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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1946
Page
3
Chester Ga January 14 James of Manchester was killed when his car left the road struck the Old Pool at Warm Springs and a man from Manchester was among three others injured in the crash.
Jan 14 Oliver Thrift in Waycross federal court was sentenced to life for second degree murder in the slaying of Arnall and Joel Martin. Other items note proposed 1946 cotton price ceilings and a Marine-era staffer’s return to Cordele.
Three people died and three were injured in a school bus collision on Covington Highway in Georgia on January 12. The driver G. D. McCart and his wife were killed, while Rob 4 and Mrs Moore suffered injuries. Ray Moore and his wife also sustained injuries including a broken nose and cuts.
Clarke com mday night convict Wodl, a discharged sailor, of the slaying of H. W. in Atlanta. Jury returned a verdict in about an hour with a recommendation. Wodl, a veteran of Sicily, was charged with the November 19 1945 crime.
Valdosta dispatch reports 40 year old McCrae Coleman a federal Okefenokee Wild Life refuge ranger was charged with the slaying of J A Lanier 38 a forest ranger for Superior Pine Products after an argument about hunting on government property in a Fargo store Lanier died on the way to a physician’s office Coleman allegedly fired five times during the struggle when the kerosene light went out in the store.
E. G. Blackwell arrives in Forsyth to begin duties as agricultural agent. A University of Georgia graduate specializing in live stock pastures and soil building, he previously served as county agent in Johnson County and for five years in Taylor County with headquarters at Butler.
The State Senate approved constitutional amendment 27 by 36 to 13 to let a governor succeed himself. House action is uncertain as Speaker Roy Harris said it has not been assigned to a committee and may wait while the constitutional committee, chaired by J W Culpepper, reviews it.
A Taylor County reader claims meals once turned to gas causing bloating headaches and irregular bowels. She credits INNER-AID with removing gas and constipation and improving overall well being. The ad urges others with gas or constipation to try the 12 herb formula sold in local drug stores.
The Life subject Lesson-Sermon will be read worldwide in Christian Science churches next Sunday. The Golden Text asserts that sowing to the Spirit yields life everlasting, not corruption. Psalm lines and Mary Baker Eddy’s Science and Health passages are cited to support Life as God, spiritual, eternal.
Atlanta January 14 Rep Helen Douglas Mankin of Fulton County submitted her resignation from the legislature effective at the session’s end. A candidate for Congress she said she would serve through the session despite possible handicap to her race.
Wrightsville Georgia January 12 Judge John L Kent a former Dublin circuit superior court judge died at his home after a long illness He retired in 1941 after two four year terms Earlier he served eight years as circuit judge succeeding the late W W Larsen later a U S Congressman from the old 12th district
Americus Georgia January 14 A pepper canning plant will employ 200 to 400 people. The $50 000 building will be built near Elm Avenue beside the Seaboard railway shops and is expected to start operations about June 1. Jas W Lott president of the Chamber of Commerce announces. Charles Wheatley building contractor said the plant will be ready by June 1.
The document lists individuals including B. T. Burson of Camilla, William T. Ezzard, Clayton G. Hough Jr., Hawkinsville, John E. Minter Jr., Cuthbert, Charles H. Parr of Warm Springs, and Newton Mack Penny of Grilfin in a court or official filing.
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