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THE CUERO, RECORD, CUERO, TEXAS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1937
THE CUERO RECORD
Established in 1894
PObUahed Afternoon, Except Saturday and Sunday Morning by
THE CUERO PUBLISHING CO., Inc.
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In the post office at Cuero, Texas, as second class matter
under Act of Congress, March 3, 1897.
J. C. HOWERTON
HOWERTON -----
|Y O. PUTMAN —.
HOWERTON----
TILTON ..................
........ President
Publisher
............ Editor
Sports Editor
The following interesting items
were clipped from an issue of The
Record of the year 1900'
JANUARY 28. 1900
The popular Miss Flossie Staerk- inaugural address elicits just the
er left yesterday for Galveston. | two conflicting verdicts that might
where she goes on a few weeks' | have been expected,
visit to her friend. Miss Lowe who New Dealers think it was grand,
her two winters aco. Mis.' Anti-Now Deale. s cent pi at that
WASHINGTON - W O R. LD
Bv CHARLES P. STEWART-* (message mediocrity wall not do now
Central Pu ss O.Uimnjst or for a long time to come.
WASHINGTON. D. C. -A hur- Whatever charges may be made
ried, check of Washington's politi- . against Mr. Roosevelt he is not me-
cal opinion of President Roosevelt's ! diocre.
He is no more mediocre than
Hitler or Mussolini.
He may not have what we^con-
, ... . ; visited her two winters ago.
Advertising Manager j Flos~e bp patrrhmsed in oar [ the president merely generalized
[social circles while away.
A Dog, Trapped in Flood Waters, Is Rescued
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Official Organ of the City of Cuero and DeWitt County.
TELEPHONE NO. L
NEW SLANT ON LAW
practically no violation of Texas law to swing a
Jack on anybody you’re matf at; or to slug a news photo-
or stage a bull-fight.
C AH of these things, at first glance might appear to be
outside the pale of the law; but when you
for tax assessors
and collectors and such other of-
fleers as use blanks in settlement j
of account with the state. As I
matters stand one printer in Aus- !
tin gets all the work and sublets a \
lot of it. Moreover he is virtually j
without competition owing to his
system of operating his plant' with
non-union or •'scab" labor. Such j
printing as belongs to the county j
should be dpne within its borders if •
possible. DeWitt county, for in- |
stance, has no interest in the pros- ;
perity of Austin printers. It is
j not the proper way to "diversify-’ j
(this plan of sending away for
printing or anything else that can
be bought at home.
This morning the writer in his |
have imeanderings dropped in at the j
as hat:
i Bohne shoe store on West Main St. <
in criminal law for a good many years, — i a„d was aereeably surpribed to ft„,t |
Mann of Houston, you learn the ins and outs of law j the place recentiy remodeled and !
put in a very attractive shape. The
That’s why the young lawmaker from Houston is trying
up the more obvious gaps.
had
partition in the store room
been removed and the whole was j
thrown into one place with useful j called for.
harped on a broad politico-econom-
ic philosophy without furnishing
any details 0 3 do a method of ar-
riving at his objective.
* * *
COULD NOT PARTICt LARIZE
The criticism of the antis decs
not amount to much non-partisanly
speaking.
Of course, the president general- j
ized. In a talk which necessarily
was limited to thirty minutes he,
naturally could not even outline a 1
program involving days or weeks
to enunciate in particularity.
Details ..'ill have to await subse-j
quent messages to congress.
The president undoubtedly as-
sumed that his hearers would have
enough sense to know that.
• * •
MERELY A START
The nub of the address undoubt-
edly was that democracy must
adapt itself to “a suddenly changed
civilization".
However, can it do so in the
short space cf another presidential
term? It may take generations.
But that is not the present pres-
idential funeral.
A preface to a start is all that
F. D.'s message professed to
amount to.
* • •
NEW TYPE PRESIDENTS ?
What the message does suggest
is that a new kind of president is
sider their bad qualities, either—
but his personality, compared with
theirs, may be democratically in-
valuable.
