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A NEWSPAPER REFLECTS ITS COMMUNITY
THE WEATHER
Considerable cloudiness, showers
north and west central portions to-
night and northeast and north cen-
tral portions Saturday.
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VOL. 46.—NO. 126
CUERO, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1940
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SIX PAGES TODAY
PRESIDENT'S WARNING GR
Cuero is far behind with
contributions to the DeWitt
Cross war relief.
. $200 has been con-
tributed in this city. Gon-
zales has raised more than!
$$Q0jOO, Victoria has passed'
the $800 mark' according to
reports. DeWitt county’s en-
tire quotg was Just a little
more than $800. Surely we can
send that amoflnt over the
'top. Drive leaders for an or-
ganized campaign in this city
are now being named. When
solicited—do your bit. The
least we can do is share with
those unfortunate refugees
who have lost their all and
are. now faced with utter de-
struction.
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CHECK ARTISTS |
ARE HUNTED IN
CUEROFRIDAY
Hof Check Artists Are I
Sought Here By Val- i
ley Officers j
MERCHANTSWARNED
THESE EXPERTS AND CABINET FORM NATIONAL DEFENSE COUNCIL
You’ll always find a cordial
welcome awaiting you at
Cuero churches. Pastors of the
First Baptist church, Presby-
terian church, 8t. Michael’s
Catholic churell, the Assembly
of ' God church, Lutheran
church and Methodist church
will welcome your attend-
ance at church Sunday u*
you. -Go to church Sunday. It
would appear that there is a
great need for religion in this
world of ours.
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Turkey Trot plans are
moving along nicely accord-
ing to all reports with spon-
sors of this year’s affair cer-
tain that .they will be able to
cut the cost of the celebration
in half. It appears that the
affair will definitely be a two
day show and that it will be
staged in October rather than
in November. There’s lot of
work to be done and Its urg-
ent that every Cuero citizen
contribute to the progress of
the program. So if asked, do
your bit. Let’s make the 1940
Trot the best Cuero has ever
staged.
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Usually Pass Checks Writ-
ten On Some Truck-
ing Company
Cuero merchants, grocers espec-
ially, were warned by County At-
torney Hebert Friday to be on the [
lookout for two clever hot check ar-j
tists said to be working in this sec- j
tion of the state. ;
The two men are sometimes ac- !
companied by a woman, according!
to information given Hebert. j
Checks passed by the ’ pair are
usually on a trucking company, and j
range in amounts of from $25.00 to'
$45.00. One check passed in the Riot
Grande Valley was written on C. L..
Robertson Trucking Contractors.
There is no such firm according to'
Police of |
°* I These eight leaders. tog»tt*FWih^*SHP'Al(ft(I^Tn^iilL»t5ib. Jo¥m Preskteiflf'ffoflfevelt’s War Council af^NationaT drfeuse. "'They and their
Hebert was told is' are Eclwar€' R- Stettinius, Jr., chairman United States Steel, in charge of industrial materials; William S. Knudsen, General Motors president,
purchase of gro-! Industrial production; Sidney Hillman, Amalgamated Clothing Workers head, employment. Chester.C. Davis. Federal Reserve Board), Member,
and present a large check in Fami Products; Ralph Budd. Burlington Railroad head, transportation; Leon Henderson of Securities Exchange Commission,
payment after impressing the store- of* Raw Material Prices; Miss Hariett Elliott, University of North Carolina Dean of Women, Consumer Protection. William I
keeper of their desire to establish nolds, present Administrative Assistant to the President, will act as Secretary to the Council. The Sec retaries of War, Navy, Interior. Ag-
a permanent account in the store. | * riculture. Labor and Commerce will also serve on the Council.
A large number of checks were j ■
passed in the Valley and officers of\
TELLS CONGRESS WAR
MAY BECOME WORLD WIDE
AND URGES ACTION NOW
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WASHINGTON, May 31.—(INS)—In the starkest ol
terms, President Roosevelt today warned Congress that Eu-
rope’s conflict may become a cataclysmic “world-wWe wtttff
involving all continents, and asked for more than a htntoqg
dollars additional for rearmament, and emergency at
tc call out 430,000 national guard, army, navy and
i serves should American security require it. *. -
The President, in a special message to tfte l
dared that the
Their
to make
Harlingen declared they had rea-
son to believe the men were working
toward this section of the state.
Merchants were warned to be n a
lookout for them.
