The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 126, Ed. 1 Monday, May 28, 1934 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. 40.—NO. 126
The orphaned Turkey Trot-
ters are going to carry on and
we are certain Cuero fans are
going to rally to their sup-
port. Dinter Post „ American
Legion tossed in the sponge
Saturday afternoon, but mem-
*,r J»ers of the ball club and en-
thusiastic Cuero baseball
fans were ne t content to put
Cuero in sue 1 a light, and for
that reason f no other, the i
^rotters are to finish the sea-
*an. And incidentally, it looks
as if Cuero ^ill have a much
r^ttter ball club next Sunday
Ifetoen the Trotters meet the
igague leading Firemen of
i
JEflk I TROTTERS SLAP
6T02DEFEAT
ON W00DSB0R0
“Lefty” Woods in Great
Form as Cuero Wins ;
Sunday
DIETZE HITS ’EM
National .Guard Takes Command In Toledo Strike Area
Btfugio. “Skee” Kozelski and
deie Arnold will don the
Trotter uniform this week,
and we are informed the
Trotters have several other
irons In the fire. Cuero would
like to boast a winning ball
club, and with a few breaks
we believe the Trotters will
fiftake a real bid for second
pennan i honors. We are
; ghul to see That the Trotters
r *ean take it” and hope that
Ctoero basebf.ll fans will turn
100 per lent strong for
the next„ hot le game in ap-
preciation ftr the spirit evi-
denced ijy tie ball players
d baseball enthusiasts who
have taken i p the flag and
complete the season.
* * *
Members of the Senior class
heard a splendid sermon Sun-
i. Rev. Lancaster’s sermon
Character was a strong
appeal to the finer qualities
of the boys tnd girls. His re-
marks should not be soon for-
* gotten. Life begins to take on
a serious outlook upon grad-
uation and the sooner a boy
tr girl realizes that fact the
he or she will start
climbing the ladder. A man.
must have character to makej*
a-success in life. A man must
have character to win the re-
llow man. Char*
celess and a
bute. Rev. Lan-
these points
baccalaureate
splendid one.
profit by
eart.
MX * *
Several (hundred
distributed here Saturday
spect of his
acter is a
necessary at
caster stres
Sunday,
sermon was
1934 Seniors j will
taking it to
Trotter Outfielder Gets
Four For Five;
Trotters Get 13
With “Lefty” Woods tossing four
hit baseball while his team-mates
were collecting thirteen bingles.
the orphaned Cuero Turkey Trot-
ters Sunday afternoon inaugurat-
ed .their “new deal” with a 7 to 2
win over the Woodsboro Athletics'
The game was played in Woods-
boro.
The game was the first for the
Trotters under new management,;
Fugitive Convict
Sought as Witness
in Highway Slaying
FORT WORTH, Itjlay 28 —(INS)—
Henry Methin. fugitive convict was
.sought today as a defense witness
| in the habeas corpus hearing for
| Mrs. Billlie Mace, charged with the
murder of two highway patrolmen
• [near Grapevine several weeks ago.
I Mrs. Mace is a sifter of Bonnie
! Parker, who with Clyde Barrow,
twas shot to death by officers near
Arcadia. La., Wednesday.
The habeas Corpiis hearing for
j Mrt;. Mace will be resumed Thurs-
! day. ■
Methin is reputed to have been a
former companion qf Bonnie and
Clyde. A subpoena fbr him to ap- J
pear as a witness inj behalf of Mrs. j
iMace has been issued here. |
DEATH CLAIMS
DR. BLACKWEL
EARLY MONDA
$15,000 FIRE
AT VICTORIA
urday after the American LegioiJ BristlinS bayonets and posting the plant of the Electric Auto- damage of $150,000 done to the of the shattered windows of the
had decided to disband the team' machine Buns, 700 militiamen un- Lite Company in Toledo to pre- plant. These photos show scenes factory, damaged by the strikers;:
and withdraw from the league j der t*lc command General L. vent further outbreaks of strik- in the district after the national right, guardsmen setting up a ma-
Woods was in great form and! S ConneU> - have established a re- ing workers during which scores guardsmen took control of the chine gun on a street outside the j
after a shaky start settled down ‘ stricted area °* slx blocks around of persons have been injured and area—left, plant guards in front facory. -
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Gin and Two Warehouses
Destroyed in Early
Bl;
to steady baseball to limit the;
Athletics to two hits after the first J
frame. He fanned nine men.
