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For All
Departments
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Dial 5-3131
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" A NEWSPAPER REFLECTS ITS COMMUNITY
| Th« Waathir
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS —
Clearing, a little warmer west
portion Wednesday. Clear to
parity cloudy, a little warmer
Thursday and In north portion
Wednesday night.
VOL. 61—NO. 265
CUERO, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1955
12 PAGES—PRICE 5e
ffrTown Talk Ruling In Duval
Cases Made Final
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BIOFF DIES IN GANG-STYLE BLAST
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It is encouraging to note
that seven Cub Scout dens
are now operating in Cuero.
With juvenile delinquency
knocking at our door, any
movement such as Cub
Scoifling which combats de-1
linquency, is to be encour-!
aged on every hand.
Of course, Cub Scouting or
any other movement of!
worth will reach some of1
AUSTLN, Nov. (IT) —
The Te\a* Supreme Court
Wednesday granted permis-
sion for filing of a manda-
mus suit seeking to har At-
torney General John Ben
Shepperd and Dux a I County
District Attorney Sam Burris
from prosecuting a suit
against George B. Parr.
The high rourt set argu-
ments for Nov. 1« on the suit,
brought by Estella G. Gareia,
Ix*h lee Barrington and \n-
aeleto Valerio.
our already hardened young -
hoodlums. It 1s fegretablr AUSTD.’,'Jov. 9.-U P>- The
.. .. Court of Criminal Appeals Wed-
that the proper authorities nPsdav m:!f)e fino1 its ruMns
cl on It- step in and do some- throwing out 104 Duval county in-
thing \o eliminate this ele-tdietmrnts.
ment, but apparently they
icision on Oct. 5 touched off an i
;attack hy Shepperd against I
i Judge Lloyd W. Davidson.
I .Shepperd charged that David-1
son has cast a reflection upon the I
I "honesty, integrity: and' prdfes- i
'sional conduct" of the attorney
general, as 'veil as District Judge 1
A. S. Broadfoot, retired Bonham
jurist, who was sent to Duval
■county to serve as acting judge
last year.
Broadfoot dismissed a grand
jury on grounds including one
thot remain c-f its members,
were related to persons then un-
der investigation, and ordered a '
new grand jifry empaneled
The Court of Criminal Appeals'
ruled that the "new" grand jury(
which returned the indictments
acted without lawful authority. j
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All Veterans
Day Will Be
Observed Here
The high court acted xx ithout!
written opinion, overruling a mo-;
are too complacent or are a- tjon for rehearing sought by At-,
fraid of accepting responsl-(torney General John Ben Shep-
. . perd, thus, blocking any further!
1 - " appeal by the state.
Give u.s more Boy Scouts Arguments on the motion by
n: .a you'll have less delin- Shopper.* asking the court to ov-'
eriurn its original ruling, hand-; Friday, November It, All Vet-
qtu liey. , 4 ,r.,j down'on Oct. 3, were heard ’erans Day, will he observed in
jiart week. Cuero with a Memorial Service
Tire Cuero Chamber of’ The court, ruling specifically at.lt p. m. to be conducted on
f , , . ., sn tiro c ast? of It. L, Adame, for- the court house lawn at the site
t>t:r!n< rce -tOi t ie m6r Dtiyal county school superin- of the monument to DeWitt Goun-
li. many years lia.s ;r rather u ndent who was convicted on a ry's watt dead. Dr. Marshall Dog-
- Ubsiailtial budget to-’• workidtargi? ol felony theft involving gett .Chaplain for Dinte.r Post
•public funds, held that the grand ! No. 3, Will - 'conduct the service,
the indict-(which will he under the auspices
lawful au-iof the Legion and Auxiliary unift.
■ xk
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% (
ith . . . not a
vcitey by airy, mean.*.
grt.u deal of ]lM.y whifh returned
but. a nents acted without
sum which will tit least make thorny . , —«...
, The indictments were returned the usual exceptions, the service
—i—. ia p^rjinns in Duval stations and drug stores to keep1
possible the employment o«,af;8jnst M
■?< capable manager.. The next’county.
‘ ,\c months- can be pro- Touched off *ttark-
,..ve if all of us continue
to back the organization.
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C.ero boys who have been
responsible for the destruc-
t. .. of "Slop Signs" In var-
ious parts of the city may
fthem.-elves in serious
t tie destruction of
::-■ ! pr operty can en-
t ■'.,:r- a b.eadache.
