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VOL. 43__NO. 203.
CUERO, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2(i. 1937
.MemTalk PROGRAM FOR
Acting governor Walter F YOUTHS TO RF
Woodul declares that the sm- I vUIIlV/ lv MJLi
prisingly small vote on the IIPI I\ CITM|\4\7
amendments is evidence that |1Nill ulUIlLr/al
“prosperity has turned the I
corner and definitely with g pccial Scr~“~s at Bap-
us." He declares that the tist Church Marks “Back
people fail to pay as much
SIX PAGES TODAY
U. S. S. President Hoover, Which Evacuated 810 From Shanghai
&
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to School Move.*’
PROGRAM
attention to government in
good times as in bad. We’ll INSPIRING
add that prosperity will have .
to be with us to afford many Musical Features And In
more elections like the Mon-
day vote. With ballots going
for $1.04 each, we
teresting Talks Are
Planned.
must be Heralding the “back to school" 1
‘ expe/iencing an area of “free movement in this city and county. I
spending.” Incidentally, in the Baptist church of this city is j
voting the amendment calling planning a special service for the (
,___. , , , . . ... i young people of Cuero and DeWitt!
for aid for dependent chll- COunty Sunday morning at 10:30.
dren, tax payers Of the State according to an announcement
unwittingly saddled another! made by m. r. Soileau, Baptist
$1,500,000 annual burden on This special program is open to I
their shoulders. We can’t an$ class or classes from other Sur-
complalA of high taxes- 11 5,h?Jed th“* “|
! large attendance will be on hand
long as we are responsible for [for the service,
them ourselves. A® address. "Give Youth a
^ if, Chance,” by Rev. Soileau, will be
Cuero eins are finallv ex- one of the features the morniDg
e g ns are nnany ex program and an inspiring message
periencing some real activity, is promised.
and work has been rushing! °*ber features include a musical
for the past few days. Cotton Introductory Remarks by E. E. [
ginnings here have passed Young, a solo by Mrs. Charles Mar- i
the 1100 bale mark to date Temptations of Youth,"* an I
.. . , address by W. P. Hancock. Superin-
and by this time next weetc tendent of DeWitt County Rural
the mark may be over the Schools, an instrumental solo by
U. S. S. President Hoover off the Shanghai waterfront
The Dollar Liner President Hoover, which evacuated 810 Ameri-
cans from Var-tom Shanghai, is seen in a previous photo in the
Whangpoo river off Shanghai. Many of the structures in the back-
2,000 bale mark. Cuero gins
Mrs. Henly Webb, and an address
. by Dr. J. C. Dobbs on Alcohol and
should receive around 3,000 its Effect Upon the Human Body.
bales this year, three-fburths Boys and Kiris* of Cuero and vi-
as much cotton as was ginned ILSS’S £
in the entire county in 1936. Baptist church and Sunday school
EDGAR NEGRO
JAILED HERE
ground have been damaged by shellfire. The passenger vessels now
take on refugees at the mouth of the Whangpoo. Lighters take tho
cowering passengers from Shanghai through furious gunfire.
—Central Pres*
Commissioner Is
Named in Suit
AUSTIN, Tex., Aug. 26.—(INS.) |
—Naming Railroad Commissioner
Ernest O. Thompson as defendant.
Cuero incidental^ is expe-
riencing “sweets” of the cot-
in this program.
Dance Scheduled for
ton crop that other cities in
this county do notr boast, we I Club House Postponed
refer to the activity at the oil -
___. ^ . . Postponement of the dance
mill and compress. Payrolls scheduled for the Cuero Park club
an-
at those two institutions de- house Saturday evening was
pend upon the cotton crop “T? Thur!'Uy by Park Manas-
# i er H. L. Grant.
and they are at their peak, a revision in bookings of orches-
Even if we do receive less tras ban<lled by the Consolidated
cotton we are cashing in on | £££ £“ Inc ’
the big crop just as much as'dance. Hebert, admitted guilt in the two
OUT neighbors. I Kit Rieve and his Rice Owls charges.
NO TRACE OF
STOLEN CAR
kWS.TV:3t; <X stoic Hot, Sold,,
Night Still Missing,
Officers Say.
And Theft of
Turkeys.
