The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 98, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 25, 1933 Page: 1 of 4
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TELEPHONE NO. 1
East Texas—Mostly el
scattered showers toi
and Wednesday.
A NEWSPAPER REFLECTS ITS COMMUNITY
CUERO, TEXAS, TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1933
FOUR PA<
ce the week of May 1st
rbeen designated as
teUp week it behooves
citizen to join in the
mei it—which lias for its
$e the bettering of pub-
salt^ conditions and the
al { appearance of the
There is nothing that
more the attention
ttois than a well kept
kl;t clean business
ot. It reflects civic pride
k desire on the part of
METHODIST MISSION IS BOMBED Assistant Texas Aggj
JAP PLANES ! Scenes Of Wild Trading As firains Advnnrp EPfKUMAkT LlHfi C03Ctl TO H63(i I
J. G. “Klepto” Holmes, fordaer Texas Aggie
c.nd for the past four years assistant line com
& M. College, will guide the destiny of the Its
Gobbler football team.
Formal announcement of Holmes acceptam
titrn as Coach of the Cuero team was made Tail
by local school officials, after ruzootl
Report By S. M. Melton
Shows Freshmen Making
High Grades.
Attractive to its resi-
d to visitors as well,
homes andlattract-
are a proof of the
it home owners feel
:tty; and often these
8 lost sight of in
jremises, onsightly
>ts and weed-grown
ly 6.4 Per Chit Failing
Grades by AH Cuero
Students.
Cuero freshmen in colleges and
universities of the South this year
have established a 'splendid record
to date a oheck by S. M. Melton,
superintendent of Cuero schools re-
veals, showing that students have
successfully parsed 93.4 per cent of
their studies this year and that
more than 50 per cent of the grades
Wan Methodist Mfesion at
•|Ua today as Japanese and
m forces in North China en-
t in bitter hostilities,
a of the Mission or its inmates
made by Cuero students were of a
B average or better. .
“A compilation of the scholastic
records of the graduated of Cuero
high school who entered colleges
%and universities this session has
Just been completed and it is with
a gxeat deal oL satisfaction and
pride that we again find an udusa-
ftUy high scholastic standing of
Cuero students. These,records are
N* tpe freshmen elasa dnly for it
is the reeerdb of tiSese students that
our rating in the Southern Associa-
tion is made. The records of the
upper claawnm, naturally, should
be even India," Melton declared.
“We have comparative records
with all the individual student's
grades for the past three yeaib.
Prior to this time, the percentages
The famous Chicago wheat pit as the camera saw it daring the height of wild trading Thursday as
prices of grain hue. It is a long time since a scene like this has been witnessed on the grain mart.
- | •*; International Illustrated New photo.
! Young Girl Is
Brutally Attack
m 1 By Negro
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., April
25.—(MS)—Assaulted and brutally
beaten by a negro while walking to
school today, Phoebe Finney, 14
year old daughter of a city fire-
man. was taken to a hosptal in a
critical condition. pleading for
physicians to let her die.
A posse quickly formed and sur-
rounded a" swamp Into which the
aAallant fled after the attack.
The child was overpowered cm an
outlying highway near her home
and dragged into the roadside bush-
es. When she resisted, the negro
clubbed her over the head.
PARIg, April 25.—(WS)—France
will cling steadfastly to the gold
standard despite its abandonment
by the Tmtted fltptes -and regardless
of any aceordf reached in Wash-
ington, the French council of min-
isters decided in a two and half
hour meeting today. "
The oouncfl discussed the situa-
tion caused by the American de-
fection from the gold basis at great
length, and In the fight of dis-
patches recetretLfrom former Prem-
ier Edouard Harriott, who discuss-
ed the deferred French debt to
America with President Roosevelt
in Washington last night.
No further developments were re-
ported Tuesday In the investigation
of the attempted robbery at the
Frit* Wagner home on Valley street
Sunday night by a masked burglar
woh escaped in the darkness
Officers were 'still working on the
case but had only slender dues.
Thef intruder, who entered the
house from a second story porch,
was described as being dressed en-
tirely in white, with a white mask
over his face. He was barefooted ac-
cording to Mrs. Wagner, and trucks
in the dust cm the seldom used up-
stairs porch substantiated this
statement.
