The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 198, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1939 Page: 1 of 6
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BOOK-KEEPING.
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i signed a formal agreement to lend financial aid to Poland.
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Prause announced the following
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citizens in
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Bandits Hijack
Wednesday
The Cuero Municipal Park cele-
to the project specifically approved." ' fled.
get ac-
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into action to combat
vessels in addition to the liner Athenia, Prime Minister Ne-
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WPA To Provide $7,740
For Work Congressman
Kleberg Announces
Should an oil strike be made in
DeWitt county, a field could pos-
sibly be brought to the very back
during the past many years due to
the fact specific ownership of much |
property in the city and delinquent
tax charges against such property
has never been properly ascertain- i
message of vital importance
to you. When you spend your
money for advertising you do
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Huntsville Prison
Farm Physician
Kidnaped By Convicts
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C. Of C. Hopes For Big Del-
egation To Arnecke-
ville Friday Night.
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SECOND OF SERIES
ed to call Arnold this afternoon or
tonight.
Director Bennie Prause of the
Municipal Band said a most varied
march.
Spirit of Progress, march.
Poet and Pesant, Overture.
Beer Barrel Polka.
Little Pearl, Cornet solo.
Ponderosa March.
Enchanted Waltz.
Tiger Rag.
Finale, Stars and Stripes Forever
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arrive in Paris, and relatives throughout France were noti-
fied that French soldiers at the front had "died gloriously on
the field of battle."
In Paris the British and French high commands estab-
NAVY IN ACTION
LONDON, Sept., 7.—(INS)—The British navy has-swung
leases Cover City Blocks
In Little Community
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In Affairs Of This
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By H. R. KNICKERBOCKER
PARIS, Sept. 7—(INS)—Czechoslovakia is declaring war
on Germany, and a revived Czech army abroad is being con-
1936. the Municipal Park was of- {
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more than 10,000 attending the ded-
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camps that have been prepared for all other citizens of Adolf
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telegram follows:
“I am happy to advise the follow-
Ing project approved by the WPA: | ’ —International Illustrated. News Radiophoto
A non-Federal project to revise . Americans crowd offic of United States Lines in London for steamship passage home,
the present system of real property I
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prorptly, sr you know a bit of
of news of the birth of a daughter Dallas and Harris counties, and O - S400.00 bond on
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! have sunk three or four British merchant ships in addition to
; the liner Athenia.
Chamberlain also disclosed that Britain and France have
The project will not only provide by the U. S. Trucking Corp
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Cuero Record
A NEWSPAPER REFLECTS ITS COMMUNITY
joicing Thursday following receipt of Dallas. serving 225 years from Thurrday pending
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Was Three Years Old j censors again clipped news of French advances in the Rhine- .
‘ i land. War developments.
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subsurface utilities on a supplement- i Apm-AA fap Ann
ary city maps; all typing, sorting and i AlIOTeU LdI An
SYSTEM OF CITY
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obtained funds for the work. had no
idea when he formulated plans for
the park that it would prove as suc-
cessful a venture as it has proven,
but today the Cuero Park. New-
tem came as the recommendation ville. physician on the EsthamMec, I ’I g n J’
of Mayor J T Newman and the prison farm at Weldon. was kidnap- N69[O Jd!c0 P© nin
action was approved by the city! ed late last night by two escaping n,;: Ag tAAA p,
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BERLIN—Military authorities said German troops were
your trade territory. We have
always had by far the best
coverage in this territory. _
To spend money” that brings
of land and building outlines on
master cards and with engineering
date, and information concerning!
you Will I
spending !
advertising
tion address was by Dr W. A Mc-
• leod, Presbyterian pastor of this
ity.
Since that opening day the park
has attracted tens of thousands of
PARIS—The French government today placed the na-
for them to come.
quainted and see for
iness house in Cuero is the goal of
the Cuero Chamber of Commerce
for thedelegation which will ac-
compand the Cuero Municipal band
to Arneekeville Friday night for the
second of a series of rural band con-
certs sponsored by the C. of C.
