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A NEWSPAPER REFLECTS ITS COMMUNITY
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Mostly cloudy, probably
light rain in extreme east por-
tion. Colder northwest portion
Sunday.
VOL. 40.—NQ. 299
CUERO, TEXAS, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16. 1934
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The Legion’s plan to build a
community center on their re-
cently acquired property in
tiie southern portion of the
city is meeting with unusual
enthusiasm. Dinter Post ‘can
make a real contribution to
Cuero if time, the necessary'
expenditures, and perman-
ency of the project all come in
for careful consideration. It is
to be hoped that Legionaires
will see fit to erect a “real”
grandstand and one that can
be added to as the growth of
the plant demands such addi-
tions. Horse racing has great
possibilities. We understand a
racing trap will be included
In the project. Future Turkey
Trot’s can be staged at these
permanent grounds. In fact,
the idea has many possibilit-
ies. We wish the Legion good
luck and progress in their en-
deavor.
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Seven days left to
Don’t be one of those
minute shoppers who must be
content with the left-overs
and who has to do his shop-
ping in a rush. Shop now.
Cuero stores are filled with
lovely Christmas gifts.. Shop
now while there is a wide va-
riety to choose from. You can
be assured that at the rate
merchandise is going now
there is not going to be any
great assortment of gifts left
at the end of the present
Week. Do your Christmas
shopping now and avoid the
ruslT You'll save ypurself a
lot of worry afid trouble and
the stores will appreciate it—
clerks too, you know, hate
these last minute rushes.
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Be careful when hunting.
Newspapers daily are carrying
stories of hunting deaths. A
prominent San Marcos man
Was killed Friday. Hqnters are
paying the annual toll, and in
too many instances only care-
lessness can be blamed. Think
not only of your own safety,
but of the other man’s safety
as well. And don’t hunt along
the highway. Game wardens
In this section have been
given special instructions to
BANKHEAD ACT CARRIE
YOAKUM HIGH
LOSES TO FAST
TIGERELEVEN
Smithville Now Regional
Champs After Thrill-
ing 12 to 7 Victory.
ARE WELL MATCHED
Fumble Paves Way For
Second Smithville
Score.
Coach Harry Stitler’s fighting lit-
tle bunch of Smithville Tigers roll-
ed over a big blue Yoakum team
Friday night for a 12 to 7 victory
and a regional championship. A
Shop, j bewildered Bulldog • football ma-
last I chine could hardly realize this
honor had been whisked from them
the team that had bowled over all
opposition. -
Coming from behind in the third
quarter this' little bunch of Tigers
pushed over their second touch-
down of the- game to take a five
point lead that proved to be the
margin of victory.
The game was featured by the
great play of two fighting forward
walls, each of which made it very
tough on opposing ball carriers.
Time and ag^tiu these linesmen
broke through to throw the aliens*
for loss after loss. Both teams'
.had punts blocked, with Yoakum
getting the breaks in this depart-
ment.
For the Bulldogs, Bellville and
Kerlick shared the ball toting bur-
den, with the former probably the
most outstanding. Line plunges
by the big Bulldog quarter paved
the way for the Yoakum score
early in the game. A last vain
effort of the trailing Bulldogs saw
Tucker fling a pass to Kerlick,
who was hiding on the sidelines,
this stocky little' halfback carrying
the ball from his own 40 yd. line
to 8mithville’s 15 before being
downed. - The game ended' before
another play could be called.
Dutch O’Neill, Yoakum wing-
man, blocked a Smithville punt on
the Tiger nine yard line just be-
fore the first quarter ended. Ker-
lich failed to, gain at right end. On
a lateral pass around his own
left end, Kerlick went over for a
touchdown standing up. Bellville
converted from placement to givt
the Bulldogs a seven point lead.
In Grim Aftermath of Tragic Hotel Blaze
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itate Manager to Appear
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Monday Night.
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Extinguish!^ the disastrous blaze after hours of
fighting, firemen are pictured digging into the ruins
of the razed Hotel Kerns at Lansing, Mich., for the
bodies of victims of the tragedy. At left is Glenn
Burch holding all the remains of the hotel register,
which contained the record of the 200 guests in the
hotel; right, Cleo Evans, the bellboy hailed as a
hero by survivors.