The appeals court s 2-to-l de- lished as usual.
By United Prase
EXCESS COHON
IS PROBLEM
THIS NATION
Replacing Wheat As
Farm Surplus
Problem .
i WASHINGTON. Nov. 9—(UP)
—A top Agriculture Department
j official said'Wednesday cotton is
becoming the ration's No. 1
farm surplus problem, replacing
wheat.
He said the surplus buildup of
wheat has slowed almost to a
'standstill, while excess cotton Is
(accumulating by leaps and
.liounds. Tuesdays report on the
11953 cotton crop as of Nov. 1|
j supported this view. The report;
placed the 1955 crop at 14.S43.000 i
bales, 915,000 bales above the i
October estimate and 1.770,000
bales above the September fore-
cast. Such a crop plus a carry-
| Sunday hours. divisions m ann v oi me urn in visors were appointed by the over of 10 6 mU]ion bales would
The Cuero Record will be pub- County Soil Conservation Dis-s*ate board on the same date as provide a total supply of 25.443,-1
trict today and Thursday will the district, received its certifi- 000 bales. Estimated foreign and
complete the five-man board of cate 0f organization, October is. domestic consumption for the
district supervisors, whose terms T r- 1955-56 marketing season is 12 i
of office wall last from one to five , million bales,
years, one term expiring each E*oer of Cbeapside Route, super* . Estimate production and car-
year. j visor for Subdivision IV, and Er- ryover exceeds the legislatively*
The supervisor for Subdivision:win J Melting of F.t, 2, York- defined “normal supply” by 9,-
rn Will be elected at 7:30 o’clock town, for Subdivision II. .'843,000 bales. This is surplus,
j tonight at the Meyersville school. I These men xx^ere appointed by "'Normal supply” is estimated
if! An election for a supervisor for the state board so they could I consumption plus a 30 per cent
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Jet Bomber Explodes
In Flight; Three Air
Force Flyers Missing
DESTRUCTION
fcf.i
THE BOOT OF WILLIE BIOFF, 53, former filmland labor racketeer, lies
unuer a blanket before the wreckage of his pickup truck outside the
garage of his $40,000 home in Phoenix, Ariz. BiofI (inset) was killed
by a dynamite blast ^is he stepped on the starter of the vehicle. His
body was hurled 25 feet and the wreckage was strewn 300 yards
around. Investigators be! leve that the thoroughness of the "job" done
on Bjoff was evidence his killing had a gangland revenge motive.
I Cuero stores will be closed xvith
Soil Conservation
Elections Continue
Election of supervisors for Sub-, two of DeWitt Country s super-
divisions 111 and V of the DeWjtt (visors were appointed by the
Would Become
"Learner" On
Turkey Ranch
S. J. Wallis, of Wtllis Tur-
key Ranch, Tuesday receiv-
ed a most unusual application
for employment.
Wallis is still wondering
where the applicant learned
of the ranch ... for the appli-
cation came from the Gold
Coast of Africa.
It came from George T.
Borthey. Post Office Box 679,
ACCRA, Gold Coast. Writ-
ten on November 3rd, sent as
an Aerogramme Air Letter,
and received by Wallis on No-
vember 8th, it read:
Dear Sir:
I have the honour most re-
spectively beg to contact you,
if you will be kind enough to
allow me a chance in your of-
fice as a "Learner.”
With the hope that this will
meet your kind attention and
approval at no distant date.
I have the Honour to be,
Sir.
3’ours Faithfully,
G. T. Borthey.
Light Rains Continue
As South Texas Warms
almost continuously alnea
,.— p. m„ November 10. at. the - of organization, accept this eoun-j The department had hoped for
) Cuero High School Auditorium, j ty’s portion oi assets and liabilit-a 10 jn ill ion bale crop and had;
owners, ies; of the old Middle Guadalupe rut acreage allotments in an ef-j
extreme South Texas Wednesday falling south of a line from La-j7:30
to keep temperatures fairly un-!redo to Victoria to Galveston.
j comfortable for that part of the j However, forecasters said the | All farm and ranch
(state, as skies cleared In the j rain would gradually ease off | their wives and heirs to undivid- j Soil Conservation District and fort to achieve such production. A
been stoned, northwestern half. j during the day and much of the ed estates are eligible to vote in, set up machinery for electing su-
Laredo reported the heaviest of-(heavy cloudiness in the south-jeach respective subdivision. Per- (Continued on page 12)
h-ve been unrooted ,
final ■ amount for the past 24
iv d away. A concert - ,|lours wlth 1,26 inches which fell
; >!rt . iiould be made to
, it thi-v practice.
