The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 152, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 27, 1957 Page: 1 of 10
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VOL. ®S-»MO. 152
CUE*©, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1*57
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Everybody talks about tax-
es, and for some time we
bave been talking about
taxes with the hope that
Cuero business men, Cuero
employees, would bombard
their state and national rep-
resentatives with letters ur-
ging economy in govern-
ment and reduction of the
tax load.
We have commented on
direct, visible taxes, such as
those on income and prop-
erty. That's natural enough
for we can actually see and
feel the Inroads these taxes
make. They come out of our
pocket, or are withheld from
our pay checks.
But the tax problem and
the tax burden doesn’t end
with these taxes — not by
a long shot. Hidden or Indi-
rect taxes, which enter into
the cost of everything, are
a hugh Item of expense to
the American people. As a
matter of fact, at many In-
come tax levels, they are a
much larger Item than di-
rect taxsa
« ^9% ♦ *.
Bern Price, an Associated
press Newsfeatures writer,
fum come up with an Inter-
esting account of what Is
Involved. As examples, he
takes a cheap commodity
and an expensive one — a
loaf of bread and an auto-
mobile. Actually, he says,
"Nobody has ever managed
to count the taxes Included
in the final price of either."
It's an impossible Job—"...
for in the case of bread a-
lone you would have to trace
back to the taxes on the ma-
chines that made the ma-
chines that made the ma-
chines that planted and har-
vested the tax - supported
wheat, grown on tax-paid
land by an Income tax-pay-
ing farmer."
The same problem arises
In the case of the car. How-
ever, there are certain taxes
that can be accurately to-
taled up. Mr. Price takes a
car carrying a Michigan
price of $2,000. The flgura-
ble tax is $659,83, of which
$488.81 is hidden so far as
the purchaser is concerned.
Included are estimated tax-
es on materials and parts,
(Continued on Page 10>
Sh
IS REQUESTED
Court Asked To Throw
Out Sentence Given
Qete Ernster
The Court of Criminal Appeals
Wednesday was asked to throw
out the five-year sentence given
Cletus P. Emster of Cuero In
connection with a veterans* land
deal, according to the Associat-
ed Press.
▲ decision is expected from
the appellate court late this
year.
Emster’a attorney, Everett L.
Looney, told the court the Cue-
ro land dealer had been tried
“in such a fashion in the court
below that we couldn’t set down
the most Important errors in less
than 300 pages.”
District Attorney Wiley Cheat-
ham of Cuero asked the court
to disregard Looney's pleas.
Cheatham said the court should
uphold the five-year sentence
given Ernster.
Emster was convicted on a
charge of misrepresenting a
written instrument to veteran
Louis C. Peoples, according to
Cheatham. who said Emster
told Peoples the state was giving
the land away.
The Associated Press reported
that Looney maintained that a
major error was in the trial
judge questioning and excusing
potential jurors because they
thought they may be prejudiced.
Cheatham countered saying
neither the defense nor the state
were denied their challenges in
the final jury selection. The AP
reported Cheatham as saying
the judge’s preliminary question-
ing did not harm either side
RED CROSS THIS HOW TO SAVE CHILD'S LIFE
*• * ma* ,*
Step 1. Clear mouth of foreign matter with middle finger. Same finger, hold tongue forward.
Step 2. Place child In face-down, bead-down position and pat (Irmly on back with free hand.
This should dislodge any foreign object In air passage.
Step 3. Place child on buck and use middle fingers of both hands I# lift lower Jaw from be-
neath and behind so that It “Juts" ont. Hold Jaw In thla position with one hand and go on to . . .
Step «. Place mouth over child's mouth and nose, making a leakproof seal, aad breathe lets
the child with a smooth, steady action until yon observe child’s chest rising. Aa yon start this
action, move free hand to child's abdomen, between navel aad ribs, and apply continuous, moder-
ate praasum to prevent the stomach Worn filling with air. When lungs have been Inflated remove
lips from child’s month aad Mae aad allow his hugs to empty. Repeat breathing aad present*
cycle at 39 cycles per minute. ^
MR. AND Mil. Ralph B. Oode and non David, 3, demontrate tha Red Cross’ 1957 version of a een-
turiea-old method of artificial respiration. It is recommended for resuscitation of infants and
tm.n children. Code is the New York Red Cross chapter's first aid instructor (International)
COMMITTEES
ANNOUNCED
FOOD BOOTH TO
OPEN EARLY
‘ I
Committees to work on projects j
i of the Civic Division of the Cuero!
