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A NEWSPAPER REFLECTS ITS COMMUNITY
CUERO. TEXAS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1929
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929 remaining, it is
time to give thought
r ahead—to begin to
ew achievements and
tives to be gained,
now become a towq
nhabitants—and as
keep pace with sister
the same class. There
ice that several new
louses are to be con-
luring tfie early purt
There is reason to he-
ather new homes will
carrying forward
rork accomplished for
unity this year.
test significance to the
fvelopment of the
t however is the
tad building program
: at the close of the
taken on tremendous
B. Encouragement
Highway 81-58 pro-
w receiving gives al-
in assurance that the
will witness definite
nts in, this important
which eould worthily
rst place on the year 's
S’of a day passes bat
ional communications
■d by the Chamber of
indicatuig the iuter-
s been aroused in all-
ong the route of the
3uJf to Border High-
t pi the outstanding
highway matters in
e pledged their co-
and support in this
kfrprise.
n must be made dur-
or a real lauding field
This matter has been
re all through 1929
nfy should be given
int place in the new
gram. Every iudica-
i to a speeding up of
i,’a air development
W; and if Cuero is to
it on the air traffic
te action must be tak-
ately.
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Antonio Express has
respective air traffic
at for the next fiscal
dlow s :*
'ederal Government
pend $95,387,624 on
t during the fiscal
31, including
ed to the Army Air
Navy Bureau of
mtits would receive *32
the Coast Guanl
■Me PALACE FAILS
TO OPEN, OWNER
LEAVES CUERO
Employes of Show Unable
To Give Information in
Regard to Matter.
NO SHOW SATURDAY
Theatre Had Been in Op-
eration for Less Than
Year.
The Palace theatre, owned and
operated by R. G. Herbert, failed to
open its doors Saturday, and em-
ployes at the theatre declared Mon-
day morning that Herbert had left
town leaving no instructions in re-
gard to continuing the show. Fi-
nancial difficulties and the poor
health of Herbert are believed to
be the cause for closing the show.
Herbert has been in ill health for
the past three weeks, and was con-
fined in a /local hospital for three
days during the past week for
treatment.
Employes at the Palace Monday
could make no statement in regard
to future operations of the show,
declaring that they did not know
the owner planned to leave Cuero
until informed of his absence Sat-
urday.
The Palace theatre was opened
in this city less than one year ago
by S. G. Fry and D. E. Nuehols
Nuchols sold out to Fry a short
time after the show opened, and
the latter continued the operation
of the theatre until three months,
ago when it was purchased by M
E. Pruitt who operated the show
for ten days R. G Herbert took
the Palace over about three months
ago. and after maintaining a dark j
house for six weeks reopened No- j
vember 17th and has personally
operated the show since.
Pope Pius XI Blesses Royalty
TWO KILLED IN
GUN BATTLE ON
CITY STREETS
Two Gun Men From Ken-
tucky Mountains Shoots
it Out With Officer.
No Daily Record
Christinas Day
There will be no Wednesday Daily
i Record, brnut the Weekly Record
will be issued as usual, Record read-
ers and advertisers are informed.
The Record force will enjoy a full
holiday Wednesday, the Weekly be-
ing issued Tuesday night. All copy-
for the Weekly Record must be in
not later than 9 o’clock Tuesday
morning, advertisers are informed.
BOTH ARE KILLED
(L. to R.) Princess Giovanna, Crown Prince Hum-
bert and Princess Maria receiving the blessing of the
Pope in a chapel of the Vatican ’during their visit
the day after the visit of the mother and father,
Kin^ and Queen of Italy. The royal couple made
Trouble Had Been Brewing
Between Two Men For
Some Tin^e.
PAINTSVILLE, Ky.. Dec. 22—A
two gun man from the mountains,
veteran of half a dozen pistol bat- :
ties and survivor of v almost as j
many gunshot wc$nds, today had
made good his boast that if an of-
ficer arrested him again “I’ll have
to toll him.”
But it cost him his life.
The two-gun mail. Joe Castle,
former constable, last night “&iot
it out" with Patrolman Jess Dills
on the main street of this moun-
tain town while hundreds of Christ-
mas shoppers scurried for cover.
Dills, with two ”44 specials’ spitting
their visit to signalize the new peace betweeri Church j bullets, dropped dead almost in his
and State. It was the first time the Italian royal I tracks, shot through the heart,
family had entered the Vatican since 1S70. Prince
Humbert will be married in January to Princess
Marie Jose of Belgium.
