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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1941
Page
3
Richland Aug. 23 Robert Jordan has been elected to fill the unexpired term of the late Sheriff T. J. Jordan of Webster County. At 23 the former deputy of his father is believed the youngest sheriff in Georgia. Jordan won more votes than the combined totals of his two opponents.
Atlanta reports the Royston bank kidnapping and $5,000 robbery remain unsolved as Branson James a 39-year-old cashier could not identify two suspects from police photo lineups. Investigators highlighted five or six images including S. Scarborough and Forest Turner, prisoners believed linked to the crime.
Atlanta reports Major J. E. Goodwin announced 65 suspects linked to widespread cattle thefts in Georgia and Florida. He said two rings used streamlined methods, one moving cattle from Georgia to Florida and returning with stolen loads, the other operating out of Florida.
Barnesville reports the September term of Lamar county superior court will be postponed with a new date to be announced. Clerk M. P. Owen says Judge Ogden Persons, currently in Hot Springs Arkansas, expects to return soon and is improving in health.
President Roosevelt nominated Francis Biddle solicitor general of the Justice Department to become attorney general of the United States. Biddle would fill the post left by R H Jackson’s Supreme Court appointment. Charles Fahy is expected to succeed Biddle as assistant solicitor general. Biddle previously served as federal circuit judge in Pennsylvania.
Atlanta August 25 Governor Eugene Talmadge declined to approve a $300 travel allowance for State Treasurer George Hamilton to attend the National Association of State Auditors Comptrollers and Treasurers convention in New Hampshire. Hamilton, a past president, had requested the funds. the governor said he generally pays his own convention expenses.
Gordon Walters of Toccoa Georgia was reelected as chairman of the executive committee of the National Rural Letter Carriers Association for another term. He and ongoing officers including President L M Walker of Waukomis Oklahoma were chosen during the 88th annual convention, with St Paul selected as the site for the 1942 meeting.
Savannah Georgia August 24 1941 platinum blonde Betty Shepard of Spalding county was crowned Miss Georgia 1941 by Governor Talmadge at Savannah beach pageant. Runner up Juanita Collins of Savannah kissed the governor prompting a playful remark. both will enter Miss America contest in Atlantic City next week.
Firefighters from East Point and Hapeville sped 30 miles to Fayetteville to halt a blaze at Redwine Lumber Co. The fire damaged only the boiler room and scrap lumber, and officials said about 75 000 dollars worth of lumber was saved. Capt. H B Christian led the teams. Fayetteville’s equipment was reportedly obsolete.
An army plane led by Lt E K Tyminski with five crew overshot an emergency field at Fitzgerald and nosed into a corn patch. Returning from Charleston to Albany, weather and dwindling fuel forced an unscheduled landing. Crew included Corp R K Coatney and Flying Cadets Dietch Wyche Nystron. The craft sustained minor damage.
Athens August 26 Federal Judge Bascom Deaver withheld a decision on removal to Chicago for Hamilt on McWhorter former Georgia senate president and W T Cunningham to face charges of conspiracy to hold Negroes in peonage and slavery. The two men Lexington lawyer and Oglethorpe County planter were indicted by a federal grand jury in Chicago seven months ago.
Six Henry Grady School of Journalism alumni from the University of Georgia were prize winners at the Georgia Press Association’s 55th annual convention in Toccoa. Winners include Ryan Frier, C. L. Hardy, Tom Frier, L. T. Griffith, R. J. Hamilton, and Frances Haley. judges were Bruce McCoy and Doyle Buckles.
Howard Hughes, longtime Douglas resident and son of Dr. W. N. Hughes, is gaining success in Hollywood. He has appeared in several minor film roles and is set to star in a feature production The Three Rangers, to be released soon. The Douglas Enquirer profiled his achievement with congratulations.
Savannah August 26 The Lawton Memorial, long a key gathering place for education religion and culture, was sold by A R Lawton Jr for the family trust to the Greek Orthodox Church. The building will become a church and its civic and religious significance is noted.
A. S. James has applied for Permanent Letters of Administration on the estate of L. F. James in Taylor County. Creditors and next of kin are cited to appear at the Ordinary’s office within the statutory period and show cause why administration should not be granted. Witness is the Ordinary, J. R. LUNSFORD, with official signature dated August 6, 1941.
Eva B McInvale files for divorce from Reginald Rex McInvale Sr in Taylor Superior Court. Service by publication to Georgia resident Reginald McInvale required to appear first Monday in October 1941. Judge George Palmer presides. Clerk Thelmon Jarrell signs.
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