-3>
You re Telling Me!
Take the matter Of slugging news photographersrfbr in- and ornamental shelving on either i
*• There’S a long list of things, in the penal code, defined - ^ shelves j
with the stock of boots and shoes i
| well arranged everywhere. Two
[other counters divided off the work i
! benches where Fritz and his fath- !
er and another workman are al-
ways busy turning out fine foot- j
i -
urated assault,” but as a group of Dallas news photo-
ns found out recentiy when they attempted to take pic-
of a crashed airplane, that list doesn’t if/clude knock-
down a cameraman and destroying his camera. Mann
remedy this; he has introduced a bill adding this of-
to the-list, and plans another which will cover news-
tnen.
Then there’s the little matter of automobile theft, which
Mann proposes to make a felony.
8tr*nge as it may seem to the ordinary, law-abiding
i, it’s altogether possible to steal an automobile and, if
thief is caught, get off with nothing more than a fine,
see,” Mann explained, “you’ve got to prove value go
it a felony, and If you can prove the value of the car
less than $50, all the thief’s guilty of is a misdemeanor,
ible by a fine. And how hard do you think it is to hire |the firm will be
of fellows from these used car lots, which specialize
rs/to come in and.sWear the car’s not worth $50?”
there’s the use of a blackjack. “That’s what all these
wear. Fritz tells us he is expect- !
ing more stock and when it arrives
he will address the public through
an ad in The Record. Watch for it
and visit the place your next
chance.
Past presidents—with the excep-
tion of Washington and Lincoln—
have had no duty except to keep
things going. Now seems to be the
time when presidential initiative is
essential.
Maybe Roosevelt is the requisite
raw material.
But will the next one similarly
fill the bill? Or a whole succes-
sion of next ones?
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F. D. R. HAS “IT"
Mediocre presidents have done in
the past.
As implied by this presidential
By WILLIAM RITT
Central Press Writer
AVOID SPEAKING lightly.
The same words have a habit of
becoming pretty heavy when you
have to take them back.
• • •
An apparent truth which few
people ever learn is that there
is no fun in frowning.
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Nature slipped in dealing out
brains. One man in 100,000 may
be a genius while in bridge one
person out of four is a dummy.
• * •
Thomas Jefferson invented the
swivel chair but some unknown
genius invented the idea of put-
ting your feet on the desk.
* * •
Pay no attention to the past,
says a sage, look only to the fu-
ture. O. K., but what about these
department store bills?
* • *
January is named after the
two-faced Roman god, Janus. We
now know why. The weather-
man says snow but it has just
been rain.
• * *
Let’s see, what is today’s war
scare—is it a new one or just the
sqare we had last week, playing
a return engagement?
* * *
The horse and buggy days may
never come back, but it looks as
though—judging by the weather
f >recast—that the umbrella is
here to stay.
%
Patrolman Emil Marrillia rescues trapped dog off Louisville
Not only man, but animals, too, are victims of I floating driftwood in the backwaters of the Ohio
the floods which have spread over various sec- river near Louisville, Ky., being rescued by County
Hons of nine states. Here is a dog, trapped on | Patrolman Emil Marrillia. —Central Pram
READ THIS FI AST:
Janet MacLeod has Just married Joel
Paynter, second-rate actor, whom she
met a few weeks previously at a cock-
tall party. Because Joel asked Janet
to stop work, she has had to econo-
mize. Martha Colby, her best friend,
visits Janet in their one-room apart-
ment. Joel tells Janet his show is
closing. Janet decides to go back to
work but abandons the Idea when Joel,
because of pride, rebukes her for con-
sidering it. Joel finds a job but he is
vague about where he is working.
Janet meets Harry Devanter, an old
beau, who insists she have a cocktail
.with him.
I NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY:
C. L. Thurmond Jr. has arranged ! little sister and delivered himself cf
to have his brick store on lower ' thee indisputable facts:
Bridge street* occupied by a mer- j ..S!,tc. vcu cant never Wf-r
cantie business and about tomorrow j pants! Si.;pr you can’t never have
a grocery will be opened there that , a mustasche!” and finally. ?s a corn-
will be developed into a general | plete clincher: "Sister, you can’t
never be a man. nohow."
