
sister.
All entries must be in The Ream
office by Friday afternoon at
o’clock and prise winners will i
announced in Sunday's issue of 13
Record.
Turn to the contest pegs and sW
'to work on your
RECORD TOTALS
*fid. find out how you
i a valuable prise.
Middies at the United States Naval Academy stand at attention during the first parade of the year. This
first outdoor formation is hailed by the locals at Annapolis, Md^as a sure sign of Spring.
Mrs. Ruth Austin, Y^town M
Beatrice Prewitt. Concrete 31
W H. Goehring RL 3 Ykttrn II
Marvin Rabye. Davy . n
Myrtle Lee Bade, Clinton . M
Mrs. Pat Reiley. Northeim H
Alvin Sager, A-M. Rt u
SIX PAGES TODAY
BS. FRANKE AT
TOP OF LIST
IN CAIPA1
•Refletf Splendid Training
Given Af Presbyterian
Home
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4S.—NO. 75.
|41CBn1alk CITY ELECTION
pS'SSuSrus;: EXPECTED TO
I there’s likely to be a dlf-
hnt story Tuesday when
n go to the polls In the
Selection. There have been
d& rather vigorous eam-
ijis underway during the
sffihree or four weeks, and a
r Wte Is expected in Tues-
yspoll. Three offices are
stated and candidates for
^tteee are working hard
Bstey’* ballot should prove
■Hy one handsome prises to
rbeys and girls of this city
t section—youngsters 12
bffiof age and under—for
eteffig the clever Master Hge
Mi appears in this issue,
you have to do is to color
I Master Kggs found on the
Becord office before Trt-
aftemoon at • o’clock. Get
r entry in as soon as pos-
l You might win one of
many prises offered. There
be twenty one winners.
Ba-
POWER ISSUE BOBS UP AGAIN
Ab Editorial By The Pablisher
eueffi’8 Turkey Trotters got
Lto a rather auspicious
. but we are pre-1
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"Cancel mv ad—land all aid
I That was the notation 1 edited bv
|The R'roed Monday ft-»nt ;< W»'.-’hoff
-—Fite- advertiser, who inserted an ad on
i to run ’c^ days Tito
Off a "slick" deal A brass sliding advertisement listed more than one
. pole, no longer used, was recently thousand acres of land for sale m
'offered tor sale by chief E. N Whit- DeWitt County
The gentleman is convinced that
classified advertising pays.
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Partly cloudv tonight and Twm-
day. local thundershowers near
upper eoast.
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March income tax collections total- >
W1U1 AUSTIN, April 3.—(INS.>— Legis-
same1 lative resentment against charges I ’
cut weeds and otherwise eliminate j Rose Lee Pump I.J.
fire and health hazards.
Hallettsville To
Be Host To Firemen
Cuero’s Spring Clean-up Week got
underway Monday, with indications
that residents in all parts of the
city would lend hearty co-operatiau
in the drive. v j* • ■
— Trucks will , ran i
of the city to pick Up tin cansr
such debris gathered during,
clean up until Th urgaajr morning
Trucks will operate in both South
and North Cuero ThuMte. Friday
and Saturday and citizens are asked
to place cans in containers and put
the containers where they can be
easily reached by the trucks.
Every property owner and every
renter in the city is asked to clean
up his yard and alley-way this week.
BIG TRANSPORT JOB
PITTSBURGH.—(INS.) —. More _
than 100 freight WiU * ^ w^inatt^d^atthe'<inve7ti^ NEW Y^ZlINS^Oc? j
w r»r»ot-,,oi shiping the three main genera- Eugene Sanders of the Texas Fire ograph record to each fandt
tors for the Grand Coulee dam. it is Insurance Commission was the prin- the country was the sales tote
estimated by the Westinghouse Elec- cipal speaker,
trie Manufacturing Co., builders '
of the power equipment. Ii
The Gabies Back Home
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city election could •
•’ formCT alderman? in~whose! pass with°ut the necessity of a public statement to the vot-
So long as the various candidates campaigned on their ,
individual merits and held to their pre-campaign promises
of office to ■
of the city, *
WHONEN^I
■ your panr b mot buMvuroi
mmptty, or you know a Mt of
totoutattag Mvm, Tetophouo
■More Than One Hundred
Leases Filed Since First • i refused last week to adopt.