“It is to be hoped that every
values. Provided for also will be Lyman D. Rooch. More than thirty j
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(concert in Arneekeville,’’ J. W. Ar-
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heard among
assessment records and supporting | 7 , „
information for the tax department .mf QMM A CTAA
andauditing.departments.byasetting1' n UIVIA i uh
up a complete permanent card file
covering real property and modern-
A. E. Hensley. -manager of
Perry Bros. store, is convinced
that Record advertising pays.
Two days ago Hensley insert-
ed a one inch ad in The Rec-
ord featuring 'Keys Made to
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. conflict, announced today the first step towards
resurrection.
Osusky informed I. N. S. that loyal Czech
seven city lots were covered by the [
flea tion map of the city, the plotting transactions.
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Units of the British air force operated in conjunction
with the French, presumably leading the combined military
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tion shown on delinquent tax rolls door of Thomaston citizens.
and the elimination therefrom of; so leases now being filed in the
paid accounts by the preparation of ■ DeWitt county court house indi-
a cross index to all percels by names i cate. Leases covering city lots in
of current owners" ’Thomaston were filed Thursday by
“The project also provides for the Atlantic Refining company.
the external measurement of all; Among those signing leases with
structures in the city of Cuero, and ; the company were T. K. Burrow
the posting to work sheets and as- I Mrs. Anna Bums, D. B. McManus,
sessors records, the computation of j Priscilla Diggs, W. B. Calliham,
land and building demensions and j Jose Perez, Johnnie Williams and I
»murder He served one prison sent-
ed. ( HUNTSVILLE. Tex., Sept. 7. — ence for robber-, with firearms.
Change in the book-keeping sys- ■ (INS.)—Dr M. E. Curtis of Hunts- ___
Ad Topperwein, world’s most fam-
ous pistol and rifle shot, will defin-
itely appear in Cuero on Tuesday, ,
September 19th, according to an an- [
nouncement made through (he Cue- '
! to Machinery & Hardware Company ,
of this city Thursday. The Cuero '
Machinery & Hardware Company
will sponsor Topperwein’s appear- :
ize city maps for the office of the j
city engineer. The work will in-
clude the transcription from rec-
orded deeds, probate cases and at-
tachments. of ownership information
covering all real property transfers
for the period 1919-38 together with
the searching of earlier records
where necessary, the checking of this
information against tax rolls, and its
transcription to ownership record
forms to be filed by property loca-
tion; the transcription to delin-
quent tax records cards of informa-
others during the evening' - - -
Official u. s American Guard, scripted to battle the nation which absorbed her.
Dr. Stephen Osusky, Plenipotentiary in France of the
! Germany’s west wall. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
told the House of Commons in London today that the Brit-
i ish navy is combing the seas for German sub-marines which
________________________________ ROME—Neutral Italy, possibly planning a new peace
persons to this city and has proven move, hoped to hold the allies to their unfulfilled World War
one of the greatest recreation cent- territorial promises,
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Mayor J. T. Newman, who for!
Ad Topperwein, World1:
Famous Marksman Will presented kt the concert.
Appear Here numbers would be
PARIS.—War communique No. 7 said “on the front there
[ has been marked activity on one side and the other, presum-
ably meaning that the French penetration towards Saar-
dared that he will proclaim, council.
November 23rd as Thanks-1
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We’re still wondering just
what the status of Thanks-
giving Day will be in Texas.
President Roosevelt has de-
1 Recognized as being one of the ;
i outstanding marksmen of the na-
; tion. and without question the
greatest trick shot artist to ever
perform in this country. Topperwein
will bring a show to Cuero which
I will not soon be forgotten? The ,
! show is entirely free.
Toppcivein will stage his show at
5 p. m. on the grounds immediately
in the rear of the Boy Scout hut
‘inst at the foot of the hill on the
I Victoria hiehwav.
The thrilling performance is to
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to Mr. and Mrs. A C. Ater of Neal Massey. 27, of Houston, serving lary.
