The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 149, Ed. 1 Monday, June 21, 1954 Page: 1 of 6
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Airport Decision By October 1
fyTown Talk
Assurance of the countyt
judge and the commissioners J
court that taxes will not be j
raised during the year 1954 is
at least a bit of good news
on the tax front.
Taxes have reached such a
point that ‘‘take home pay”:
Is so called because home is
about the only place you can
afford to take it.
* * *
The more than one inch of
rain which fell over the week
end hardly compensated the
terrific drop in cattle prices
experienced during the past
week, but the rain was wel-
comed.
(3he (Euera Uprnrii
* A NEWSPAPER REFLECTS ITS COMMUNITY
The Weather
SOI TH ( F.NTRAI, TEXAS —
Clear to partly cloudy and warm
through Tuesday. Widely scattered
afternoon and . evening thunder
showers.
VOL. 61.—NO. 149.
CUERO, TEXAS, MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1954
6 PAGES—PRICE 5c
Guatemala City
Undergoes Daily
Bombing Attacks
$5,500,000 DIVORCE SETTLEMENT
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, June 21.— (UP)—Guatemalan1
labor leaders Monday ordered truck drivers, railway workers
and farmers to help defend the capital against anti-Com-
Cuero however, apparently munist rebels reported driving toward the city,
received the lions share of the; The Guatemalan government belittled the effects of the
fall which was spotted over four-day old invasion thus far but admitted that Guatemala
the county. We won't com- City, bombed and strafed at least three times since Friday,
plain however. Every little was the invaders' immediate tar- —_
bit counts.
* * *
These are busy days for
Cuero kiddies with the sum
mer youth program in
swing and vacation Bible
schools blossoming
out the city.
I'get.
Leader of the insurgents predicl-
| ed v ictory over President Jaeobo
Arbenz Guzman's Communist-in-
fluenced regime w ithin the next 36
full hours. They s.aid rebel leader Col.
Carlos Castillo Armas was inside
Guatemala and would set up his
through- j provisional government before
i nightfall.
Crowds Throng
Opening of New
Super Market
Hundreds of shoppers visited
Powell's Fresh Food's Ftiday and
Saturday for the opening of their
A YEAR'S negotiations at an end. Bobo Rockefeller reportedly will
get a Nevada divorce from oil multi-millionaire Wlnthrop Rocke-
feller. The agreement, finally reached In New York, reportedly
specifies she will receive $2,000,000 In cash, and two truat fund*
totaling $3,500,000 for their 5-yer r-old aon, I International J
Youngsters participating in
the summer youth program
incidentally are being interview with Mae Banned of the
tp share their time between National Broaden sting Co.
play and training and
of them are enjoying
programs.
Watermelons Bringing
$1.00 Per Hundred
Pounds in Hallettsville
Report of ‘OmHidrrablp I'luliting'— new supoi niarko! in tho Newman
Winnipeg radio station CKY said building on S. Esplanade but the
it learned in a recorded telephone 0(.rasinn WHf. not uithout (.asUill|j.
L. 11. “Jack'' Powell, member
that J 0f fit m and head of the meat
most rebel forces were in Iho outskirts department sawed off a portion
both nf ,ho rar)i,al anf! that "consider-: of an index linger during the tush po“nds- «^0'dmg to one pa
able fighting is: going on,'' and excitement Saturday after--'
Truman Reported
Recovering frem
Operation
Defense Motion
For Favorable
<* .
Decision Denied
* *
Guatemala City was blacked out
for a few minutes Sunday night be-
Watermelons are bringing one KANSAS CITY. June 71. ttPl —
dollar per hundredweight in Hal* Forme! President Harry S. Tru-
lcttsville Monday, as long as they rt)an was reported in satisfactory
grade No. 1 "and weigh at least 25 ,, ,
gPI- | condition Monday after an emcr-
George Timoeeyk of Hallettsville ' sen.-y operation for removal of his
(was- in Cm to Sunday investigating j gall bladder and appendix, the first
A -local physician amputated the the possibility of securing a volume' serious illness of his lifetime.
Mini ii-,o FUenhowcr admin- fore Foreign Minister Guillermo injuifd linger a! the first join! and °f melons and ottered the aisive-
W1U me tSlolllllOWCl „ .. . ... r> ______II .. . ... ,. . ... . .. „l ...i. o until f.i.Oior nolioo
Istration's recent cut in the
Powell was bmk at the stoic Mon- reported price until further notice,
day.
ToriellO made a nationwide broad-
cast to the people about a Freni h
price support for butter, fiom rpsoimion put before the United
90 to 75 per cent of parity, in- i Nations Security Council in New
i reuse the sales? The answer York.
