The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 206, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1929 Page: 1 of 6
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Fress dispatches from the lit-
jity of Lufkin today
the passage of a $40,-
id issue for the purpose
•HrtruetiDg .ml equippingj ^ of l^iy Hc.th, Noled
Aviatrix, Hangs in
Balance.
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The Cuero Record
A NEWSPAPER REFLECTS ITS COMMUNITY
WEST TEXAS—Parity
with probable riwvm la
southwest portion.
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CUERO, TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1929
FAMED WOMAN
FLIER IS NEAR
DEATH TODAY
gymnasium building
the Lufkin high school. The
is to be completed and
for use by January 1,
Attention of local citi-
is called to this item he-
ft similar proposition is
to come before Cuero
within the next' few
When the new Senior High
IHkmI Was constructed in 192S
mm provision was ntade by the
board, and The Record
wisely, for a gymnas-
ium or loeker and shower rooms
the building. There has
|Mfc some criticism for
but'the Record
otherwise. Had
sium been included
have entailed an added
0 <rf from $10,000 to $&),000
d would have been too small
properly fill the need for
it is intended On the
hand $10,000 or $15,000
wbK| bow erect and equip just
dt kind of a gymnasium that
ia aweded on the west end of the
High School Athletic field. And
a building will meet the
\ and requirements of the
I much better than if it
sn included in the school
Giant Graf Zeppelin Conquers the Broad Pacific
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INJURED IN CRASH
Part of Fractured Jaw Bone
Forced Up to Base of
The Brain.
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CLEVELAND. Ohio. Aug. 30.—
(INS.)—The life of Lady Mary
Heath, England's famous aviatrix.
is hanging in a balance today. At
7 o’clock this morning her condi-
tion was reported unchanged. It
was stated that if the aviatrix can i
survive the next thirty-six hours. I
her recovery may be expected, but I
will never be able to fly again
According to an unathorized re- j
port. Lady Heath may be blinded
for life. Lady Heath’s critical in-
juries were sustained when the
plane she was testing, preparatory
to use in the National Air races,
crashed through the roof of a
building here.
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Randolph Army Field
Project Moving Ahead
SAN ANTONIO. Aug. 30.—The
$3,000,000 Randolph army field
building project moved ahead
Thursday. Bids were to be opened
with more than 100 contractors ex-
pected to try for awards.
Six barracks to house 1550 enlist-
ed men, 60 sets of officers quarters.
47 double sets of non-commission-
ed officers quarters and two ware-
houses are to be built.
SIX PAGES TODAY
OIL LEASING
IS CO
OVER
Estimates Place
C.o Acreage Undent
at 125,*00 Acre*.
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Hearing is Set for Saturday
Morning, Witnesses
Are Called.
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This photo rushed from San Francisco by telephoto shows the
Graf Zeppelin with the planes which went out to sea to meet
her. She is shown directly over the Golden Gate, entrance to
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San Francisco Harbor, after crossing the Pacific from Tokio
in 68 hours. This ends the third leg of her world tour from
Lakehurst, N. J.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 30.—(INS)—
Lady Mkry Heath, famed aviatrix j
was seriously injured when her:
plane crashed into a factory herei -
Thursday. Part of her fractured, British Troops Give Battle
jawbone was forced up to the base to Recover Loot Taken
ol her brain and there is slight j By Moslems.
hope of saving her life according: -
to attending physicians. LONDON, Aug. 30. <INS.»
Lady Heath. accompanied by! Twelve Arabs were reported. to{
Edwin Kirk a Cleveland mechanic,) nave been killed at Surahor and
was practicing a dead stick land- j Lifts near Palestine by British
ing when the accident ocurred. troops, who gave battle to recovei
With the motor of her plane-shut) the loot seized by the Moslems,
off Lady Heath was gliding toward i according to advices published in
a landing mark and when the! the evening papers this after-
plane dropped unexpectedly toward j noon. A dozen young American
the roof of the factory, she had no ,-+
power to raise it out of danger. One
wing of the plane hit a guy wire to
TWELVE ARABS ^ow Zeppelin Gets Its Meals
DIE IN BATTLE
students, members of the cycling
group travelling through Syria,
may be imperilled on -the Pales- j
tine-Syrian frontier. Fighting is
roof of the faetSy. ! are already on the scene. I
p of The Legiou din-
thee, Mayor Pro-
VNilter Beiffert roports
that the Legion's offer of a
$54)9 contribution toward a mu-
field has been
lied for future reference. The
acting Mayor points out \that
ia He first place the city budget
bm already been worked out to
Haii^l, 1930, ami in the *ce-
<ad place the city attorney ^
has advised the council cannot
lq$iHy appropriate fuml-i for
the purpose.
