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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1941
Page
3
A. Sealy has applied to the Court of Ordinary in Taylor County for letters of administration on the estate of J. R. Fallaw, deceased. Heirs are warned to appear at the September 1, 1941, session to contest. R. Lunsford, Ordinary, July 1941.
James applying for permanent administration on the estate of L. F. James late of an unspecified locality. Creditors and next of kin are cited to appear at the office and show cause why administration should not be granted. Dated August 6 by Ordinary R. Lunsford.
Ossining August 13 Richard Whitney once a Wall Street icon and five time NYSE president walks out of Sing Sing after 40 months as Convict No 94635. He begins a new life at age 53 as superintendent of a 25 cow dairy farm near Barnstable Massachusetts marking a drastic career shift from broker to farmer.
In MeAlster Oklahoma, Warden Jess Dunn and a county jailer were slain during a failed breakout. Four convicts seized Dunn as a hostage and wounded a guard, while Deputy Sheriff Bill Alexander and officers cornered the fugitives at the town edge. Tab Ford, the jailer, was killed as the inmates fired on surrender.
Senator Robert R. Reynolds of North Carolina 57 and ex officio chairman of the senate military affairs committee confirmed plans to marry Eve lyn W McLean 20 the daughter of Mrs Eve lyn Walsh McLean of Washington This would be Reynolds fifth marriage
Ft. Leonard Wood Mo Aug 11 eight negro soldiers and a white civilian truck driver were killed in a west of the fort collision. Among the dead were Sergt. Paul McAfee Woodstock Ga Elza Fisher Manchester Ga and Doc Miles Jr Waynesboro Ga. A gasoline tank exploded and flames enveloped the victims as J D Wilson near the scene tore burning garments from the soldiers and used lard for first aid.
At the University System of Georgia meeting in Statesboro five more dismissals were recorded including Dr. C. M. Destler and Miss Jane Franseth from Georgia Teachers College. J. A. Evans and Leila Mize were replaced, while Dr. A. M. Gates was selected to head Statesboro College. Salary changes and a possible broadcast station contract were discussed, with no agreement on an expense account for the Albany Negro college head.
A joint Georgia investigation into several prison camp deaths will be launched by the legislature and the State Prison and Parole Commission. Sen. E. L. Almand said the senate penitentiary committee and the house committee under Rep. W. R. Blease will begin in Dade County on Monday, with further probes at Sparta and Tattnall prison in Reidsville.
Fitzgerald Georgia July 27 Fitzgerald to lose two faithful servants Aug 1 when Postman A G Brown reaches his 65th birthday and retires from the U S Postal Department With Mr Brown retires Billy the horse whose rounds through the city have made him a familiar sight Among eight horses Brown has used Billy is perhaps the most popular and familiar.
The Bibb grand jury returned presentments charging Superior Court Clerk V. H. Roberts with a cash shortage and directing the State to investigate. County auditor L. D. Baggs had reported discrepancies over the past two and a half years, with shortages ranging from 1700 dollars in 1938 to four or five hundred dollars this year.
Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge issued a statement denouncing Agnes Scott College president J R McCain amid a dispute over alleged racial mixing on Georgia college campuses and his defense before state regents. The remarks tied McCain to General Education Board funding and questioned the University of Georgia system accreditation.
Rome reports Bruno Mussolini, 22, son of Mussolini, killed in a morning plane crash while testing a new aircraft near Pisa. A captain in the Fascist air force he had recent service in Ethiopia and Spain and held aviation records. He was married to the daughter of Prof Guido Roberti.
Jeffersonville August 6 Jim White returns to Twiggs County with a $75000 inheritance plus a Miami home and car left by an elderly couple who died without close relatives. The old lady, 83, was last to die. White, popular and cordial, once left Jeffersonville 15 years ago to sell Packard cars in Miami. A young employee at the couple’s business received a $100000 legacy. The nurse may retire from work, and other beneficiaries were named. White visits his sisters Mrs. M. C. Gettys and Miss Cordelia White of Dublin after a Hot Springs vacation.
Atlanta August 11 Ninety six cases are slated for trial in the October term of Federal Court. Prosecution will include Jno W Greer Jr former purchasing agent for the State Highway Department on Anti Trust Act charges. Dr Hiram Wesley Evans former imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan and three corporations face a separate indictment for illegal use of the mails to defraud Georgia taxpayers in a emulsified asphalt monopoly. Several former state officials including J G Glover Sr and Geo C Blount will be tried on mail fraud charges. Most cases involve violations of the Internal Revenue Act.
War Department announces contracts to Callaway Mills LaGrange 508000 yards tent cotton duck 106832 dollars 800000 yards 194480 dollars Dixie Cotton Mills LaGrange 264000 yards 66422 dollars Washington Manufacturing Company Tennille 600000 yards 153960 dollars. Delivery dates not disclosed.
Rev C M Henderson announced a $1000 donation from Mrs I M Parham to Georgia Baptists' Home at Hopeville. The Royston church member gave from her late husband’s estate, preferring the money be used now rather than after her death.
Ezekiel J. Summerour a 33 year old Cartersville attorney and former state legislator was sentenced by Federal Judge R L Russell to a year and a day in prison for violating narcotic laws He was found guilty of forging narcotic prescriptions and had probation revoked after allegedly drinking He requested to stay in the Cartersville jail three days to settle affairs and pack records and books The judge preferred a reformatory type facility at Chillicothe Ohio but allowed the stay.
Americus Aug 8 Sumter county peanut growers gain an estimated 220000 over 1940 as government pegs prices about 25 per ton higher. Rep Stephen Pace praised the move saying it will bring many millions to growers in Georgia Alabama and surrounding states. The USDA loan and diversion plan sets prices by grade with No 1 Spanish and Southwestern Spanish among U S No 1 prices at 90 94 per ton and lower grades accordingly. The Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi Peanut Association based in Camilla handles purchases for the region.
In Woodbury Georgia on August 12 a masked thief entered a sleeping room at pistol point, robbed Mrs. Janie Williams and her daughter of jewelry valued at over $750 and $42 cash. The burglar escaped through a nearby window. Police could not ID the suspect in the dark room. The loot included a wrist watch four diamond rings a dinner ring and a diamond cluster ring much of it heirloom property.
Glennville report notes the Primitive Baptist Bible Conference will meet in Atlanta from August 29 through 31. The program includes ministers and deacons from Georgia Coastal Empire such as J S Brannen Metter S M Claxton Swainsboro J D Durden Swainsboro W H Waters Claxton T R Crumpton Belleville and Dr J W Hendricks Savannah.
Uncle Bob Cliff, a Georgia Southwestern College janitor, opened a delivery box and found a large manufactured skeleton inside. He alerted Business Manager Ewell Barnes, who confirmed the skeleton is a biology teaching prop.
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