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CUERO, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1929
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the year 1930.”
tion given by
Insurance De-
resolution to be
list of those
beginning of
Here in Cuero,
last few mouths
penejeessity of greater
measures being
t the numerous
occurred during
Cuero had good
d of the low
had existed h^fe
r of vears but
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was partly lost this year.
Was sounded more
it) in many pre-
Ik plough fcew of the
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tt>us. Several
ver, oefeurred,
icient cause for
Prevention cam-
people to
{methods of pre-
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MYSTERY SHROWDS SLAYING
PHYSICI
CUERO YOUTH
INJURED IN
AUTO CRASH
Glenn Bauer Suffers Badly
Gashed Knee When Se-
dan is Overturned.
OTHER MINOR WRECKS
No Injuries Result in Sever-
al Minor Auto Crashes
Wednesday.
Glenn Bauer suffered painful in-
juries Tuesday night when a car
which he was driving overturned
on the Gonzales highway after
slipping off the righway and strik-
ing a curb. Bauer was driving the ________ „ „
car which was occupied by three LONDON, Dec- Terj“
other youths, all of whom escaped 1 ^ «ales swept the British and
DISTRIBUTE CHRISTMAS BASKETS
$100,000 Reward for His Capture | THIRTY NEEDY
FAMIUESaii
TERRIFIC GALE
LEAVES DEATH
IN ITS WAKE
British Isles And Coast of !
Spain Hard Hit By Gale
Wednesday.
MANY ARE KILLED
Scores Injured, Damage
Will Mount Into Hun-
dreds of Thousands.
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month of Novem-
„ ire in Texas t<v
,b43.98, a report
Fire Insurance
A check on the
fires show that
of eases they
and a large
<^ue to eareless-
from defective
f umaces, pipes,
ches and smok-
incendiarism,
leyij and |lues.
kher shows that
t* the upkeep of
s; fatter supplies
services lost the
oactry last year
1^12,000,000.
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;d that 13,000
tea are annually
i or suffer burns
ktk -qeeui-s and
tlikn double
iffer serious iu-
a fire. Of these
e 30 per cent
mntry and 70
the city. One of
[^closure* of our
hat 31 per cent
kd J3 per cent of
children under
. 66 per cent of
ur in dwellings,
uojbelievable but
losses m the
(Hjties in the Cnit-
that 1 i>er cent
df fires is respon-
dent ci the
{Carefulness *n ’
the danger of
doubt, contribute
eduction of our
rhere fires do
no substitute for
1 rhich to fight
b-ought into play
er the fire
is
m
injury. He suffered a badly gash-
ed knee and minor cuts and bruis-
es. and was given medical atten-
tion in Gonzales immediately after
the crash.
Bauer declared that the car
overturned when he attempted to
pass another car. the rear wheels of
his car striking soft, dirt on the
side of the road and slipping over
into the ditch. The sedan was not
badly damaged, and was brought to
Cuero Wednesday morning.
Western coasts of Spain yesterday,
taking toll of at least twenty-eight
lives. The storm had somewhat
abated today but shipping was still
endangered by strong winds and
mountainous seas.
Twenty-six lives were.lost when
the Norwegian freighter, Aslaug,
Was pounded to pieces on the
shoals of Fallones. Two persons
were killed and scores were injured
in the British isles. Shipping was
disrupted and property damage
SEARCH
NEGRO
IFOR
XMAS BASKETS
- ARE BEATEN TO
Kiwams and Rotary Clubs - ,
Furnish Yuletide Bedroioms Give
Gifts. sf Struggle
’ — Attacker.
IS ANNUAL CUSTOM 1
- KNOJCVH4J, ,T*nn.,
Distributing of Baskets Left (INS)—IWztCry still apn
ital Slaying of Dr.’
To Service -Clubs Each
Year.
was heavy. London itself was !
