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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1949
Page
8
Georgia faces new taxes after a recent legislative session while Valdosta hosts the 31st annual Primitive Baptists meeting. The state reports a large drop in total income tax payments, with other items including road bids, hospital dedication, and local civic notes across Georgia.
Atlanta reports state auditors found the department of entomology spent 136,605 in the year ending June 30 up from 126,602 while the comptroller general's office rose from 97,671 to 108,089. Both departments had fewer employees but higher salaries, according to State Auditor B. E. Thrasher.
Atlanta July 31 Georgia school bus drivers press for higher wages. Gov Herman Talmadge allocated 600000 in emergency funds to cover wage hikes for the new fiscal year. The legislature had set four cents per mile and appropriated 600000, but the budget commission estimated 1200000 and moved an extra 600000 from emergency funds.
Observers at the State Capitol say antiadministration forces in the legislature are shaping a sales tax issue for the 1950 governor's race. The Governor remains opposed, while his Assembly allies blocked sales tax bills. Past failed attempts in 1947 are cited and Talmadge is noted as opposing the tax.
Mrs. Sarah Thomas, 25, a former bank bookkeeper and lifelong Columbus resident, died Monday in a local hospital after a brief illness. She was a Fourth National Bank employee for about five years and is survived by her mother Mrs. L. B. Hill, the late Lewis Weaver, her husband George Thomas, and an infant daughter.
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