Local News Notes From Butler Georgia Area
Local items report births and deaths in Dougherty county with 100 births and 45 deaths last month. Stories note thefts at church and mortuary, quail hunting outlook, Richmond county farmers growing certified seed sweet potatoes, and U. S. war news including B 29 raids. Army seeks women for hospital work, and Georgia UDC delegates attend Nashville convention.
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Dougherfty
Richmond County
Georgia
Nashville
Fenn
Thomaston Expands Fire Department to Prevent Future Blazes
Thomaston takes a progressive step by enlarging its fire department to fortify the town against fires seen in the recent past. The town shows commitment to improving public safety and emergency response.
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Thomaston
Cigarette Auction Set in Atlanta for Tax Stamp Violations
S46 cartons of various cigarette brands will be sold at auction in Atlanta on December 21 for unpaid taxes. Taps were confiscated due to missing state tax stamps and will be auctioned in lots of 10 to 25 cartons.
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Atlanta
Taylor County Farmers Slaughter Hogs Amid Cool Spell
Local hog herds are reduced as farmers seize on the cool spell to slaughter part of their stock. The bacon and ham shortage in the focal market drives many to cure ham and side meat in smoke houses.
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Taylor County
Ladies' 4id Rummage Sale At Methodist Church
On next Wednesday evening the Ladies' 4id will hold a rummage sale at the Methodist church. Good chance to get rid of anything not woth keeping, but too good to throw away. Bring along your husbands.
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Methodist Church
Congress wrestles with unfinished business for Christmas
The Seventy eighth Congress, aiming to adjourn next week, now contemplates staying through Christmas. Both chambers have a backlog of unfinished business and House leader McCormack predicts they may remain in session the week after next.
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Senate
House
Representative McCormack
D-Mass
Rolling yourown tobacco resurges amid shortages
Reports say rolling your own tobacco is returning to prominence as a tobacco shortage tightens supply. The war shifted buyers, the surplus and reserves are depleted, and though a good crop was grown this year it will not reach the market until 1947.
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Great Britain
Georgia voters face local bills and a call for home rule
The Atlanta Journal notes Georgia voters rejected complex local measures in 1942 and calls for a constitutional revision to empower home rule and merit systems. It cites the Constitutional Commission reconvening to draft a more honest framework while urging keeping politics out of prisons and schools. A Burke county grand jury urged daily Bible readings and prayers in public schools.
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Ellijay
Richland
Lumpkin
Camak
Georgia General Assembly
Savannah
National Gypsum Company
Chatham County
Sunny Hill
Gwinnett County
Georgia
General Assembly
Constitutional Commission
Arnall
Atlanta Journal
Burke County Grand Jury
Postal notes to replace money orders with simple sale method
The new style money order called postal note will allow payments up to ten dollars by mail. A uniform five cent fee will apply to sales and there will be no forms to fill out. Notes can be cashed at any U S Post Office nationwide.
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United States
Suffragists press Barkley on equal rights
Washington unrest focuses on Senator Barkley who pledged to bring up the equal rights amendment when Congress reconvened. The National Woman's Party along with the Business and Professional Women's Club push for full equal rights and equal pay for women.
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Washington
Barkley
Congress
National Woman's Party
Women's Club
Editors Have Hearts Despite Assertions to the Contrary
The Christian Science Monitor notes editors show human kindness in strong human interest stories, though they often cut and kill without compunction. The piece contrasts brutal editing with moments of empathy in journalism.
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Christian Science Monitor
Recognizing Frailties and Rest in Life's Demands
The passage warns that neglecting rest and relaxation while pursuing wealth and status leads to serious consequences. It argues nature exacts a heavy price for abusing body and mind through insufficient sleep and self care, affecting both men and women.
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Taney
Give me work to do and a simple life’s relief
A rural Ellaville reader urges balance amid war effort and fast living. The message laments overwork, extols rest, reading, and shared books, and praises the Swapper book exchange as economical reading. It highlights heart disease and appendicitis as modern risks and calls for humane kindness and common sense.
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Chas C. Wall
Ellaville
Delay shortened in prisoners mail instructions
The Post Office Department says mail to prisoners no longer needs the camp detail. Send letters to the service member with name and rank, addressed to the U S Prisoner of War in Germany International Red Cross Directory Service Geneva Switzerland. Use a definite camp address when provided and wait to send parcels until then.
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Post Office Department
U. S
Germany
International Red Cross _ Directory Service
Geneva
Switzerland
New York
N. Y
Eisenhower Warns of Hard War Along German Front
General Dwight D. Eisenhower says Allied soldiers face a hard fight on the western front. He argues the Nazi regime uses covert control to force continued resistance and that underground and guerrilla warfare could persist after active hostilities end. He notes some Germans fear retaliation from Nazis if they express hope for peace.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Eisenhower
Wisconsin elects Walter S Goodland governor at 81
Walter S Goodland, Wisconsin editor and former lieutenant governor, has been elected Governor of Wisconsin at age 81. He previously served as acting governor for two years after the death of Governor-elect Loomis and was praised for managing state affairs from the in his 81st year.
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Walter S. Goodland
Wisconsin
Goodland
Loomis
Home Life and Timothy Faith Under Gospel Teaching
The lesson stresses applying Christian principles to home life and national issues. It contrasts Mary and Martha to show spiritual learning outweighing duties, notes marriage as sacred, and highlights Timothy’s formation by Eunice and Lois under Paul.
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Christ
Jesus
God
Timothy Timothy
Lystria
Timothy
Paul
Gentile
Eunice
Lois
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