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A NEWSPAPER REFLECTS ITS COMMUNITY
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CUERO, TEXAS, SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 1938
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EIGHT PAGES TODAY
f^TownTallc LITHUANIA TO
MEET DEMANDS
AVERTING WAR
New Crisis in Spanish War Alarms France
campaign is
distant, and
Cuero’s cify-wide Clean-Up
not far in the
in launching this
campaign there is one im-
portant feature- wc must not _
neglectr—a war on mosquitoes. Restoration of Normal
as they will
tails. Houses
screened to
these insect;
Diplomatic Relations
Promised.
Mosquitoes arc responsible
for the spres d of malaria, and
yellow fever. The best way to -
prevent these breeding places! 1 E N S I O N
Notification of
Conveyed
Poland.
destroy the breeding places
of the mosc uito. They breed
in standing water, therefore,
one should drain, ditch or fill
such place:,
water each week, or
water with surface
eat the
should
protect
EASED
Decision
To
spray oil on Warsaw. March 19.—<insj —
stock The war-like crisis between Lith-
1 uania and Poland was brought to 1
minnows an end t(Xjay Lithuanian
Wiggle- government formally accepted the •
be well PoIish ultimatum and agreed to
restoration of normal diplomatic '
against reiaj|0ns between the two coun-
. After the spring tries.
cleaning is finished, it should Lithuania’s notification ol its do- r
cision was conveyed to Poland in .
be kept in triis condition at a note landed to the Polish min-
all times. ister to Estonia by the Lithuanian
ip, jj, minister here. The note said:
We understand that funds ‘‘By order of my government. I
have the honor of stating that the
ition of the cut- Lithuanian government decided
the Yorktown today to establish normal diplo-
hlghway anil the new Guada- matic relations between Lithuania
and Piland. and proposes to estab-
lupe river bridge are avail- lish a Lithuanian legation at War-'
able and thsit all that is lack- saw.
Seeds to the right ' ^ Lithuanian government |
promises to send a minister to War-
feel certain tha. saw before March 31st, and guar-
County Judi re Graves and his antees establishment of direct
commission! rs are going to means of communication by land.
i sea and air, including postal com-
WESte no tine * in securing fnunications. between the two
these deeds, knowing that it countries, as well as general res- j
may be possible to begin the toralion of normal relations."
soon as all right- Wi„ Atten<J Highway
for constru
off between
ing are the
of way We
Cuero First In County
Events Here
U. S. INVESTORS
IN AUSTRIA TO
LOSE MILLIONS
Cuero Masons Will
Attend Yoakum Meet!
Cuero Masons plan to join Ma-
sons from towns throughout this
district in Yoakum on * the night of
March 24th, at, whicty time mem-
j bers of the Yoakum Lodge will be !
• _ j hosts to visiting Masons at an oys- j
~ • ; ter supper. A regular meeting of
Hitler Coup Cost Amen-: thc YOakui
Friday
HONORS
LITERARY
ANDTRACK
3N
a
can Investors More
Than $24,000,000.
NET LOSS $324,000,000
Yoakum lodge will follow-.
H. E. Miller. D. D. |G. M. of the j
1 34th Masonic District will partici- I
i pate in the program.
About $300,000,000 Lost j
On German Bonds
Sold in America.
Yorktown Looms As Win-
ner of Meet in its
Entirety.
■TRACK TEAM HIGH
BABY TUMBLES |Cuen<> Gobblers Bun
Avfay With Senior
Track Events.
i
TWO STORIES
Wi ,h a sweeping victory in,
i the £ enior
NEW YORK. March 19—(INSj •
—In Hitler’s Austrian coup. Amer- ] v m. 1 the %nior Track and Field
iican investors have again taken it i 1 u . 01 J?1*'! meet and a one point victory ‘
on the chin, this time to the turn . and Mrs. N. Dietze Es- j in the Senior and Junlor
of $24,000,000. Add to this about capes Injury However. ‘ !Schodl divisions of the litprarv
$300,000,000 loss on German bond i K J j scnoQt envisions oi tne literary
issues sold here, and the net cost | \ few scratches were all that j mee^ ^uero high school Frl-
of Hitler to American investors is j PoUy Ann Dietze one and , day ^merged the undisputed
$324^ 00° (year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.! vict<* in the 1938 Interschol- j
has all come in the last two weeks. | Norvan Dietze. had io show from • astlC League meet proper ,
jThey were selling around par two a fall from a two-stx ry window to , _ here.
