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CUERO, TEXAS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1934
FOUR PAGES TODAY
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• Some wide-awake body of
Cuero men could render a
real service to the ^annual
“Cross the ’Ransus Christ-
mas Party” if they were to
sponsor the collection and re-
pair Qf old toys. The fire boys
have the time and the talent
for such work—the Legion
could likewise sponsor such
a project. Each year scores of
toys are brought to the Rec-
ord office, to be distributed
C&oss the 'Ransus, but many
of these toys are broken, in
need of a coat Qf paint,’ a new.
wheel or so forth. We wonder
if some Cuero organisation
will not take .over the toyS as
they come in. this year and
“dress them up” for the un-
fortunate little tots Cross the
’Ransus whose only Christ-
mas cheer will be found in
the little Mexican 'school
house von Christmas morn-
ing? *
* * * *
The luncheon room at the
John C. French school is a
popular spot these chilly days
TURKEY TROT
SURPLUSTO
REREFUNDED
Canvass of Business Firms
Prompts The
Decision
CHECKS NOTIN
Pro-ration Seen In Near
Future Say
Women
Collective Bargaining
Clause Should Stay
Says Manufacturer
NEW YORK. Dec. 3.—(IN$>—
American manufacturers will ask
for continuation of section 7A, the
collective bargaining clause of the
recovery act, beyond the expiration
of the act in June, 1935, adding a
request for “clarifying definitions.”
They will also express their
readiness to approve “a sound solu-
tion” of the proposal which Presi-
dent Roosevelt recently announc-
ed as the next on his list, unemploy-
ment insurance.
That is the extent to which the
1 national association or manufac-
turers is ready to “go Along'’-with
the new deal in its convention
which will open here Wednesday,
International News Service learned
today.
Radio Flash Shows Royal Wedding
have proper foods in their
homes are receiving a hot
meal daily, and contributions
to the luncheon room fund
are making these hot meals
lor less fortunate children
possible. Contributions of
food or cash are appreciated
and will -be needed if the
luncheon roam Is to function
properly during the winter
months. Call Mrs. H. B. Mont-
gomery if you have a contri-
bution to make. It will be ap-
L .
* * * *
Ray Fulk, army radio oper-
ator, reports amateur radio
operators from all sections of
the nation anxious to talk
about the 1934 Turkey Trot,
evidencing the interest creat-
ed over the United States and
in foreign countries by the'
1934 Cuero celebration. Every
operator one contacts identi-
fies Cuero by the Turkey Trot.
He declares the average man
would be surprised at ; the
world wide publicity given
Cuero by the Trot. And we
agree with him. Cuero cer-
tainly gained the publicity.
The'idea now is to cash in on
it.
* ft * *
One way of creating Christ-
mas spirit in Cuero is to en-
liven the business section of
the city with Xmas decora-
tions. Little Christmas trees,
colored lights—gay * tinsel—
all can play a part In awak-
ening Cuero citizens to the
Although a complete check-up
had not been made at press time
Monday, Miss Florence Ellis, gener-
al chairman of the 1934 .Turkey
Trot, stated positively the surplus
funds derived from various con-
cessions and entertainments dur-
ing the celebration would be pro-
rated and returned to those mer-
chants who made it possible for
Cuero to enjoy her first Trot in
six years.
At the time of solicitation, th?
charter clearly and specfically
stated that In the event any funds
were left over after the celebra-
tion it would be returned to the
merchants.
The suggestion that the amount
cleared on the Trot be deposited
______________________it to
not thi next Turkey Trot has been de- j Apartment of Commerce
nounced by a great many mer-i The scheduled air lines lead in
chants. • j numbd*. of radio-eqnipped aircraift
As stated before, all merchants j with 345. Miscellaneous commercial j
have not been contacted on the' * ’ ' 1
subject but the general trend* in-
dicates the money will be returned.
^ , /Jin a special fund and devote
Boys and girls who do 1
MANY PLANES
RADIO EQUIPPED
775 ^Airplanes Equipped i
With Radios, Survey
Shows.
There are T75radio-equipped air- j
planes in comrtiercial and private j
operation in the United States ac-!
cording to a survey just completed |
by the Bureau of Aair Commerce
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Government
Expenditures Double
Deficit in Treasury
WASHINGTON^ Dec. 3.—(INS.)
—Government expenditures at the
end of November were approaching
the S3.000.000,000 mark, the treas-
ury revealed today. The deficit
on Nov. 30 was $1,432,240,000, just
about double that of the same date
last year.