Temple, Mrs. Ater being the former a five -year term from Harris county. The negro, who san that i- 1: 1c
Miss Pamela Buchel of this city. The ---———--- , lived in Cuero only :• 1 a meiths
voung lady has been named after I Sheriff L. A Buehrig was called j admitted entering the resid ciice of
her mother. Grand-pa Buchel was to Franklin, Texas, on business another Wuero negro and taking
wearing a broad smile Thursday Thursday. I $5 70 in cash
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Mr. Advertiser: Here is a
Order."
“I've sold 41 keys since that
advertisement came out.” Hens-
ley Informed The Record
Thursday.
The store has a special key
making machine which math-
es practically any Yale lock
type keys made
closing in on Warsaw, wiping out whole Polish divisions,
while nearly the whole of the Polish southwestern industrial
district was in German hands.
Warsaw—Fighting their greatest battle 30 miles north
of Warsaw, the Poles reported Germany’s two-pronged drive
southward had been halted. Heavy fighting also was reported
before Lodz, Poland’s second city.
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work will lie performed in addition iterncon seized $21,000 in cash and checks at the Button Drug Store omm-n;etz, p-,s
The armored car was owned and the Mane Jewelry -tore LOmmnun5IIC r dly
Power, who has a long prison {,Lgtg;og py
record, was tu:ned ove: to-the De- >uM10teu DY
reaching people whom you
i would like to have for custo-
I mers to buy your wares, what-
i ever that may be. Your adver-
tisemeht is a message that
you want to get to as many
filing data, all base unit prices. ratespec-nc With facL
of depredation and factors affect- L>dp6 VVIII Ldn
ing land values to be determined by
the sponsor. Completed records will
BIRTHDAY IS these Czechs to the colors will be recognized 1 .
QEIiIjRR By International News Service
■ Poland, where German troops are smashing through the
Perry Bros. Manager
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lished full cooperation for continuance of the offensive -
progressive business firm in Cuero: .c ,1,,. . . 19.0
winbe represented at Prides night’, against Germany’s Siegfried Une. A French war communique
told of “marked activities” on the Franco-German front
no results is poor business
and in these strenuous times
most lines of business will not
justify wasting money. Adver-
tising in the Record is not an
expense, it is an investment
and one that will bring you
good returns.
We are prepared to back up
our statements and our
Iudwig Maitens. first "unofficial So- man’s followers declare.-stands as a
Mt Ambass dor" to the United monument to his courage and per-which have already sunk
States, were used to found the Com- sistence, and today is providing citi- , ..........
munist party of the United States zens of this entire area with whole- -- ” ~ g
n 1919 and for its operations in • some recreation and /health-build- ville Chamberlain announced in the House of Commons to-
jits hrst year, (itlow testified ing activity. /
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to secure approval of the project tions entire radio resources under military supervision
and fina j. a mo j single nan y both technically and in the matter of broadcasts.
45—NO 198 CUERO. TEXAS. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 7, 1939
IGHTING GROWS FIERCER
ication ceremonies The dedica-
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ATownTalk CUERO GETS NEW WPA PROJECTWESTERNFRONTSCENE
URGEBUSINESS OF HEAVY CANNONAOES:
MENTO attend CASUALTIES ARE MANY
Approval of a $7,740.00 Works
Progress Administration project
which will provide for the modern-
ization of the city book-keeping'
and auditing system, transcription
' of deeds, a revision of the presen
- system of real property assessment
records, was arnounced Thursday
by Congressman Richard M. Kle-
berg in a telegram to The Cuero
Record.
The project will be a non-federal
project and the city of Cuero is to
be the sponsor.
4 -eongresemn Hleberg’s- detailed- '
the menace of German U-boats
three or four British merchant
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selves that it pays to come to
Cuero to make their pur-
chases
I customers as PoS-
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reach the more pros-
BAND CONCERT By International News Service
While French troops hammered anew at the heart of
so with the expectation of
through the columns of the
Record with the most com- '
plete coverage ever provided ।
• for this section.
School is now started. That
starts new aotvities. Custo-
mers are now looking for fall
and winter merchandise. Tell
* them what you have through
• advertising in the Record. Do
it now and watch the results.