1 weeks ago, but have lost two-thirds ; a brick pavement beloV
of their dollar value since Hitler j while playing in a second story !
snatched that little country. i ^ ” '
but Austria over the years
the total to $35,250,000. The loss
to emit a lusty yell
father reached her.
is on the remaining balance, the !. A .. I Yorl:town was a leading contend,
value of which has been cut by i, **??? * 1(X^. ^P^ ^ was | er heIe Friday with entrants ia- tbe t
work just a*
of-way has
- I - p*
been secured.
* *
Tep, French troops; below, map of Spain, showing insurgent moves
General Franco
two-thirds in the last two weeks. |
found that the child had suffered
Tha; Yorktown would be the vie-
tor of the meet in its entirety, by t
of winning the county
when her ; ball contests, was evident however.
77 Association Meet
This week promises to be a
“big week’
eri of this
for Future Farm-' Representative John J. Bell and,
- - .. J. W. Arnotd,- Chamber of Com-
county for th raeree secretary,, ate to take parrt
week will s^?e the staging Qton'i&e promW■ xtf t»e<Bghway n
Future Farmers Association ‘ meeting to be held in
__, Corpus Christ! Monday and ex- j
shew and Poultry to draw delegations from
Everything is in many South Texas cities.
are to The meeting is regarded as one
. , . .... of unusual importance and it is'
start early preparing exhibit,hoped that all along Ulc|
grounds 4nd the exhibit [ “North-South Highway’’ connect-
Pleas of the Spanish Loyalist government for aid
poured in on the new French cabinet as insurgents,
under Gen. Francisco Franco, aided by large forces
of Italians and smaller forces of Germans, threat-
ened Barcelona. France massed troops, guns and
W planes atonrrtar Pyrenees border as fears
were expressed that the Loyalist government might
collapse in the face of the insurgent onslaught.
Adding to tike discomfort of France and Great
Britain yu the expressed fears of a deal between
Hitler and Mussolini to let Italy win out tn Spain in
of Austria.
the Cuero
Fat Stock
exhibit,
readiness. The boys
building ard citizens of De-i** *-T »«» c„p,; Dr. John T. Morris to Open “
Witt and adjoining counties^ '
are promised an outstanding —2-
show -Ever^ citizen of this Lutheran Hospital
entire sectibn is invited to
witness the show, and we feel
certain that all will go away
impressed nrith the work the-
boys are d< ing.
• ** ^f* —
If you don’t believe
spring is r tally here,
liimn in th» nlri iitnpv this ^ the year-1?^8 mar^s tlle xpth ; have -ourif>d and last to Boegc struck a mine during the
jump m th^ Old jitney this anniversary of the owning of the knowledRe of man ,or Ulousands i night in the North Sea and sank
afternoon i nd take
WILL CONDUCT
LECTURES HERE
^ATE WIRE
FLASHES
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia,
19i— (INS-Vi—Premier Milan
za's government bowed to
Mar.
Hod-
Nazi
Series at Presbyterian
Church Tonight.
A *1* Pl»n« of tlle Amer*can School, of Orient-
UXIIiary nans 1 ea aj r^earcb, and a nationally known
Thnrt(f^y) May 19 sPeaker- will'lecture on Biblical
Plans are being formulated for
minority a hand in running the
country.
It was reported that an iropor-
Dr. John T. Morris, a member tant order-in-council will be issu-
'CUERO NEGRO
I BADLY HURT
Chest Crushed as
Pressure Line Acci-
dentally Opened.
The largest part of this “invest-
ment” is $2$,000,000 of 7% bonds'
of the National Austrian govern-j
ment. This was a J. P. Morgan &\
Co. loan, and orginially totaled i
$25,000,000. - . -4
, only minor scratches and bruises.
WIDOWS MAY
GETffflSHWS
Widows
literary events making a splendid
showing. In the grammar : chart d
vision Yorktown was the
by a wide margin but bowed
Cuero by a single point tn the
nior division.
Meyersville and Buesing
rural schools at the county, I
making a splendid showing
nau was also a contender.
Led by Lewis Mayne, the
High Gowner* staged a
rout ki the Senior Track
eventi, Mayne winning five
| pi ices to pace the Gobblers to 1
j tories in ten of the fourteen
Westhoff made a
ed shortly, decreeing the German
minority, including the Nazi Sud-
eten party, has a legal claim to
Archaeology at the (First Presby- state offices corresponding in num-
terian church, Cuero, each night! her to the German^ percentage of
.. , _ _ ,, _ ._ this week. March 20, 2li 22. 23. 24. the nation s population,
the annual Tea of the Lutheran 25 Sunday nig,lt at 7 30 -
Hospital Auxiliary, date for this 0.clock- He win show a series of
_______ ___ _____ ______ COPENHAGEN. March 19.—INS
that *vent havin« bee11 “t for colored pictures of liie excavat-ioits \ —Reports were received here today
19 *• j of the ancient oriental cities which 1 that the German steamer Clause
just
a drive Reuss Memorial Hospital by the Qf s
out into thb country. Wild Lulheran ““!? yMr s Tea
J , assumes added significance.