All expenditures for the first five
months of the fiscal year, which
started July 1, were $2,892,632,000,
as compared with $1 .*08.969,000 for
the same period last year.
Emergency expenditures made up
$1,501,965,000 for this period, against
$692,826,000 for the year before.
The public debt at the end ofj
November was $27,298,869,000.
Government receipts for the five
months totaled $1,460,391,000. a
gain of approximately $320,000,000.
are. Prince George of England and
operators, such as charter and taxi
services, liave 49. Business films j
operating airplanes have 135 which! Here they
are radio-equipped. Private owners ! Princess Marina, of Greeze, before the altar at West-
with radio in their airplanes num- j minster Abbey as the Archbishop of Canterbury
her 246. ! made them one in London's most colorful pageant in
Government - owned airplanes, j
such as those operated by thej ....... —— ■■■—
Army, Navy, Bureau of Aair Cops- i
merce, other Federal agencies or >
state governments were not in- ; klXi/T 1 lilt 1 *
eluded in the study.
The 775 radio installations in- I
elude 336 which are two-way, cap- i
able of both receiving and trans- I
mitting by radio, telephone. The
re one-
SLAYER TO
PAYPBTOY
other 449 are
way, and can be
Robert Edwards Sen-1
tenced to Die in
Chair.
WILKES-BARRE. Pa., Dec. 3 —
Military Training To
Remain State Schools
Dr. Speer’s effects, formed the basis
fact that,the Yuletide is just of suspicions by authorities.
around the corner and that
now is the time to buy. And
this spirit must be created if
merchants are to enjoy a
busy holiday season. You are
not going to think so much
aj^out Christmas if there’s
nothing around you to remind
you of Christmas.
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Sixth Typhoon In
Sixty Days Recorded
MANILA, P. I., Dec. 3.—(INS.) —
The sixth typhoon in two months
today budied Northern Luzon and
the weather bureau reported an-
other forming 100 miles west of
there on the northern coast of
Palawan Island.
The province of Isabela was re-
ported particularly hard hit by the
typhoon with the Cayan River
running record high.
More than 50 persons lost their
lives and scores are. missing as a
result of the typhoon which struck
the Visayan Islands Thanksgiving
Day, according to reports reaching
here today.
The present typhoon season is
the most destructive in history,
having caused millions of pesos in
losses. . V
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Widow of Dr. Speer
Testifies In Murder
GlfEENFIELD, Mass., Dec. 3.—
(IMS)—The widow and seven other
witnesses, five of them associates
and friends of the victim, testified
today at the Inquest into the
murder of Dr. Elliott Speer, head
master of Mt. Hermon school for
boys, a crime as mysterious and j ^ ,
baffling as the story in the English! radio-equipped airplanes are; \
distributed among nearly all of the i State Health Officer
25 years. Crowned heads of Europe and
nobility witnessed the ceremony. Photo was trans-
mitted by radio to the United States.
Copyright International Illustrated News.
TEXAS WOMAN
CATCHES THIEF
Five of New York’s
Wealthiest
Arraigned
NEW YORK, Dec. 3—INS—Five
wealthy women were to appear to-
day at the arraignment of Duncan
Dunscomb, handsome, strapping 37
year old adventurer, ardent wooer
and alleged jewel thief.
Forty other women, whose names
were inscribed in a little note book
found on Dunscomb, were to be
English Questioned by police of half a dozen
!
Texas Aggie Coach
Turns In Prize
Story For Year
used only for receiving messages, j
Airmen use radio for receiving <
the weather broadcasts from radio j
stations on the Federal Airways j
System, and for following the di- !
rectional signals of the airway i (INS)—Robert Allan Edwards, 21 year
radio range beacons. With two-way ; old mine surveyor, today was for-'
svstems they can a$k ground sta- , mauy sentenced to die in the elec-
tions for special Information about . . , . , ' „.
such matters as weather and con-!tnc chair for the “American trag-
dition of landing areas. On the air j edy” slaying of Freda McKechnie,
lines two-way radio is used exten-; 26, his neighborhood sweetheart,
sively not only for weather infor- j
mation but also for position
si-j
, Edward’s maintained a stoic
_. , . . re" j lence as he heard his death order-
porting, flight orders, arrange-!
ments for ground transportation 1 ^ by Judge W. A. Valentine.
for arriving passengers and other I The courtroom was almost empty
company business. Those messages ' when the death sentence was pro-
pass between the pilot and the | nounce<j.
ground radio station of the air line I _ . ,
company, and are not ordinarily; , (
handled by the Department of Com- je<* the way for defense attorneys to ;
merce radio stations, although the j carry their fight to save Edward s!