Meanwhile the Trotters were j
working on Crutchfield. .Woods- i
boro hurler, for results.
Trailing by two runs in the third!
after an error and two base hits'
had netted the Athletics the initial
scores of the game in the first in-
ning. the Trotters went to work in
the third.
“Snooks” Newman, with one man
away, cracked a triple. Fischer j
was safe when Crutchfield took his i
bounder and attempted to catch j
Newman at third. Dave Woods i
went out at first, Newman scoring
and Fischer going to third. Fischer
crossed the plate when Wagner
beat out an Infield hit. Dietzei
followed with a liner down the ;
third base line, and Grunder sent i
Wagner across the plate with aj
double to left. Mayne walked,
filling the bases, and Woods ended!
the frame when he popped out to
first.
The Trotters pushed over anoth-
er tally in the fifth when Dietze
tripled and scored on a passed!
ball. It was his third hit of thfe;
game.
The ninth produecd additional!
wo runs. With one away. Dave
Woods doubled. He scored when.
“Bully” Wagner lashed a triple to |
right. Dietze was safe when)
Crutchfield muffed his grounder., j
Wagner holding third. Grunder
advanced Dietze with an infield hitj
Wagner again holding third. Wag -;
ner came home when Scott drop-!
As Police Battled Rioting Strikers At Toledo
EDGAR WITT IS
VISITOR HERE
Morning Blaze.
VICTORIA. May | 28.—(INSi> —
! —A gin. two wgr£
! property was destn
j today by a disastrous fire.
! The Farmers and Merchants gin,
[ warehouse and platform along the
Southern Pacific tracks were de-
stroyed.
A platform belonging to the
South Texas Cotton Oil Co., own-
Aged Hochheim Physri
Dies In Local
Hospital
VICES TUESDA
rment To Be *
ochheim Cemetery
uesday Afternoon
Services for Dr. Finley D.
well. 59 year old DeWitt
physi cian who died in a local ho<
pital in the early hours of Monda
Morring. are to be held from t*
Tamil y residence in Hochheim
3:30 Tuesday afternoon,
to be in the Hochheim cemetery.
*Dr. W. A. McLeod,
minuter of this city will
and :he arrangements will be UX
der lirection of Mr.
funeial director of Yoakum.
Deitth claimed the aged
ian ffter a 'short illness,
poisoning was the cause of
an infection setting in after
Attorney General Is Now
Candidate For | bales of cotton and 18 bales
Governor
estimated at
I linters was destroye
! The entire loss wi
: around $15,000.
j Three hoboes were seen to rim
from the gin shortly before the-
blaze and they were believed by
officers to have caused the fire-.
KYLE DAMAGED
BY BLAZE
KYLE. Tex.. May
believed to have 'started from *
faulty incubator here this morning
destroyed • a block of the business
section of Kyle and claimed the
life of a negro caretaker of the
building in which the blaze was be- j
lieved to have originated.
Damage was estimated at $20,000. |
SCS here early' Blacltu'e11 had iniured
some time ago.
Fir ley D. Blackwell was
Hochheim and grew to young
hood In that community. He
tended Tulane University,
ing f “om Tulane and
Hochtieim to practice mi
had . pent his entire life
community and was known
this section of the state. f
Gifted with an understanding
hums n nature and with skill to
for suffering humanity, Dr.
well had served his fellow
and ■ rell, and there are
who prill mourn his passing.
He leaves his wife. Mi*.
Blackwell, one daughter, Mrs.
Davis of Beaumont, two
Claude and Finley of
itwo jesters, Mrs. Dudley
28 —{IKS)—Sire’ cuert» and Mrs. Otto *
San Antonio, and two
dren. to mourn hft
OOVERTON. May 28.—<IHS)—1One
person was killed, ten were injured. |
and $150,000 damage waS done near! T i i f
here today by an explosion and Interesting Program
spectacular fire at tlje Oil Refiners! Be Heard at
Inc., plant. School
8. A. Adams. 24. former student j
j at Abilene Christian College, was 193A seniors wm hold
- killed instantly by tlje blast. (right exercises this evening
Lieutenant Governor Edgar Witt,!
ped Gallia's throw to second in an; .
attempt to catch Dietze. Mayne* wlth bricks fl-vin& through the qir company plant in Toledo, leaving As a result of this violent demon- candidate for Governor of the State;
was out when he stepped acrosfc; as the battle raged, police and scores with injuries. A few sec- stration, 700 militiamen were dis-
the plate attempting to bunt and! deputy sheriffs greatly ! outnum- onds after this graphic*,photo was patched to the city to
t> wnndc ended the frame n-ound- bered. are snapped battling taken, two of the policemen shown further disorders at the
B. Woods ended the frame ground .
ing out pitcher to first. , . , [strikers at the Electric
Dietze led the Trotter attack;----------—?.-
battling
Auto-Ljtg were injured by the flying bricks, torn plant.