flowers arq in their glory
A most interesting
with India 1 Pinks, Bluebon- planned.
nets and a score of other va- D" . ag__, ~
rieties of rature’s blessings * -robe Murder of
turning th< landscape into a
veritable paradise. Most of us
program Ls
, within ten minutes after sending
These pictures are said to be ac- i out an SOS.
tual photographs of tlie work of rT'1"
Young Actress
WASHINGTON, Mar. 19.—(INB.) ,
—For the first time since Adolf
Hitler’s strike into Austria. the War
Would Receive $7,20*
incident was of deep concern to: In Pensions,
the United States. [i {■■{ -j
Secretary of 8tate Cordell Hull B?/ PAUL MAY ,
at his press conference made a; WASHINGTON. D.j C., Mar. 19.— j . , .
High brief statement that this govern-' DeWitt county widows of World | ^ m i~racK meet
ment was studying the whole situ- j War veterans will benefit by ap- 1 ure " P«ce
ation and that It considered itself j proximately $7,200 during the first
deeply concerned over Germany’s \ year after passage Of the pending
- annexation of Austria. i bill which would grant pensions to
Blanc Lackey, negro workman at announcement came shortly j World War veterans’ widows and
Uie Cuero Cotton Oil Manufactur-1 after the Austrian minister here, j dependent children,
big Co., was probably fatally injured I Edgar Prochnik. advised the state I This is the estimate of the Veter-
Saturday morning when four thou- ! department that his country was I ans of Foreign Wars, rwhich Ls spon- j Harn!]1 Cuero flrst
sand pounds of pressure accident- "° ‘nde^ndent. but a the ^mUe, accord-1 “"e Cwr°’
'of Germany. Secretary of State in£ to Millard W. Rice
; ally released from a line carrying Hu„ said -The extent to which j legislative represemiilve
pressure to the huge presses, blast- j the Austrian Incident, or any other VFW-
ed a wrench from the negro’s hand similar incident is calculated to : Tllc pension for each widow, un - j
into his chest, crushing his ribs. j endanger the maintenance- of | der terms of the bill, would be $22 j M I>. |d yorktown flrst
ru>are and the observation of the! Per month, with $6 |ier month ad- „ '
The blow left a hole several inches • pe^ce. the preservation of tne deeDendent child Gnmrnar Schort Boy»
, - ... principles which thus government j o»tionai ior eacn aeepenaent enua. nariand Frishie
m diameter in the negros chest., Sieves, is of course a matter of ^ numb«r 01 county °ar,and ’ *
his shattered ribs being driven into serious concern to the government widows expected to draw pensions „ . «*hnol Girts
--------- . of thP United States” -cannot be computed, however, by. on®™*fr f™0?1 cj’rL\T
Th, report, sUirt the SwedW,!^ nW lhe Unh^ SUte._ . |m,IUplyBj tte monWj b, ^ "«
i 12 and dividing the result into the I nrsl' ^ .
estimated benefit of the county ! ^»^cbatc:. John L“rcade
during the first year after the bill’s j F^mt^ieppard. Cuero, flist.
___ ___passage. Rice said, j Other factors! l°wo. second
! the bolt in the wrong direction, re-
i leasing the pressure. The pres-
HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 19.—(INS.)
are going t}o be tempted to -Police today investigated the ^'hWricaTTacUs'and are show-
ing startling discoveries concern-
the archaeologists in excavating: steamer Sverre picked up all 21 i f ... ., h. ... ^
these ancient cities: such as Nine- ' members of the Claus Borges crew, j ' ACU DDI7UQ
SuTXpS. r,dT„ ^nof thc vKsel "• rrld
the reports of their work the arch- | -r- |th. ^ to. FAD U/IMMCDC
cersities of both America and Eu-iFrench government a ,uk: h.c»u,c. : f UA TT lilllLllU
delivered a
r„p, .re revealing n,a„, revoibi-ion- SSdTS.“*
seconf and Yorktown third.
Following are the results
literacy contests staged
day:
Choral Singing: Cuero
YorktJown second, Westhoff
Serfior Girl Declamation:
i'%-
national: Serfor *°ys Declamation:
of the ience ®mlth’ Yo^town, first. .
Junior Girls Declamation:
leen Nowierskl, Yorktown.