ADMIT ITALY
ON WAR VERGE
JOBS OPEN IN
CANAL ZONE
State Employment Service
Here Will Accept
Applications
Cuero Seeks $1,500
For Trot; Vidoria For
Mrs. Roosevelt s Address
GreatBrilain Says Now!*—
i Service for the following positions
- \A/*II C j 'n 'he Panama Canal Zone accord-
Moment Will Lome ,ing to C. J. Warner, Local Manager
of the Cuero office:
Only Question Is When
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Cuero has been fortunate
during the past several
months in that she has ex-
perienced no costly fires. And
that’s all the more reason we
should renew our vigilance in
the elimination of fire haz-
ards. We may get a bit care-
less as long as there’s no dis-
astrous blaze to warn us of the
danger of fire. Directly and
indirectly. America’s fire bill
runs Close to $2,000,000,000
each year. That money would
build 400,000 excellent homes. y^ely“
It would buy three million
flood new automobiles. It
would supply 2,000,000 people
with jobs at over $80 per
month each. It would provide |front-
4,000.000 families with sub- j to^nn
sistence relief. To the indi-
vidual fire may be the most
ghastly of experiences. It may
mean death and injury. It
may mean the loss of a job. It
may mean ruin and despair
replaceable possessions it
may mea nruin and despair
and privation. For fire has no
mitigating circumstances—it
has no silver lining. It repre-
sents destruction pure and
complete.
PARIS. May 31.—(IMS)—All Italian
newspaper correspondents in Paris
today'were ordered to return to ,ine)’ Desl£nel
Italy immediately.
It was understood the majority
Boilermaker, Coppersmith <Ma-
Electrical. Design- |
er. Mechanical* Dietitian. Hospital, j
Diver. Draftsman, Engineering.'
Cuero’s efforts to raise $1,500
for the staging of the 1940 Tur-
key Trot, one of the unique and
most colorful celebrations
boasted by the Lone Star state,
seem minute indeed to the un-
dertaking of the Victoria Bronte
club, which intends to raise
1.500 to guarantee an address
by Mrs. Franklin Delano Roose-
velt in Victoria in November.
Mrs. Roosevelt has already
accepted the invitation of the
Bronte club to speak in Vic-
toria, and the club will sign the
contract as soon as the $1500
guarantee has been underwrit-
ten.
FIRE BUG TO
BECHARGED
jT.C. "Claude" Hill To
Face Charge In District
Court Here
Jack Bergman Gets
Rice Scholarship
Jack Bergman, outstanding Cuero
athlete who last term was a fresh-
man at the Schreiner Institute at
Kerrville, has been offered an ath-
lete's scholarship with Rice at
Houston and will enroll this fall.
ALLIES POUR
TROOPS INTO
BRITISH ISLE
Thousands Of British,
French And Belgian
Troops Evacuated .
HISTORIC DEFENSE
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Rear Guard Fighting Bat-
■fr:
draggled and weary but leaving be-
hind them an army fighting a rear
action that promises to go down in
history as one oT the bravest of all
time, thousands , of additional Brit-
ish, French and Belgian soldiers
poured into England from Flanders
today.
Brought acToss the channel aboard
every conceivable type of vessel, the
soldiers all told the same story of
fierce fighting against hopeless odds
and of indomible courage
British authorities said it waa not
permissible to reveal the number of
| men evacuated safely from the
HORTON RITES
ARE HELD HERE
left the moment the orders were re- • Draftsman. Civil and Typogravhi-
ceived and the balance will ge to-1 caJ Draft,man Electrical. Drafts-
night or tomorrow.
_ [man. Mechanical, Draftsman.
LONDON. May 31.—{INS)—Great Structural, Electrician. Automotive,
Britain Is now reconciled to the in- Electrician. Battery and Ignition.^
evitability of Italian armed aid to Engineer Designer < Mechanical*’ * -
Germany, it was widely admitted in Engineer Designer ‘Electrical*. En- f A/ r f ;i;Tnnc
well-informed London sources to- gineer. Electrical. Engineer. Hv-jCOigS UT LUclO UliZcNS
day. [draulic. Engineer. Marine. Eugineer. i • ■ i l T *L l T
It is now only a question when[Mechanical. Engineer. Structural J0IT1 111 L3ST iNDUtG 10
the psychological moment will come, j (Masonry design-. Engineer, Struc-
it was said. tural tSteel Structures*. Inspector.
Opinion is divided as to what di- Reinforr-d Steel. Inspector. Struc-
T. C. “Claude" Hill, 43. of York-
town, held in the Karnes City jail
on charges of arson, will be charged j lootball.
in DeWitt county with the same of-
fense, County Attorney Steve He-
bert saiu Friday.
Hill will be charged in district j
court here with arson in connection !
with the destruction by fire of a [
frame house in which he lived for j
some time, one and one half miles ] _
west of Yorktown. Officers said Hill r\tt’ r i • A A#
intended collecting insurance on UllICBTS LCrtfllfl UI16 Ul
furnishings in the house, which he
was renting from another party.
