The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 171, Ed. 1 Friday, August 9, 1946 Page: 1 of 6
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VOL. 52.—NO. 171.
CUERO, TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1946
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Impound Taxis
the roof was
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played.
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night-
at night.
. It took a
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fire.
ever the government cautions that
W. J, Walthall, regional director
this is a big job and it will take time announced
to get all the checks in the malls.
Cessnas classified as "non-flyable”
have
The planes are classified as non-
4M, of increased operations
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its “lrgest bomber in
the
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patterned after national news
ov- azines. it, is to be a statewide
racks, and 10 other buildings suit-
bach, historian; and Tom Ridgway, 1
with
a 10,000 mile
owner
last owner of Orange, was robbed
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D. Brohm, says he
daughter has met with foul play. killed.
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10,000 Men Are Idle
In Packard Factory
Much of the new housing will go
to men already on the waiting list,
but a few vacancies still remain. J.
MALEC HEADS
LEGION POST
IN YOAKUM
Mickey Owen May Not
Get Job Back This Year
HOUSTON, Aug. 9—(UP)—Two
carloads of gunmen who beat up
two men in a Houston filling sta-
tion and robbed them of more than
$3,000, are being hunted through-
out the Texas coastal area today.
Operating in the best gangland
cafe
of
had
attacked
to pull
treasury
When
Bandits Rob Two Men
Of $3000 in Houston
In Gangland Fashion
AUSTIN J
illustrated ri
finance officer..
State Commander Herman Nami
smoke than
crowd wasi
in moscases and the finals may be
known within the next few weeks.
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Markets
Arranged
For Local
Products
On Progress Of C Of C
Cotton Contest
Exchange
Austin, Texas
row of bul
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plies were wa
were saved by
Mrs. Steve Rayes, Record sub-
scribe* will be guest of the Ri-
alto Theater on Saturday for
the showing of “Dark Corner”
if she will present this coupon
and pay the customary service
charge.
* J. W. Jackson, County Agent, this
Week is "Staking off the designated
plots in the Chamber of commerce
Cotton Contest, and checking up
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fortress. One of the latter can
nestle under one wmg of the
newship.
The bomber's tall fin is as
high as a five-story building.
With the war over, however,
there possibly will not be an
assembly line to roll out the
big bombers. And what a lot
Bank Bandits Pay $85 To
Victim Of .Latest Car
Taken In Flight .
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| store seven miles east of Walters ' manner the hoodlums
in their latest stolen car. The two the men as they started
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TEXAS WEEI
MAGAZINE
HAS DEBUT
1 vicinity of Walters. At the coun- bandit sat in the rear of a sedan
'try store the desperadoes purchas- and, leveled a winchester rifle at
, ed some food. 2 filling station attendants.
Enrollment To Triple With
Added Quarters, School
Announces
3 DIE IN CRASH
LAKEHURST, N. J., Atg. 9
The Knights of Columbus and the
Cotton Mill softball teams will meet
Friday night at 8:15 Cuero Park
Stadium for a crucial second half
league game. 1 255
If the KC nine wins it will have
NLee
Albert White, local farmer
and 8. M. Patterson, manager
of the Chamber of Commerce,
returned Thursday from Ok-
lahoma City, where they went
the appropriate service paying offi-
cer listed on the reverse side of the
claim form a photostatic copy or an
officially certified copy of discharge
papers may be substituted for the
original. I
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The Cuero sales and storage de-
pot for surplus airplanes has been
doing a "land office” business at
is afraid his six occupants of the craft
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Taylor's Cafe Also H
Stubborn Roof Bia
Fought 2 Hours
Aire which Will grant billions of
dpllars in back pay to enlisted vet-
erans. Funds for the program were
included in a deficiency appropria-
ton bill signed yesterday.
* . Here's Procedure
< Here is the way former enlisted
men will go about getting their ter-
minal leave pay from the govern-
ment. We enumerate the steps as
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before it fell into the sea
yond the island’s coral reef
Shortly after the
sounded about ii
to arrarige for markets for DeWitt
County famm products.
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TESi COTTON
rangements. :
Waste Berfies
Before leaving the car
stranded after stealing the
Record
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GAMBLING VESSEL NOW READY FOR BUSINESS
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The manufacturing and labor of- adjacent portion of North Texas
| ficials met yesterday in a day- still are blocked. Telephone op-
Air-
news magazine written by Tea
about Texans and for Texans,
brook says.