I Junior Boys Declamation:
pick a few of those lovely mysterious death of Genevieve
ne-
temple in her
that home.
authorities at Salamanca today over , . . ^,
the repeated bombing raids en g™’ mtohfei chest
taken a Rushed to a local hospital. Lackey
was given little chance to recover.
Beverly Hills tremendous size which lived be-
fore the flood, in Adam’s day, will i MOSCOW. Mar
flowers to (brighten up the ^hUUps' ^ y°un5 dramatic stu- ing the statements of the Bible. Barcelona which have
hnme nr in take tn some <jick and actress’ found short thru Photographic pictures of animals1 heavy toll of life.
Home or to take to some Sick the temnle in her Reverlv Hills ... ... . .. . |
friend, despite the fact
the law says we must not do
so. When p eking wild flowers
however, let’s make an effort
to protect ;he roots and pick
only the blossoms.
* * *
A Record correspondent in
are involved, he pointed out, includ-
ing the extra benefit for dependent
children, and the fafct that differ-
i ent beneficiaries under the bill will
Winning Teams in Fire- sf“rtJ™wln* “fe1’ l“"‘ions at
® ferent times during the year, as
ONE KILLED IN
York town’s
the city tqe writer
The Recor
DALLAS. Tex.. March 19 —INS. ...... ................f •“*- ----i
informs “Cne man was killed and two Pre^nt an unusual educational op-I his son.
persons, one a young girl, were in- portunity. full of thrills jin recently j Jasosky was charged with at-
1, were never in jUred near here today when a car discovered truth.- N’i admission tempted extortion.
better cone ition than they are in which they we?e riding virtu- charged. Freewill oj/ering ex------
pesent. Yorktown’s a,,y "flew" off t4ie highway, turn- Thf> Publl< invited to'* ** * * * * * ** * *
. . . ed over three times and finally at*pnd C * &
enterprising mayor should be stopped 127 feet from the road -------- { *
ted on his good The dead man was "Captain" w Seadlund Sentenced
complimen
work, and
Yorktown
his efforts
Ban Antonio
attend a celc
a reunion of
commemor-at
10—(INS.> —
be shown which are said to reveal 1 Two high officials of the Russian
amazing conditions existing in that J Orthodox church a large number
day. In his first lecture on Sun- of clergymen and a group of
day night. Dr. Morria. 4MI use as j church supporters, arrested Jan.
^YfFlirk Oil i PUTTTI hLs subject "D10 Jewsl Remaking i ll in the Soviet purge of anti-
£l I I III X jwl A\H I IM Palestine.’ aiid he will present re- Stalin elements, have been shot, it
1 v UlllilUlIvl cent colored pictures slowing the j was reported today.
_ marvelous rapiditv with which the ( -
Jews are completely clfanging the
men’s Races to be
Rewarded.
Armless Athlete Cash prizes totaling $50.00 and
-pi \. f' F lbe Vincent Fritz Trophy, a silvei
1 nanks v^uero fans Yoving cup. will be awarded the
Gills Debate: Lou Es
and Thusnelda Zuch, Yc
flrst. Corlnne Anders and
Mae Pustejovsky, Cuero,
Ext emporaneous
Otis Vhite, Cuero, first.
Extemporaneous Speaking,
For Their Courtesy iwinnln* te®"15 in th€ Pumper and
t
NEWARK N. J.. Mar. 19— INS
—---^'--- ---r --------- --- rp yvi I — — UCW.Y air iriv u
Yorktown i? lavish in praise '"triers Hurt as Lar appearance, work and life of the'—G-Men today seized Stanley Jas-
Of Mayor William Westhoff Literally “Flies*’ Off land of Palestine, incyudine thejosky. 22. on a charge he sent six
and his eflorts to improve Highway,
streets. Streets of
development of rhe great potash letters to Murray Levine, father of
plant at the head of tha Dead Sea i 12-year-old Peter Levine, demanri-
These pidures are very rare and , ing $30,000 ransom for return of
PUBLIC RECORDS
know
To Death in Chair
* >(. %.%>(. if. * * * ¥
that D. McIntosh. 63, Denison, who had
.... . said he was a “G-Man.” Federal
ntizens appreciate agents herP however, denied it - I MARRIAGE LICENSE
He was instantly killed when CHICAGO. Mar 1<> j INS' Wilson Buknei to1» and Lucind
thrown through the wind-shield Hus face a sticky yelftw but. still Terrell <rol >
Judge .|ohn M Green motored to of the car which was straveling 75 twitched in a defiant sneer. John !