Court here today, growing out of
an alleged judgment of $51,675.
$140,000 Added To
Texas School Fund
AUSTIN. Tex., Aug. 26.— (INS.) —
More than $140,000 had been add-
ed to Texas prrmanent school
fund today as Land Commissioner
William H. McDonald announced
lease of 88 tracts of submerged
lands in South Texas.
Emmett Middleton. 35 year old
Edgar HEgro, was in the DeWitt1
county jail Thursday charged with
the burglary of the Frederick
Rumann home near Edgar and tfee
theft of six turkeys from August J
Till .Edgar farmer.
Middleton was arrested by Dep-
uty Sheriff Henry Wied Wednee- !
was blamed by day afternoon and in a confession
postponement of the made before County Attorney Steve
4-H GIRLS AND
BOYS TO MEET
* * *
The Kimbell Milling com-
pany is proceeding with re-
novations in preparation for
its opening on September
1st. It’s our opinion that the
milling company is going to
be a mighty busy spot as soon
as things get %to humming.
Corn is to be shipped into
Cuero from points throughout
this section to tX^ment corn
purchased localiyfopening of
the plant will mean the open-
ing of a new market for corn
in this section.
¥ v
“Own Your Own Home
i were scheduled to provide music
1 for the dance here.
HOT WEATHER
TO CONTINUE
He told officers he entered the
Rumann home and took $1.00 in
i cash. He also took some chickens
I from a pen in the back yard.
The negro admitted also that he
caught six turkeys belonging to
i August Till( dressed them, burned
the legs and feathers, and took the
! Search for a 1930 Chevrolet sc-
daji'. the property of Sonny Wasser-
jman of this city, stolen from a
parking space near the Lutheran
church Sunday night has so far
proved fruitless.
__ So DeWitt county officers ad-
c • .ol i i, , mitted Thursday,
session at Charles Frobese The car was stolen while Was-
Home Saturday—Other serma*i was attending church.
Westhoff \pws Officers believe that the car may
wesymon i^ews. ^ abandoned on side road in
this section, as a close check in all
nearby cities has failed to reveai
MANILAfACES
FOOD SHORTAGE
BRITISH AMBASSADOR
GRAVELY WOUNDED BY
JAPANESE GUNFIRE
j _
SHANGHAI, Aug. 26.—(INS)—Precipitating a situation
i unprecedented in diplomatic annals, Sir Hughe Knatchbull-
jHuggessen, British ambassador to China, was. perhaps mor-
tally wounded today by a machine-gun bullet fired from an
attacking Japanese airplane.
ihe incident occurred while the envoy, accompanied by
two aides, was driving to Shanghai from Nanking in his of-
ficial car.
The Japanese officially expressed regrets over the shoot-
" —- ing and explained
TAKE STEPS TO
PROTECT SHIPS
_ I By International News Service.
TT 0 „ . “ Series IasernatSonal compUea-
c. a. seeks to Protect tious arising from the Shanghai
Commerce in Chinese *ere ^^tened today when
WnWc British Ambassador Sir Hughe
rttuxs. Knatchbull-Hugcssen was wounded
WASHINGTON, D C Ayr 26 - J /nachine buUet- aUegedly
^ . a jg. — j fired by one of the atitacklng Jan-
! ONB.) The United States took anese planes.
drastic steps today to protect its British Ambassador In serious
shipping, threatened by a Japanese condirion after his automobO* is
blockade, in China waters. | attacked by Japanese planes while
The Japanese blockade, declared enroute from Nanking to Shaag-
in effect from Shanghai to Hong hai-
Kong, will not be recognized by the ] Britain expected to lodge stem
American government, high U. S. Pr°test and demand formal apology
officials declared. for wounding of envoy.
American warships will be press- Japanese in North China
ed into duty to escort U. S. merch- 1 complete victory in area north of
antmen to the high seas from P^PinS- . '
Shanghai, if necessary, it was em- ' Chinese artillery bombards Jap-
phasized. anese positions in Hongkew region.
-—-- Tokyo officials say Japanese ad-
Beloverl Pioneer vancing steadily in Shanghai.
ovea rioneer Blockade of China coast gets un-
Woman Die* defway-
__ I Japanese naval adviser at Shan
Special To The Record “j‘f*d “>
boarding of- foreign shtpa by
YORKTOWN, Aug. 26.—The anese "sailors.
many friends of Mrs. Charlie Gaeb- > _
that Sir
Hughes automobile, which
bore a union jack on the rad-
iator, had been mistaken for
a Chinese army staff car.
