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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1934
Page
4
A collection of opinions and reflections on state affairs in Georgia. Notes on education leaders, gubernatorial race tensions between Talmadge and Pittman, impulse to civic improvement, and pride in Georgia’s counties and people. Includes remarks on labor treatment in Germany and cautions about political energy.
A regional note comments on the flood of political requests and the value of editorials. It mentions Georgia eggs shipped to Chicago and back at five cents, imagining taste improved by being “off yander.” The piece urges readers to engage in politics but keep reason and religion intact.
The State Department in Havana directs Cuba’s minister to the Dominican Republic to request Machado’s arrest in Dominica, based on seven charges including murder, pending an extradition request.
There is no direct federal loan program for individuals to fund education. Aid for college students is provided as part time employment authorized by the FERA, covering Sept 1, 1934 to June 1935. Applicants should write to the college or university where they wish to enroll.
A Georgia column argues that political tricks harm fair play and urges focus on community improvement and crop recovery. It praises Congressman Castellon for aiding Taylor County with CCC funding and notes broad federal support amid economic hardship and postal warnings.
Mr. C. B. H. Moncrief, who started the Georgia Post at Knox ville in 1924, has disposed of the paper to J. L. Taylor of Talbotton, publisher of the Talbotton New Era and owner of several West Georgia weeklies. The transfer is announced with no definite plans for Moncrief’s future, but the Herald pledges best wishes. Taylor is praised as a newspaper genius, and readers are not expected to suffer from the change.
The dispatch notes longer travels across Georgia with crops failing to meet prior yields except in Taylor County where abundance is found. It argues for gratitude to Providence and cites a National Congress of Parents and Teachers plan to place school boards in charge of youth motion pictures produced by educators and professionals rather than profit seekers.
The Tifton Gazette quotes a tribune praising Bulloch County residents of Statesboro for consistently speaking well of locals from the same town. The writer notes it seems an old Statesboro custom and calls it a good one, reflecting town pride and friendly rivalries.
A prominent attorney and civic leader from an adjacent city told The News he has known Bryant Castellon for twenty years. He calls Castellon one of the most able and informed men in the state, a clean-cut Christian gentleman who will do more for the people of the Third district. He adds he will support Castellon in his bid for re election.
A Dawson News tribute to Judge E L Rainey editor of the Dawson News celebrates his fifty years of service and leadership as Georgia Prison Commission chair. The piece lauds his vigor, optimism, and steady governance while noting the orderly, large community tribute held in his hometown. The page also carries a discussion of Corra Harris and the Peeping Toms in Literature critique, praising Harris’s insights into Southern culture and condemning sensationalist Southern misrepresentation.
Dean Ackerman of Columbia School of Journalism rebukes General Hugh S. Johnson for trying to replace public opinion with government views and to discredit newspapers on radio. Ackerman says no man can buy control or influence Washington news of major press associations and calls Johnson to lead a defense of free public opinion.
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