, Overcome with the gloom of her
groceries and general merchandise, j future, “sister” burst into an un-
>an<l Mr Salmon. Sr., will be in controllable flood of tears.—Mem-
mercantile business. The style of
Fred Thurmond,’
charge.—Victoria Advocate.
around beer joints are, that you read about in the | Mr. and Mrs. j. r. wmtager left
yesterday for a short visit to Gai-
Antonio.
Why? Why, because the law doesn’t consider a
a deadly weapon. Knucks is a deadly weapon, yet a
Isn’t. These bouncers use ’em because they know
can *et off with it.” .
The Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
3 persuaded Mann, who has nothing in. particular
i l»«ll-fighting, to introduce his anti-bull-fighting bill,
also fillustrates a quirk in the law. At present,
is against the law; but the punishment is just
.Suppose you want to stage a fight; you go in and pay
of $100 and take a gross profit of $1,000, leaving a
00 for the show.
l's simple bill would merely authorize prosecuting
....... - to enjoin—padlock—the bull fight, as they already
are empowered to do with any other public nuisance.
veston, Boston and San
They expect to return the
part of the week.
latter
phis Scimitar.
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THOUGHTS FOR SERIOUS MOMENTS
Don’t part- with your illusions. When they are gone, you
may still exist but you have ceased to live.—Mark Twain.
Whatever strengthens and purifies the affections, en-
larges the imagination and adds spirit to sense, is useful.—
Shelley. %
No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to
risk his body, to risk his well being, to risk his life ,in a great
cause.—Theodore Roosevelt.
The happiest time in a boy's life
is the day that he dons his first
short trousers. Mrs. Poyser’S ban-
tam cock, which imagined that the
sun rose every morning to hear him
crow, could not strut with mor.i
conspicuous pride than did this lit-
tle fellow and he felt the Importance
incident;to his first pair.
Finally he stopped in front of his
CHAMP OYSTER OPENER
SOUTH BEfvD. Wash.—(INS.) —
The champion oyster opener in this
section is Bill Powell—not the
movie actor — whose record in-
cludes the opening of fifteen oys- {
ters in a minute and a hftlf.' Pow- i
ell used a combination knife and]
JUDGE HELPS PAY FINE
PORTLAND, Ore.—(INS.)— Mu-
nicipal Judge Julius Cohn came to
the aid of an embarrassed (financial
ly) defendant by helping him pay
his fine. The defendant, Ralph R.
Meyer, was fined $3 for having
improper lights on his car. Meyer
only had $2.90. “I don’t do this
often,” Judge Cohn said as he
reached into his pocket. “but I
think you’ll adhere to our laws in
the future. I trust you.
WHY COUGH l
and jar every muscle in your body
till you are sore all over? Your
body was not built for coughing
and of course nature rebels. And
i it is not necessary. A bottle of
pick in his operations, jabbing the j RELIEF cough Syrup will give ease
oyster in the front elevation withiquickly and certain You ^ buy
the pick and then quickly prying! a big liberal for fifty cents at
open the shell. A swift slash of
the knife severed the muscle from
the bottom of the shell, leaving the
oyster ready for cleaning. . ... j
BUTTERY’S DRUG STORE.
ITS NOT ALWAYS THE WOMAN WHO PAYS!
SAFETY SLOGANS
Safety is a habit not an accident.
After the accident many drivers insist they did not see
the 4>ther car. They are right. They were not paying attention
to the road. A driver who considers himself an excellent driv-
er was checked. He was driving 40 miles an hour. He turned
hirhead to talk, to a companion for 28 seconds, less than a
half a minute. During this tune he drove a quarter of the mile
without seeing the road—dangerous.
While no definite announcement has been made, it ap-
pears likely that contract for the construction of a new bridge
across the Guadalupe will be let at an early date. The news
, will be welcomed here. A new bridge not only means the
beginning* of a new route to Goliad but also means employ-
ment to approximately fifty men for at least a 12 months pe-
riod. The contract can’t be let too soon for us.
