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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1936
Page
3
A Butler Herald column praises Miss Ruby Darby of Vidalia for bravery preventing two robberies and reflects on year-end hopes, community effort, holiday lights, and caution about road safety. It mentions Edith Maxwell’s murder conviction, livestock farming talk, and upcoming state administration changes as readers await 1937.
Mark Ethridge, Louisville Courier-Journal executive and former Macon Telegraph editor, praised Georgia in an Emory University address, saying much of Georgia is in him and expressing hope to return to fight for the people who love him.
The Hillsboro Ohio News Herald reprints its long editorial on newspaper duties and principles. It argues editors must reflect owners honest convictions, serve public interest, and avoid decisions driven by profit, noting the paper has never published an editorial it doubted in 29 years.
Governor-Elect E D Rivers expresses season's greetings and best wishes for 1987. Monroe Ga high school building fire destroys facilities valued around sixty thousand dollars. teacher Bessie Singleton among residents informed.
The Georgia General Assembly plans a January ten day session to introduce major bills such as social security reforms, highway department reorganization, tax shifts, civil service, and state prison disposal. Many measures await regular session action, with timing hinging on any governor call for a special session.
From Tri County News Americus, Steve Pace is described as the hardest man in seven states to see. A crowd waits in his ante room and aides assist the district's next congressman who insists his work is ongoing with no pay until after a lame duck amendment.
Rev MB Brown of Richland the only minister in Georgia who is also a mayor preached at a funeral for three school children and an adult killed when a truck side swiped a school bus. He urged enacting a state highway patrol and drivers license law to reduce such deaths and backed the Oixie Motor Club campaign. He is described as Georgia’s tallest, heaviest mayor at six foot five and about 3860 pounds.
The United States Supreme Court on Monday upheld, on broad terms, the constitutionality of the Chaco arms embargo, reinforcing President Roosevelt's neutrality program and backing government controls on arms shipments amid international tensions.
A church letter urges observing Christmas as a holy observance to honor Jesus. It prompts Christians to focus on faith, service, and helping the living, rather than holiday pleasures, and to reflect on what they will do with Jesus today. The author emphasizes prayer, charity, and spreading joy to those alive.
The Atlanta Constitution cites a college professor noting a single Chinese word can carry ten meanings, while the Columbus Ledger reminds readers that words have different senses depending on delivery and context.
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