John McCully, formerly gf
Antonio and Evelyn Boyd of J
are associate editors. Mrs. Bofd
a newspaper worker at Lubbok
Amarillo before entering owi 1
in Italy and- Greece, Cotrib
by-toe war"
departments
the necessary
at the । men are believed to be still in the away from
was gutted.
Eoofs
However, the
possibly was suf
buildings in tori
tower left, is the array of slot
eeoeronehosebrdoektert
for larger production generally ox
er the county.
The cotton is coming along well
covers” over them. These p
covers were recently qpureh
ARM FIRE HERE DOES $8000 DA
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GI Terminal Pay Plan
Procedure' Is Explained
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letWeen 50 and 60 persons were gApGi-G opgag
ehor rides above Cuero after4 Shedued.for.Thursday
htta and all expressed delight
who yesterday robbed the First
National Bank at Walters, of $40.-,
000 is growing in scope. Heavily
armed officers have been reinforc-
ed. Meanwhile Oklahoma highway
patrolmen have learned that the j
bandits have visited a country;
mbl.
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zontest tonight. The Petty-McAlis-
ter-Lake Food Products game
" .was not
(UP.—An Atlantic-Central Air-
lines passenger plane crashed and
burned just outside the naval air
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WALTER, Okla., Aug. 9.—(UP.)
—The manhunt for two bandits
stop. That would have been
quite an operation.
However, it might have been
a pushover for the mammoth
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School shops, etc., and
promised an announcement
era, Inc., a qjview ot the city from the air
ngs and at night. ' 3. , ' | A 1
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Some of these beans have been
grown here, but generally in home
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10,000 per- imminent. All roads in the area
I of Southern Oklahoma and the
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wifi have to admit about the
TMMM they don’t seem to
know when they're licked.
A 11 to qshellacking. at
/the hands of the “old men of
much as 125 acres am planted to T
them. The company Mil pay not less and
than four Cents per pound for these
beans, it said. • « «
KINGSVILLE, Aug. " 9.—Texas
*&1 College has been assured hous-
ng for 600 more men this fall at
he Kingsville Naval Auxiliary Air
Itation.
Although the lease for the sta-
'ion’s use will not be signed until
August 15, the college has been au-
"horized to make the buildings u-
ired ready for occupancy. City and
ounty officials will lease the base
from the Navy and sub-lease it to
ocal agencies, including A&I.
, 1750 Expected '
As a result, a record-shattering
nrollment of 1750 is expected this
'all by Dr. George WaMcCulley, reg-
istrar. Last fall’s figure of 526 will
e more than trebled.
Included in the buildings going to
’he college are four bachelor officer
United Press
Ex-GI’s now are assured of.
g terminal leave pay:
iident Truman has signed
pay bill into law, •
Congressmen and represen-
atives of various veterans’ organ-
ations watched over his shoulder
bday while Mr. Truman scratched
is name to the bottom of the mea-
WAR NOT INEVITABLE
RIO de JANERIO, Aug. 9.—(UP.)’
—Army Chief of Staff Dwight Eis-
enhower says a third world war is
I not inevitable. But Eisenhower
, says liberty-loving nations must
maintain their military defenses
until some world organisation
1 takes ovr the job.
are adaptable to small cargo and
charter purposes.
Prices of these Cessnas range be-
tween $400 and $600, toe director
’ said.
There still are approximately 100
-“planes of this type still available to
purchasers at the Cuero depot, Wal-
tRall said.
quarters buildings, eight cadet bar-jheld over for another term: Monroe
Rinn. service ofticer; Walter Affler-
Edmund R.
Goodale, ah
car they used, one of the robbers $3,1000—money which he
range. The bomber dwarfs the to “gripe” about food. He said that
Ana +una giont A- .nz ric was about the only staple food
one-time giant B-20 super- avadlable and that the Marines
were “plenty tired” of it.
Lee Kyte, a 31-year-old
FERD KOENIG
ON DUTY IN
LINSI, CHINA
Pvt. Ferd M Koenig, Jr., of the
U. S. Marines is now on duty in
China, according to a letter receiv-
ed by his parents here.