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1 every county in the
■ world where people are
nred - in the lands torn
\, . I, d aggression, a-
■ "victims of famines,
id earthquakes, and
: . ,if the displaced and
.inmek-fs the overseas re-
inf organizations of our re-
i .v .ous faiths work unceas-
ingly to give relief to the
VARIETY SHOW
WELL RECEIVED
east part of the. slate would lift, sons living in town, who meet
The rains were a continuation .these qualifications are also elig-
of the first real winter-weather lible to vote,
of the season, xvhich produced J Because of the benefits rierix -
snow, sleet and cold rains over ed from a good agricultural pro-
much of Texas Tuesday and the gram which utilizes sound soil
previous day. j conservation practices and man-
Overnight readings generally jagement, Elder urges all eligible
were not as low as the previous j voters of each district to cast
night, xvhen the mercury dipped (their ballot and choose a person
. f _ _ Isharply to a biting 15 degrees at whom they know is capable of
IriO Of Revnolds Shows '^mar*"0 anc^ Dslhart. The loxv- and willing to fill the position.
* iest it got in the state Tuesday j Hugo Bachle was elected su-
FniflVPfl HpfP j night was 23 degrees at Lubbock pervisor of Subdivision 1 No-
J * and Salt Flat. (vember 7 in Nordheim.
Temperatures ranged on up to1 As is specified by state
45 degrees at Brownsville and ———
Galveston. Other freezing read- fcmnfu
ings included Amarillo 24. Mid - vOUIliy vlllUdll
land and El Paso 29. Fort Worth
FBI ENTERS
CRASH PROBE
Will Seek Evidence Of
Sabotage In Fatal
Accident
DENVER, Nov. 9.-(UP -The
10 million hale crop would have FBI Wednesday began a search
(Continued from Page 12) I for evidence of sabotage in the
(IS COMPLETE
SAYS PATROL
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' MARLIN, Tex., Nov. 9—(UP,
—A B-47B jet bomber capable of
I carrying an atomic bomb to ai-
jiriost apy part of the world and
carrying "considerable classified
(equipment’ exploded and crashed
I over a three-mile wooded sec-
Ition of Central Texas Tuesday
night.
Search parties from CY.nnaJlv
and from Ellington AFT, at Hous-
jton found the bodies Wednesday.
The victims were identified as
Capt. E. O, Tilton. 35. airerait
commander of Brady, To-, • Can’.
A. G. Sterling, 29. the j>,', ,,f -
Eagle Grove. Iowa: and r : j|.
P. Courqier, 38, of 'Vi- iiitn Kalis,
j Tex., observer.
The xvreckage in -u h
small pieces that there v . n
tng left xx-hlcli even I -1
an airplane, unless you v - — i
miliar with one. a spokesman t
the James Conrally Air Ba*-e
at Waco said.
The bodies of the three crew,
men aboard the plane x«.-hen 't
left Biggs Air Force Base at
El Paso were found Wedne.dsy
about three-quarters of a mile
from pieces of the scattered
wreckage. Highway Patrol Dis-
patcher Phil Lesser received the
report at Waco, but said no other
details were Immediately avail-
able.
‘Classified Equipment— *
The spokesman said that the
plane carried "considerable
classified equipment ”
The xvooded section over xvhich
the wreckage xxas scattered was
so dense that search parties from
Connaily Air Base had to make
Senate Agriculture
Committee Proceeds
To Louisiana Today
’ explosion of a United Airlines their xvay on foot through the
i DC-6B in which 4-1 persons were trees and underbrush,
killed last week. The investiga-i The Air Force refused to per-
(tion presumably xxxtuld entail an,01!* oixhlian volunteers to take
exhaustive check into the back- in the search.
! grounds of all passengers and1 Th* Connaily spokesman said
(crew members on the plane, that there xvere r.o bits of flesh
, crewmembers who had access tO|nor parts of bodies on or near
'the plane at Denver and the or- j the pieces of xxTeckage.
jigin of air freight shipments. The.
FBI xvas called into the case i j
.Tuesday after the Cix-ii Aero-j
nauties Authority became
Tuesday
ALEXANDRIA, La., Nov. 9; — Houma, La.
