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tOL. 43.—NO. 52.
CUERO, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1937
TEN PAGES TODAY
ScwnTalk
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The 1937 Cooking School
pr«nises to set a new record
V for -attendance. With tne
Weather Man providing a per-
fectfcetting, the, opening day’s
session drew a crown of well
over*300. Attendance records
of past schools of this kind in
Cuera show that crowds in-
crease. daily. The three day
1 : session should draw more
than 1200 women from Cuero
and this vicinity. A gratifying
feature of Monday’s session
Tie splendid attendance
from the rural communities
and nearby cities. We were
glad to welcome so many
guests ^nd hope that they will
Join their Cuero neighbors at
all three sessions of the school.
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Chief credit for the school!
PRESBYTERIAL TO MEET
■if:-
COOK SCHOOL PROVING SUCCESS CHURCH WOMEN FROM
■MHlFIFTY FIVE COUNTIES!
WILL MEET IN CUERO
ATTENDANCE AT
1937 SCHOOL
SETS RECORD
Women and Children First? In War, Too!
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Indications Are That To-;
tal Attendance Will be i
< Over 1,200.
— ...
MUCH INTEREST
ttt ao to the business firms: ®ecor^ \
cueinand the national! Told; Many Features
mufketuring companies; Wednesday.
>3^£:v.
of
manufi
whose /
Record
~ event,
in this «>o
gA they have
^ gets, and 1
operation with The!
tes possible the;
I Exceeding even the attend&nce of
three hundred sixty-seven
cooperating t opening day at the 1937
on the
Record
king school because | Cooking School, a crowd that nuir.-
faith in their prod-! bered well over 400 greeted Miss
believe that once a;Jessie Hogue as she opened the
•housewife sees the
products seconi day’s session of the Kitchen
5 demonstrated that she will be; *b* ^
Also convinced of their value; The same enthusiasm which
session
in the
The same enthusiasm
yjQ ! marked the opening day's
_ffealm of cookery.
«ail yoifr attention to the at-, wa« evld«nt Tuesday, and the en-
tractive disnlavs to be seen at thuaiasm was merlted for Tues'
vacuve aispiays to De seen a. day's program proved even more in-
cite auditorium and ask that teresting than that of Monday,
you inspect them closely be-! Tod*y’s Pr<*™» teck9d neith*r
, >. ..... . . variety or excellence, with Miss
fore or after the daily school, Hogue presenting more than a dozen
Sessions, interesting recipes.
^ jp tp i Included were roast beef, German
Cuero', public-^tal^su-
•us is new underway and II i tomato, asparagus, Beaton cream
the census is to be complete,1 pie. date* nut cake, butterscotch pc-
Brents of school students ~
■aunt cooperate. It is vitally'
it that every school
be ’listed, and that in-
m
iky..
CHARGE MAJOR
MARKETS ARE
MONOPOLIZED
•V
Presbyterian church women from fifty-five Texas coira--
_ ; ties are to be in Cuero on March 24th, 25th and 26th for the
“Monopolistic Control’ of annual convention of the West Texas Presbyterial, district or-
Agricultural Products ! ganization of Presbyterian Auxiliaries.
Alleged. Between seventy five and one hundred delegates from
- ! towns, ranging from Edna on the East to Brownsville on the
PROBE LOOMS southwest, are expected to attend the Presbyterial, one of
the outstanding organizations of its kind in the state.
The Presbyterial has not met in Cuero in 14 years, the
last meeting held here being in 1923.
Mrs. Joe B. Moore of Port Lavaca is President* of the or-
ganization and Mrs. Brooks
V
| Charge is Made by The
Federal Trade Com-
mission.
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WASHINGTON. Mar. 2.—(INS)—
The Federal Trade Commission to- 1
day made startling charges of I
“monopolistic control" of the
processing and marketing of thej
major agricultural products—wheat, j
cotton, tobacco, cattle, hogs, pot?.- !
toes and milk.
In a special report to Congress, ! ™ .
the Commission charged: i
i—The tobacco industry is con- j Nearby Cities Repre-
MANY VISITORS
ATTENDSCHOOL
Communities And
mrSHSm
sented at School.
More than a score rural com-
McLane of Kingsville, secre-
tary.
Mrs. J. N. Pace, former res-
ident of this city, will be in
charge of the 1937 convention
J program, which will include
■ among many other impressive
features, a beautiful pageant.'