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Both of these faets were
a to members of the Amer-
Legion post before they
to make their $500
\y available at Toes-
HIGHWAY WILL
BE RE-TOPPED
Work of Re-topning Cuero-
Thomaabdn Highway
Will Begin Soon.
Work of giving the Cuero-Thom-
as ton highway its second coat of
asphalt will be underway during
the next few days, according to in-
formation given the Record, and
A probe of the crash on the
Yoakum road Wednesday evening
in which six persons sustained
minor cuts and bruises and two
cars were badly wrecked, will be
held in the DeWitt county court
house Saturday, and witnesses
j were being summoned today.
The accident occurred when two
| roadsters, one occupied by Misses
| Hazel Keseling and Jennie Fritz,
i and William Vaughn and Fnwik
j Fritz of this city, and the other by
Lem and William Mitchel, Lavaca
! county farmers, collided, the car
occupied by tlie Cuero boys and
girls turning completely over. All
four suffered painful bruises, but perlaqa the-
Huge
Owner*.
Leasing of DeWitt
for oil prospecting
abated and at the
estimates place the .
under lease at
in this comity alone.
000 acres are held u
Victoria county. Lea
filed daffy on the
records ranging from
acre blocks. All tow
out this section report'
act! fled of late, and
some sections are
some profits to the land
NEW m
According to
test wells are to be
county during the
months, the wells to
scattered and
the outsandlng
•e ration in Texas.
were hot seriously injured. Wil-
liam Mitchel. an occupant of the
other ear. was badly bruised when
thrown from the nr in which he
was riding by tlf impact of the
crash.
County* officials will hear both
ot ,rr»vel to bo used ini «“? j” a
this work to expected to be com-! and 11 ,s that the ^
pleted within the next ten days.
FINANCIAL AID
ASSURED SOON
American Colton Growers
Exchange Promises Im-
. mediate Relief.
Union Service at
Methodist Church
The congregations which have
| sponsored the open air meetings in
spousoreu me upeii on iiiu-mibo a t
the City Park will come together Angeles, to Lakehurst
dist church Sunday evening. The
first service of the summer was
held at the Baptist church, which
had then just been opened for
worship, the plan being to con-
clude the series at the Methodist
church when their new building
was completed. This-service will
be held Eunday evening at 8:00 \
DALLAS, Aug. 30 —Ample finan-
cial aid to cotton farmers of the
country was assured by the federal
farm board. C. O. Moser. presi-
th^ ^ertcan ^ Cotton^v. Everctt ^ones. of the[ Boats jn Qne
Left to right are John Murrv, Lee Horst, H. P. George and
WalteT Thrall, gas experts, examining the apparatus installed
to regulate the flow of gas from the mains as it is blended with
pyrofax gas to drive the MZep’s” motors from Mines Field, Los
(International Newsreel)
TWENTY-FIVE TEXAS U. GETS
DIE IN CRASH LARGE GYM
Washington.
‘‘The board members said they
would authorize a loap of from
$6,000,000 to $10,000,000. to our
organization and if this was not
Eights meeting, and neith- sufficient they would give us more
Growers’ exchange, said on his re- i Episcopal church will preach at
turn.to Dallas Thursday from 1 ^is service, with music in charge
of the Methodist choir.
of New Gymnasium Will Ac-
er mi them neeemarily mean
Ki-djgy cannot contribitte
part or even all of the fund
Weemary for the * eatablish-
of an airport. Regarding
the first, the city i# no differ-
dnt from an individual and in-
budgeta are often
to allow for added
- conveniences or in-
, such as the air-port
be for the eitv of Cuero.
