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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1940
Page
9
A Georgia week summary reports injuries from a two-truck collision near Tifton and a fatal highway crash at Tybee Island. It notes new law faculty appointments at Mercer University and a 1941 tax rate set at 15 mills in Terrell County, plus damage from a tornado near Minter and promising tobacco outlook in Terrell County and surrounding areas.
Fred Stalnaker of Avthoine Machine Works at Ft Valley lost his right hand while repairing a lumber planer. Gears severed the hand just above the wrist. he was taken to a Macon hospital for treatment. Georgia Junior Chamber directors in Macon urged mobilizing all resources for immediate defense. Two bale of Georgia cotton sold in Savannah and Macon markets with weights and prices noted. Ed Mosley of Lyons grew the Savannah bale. Dodge county grower Proficrine (?) produced the Macon bale.
Jackson city reports 18 year old W R Chambers of Atlanta drowned while swimming with friends. A party member said he went under and did not surface though he was considered a good swimmer. The incident occurred this afternoon at Jackson Lake.
Montezuma Ga Aug 4 J A Levie of the Montezuma district named Macon County chairman of the states Ten Year Development Campaign by R M Stiles Cartersville farmer head of the agriculture committee. Levie is prominent in farming and civic activities.
Americas Ga Aug 2 D E B Thurman chairman of the Sumter County Fair Commission suggests the county school children prepare patriotic exhibits this year. Displays on the United States flag and other American history highlights would be prepared under his plan.
Atlanta on August 8 Tom Linder candidate for commissioner of agriculture opened his campaign headquarters. He pledged to work with state and national agencies to ensure farmers in the state receive maximum benefits from those agencies.
Washington announces a broadening of CCC recruitment rules allowing college students whose families are in the moderate income group to enlist. Paul V. McNutt says the change aims to turn the CCC into a true service organization supporting national defense and industrial rehabilitation.
Georgia's vegetable crops require more rain after heavy showers and a week of heat. Pimentos are about three weeks late while corn remains fair to excellent. Snap beans and lettuce show improved movement, though cabbage and cantaloupes price weakness slows deliveries.
Georgia counties received 515,423 in gasoline tax revenues for July sent by mail. Checks totaling 315,428 funded road work. each county’s share of the six cent tax is distributed at one cent per gallon and rose from 24 to 26 dollars per mile of state highways in the past three months.
Baxley. L. N. Speer, 60, former judge of the Baxley city court, died at Ware county hospital in Waycross Saturday after a short illness. He is survived by his widow and daughter Lucy Lynn Speer. Judge Speer owned large farmland in Appling county and trained as a lawyer at Mercer University Law School.
Hugh Howell, longtime resident and gubernatorial candidate, is qualified to attend the pioneers lunch on opening day of Vidalia's 50th festival. He and three rivals Abu Nix Columbus Roberts and Eugene Talmadge will speak Saturday in Vidalia.
Gra dy Phillips, 80, held in Carrollton jail on a murder charge over the fatal shooting of his stepfather Cliff Knott, 36. Sheriff Kilgore says Phillips admitted the slaying claiming Knott beat his mother. The shooting occurred Sunday night at Ephesus near Lowell in Carroll County.
Atlanta detectives hold K. F. Hagen after he was identified as the robber of the First National Bank of Birmingham. A Fr. B. I. Agent says Carl Grantham matched Hagen to the fugitive by photographs. Hagen faces five counts of robbery on an indictment in Atlanta.
Milledgeville August 2 All 43 members of the civilian pilot program class at Georgia Military College and Southern Air Lines flying school passed the written ground course exam. The test conducted by Lt Mercure of the Civil Aeronautic Authority covered 48 students. two of the original 45 members did not complete the work.
A concrete copper lined vault will be buried at the base of the downtown Confederate Monument in Griffin on August 8. It will house letters and materials showing Griffin’s celebration of its centennial in June, including the centennial program, souvenir Griffin News edition, celebration photos, and letters from residents. It will also contain a copy of the city code and a city map.
Senator Claude Pepper accused Col Charles Lindbergh of serving as a fifth columnist during a senate debate on the national guard mobilization bill. Pepper urged the nation to choose between Lindbergh and General John J. Pershing for counsel as the draft issue loomed.
Jewelry valued at 240,000 belonging to the late Mrs. J. D. Little of Habersham road, who died in Barlsbad Germany July 27 1939, has been returned to Atlanta after a year of efforts by the State Department and Little estate attorneys. Most jewels will go to the estate for a memorial library at the University of Georgia. Returning costs totaled about 84,500 with duties and insurance claims offsetting the balance.
A stock yards association celebrates its first year of operation and is praised as one of the state’s leading farmer livestock markets. The candidate Ralls emphasizes seven platform planks, notably efficient and fair administration of regulatory laws and new seed and supply protections for farmers.
No. 2 Page notes the Caravan visiting Butler and Waveland Mississippi on the Gulf Coast in its sixth week of summer work. Next week the group moves to Talbotton to conclude its seven weeks Caravaning.
In South Georgia a federal case follows a jury verdict involving Fitzgerald cotton mills. The government accuses officials and subordinates of conspiring to intimidate unions and disrupt contract talks under federal labor statutes. The defense cites business difficulties.
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