Several other minor auto wrecks Hard hit, rising waters' of the
Thames inundating the low-lying
districts of the city and flooding
many cellars. *
- The storm blew out of the south-
were reported In Cuero Tuesday
night and Wednesday morning, but
no injuries resulted.
T. S. Jarmon and wife of Gal-
veston narrowly escaped death or
serious injury when they were
forcced to drive off into the deep
ditch at the railroad crossing on
the Cuero-Gonzales righway two
miles from Cuero to prevent their
being struck by the early morning
passenger train. Jarmon declar-
ed that he had driven all night and
was feeling rather sleepy and did
not see the train until his car was
about ten feet from the crossing.
He drove off into the ditch without
mishap.
The career of Fred Dane alias j exclusive Lake Shore Drive home yensville, Mich. She is believed
Uatarnalion&l News.-»<*!)
PAGEANT HERE
WELL ATTENDED
Burke has been one series of > made preparations for the further- \ by the police to have a_ long police
crimes, which include murder, rob- j since of a career of crime, which I j^°rd ' jn ^me^a*
bery and kidnaping, the proceeds has already placed a reward of j Lake Shore Drive with bullet-proof
of which are said to range in the 15100,000 for his capture. (Left: vest. Fred Dane, master criminal,
hundreds of thousands of dollars, {to right) r The woman known as Interior and exterior view of the
west, banishing the blue skies and, j^ove picture graphically shows j Viola Dane, who lived with the luxurious home where the criminal
sumery weather of Southern Eng-1 i,ow this master criminal in his I arch-criminal in his home at Ste-i enjoyed his ill-gotten wealth,
land. Rain fell in torrents and hail '
rattled on the streets of London t
While wild weather ruled the south j
coast districts where Christinas vis- j
itors to resort towns watched.
great seas pound on the beaches
and harbor walls of Folkestone
and othp portsr- - ^.«:-
Many ships sought sheltered
waters from Plymouth to Scot-
land, where a 70-mile gate swept
toward the Orkneys. Thl mails
were held up at Kirkland and the
North Orkeys were without Christ-
mas letters, all sea services being
suspended.
For the first time in 30 years no
trawlers were in with, fish at Aber-
deen market. The harbor bar was
not passable. The Aberdeen district
! has been stormbound for a week,
Lutheran Xmas Pageant j while Southern Britain was enjoy -
Draws Large Crowd j ing warmth and sunshine. Not a
to Church.
Cantata
Ameckeville
pastor of the
at Ameckeville.
the first of the week
Record represent a-
Qhristmas cabtata,
at the Arnecke-
aundajr night,
this coming Sun-
choir. because of
weather, which
t away who want-
choir. under
lev. Meier, is
a the county, and
he pdst have been
A beautiful Christmas pageant
entitled “The Angels Christmas”
was presented on Christmas night
at St. Mark's Lutheran church with
a large number of the young peo-
ole of the church taking part.
Three choirs rendered the musical
program which featured many of
the traditional songs of Christmas.
Prior to the pageant proper a dem-
onstration featuring recitations and
songs was given by the primary
department of the Sunday school.
' Thoee taking part in the choruses
were attired in angel costumes
while other fcharacters of the
pageant were appropriately cos-
tumed. Ms- and Mrs. Walter Boehl
took tBe parts of Mary and Joseph
In the scene of the Nativity while
Alfred Marquis. Herbert Hoffman
and William Buehrig were shep-
herds and Leo Froelich, g. C. Hart-
man and Gilmore Lassman were the
Three Wise Men. Misses Caroline
Mueller. Agnes Brandt and Elorine
Regner were the three angels who
bore the Star.
The choirs Included the following:
Ha Mae Rabke. Leola Henneke.