.. . j. The resolution called for an im-
i-ontains the key to the future
J i mediate end to any action likely
oi this country s farm policies. ttl cause bloodshed in Guatemala
If sales of butter, to be avail- j and urged all UN members to re-
able now at a lowered price,] hain from giving assistance to
do not increase, high P^e | (h# adoptrd ,,osoKl.
supports and huge .govern- j pon. “proves that the Guatemalan
ment surpluses probably Will j conflict, is not a domestic affair but Pritchard and Abbott of
become standardized Ameri-i international in scope.” Worth valuation engineeis, were Fret s to tutn out fot tin unaMon, |
, a Foil Control of Emergency— at Cuero at the county < otn t house itmj H|j a'tendtng ate asked to
Caa ” ‘ ' 1 The foreign minister .also at- Monday morning for the annual bung along their kntvi
Certainly consumer pur- ,pnlptCfj assure the people that Board of Equalization meeting Hnrf Sxx„is.
chases Of butter have dropped the government had full control ov- ;«'hirh w as well attended, according Activities w ill begin at 7 p
Norman Powell, head of the
Him, said ntendanee and sale vol-
ume far exceeded his expectalions
and he highly eomplinu'iited the
pulling power of Record advetli.s-
ing.
County Board of
Equalization Meets
Fot |
Firemen to Partake
of Cowboy Stew
The Men’s Auxiliary and Hie
Regulars of the Cuero Fire 1> pat i-
ment will conduct diill tonight at
he regular meeting of the latter
after whteli a cowboy stew will be
served .according lo Lester Frets,
assistant to the chief.
All Regulars ate requested By
CIVIL AIR
PATROL DRAWS
FIRST SUPPLIES
Squadrons Plan to be
in Hew Home in
Near Future
Cuero’* two Civil Air Patrol
squadrons «re getting down to
j business now that word has been
received that they are officially ac-
tivated.
Sunday several members of the
Senior squadron went to San An-
tonio where they apent most of
She day working on office details
of the organization with Group
Commander Lt. CoL Ross Jennings
and Group Adjutant Captain June
Hawley.
The Cuero men also began draw-
ing supplies and equipment fur the
Kidnap Hearing
at an enormous rate since the rr ,h<' emergency .although author- t° Judge Stephen Hebert.
! ities had warred in an earlier Quite a fcw representatives
war. The average American
broadcast of the approaching insur- large
oil companies in the state
and a number of royalty owners
county, vyerc
followed charges in the United Na-j No raise >n faxes anticipated
tions that American airmen had, hy the Commissioners, Hebert
bombed Guatemalan cities Satur- U aid._
day and had been forced down in i ~
Mexico.
But an American crop duster'
who crash-landed in the sea near,
the Mexican border said in Mexico
City Sunday night his accident
might have formed the basis of the
Guatemalan charge.
William A. Beall ,of Galveston
COMING EVENTS
Tuesday
Legion—i8 p m.
Eastern Star—8 p m.
Doubleheader—Yanks
Cubs vs Apes fi 3U p
No Injuries in Sunday
Traffic Accident
A traffic
formerly consumed 16.8; ern)t
pounds of butter per year and torielo’s reference to the scope ] from throughout the
only 2-8 pounds Of margarine.1 nf ,hc rebellion as "international'' a|so in attendance
Today Americans consume an
average of 8.6 pounds of but-
ter and 8.1 pounds of margar-
ine «ach, per year.
But butter production has
not decreased corresponding-
ly. Instead, government pur-
chases have increased. Sup-
porting a 90 per cent of par-
ity price, the government has xex., the pilot .said he walked 20
been buying surplus butter at]miles through the jungle to the
66 cents per pound. It now has Mexican town of Tapachula. j
.. „„„ „„„ „„„ . where the Guatemalans claimed
more than 270,000,000 pounds American pilots had been intem-
of butter in storage and is still ed.
buying.
With the drop in the parity
level, cheaper butter should
be available. If the lowered
price results in increased a traffic accident occurred
sales, that may help compen-: early Sunday morning in Con-
sate the farmer for some of crc,p community, according to
Patrolman F. B Byrne, who said
no personal injuries resulted, j
j but the ears involved were!
j badly damaged.
| Eugene Harmon Richey of
("uero who was driving a 1953
j Mercury coach w as in collision j
about 2 a.m. with Walter Edwards
!of Rf 4. Cuero who was driving
j a 1938 Chevrolet coach, accord- j
]ing to By me.
No "Good Humor"...
EOS ANC.EI.ES, June ?!.—
(I P)—Good Humor lee cream
man Henry Hodge. !t, became
somewhat ill humored Sunday
with a ••customer.”