Meanwhile several petty
Investigation of
Brewey Lobby is
Asked Tuesday
AUSTIN. April 25.-HiW)—a
charge of "job selling" by “ao-call-
•d friends of the administration
was made in the Texak senate today
by Senator Grady Woodruff in his
speech asking an investigation of
the <*1 lobby.
There was no apparent connec-
tion between the two subjects.
"There has grown up in Texas a
form Of racketeering that would
make the Capone Association in
Cldeago look like gentlemen he
Said. “I have done what I could to
btamp out this thing, Mil partly
through my efforts one man has
bean indicted and others will be
brought before the grand juries In
this state soon.
“I refer to those supposed to be
clone to the administration who are
going about over this fctate trying
to sell influence to those who have
families to feed".
"I know that they have told peo-
ple in this state that for $100. or
$200 or $500 that an individual can
secure employment."
He said that he had affidavits to
prove his statements.
"Men are going around with
blank subscription receipts books to
the Ferguson Forum selling a years
subscription at $100, $200, or $500.
“I have been called,” he said, “in
the dead of night by anonymous
voices and told that if I didn’t lay
off dire consequences would be suf-
fered by me personally that has not
been serious consequence to me, but
there are those who would try to
slander this little woman who as-
sists me here in the legislature.
“I am concerned when men in
the dead of night anonymous men if
you please—call this girl and
threaten her unless she prevails on
me to quit this fight.”
Seventy-four Die
In Athens Quake
thefts
were reported including the theft of
gasoline from the car of Fred
Henneke.
AUSTIN. April 25—<!HSf—Inves-
tigation of the brewery lobby was
asked today erf the senate.
Petitions were received from the
allied forces for prohibition and
from the Fort Worth Ministerial
Alliance. They were referred to the
senate civil 'Jurisprudence commit-
tee.
ATHENS April 25. — (INS.)' —
Seventy-four persons were killed
and 400 injured in the earthquake
which shook the Dodecanese Is-
lands Sunday according to latest
information received here today.
Mrs. Tom Gullett, of Aui
spent Sunday with her sister ]
W. F. Harris, coming to Cuero
Decoration E>ay.
MacDonald Arrives
Total No. Grades
Minus 7 failures ..
Petty tfifcjpifery seems to be
m the lofdMpe In Cuero. Nu-
etty are reporting almost
Rightly t)ie theft of gasoline.
An intruder was routed from
a OMto home Sunday even-
ing. VlW thieves have come
to a; point where they will
take almost anything lying
loose. It neans Cuero officers
are going to be required to
stay on 1 he job at all times,
and we b slieve citizens can be
assured cur officers will be
on the jcb. In city Night
Marshal Moser, Cuero has a
fearless officer—a conscien-
tious officer. In Day Marshal
Adams w<; have a man who is
anxious o do his duty and
Who can be depended upon.
Vigilance must be tightened
however, for a wave of petty
thievery s sweeping the en-
pljH; jom intryatde. Suspicous
Jgaracter $. should be jailed
iright-or ordered out
didn't want to
Co.” He answered “You’re a -
liar.”
Who hit the first blow,” Roeer
was asked.
• Well. I won’t say that I didn’t.-
Otherr in the room spoke up.
They said they understood Burnr
charged he had been “ganged.”
They said nobody else struck at
him or kicked hkn. ClopUqn said
he saw Bryant W- Payne of Tyler
pull them apart. Payne said that
Burns might have been injured at
that time. He laid that when be
was pulling them apart, Burns was
goughing Riser’s eye and Roser
was choking Burns The oil man
was on the bottom.
Total No. Grades
Minus 3 failures
Total No. passing grades 138
Per cent of grades passed 98%
The college,records of 1930-31
showing the standing of the gradu-
ating class of 1929-30 show the
following percentages:
Tot. of all couses passed and
failed no
Total courses passed 105
Total courses failed................ 5
Percentage of failures 4.5
Per cent of grades passed.... 95.5'
of town. Cuero should be
cleared of all undesirables,
and along this line there is
much to be done.
daughter. Isabel, as they arrived
Roosevelt on world economic
Mrs. John M. White has return -
1 home after a two months visit
1th her mother, Mrs. Pearl Em-
lne, in 8an Angelo.
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Howerton, J. C. The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 98, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 25, 1933, newspaper, April 25, 1933; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1072699/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Cuero Public Library.