I which brought the Governor s Sun-
Of Year j day speech, was a "subterfuge to
J put a ceiling »on natural resqQrc?s
“ .... (taxes." Mays charged. "The spec-
More than .one hundred ml leases ial ^tereste and the Governor want-
have been filed in the office of the i ed that plan and no other." he as-
DeWitt county clerk* since January . serted.
|lst an J leasing is still active a
check of county records revealed
Monday 'his fa *
Meanwhile activities at the W. L.
C. Power wojm W«ltt counW , Au5tln 5linlt
near Weesatche. were being closely1 -
watched. Tests taken at 4.100 feet
'indicated a 150 barrel well in the
I Pettus sand. The test was to be
| sunk deeper to the Yegua sand.
I however, and if oil is encountered in
d— Westhoff Advertiser
Convinced Record
acre- {Classifieds Pav
J this sand considerable <
|is expected The Pettus sand, it i
jwas said, while oil bearing, would
not justify any extensive devclop-
' ment.
i Lea.<es filed to date include
■age in the Yorktown. Meyersvill.1
Arneckeville and Stratton Areas
A "SLK K" DEAL
i TACOMA. Wash—< INS'
Here is the first photo of newlyweds Clark Gable and Carole Lombard,
back in Hollywood afttyr their elopeirentto Kingman, Aris. To r»*po?ters,
Carole explained, "We got marrie^ oeohse dark had a day off,’’ Gable
called hiuu>ell a "lucky guy.u
ECONOMY CRY
April 3 —(MS)—
qt advocates today hammered
n administration move in the
appropriations committee to
Roo“ve,t deft) ’s shown with Governor Frank M. Dixon
ggency relief bill appro ed bj (eenter), apd Senator Lister Hill bo h of Alabama, at Chehaw, after
Use. The vote wu reportedly visits to Auburn, Openka and JTnsr. gee. Spea'^ng to the youth of I ottered tor sale bv chief E N Whit-
n a subcommittee closed j^a president advjsed the 5',u’r to make itself self supporting by akerl through the city purchasing!
<fifat»‘gv«ti&g.y>u'. Alk-tO-tha.norta-.’* — * ~ 1 (department. ■ . '
Mrs: Chas. Arnecke In Sec-
ond Place And Mrs.
Ryan Third
L E. You® And Fassett
Htetwned To
Office Saturday
Cu^ro voters go to the polls Tues-
day to select three aidermen, a city;
marshal and a city secretary-treas- 1
urer, and with opposition provided'
in three of the races. and the j
municipal power question involved
tn one of them, a big vote is ex- .
peeled.
Polls will be» maintained in the'
City Hall, the Court House and the;
Kenedy Paint shop, polls to open at I
• a. nt and close at 7 p. m.
W. H. Spangle, aiderman of Ward 1
3, is unopposed as is Arthur Fischer, j
city secretory-treasurer.
John H. Reekemp. alderman of.
Wart 1, wfll be opposed by Otto E.1
behalf Central Power As Light Co. j ers of the city by this newspaper,
empiegres were canvassing the;
Raeee Shannon. Alderman of
Wart i, will also be opposed. Marvin
County Court Criminal
Docket Lightest In,
• Many Months5
March proved one of the dullest
months in the recent history of De-
Witt county criminal court, with
only one case being filed during the
entire thirty one day period.