Yh# second reason is even much
than the first to side-
It would not be the first
any means that the
made contributions, or
in a slightly il-
Or equally a con-
could be made to the
of Commerce or to
Legion “to uric
fit”. Possibly this
go for a lamling
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the Last and by far the
manner to legalize tlie
expenditure would
Ihw. Extend the city limits
ia the 8. P. Property
with the residence see-
the corporation,
eould then spend as
it whiled to provide
field, then, and do
Moser said. “The board favors the
Worst Marine Disasters • I commodate Five Thous-
Pacifi
on Pacific Coast.
and Persons.
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TEXAS' YOUTHS TO SHOOT IN
THE NATIONAL RIFLE MATCHES
CAMP TERRY, O
Aug. 30.—
who were
plan of aiding farmers and has j Three Texas youths,
taken a broadminded attitude and;selected from nearly four thousand
is willing to give reasonable aid to j young candidates in the Citizens
co-operatives over the country.” ! Military Training Camps to repre
Funds of the board will be used
to supplement loans already made
by Intermediate credit banks,
which have been loaning up to 65
per cent of the cotton’s value, j
SAN FRANCISCO. Calif.. Aug.j AUSTIN. Tex.. Aug. 30.—(INS.)
30.— < INS. >—fOne of the worst1 —University of Texas athletes will
Marine disasters in this section of disport themselves in a brand new
the Pacific coast was believed to half-million dollar gymnasium
have been enacted today with the I around the first of the year, un-
collision of' the * passenger steam-j less there is a hitch in the build-
er San Jaun. and the tanked S. C.i ings CQnstruction.
T. Dodd, oft Half Moon bay. early j The opening of the basketball
today. It is believed that between season will see the completion of
The work will begin at Thomas-
ton, the road to be closed during
the daytime and open at night. A
detour will be provided.
Traffic will not be halted at any
time between this city and Vic-
toria authorities have stated. The
•WH! *b* otoeed whMe wwrfc is
underway, not only to prevent
damage to the road, hut also to
protect men working on the pro-
ject. The highway will be opened
to travel each evening at 7 and
closed in the morning at 7. De-
tours have been arranged for and
will be open at all times.
The road will be re-topped from
Thom as ton to a point two miles
north of Cuero on the Cuero-Yoa-
kum highway.
Mt. Zipn Association
Continues Here
The afternoon session opened at
2 p. m. Thursday, Vice Moderator
Shiner presiding.
Dr. H. McCranc taught the in-
I stitute lesson.
After (the regular preliminaries,
the Moderator and the Directress,
respectively, delivered their annual
messages, which were instructive
and inspiring, the directress being
fittingly introduced by the assistant
directress, Mrs. E. K. Rodgers. Yoa-
kum, the moderator likewise by
Aev. G. W. Edwards, Gonzales. This
was the directress’ 14th annual
message, the moderator’s 4th. The
i tlon as to which driver was in the
wrong will be settled.
COUNCIL FILES
. LEGIONDEFERtESiS
of any of the
taking leases In
LEASING ON
Recent disoc
ries regarding the use
ical methods In the
possible salt domes
Coast area ware id*
incorrect have
of the most active
paigns in South,
era Louisiana ever
t hese sections.
The entire coast
i gone over again
No Action Taken* on .Air-
port Proposal. Claim
Donation Illegal.
During the pa
has been found
up by the drill
structioas iff the
the
orded by tti
a possible
s?nt Texas and the other states of J
twenty-five and forty', persons lost Chough balcony space to seat 3,-1 directress. Mrs. L. M. Jones was
.. ... _ . ,, , their lives when the two vessels 000 spectators, and room will be I presented beautiful and useful
the Eighth Corps Area at , collided in a heavy fog. The San1 Provided for 2,000 more on the tokens of appreciation, for her
tional Rifle and Hateha at, Jaun ^ enroute ^ ^ Angles sidelines. When finished the big long and faithful service. 15 con-
re y 1 with passengers and freight. Some j gm>' wil1 "-500 ca&e fans | secutive years.