K man stopped Hodge on the
street and asked what flavors
hr had. When the l«e cream
nun poked his head into I he
free*er to see. the mar poked
a knife against Hodge's bark
The "customer" escaped wttb
$47 and four gallows of tor
cream-assorted flavor*.
at the fire Mahon.
Bulletin...
TI Itht , I inland June 1\—
(I l'i—John lainili i I Aii-Ira
lla broke Roger ! tri-»er's
world record f*-- tin- mile run
Mom.’ v i.h-e. he ran the dl*
lance X.
The 70-year old former chief ex-
ecutive underwent the two hour
and 10-minute operation in Re-
search hospital here Sunday. It
was performed by Brig. Gen. Wal- ■ local squadruns, and returned
lace R. Graham, who served *s home with such varied material
Mr. Truman's physician during his ** tadio parts, JO Mae West lite
tenure in the White House. j jackets, 25 helmet I bans, 40 .pan a
“ Graham said Monday that, list-- *un glasses, two lypewi itri s, a
ring post-operative complications, i sl'*Ie projector and film strips, a
Mr. Tinman should he completely tadio cainpa**., litre# radio teceiv-
leturned lo normal health tn a few •'' » . two radio tranamlttei*.
v along with about 100 coffee mugs
'in'Good Condition'— | and other items
"For a man of 70. he is ,n good The -O'iadion. hope to soon be
i ondition." Graham said ,hp Cur‘° ,hc
Graham disclosed that the for- gilding «o be moved ear y this
in ' serious'' "cck lrorn ,he <-uei° Housing
Unit to the airport pioperly.
Regular meetings for the two
squaUrons w ill be held Monday
at the City Hal), with thr
main part of the meeting time ex-
pected tn be taken up in insttuc-
Reds.
j mer president wav
condition when he was taken to
j Research hospital Saturday night
] He first -became til Friday night
; nil'll hr suffered what he thought '"kht
: w as a stomach upset He w as fore -.
ed to leave a production of "Call
Me Madam," in which he was to ,l0n
have appeared briefly as himself
j in the last act.
i Graham's first diagnosis was in-
j digestion. But as the discomfort
j continued, the physician decided
MINI TE [Mr. Truman should go to the hos-
BOSTON <UPi Nuclear scien-, pltal for tests,
lists here have developed an air- Asked what the tests showed
borne tracer technique capable of about Mr. Truman's condition,
measuring amounts of radtoartiv- Graham said It was serious, bill
itv smaller than one part in 100 is not now as a result of the op-
Irillions. era t ion."
Nofdheim Feast Drew
Large Crowd Sunday
The Nordheim Feast held Sunday
C'MON, GREYHOUND, GIDDAP!
the price support loss. And
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UUufUkeSoH-
SHOULDER TO THE
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Whe^ would «ne»T3pf »o
me cosetw by s*»9e
they we'* e*pec*d
shoulder lo the wheel ■
-sjtn got caught in
e-SO wrho
put their
in csve ’he
• d’tih The
keeps he. sho. d*f *o tb»
U,hee coo; de-ed a.h.-d wrw-
s'h-vgk-kf-eut oeae' see • srage-
«a«lk
at their newly-renovated hall was
well attended, with a large number
of Cueroltes present.
Two ball games were held dur-
ing the afternoon and blue rock
shooting at 5 p. m.
Music was furnished by the
Nordheim Bras* band and the
Nordheim High School band.
A sausage supper was served at
5 p m., and the day's activities
were terminated with a dance at
night.
Noidheirners received a good fjvh itu'.
tain shorfly al'^moon. hosvever. it Polec believe the same p.
Was spotted, according to those in or person* wtsi *•> -. i i ii
Federal Court Case on Airport
Repossession Completed Saturday
Judge Jume.s V, Allred In Federal District Court at Hous-
ton Saturday denied a motion by attorneys for Earl S. Tap-
per that the cpvirt render an Immediate decision In favor of
the defendant In the suit of City of Cuero to recover title to
the properties known a.s the former Cuero Municipal Airport.
The motion was offered by Frank Brown member of the
Houston law firm of naker, Botts, Andrews and Shepherd,
■■ ....... . w ho served as chief 11 int counsel
I for the defendant.
| The defense then of feted its wit.
nesses and the Judge, upon rotn-
j pletion of defense testimony at 5 ,10
j Saturday afternoon announced that,
he would render a decision by
October 1st.
Judge Allred said he would tie
in court in Corpus Christ! during
the remainder of June, that he
would vacation during the month of
July and gave the attorney; for
both sides until September to file
written briefs setting foith perti-
nent testimony and riling their au-
thorities.
The case got underway in the
Houston court at 3 15 Thursday
afternoon with city trial counsel
Hob Campbell, in a surprise move,
calling Karl S Tuppei to the stand.