Plans are now being made
by local Presbyterians to entertain
the lagge gathering of women. -- -
Four women, Innocent victims of bombs, In Barcelona
.Important
WllHhUd be li
, --------- — ----„ ito salad and vegetable salad.
War la ugly. That goes for civil war, too. There
la civil war in Spain. The iqpocent^aa well aa the
are slaughtered. These women were
belligerent.
innocents in Barcelona. They were caught in a
rain of shells and bombs from a Fascist warship.
They am dead. Yes, war is ugly.
—Central press
Oil Lease Here
Louis Strleber, one of York-
Miss Hogue gave several recipes
and a score of time saving house-
4 *<**«> on
••tween September Lst, 1919.gram. Ladies in the audience found
and September 1st 1931 fher to be a talented and interesting
Cuero wilt receive scholar
apportionment only for chil-; Miss Hogue also made a hit with the
dren listed on the census.'men of the cltJ for whom saved
—___, , . . ' | the foods prepared on her opening
Jwry child overlooked means'idays ^
ttO.OO lost to the Cuero inde- | Tuesday afternoon’s program gave i
pendent school district. We ■0017 a hlnt what come on
WOULD BE CAR
THIEF CAUGHT
J. C. Hartman and Henry
Wied Combine Forces;
Capture Transient.
. . , Wednesday. closing day of tne;*-'-'—„ --------=. — -------
every dollar to maintain school. Wednesday's program will, steal an automobile belonging t->1
A man giving his name as Ai*
Lewis of Seattle. Washington, was
j held in the DeWitt county jail here i
the! Tuesday following an attempt tc
the high standard boasted by.be probably the most interesting of Alfred Koenig, well known DeWitt
Cuero schools. Let’s see then!^* da? *fion- and ad-
ditlonal chairs are being moved to
feat every scholastic is includ- j the auditorium to handle an even The car was pa^eef near the
Ml in the 1937 census. If the greater crowd. (Lutheran church at the time of the
.•numerator, **" '• * W«u.-j Ti
VOrth over-looks your home., nesday along with fifty or more oth- : church council meeting.
e*H 51 and let Mr. Woodworth ;er attendance prizes. , j. c. Hartman noticed the man as
Attendance prizes were awarded he attempted to back the Koenig
I car from the curb and approaching
■session: Mrs. E. H. Thieme. flow- — '
^ * i ¥ Y Mrs. Tom Mayne, Mrs. Joe F.
This March freeze certainly PUsner- Mrs J<* Billings. Mrs. z.
! W. Fowler. Mrs. A. F. Moffltt, all re-
jeeived Mrs. Tucker's < Shortening;
w.i___t.ai0 it ; Auenaance prizes were awaraea j
too*. Lets not allow a single;the (ollowlng £ Monday .ftem00n-5.
’“Stic to be over-looked. ------
didn't do, young gardens and ,”lv^£s
fruit trees any great amount Mrs. Oscar Friar, varnish from Ala-
Of good. We hope that it Willimo Lumber company; Miss Laura
^rove Old Man Winter's
IMng for the season. NOW that j cock. Miss Alma Bitterly. Mrs. R L.
garden time and flower plant-'chaddock’ Mrs- Todd 1,11011 Mrs-
ing time is With us, and to- Met*, Mrs. Bertha Drefs, Mrs. W. D.
Negro Mammy Thanks
“Good White Folks”
For Her Pension
"Thanks to God—thanks to
the Governor and thanks to the
white folks.", is the pray el- pray-
ed nightly by Aunt Liza Logan,
who stopped counting her years
at eighty—for the little pension
she receives from the state eacn
month.
Aunt Liza appealed to The
Record to voice her thanks to
the "good white folks.”
The aged negro is one of the
few negrees of slave days new
living in this section. Her par-
ents were the “property" of a
well known DeWitt county fam-
ily and she herself was born in
slavery.
A typical "Old Southern,
Mammy,” Aunt Liza is ameng
the numbered few whose pen-
sion means their life’s bread.
THREE TREATED!
Young Thomaston Farm-
ers Take Treatment
As Precaution.
trolled by 13 large companies, with
j four companies controlling the
i cigarette field.
3 Thirteen milling companies • munjties and a half dozen nearby I Filrt
control the wheat and flour bus:- 1 ... . . L»OUlS ulTlCDer F1106
I cities were represented in the
iicbs.