APPEAL MADE
FOR CLOTHES
Secretary of Local Red
Cross Asks Aid in Helping
Destitute Mexicans.
Mrs. Frank Kunetka. secretary of
the local Red Cross chapter is ap-
pealing to Cuero citizens to aid in
supplying a destitute Mexican fam-
ily with warm clothing and bedding.
The family consists of a widow and
her five children—two girls, 11 and
9 years of age, and three boys, aged
5 and 3 years and 6 months. Thd
father died in September and since
that time the woman and her lit-
(International New/rccI)
BRECKENRIDGE
IS NOT WINNER
Blame Snow Storm
Fore Plane Crash
HOOVER PLANS
QUIET XMAS
INDIANAPOLIS Ind. Dec 23—
INS —Stout- Fie Id officials *oday
blamed the blinding mow storm lot
the crash cf the trans-Atlantic au
transport plane here which killed
cne man and ;n;ur?d a rr.ln and
woman at dusk yesterday Carrying
eleven passengers from St Louis
. . _ „ , j the huge craft overshot the field in
must defeat tne Port Arthur Ye^ [ aUempting a landing and struck a
lowjackets in order to win the
state fotball championship, and dc
not win the title by virtue of
up by the crash but none
MRS. DELONEY
BURIED TODAY"
tie ones have been dependent on
Castle, a 45 in each hand, went j friends for sustenance and shelter, j
! down mortally wounded. He died j raother was directed to Mrs.
in a hospital this morning John;Kunetka for *id.i since living with-I
■ Marshall. Johnson County jailer.; out the Hn^ts. the case does !
aiso involved lr. the shooting. is j not fall within the offices of the I
Jh:s own jail. Officers say welfare Association. Both the “t*’
oe c.narged with woman and the little ones have do
clothing other than on their backs
Junction R
ture of 1
low Zero
Cuero was that
covered
past two day*,
gave
weather for
weather men added
opt lock with a pr
Weather for Tuesday
The thermoms
its lowest
degrees,
1*. to 40
. Bright
beat upon
temporality
those whe
dark indoors and
and snow
c*rs And
Roads
were slushy am
bright sun beat
froig the 1
; locked in
j he probably will
j murder
Trouble between Castle
1
Must Defeat Port Arthur
Yellow Jackets for the
State Title.
The Breckenndge Buckaroos
Former Cuero Citizen Laid
To Rest in Hillside Cem
etery This Morning.
Last ntes were held Monday for
Mrs Louis Deioney. aged resident
The heaviest
w st
a^id Pa- and they are in tatters. They ire { Weather
trotean Du Is started a month ago. suffering for lack of suitable gar- :
’.ccai officers said when Dills ar- menU ^ protect them from the • «4cu<m of
rested Castle on a charge of j severe cold Weather and must have c0ld
drunkenness Cas::e. who had been in;mediate I final force
a constable fer almost 20 years was ' il ________ cOrdtag to
removed from office and received
a jail sentence and fine He was
released tm bond pending an
peat
At the conclusion cf his trial, of- '
fleers said. Casi,c remarked that j
stump, tearing off a portion of the Abilene and a former citizen of
landing gear and left motor. The Cuero. who died in the former city
* remaining nine passengers were Friday evening. The remains xhen he served hls sentence, \
agreement on downs,” as was pre- shaken UD 5v lhe crash but none weie brought here for burial Sun.. “Paintsville wen t be large enough
Mrs. Kunetka Is asking that do-
nations be sent to her home, and
she will see that- they reach the
ap*j family at once. It is hoped that
there will be a generous response as
the case is a worthy one.
-
rial flying will
ieularly by the out
ted for the air mail
home and to foreign
t will total 15 mil-
i, as#against $13,300.-
8 fiscal year. The De-
af Bureau of Btand-
eeeive $8,925,830 and
spectiveiy.
an* port enterprises
e gaining support.
>m 45 of them to the
Branch show that
;s flew eight million
ig the first half of
t is assumed that the
11 1929 will be more
e that figure, as sev-
ys have been opened
rably Uevloped since
Mr. and Mrs. Hoover To At-
tend Community Tree
Tuesday Evening.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22—Led by
President and Mrs. Hoover, official
Washington today set about mak-
ing last minute preparations for
the holiday season.