Mateo Escamilla, Mexican, pro-
vided the court with( its only busi-
ness for the month. Escamilla being
'given a sixty day jail sentence for '
an alleged attack upon Macarino r--------- —.------—■ —-
Berrara, Mexican. Escamilla was nex^ convention city of the Guada-
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as good news is the ■
ment that paving of S’
new < Guadalupe river M
i cutoff will be underway ||
ne. The money is now K
bie and the highway de- lb
ent is awaiting hot H
er to start the work we ■
)ld. With the paving of i B
ketch we will be a step B
w r the completion of the E
Cueto-Goliad highway. Mem-! B
bersof the Chamber of Com-
merge Good Roads commit- B
|«^tee grho are keeping this pro- ■
jtot Blive are to be congratu- B
C lato< and it is hoped that they
t Wffi »tay on the job until pav-
Mgdf the entire route is as-
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WfigHINGTON.
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AH Workers Keep Pace A
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WASHINGTON. April 3.—(INS)—: Dr Thomas H. Taylor, President Mrs. Charim Franke and ifrl
Disturbed by increasing demands of of Howard Payne College’, who was Charles ArwerVe exchanged piaoa
congressional grou;)s for huge new the speaker at the Baptist church at yje oj workers 1
appropriations. President Roosevelt' ^ere Sunday evening. Dr. Taylor — Record ramnaitm - J
/ ' ' brought the congregation a most in- «ecoro campaign published kg
has served notice that he plans a ■ ® „ 1 dav w
e I teresting message regarding How- ay‘ •Mrs Franke taking first pbc
vigorous' drive to defend his $9,000 - | arcj payjie college and the work be- and Mrs., Amecke holcfix< secotei
000.000 budget in the closing weeks ling carried on by that institution, honors.
I rhe Senior High School* Monday • 2? ,*** dLslnct Mrs. Ryw
i morning, bringing students an ad- ! and Jo?ce Shaw bettered their 1M
I dress on "Texas." .; positions and held second and |pixi
t positions in Cuero. Roee Le
'Pump and Lilhe Fahr, both are clM
to the leaden.
Mrs Carl Hattenhacii and IB
Ruth Austin, of Nopal and yS
town, gained considerable groUq
and both placed themselves toffiatel
ly in the ranks of serious contend
ers for first place. Beatrice WewMl
of Concrete, and Maggie M
Wuensch, of the Metting cotaoMute
tjr. also notMbably improved
positions.
AH workers this week haw been eg
• definite goal, and a apeetol ea4
bonus is being paid all wto xvaehk
There is also an extn cnffiTU
lOMWO extra points with each |fl
dub of subeertptiOM.
Friends M those coawegtetel er
ie favorite <
money anTerWa pokite ttwt are
fered.
The following standing aL w<
en in points is compandt*;!
not necessarily complete, and
based on sales reports made te|
Saturday:
cunro DISTRICT
Mrs. Chas. Franke
Mrs. R. T. Ryan M
Joyce Shaw
mile Fahr
COUS
Mrs
; ical director at the home.
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contest in the i were entertained with a picnic sup-
/ Per.
The fact that C. P. & L. friends are campaigning today
in behalf of the candidacy of Otto E. Moeller is proof that
____ issue is not dead. His election unquestionably would
tataseste received 153 votes. Young, create discord on the council. It would be dangerous not to
power system was scratched 32
that, if elected, each would conduct the affairs of uiHuc w
the best of his ability and for the best interests of the city,
we would have nothing to say. When rumors, persist today
that citizens known to oppose a city distribution
are actively * working in support of the candidacy<OrP*»ns Home at Itasca was vivid- j
W«- ?E’MoeUw ,or Alderman of Ward ’• “ beco'nes CT1-*!«rx „
-^presented an impressive prog i am at g' |u lO |
in sonal qualifications of John Seekamp, the incumbent and Mr.*£th€ Presbyterian church The pro- VVUIll I ItlLtM
n consisting of songs and talks4 - ■ .... .
'’"T N by children, ranging in age from pTBT/^T T*
A majority of the voters and taxpayers of Cuero went to eight to eighteen, was enthusiastical- M’lnRlIir<
" . . ________ of a municipally ly recelved
j ! Accompanying the group to Cue-
ttoas“-; from the gUtat dams of the Colorado Wer AutaorttyTn the whoX.m“w8 ”o<
r settled, al- 1 borne and Miss Julia Stru^ve, mus- |
; ical director at the home.