▼elma Hampe. Gladys • Meyer,
Evelyn Hiller, Gladys Casal Gene-
vieve Miller. Grace Fry. Rosa Mae
Luddeke, Lillian Meyer, Lorine
Henneke. Elizabeth Hartman. Meta
Buch. Annabel Buehrig. Phyllis
Pridgen. Mildred Gohlke and Ruby
Lee Ummelman
vessel has entered or left Aberdeen will prove his nemesis, for he
since last Monday. has served to focus the eyes of
Ireland experienced gales which law on the underworld just
at times had the force of a hum- when things were fairly quiet and
cane. Trees were uprooted and “rackets” could again be worked.
Country Wide Search On For Fred
Burke, Machine Gunner In Chicago
I Si. Valentine Day Massacre
ll/ITH a price of 5100,000 on his!to be the master mind behind *bme ’the police after the murder. Serial
TY head, the man hunt is on for |of the frightful crimes committed numbers of the two guns have .been
one of Chicago’s most notorious
criminals, Fred Burke, who fled his
haunts after the murder of Police
Chief Skelly last Saturday night.
And if Burke i* not captured by
the police it is believed that gang-
minor damage done in towns.
LAD IS KILLED
IN FARM FIELD
Oklahoma Farmer* Uses
Rifle to Enforce His Tres-
pass Edict.
When Fired Burke fled his luxuri-
ous home after the murder, it was
thought that he was headed for St.
Jsseph, Mich., and the vicinity of
that town is under the strictest sur-
veillance. For, if captured alive,
Jt is believed that Burke will prove
in Chicago during the last few years, (forwarded to the makers in an ef-
Particularly is it hoped to bring fort t» trace the sale of the
home to Burke the guilt for the! weapons. On one gun the nur.i-
crime last St. Valentine’s Day when bers had been carefully obliterated,
brutal slaying of
j Jones, fcl year old ph]
jLucy Lane Jones. 32, hi
j Thirty needy families, of the com- her nephew. 13 year* old
munity were made to forget their | t^ane. All had been tea
privations at least on Christmas death. 1
Day through the bounty of the Ki- | t
wan's and Rtoary Clubs of Ci*ero Sheriff Walker
which again this year followed the son. Deputy Sheriff
custom of distributing Christmas tlet, expressed belief
1 Cheer baskets on Christmas Eve to togs had followed an
all families whose need was known ) Mrs.
V. J. Grunder and S. ‘C. Lackey j they
from the Rotary Club and Fassett (named
Sheppard. Everett Jones and A. W.
Bourke of the Kiwams club ax- {I *tf,
ranged the baskets and distributed I. _ _ .. ,___. _
them, using two large trucks fur- j ***
nished by Breeden-Runge and'Co. j Jones> j' lteji
The baskets contained every- that, of; her you*
thing needed for serving a bounti- j jje also said the
ful Christmas dinner; a dressed j loom had been broken op
chicken, canned goods fruit and » bed wa* to a state of es
cake, being Included in the con- i order,
tents of each. The baskets were; J - _> _
filled and delivered on Tuesday af- f
ternoon allowing ample time for !
the preparation of the dinner. Vpa
ministers cf the city and the Wel-
fare Association assisted the service
clubs in locating the families most
in need of help, while other names
were sent into the clubs by those
, j who knew of other families deserv- 1
ing of such assistance. pf1
Those whose duty it was to dis-
tribute the baskets declare that
theirs was a privilege that should
have been shared by other members
of thee lubs to have been appre-
ciated, as the baskets brought un-
looked for cheer and happiness {
where little joy was expected.
machine gun3r mowed down seven
members of “Bugs” Moran’s gang
as they were holding a meeting in
a garage.
A complete arsenal, including
guns, mdenine guns, revolvers and
ammunition, were found in
Burke’s home, where he lived
under the alias of Fred Dane.
Comprehensive tests will be made
to ascertain if the machine guns
belonging to Burke were the
weapons used in the St. Valentine’s
Day killing. Authorities affirm
that bullets fired from the guns
bear the same type of distinct
marking as the bullets found by
but were deciphered by the use of
chemicals.