Camp Perry, are
ing instruction in the finer points
to
Moser said. The federal board will} of marksmanship preparatory
loan an additional 25 per cent af-j taking their places in the •<»«;
ter the cotton has been hedged in.Pne cf. riflemen who will begin
their favor, he explained. This is (firing next Monday in the greatest
a “protective" measure, in keep-: meet of marksmen ever held in
tag with good business, he said. j America. They are: Keith W Floui^
“The board is not willing to loan noy. Chirino; Calvin H. Crotty, San
over a total of 90 per cent on the Angelo and William G. Young.
of the survivors were picked up by
the Dodd and the Munami. most
of whom were badly injured .radio
advices said:
value and we would not be willing
to accept loans over this valua-
tion.” the exchange official said,
“aqd we are in accord with the
board's attitude on this matter.”
Moser appeared before the board
several times in representing many
of the co-operative marketing or-
ganizations of Texas.
All the young men of the C. M
T. are quartered in large army
tents furnished With comfortable
cots and plenty of blankets. They
are under constant supervision of
especially qualified regular army
offoers. During the remainder of
this week they will be pupils in the
small arms firing school and upon
graduation from the school will be "known"‘one'hund^'
ready to compete against veteran j ten aboard • the
marksmen in many events of the Juan werc accounted for.
The building, of Spanish-Italian | The moderator was re-elected for
In a letter to John H. Berning.l^ ^ ^
a member of the Minstrel Commit- j Farmer^ weh
tee of Dinter Po6t No. 3 of the j paaed tip as
American Legion, which made the! the* structures,
original offer of a $500.00 con-! value but »
tribution toward an airport. May-1 celvlng marked
or Pro-tem Walter Reiffert has re-1 result there Is a
plied as follows: leases for retesting
Mr. John H. Bern mg. Cuero. Texas
Dear Sir:—Referring to your
communication addressed to the
City Council, beg to advise that
same was read at a meeting of the
Council held yesterday afternoon
and was flied for future reference.
As advised you when you pre-
sented the petition in person, our
budget has been worked out to
March the first, 1930, and all
funds on liand have been allowed.
Due to certain improvements, greeting
that the City contemplates making ^ ^
in the near future, the Council from ^ rootm
found that they were rot in a po- ^ a pattering storm,
sition to grant your request and '
regret that such had to be tjic
case.
In tlds connection, I also wish
to advise that the City Attorney
has advised the Council that le-
gally. we could not appropriate
funds for this purpose.
Wishing you every success In
your undertaking and regretting
NEW Y<
GRAF
NEW YORK, Adg.
Dr. Hugo
the Graf
who made the
reived New York
handclap af
noon. The
architecture, will harmonize with. a fifth term. The directress, like- J our inability to be of service in
other buildings of? the Texas) wise, jn the women’s meeting. ( this connection, wc beg to remain,
compus. Concrete already has been The Vice Moderator introduced Yours very truly,
poured for the lower floor and the, or g. I. Prince, of the General CITY OF CUERO.
30 _ walls for the second of the three | Baptist convention, who spoke ; Walter Reiffert,
stories will be finished this month.) gjon^ the lines of the convention Mayor Pro Tern.
Included in the ground floor of program generally, and the return j -——
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug.
(INS.)—The death toll in the sink-
ing passenger steamer. San Juan,
off Pigeon Point early today, may; the finished building will be ten of
reach three score or more. The the best handball courts in the
dense fog shrouded in uncertainty i South, corrective physical educa-
the fate of seventy-four passengers, tion offices, rest rooms and gym-
and members of thCfcrew of the ill! na$ium; wrestling room for eight
fated San Franeisco\to Los An-, 16 by 16 foot masts; over 60 show-
geles steamer which sank three | ers in three locker rooms; a fac-
minutes after colliding with the) ulty locker, shower and exercise
tanker S. C T. Dodd. Thirty-six j room; a freshman locker and
hours after the collision, only 36. shower room to accommodate 200
and
San
Sensation Oil Well at matches.