Chamber of Commerce were
; named Wednesday at a called
meeting of the group.
Trotters Meet
Seguin Tonight
A capacity crowd is expected atj Sponsor of the game is the Jo-
Cuero Park Stadium this even- ca| Eton* club, who 'tonight' the
MISSISSIPPI
NECT INPATH
OF BIG BLOW
Residents Of Gulf Coast
Prepare To Evacuate
Area
Gl'UFPORT. Miss, .tunc 27, -
Mb Residents of the Mississippi
Gulf Coast today completed pre-
parations for evacuating the
area ns the 100-mile per hour
hurricane Audrey moved clos-
er to the mainland
The season s first such dis-
turbance was believed headed
(or Ix>uisianu's roastline but
Mississlppians prepared for the
possibility the storm would veep
eastward and blast full force In-
to Mississippi.
Highway patrolmen and Nat-
ional Guardsmen were alerted
for emergency duty and the Red
Cross said It was ready for a
full scale evacuation if neces-
sary.
The Ail' National Guard
ended its major evacuation of
113th tactical reconnaissance
wing planes to their home base*
in Arkansas and Tennessee. The
unit had been on maneuvers
here.
Some 3,400 officers and enlist-
ed men from Little Rock, Tort
Smith, Memphis and Nashville
were In summer training when
the word came Wednesday to
move the planes and evacuate all
wives and families of the train-
ees.
Turkey
invading
ling when the Cuero
Oiairman of the Civic Division Trotters entertain the
is Dave Kauffman. j Seguin White
Mrs. J. W. Herring was named meeting of the clubs this year,
chairman of the street marking play will get underway promptly
The food booth at the Gobbler an,j housr numbcring committee, at 8 o'clock.
Mrs.
ASK TRANSFER
OF LAWSUIT
A plea of privilege asking that |
the case of Magnus Heck v*
Rowland Kinkier, ct al, a suit In-
volving alleged cattle theft, be
moved to Hee county will lie j
heard at 10.00 a m. Friday In
Jamboree scheduled for city
park on Saturday night will be
open at 7 p.m. according to an
announcement by Rudolph Ev-
ers. Booster Club president.
Foods to be featured include
Mexican foods, several variet-
ies of sandwiches, pie, cake and
hot and cold drinks.
The food booth and game
tournament will be principal
concessions at the Jamboree this
year.
All profits derived will go to-
ward defraying expenses of the
summer youth program and oth-
er Booster club support of Cue-
ro High athletics and recreating committee; Howard
tian tor Cuero youngsters.
She is to be assisted by
Cailic Henneke and Werner Fisch-
er.
Mrs. E. H. Nielsen will head the
beautification committee. Others
to work with her are to be ap-
pointed at a later date.
Fain McDougal and Lawrence
Tiffin were re-appointed to the
committee to complete the wel-
come sign project. Two of the
signs, located on highway en-
trances into Cuero, have been
park and the game, which will
be a free attraction for all who j 24th Judicial District Court in j
Sox in the second wish to attend. The game has Cuero.
been publicized by the Cuero civ-! The plaintiff is seeking total
ic club the entire week, during damage* of IM.700 for cattle nl-
which merchants have passed I logedly stolen from hi* ranch j
out free ducats to the contest. A nOHI- Karon in Bee county.
Lions spokesman however, stress- j Defendants, in addition to Row -
ei! the fact that a ticket Is not Uf)d Kin|l,rr ,r* Eugenio Villa-
necessary to gain admittance. ( lobos Ern„t Kinkier. George
Ward and C. E. Huegier, all of!
LEGIONNAIRES
TO MEET HERE
Plans for the 14th District
American Legion Fall conven-
tion to be held in Cuero Octob-
ed 26-27 are developing at a
rapid pace. Bill Barfield, com-
mander of Dinter Post No. 3,
the unit to host the convention.
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of Amos who tall* d*a story of
tha bote men who swatted a fty
on hn head, but raised a bump
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BIBLE VERSE
Bet tbe wise teek ell la
their veeeels with ttxrir lamp*.
Matt. 33:4.
erected, with a third one to be
completed.
T. O. Buchel and Nathan Post
will serve on the street light- J reported today.