Smithville’s initial score came
Stamp out this law violation! the first time they got the ball
and they are doing their best
to do so. Cooperate with them
by not hunting alorig the
highway or along lateral
roads and save yourself some
embarassqient, while at the
same time, you obey the ruling
of the. law.
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Turkey Trot publicity con-
tinues to pour in. The “Tur-
within scoring distance when they
took the ball on Yoakum’s 25, fol-
lowing a 15-yard penalty against
Doc O’Neill. A pass was short.
Baggett, Stellar Tigar quarterback,
made first down on Yoakum's 14.
McGarrahan for Ftord. Yoakum.
Kunkel made two at his owti left
guard. Carver picked up three at
right guard. Baggett rompe^l
around Yoakum's left end for a
touchdown. Try for point falied.
Score, Yoakum 7. Smithville 6.
. „ . The final score came in the third
key World, the official pub- j quarter when Smithville recovered
llcation of the turkey grow^0
RAMS FUND
GROWS SLOWLY
Less Than Seventy Dol-
lars Received For
Xmas Fund.
Including contributions Received
up until presk time Saturday, a
little le36 than seventy dollars has
been donated to' the “Cross
. Twenty-ninth Body
Taken From Ruins
LANSING. Mich.. Dec. 15.-^{IN$)—
While church bells tolled solemnly
and the entire city paused in five
minutes of silent prayer for its fifty
or more fire victims, a 29th body
.was recovered today from the huge
rubbish heap which was once the
Kerns hotel.
The charred bpdy was identified
by means of a blackened wrist watch
SONG SERVICE
DATES SET
Christmas Carols Will Be
Sung Under Lighted
Tree.
; Monday evening at the City
Auditorium R. W. Wilson, state
manager of the Old Age Revolving
Pensions, will explain to citizens
of Cuero and DeWitt county the
meaning of the Old Age Pension
and what it is trying to accom-
plish. The meeting is scheduled
to start promptly at 7:30 o'clock.
The plan was revised and pre-
sented by Dr. F. E. Townsend for
approval, according to Mr. Wilson,
and is referred to very often as the
Townsend Plan. . The plan, in
brief is to have the national gov-
ernment enact legislation to the
effect that all citizens of the Unit-
ed States, man or woman, over tht
age of 60 years, may retire .on a
pension of $200 per month on the
following conditions:
1. That they engage in no fur-
ther labor, business or profession
for gain.
2. That their past life is free
from habitual criminality.
3. That they take oath to, and
actually do spend within the
confines of the United States, the
entire amount of their pension
within thirty days after receiving
same.
It would also have the national
government create the revolving
fund by levying a general sales
tax: have the rate just high
enough to produce the amount
, necessary to keep the Old Age Re
EIGHTY-SEVEN OF TWO
HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN
COUNTIES ARE REPOR
'COLLEGE STATION, Dec. 15.—(IN&)
Reports from 86 out of 237 cotton growing
counties in Texas on whether the growers pre‘s
ferred continuance of the Bankhead Law show-
ed 102,287 favored continuance and only 15,-
758 were against. Of the counties heard from
the vote in 57 was reported complete. '
DeWitt county farmers voted overwhelmingly Friday
favor of continuance of the Bankhead Act in 1935.
from all boxes tabulated Saturday by Fred Willard, acting
county farm agent revealed that 1425 voted In favor of the
Act while only 307 were opposed. o Q
The Bankhead Act was voted on by farmers who sij
the 1934 and 1935 cotton acreage reduction contract and <
person who was eligible for exemption certificates
Cards mailed to those eligible by the county agent
presented at the polls in
Christmas Carols will again be - volving Pension'Fund adequate to
as that of Charles* O. Gunn of Bay! on The beautify latnwfttS1 pay the mouthly I*™005- Have
City. It wasi believed that approx-! home of M-s Ott Buchel cn Espla-;e aCt S° drawn that such sales
the imately 30 more bodies lie in the mdc Jreet'it wakEarned Satur-1 t3X C£m °nly ** ^ f0r this fund'
Ransus” fund and is less than half tangled ruins, left by flames which day tre;? will asam be li<Thted I Mr' Wllscn *lU go int0 detai1 of
iho amruinf aoirio hu rirrm-irvtofc swept the old four story hotel Tues- pinna imrp hpsn /■.'imnisfow j-vt- cho! plc*n at the Monday night
the amount set akide by promoters
as the quota.