'UPV— The touring Senate Agri- Want Benson Out- -nauties Authority became con-
culture committee, which heard At Stilhx'ater Tuesday a crowd j^nced after a week's intensive
(new demands Tuesday that Sec- of 400 Oklahoma farmers attend-!stu^y y,at , “bomb type” blast
1^1: -etary of Agriculture Ezra T, ing a committee hearing applaud-j caused tragedy.
(Benson be removed from the ed demands by a farmer and aj The CAA found definite evi-
' -ahinet. moved from Oklahoma trim housewife who lives on a dence of an in-flight explosion but ■ Chamber of Commerce request-
to Louisiana Wednesday to hear 440-acre' cattle ranch in xvestem j no Slgn that a mechanical failure ed today that every business man
or malfunction was responsible.
Attendance Urged
A! Election Meeting
Thursday Evening
1 tin: ill and the desti- jcuero High School
t (The performances were well re-!
Tommv Revnolds and his ver-
- - ‘ “(H """" T7.
Other rainfall reports besides u Stepbm P He-iary has included a swing from' y
Laredo included Austin .61 of an ^ »nd ^Commissamcrs Fred For, Worth to Hutchinson. Kan., MlICCO “U*
Okla,, to Aie.xan- j. . . ^
, „• „:,r Churches and cording to persons in attendance. Vbwm^ilTe^r'Del R^VlT G,ras returned to Cuero txiay dna HOS NeW (JWIlCr
syirngogues ■ .srvtd overseas The Cuero Band Parents or-jcupus Chris,! .08. Galveston or. ^er at,en,ling a meeting of the
vast quantities of presrnting a variety shoxx
nothing,, tools, medical and ’sl,K,P(1 w1(h sin-mg, comedy and (he a gradual xvarming ti-end mcr
other supplies a.s well as skits, the group rendered three
mrids for rehabilitation and
reconstruction
Rainfall Light Here
thi. end every year, thc(ecived and highly enjoyed. *c- jinr‘h'”sa;"A“n'to^uo .54." " Victoria CNDear. T. J.
1“ Fw^tws mM there would!prs Association of Texas which
Total rainfall received in
(Cuero at It a. m. was .47 of
one Inch according to Engineer
H. A. Tavlor at CP&L Dam. The
the state, hut that Thursday's
hoxxs: the first, a matinee at j temperatures xvould bring little
30 p m . for the students, and’change from those of today,
programs or ,nr) ,-vening performances at 71
lor emergency use in areas and 9 p. m
Audience participation snliv-
ened the shoxx xvith scxeral in
attendance awarded prizes, two
.uch prizes going to the oldest f„r turkeys in tins
and xouncest grandmother in! e
the audience. arra has leveled off at 26 to 32
The cast xvas composed of Tom-1 cents per pound after reaching
wreak a fearful toll.
(Continued on page 129
Turkey Prices
Leveled Off
Ward and Joe f0 stilix'ater.
to Cuero today ,jna
I The cross - country tour xvas
x.onimission-: sp^edi-Jed in an effort to get ad- Wiifrtd Peters has taken over.
vii e from farmers before xvrit- active oxx nership and manage- jbigh for Tuesday xxas ■ egreesjitess man
ing a . new farm bill next year, ment of The Stucco Hut, he an-(ar<‘
So far. the’-committee' has gotten nouners .in an advertisement ap- °"
i mostly criticism of the national peatlng in today's Cuero Record. !
; farm program. Peters had been connected xvith ■
j Cotton and rice farmers from Conoco company for some time!
'several hundred miles around before purchasing all jntere»t«(
was held in Austin this xxeek. j
Heberi reported i, xvas a high-
ly informative meeting xxitli per-
sons in attendance displaying
mere interest in the business ses-
sions than in previous meetings
of 'he- organization.
degrees xxas
and other interested persons at-
tend the meeting at the Cuero
(High School auditorium Thurs-
day evening at 7:30 o’clock xvhen
a supervisor for Subdivision V
of the DeWitt County Soil Conser-
vation District will be elected.
Regardless of whether a busi-
is qualified to vote or
the not, all are requested to be pres-
ent for the session.
, Registration began Sunday and were expected for Wednesday's in the Hut. J
business sessions xxill last through bearing in Alexandria. 1 he Sen- He promises fine food*, mid
committee is drinks, and prompt service and]
the patronage of friends;
Ulhii UIl -•
'ad-lib
today.