Klein-j Barfield announced the en-
ecke, chairman of the annual j gagement of the Bennie Prause
Clean Up. Paint Up and Fix Up Orchestra to play for the I-eg-
drive; and McDougal and Harry ionnaires' dance October 26,
Moore, to assist as co-chairmen with other details of the tuo-
to promote proper street paving. day program to be released at
Trotter Manager O. A. Zim-
merman said Wednesday that he. .
will have a trio of hurlers avail-1 __ J
able for duty and would use all
of them If necessary to avenge
the 13-5 Sox win over the Trotters
earlier this year.
John Schmidt, Jerry Jacobs and
Moon Mullins are the three pitch- Defense attorneys
The suit was filed here April
H.
Attorneys for the plaintiff are
Bert Kirk of Cuero and William
H. Sh Iranian of Corpus Chrlstl.)
e Beasley
ers to whom Zimmerman refer- and Beasley of Beeville anti Ro-
red. but lie did not intimate which f*.rt K. Nuguera, also of Bee-
will gel the starting nod Ville. i
For the visitors, it is quite like- __ ;—
iy Blimp Bippert will go to the • ..-X..,.
mound. since he has l»ern the U»»»Cll®wR
winning pitcher over the Trotter* « j
in their previous two meetings rOS'PwflM
one this year and the other in
1956. The luncheon planned l»v ladies
Lions club member* are Iwping of the Cuero Country Club and
(Continued on Page 10)
WHITE CAPS SWIRL ACROSS
GALVESTON AIRPORT
SWh. (elected to , . ... l-lons ciuo mnimrri »rr ikvuuc or me i_urio
head a committee to seek means * Some m Legionnaire* from
ScSV.tt^ «iw “s;ir^*>r"i<,*t*nd wui * p*ckH *nnoun,fd Thur-
Cuero hosted its last Legion CVCT1,n* d,>’
in October,
By UNITED FI
White, caps twirl
Galveston Municipal Airport
( counselor from Lake Jackson,
across Tex., said most of her 6 to 8
year old charges didn't even
: wake up. "We just carried them
day as wmds of 32 miles an ; cm the busses.” she said,
hour from Hurricane Audrey Patrick Donovan, a Sulphur,
lashed at eight inches of tide La., filling station operator,
water pushed onto the low-lying said most of the people in his
area from Offats Bayou and town of 2,000 were either in
district convention
1362.
PuMklio
Snprin Foto
TWELVE LEFT BEHIND
IN STORM SWEPT TOWN
West Galveston Bay.
Although most businesses
were doeed in Galveston, city
busses continued to operate ex-
cept where blocked by high
water.
churches or sc hoot bouses. "I
believe l‘m the only open busi-
ness here. ’ he said.
At Texas City, across the bay
from Galveston and scene of
one of the world’s worst marine
There were 303 kids evacoat-' disasters in 1947 when 512 per-
ed from the Trinity Bay camps. j sons were killed in ship expioe-
They had their breakfast in ions, three buildings were wash-
church sanctuaries in Baytown ed away in the dike area below
id strewed their eietiuag all the city's seawall and the tides
over the churches. were lapping at the top of the
Mary MugM?, a M-year-oM seawall Itself.
CAMERON, La . July 27 - was unable to send a helicopter j
i,ITP, A rJ 17 refugees to the courthouse her 1)1 JSC of high
A caravan of boosters from winds of more than SO miles an
Seguin were here Wednesday «« »**** up In the laolated ^
noon adverfiain* the annual cele- courthouse in this little Louisiana Efforts were made to send hi
bration scheduled lor that city coastal town today as Hurricane Army ducks, but the gales were
July 4. i Audrey raged outside. j too severe. Plans were being
One of the outstanding events | They were the last remaining made to send heavy rescue boats
will be a bathitv revue to select residents of Cameron ■ 930 pepu- to the courthouse by the Coast
. y... co.lfh Texas A memberIto remain. Thev wer* to Guard.
a Miss South Texas. A member,^ ^ ^ ^ to ^ A, Marby shell Bea.h. Mr
evacuated but the trucks couidu l and Mrs. Hilton Hawkins and
make it back lor them. (two children were stranded in
So far as could be learned over their house which was sui round-1
of the delegation reported a
large number of entries have aL
ready been received.