Special To The Record
dressed birds to an Edgar store Wi" haVe Charge °f the
where the store owner, not knowing and sp°nso^'s of the girIs club wiU
- I the birds were stolen, agreed to ?! in.attendance to take charge of
Tropical Storm Reported take tbe turkeys into Yoakum and ) leJ,cls- Every member is expected
To Be Blowing Itself place them on cold sU>rage for the ° present"__
School Being Repaired
The school house is being care-
fully cleaned and dusted and put in
perfect order for the opening of
school.
ler over South Texas will regret to
hear of her death.
Mrs. Gaebler, nee Bertha Wag-
__ enschein was 86 years old. Mrs
rri,^ , , TI Gaebler formerly lived near York-
1 nrcat Of Hunger Dogs town, but for a number of years she
Footsteps Of American has lived in Spofford on a large
Refugees. ^ u,
__ Mrs. Gaeplet was the first of her ___
_ WASHINGTON D C Aug ">6 — family of five, all over 80 years old aPProximately $100,000,000.
WESTHOFF. Aug. 26,-The Boys any trace of'th'e mi^lnVauto.' Was- <INS.)-The threat of hunger “and 10^ away- • measure carried an authori-
an<j Girls 4-H clubs will meet with sernian said the car did not have disease from which they fled war- Mrs' Gaebler was a typical pio- or creation of a
Charles Frobese on Saturday af- much gas in the tank when stolen. | battered Shanghai, are dogging n^r and she never for?ot the hos- tj?nd 10 cotfco“ _.
_______________j the footsteps of American refugees pitable- ways of the pionwr- He- st&bUlK the pnce 12 oante.
TV IP a nnnnirn at Manila A friends were numerous, and ffriend- ALso included was a $20,000,000 ap-
IHSArrKlll/r An acntc Ah*shortage caused sWps Were s#CPed 10 her Her circle inau«^« «J-
DlJrll I I\l/T L bv the unexpected influx of thou °f acquaintances have lost a true ministration’s $85,000,000 farm ten-
I sands of Americans fleeing thefriend" ancy^ and sub- mar final land retire-
China war zone. today alarmed f Mrs Gaebler ^ survived by the ment Pro«ram.
Saturday
ternoon. September 4th. Each mem-
ber is to bring his share of a picnic
lunch. A ball game will be match-
ed tjptween the boys and girls. J. A.
Roosevelt Signs
Appropriation Bill
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 26 -
—(INS.)—President Roosevelt to-
day signed the third and final de-
ficiency appropriation bill, totalis
LIQUOR LAW
Out.
Little relief from the sweltering I
weather which has gripped Cuero j
and this section for the past few
days, was promised by the weather '
man Thursday.
Skies will be partly cloudy Friday
STUDY ACTION
OF PRESIDENT
Rural Dance
Operators Arc
Ired.
Washington authorities. following children: Emily (Mrs.
i' No less serious, according tp of- cacbler^of^S wflcTdrkl°L,n Cha^es
ficial reports, were the problems of
Hall housing and sanitation and med-
ical aid.
The government today took first
i steps to relieve the situation.
PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs.
Wm.
New liquor regulations prohibit-
ing the sale of beer on Sunday in
establishments where food sales
do not constitute 51 r'r. of the total
but there "will be little change in
.. hS temperature forecasts indicated,
une advice of the Alamo A light storm which has kept
Lumber company in an ad- weather men on the alert for the
vertisement appearing in C.tiTf Z?
Revival of Court
Believed Bid For More
Resignations.