Hill, in a complete confession, said
that on May 15. 1940 he took his
family to San Antonio, and return-
ed to Yorktown where he removed
The track star, who graduated
from Cuero high school last year. nor how many remain. But
lias made outstanding records in the I it.wa5 ^ those ^ken and now
high and low hurdles. Bergman also
has good records in baseball and
SAY BURGLAR
WAS WOUNDED
Yorktown Watchman’s
Shots Took Effect j*^.
back in England comprise' a “large''
number.
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BERLIN, May 31—(WSJ-^Con-
tinued resistance by isolated Allied
units in the Flanders-Artois “pock-
et" was admitted in the official com-
munique issued by the German high
[command today but eventual anni-
I hiliation was predicted. 4
I “While the main force of French
j troops in northeastern France has
been annihilated or taken prisoner,
surrounded units are still resisting
in a few places. N
“The resistance will be broken
considerable personal possessions!
Officers revealed Friday that one
i of tire burglars routed from the
Well Known Man
Antonio and remained for a day or
rection the Italian attack w’ilf take, j tural Steel. Laboratory Technician Scores of Cuero citizens joined two before coming back to York-
but most competent circles feel that ‘Medical*. Machinist «Auto Repair*. [ Thursday in last rites for Sam E. j town, the confession said
from the house. He then spread
kerosene oil on papers in the house; Yorktown Cil Mill by the night-
and applied a match, he declared in watchman, Bridido Marmarlejo, ap-
his confession. He returned to San parentlv was seriou.4y wounded by
one of the night-watchman’s, shots.
A trail of blood leading from the
Red Cross Drive
Takes On New
Impetus Here
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With Dinter Post American Le-
gion rallying to the cause of the
Machinist Horton, veteran retired Texas rail-i Hill is charged in Karnes county loffire tf1 theSP°' where the wollld- American Red Cross war relief fund
an Italo-German "nutcracker", Machinist ‘General*.
movement against France is most ‘Marine*. Railroad Car Man road man. who died in a local hos-jwith the destruction of two homes.
‘Steel*. Railroad Car Man (Wood*.1 pjtal early Wednesday after an ill- He has also confessed, according to'
Hebert, to the burning of a Ford
BERLIN. May 31.— <INS.»—Reich
Railroad Conductor. Railroad En- ness of five weeks,
gineer. Railroad Track Foreman. Services were held from the First
ear in Lavaca county.
be robbers bad parked their car,
gave evidence for such speculation
according to Sheriff L. A. Buehrie.
Several shots were fried by the
sfuehrer Adolf Hitler today received Rigger ‘Weight Handling*. Riveter. j Baptist church of this city at 4
Italian Am assador Dino Alfieri at Shipfitter. Steward. Tug Master. j o'clock with Reverend M. R Soileau
his headquarters on the western j The above openings will be on officiating and interment was u»!
it was officially announced J construction work in the Canal Hillside cemetery under the dircc- j
Zone and will last one to two years. tion of the Freund Funeral Home |
Joachim von j longer in some instances Vacation; The beautiful floral offerings evi- At A f M fnllonn
Ribbentrop was present. of 44 days with pay is allowed per dcnced the esteem held for this well A! A: Or PI. UOII0O6
It was previously reported that an year and Uaimportation will tfh pro- known man by friends in this and' ---
important message presumably vided from New York on applicants, many nearby communities. Mr. and Mrs F B Mevnard and
dealing with Italy’s entry into the accept'd Pay starts thg day of sail-, Mr Horton was for thirty .years a | Miss Rae Bonnet Wt Friday lor
Ernest Meynard Jr.
Wins High Honors
drive, the drive was taking on new
irripetus here Friday.
John H. Bsming, member of
Dinter Post, who was circulating the
watchman and the burglars after he contribution list, reported encourag-
lesscn learned from th<k
rent European war “is the
ue of the factor of speed.”
“There ts definite dagger ip
waiting to order the complete
equipping and
, armies after a war
the President asserted.
The Chief Executive
he was inspired to make
extraordinary defense ‘1
“the incredible events of
two week* in the
flict, particularly a* a
aviation'and mec
together with the
quencee of
WASHINGTON,
A strike of CIO
iny, N. J., shl]
halting U. S.
nou«
grrss today
, Rep. Cox of Georgia
word in <ut attadk oh
[be was Joined tty Rep.
North Carolina,
of Michigan, in
tion to outlaw strikes
trial plant engaged in
work.
WAR ON RATS
DIS.
*
Only Moderate
Obtained County Agent
Admits Friday
Only moderate success was
ed in the Rat
paign conducted the
throughout DeWitt county.