Saturdav morning to miles an hour when It went off the Henry Seadlumr today stas sentenc- k w T b r* t >f with
braticn in the form of hiehay at a curve. rd to death in tlie(eleetlie chair le Pn C ai
the Murray family. Emma J. Farmer. 18. Vickery. Federal Judge .John P.arnes for
ve of the one hun- and Clifford Bagswell, 35. of Me- the brutal
dredth birthday of Robert W Mur- Kinney, were injured, the latter Charles Ross, millionatj'e
. manuffictiirer. |
CRIMINAL DOCKE'r
V W Tenberg charged
swindling by worthless check.
kidnap-murder of
seriously.
NEW AUTOS
Ctiieago 1938 Ford 60 Tudor to Ed Coke”.
{bought of Weber Motor Company.(
Frank ’Happy’’ McKeown.
armless athlete, who put on a
marvelous exhibition before the
huge crowd just prior to the
St. Louis BrownsrGulf Oiler tilt
here Thursday afternoon is
loud in his praise of the
courtesy and consideration of
south Texas fans. He asked
The Record to tell them so
through the column of this
newspaper. .
Although "Happy” is minus
both arms al the elbows he gave
a demonstration of how he can
throw, catch and bat a ball,
use a razor, glass and bottle,
ojien and close a suit case, put
on hLs hat aind coat to the sat-
isfaction of all concerned
In addition to his two missing
arms Happy" has the addition-
al handicap of a very bad leg.
but despite these misfortunes,
which would send most people
into despair, he earns his own
living and offers hLs services
free to other unfortunates in
teaching them to overcome their
handicaps.
Paris Rule races to be staged as a
feature of the Ouadalupe Firemen’s
Association convention here April
3rd. Fire Chief Clifton Weber an-
nounced Saturday.
A cash prize of $30.00 will be
awarded the team winning first
1 place in the. Pumper races and a
cash award of $20.00 will go to ’he
team taking second prize in this
contest.
The loving cup. presented by Vln- j
cent Fritz chief of the Victoria firej
department, will go to the team
winning first prize in the Paris
rules races.
,hThreaPp^rr“u,T,n3n' l*V A*™*, cue*,.
Representative Gasque (D_ S. C.) Typing, Mary Louise
has been given an unanimous fav- •Tune Wasserman, Sylvia
orable report by the committee on ^ies Cuero.
pensions. Sh irthand: Wanda Philll
Merit Boothe. Olene
Ilene Lelck. Cuero.
Stcry Telling: Fay
York own: Shirley
Cuer >; Patsy Wallis. We
Rei idy Writers Barbara
York own. flrst: Elizabeth
er. Ciero, second; Opal Sac
Nordlieim. third.
Pic ure Memory: Cuero.
York' own second. Westhoff third.
Mti lie Memory: Yorktown
Cuen second.
Ari lunette. Grammar
Little Miss Carol tischer, daugh- June Young. Cecil Newman,
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Werner Flsch- first; Edwin Jacob. Vivian
er. will be Duchess of Cuero to ensetneider. Yorktown. second,
the Junior Court of the 1938 Yoa-' 4 r nd 5 Spelling: Helen Ja
turn Tom Tom the publicity com- Myrt e Jacob. Yorktown.
mittee of the Cueik> Chamber of Ethlesn Weischwill. Laver no
ROYALTY TO
YOAKUM FETE
Miss Carol Fischer Is
Duchess to Junior Tom
Tom Coronation.
Yorktown Girl Is
Ior..MftRrt«lCommerce announce^ Saturday. er. Nordheim. second;
Married to Uuero Boy Miss Fischer s Dui|e wui be gh- i third
- 1 lett Sheppard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hi| :h School Seniors
In a quiet ceremony at the j Fassett Sheppard. Eliza Lundrlckes. Irene Ja
Methodist parsonage. Thursday.! The young couple twill participate York own. flrut; Emma Louise
Miss Iola Geffert of Yorktown be- in the Coronation Ceremonies on per. Sylvia Mae Brleger.
came the bride of Joe Schlein. | the night-of June 12 h. secoid: Cuero. third,
employe of the Cuero Coca-Cola1 Whether or not [Yoakum will 6 And 7 Spelling: Edith Hi!
Bottling Works. Mr. and Mi s. j stage a Senior Coronation has not Helen Dittfurth, Yorktown.
Schlein are to make their home in | yet been definitely decided. If so. Nordieim. second; Westhoff.
thus city. (however, Cuero’s Duchess will be Rural School Division:
The Record joins friends in ex-j chosen from the Senior Class of Junior Girls Declamation:
.tending congratulations. |Cuero High School. | , (Continued on Page 5)
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