*“•» rtre sinKi“rw^r.nan! GONZALES MAN
among relief workers was not
long in
presence
Grunder each cracked a pair of i
hits, Grunder and Koenig collect^!
ing doubles and Wagner a triple. ;
known in Cuero stores. And in
most instances, merchants
tell us, the noney was spent
lor staple merchandise. The
relief workeis apparently are
not the only individuals who
gram. Let us hope that upon
the completion of projects
now underway Cuero author-
additional i relief projects for
the city of duero.
id i£ i\ ig
Had occasion to drive out
on the Yoakum highway Sun-
day evening and counted six-
teen cows grazing along the
road betwee i this city and
THE BOX SCORE
1
FATALLY SHOT
Brown Family Has
Reunion Sunday
All children were present at a
! family reunion at the A E. Brown
Cuero
ab
r
h
Koenig, 2b
$
0
2
F. Newman, ss
5
1
1
Fischer, lb
5
1
1
D. Woods, c
5
1
1
Wagner. 3b
5
2
2
Dietze
5
1
4
Grunder. If
5
0
2
Mayne, cf ....
4
0
C
B. Woods, p
4
0
0
^Mayne out when he
plate on attempted bunt.
Totals
43
6
13
Woodsboro
ab
r
h
C Scott. 2b
3
1
1
Gallia, c
4
1
1
K. Scott, ss
4
0
0
Modesett, cf
4
0
0
Koch, lb
4
0
1
Ferguson, rf
3
0
0
Hauck. If
3
0
0
[ Piehl, 3b 4
3
0
0
i Crutchfield
i
3
0
1
o! Officer Claims
2} Shooting Was
Accidental 4
11
home at Clinton Sunday
and Mrs. Brown as hosts.
with Mr.
PROBE DEATH
PRISON GUARD
of Texas, was in Cuero Saturday in t
prevent i company with former representa-|
strike-j tive Sam C. Lackey and District At- ,
jtciney Howard Green, greeting vot- j
--* * ers of this city in interest of his
candidacy.
Witt was enroute to
where he was to attend an Ameri- !
jean Legion Memorial Service Sun-
day. He was also 'scheduled to speak
at Schulenburg Monday afternoon
and I aGrange Monday night
RETURNSFROM
CONVENTION
[high school auditorium
1 comn$encement season
drawn to a final close
Arnold Back
Moulton j Successful
From
C. of
Meeting.
o:
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Brown and son j
of Schulenburg. Mr. and Mrs Eu- j
That! Those present were Mr. and Mrs. j Grand Jury Investigation return t0 Cuero f°r a more lengthy
N A Brown and children of Cuero. | I§ Ordered ^ °* C3m'
Monday. Highlights of his platform are:
- cutting ad valorem tax in half; noj
HUNTSVILLE. May 28—'INS.» rew taxes of any kind: reducing.
Joy Arnold has lust _
________ _________ |...... ifrom Marlin where jhe attended »|an£L1^d''i£* ^‘eSay
wm ™ that he .ntenaea «o !£*
executives. The meet
ranged for the insL.^.*™ w “*-jThe Crisis in Modem
secretaries and the advancement of! ,
chamber of commerce work and is
GONZALES, Mav 28 -HlNS)—Fa- ! gene Br°wn and son of Mercedes
J Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Brown and
an an
ter c
iri<Jal
affair.