Department stations invariably ac- j me to the state supreme court, a
cept and transmit to airplanes any i CQUrse indicated wm be pur-[
messages bearing upon the safety of | gued
novel, “The Public School Murder,”
found in the pine-paneled study of
the educator.
The scope of the English “thrill-
er” in which Dr. Speer had read
the story paralelling his own death,
and a letter suspected by authorit-
ies of being forged, found among
48 states. In addition, there arej
three radio-equipped airplanes of |
American registry in Alaska and j
four in Hawaii.
Urge* Pellagra Fight
; Aged Shaw III
WASHINGTON. Dec, 3..—(INS)—
The supreme court today held to
be constitutional compulsory mili-
tary training in state universities,
even though students object to war
on religious grounds. '
The decision was made in the ap-
i peal of Albert W. Hamilton and
Boys and girls of Cuero are J W. Alonzo Reynolds, sons of Me-
welcome to send their Santa ithodUt ministers, who were stu-
Claus letters through *e.™!?rslly Ca“OT'
Record. Readers likely noted
that the first letter to Santa
this year was received Wed-
nesday. We will be glad to for-
ward them on to Greenland,
so write your letter to Santa,
boys and girls, and mail it to
The Record any time before
Christmas. •
jma at Los Angeles.
A CORRECTION
Prices quoted on hamburgers in
the advertisement for Alvin's place
should have read IQ cents straight
for hamburgers with lettuce and
topnatoes, and 2 for 15 cents
hamburgers on plain buns.
German* Agree* to
Pay for Saar Mine*
LONDON, Dec. 3.—(INS.)—Ger-
many hag agreed to pay 900,000,000
francs, approximately $63,000,000,.
to France for the ^ar mines if she
wins the forthcoming Plebiscite, it
was stated in a Reuter dispatch
from Rome today.
The payment will include reim-
bursement for 11.000,000 tons of
coal now in the mines, the dispatch
stated.
Under the terms 'of the Versailles
for j treaty, France is entitled to pay-
| ment In gold.
] AUSTIN. Dec. 3.-4NOW is the
j time for the? prevefition of Pellegra
: says Dr. John W. Brown, State |
| health officer. This disease is ’gen- i
i erally noted in increasing frequency j
j following the wintet months. In
Coach Homer Norton of the
Texas Aggies came to Cuero
Saturday for a bird hunt and
took back not only his limit in
quail but also the fur lined
bathtub awarded annually by
local sportsmen for the best
hunting story of the year.
Competition was deemed
unnecessary following Coach
Norton’s story.
Hunting with a party of
Cuero hunteris on the Von
Roeder ranch Saturday, Norton
suddenly wandered away from
the party to come to a halt af-
ter about fifty paces, an-1 fire
his gun.
Other members of the party
investigated and found Norton
had killed a big rattleIraki.
Asked how the snake had at-
t'0( ifd his attention, Norton
declared:
“I was suddenly placed under
a charm or a spell. I could
walk neither to the left or to
the right, only toward the spot
where this charm apparently
originated. Before I knew it I
had walked squarely upon this
snake. He held me under his
spell until I killed him.”
Coach Norton was promptly
advised of his unquestioned
victory in the annual hunters
story contest.
SMILEY MAN .
DIES HERE
Ben Williams Succumbs
Following * Appendicitis
Operation.
vic-
cities as to whether he had
timized them.
Dunscomb was arrested in Phila-
delphia on complaint of Mrs. Eva
Daniels, 30 year old brunette from
Georgetown, Texas. She said Duns-
comb, representing himself as a
wealthy Montana rancher, met her
in Philadelphia. When they came to
New York a week ago “to tour the
bight clubs.'' she related,- he stole
four rings from her, valued at $800,
and disappeared.
Returning to Philadelphia, s Mrs.
Daniels found Dunscomb and had
him arrested.
Mrs. Juanita Pruette, former
Chicago opera diva, also was to ap-
pear at Runscomb’s arraignment
today. She charges jewelry worth
Funeral services were held at 3
p. m. Monday afternoon from the
Smiley Methodist church for Ben $10oo vanished while'he ^as -visit-
ing at her studio here.
Frazier Williams, age 32 years, 11
months and 12 days, who died in a
local sanitarium following a recent . * - — , __
appendicitis operation. Reverend j Judge* JOI1 * HdHTltg
Thompson, of the Smiley church of-i
ficiated with E. J. Freund, Cuero
mortician, in charge of funeral ar-
rangements.