While Congress voted itself a
Christinas present of a two-week
vacation, 4he President dispatched
a message to the disabled veterans
of the World War in the hospitals
of the country to assure them that
their Nation in its holiday season
had not forgotten those who fought
for it in a time of danger.
At the same time, Mr. and Mrs.
Hoover laid plans for a quiet holi-
day season at the White House. The
regular Tuesday press conference
was called off, and two Christmas
trees were set up. one in the private
quarters of the Presidential fam-
ily, and a second downstairs in the
viously stated in "£1)0 Record. This
correction was given The Record
by Lawrence Sheppard, sports edi-
tor of the Port Arthur News, who
is a visitor in Cuero for the Xmas
holidays. According to a radio
announcement Saturday. the
Buckaroos won the game by cross-
ing the Jacket 20 yard line on sev-
eral occasions while Port Arthur
was unable to cross the Buckaroo [
20 yard line on any occasion. In I p .
a bi-district game, in the event of i
a scoreless tie, the team crossing
their opponent's goal line the most j
number of times, wins the game,|- MOSCOW, Dec. 23.—(INS)—The
but not in a state title clash. | Sino.Russ controversy in Man-
were injured seriously.
CHINA-SOVIET
FLAREUP ENDS
referrii
Signed Today
Bringing End to Bloody
Controversy.
Wm. Desmond Case
Again in Limelight
, day and funeral services were held to hold the two of us.
• from' the Freund Funeral Home at j Dills.
10:30 Monday morning, interment
being in Hillside Cemetery.
Rev. Pierce, pastor of the Meth-
odist church of which the deceased
was a member of life-long stand-1 -
ing. officiated in the services with i LOS ANGELES. Cal., Dec. 23.—
Dr. W. A. .McLeod of the Presby-1 (INS)—The famous William Des-
terian church „ assisting. / Those i mond Tailor murder case is again
serving as pall-bearers were: T. M. Mn the limelight today. Taylor was
Stell, S. C. Lackey, O. T. McAlister,! a motion picture director slain in
i J. S. Edgar, Sr.. J. C Howerton and j 1922. His slayer was never appre-
CROSS RANSUS
FUND REPORT
Monday" s Donations Swdll
Fund to $131.00 Report
Shows.
low the
m Kimble
morning.
Below zero
raecpded at half a
to
San
l) t*.
Monday's donations to the Cross j
the ’Ransus Christmas Cheer fund j
brought the total thus far receiv
game between Port Arthur and
Breckenridge has not yet been an-
nounced.
The rival coaches, Tom Dennis j resentatives of the Soviet
of Port Arthur and P. E. Shotwell ] Mukden governments a
H. B Montgomery.
The deceased was eightv-one years
old, and is .survived by her hus-
band and four children. She
W'as known to many of the older
citizens of Cuero. having lived here
protocol restoring the status quo! in earlier days. In recent years she
ante of the Chinese raiway by rep- j had made her home in Abilene.
and i Among those here from out-of-
Kha- (town for the funeral were: her sons.
The time and place for a second | Churia was a thing of the past to-
day following the signing of the
tal t
hich
j hended although police here are of i cd to $*31.55 which with other con-
the opinion that Jie was killed by i tributions expected on Chrtetmas
his valet, Edward Sands, ex-convict.!Eve afisures the pwr children '
T
who disappeared following the
murder. Now that former governor
W. Richardson has stated that he
had positive proof that Taylor was
slain by a motion picture actress,
the mystery is being probed with
renewed vigor again.
of Breckenridge. made no effort to j bayobsk. Signing of the protocol j Rev- John Lee of Cal., Walter Lee j
get together and discuss the possi- ; was hailed as the signal of the vie- j of Ark.. Jim Lee of Cincinnati, O..
diplo-1and Will Deioney of Abilene. W W.
j DeLoney of Beeville. H. D. De-
Loncy of Port Lavaca, and Mr. and
Mrs. Will Peavy of Victoria.
bility of playing off the tie. It is ab- tory for Soviet arms and
solutely up to them, and it was evi- i macy.
dent neither was anxious to try it j The agreement provided for the
again. The Interscholastic League | removal of troops of both sides from
has no say in the matter.
“I doubt we will play it off.’
said
hard season. However, we might
talk it over with the Breckenridge
officials Monday.” Shotwell made
no statement one way or another.
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Lost Going to Jail;
Catches Next Train
East Room where official receptions’ j Dennis. "The boys have had a long.
are held.
Of their two sons, only Allan
Hoover will be able to join hi» par-
ents for the Christmas season.