~ 2 h *taJly wounded bv a shot 1,om a &s- 1 daughter ^Clint^^erfBrown of ! -The-grand jury today was to be- automobile license fees:' appropriat- | °ne hundrtd a"dJarim^fordthi I Vale^Ct°r>'_Jane Shebpard
o l Cito1 in tne handR 01 his life'long ■ Cil Mr Til P and ! a” investigation into the death, i.ng $5,000,000 for relief activities1 gste* reglstered a fof ^ Roaevelt. The Man of th*
° 1 °!------ ----- —^ n-bciQuero, Mr. and Mis. Lias Steen and ------- „ prison guard, and refusal of pardon to criminals, j meetmg representing almost -------- -
prison break! -----!^any Clties
Cuero Masons Will
j friend. Henry Schmidt. 30.( was!
of Manor Growson.
crossed1 . . . arvH tho innH iurv children of Cheajiside and Mr. and * , 1
• dead here tod^% and the giand jury, _ .who was slain in the prison
| was probing the shooting. which iMrs- J F Elder pf Cheapside
occurred at a dance at Dijworth^ ---r1------
27 7 21late Saturday night. *
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0
2
2
15
0
3
4
0
a
3
0
2
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jj Adolph Wenske 40, dliuty. coi!-! Dpi IpC WAD|[
' _ j stable, was attempting to quell'a lkljliRljll TV villa
j at Eastman prison farm in which
! Raymond Hamilton and four
other convicts escaped.
almost
of Texas.
Tills was a decided Increase over »,
; last year.
FOR TO
evenihg at which time
ment Exercises proper are
Iheld in the Senior high
lium.
| A most interesting
[planned for this evening. _
Most jpoem class will and othef
features of class night to be
Suj erintendent Melton
a cordial invitation to Cu
. |patrons to attend the ex<
returned! ^ following program
, Invotktion—Dr. W. A.
* was . ! Vocal Solo—Margaret Helen
tion of the1
Heifbert 8ager
Chor is—Senior Class
‘ The Little Green Valley"
j j disturbance at the dance He had
In his car Edmond Leek.j 18. whom'
tan
several persons* were attempting to j
free. Wenske struck outj with his i
pistol, it went off and the shot [
U V , 0 , j , . i — | .viaruuA anw mxrii rui avsci V./OnUlU*! Ce • prUOM’IOA
3 1 stnick Schmidt^ V-’1° was standing \ew Appropriation Must sond him to tht‘ electric chair The I sons are invited to attend and and solutions offered
seveial feet awa\ Wenikt* claims %*_ j_ n.c______ J dapper Hamilton is now Texas'i hnn* their families
5 1
was a cow fc i
I Totals
31 2
4 26 14 5
R H E
003 010 002—6
goodly portion of the highway ! woodsboro 200 000 000—2
Summary—Two base hits, Koe-
r every mile. One jgcORE By INNINGS
herd of five cows occupied a j cuero
and only af er ungentle per-1 . ^ ^ ^ _
~ j mg. D .Woods. Grunder. K. Scott-;
move Off | three-base hits. F. Newman. Wag-
Wen|kc
the shot was'accidental
Strike Breaks
Be Made Before
Wprk Continues
| All relief project's in the city
, were temijorarilv halted Monday
Out In Springfield; .......... ..... —
(Addnss—Senator B. F
Prese itation of Dipl
C Dcbbs
Awariing Honors—Supt. S. M.
Celebrate Founding e „ w. K„
program committee, including some I T ^
of the moist prominent civic lead- j _ , \1/L
*’rs of the southwest two National] 1 WO ivllleCl WnCTl
lco. I 1« oa “
Chamber of; -
were discussed, i HOUSTON. May 28.
by experienced j frient If were dead here today,
the “Daily • from a blow, the other a std
founded , council Chamber" which was con- i after a quarrel.
Miller, head of | Jol n Hughes. 71, was struck
Dallas. I the lead with an iron bar
Amona ‘the state-wide activities [Grover MCCaine. 45. and
McCaine struck
the latter attempted to
Hamilton, who was captured near j I 1 I J
Howe in Grayson couhty several Wi LOCSl LOugC
TVT1V wyi> ! weeks a“°- and Jot‘ Pabner still at; Cuero Masons are to observe the Ul lllc ......v....*. ,
■ V ULI II IllJ'iaiee. are charged with the slaying. Sixtieth Anniversary of the found- : chamber of Commtrce executives!