This week's contributions have
swelled the fund tremendously but
less than two weeks remain for do-
nations.
The tree, held each year by the
Cuero Record. is expecting the j
largest crcwcPin the history cf it's j
existence. In 1934. over six hun-
day morning.
Today’s Yesterdays
DECEMBER 16.
By International News Service'
Plans have been completed by the: , -
Music Levers club to repeat this i meeang and Cuero citizens
Christmas cheer program each.- ur^ed to a*’tend- .
year. . j
All churches and schools are in-^j, AllCtrianS Killed
are
Party’’ was
vited to take part in this beautiful
and inspiring song service and all}'
people in the Cuero community areji
urged to be present.
Lost year a number of people
evidently thought it to be a concert
and remained in their narked au-
qf the),
In Border Dispute
1773—Boston "Tea
dred were received and given some j staged.
little Christmas remembrance. j 1912—Gov. G. W. Donaghey of
Denations received since the last : Arkansas, pardoned 360 convicts as' tomebiles. It is the wish
list was published in the paper in-j protest against the State convict-1 Music Lovers- club that this" noj. were trying to enter Austria at Erl, the^courage and
7ers-i a Yoakum fumble on the Bull-
national association, carries a d°£’s fourteen yard line. Kunkel
feature story of the Turkey
Trot this month, including a
^picture of the 1934 Turkey
Trot parade. Publicity is be-
ing reaped from news reels
now being shown in all seev
tions of the nation. Cuero
will reap Trot publicity for
months to come.
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picked up five at left tackle. Bag-
gett last one on a lateral at left
end. Kunkel made one at left
guard. Baggett went through his
own right tackle behind wonderful
Interference for a touchdown. Try
for extra point failed. Smithville
12. Yoakum 7.
Fighting to overcome the five-
point lead. Yoakum unleashed a
bewildering laerial attack in the
fourth quarter but Tiger backs
elude:
B. & P. W. Club .... .................
A Friend................................
A Friend
DeWitt Co. Fed Clubs
K. of P. Lodge .. ...............
Robbie Junker ....... ............
Dewey Vol Schorre............
Walter LeGalley . * ...
Ameckeville Luther League
Miss Emma Rath
Lindenau Community club 2.50
Glen Young Boxing gloves
B. L P. W. Club ......... toys ]
Charles Jr and Jeannine
Marquis...............toys. etc. |
Mrs. Sam Bonnet Package'
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1 leasing system. T j happen again, for it is planned tdjntsr Kufstein.
$ 2.50; 1914—German warships bombard-; be ?. community song service. ; The victims were Karl
1 -00 ; cd northern England.
100 j 1920—Ludwig C. a! K
5.00 ; unrecognized Soviet ambassador to
2.00 u. S. was ordered - expelled frqm U.
•5® S. Because he was a Red.
.50 1
Martens, has been decided upon as the date j The Nazi's allegedly opened fire
for the rervice. which will not Iasi j when denied permission to cross .
longer than thirty minutes, thus in+ ■ the border. After slaying the guards ropeatecl annually>
suring plenty of time between this ^ they were reported to have escaped
sei vice and various church services.; into Bavaria.
i Bavarian authorities promised'
i co-cperation in tracing the slayers. ■
j Fending results, Austrian officials
Sunday. Dec. 23rd. at- 6:30 p. m
1922—Gabriel Narutowicz. first
100 president of Poland, assassinated in
5.00 Warsaw.
1.00, ______
j VIENNA. Dec. 15.—»INS)—Two
Austrian border guards were shot
, and killed today by three unknown
Austrian Nazi Legionnaires who
PLANESIN
MASS FLIGHT
Tribute to Wright Broth-
ers To Be Observed on
Monday.