Congratulations are in order today for Shelly Tarkington.
who Tuesday was officially appointed Cuero postmaster. Hon-
orary postmaster for the past month or so, Tarkington is now
the bona-fide head of the Cuero Federal building. Congratu-
lations. W
VOOULDLOOKALOT
BETTER,WITH
WIDER-AND HJUERj
HFFECT J
CHAPTER 6
"MY, IT’S beautiful!” Janet said
following Harry and their waiter
to a wall table against the gaily
painted walls of the Jungle Bar.
*Tm surprised you hadn’t heard
of it before. It’s a popular spot
at night with the younger set, but
the old gals come here in the day-
time to catch up on their thrills.”
Janet’s eyes traveled apprecia-
tively around the big room to the
dance floor beyond. •- A Spanish or-
chestra played softly on the palm-
decorated dais at the end of the
room. There were soft, cool lights,
the companionable sound of clink-
ing glasses and the air was sweet
with mingled perfumes. There
were flowers on each table. A girl
In a page’s costurrm moved from
table to table with her tray of hors
d’oeuvres. The appointments of a
luxurious play place.
Noting the prevalence of dia-
mond bracelets, of sable and silver
foxes, thrown back over chairs,
Janet wished that she was wear-
ing her good black taffeta frock
instead of her faded summer print.
It was still warm these mid-
September days but the new
autumn fashions had already made
[their debut and Janet felt shabby
and uninspiring.
*Tve been so busy keeping
house,” she said, “I haven’t had a
chance to run over to Paris this
fall for my clothes.”
You look all right to me,” her
host said gallantly. “You look
fresh as a daisy compared to most
of these women.”
I well might, Janet thought,
[noting that most of the women
were indeed fat and 40 as he had
said. “Harry, as we used to say,
you must be in the chips. Tell me
about yourself.” ;
He had been with a booking
office she remembered. “I am,
Janet. Did you know I had con-
nected with the Federal Picture
pany?”
The Federal Picture company
was a large combine in Hollywood.
A
com
| T1
The warm sunshine of Tuesday put “flower planting
fever” Into th* blood of a number of Cuero home owners and
we noticed at least a dozen of them probing into flower beds
which for several days were “frozen over.” This Texas weath-
er Is rather peculiar.
RECORD WANT ADS FOR RESULTS
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“Congratulation#, Harry! I didn’t
know. You’re not an actor, are
you?”
“No, honey, and no longer a 10
percenter,” Hollywood's name for
agents. “I’m scouting. Perhaps
you read about Liane Lester? I
discovered her working in a haber-
dashery store. She’s going over
big. The movies are looking for
new types and faces and I’m offi-
cial looker.”
"That must be Interesting.”
Janet sipped her cocktail and her
eyes wandered to a nearby table
where two women were sitting
alone. They were both fiftyish and
they simpered and cooed when a
young man with a green carna-
tion in his lapel came over to their
table. They exchanged a word
across the table and one of the
women rose.
"What are you looking at?”
Harry asked.
"That table. A young mam with
a green carnation came over
and . . her glance darted to the
dance floor. “What is this ? A St.
Patrick’s day party? All the
young men have green carnations
Devanter laughed. “No, little
innocent, the green carnation
marks the gigolo. Most of them
are chorus boys. They get $20 a
week and a tip slipped into their
hands by the ladies when the
dance is over. I say, Janet!”
“What’s the matter?” Janet
[asked, alarmed, and felt the back
of her hair. Harry was looking at
her so strangely she thought her
hair might be slipping down her
Iback.
“There isn’t anything the mat-
iter. I was just thinking of some-
thing that might interest you.
Ever do any acting?”
“I ? Don’t be ridiculous, Harry.”
“I'm trying not to be. I have
an idea. You know we're not look-
ting for pretty girls in the pictures
today. We’; > looking for interest-
ing girls, malleable material for
director* to develop. You look an
awful lot like Helen Hayes. You’ve
got the same way of smiling as
though you didn’t know how poign-
ant the effect is. What about it?”