Tile itly rested its ease after
I presenting a* its witnesses Fail S,
j Tapper. Mayor J T. Newman. F.
F. McAlister, J. I). Bra inlet te, J,
W Howerton, and Bud Javerv.
Mr. Tupper was qutte candid m
his testimony Itiat he promised
the city eounril, tiie chamber of
Commerce and other leading epi-
zen* of Cuero to roost ruet and
operate a plasties manufacturing
plant equal to his plant in Farm-
eisville, Massachusetts .even
though sin h obligations w ere not
provided for in tils written eon.
trsei and lease agteement with tli«
ei*y.
Mayor Newman testified that aa
a member nf the sub-committee
for the ( harnber of Commerce h#
had many conversations ynth Mr.
Tupper and was assured bv trot
that he would operate a piasticg
plant and employ 400 workers
the stale Sunday morning by city Th„ Mlyor „Htw| ,hat w.(|< fh#
police for a 1951 Foul ta-longing to reason that he strongly
DANIEL J MARSIN fright) con-
fers with his attorney, John J
Hynn. In rourt In Phoenix,
An* , at preliminary hearing In
th# kl-Inaplng of Mm. Evelyn
Smith. Mamin, unemployed
welder, Is serused of kidnaping
her and collecting a $75,000
ranaom. I International/
Arthur Fischer Reports
Theft of Car Sunday
A pickup order was sen! out over
Jesse
Arthur Fischer
Mimetime alter midnight from in
front of his home at
Street, according to Chief
Taylor
A 1950 Fold was found Hint.dial-
ed on the Vntona highway Sunday
morning, and lifter < becking, • Ry
polue learned it had lieen stolon
attendance at the feast.
First Baptists Conclude
Vacation Bible School
th«* cm* found on
Victoria high * a)
No Observation of
JunetrcnLh Ho|Ktrtrd
son
< tr
ttw
A total of 134 rhildren was en- yp, JuneieerJh pas-cd off vecy
] rolled last week in the Vacatmr qmetly in ( ue(o ard surrounding
i Bible .School conducted at the First vtrinities avoiding to citv and
I Baptist church .according et» the
Rev. Norman A Sanders, who
said this number represented a
record enrollment for th* summer
school.
Eleven conversion* were report-
ed. informed.
The school closed Friday evening _
j with eervices conducted at *
jo clock, Rev Sander* in charge
Mr*. Glenn KiHough was gener-
al superintendent and she was
! assisted by a number of co-work-
ers in th* church.
rerom-
whuh was stolen mended to the rity council that th#
iontract tie signed, even though it
Clinton "ontain such oliligation,
Mr. HrafT>lett*‘‘n tr»tininny h<i|
!o the effect th »t u|n»n
of th«- content* of the fm.il draft of
omtraet with Tupper hr mad#
otijec tions lo the omission of m«
oldigaiwais of lup(iei to p,i> me
Hie maintenance of the ground*
and insuranie on the buildings tni|
was assured bv an agen- and :rp*
rrsmtaUve of Tupf- i i tai if h#
vowref such oti jec-t ion * I upper
would not agree and was assured
by Tupper'* rrpresrr'at,ve that
the manufacturer would in tact,
pay for such maintenane and in-
surance even though ihr wrutcfi
i-ontract did no* so specify.
Bud Javery testif,ed that H#
came to Cuero as siv-p forerrian
county law enforcement officers, for Tupper Texas In* . and tn h*
who said or I) rout me arrests were testimony he further rated that
made. to a large degree the machinery
No celebrations were reported and equipment placed here by Tup-
in Cuero .however, a pa-ade was per was obsolete and not what he.
held m Yoakum, the Record was Javery .would expe< t a modem
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I0-MONTH-OID Patn—a
tu turu• QDtau to ositooac
Ann Savin makes like a HamMetcni** driver aa Ph-Udeipht* aoo •##*•««
Cuero Weather
Temperature* and rainfall for
the last 24 hours, reported by H.
: A Taylor, at the CPAL dam
were;
High . _________ It
taws . . It
j $ |m d M la predtcS#d tor
No Baplizisms...
II SHIM.. Okla . June II.— |
ll |'j—Preachers were espect j
ed tn puar Into the inunb tpal
swimming pwol here Monday »•■
mark Use laasgur »U.o» 4 Use
"peea* Spec's Stour
The eMt come U -el aside owe
Ssour each m*.fdins f,cr mints
Sera at Use pn*d to enaltle the
clergy men l« lake a dtp w tthout
he tag erSttctred lor a|tpearia|
tn ha thief soil*
Ac erdiag I •
■toy Risk
gras* seed is
soother Ihiag
Usa: apparent
ty Is "slryellx lor 'he htfdv
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