The thirty-first anniversary of
the first flight of a power-driven
airplane carrying a man will' be
observed throughout the nation on
Monday. December 17., This day
has been set aside as National
Aviation Day by Federal and pri-
vate agencies identified with, aero-
nautics as a tribute to tDr. Orville
Wright who, with his illustrious
brother, the late Wilbur Wright,
gave to mankind the art of flying
through the air.
Committees arranging for the
National Aviation Day Observance,
felt .there could be no greater tri-
bute to the Wright’ brothers than
for every available aircraft—army,
navy, coast guard, commercial and
civil—in the United States to take
the air at 10:30 o’clock Monday
morning,. which is precisely when
the efirst flight was made at Kitty
Hawk thirty-one years ago. So on
Monday, based on reports received
in Washington from every section
of the country, there will be
thousands of aircraft and airmen
in the flight, all of them typifying
resourcefulness
and Rudolf Glanzl.
_ j that dominated the Wright broth-
Troger ers jn ma^ing their great scientific
contribution to transportation. It
is hoped that this observance will'
A Warming Pad
Gets Too Warm
Son Kills Mother ’
With Barber Sheers,delayed diplomatic action.
proved to be well versed in pass
• The “Cross the ’Ransus” j defense. Every effort failed and
fund grows Slowly but stead- j the Smithville Tigers joyously ac-
cepted the Regional title. which
they justly deserved.
lly. We feel certain Cuero
citizens are going to send this
fund over the top. Local or-. Pythian Home Boys
Give Radio Broadcast
ganizations are especially co-
operating. Practically all of
•them have either mailed or, word w« received Saturday by
brought a check to the Rec- j the local chapter of the Knights of
Ord office. We Sincerely be- 1 Pvthian LodRe ‘hat a program foa-
H-ve riniiopc , .. Uuring the Pythian Home Manda-
heve dollars spent at the;Iin Orchestra., thr Harmonica Sex-
Cross the Ransus Party” are’tet and the hui Billy Band, all of
dollars well spent. This is one 1 which are from the Pythian Home
oeraslnn where -r,nne« ** offe-rfd the radio audience
occasion where money can of the world at 12;45 Sundav after_
buy happiness. Visit the party noon.
on Christmas morning and be Brosdcf-t will be made from the
convinced/ i Sa*y WaU'r Hotel in Mineral
j Wells.
Chinaman Gets
Full Pardon
From Governor
AUSTIN. Dec. 15.—(INS)—Chong 1
Gee of Comal county got a condi- I
tional pardon the other day. He was i
so grateful he now wants to become I
a lull fledged citizen of the United 1
States.
Chons Gee bought some articles !
from a Mexican, who'got them from !
two boys who had stolen them, and i
Chons Gee was convicted a few !
weeks ago of receiving and conceal- j
ing stolen property.
Terming him a “poor ignorant '
Chinaman” who probably ’ didn't
know he was buying stolen proper-
ty. the governor gave him a condi-
tional pardon. Today the governor
made that conditional pardon a full
nerd on with restoration of citfzen-
-hip. "He has signified his earnest
desire to become ;>n honorable ciM-
of the United States,” the clem-
■ncy proclamation said
r 1
Mrs, Harold Hatfield put a
warming pad in bed to keep her
feet warm.
It got too warm and she
found it had. short circuited and
burned through. Bed clothing
and mattress were also iunitod
but the fire was smothered out
before much damage was done.
NEW YORK. Dec. 15.—INS)—Mrs
Elizabeth Caruso. 57. cooked breakr
j fast this meming for her sop.
Martin. 32.
Martin didn't like 'ire breakfas
! His displeasure mounted to
berserk rage.
Husband Who Left
Lor Turkey Trot
Is Still Gone
Report On Clash
Sent by Minister
GENEVA. Dec. 15.—(INS)—The
M question of Premier Benito Musso-
j Uni's prestig^ - in Abyssinia today
1 was expected to increase the Italo-
V.’ith hig barber’s sheajf. Marti 1 Abyssinian tension. which has
tabbed his mother to death anp ! been brought formally to the at-
- : tention of the League of Nations.
wiped out his own life; police re
1 ported.