Il3 1ILL1/ UI j In event Hamilton, who was re-jiinp of the Cuero lodge on une 7th. ;anri a Con.sul of Me>
turned here last week, is indicted.;a barbecue supper to be held for Various phases of
ihe state will make its third bid to 1 Masons and their families. All Ma- Commerce 1 problems
now Texas';; bring their families,
as the result The Cuero lodge
and capable men. in
was
dapper Hamilton is
public enemy No 1
ol Clyde Barrow s death at the| shortly after the city was built. 'ducted by Mr. Roger
hands of officers in Louisiana las* The first lodge in thus immediate [the National office at
Wednesday. _ section was founded in Clinton and
Hamilton was uiven 99 years at? when Clinton was abandoned the! commended and endorsed by the j jured
of the| lodge was mover, to Yorktown As organization were: tfie Texas Cen- | when
suasion decided to
The $5000 allotted DeWitt county
m , . . 1 SPRINGFIELD. Ill . May 28 — for relief work lias been exhausted
•he payeme it. Motorists are | ner. Dietze: earned runs. Cuero 2.| (WS^The sheriff ol Ts«xe4rell eouhtv ,md projects 'will be ' rL-com mued
patient, w; believe, but | Woodsboro 0; left on bases. Cuerojtoday wired tile Office of den Henry until a new appropriation is made
enough is enough-and we’re ! ba P*SSe*-bflUS? -Ga!* ;Horner htTe -king jhatjtroops b, according to the annoum.ment
thinking some thing should
be done at once. And County
Judge Grav< s informs us
something is to be done.
pitch. Crutchfield: j sent to Pekin id quill a Uir<>teiied\ heu-
Howe bank—added on to the 2631 far as Masons are able to ascertain j tennial in 1936. the jirograni andjtervei
years ii. has already received in'the lodge was founded bv James N :complet'on and beai|tification oflS^ti
Texas liom-s. His trial as Dallas! Smith, a surveyor from Tennessee; primary hi^hbrafk. tlje conservation ' wife,
lor :ne ( i .u.d Prairie Bank rob- who surveyed DcWht coun'v He, of soils and natural resources, fos- with
berv- r. .suited m a hung jury was kr.qwu to 'he carlv residents as tering and encouraging the tourist [ room
Smith came fo this trade in Texas, and ( continued co-
'Uncle llimimi
Bases on balls, off Woods 1; off [uprising at the plant of lie Amen-
Crutchfield 1; stnick out 1; 'struck |can Cranmertiaf Aleiioho
out by Woods 9; stolen base.[tion
Fischer Umpires. Osterloh. plate.
j J. W. Flouhnoy, Austin photo-
Robert Kleinbcke of Victoria spent jerapher and real estate dealer was
Sunday in Cujro with relatives. j a business visitor in Cuero Monday
cm
Aovicos from P*
the trouble at Hie .ta ohol
due 10 efforts 1 >t iiiiion li aders vihd
a number ol einployt's t > organize
the plant.
•ii but it is certain that the tip- ; j
,ud that propriation will be tortheotmng in DALLAS Ma
)laht was sh’.n in(iei , Radi<>rd. 5*2 v.a
A total ot $1483 or tl., initial $"'000 HkI„\
1 n-: when tne new appropriation
Cotpora- W1jj. \}v available twas not annminc-
Man Charged With
Death of Wife
in a quarrel which ha
>etween McCaine and
McCaine also Struck kb
the bar. She ran froki
screaming. Hughes had
ed u;i a butcher knife. Mr*.
>eijion in the year 1840 and found- operation in working for the test in- |Caine told police. Thinking he
The thieri
lodge was of course ; Ru'ssell S. Rhodes bf the
founth d a number of years later riiamter of Commeijce was elected I c'own
her the county seat was moved , President, and Georrte Barber of Rhroa
killed both his wife and hi*
Tvler [ 1 elice said. McCaine then
in a chair and slashed
with a razor blade. He
■ Jotinrnt was spnnt <m relit 1 pro-j 11
eets in this city.
28 INS> J F ,• hi t tlie county seat was moved 1 President, and Georde
tret on bond ot nom Clintion to Cuero Mineral Wells. w«s selected as sec-j^ead a ^ew niinutes.
0,1 - charge oi entertainment on June 7th . vetarv tor the coming year. Browns- Hufhes made his home with
>niii" ’ ;im v h : hr uu«l j'wttt ee’^binte the founding of the , ville was selected foj the uni I Mi
1 meeting
shooting ot in." witr early Sunday, jcueio lodge
:nes. with whom he had
ifnenct for yearfc
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Howerton, J. C. The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 126, Ed. 1 Monday, May 28, 1934, newspaper, May 28, 1934; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth999778/m1/1/: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Cuero Public Library.