Other highlights of the day- crjppjed communications lines, ed by gulf water*. In
long celebration will include a ^ courthuuae was holding firm, water stood six feet deep,
parade at 10 00 a m . concerts five feet of flood water* A Coast Guard helicopter hov-
The oero- ered over the house but nwdd not
set down hersuse of water and *
cluster of trees su. rounding the
by the Fourth Army Band and |*pped at its door*.
the Randolph AFB Band,
baseball games, a horse
display.
pants were safe.
Show l,*ie« Barer*—
' The Coast Guard
Port Arthur Hit By
Winds Up To 100
Miles Per Hour
By JAMBS M. FUNCHIM
United Press Staff Correspondent
PORT ARTHUR, Tex., June 27 (UP)— Hurricane Au-
drey, which killed 10 persons before It ever touched land,
smashed Into the Texas-Louisiana coast today. Its high-
est winds were estimated at more than 100 miles an hour.
It Isolated whole towns with mountainous tides and
crashing waves and knocked out electrical power In Beau-
mont and Port Arthur, two of the' Texas Coast’s largest
cities.
The hurricane's center, according to the Port Arthur
weather bureau, hit the Louisiana coast around Cameron
ahortly after 8 a.m. cst. But hurricane-strength winds were
reported as far west as Oalveston. Tex., at least 140 miles
down the coast from Cameron.
Crew Lost—
As Audrey raged toward shore. It hurled a two-master
fishing vessel, the Keturah, into an oil rig near Oalveston.
The Keturah went down with all nine crewmen on board.
Another man was drowned Wednesday night off the Texas
coast.
Deputy Sheriff L. D. Farrow at Port Arthur estimated
that 50,000 persons either fled the city or took refuge in
schools, churches and steel-framed buildings.
All except two families fled the little town of Sabine,
Tex. — five stores and a population of 200 — south of Port
Arthur. The two families, who lived south of the Keith
Lake bridge, were cut off and officials were trying to get
them out.
May Miss Triangle—
The worst pert of the storm appeared to be passing
east of the rich manufacturing triangle of Beaumont-Port
Arthur-Orange on the southeast Texas coast.
Maximum winds reported in Port Arthur were 72 miles
an hour. At Oalveston, the wind reached a velocity of 78
miles an hour. Waves were crashing over the seawall there
and whltecaps were smacking against hotels.
Oalveston Is a resort city, southwest of the Beaumont-
Port Arthur sector, where the worst hurricane on record
killed 5,000-8,000 persona In September, 1900.
The weather bureau at Port Arthur said the wind
would begin subsiding soon.
Hotel Leeks Doers —-
It was feared, however, that conditions might be criti-
cal at Cameron, La , which was Isolated hours before the
center of the storm hit.
The storm terrified thousands of persons along the
coast. One hotel In Port Arthur was so Jammed with hur-
ricane refugees that It couldn't hold any more and locked
Its doors.
The raging wind and rain stopped abruptly In Port
Arthur for a few minutes and then started up again. The
wind whirled tree limbs and huge pieces of tin across
the streets. It blew the rain almost horizontally.
When power failed, all traffic lights went off. But
few persons were out In the storm anyway. Only one radio
station, KPAC, was In operation in Port Arthur.
It was taken over by the Civil Defense organization
and broadcast nothing but warnings, messages and ad-
visories.
Two Camps Isolated-
Glass littered the streets at Galveston, more exposed
than other cities along the Texas coast. Fleets of trucks
vere taking residents out of a new residential area along
the outer edge of Oalveston Island.
Two refugee camps on nearby Bolivar Peninsula were
Isolated by wavea and high water. A deputy sheriff re-
ported by radio from the Island that everyone was safe
so far.
All businesses were closed In Oalveston. Mayor George
R Clough told all residents to stay Indoors.
•Keep calm,” he said. "As long as everybody keeps
his head, we will be all right.”
Beseaes Wife-
Deputy Sheriff Farrow at Port Arthur predicted that
water, not wind, will cause the most damage.
"I carried my wife out to the new labor temple early
today and there were 4,000 people crowded in there, he
said.
"Our greatest damage will come from, the water—not
the high winds.”
Farrow said an unofficial report told of wind gusts
up to 88 miles an hour breaking many store windows. The
wind knocked out the whole side of a supermarket.
The wind rose to 78 miles an hour—three miles over
minimum hurricane strength—at Beaumont. Thousands of
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