Mr. Williams was born in Yoakum
December -.20. 1901 but had been a
resident of Smiley -for soj^e time.
He was married to Miss Louelia
Daniels on December 25, 1926 and
to this happy union was born one
child, Betty Virginia, who with
Mrs. Williams and William’s moth-
er, Mrs. Sam Williams of San An-
tonio survive.
One weex ago, Williams was J hearing for December and the youth
brought to a Cuero sanitarum forj'vas returned to jail without bond,
an appendicitis operation and war ! ~ *
reported convalescing nicely • until! Georgia ** Little WRite
his untimely death cam^ at 4:401 .. ,, — .
p. m. Sunday afternoon. I House Farley Scene
Two brothers and three sisters! « —— .
also survive. They are A. V. Wil- j WARM SPRING8, Ga., Dec. 3.—
liams of Smiley, O. B. Williams of j (INS)—President Roosevelt called an
San Antonio, Mrs. Susie McDonald economic parley of major propor-
MOTORMAN
INJURED IN
TRAIN WRECK
Angle Iron Removed,
Rails Respiked, Say
Officials.
CALL SPECIAL AGENTS
Motor Coach Catches
Fire After Derail-
ment.
Removing the angle iron in an
attempt to wreck a west bound
Southern Pacific passenger train
shortly before six o’clock Saturday
night, a mile and one-half north of
Yoakum resulted in the injury of
Motorman W. H. Martin and en-
dangered the lives erf fifteeh 1
sengers. The rails had bee*’
spiked for approximately!
yards by the culprits at a.1
the road where it was some <
to the nearest house.’
The first impact
gas driven engine, which alee
tains the baggage
from the passenger ear, and
the former left the track to nfe ^
down a slight embankment and -
overturn.-
A stove in the motor coach and ij
baggage car set the car on fire and
an alarm was sent in to the Yoakum
fire department.
Railroad detectives and
agent* were immediately
from 8an Antonio in ai
locate the wreckers,
were also employed n
No motive could be
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Set For December
TULSA, Okla„ Dec. 3.—(INS)—Phil
.Kennamer, 15 year old son of Fed-
eral Judge Franklin E. Kennamer,
pleaded not guilty when arraigned
ifefore common pleas judge John
Woodward today on a charge of
first degree murder in connection
with his confesed slaying of John
F. Gorrell, Jr., 23, Thanksgiving
night. *
The court set the preliminary
i Texas it is the cause of more than j
j 700 deaths each year
j Pellagra is not a ge?m disease and J
j it is not contagious. It is caused by!
deficiency of certain ----------
Colorado Tire Man
In Lindbergh Case
• of Houston. Mrs. Nelly Simmons of
j-San Antonio, and Mrs. Eula Wahl
i of Poth.
Jw/j
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw, world re-
nowned dramatist and wit, has
been confined to his bed in his
London home following a heart
attack. His doctor who described
the attack as “not serious’’, de-
clared- the 78-year-old white-
bearded playwright had been
overworking.
Dies in Pasadena
PASEDENA. Calif.. Dec. 3. —
<INSi Mrs. Aubrey Horgan. daugh-
ter of the late Dwight Morrow,
former ambassador to Mexico, died
Suffering from a heart ailment.
Mrs. Morgan came here a year ago
from Inglewood. N. J . for . her
TRENTON, N. J„ Dev. 3..—(INS)—
important j a letter purporypg to come from
j elements in the dietory, as has been v. E. Rowton of the Mountain Tire
; proved by years of research by the and Gas Company, 27-31 Nevada
! authorities of the United States i Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colo.,
j Public Health Service. It is general- j and offering to put Gov. A. Harry rates charged
j ly believed that restricting the diet Mocre in touch with a man claim-1 Public Serv
J too largely to refined cereals. fat I ing to have information that would
j meat, and molasses, etc., is con- I enable the authorities to get on the
j tributary to causation of Pellagra, trail of the 'actual kidnaper's" of
J These foods are lacking in the so- | baby Charles Lindbergh. was re-
j called Vitamin G (the Pellagra; ceived by Governor Moore today!
[Preventive Vitamin*, and people; ______i)
| whose diet is primarily made up of j
these foods-are the easiest victims Daughter D. MorrOW
of Pellagra. j °
It seems to be demonstrated that j
the inclusion in the diet of food !
rich in . Vitamin G serves to pre- j
vent the development of Pellagra, i
Diet is also the chief factor in the]
cure. Pellagra ("rough skin") shows;
itself by a peculiar redness and i
breaking out or peeling of the skin, PU ° a%
particularly the exposed surface.