Luting i. Subdued pc~ £
not yet finished riflemen, but af-
LULING. Aug. 30.—The Johnnie
Manford well, which came in a sen-
sational manner severkl weeks ago
and which was nearly l06t owing to
no easing in the well, was finally
subdued Thursday. Cement was set
and the well was drilled in prop-
erly Wednesday and came in last
night filling a 1000 barrel tank with
high grade oil in eight hours . This
well is 3 1-2 miles southwest of
Lultag and belongs to Penn and
Sims. \
ter the experience of competition it
is probably that many of them will
become marksmen of more than
average ability. Besides being one
of the greatest sporting events of
the year, the matches are consider- brought to light when a grave was
ed as an asset in national defense, opened to ffiovc the body to anoth-
as every graduate cf the small arms er lot.
school and every competitor be- When the grave that of Mrs . Jos
comes not only an effective rifle- Scergel, who was buried last Fri-
man but is also qualified to in-
Grave Robbery Case
Probed by Rangers
persons; a varsity locker room for
250 persons.
The building will allow the tear-
ing down of a half dozen wooden
building on the campus, including
the present gym and adjoining
athletic shacks and the freshman
basketS&ll building
pastor New Hope Baptist church,
Waco. Dr. Jenkins was the special
guest of the meeting. —Reporter
Poisoned Food
Sends Three to
Ft. Worth Hospital
of^the association to the conven-1 QrQW£B Visit New
At night the great audience was ! Methodist CHlircb
thrilled and inspired by the mas- ■ -
tierful address of Dr. J. N. Jenkins, ] Many Cuero citizens Thursday
evening attended Open House at
the new Methodist church opened
to the general public for inspec-
tion at that time. ’Aosc who in-
spected the new building were
well pleased with it. and were loud
in their praise of the splendid new
church. The attractive Sunday
school department drew the atten-
tion of many.
DALLAS, Aug. 30.—Texas rang-
ers were here Thursday to investi- D„ J* Cmtrn
an allropri ^vp mhbme KadlO failS SpiHH
Music For Politics
struct others in the art of shooting.
The matches have been held an-
nually for more than half a cen-
tury and since 1903. whe ncongres-
sicnal recognition and aid were
extended, have been known as the
NattoOftl Matches.
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conducted by a radio station here
to discover the program preferences
day, was opened it was found that ■ of its listener*, it was revealed that
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FORT WORTH. Aug. 30.— (INS)
—Mrs.^^V. S Hammock and her
three children are confined In a
hospital todrfy suffering the ef-
fects of ptomaine poisoning. Mrs.
Hammock's husband believes that
the four were poisoned from a
ready cooked food which they ate
last night. He ate none, he sold.
CHICAGO- (INS)- In a survey and was not affected. Physicians
at the hospital say the condition
of the four is serious.
the body and casket were missing, more constructive talks, more poii-
A further investigation revealed
the casket, with the body disturbed,
buried in a shallow grave near the
cemetery. Officers were a< a less
for a possible motive for the re-
moval.
tics and less music is wanted.
Less jazz and more sacred song*
were also requested in a surprising
number of cases. Love songs. Im-
itations of cows, chickens and dogs
were given small appreciation.
DUS TODAY
CORSICANA. Aug. 30—(INS.)-
B. Maitrs, 7$, retired Corsicana
business men, died at his home
early today following a short Ill-
ness. Funeral arrangements are
uncompleted.
Ray Barnes,
was officially
Scoutmaster of
at an impressive
the Scout Hut
Thursday everitaf.
Scout Troop was
at the meeting wfc
tended by Scout i
city.
Bara* has been aettt
work in this Ay for a
and suoeegds B. K.
former Scoutmaster of
is troop. W!
an early date for ■
will make his
Drinker Seeks Jail
to Avoid Temptation
STAMFORD. Lonn— (INS)—Law-
rence Zappi came back for more.
Lawrence was sentenced to spend
thirty nights in the local lock-up
while he worked days to support his
family. He served the sentence and
was free just a week. Then he went
to drinking so much that he was
taken in by the police again and
Judge J. J. Fennel who thought up
the original sentence sent Zappi
back to serve ten nights more.
Zappi explained he just oouldnt
help drinking if he had to hang
around nights.
Five
Nations
THE HADQK
The general
ficlal
reparations
here today by
Italy. Belgium,
many. The
atmosphere at aal
smiling and
8hyko lee
here to
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