Melschcn. business, is meeting with vigorous
___xauciia auu uuj ixen Mueller. Mrs.
issue Geo. Wied and Doris Wied attend- dlsaPProvaI of dance hall operators
PRIZE FIGHT
IS POSTPONED
ed an all day reunion and get to- of DeWitt county according to the
gether at Shelby, Texas on Sunday. Yorktown News.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jaro6zewsk! Operators of dance halls fear that
The Record. Here, good ad- ^ TaSS Z
lumber company is prepared JuZZ'ZVTVJ* ^
air* *i • T, Most dances sponsored at rural
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Koening: are * ,
rwrinre r____ nalLs ar« staged either on Satur-
vice. And incidentally, the wa"s P351-
CUnniA>- ■ ■ A « ^
sections of DeWitt county
not Wednesday, but no rains of
to take care of handling
some vival
latp toda.v and debated whether the
any chief Executive had not made an- mnvinff t, „ r f
other bid for additional resigna- ZZ ^ /
lions iron, the hieh tribunal y * 6 JarosM'W5kl
|S* iUSUce? on Mrs. Adolf Mueller was hostess
Newsman Dies yoars-the age limit Mr Roosevelt ^!h!|'Ll“!!'™' La<iil>S A‘d 'aS‘
att„mnibH , Tuesday afternoon. Quite a large
DALLAS. Tex., Aug. 26.-.INS.) I Uon *as accorded Ws'ertficl^'oi ^V'bustoJ’m" r "" *£ "t
. can —William H. Duncas, 56, veteran two “omissions” in the compro- laden table snrearT^ ^
paid out as cheaply as $18 20 newspaperman and reporter for the mi-se procedural reform ..... P 1 u s
only the building but the conse(iuence wwe received.
llTand°ftbee ^eleraiTDallas
a plan for its payment,
cording to the
plans a $2,000 loan
Ac -
company s
day or Sunday night. Sale of beer
will be prohibited after midnight
Saturday and at no time on Sun-
day.
bill
for and tasty foods was enjoved by all.
Mi
less to the Westhoff Progressive
per month. That’s as cheap Ga“e^e £d™f'HeraId’ died suddcn_ l^i^ed™1 which ^ fin- Mrs. ai™ schaffner will be bes-
as rent. Why not investigate Duncan, dean of Dallas police re- Thp measure, said the President. H^e^DemoiTtraUon club on next
the company yffe, c~wi„ T n,
The Holy Cross - enroute *> ' “ ' “ .......... . “
Catholic t“iuufcc w a hospital. He was aoe?; not touch the problem^ of
church of Yorktown really ’*«£'” ,UnCh >g«t and infirm tudges »ho ran
"does not touch the Dromon.- of charge of. the meeting.
. t . . - ---- Home Demonstration clubs coun-
colorful newspajier career t0 take advantage of the opportun- eil will be held at the county court
Staged a big celebration at made Wm known to thousands, es- lt,y accorded them to retire or re- house in Cuero on Saturday August
Weesatche Sunday and if at- p^cially siner his Picture, taken*slen on hill pay” 28th at 2:30 p. m
after drinking some of Dallas “Al- *-
tendance had anything to do gae water, was carried in a nation- Greek Tanlcpr Ik
with proving the success of aI magazine. cr 15
the affair, then we would H* w°rkcd with Fk>yd Gibbons mi
t . tbe border during t-he Mexican rev-
want to see no bigger success. oluUon. Athens. Greece. Aug. 26 -ms
Around three thousand peo- ---- ~
NONSENSE
I seiv^vie I'LL 60T0
» on v
VA<r*TiON THIS
O-K.
F\t?6T 2-
^€€><•5 IN’
Dallas Millinery
Bombed At Sea Firms May Close
^ 4 . ----- DALLAS. Tex.. Aug. 26.—< INS *
Tlie captain of the Greek tank- -Reports that" two millinery
______________ _ rr . ?m •sai,inK und^r the factorers liere intend to close for
ing the day. and they spent (iNS .-Pr^idTnt Ro^evrit" today barter authoriti^rt°d - t<K,ay ’to liw s^8son L shutUnK out ,hp
around $2,000 toward a ■s!^ned piu6 gaps in the tax rc- a plane of
Vi
§
pie crowded the grounds dur-
SIGNS TAX BILL
WASHINGTON, D C . Aug. 26— British
worthy cause.
at Pireaus that striking union members and leav
;S:rtt0KP,U^aPS,n thP ,ax Stnir* b°"lbpd his ^0 20 Ernies off Rnr- ued to work
.ture for higher income groups. celona, ’ Spain. Dallas (odav
unknown nationality ine jobless those who Have contin-
were eirer.lated in
Louis and Farr Will Not
Meet Until Monday
Night.