Souvenirs of Burke’s activities
were plentiful in his lovely hoi.-.e.
Over 5319,000 in stolen bank se-
curities were discovered by the
police as well as other evidence
of a series of crimes that include
murder, blackmail, robbery and
kidnaping. That Burke was con-
tent to Team from .others is evi-
dent from his well-thumbed lib-
rary of over 200 detective and
crime novels. Among his exten-
sive wardrobe was found a bullet-
proof vest, of the latest make.
(lnutntthwal .N»w«r<ni)
ROTARY ENJOYS
GOOD PROGRAM
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Christmas Presents Aire Dis- whom
tributed at noon
Luncheon
French Movie Men Cuero Enjoys Safe
Seek Tax Relief
and Sane Xmas
Long Distance Call
Saves Lives of Family
PARIS._1 IMS)— French movie! Cuero enjoyed a santf and orderly j INDIANAPOLIS. —(IMS)— A long
; producers are going "to steal some
i of Hollywood’s stuff" if they can ob-
tain tax relief, but in the meantime
HENRYETTA. Okla.. Dec 26 —
Charles Williamson. 14 year year
old Henryetta high school student! 7**** “““ “* .............
, / , . . - American producers are stealing a
was shot and killed Christmas by a 1
Christmas day. no injuries from , distance telephone call from thia
fireworks being reported, and not clty 10 8311 Antonio. Texas, saved
, Major L. LeRoy Muller and mem-
a single arrest made by local of-j^ o{ ^ fMnily from posslble
'morch on them” by making talk- ficer"' Cn many occasions celebrants death in the Texas city.
Larflre Crowd Enjoys
Dance Xmas Night
A large crowd enjoyed dancing
j until a late hour at the Municipal
auditorium Wednesday evening
when Ben Prause and his orchestra
furnished music for the American
Legion entertainment
Cuero'* third dance of the week
Is set for Friday evening when the
annual A. and M. club dance will
be held. Bids have been distributed
and plans are being made to enter-
tain a large crowd. '
The Aggie land orchestra will fur-
nish the music for the dance which
starts at f and continues until 2
o’clock.
, _, . , , , utuiuu uu vutai aianmg tom
farmer named Simpson as the ooy ^ spveral different languages for 1 have become too enthused with Bowman Elder living at 1229
«rts I x b,ic3..cac're ^ "• i Hrz ~ £ *
Simpson was reported to have j ^ reutrned from a visit en masse ;---j Inaianapolis.
started for Ogmulgee. the county | from the Pacific Coast studios with j GOTTINGEN.— (ins>— The new ^ persistent ringing of his tele-
an ’’impress.on that American pro- • home of the Institute of Mathe- phone finally awakened Major Mul-
seat, to surrender. Officers pre-
viously had started/from here to ar-
rest him.
ductions cannot be beat.
“Our development in Prance
j matics of the University of Gotti% j ler. He discovered that his
is j gen. the construction of which was was on fire and was • able
of the remove ‘ most
W. S. Williamson, were hunting, i the film industry and also by the | Rockefellr Foundation, is now fin- niture before the house burned
The Williamson boys, sons of Mrs. i arrested by the heavy taxation on ‘ made possible by a g.ft
imsoiL
Their father, now dead, served as | fact that eight per cent of the t ished. idown. However, he was burned se- GRASS FI
city clerk of Henryetta several j population regularly patronize { Gcttingen„ often called “the * verely on his hands and arms and A grass flre on ^
the rear of the Lutheran
years. > movies whereas in the United States \ mathematical center of the world" I Pf°bably will be laid up for several
Simpson was said to have fired ninety per cent are fans.” ! thus has the most up-to-date insti- weeks.
