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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1941
Page
5
President Roosevelt finds names for most Navy ships as a duty and hobby. The Navy’s new uniform regulations, two years in the making, are the most comprehensive yet published. Philippine civilians reportedly fight alongside regular troops, a display of loyalty to avoid exposing their country to sacrifice.
Officers found a hog intoxicated in Cary Williams remarks that the notable part of the tale is the animal not attempting to drive a car.
The Oglethorpe Echo advises readers to stay calm amid war conditions but notes that human nature may resist. It argues efforts to suppress anger will clash with instinctual impulses and urges measured responses.
Dr. Peyton Jacob, president of Georgia Southwestern College in Americus, has been elected president of the Southern Association of Junior Colleges. The college was praised for its work at the association's annual convention in Louisville, Kentucky, last week.
Mrs. Trafick of the Commerce News cites a simple guide to friendship. Be friendly, considerate, courteous, kind, sincere, and honest. Avoid catty or dictatorial tones and never use friends. Admonitions promise to attract all the desired friends.
Nelson Shipp voices strong backing for U S service members at Pearl Harbor and Pacific bases. He notes civilian and official cooperation back home in Columbus and Georgia, promising the nation stands behind their efforts.
A call to citizens to support the war effort by purchasing Defense Bonds and Stamps. The message urges visiting local post offices to buy generously, noting postmasters are pleased with December sales though only half of the month’s target was spent.
A local message urges men to join the Home Defense Corps praising their patriotic service and urging more volunteers to help. The appeal notes a shortage of recruits and frames enrollment as a high honor and national duty.
A call to conserve every resource and maximize food production is issued. Citizens are urged to financially support the President and government, with a first call for a million volunteers distributed among states. If needed, the President may compel recruits, though voluntary service is hoped.
The piece reflects on America’s first week in war after Japan’s attack on Fears Harbor and Axis declarations. It declares unity, resolve, and a drive to defeat “barbarism and civilization” foes, arguing isolationists are silenced and America will play its full part in securing a new world order.
Ernest Camp of the Walton Tribune reported a newly discovered vitamin claimed to restore gray hair to its natural color. Rush Burton of the Lavonia Times countered that his sole interest lay in a vitamin that would restore hair.
The article urges residents to inspect locally purchased merchandise before buying in larger cities where traffic and parking are problematic. It notes local goods are reasonably priced and attract attention from county residents who previously shopped away from home. The message concludes by urging to keep home fires burning.
The local bank reports pennies are in short supply as thousands of coins pass through daily and cannot meet demand. Bradford McFadden of the Georgia Bankers Association asks residents to bring pennies to banks while the government mints more coins.
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt noted Americans should not be too practical in gifts this year. Advertisers embrace the idea with whimsical items priced from 2.50 to 5.50, including sterling silver shotgun shell initials and cigar cases. The holiday rush promises many more such suggestions as Christmas nears.
A historical vignette connects the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack with the 1898 Maine incident. It notes American resolve, recalls the Remember the Maine slogan, and outlines the Cuban struggle, Maine’s destruction, and Congress declaring war on Spain in 1898.
Taylor county cotton farmers voted 482 to 34 to retain cotton marketing quotas in 1942. County Agent Blackwell reported strong state and belt approval, with 516 of 1,100 eligible voters participating. T. R. Breedlove urged broader participation to sustain the farm program amid wartime conditions.
The text praises the American Legion and Legion Auxiliary for promoting patriotism and Americanism and urges all citizens to extend moral support as veterans guard the nation.
The Herald ad lists celluloid collars five cents, celluloid cuffs ten cents per pair, 75 steel hair pins five cents, ladies hose five cents a pair, gray flannel for petticoats five cents a yard, Sunday pants seventy five cents to two twenty five, ladies fine button shoes seventy five cents a pair, men genuine calf handsewn shoes two twenty five, ladies corsets seventy five cents.
Following the House vote to declare war on Japan Germany and Italy Hon Stephen Pace declares America will triumph Iraq the only honorable sensible safe course he cites sacrifices unselfishness singleness of purpose and victory Representative Jeanette Rankin from Montana casts the lone opposing vote in the Senate and House margins.
Helen Godwin, 15, of Lite Rock Arkansas, painted a portrait of Associate Justice Turner Butler hung in the Arkansas Supreme Court chamber. The work, from a photograph, earned unanimous praise for likeness. Helen began formal study a year ago and has exhibited works at the Museum of Fine Arts.
Friends of Hon. R. A. Patterson of Cuthbert join in congratulating him on his recent election as president of the Pataula Bar Association in the Pataula judicial circuit.
In a distant city officers detained a burglary suspect as part of a report. He was wearing a pair of overalls two pairs of trousers and two swim trunks when taken into custody, details describing the attire found on him.
The list details items found on the person including two suits, seven pairs of shorts, eight pairs of ladies lace panties, and long underwear. It notes three knives, five forks, five dice, two scissors, five fountain pens, and miscellaneous small items such as keys, sinkers, fishing lines, pencils, marbles, a pecan, and a box of snuff.
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