3—Ten packing companies con- > crowd of more than three hundred i
- trcl the meat industry. j women attending the opening day
! 4—“Monopolies, rackets and use- j Qf the 1937 Cooking School. The!
j less handler’ f potatoes in som. , liotMtey were Mtag bl-toe*
j New York." result in high prices to,^^ J a
consumers. the many visitors attending were:
Mrs. Carl Arnecke, Arneckeville;
Mrs. W. S. Neal, Cuero Route 4;
Mrs. Dick Blackwell, Cuero Route 4;
Mrs. T. R. Wright, Thomaston;
Evelyn Sage , Arneckeville; Mrs.
Clarence H^fi. Goliad; Mrs. B. J.
Zengerle, York "own; Anna Laura
Reese, Gonzales; Mrs. Albert Fried-
Arneckeville; Mrs Caesar
Metz, Yorktown; Floy Parker,
Beeville Woman
Found Dead in
Parked Car
SAN ANTONIO, Mar. 1.—(INS.)
—Nellie May Walker, 35, Beeville,
j and Albert McKenzie. 36, San An- j
I tonio, were found shot to death
here this morning in a parked au-
tomobile in front of the
1 home.
A .38 calibre pistol was
Three young Thomaston fanners
!are undergoing the treatment for ^e car.
rabies prevention in this city as a
result cf an encounter with a cow been shot in the left temple,
which died on the Kobutek farm at
Thomaston after beirig bitten by a
!rabid dog.
The head of the cow. sent to the
' Pasteur Institute at Austin, reveal-
! ed" the animal had been suffering
•jfrom rabies.
Jim Kohutek. Willie Kohutek and
Buster Adcock, who treated the cow
before knowing her ailment, are tak-
, : Smiley; Miss Elfle Doehrman, Mey-
maus Jersville; Mrs. Robert Roeder, York-
’ j town; Mrs. Hy. Roewe, Westhoff;
iound in j Mrs Rudolph Regner, Cuero Rt. 2;
McKenzie who was crippled, had J ^ ^ '
Prison Guard May
Recover From Wound
the car, caught Lewis by the arm.
The man jerked away and ran.
Hartman and others joined in the
chase, but Lewis outdistanced them.
Deputy Sheriff Henry Wied was
notified, and within thirty minutes
had the culprit in custody. Lewis a:
first denied the attempt, according j 8uard at the state prison here was
to Wied. but admitted his intentions expected to recover today. Physic-
of stealing the car after question-
ing.
The
Cuero Rt. 4;
land owners, w a badness visitor
in the county sent last week-
end He is taking advantage of
the new oil strike In his section, by
taking a few leases to ride along
with new oil tide of coining proa-
perity. _ *
PROM BEATING i
OF AGED WOMAN
Youth Held in Jail De^
nies Charges; Says Be
and Woman Drinking.
. . . . .. . ! Mrs. Irene Dreyer, Cuero
woman had received two wounds,^ p Sager A.-M. Rt
in the abdomen. , Mrs w w McCormick Sr..
Government-Owned
Oil Company Will
Be Organized
Route, I DeWitt county^officers were tn-
Cuero; j vestigating the alleged beating of a
01,610 1 65 year old Cuero woman Tuesday,
iRt. 4; Norma Thieme, Arneckeville;;.. . . . „_. . _ .__
I Mrs. A. E. Schorlemer, Cuero Rt. 2; I*6* b“,ln« ***”» “*■
Mrs. Irven Anderson, Rt. 4; Miss
Finney, Mrs. Joe Koenig, Mrs. Min-
nie Parks, Mrs. G. J. Dreyer. Mrs. |
Ewald Nack, Mrs. Lias 8teen. Mrs..
jHugo Zengerle. Mrs. Herff Bell. Miss
To- Jennie Marie Fritz, Mrs. R. F. Gav-
mato planting time is just
around the corner, we can do
without this white coat of
frost and Ice for a while.
matoes escaped the cold wav.j^^^-XMuT
unharmed as far as we can; inum; Mrs. Addie C. Meeker, Cuerc
learn, enjoying the protection RecorTd‘- Mrs Henry- ^se J^ Wag-, Not Seek Gffice Va.
t of the cold frames. Ice Cream: MLss ®iede['*
man. permanent wave. Elite Beauty j
^ ^ ^ Shop; Mrs. Wm. Natho. Davidson 1
The Yorktown area con- Electric company prize; Mrs. j ---
ttnues in the Oil spotlight now! David Brantley, Coca-Cola; Missi BRENHAM. Mar. 2.—UMS)—Mrs. J.
that the No. 1 Poetter has R086lia Bud«e’ cake decorator; Mrs. | p Buchanan. widcw of the
Jack Wayne. Banquet Tea; Mrs. E.