Prior to the program the children
Trwwh attracted only 160 votes.
* WASHINGTON, April
AUSTIN. April 3 —(I
of. the led $505,772,709 compared
- ‘ ! $723,002,013 collected the o„
Drosiquartz la (month last year, the treasury report- that they are responsible for the!
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—»---------------- head of Gov. W. Lee O Daniel today.
I I? 5 Selected as spokesman for the op-
fl F /l \ 111] fl. position Bas Rep. Abe Mays of At-
VU4 XJlJrllJLilU ‘ lanta, who has1 been listed as
A /VFTTTT7 IlVlVhVV:friend of the Governor and was one
Af lll/L ULlzL time selected by O'Daniel as his sec-
J1V 1 1 T 14 IlLallj retary of state.. '
! The time has come. Mays said, for •
some one to “challenge the duplic-
ity of the Governor." i
The plan which the Legislature
and
™wwa, . minds of most o( them this matter is definitely i
Both b. E. Young and Fossett^ though the power confpany is delaying cheaper and more
Sheppard, onoppowd, were returned' abundant^ power for Cuero by an election —
to office Ctty Han employes said rnnrt» '
Central Power A Light Ca em- couru>
ployes viatted the lone voting box
in large numbers Saturday. Shep-
— k Pbrt. who was very* active in be-
T in today’s issue of The half of the private power company’s
. . hatowrfn Vnunff
an open supporter of the Municipal elect John Seekamp as Aiderman of Ward 1
perrer -XC3 scratched 12
merchants are offering times, receiving only 128 votes.
Write in voters gave Alvin Wof-
ford two votes and D. C. Frits one.; that only a geologist can appreciate
' will tempt the palates of pembers of
1 LOSE BEST COPPERS ; the Geological Society of r
T -WICHITA, Kan.—(BB)— Wichita County when they hold their annual
police officials are becoming worried banquet next month. The menu,
ovar t*e loss of their police officers printed in the veracular cL vl.v
Three have been' made chiefs of geologists, offers the foBowing^cul-
Ffint. Mich.. South Bend. Ind., and inary triumphs; r
Grand Junction. Colo.. The Wichita mein (grapefruit cocktail),
deliver your entry to pebce board is proud of the fact that forphosed pecary (baked
their men are noticed by other dt- fish*, globigerina (peas), i
tea, but fear they are doing a little sections on cycad (tomato and
too good a job of training their of- paragus salad), and
ficera ' . - —* I 1
which met in Lockhart Sunday, ac-
cording to Fire Chief Clifton Weber
of this city who in company with
I Alvin Kriegej and M. E. Froelich,
j was in attendance at the convention
Eugene Sanders of the Texas Fire ograph record to each fateQ?
|19». accenting to trade estem
A banquet was served the visitors which project into 1MB a gte
at noon. 25% to 40400,000 records front
Jeasier^
AM OF
when
in the
Three Couucilmen, Cily
Marshal An
To Be
i teresting message regarding How- ^ay« Mrs- Franke taking first pi
i ard Payne college and the work be- and Mre^ Amecke holding seco
of the session, it was disclosed to-j Dr. Taylor was also a speaker at
day.
The President, it was further dis-
closed. has thus far refused
sanction proposals to vote
$500,000,090 to $2,000,000,000 to con- I
tinue the public works program ofl
Secretary of Interior Ickes ynabat- ■
’ ed for another year.
So disturbed has the President be- •
come by apjieals to hinv-to sanction
unbudgeted expenditures th^l he is j
reported to have observed that "It
looks like I ni the only one who
wants to save money.’
On another occasion when a re-1
I
quest for approval of a new ex-
penditure was presented, the presi-
; 7*^“. ‘°(dent is said to have replied— «,
system being carried on in the Presbvtenan' t ,, . . .
J What do you fellows want to do—
bust the government."
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Putman, Harry C. The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 75, Ed. 1 Monday, April 3, 1939, newspaper, April 3, 1939; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1357913/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Cuero Public Library.