Mrs. Hebert and Mrs. Gras ac-
companied their husbands
j ate Agriculture
headed by one of Louisiana's, invites
1 senators. Allen J. F.ltender Sr. of throughout this section
Bar Association
Charges Looney
</1
v Reynold*. Mcl Winters, Spud a of 30 to 36 cents sexend
'i -wlall. Miss Tommie Jean (weeks ago. according to Wieland
Win'lex. Bruce Clark. D'.n Zim- roultry and Egg Co. and the
’meis'ahd IRffTRelwimier Lynns" rbTIlfTT-aTTcT Tgg""(77
F.dloxxing the last shoxx-. Rev-' noth firms reported a heavy
ivlds and Ins f.nijie v.erc guests (movement of birds since early
ot ihe i-Und Parents and Jack October xxlth approximately 60
( ’t.i-c for a turkey dinner served por rent of the turkeys being fin-
the Dixie Cafe.
When an actor departs trprx the
olax wrights lines, or a comedian
adds a mw jem to F - p-epared
x-r,pv txe is "ad-I bb.ng “Ad.’.D" is
an abbreviation of the tat.n words
ad libitum'* (at pfeaturr) ’he ao-
breviation was long used in re J*\z
whenever the composer intended
that the performing musician cow’d
Substitute his own notes in certain
gi ares From music, the term spresd
<e **sge, and, u')in:ate(>. to -ad!o
television
Buchel 4-H Club
Xmas Party Set
; The Buchel 4-H Club's Chris,-
‘mas party will l>o held IV-ccmb* r
12 at the Buchel Community Cen-
ter The party xx-as decided upon
' at the ciub'r regular meeting
Monday evening.
Santa xvill make an appear-
■ nre at the party and light re-
freshments will I* seivcd.
I Areomplishmrrt records xxcre
returned to members at thc e'ose
of the meeting, at xxhieh 10 tiietn-
.!" is and txxo patents xx.,c pres
cm
is lied birds.
One of the firms repxsrtcd the
birds that are finished, are not
finished loo well due to the ear-
iness of the season._
GREEK RIOTER INJURED IN ATTACK ON U.S. OFFICE
5BR
T'
^es
COMING EVENTS
_ <
Thursday
<• Michael's Altar Sox-- home
of Mrs. Alfred Johnson— 3 30 p.
nt
Masonic l-odge—8 p. m.
City Council - 7 .30 p. m.
DAP. 1 ,.u- Of Mrs. C. T Tray-1
lor—2 30 p. m
In an editorial which appeared in Monday s editlor.
cl the San Antonio Express. BUI Reddell, columnist for th«
publication, comments on a case which has been brought
’g"J^PIPWpM before tHeTTSltf gTi^As-soctwricnr acstn»t-Evere*t L. Looneyy-
- former president of the organization, and prominent law-
yer at Austin.
Reddell stated that a complaint against Looney ia
pending before the Austin griev- San Antonio Express asked a*
ance committee alleging he vio bout the Looney matter but it
, „ * . , . . xxas an Austui attorney x» no
lated Canon 17 of the vode of [Q bght
Ethics. jon Ford, Express staffer at
The complaint xxas filed by an Austin, reported Looney readtiy
Austin attorney after Looney ar- admitted the allegations and sa:d
ranged a press conference for a lit xxas the first time in 35 years
client, Getus P. Emster, who of law practice he had partici-
was about to go to trial on a land pated in the "highly unusual pro-
fraud case in Georgetown.
M
!
J
ordure" of nicking a statement
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LYING UNCONSCIOUS hi the street, )ust outside the U.S. Information Service library in Patras,
Greece, Is one of the student rioters wounded while attempting to set fire to th# building with
the kerosene-soaked cotton shown burning harmlessly at right. More than 100 demonstrators and 41
policeman were injured. The disturbance grew out of tension over Cyprue situation, (intemonoruilj ^
The complaint claims Looney to press prior to a trial.
(helped Emster prepare a press According to Reddell. Looney
(release on the matter. Carton 17 said the code allows such action
deals with attorneys who "try
their cases in the newspapers".
According to Reddell, the I matter "extreme" in ortfer to off-
State Bar said it disclosed the set adverse publicity the case hac
John Ben Shepperd case because received in Dewitt County, Ern-
reporters asked about it. The ste. s home.
as be took in "extreme case*
and he regarded the Emstet
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Towery, R. Kenneth. The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 265, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 9, 1955, newspaper, November 9, 1955; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth696053/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Cuero Public Library.