MRS. BUCHANAN
NO CANDIDATE
cated by Death
Husband.
cauticn against the disease, it being
feared that they might have come
in contact with the germs through
cuts on their hands while treating
the animal. I
According to Jim Kohutek, the
cow was the second to die on their
farm under similar circumstances.
The cow had been bitten by a pet
bulldog which disappeared shortly
after biting the cows and has not
been seen since. The bulldog was of
ians at the hospital said no vital j white color, and farmers of the
organs had been cut. ! Thomaston section are warned to be
Arnold was stabbed several times j011 l°°kout for the dog.
by Gerald Johnson, a convict, un-
der sentenced for robbery from
Waco. Monday night,
HUNTSVILLE. Tex.. Mar. 1. —
(INS.)—Although seriously wound-
ed, Sergeant Theodore Arnold, a
Verena Doehrmann, Meyersville;
Mrs. Herman Schlenstedt, West-
hoff; Mrs. R. J. Thamm, Amecke-
- Iville: Mrs. O. A. Zengerle, Meyers-
ino- „ MEXICO City. Mar. 1-—(INS.)— j Vine: Mrs. C. A. H. Sager, A.-M Rt..
g h a P jf' United States Ambassador Josephus j Cuer0: Frteda Krueger, Cuero, A.-M.
Daniels reported to the State De- ; Rt • Mrs. Henry Reese. Jr., Gou-
partment at Washington today that i ^los: Mrs. Alvin R. Metz, York-
President Lazaro Cardenas of j town; Mrs. R. L. Garrett. Rt, 4,
Mexico plans to create a govern- I cuero: Mrs. Hugo Zengerle. Meyers-
ment-owned petroleum company ; viue: Mrs. Herff Bell Smiley; Mrs.
for exploitation of Mexico’s Feder- j joe Koenig, Cuero Rt. 4; Mrs. E. H.
al oil reserves. Thieme, Arneckeville.
The British Monister, John Mur-
ray, sent a similar report to Down-
ing Street in London.
has
proved a real producer. Loca-
tion for a second well has been
staked out and operations are
to begin at an early date ac-
cording to reports. The York-
town section is likely to re-
ceive a spirited oil play, and
its safe to say that land which
could have been leased two!
months ago at 25 cents per'
D. McClanahan. Mrs. D. C. Fritz,
Banquet Tea; Mrs. E. B. Meynard,
Mrs. Erwin Binz, Mrs C. A H. Sa-
ger, Robin Hood Flour: Mrs. J. B.
Johnston. Miss Frieda Krueger. Ad-
miration Coffee; Miss Joyce Dahl-
man. Mrs. H. Richter, Mrs. O. A.
Zengerle. Miss Mary Gaston, Sister
Miriam, and Mrs. Charles Cook. K
C Baking Powder.
Con-
gressman. will not be a candidate
to succeed her husband.
That announcement was made
this afternoon by her brother. R. E
Nicholson.
The announcemen’ cleared the
way for numerous others to make
the race. All. except one candidate—
Lyndon B. Johnson—had withheld
[a formal announcement of thtir
{ candidacies untii the plans of Mrs
a^e j Buchanan were known.
The race was regarded as of un-
Former DeWitt Co.
Women Be Buried in
Hillside Wednesday
L ABOR SCORES
NEW VICTORY
Bartender Shot By
Unknown Parties;
FREE MOVIE TO
REPRESENTED
curred during the past week.
A twenty seven year old youth,
who denied he had hit the woman,
but who admitted that he and the
victim had been drinking freely oh
the night of the alleged incident-, was
held in the DeWitt county Jail.’
Names of both parties were with-
held. The woman was suffering from
a bruised face and a blacked eye.
Dick Hartman Is
Still Cuero Booster F
SAN ANTONIO. Mar. 2.—(INS.) ! * i j ^
-Leslie Bellah, 25 bartender of a A,am0 Lumber Company
“Hidden Treasures," a highly in-
teresting and instructive
Fkineral services will be held from
the Freund Funeral chapel at 3 :
o'clock Wednesday afternoon fori
swanky downtown bar, today was
in a critical condition in a local
hospital as the result of a mysteri-
ous shooting last night.