This is accompanied by weakness,
nervousness, indigestion, headaches,
and a burned feeling cf the mouth wealth,
oi tongue.
Pellagra may be prevented by eat-
ing a balanced diet consisting of
lean meat. eggs, vegetables. and
fruits. Whenever a person develops
the disease. however. treatment
should be under the direction of a
doctor.
Former Co. Official
Favors Rate Reduction
House”
SAN ANTONIO. Dec. 3.—(INS)— j
A nine percent reduction in electric
by the San Antonio
Service Company was
recommended to the city today by
E. H. Kifer, former vice president
of the company, who was employed
by the city to conduct a survey.
Kifer did not recommend any
reduction in the gas rates. He val-
ued properties over two million
dollars less than carried on the
company's books.
Former Football
Star Assistant
To Attorney General
tions in his “Little White
here today.
Almost every important relief
aid and his outstanding financial
adviser were included in* the call
some were already here, t>thers were
expected during the day. Those par-
ticipating in the conference, in-
cluded : v t
Secretary, of the Treasury Mor-
genthau, secretary of the interior
and public works administrator
Harold Ickes. federal relief admin-
istrator Harry Hopkins, under-sec-
retary of agriculture Rexford G.
Tugwell, assistant secretary of the
interior Oscar L. Chapman, and
others whose names Were not an- j hours’ flight, but
nounced.
Relief and its new correlary, the
projected federal housing program,
the budget and the general legisla-
tive program which the adminis-
tration will ask of the new congress
were to be discussed in the meeting.
CONSTRUCTION WORK
STARTED ON VILLAGES
• AUSTIN, Dec. 3.—(INS)—Appoint-
Scott Gaines as first assist-
Thi-ee weeks avo. as she prepar-
ed to go on a yachting cruise to
Mexican waters, .she was stricken
with an atttack oi appendicitis and
underwent an emergency operation.
Later she contracted pneumonia
and throat infection which today
resulted in death. f
^topney general and Gerald C.
>f Dallas as an assistant to
succeed Gaine*s. was announced to-
day fram-the office of
General James V. Allred.
“Gaines succeeds Elbert Hooper,
w-ho signed last .week to enter the
private practice of law.
Mann is a member of the state
Democratic executive committee. .
SAN DIEGO.»Calif., Dec. 3.—
With hundreds of men at work,
construction was ’started today on
the Villages of the World, fun zone
of the California Pacific Interna-
tional Exposition.
Attorney) The Spanish Village, key unit in
the chain to be erected at a cost of
many thousands of dollars, will be
the first to go up, It will be follow-
ed by piore than a score more, all
detailed reproductions of scenes
abroad.
PHILLIPS AIRPORT,.
LEPVILLE, OKLA, Dec.
Doubtful that he has bi
existing airplane altitude recortfj
47.352 feet Wiley Post plans to 1
another attempt in thf near
he said fokiwipg hi$ flight,
stratosphere today.
“1 don’t know—I flew as
I could”, Post said
he had broken the reeord.
It will not be known what i
the famous round-
Winnie Mae
baragraphs on the trip are
by the Department Of
The sealed instrument*
ed over to A. M. A
ment of Commerce aviation i
tor. and will be flown to
ton tonight. HUH
The planes altimeter
function after 30,00 fofck Port
and he had no way of-knowing
how high he did reach.
FHILLIFS AIRPOF
$ Okla.,—ON*.) — Thd gldbi
airplane. Winnie May, with
mous round the worUl ,
Tost at the controls,
the runways here at 8:8f a. a.
off into space in an
oend 50,000 feet into the
sphere. ■*
The flight into the upper
which had been delated
days by bad weather, is an
attempt to break the record'
47.352 feet established by
Rena to Donatl of Italy. •
“This is not a stunt flight.?
insisted before the take-off/
is an bfficial attempt to break
record and also to prove that
stock model plane can fly In
stratosphere.”
The plane has a gasoline
ity sufficient for a three and a
Port said he
not expect to remain up
than two hours.
A Barograph in the ship
make an official recording of
plane’s climb and will be
over to the department of
merce for checking to
whether a new record was
fished.
The plane and pilot are
equipped to withstand the
air of the stratosphere. __
P06t wore a special Inflate*'
‘VStrato-Jacket” of steel and
ber with a hose attached to
hood through which the pilot
breathe oxygen.
A super-charger will cause
rarified air to have the
on the motor as air at lower alti-
tudes.
The flight is sponsored by
Phillips Petroleum Ca ~>?f
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