WIN A CASH PRIZE
A cash prize of $2.00 is being offered in
today’s column “thru the shops with polly”
which is a regular Sunday feature of the
Cuero Record. Here is an easy way to earn
a couple of extra dollars for your Christmas
shopping.- Full particulars will be found
on the Woman's Page of today s Record in
“thru the shops with polly.”-
Mrs. Shelly Tarkington Jr., won the
prize offered last week by the column. Hon-
arabie mention went to Mrs. Tom Cheatham.
j Secretary-General Avenol was
j circulating to League members •
j copies of a telegram f^om the Abs- i
I smian4 feteign minister received j
j late, last night giving the Abyssinian J
J icrsion of the recent troops clash at [
j Ua'inal, in Italian Somaliland,!
jvhich resulted, in 140 deaths.
An Arkansas woman was a
Cuero visitor Saturday * looking
for her sisters husband, who
came to the Turkey Trot and
failed to return home.
The woman, whose name is
withheld, said the man took his
wife’s ear and some money,ear-
ly in November, leaving a note
saying’ he was driving to Cuero
to see the Turkey Trot She has
not seen him or heard of him
since.
The woman said her sister
was 64 years old.
to vote.
DeWitt,
like &11
counties where the
open on this count is
phatically in lavor of
tinuance of the
Act. The closest vote
county was polled at
ville, where 37 favored a
a nee and 28 opposed it.
ton vote was 39 for and
Meetings for the
plaining more definitely
cures of the Act were
heim, Gruenau Hall,
Westhoff, Hochheim Prairie,
ton, Yorktown, Concrete,
and Cuero a few weeks ago.
Vote by the boxes is as
For
Gruenau 114
Cuero 341
Nordheim . 173
Ameckeville 51
Meyers ville 37
Yoakum 110
Lindenau 66
Stratton 39
Hochheim Prairie 186
Garfield 53
Westhoff 104
Yorktown 252
Total
1425
Tent Theatre
Here This Week
Italy to Make
Move In Protest
ROME Dec. 15.—*.INS)—Italy will
make a* tiefiniie move’’ in reply to
| the Abssmian protest to the League :
The J. Doug. Morgan Tent The-
atre will open a week's ■ engage-*
meat in Cuero Monday night, ac-
cording to announcement made
here Saturday.
The show features Neale Helwy.
i of Nations as a result of the recent j Illot;*on picture, radio and vaude - my heart, __ _ jja
!clash between Italy and Abyssinian! vhle star and his own company of been wonderful to me and I’ll
MAY MAKE
ACT PERMANENT
WASHINGTON, Dec.
Permanent legislation for:
of cotton production w
today by Senator
Alabama .following the
in the south in. which the
Act won the favor of
With’ the present
expiring after the
year. Senator Bankhead
introduce a Mil
years.
“The idea from the beginning
been a permanent program to
cotton growing on the
as industry.” said Bankhead.^ _ / ;
He plank to consult
bers of congress from
states and representatives
organizations before drafting «
He expressed the belief that
changes would be necessary.
Consideration will be given to
foi cement of the act by
shipments rather than a
tax, he said. jfl—
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Judson Doke Found
Not Guilty by
WOODLAND. Calif., Dee.
(INS)—Judson C. Doke today
found not guilty in the “White
iscus" slaying of Lamar
head. University of California
dent poet.
Several women burst into
and Doke was close to tears. *?
God,” he sighed, sinking into
chair. * ' .
“I thank you from the bottom
Doke said. “You
j t: oops in Somaliland, it was an-
! ti tneed today.
j Official quarters declined to state
what form the action will take
I pending further study of the Abs-
Lanai. protest.
artists. It was largely attended at forget it.
Yoakum during the past .week. Some of the women
The tent will be pitched on East threw their ards around the
Main Street, opposite the fire sta- year old defendant who shot
tion. according to the announce- wifes lover down in a
meat. cabin near Woodland- last July 26.
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