NEW YORK. Aug. 26—Shortly
after heavyweight champion Jce
Louis and Tommy F"arr weighed in
today for their. 15 round title fight
scheduled tonight. Premotor Mike
Jacobs announced that, because of
threatening weather, a ixist|x>ne-
ment until Monday hod been de-
cided on
Showers fell in New York thrii-
LONGEST DELIVERY 11 1
The longest delivery on record
(Mrs. Bruno Alvis) Yorktown; since Stowers Furniture Oom-
Willie Gaebler of Spofford; Miss Pany established its store here was
Jane Gaebler. of Spofford; Annie, hunS UP during the past week
I (Mrs. Hugo Meischen) of York- ""hen the local firm delivered a bill
town; Miss Ora Gaebler of Spot- furniture to a point forty mil**
ferd; Robert Gaebler of Yorktown. northeast of Beaumont.
One son, Anton, died many years ^lc furniture was delivered by
ago. Mrs. Gaebler is survived by Stowers’ truck and consisted at
the following brothers and sisters: complete fjimishings for a five room
Mrs. Adolph Strieber of Yorktown; home. The purchaser formerly
Mrs. Ed Fechner of Yorktown; C. lived at Cuero.
M. Wagenschein of Yorktown; R. ------ , „ ^
Wagenschein of Nordheim. STORM OVER
Funeral arrangements have not NEW ORLEANS, La., Aug. 26. —
been completed but the funeral/INS.)— A weather report today, io-
will be sometime Friday from the dicated the slight tropical disturb-
home of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Schultz ance m the South Atlantic is blow-
at Yorktown. * Ing itself out to sea.
Investigate Charge Legless Swimmer
Fanner Held Negro
Woman as Security
CLARKSDALE, Miss., Aug. 26.—
(INS.)—G-Men today were investi-
gating charges that a Tallahatchie
out the morning and overcast skies' COUnt"y planter had taken a ne^°
gave hint of more rain ' ‘ woman ^a^-cropper in chains be-
Meanwhile many choice seats re- ^ °ther plantors and tried to
mained to be sold for the heavy-
weight bout. Jacobs had previously
sell her to satisfy a $175 debt.
The planter. J. S. Derkcr, was
Making Progress
In Long Swim
KINGSTON, N. Y„ July 26.—JNS.
—With one-third of his journey
behind him, Charlefc Zibby. legless
swimming marvel, confidently bend-
ed south early today on his Ut-
ir.lle swim from Albany to New
Yor!: in the Hudson river.
announced that only $190,000 worth 2^ PamSCTS Threaten
of ducats had been disposed of. He federal a^ents check Hi the story of j
needed $230,000 in receipts to take
care of expenses he said.
the woman, Ethel Davi:.
New York Strike
BABY BOY
Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Patterson
who reside at the Central Power X
Bight company dam are rejoicing
over the arrival of a line baby bov.
Mrs. Patterson was bom in the
NEW YORK. Aug. 26.—(INS.) —
launching their drive for shorter
hours and higher wages, 16^06
pain ors and paper-hanger® began
r irst Reported Here jtheir threatened strike today, while
leaders planned three parades and
Pickens To Begin
Work On Show On
While definite announcement has |w :r-a‘e picketing,
not teen made by
jack Pickens i
same room -f ho home ilurty seven Inc., rt was reliably reported here RETURN HOME
\eai> .tu<v ie Record extends Thursday that work on the new j Mrs. Carl Sanders and little son,
congratulations to tile happy Pickens theatre will begin on: Sept.‘Carl McClary, are leaving today tor
couple. t firs(. | their home in North Texas after a
- . .. ... " Pickens some weeks ago rented I month's visit with Mrs. Sanders*
. nc. avvVtlJ1 ,LTV one-half of the Graves building. 1 parents. Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Mang-
“ _ Calif.. Auc. 26.— formerly occupied by Bass Bros.jhanu Master Carl McClary**
... ' ' 3P!t D>Pr was found on East Main street. Extensive' friends will be glad to hear that
guiltv today of murdering three renovations are planned 1
. ‘Itl e fiiglewcod children last June, opening of the theatre.r
prior to his health is much improved after
J
his stay in Cuero.
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