The French group announced j tute cf the kind of all German uni- ---------*-
that they will open a campaign for I versities. It will be formady dedi- i Mr an£i Mrs. Jack Lankford are
more favorable taxes. cated this month. ^ spending the day in San Antonio.
twice with a X2 rifle, one bullet en-
tering the boy’s heart. His brother
was not struck.
HUNDREDS OF KIDDIES MADE HAPPY AT RECORD CHRITMAS TREE
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Christmas Day was made happy
for several hundred little children
and their parents when Christmas
Cheer was dispensed at the little
Mexican school bouse "Cross the
Ransus" on the morning of Decern?
ber 25th. Never perhaps in all the
twenty-five years since the custom
of thus remembering the poor-
children of the community was in-
augurated by the Record has there
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dred children, and a large number ; the Mexican mothers with their
of mothers, many of them with babies and the Mexican boys.
Aabes in arms, gathered without the The program opened with the
school awaiting the arrival of the ! singing of America after which Dr.
committee -of volunteer helpers, j w. A. McLeod pastor of the Pres-
Upon their arrival, the children | byterian church said a prayer and
and adults were admitted and told briefly of Christmas and its
meaning. Then Editor J. C.
Howerton. taking the place of
old Santa Claus. who was
unable to be present took
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seated in the order in which they
were later to receive their gifts, the
limited space afforded by the lit-
tle school house necessitating &
been a happier crowd of litlle folks; j systematic arrangement of the large ! charge and supervised the dispens-
and every detail of the celebration j crowd. First the white girls, the j ing cf the gifts. In single file the
was carried out without a flaw. | white mothers with their babies. large crowd passed by the great
Ten o'clock, the hour set for j and the white boys were given their , beap of gifts, attractively arranged
the event, found Bt least three him- t gifts followed by the Mexican girls,' it qne side of the school room.
j When each had received an appro-
' priate present, they were given
, fruit and candy, and then as they
' passed from the building every
child received a silver quarter “to
'spend as they pleased”, the older
boys and girls being given a dime.
Ratles for the babies, and dolls
books and handkerchiefs were pro-
j vided for the girls according to
age. while to the boys pocket knives
balls and cap pistols were given.
; The mothers also were not forgot-
ten each one being presented some
' little article to know that they also
(had beeW remembered by the good
i s
.no
1 had
| them/
A Christmas program featuring, Thomas
a tree and carols by the Lutheran
Choir was presented at the noon
luncheon of the Rotary club Thurs-
day, being arranged fcfr the ptfi-
gram committee which included V.
J. Grunder. R. Sc hi wet z and Le-
Roy Hamilton. The latter acted to
the role, of Santa Claus sans cos-
tume and distributed the .gifts from j
the Christmas tree, each gift be-,
ing characteristic in some way of
the recipient. t
V. J. Grunder reported that that
his committee had acted to con-
junction with a committee from the
Kiwanis chib in distributing thirty
Christmas Cheer baskets to the. , ^
pobr of the city. J. C. Howerton i10 .__
told of the Cross the Ransus
Christmas party on Christmas
morning for the poor children and j
. expressed n-egret that more Rotar- J
home 1 ians coukl not .have beea present to* 80 Iar
I have had a part .in
1 event.
church
was extinguished today before any
damage was done. The blaze was
started by small boys Who were
shooting flre crackers on the lot.
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j people of Cuero.
Many of the poor people j>f the
community who did not attend the
Christmas Cheer party received
gifts of war clothing. through
j the Welfare Association to which
were assigned all such articles do-
nated to the Crops the Ransus
project. Those who assisted to dis-
tributing the gifts on Christmas,
morning were: Mrs. W. ft. Garrett.
Mrs. Sam Bennett, lira. Leila
Seeligson. Mrs. Gartrell of Corpus
Christ!. Walter Boehl.
McLeod. O. A. Zimmerman and Mr
and Mrs. J. C.
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Howerton, J. C. The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 305, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 1929, newspaper, December 26, 1929; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth999800/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Cuero Public Library.