Young Koenig arrived in Shang-
hai on July 7 and from there went
to Tsingtoo and io now on active
duty in Linsi, China. He already
has seen some effects of China’s civ-
il war, he wrote, in the form of a
couple of dead Chinese after a bat-
tle between the two factions near
where he was stationed.
He advised folks back home not
station here today. Three of the long session during which Packard erators have warned all residents
Irons Stranded As Police j After toe form is filled out, the
veteran must swear to or affirm the
about midni
the rst
ething like
Daughter Of Wealthy
Chicagoan Is Missing
CHICAGO, Aug. 9—(UP)—A
search has started for the attrac-
tive 18-year-old daughter of a
wealthy Chicago department store
executive.
Jill Brohm has been' missing
since she went to a street dance last:
Saturday night. And her father, H.'
County Agent Checking Up removta
—— 1 when it
Open. House Sunday
The first night-flying on a large
scale was carried out at Municipal
airport Thursday night and it was
declared very successful by the
PueroFvers: Inc,, who staged tot
r event-y .3.27- irnn/.
C. Jernigan, dean of student life,
urged all prospective students need-
ing housing to write him immed-
iately.
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and assistant commissioner of
baseball A. B. Chandler, indicated
today after a conference with
Mickey Owen that the former
: Brooklyn catcher could not be re-
instated this season.
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forms are
rard, O Time v in thy
3 and that just for a
they be made young
trong enough to defeat
Rotarians.
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it. If he needs help, toe veteran can j AA Ar garFA gA
contact a veterans comm unity Infor- ' A ) M AN A U L
mation center or a veterans service “1.e I Lha1Vn) /kHEi
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Big Job W - ,gr
The -paying z officer MH examine , Municipal Airport in a certain type
the documents? ami mail them back’ of plane this week, according toin-
to the claimant. And payment will formation from the San Antonio
be made as soon as possible. How- office of the WAA >
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EAST TEXAS—Partly poudy to-
night and Saturday. Scattered
thundershowers along upper coast
Saturday afternoon. Gentle to
moderate southerly winds on coast.
, Friday and Saturday nights.
Then, on Sunday an open hous
on toe progress being made at this
time.
Some 14 farmers of toe county '
have entered the contest and several
hundred dollars n prize money wil
go to the three top producers in the'
competition.
Prize money will be awarded to 1
_ have been busy
at the airport since taking ov-
er recently and the lights are
the first real development.
The firm, however, is vety
busy with plane for its flying
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LONG BEACH, Calif., Aug. 9.—
(UP)—Tony Cornero Stralla, so-
called “Admiral” of the gambling
ship Lux, says police will have to
remove 1500 patrons , stranded
aboard toe ship five miles at sea off
Long Beach.
Stralla was arrested last night
and charged with conspiracy to vio-
late the state gambling laws. Water
taxis which took the customers to
and from the ship were impounded
by police at toe same time.
So now, Stralla has told police he
won’t use the taxis to bring back
the patrons now aboard the Lux.
His words to the police are: "You
impounded the boats; you get them
off.”
The police raid on the Lux came
last night only 48 hours after toe
ship had opened for business.
wori" brought out f an item
of interest which was a mili-
tary secret for a long time.
The big bomber was order-
ed when it looked as if Brit-
ployed to increase yield and results Austin by Raymond Hoborbok
are expected to provide an incentive-
s and 46 minu
“partment- to
8 Army Airmen lost
When PBY Falls In Sea
HONOLULU, Aug. 9. ep
Crash boats and air-sea res
panes have been unable to find s
trace of eight army airmen 1
when a PBY patrol plane plun
into the ocean oB Oahu in the I
waiian islands yesterday.
Persons who saw the crash a
They reported , a successful trip I
and have lined up a buying firm proved to be one
which lkely will take considerable stubborn fes local
• locally-grown produce
The company has- agreed to buy
cantaloupes as well as watermelons,
from here next season and have
promised to send a representative
here next January to make final ar
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YOAKUM. Aug. 9.—Joe Malec,
World War Two veteran and editor
cf the Yoakum Herald-Times, has
been elected and installed a com-
mander of the American Legion post
here.
Others elected and installed were
Clifton Long. first vice commander;
Jack Schckles, second vice com-
mander; Ralph McMaster, third
vice commander; Fred Posisil, ad-
jutant. and Lester H. Kaiser, ser-
geant-at-arms. Three officers were
bo
virtually clinched the second half
championship, while it the Millmen
ar victorious it will mean another
meeting between the bwo fast teams.