Herbert Hoover Jr., his wife and
their two youngsters are in Cali- j
fomia. To offset the absence of
their, own son. however. Mr. and
Mrs. Hoover planned a Christmas
party for the children of their of-
ficial family, including the Secre-
taries and Cabinet members
President Hoover also will par-
ticipate in the community observ-
ance of Christmas Tuesday evening
when he switches on the lights at a
tree set up in Sherman Square,
and Mrs. Hoover will pass out the
first baskets of food to be dis-
tributed Tuesday aftemon by the
Salvation Army to the poor.
the frontiers which have been in a | ----
turmoil for six months, and the im- j Move in New
mediate restoration of Soviet con-
sulates and commercial organiza- i
tions in Siberia.
the community a Christinas such
as they have com* to expect at this
annual event. Each child will re- j
ceive a toy, a silver quarter, fruits.!
and candy.
Donations received since the final
report Saturday Were:
Mary Louise Schcrre ..................Doll
■ ]aJi o • jJ. p- Martin ..................... $1.00
London Beats Pans in j A Friend..........i..................... $ &
Erecting Foch Statue Grace Church Bunday School $10jOO
__L__ j Mrs. W. A. Blackwell _______$1.00
PARIS —(INS)— While London is j Miss Bessie Graves ...........V.....|1j00
setting ready to erect a Foch statue | Billie Dale Miller
ta the
the
’
Find Natural Gas on
Kansas Landing Field
KANSAS CITY. Kas. —(INS) —One
of the countrys largest airports.
Fairfax Field. located here, is fast
becoming one of the richest air
fields in the nation.
Natural gas production is the
cause, however, not aviation.
Fourteen gas wells located on the
air field are responsible for an in-
come of $3,000 a week with good
chances that it will increase even
more.
Emil Jannings Plans
Return toh Stage
MUNICH.— (INS)— Emil Jannings
who has for a number of years
played for the -film will again be
aeen on the stage In January. He
wifi appear In the Munich “Bchaus-
Hauptmann’s “Der
two other plays.
ST LOUIS Mo.. Dec. 21.—Al-
though Sam Morfia has been a res-
ident of St. Louis all his life, he
became lost :n the crowd at the
union station and missed his train.
It isn’t unusual for travelers to
miss trains, but Samnaie considered
himself well chaperoned, for he was
a member of a party of federal
prisoners being taken to the county
jail at Mexico. Mo.
The following morning Sam
knocked on the front door of the
jail and asked admittance as a
boarder for six months. He had
caught the next train.
i the Paris project is still i
j talkative stage.
DUllding Amas The city intends to do som?-
•-— i thing great and worthy of the
A conference between the Russian j AUSTIN. Dec. 23 —During the ( grand Marshal, but neither the
and Chinese officials will be held ! Christmas holidays, the electrical; site nor the form of the monu-
here January 25tlf at which ay I engineering laboratories at thejment have yet been determined..
the outstanding questions will be | Unive rsity of Texas will be removed I porte Dauphine. at the entrance
settled according to the protocol, from theii piesent location tc the j qj bojs (jg Boulogne, finds con-
with complete restoration of diplo- j new Mechanical Euilding. w ^eie i siderable favor, but the authorities
matic relations between the twoicIas3es wiI1 be hrld after tlie vafa~! are divided on this site.
..........$ .»
Mrs. Huldah Rath .............,........$1.00 |
Mrs. Joe Scqgg^tn ,..... $100 {
The Walter Reiflerts j
Mrs. Alfreda Frobese and William ;
Frobese Jr., each donated a bo* of ,
apples for the Christmas Cheer ;
-r.
having
countries.
JURY QUICKLY
CLEARS MINTON
! tier.. Two hundred instruments) ' w.
, . . , „, „ „„„ ! An equestnati statue is also
valued al approx mately 510000.,
the equipment in the lath and drill ... . 5
cided as V6t
; press shop and a 100 kHowatt gener- j
ator weighing 9 000-tons will be!
j moved from the basement of the j
; main Engineering Building. All elec- j
j trical engineering equipment, with I
i the exception of the illumination j
i laboratory in the fttic of Garrison
Houston Youth Acquitted of!Ha.u- Wlli be moved t0 the
new
Chorus Girls in
Chorus Dance Are
Like Earthquake
Taking Part in Lynch-
ing Bee.
j HOUSTON. Dec. 22—Without
! the formality of a written ballot, a
j jury after 10 minutes deliberation
late today acquitted Howard Min-
ton. former taxicab checker of a
murder - charge brought against his
as an alleged participant in the j
KIWANIS ARE
ENTERTAINED
oarty.
building.