“What about what?” she said
derisively. “I go to the movies,
Harry, I know what the movies
want. Good heavens, I’m a plain,
home girl and you’re trying to get
me excited pretending I might be a
movie queen. You’ve got to be
beautiful and
“No you don’t, Janet They want
handsome men and interesting
women. Say the word, and I can
shoot you over to Corona to the
studio for a screen test It
wouldn’t do any harm to try.”
Janet hardly heard what he was
saying. She was watching the
dancers.
‘Shall we?” he said. Janet got
up to dance.
They threaded their way through
the tables and got to the dance,
floor just as the music ended.
Janet turned back to him with a
regretful glance. "Better luck
next time,” she said and they sat
down again.
You know, these boys”—he
nodded toward the table where
three gigolos sat—“would have
many a good opportunity but the
management will not permit them
to make any dates with the
women who come here.”
“What boys?”
“The gigolos. Boy, am I glad k
don’t have to earn my money that
way. Td feel sorry for them
toting 200 pounds of flesh and
jewelry around if I didn’t think
they liked it. He-flappers I call
’em. Nothing but good looks, no
self-respect.”
“All right, Harry, I won’t ask
you to hire one for me,” she
laughed.
Janet, sipping her cocktali, eat-
ing the delicious tidbits that ar-
rived in a steady stream, listening
to Harry Devanter’s flattering
comments about herself, thought:
Joel wouldn’t really mind it. He’d
be happy to have me have a good
time. It wasn’t, she knew, an ex-
hilarating time. Nothing was un-
less she was with JoeL Neverthe-
less she enjoyed the stimulation,
the pleasant luxurious atmosphere.
And what girl doesn’t enjoy meet-
ing an old admirer and finding
that she still has charm for him?
She thought: If someone were
to tell Joel that he saw me at a
bar with another man, what would
Joel think ? Oh, I know he would
understand. It made her feel
ashamed that she had been mo-
mentarily disturbed by the tele-
phone calls for Joel.
The music began again.
“Let’s wait until someone else
gets on the dance flow,'
She was looking at
when the first dancers
from a table at the right
floor. Janet stared. The
leaned forward, feeling
tense all over.
His back was to her
knew it was JoeL
wheeled expertly,
thin woman who was
with his rhythm, she saw
was he.
Joel with a green
his buttonhole.
Her eyes felt, hot
wanted to cry out to him,
now all that she had sot kz
Her blessed baby was a
He was ashamed to w , 1
he earned his money. That
of his! How he must have
what he was doing. Oh,
proud of him. She
denly, protected ami
very proud. Her husband
let his wife work. He ct
care of his wife. He’d do
to prove it.
“Shall we dance now?**
“Dance? ... Oh, Hanr,
afraid I can’t.” She
Joel see her there. If Joel
want her to know what he
doing, she was not going to
miliate him.
She was going to say
had to hurry home but
thought of something,
that became important,
her vanity from her
powdered her nose and
lipstick to her mouth,
her hair out under
the way she had seen a mov4e
do it.
“Harry,” she said as though
idea had just returned to
you really mean it about the
test?”
“Sure enough,” he took a
from his wallet. “If you do,
give you a card to Kurt Jackson
at the studio. He’ll arrange it.**
Janet wet her lips. “Will . . «
will you see it?”
“Not until after it is made. Tm
going to Chicago tomorrow.
Why?”
Janet relaxed and smiled, “I .. «
I just wondered if you would.” <
He was beginning to wrlta.
“What name are you using?” j
Janet thought very quickly. B»
said. “I don’t know yet. Couldn't
you just say’’the bearer’?”
•Sure enough,” he said
handed the card back to her.
Janet read:
“Kurt, please^ give the bearar S
test at your earliest op|
I think I’ve got something
The message was written
his engraved name.
“Thank you,” she said,
ping the precious square in
clean handkerchief.
(To Be ponttnBB^.
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