Cuero is a good trading
center with good roads lead-
ing out in every direction.
People who know Cuero and
know our merchants like to
trade here. But there are lots-
of people who do not trade
here because they never got
started to do so. A good ad-
vertisement in the Record is
the best kind of an invitation
pective customers
have.
While you are
your money for
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BOSTON, Sept. 7.— (INS. —Am- ( pec ted to arrive in Cuero Tirsday appearance in Cuero is expected to _
be maintained by the sponsor. This bushing an armored bank car in t afternoon with Leon Pover. negro draw a crowd from communities and ! brated its third birthday Wednesday, brucken was continuing,
project will operate in the city of, heavy traffic in Roxbury, four band- ex-convict, wanted here in connec- cries throughout this entire section. Three years ago, September 6th,
Cu-ro. DeWitt county. No current; its in a stolen automobile this af-rtion with
Information from Amsterdam told of heavy fighting on
Fird Conrort praw Only the western front, with terrific cannonades from French and
ill 51 u-l UluW -uY ; German artillery .At Luxembourg there were rumors that
Few Representatives i part of the Reich’s Siegfreid line had already been blown up,
E,n TLec4y but there was no official confirmation.
rom in 15 Lily i Warsaw apparently was cut off from the outside world.
A repr’sentativerrom every bust- No reports have been received from the threatened Polish .
capital for hours.
At the same time, the first hospital trains began to
giving Day for 1939. Governor
Lee O'Daniel says that he will
proclaim November 23rd and
November 30th as well as
Thanksgiving Days. The sit-
uation is a rather confusing
m one. Our chief interest for the
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, ber of Cotmerce. said Thursday.
.i“Qur goodfriends in that eommun-
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tiny country whose temporary—so the Czechs say—extermi-
■ nation formed the primary reason for the present world
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T"exasfomicersten " iE Moscow Says Gitlow
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prison terms and .as been charg- WASHINGTON, Sept 7—(INS.)
ed with crimes raneing from va- Een Gitlow. Earl Browder’s immed-
r u • ' i n i 5011111 but are being fought bitterly in the north, remained the
Cuero Municipal Park main theater of war today—so far as the public could see—as
, many of us there. Let’s not dis-1 that Reich troops were rapidly approching
•PPhe"mrstot the series of band Lodz in Poland after capturing Kilece and that the "flower of |
concerts, held at Green DeWitt,; the Polish army” had been wiped out.
drew few Cuero business men and! “The Poles continue to retreat on all fronts,” the com-
sheir absence "as noticeable it was 1 munique stated. •
Cuero citizens who plan to attend 1 According to French advices, the French armies penetrat-
the concert and who will have room ed more deeply into the outer defenses of the German west -
, for a member of the band are ask- wall, spurred by the knowledge that they will soon have the
active support of the powerful, mechanized British expedi-
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why not use the medium that
reaches the greater number of
these possible customers?
i That not only is good business
a but it is good sense for it will
Ibring you the best returns for
your money.
An advertisement in the
Record will reach four times
the number of readers that
you can reach through any
other regular advertising me-
dium available to you for
Univ. rip,-,. „
Exchange ere
claims. If you have the mer-
chandise and will sell it at
the right price, proper adver-
tising in the Record will sell
it for you. Never before have
you had an opportunity to
reach the people of this trade
territory as you now have
ate preae sor as the highest-
ranking officer of the Communist
party in this c untry. told the Dies
committee today that the party has
always befn "subsidized by Moscow.”
Moreover Git low. one time gen-
cral secret hv of the party, revealed
■ ■ the committee, Russian trade or-
- nization operating in th? United
Srates he Amtorg World Tovrist
;d Intomi t- have indirectly help-
er fina: re Communist activities
nussiul funds, transmitted thru
BABY GIRL being released at Cleveland today. Jessie Center. 18 c
Dr. and Mrs. Fred Buchel were re-! The convicts were Jack Cade 30. was held in the D wi
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France are exempted from confinement in concentration
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Putman, Harry C. The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 198, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1939, newspaper, September 7, 1939; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1551516/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Cuero Public Library.