Bellah was picked up in a taxi-
cab at the tavern and rushed to m0v1e, will be the feature attraction
Boosts And Set-up ; the hospital. Police who are at- at a free moving picture show to be
of 40 Hour Week ! tempting to learn the details of the
Granted.
U1C OUVA/lilUg UllVii Uft
Bellah was admitted to the insti
.. ! tution.
big, __
By International News Service.
Collecting dividends . from
Mrs. Mary D. Zaspun. former De- j
I Witt county resident, who died i-1 j steel on one hand, severe setbacks ^ _ _ _ _ _
Houston Tuesday. ton the other, labor continued itsjU. S« NaV&l Budget
Father Jansen. St. Michael's pas- drive for recognition today as new !
tor. will officiate and interment will strikes broke out in many walks of j
be in Hillside cemetery. ii^e- | '
Voluntary wage boosts and set- j WASHINGTON. Mar. 2.—(INS)—
up of the 40-hour week in the steel j In the face of a warning from the
case, say they were not notified of
the shooting until five hours after evening under the auspices of the
Alamo Lumber company and the
Keystone Steel L Wire company.
The picture will give farmers
many useful facts in addition to
!sterling entertainment.
Reduced Materially A number of comedy shorts, in-
cluding a short made by the
Dick Hartman, former DeWitt I
i
| county boy who is now making a
i splendid record as County Agent of
Bandera County, writes to renew
for his Cuero Record.
“One really doesn’t appreciate the
home town paper until he is away
from all his old friends and that
it seems like a letter from home
each day.” Hartman writes.
“Sure am glad to see Cuero High
coming out with a baseball team
talking this spring. Hope they have aa
much success as we had with the
last team that played for Cuero
presented at the high school audi-1 High Schoo",. Although I’m way
torium at 8 o’clock Wednesday
to Present Show on
Wednesday Night.
Banks Closed For
Independence Day
f
BABY BOY
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Dittert
acre is hard to get now at two j the proud parents of a fine seven
or three dollars per acre. And pound baby boy. The Record joins iusual importance because it will b,
believe you me mister, oil play
puts money into the tills.
friends in extending congratula - ' *1,6 opportunity fora voter ex-
tions. Mr. Dittert is an employe of; pressiou on the President's supreme
the Anders Auto Supply Company. Jcourt plan.
Cuero banks were the only insti-
industry was the bombshell devel- navy's fighting chieftain that na-
; opment of the day. In addition.'tional security may be jeopardized.,
the huge Carnegie-IUinols Steel [the House appropriations committee ;Alam0 Lumber company has
Corporation has set machinery in ! today slashed budget estimates for j n°unced.
famous Hoosier Hot Shots, will be
included on the evenings program.
Attendance prizes will be award-
ed Terry Newman., manager of the
an-
GONZALES PLANS SCHOOL
The Gonzales Inquirer is going
motion for peaee negotiations with,the annual naval supply bill $35,281
tutiens in this city to observe Tex- labor by recognizing John L. Lewis I The bill, as reported to the House. !
as Independence Day Tuesday committee for industrial organiza- ; carried $526,428 to run the navy I
Independence Dav nrneram in i hr tions. ■ next year. This compared with the to hold its first Cooking School _
Meanwhile thousands of workers; budget request, which satisfied the ■ Thursday. Friday and Saturday. I Gonzales pubic sc oo s wid e*
were added to the nation's jobless, navy, of $562,424,709 and last veais; Miss Jessie Hogue will be the | many relatives and friends mfeg
up here m the hills, I’m still tor
the home town in anything they
start," Hartman concluded.
Mrs. Ludie Mahan,
Gonzales Teacher,
Is Buried Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Card were in
Gonzales Sunday to attend the fu-
neral of a cousin, Mrs. Ludie Mahan,
who died at a Gonzales hospital
Sunday morning at 1:45 o’clock.
Mrs. Mahan leaves two small
daughters, Madge 11 and Jo Ann, 4.
Mr Mahan died two years ago.
Mrs. Mahan was a teacher in the
schools were the only actual ‘evi-
dence of the celebration of the Tox-
ins holiday however.
!iM as strikes spread.
{figure of $528.102.i32.
, demonstrator.
‘Witt and Gonzales counties.
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