Agent J. W Jackson
day morning as the drive'
an end.
Last year's one-day
Extermination was much
cessful than the month’s __
this year, it was declared. EL D.
Little, of the U 8. Biological Sunrag
of the A. & M. Extension Sarrf
who conducted drive* Lri CderdT^j
Yoakum, left the county
night.
Poisoning of the Yoakum l
district, held the first two
the drive, drew more interflg*
evidenced in^Cuero, County Agent"
Jackson reported.
A total of 115 batches of bait ware
distributed, far under the flnount
used last yew:
At the end of six month*, another
check will be made in the county
SWINDLERS : i
JAILED HERE
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i had discovered them in the rear of. ilie success j
the Oil Mill office. In their liastvj cuero js far behind her quota but j
(departure the intruders left behind | d believed that with citizens now _ , ..." a- *iV'-
ja crowbar, hammer and other tooLs-1 realizing the true horror of the pic- LX"(0nVICt W0llt6(j Ul)
' „ i ture in France and Belgium that the ... ... .
Paul Mennenaa !d.ri^«wil!56 put over with success Worthless Check Lhdrge
Receives License
war had been received in B:-rlin. ting from that city
trusted employe of the
Belgian Parliament
Ousts King Leopold
Anyone desiring more information Pacific Lines, retiring
( regarding these jobs should contact earned rest in 1937
Southern [College Station where they are- toiA$ Embt)lmGr
for a well (attend the Texas A Sc M. Gradu- j f
[ation exercises in which
in this city.
Following are the latest contribu-
t ions reported by Chairman LeRov ;
Hamilton:
Miss Kate Thompson
Under Arrest
Ernest!
I Little Billie Gischer
‘lie local office of the State Employ-; Mourning his passing are his Meynard Jr. is to participate. ‘,nd •' al1' Mennenga | American Legion Auxiliary
Iment .Service. according, to Mr wife. Mrs. Annie Horton of Cuero "^Voting M®fS$*rd has made a splen- have returned from' a trip to Fort.Chas. Riebschlager
I Warner. three children. LcttSe Horton ol did record at A Ac M. He was ex-|Worth where they attended the E. Wichtendorf
- --------------- | Texarkana. Dr P.*t Horton of San rmpf frtrfn -all final*examinations staF Funeral Directors and Em-[Frank Stefka
PARIS. May 31—fINS>—The B«*l- L. C Johnson Sr lias established Antonio and Mrs George Lewis of and is to receive his B S. deg re- in jb timers meeting Mr. Mennenga [ Cash ’
gian parliament, meeting at Limore. | himself as a ‘‘champion*’ tomato! San Antonio One grandchild. Mary Mechanic* i Engineering. He was [passed his final examination at this [Cash
France, today unanimously voted a1 grower, judging from tlie patch hejJean Horton of San Antonio also only recently awarded a gold watch ;time and now is a ftill-fl-dged em-:c. A. Gay
resolution stating that King Leo-|has been farming in the rear of the survives. * i for outstanding services and was balmer This completes his twojEdw. Hausman
Keen this In mind'P°^ s surTen('er '° Nazi Germany1 home of Mr and Mrs C R R ese Pall beam were J W Arnold •-l-ctcd as one ot the T.-xas Aggie., [apprenticeships. He will continue j Mrs. F. Gohmert
and make every day of for him to
year Fire Prevention Day. j longer.
[made it "judicially and morally im- 'Jr. Tijr vines are loaded almost to Werner Fischer. Dr F W Buchei.’to be listed in 'Who's Who Among j'o assist at the Freund Funeral1 Albert Ermis
reign any capacity with some bueshc.-. having J. H Rice.-Pete.Meyer and E
tas many qs twenty large tomatoes ! Clanahan.
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D Me-;Students in American Universities Home as he has been during the,Cash
and Colleges.'
past couple of years.
Mrs. Klecka
A. J. Cooper, wanted in this city
$ 5.00 on a worthless check charge. Has
1.001 been jailed here after being taken
10 00 in custody by Austin police and
1.00 will be bound over to the DttWMA
1.00 county grand jury.
1.00 Cooper, according to officers, ftM
50 a long prison record, having nefe
50' two escapes from the Texas peni-
1 00 tentiary only to be recaptured.
1.00 He was for some time engaged tn
1.00 the purchase of scrap tin in th]*
2.001 area, officers said. The wni thl—
.25 chscL was given a local gaaolizie
.50' dealer.
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Putman, Harry C. The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 126, Ed. 1 Friday, May 31, 1940, newspaper, May 31, 1940; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1097333/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Cuero Public Library.