A good crowd is expected for the
anypbstomceaformentitled-clafm:in a, bog on Cape
for setnement of unused leave” gnd i Cod. (lnterhational)
that 42 twin-engine
gardens and not on a large scale. "
Also, all the purple hull peas .
which the Cuero area might produde 85 that tne con8t
in volume would be purchased at 10o was suhthet al
approximately three and one-half 10" space betweuithj
cents per pound. o -°
Officials of toe OklahomajCity
produce buying concern promised to
have representatives here at the , .
Soil Conservation barbecue onAug-isarm W8s
ust 23 to explain their proposition
to farmers of top area. ;
ave issued “ a new
to the Retary,
In they will call on
_22nstj2.
SomeDoK hoping
will hear their plea
‘‘backward, turn
the war and the giant ship
was to be one of huge fleets
to carry bombs from the USA
of War bonds it would have
takBh to turn out a fleet of
Che (uero Record
A NEWSPAPER REFLECTS ITS COMMUNITY
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Shine Parlor Gutted, J
eph's. Grocery, Cafe
Suffer Losses
STOCK WATER.sOAK
acted as installing officer
meeting this week.
j,e ¥¥4 ,4 ‘
Rlease of news that the
Army has successfully flown
were pokesmen reported "additional in the section to be on the watch
progress. for the two armed desperadoes. -
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Ings was burned 1
flames, and thelk
damaged.
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HOWTO APPLY
FOR NEW FUND
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If less than $50 is due, toe clalm- had been sold quickly > to a ready
ant will get a check for the full market during the past four days,
amount For claims exceeding $50,
payment will be made in bonds in i flyable because f fabric conditions
multiples of $25 with any odd and wood structure, Walthall said.
______(Continued on page 6)______ However, he declared that toe ships
MANHUNTFOR
PAIR GOES ON
able for offices, recreation, and
classrooms. The housing will not be
in ordinary barracks-style but will
consist of dormitory- type rooms
Ninety seven trailer units may be
obtained for married students.
Vacancies Remain
the station. One
----- editors include Weldon Hart and
. CINCINNATI, Ohio, Aug. 9—UP Stuart Long ox Austin.
—Herold “Muddy” Ruel, adviser — -—----,752
will be held at Municipal Airpor
to which toe general public is in
vited. Visitors will be showi
through the hangars and building
which will house the various de-
partments of the flying school due
to be started soon.
Airmen will be on hand with
planes to fly passengers over the
city on that day also.
Also, toe firm said it would take
$11 the strawberries produced here
if anything approaching., ^volume e
tudantrdstberz -00-"
ve26,an ex-adom portanites afTardedagagmera-tpadoinin
had to cope with.
The fire apparently hrok
The event teas an inauguration
of recently installed and CAA-ap-
proved runway lighting system put
into operation by the Cuero Fly.
ers.-i
So successful was the night fly-
ing that the organization an-
nounced that it would be repeatec
i," THE NEW GAMING SHIP, has dropped anchor six miles off the coast of Long Beach, Cal , and
hony Comero, who is shown lower right raising his ship’s flag, figures the law can't touch him.
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on- 60 Persons EnjofRides; To
----- I gave him $85 in wet bills. The car withdrawn from an Orange bank
DETROIT. Aug. 9 — <UP)—Rep- owner says the bank robber told to invest in a Houston business,
resentatives of the Packard Motor him that the money paid for use His friend, 30-year-old Enis Gar.
Car Co. and the CIO Auto Work- 1 of the car and advised him to keep ner of Houston, was robbed of
ers will confer again today in an his mouth shut. ' more than $100.
effort to end a work stoppage1 Capture of the pair is believed-----------
rt in games rests at on-
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those who raise toe meet cotton per Texas publishing feld at Al
acre on designated, plots of land. day.
Improved methods are being emt ‘TevRs Week” ig
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statements made before a notary
public or other civil officer author-
Twin-Engine Cessnas Go-
a discharge certificate or certificate i • Aa i l $■ 1F
of service, next must be mailed to IRQ Al 10(31 AlpOrT FOr
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Aldridge, C. C., Jr. The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 171, Ed. 1 Friday, August 9, 1946, newspaper, August 9, 1946; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1551580/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Cuero Public Library.