A new switchboard valued at
$3,000 and an artificial telephone!
line equivalent to 200 miles of
standard telephone line, with which
tone currents are measured. have
already been installed in the elec-
trical engineering section of the
new building.
There are three class rooms and
Trainmen Injured
When Engine Crashes
» I
GIRHAM. Kan., Dec. 23.—(HO— i
Three members of the crew of the j
Union Pacific passenger train j
westbound, were injured here to- J
day when their train was derailed.
The locomotive and mail car were
sideswiped by a passenger train
east bound, which was standing on
the side track .None of the men
were reported to have been serious-,
ly injured.
>lkns te
during the
to. a
inert Thirteen i
already have
during IfJO
of the
n 1*23.
Musical Program Given
Regular Luncheon at
Noon Monday.
lynching of Rebert Powell, wounded. three laboratories in the electrical
CHICAGO. Dec. 21.—Eighteen-! negro, beneath a bridge last June.
year-old Margaret Nelson saved
herself and Jier firm’s money from
a prospective holdup by turning
actress.
Alone and without a telephone,
she had watched a negro loitering
outside the bakery in which she
works at 602 East Sixty-third
street. She suspected he was await-
ing a favorable moment to come in
and rob her.
Suddenly she saw the yellow po-
lice squad car of Sergt. Jack Dal-
ton pass. She raised her hands as
though she were being held up. See-
ing her uplifted hands, the police
raced back. The negro tried to flee,
but was captured. He was carrying
engineering section of the building.
Each member of the department
staff will have a private office.
Search on Today
For Dallas Salesman
Minton is the second of seven
men lo be indicted in the negro's
death to be acquitted.
The State's case rested on only
one point—an alleged confession.
Mintons attorneys contended that
the youth made the statement afa-
ter officers had promised to help j DALLAS. Dec. 23.—(INS)—Police
him get a suspended sentence “at today sought a salesman who is ac-
the most.' and had appealed to him1 cused of kidnapping and beating
to help them clear up the affair as 1 Marie Bratler. twenty-three year
the Democratic convention was : old drug store clerk and his flnan -
about to begin and “Houston w'ould cee. Miss Bratler said the ' man
get a bad name”. On the stand he whose name police kept secret be-
insiated the statement was untrue: came angry when she jilted him.
and was made by him under those He decoyed her into a taxi she said,
circumstances because he knew no took her to a small hotel there and
better. He swore that he ha4 noth- i after forcing her to drink a ding-
ing to do with the hanging. j ged potion, beat her and then fled.
! NEW ORLEANS. La., Dec. 23.—
(INS)—Two trainmen were killed
j when a Texas and Pacific passenger I ci,
train crashed into a Southern Pa- p*
A musical urogram rendered by I eifle train at Avondale. fourteen'er
Laurence Sheppard of Pt. Arthur J miles from here. Those dead are
and Hamer Smith of the Magic j Mike Foster, engineer and Benja-
Valley, with accompaniment of j min Pittman, fireman, both of the
Hawaiian and Mexican guitars, pro- ! Southern Pacific Train. Foster was
Bi«es
here win
vided after-dinner entertainment
for the Kiwanians at the regular
noon luncheon Monday. The enter-
tainment followed the business
meeting at which plans for Annual
Ladies night on January 6th were
perfected. It was amjpunced that
an out-of-town speaker would be
secured for the occasion.
President-elect Fielding Breeden
announced the program committee
for the ensuing year as follows:
Howard Green. John Berning and
Arthur Lang. Following the meeting
the directors met and re-elected
Joy Arnold Secretary and F. W.
Bates honorary member for 1*30.
The club voted at this time to
contribute $2 monthly to the Uni-
versity club for upkeep of the pub-
lic' library.
scalded to death while , Firemen
Pittman was caught under the
heavy engine when it toppled over.
No passengers were nijured.
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Worn-out Horses are
Fed to Wild Animals
DECATUR, Ind.—(INS)— Feeding
worn-out horses to lions and timers
of the circus U the trade of Fred
A hr. of Decatur, who had sold more
than 100 horses to thq circuses that
make their winter headquarters at j
Peru. Ind. i I \J
The eric uses
for the horse
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