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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1943
Page
6
Georgia residents urged to contact Washington to lift gasoline rationing limits. OPA ended new rations for Victory gardens after Monday, with existing supplies still usable. The week carried church milestones, an Air Force crash near Adran, and various state notices from parole to exams.
Atlanta July 5 Gov Ellis Arnall said he would ask the next general assembly to authorize the sale of Button Gwinnetts signature which is kept in the state treasury vault for safekeeping It is valued at about 50000 and Arnall warned against any risk that the valuable document might blow away or be damaged.
Rochelle Georgia July 6 The Lions Club of Rochelle dedicated a roll of honor for Wilcox County men in U S armed services The ceremony drew county residents and Georgia State Guard units from Fort Valley Perry Cochran Hawkinsville Cordele Abbeville Rochelle About 800 county men were in service and will have names added as they enlist The program featured Mrs Henry Mashburn master of ceremonies C S Jones Col J H Jenkins R F Thompson Maj Sam Nunn Maj C V Brownlee W T Standard Lt H A Satterwhite among participants
Mooney assumes ownership of the Rome Ga Tribune News after a stock exchange that also transfers control of the Gadsden Times to Mrs. W. S. Mudd. Mooney remains publisher at Rome. Bruce Shelton moves from Tuscaloosa News to lead the Gadsden Times, while James Mann joins Rome as vice president and John R. Hornady returns as editor.
Elberton Georgia July 3 D T Bowers four times a failed Georgia state candidate announced his bid for the Republican nomination for president He styles himself a lifelong Jeffersonian Republican and seeks the nomination by New Deal opponents at the 1944 Republican National Convention He previously ran for secretary of state in 1928 and 1930 for Congress in 1933 and for Georgia governor in 1942 calling these campaigns sprints toward the big event.
The British Air Ministry reports the first trans Atlantic sky train arrived safely in England. A Waco glider towed by a Douglas Dakota carried 1.5 tons of freight including Russia gear and radio parts from Montreal. Built by a New York manufacturer the 84 foot wing span glider carried four crew members under stormy conditions.
A fox terrier named Skipper, listed as a naval skipper, was found by John Porter in Columbus. Military authorities investigate the dog’s collar bearing the inscription Skipper Crew S-22 Armed Guard Center N O La and determine which base he fled from.
The Lesson Sermon to be read in Christian Science churches worldwide next Sunday centers on the sacrament. It cites 1 Corinthians 10 17 and Proverbs 21 2 and includes a passage from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy urging true commemoration of Jesus sufferings through healing and preaching Truth to bring in the millennium.
A provocation references Hitler Hirohito and Mussolini in an offhand remark about payroll savings. The passage appears to mock or challenge the idea of increasing savings while invoking notorious figures. No clear event, date, or organization is identifiable.
In Jackson Mississippi on July 4 Federal Judge Sidney C Mize ordered Theo Grillis to pay a 5000 dollar fine after pleading guilty to slaughtering a hog without a federal permit He also pleaded no contest to delivering meat unfit for human consumption receiving six months in jail and a dollar fine which was suspended Grillis must pay the 5000 fine within a week and remains on probation pending appeal of a prior conviction for attempting to sell diseased hog flesh The case followed an appeal to the Mississippi Supreme Court
J. G. Whiteside of Rome was re-elected president at the Georgia Association of Letter Carriers closing session of the two day convention. Officers named include Neal Gates of Columbus as vice president succeeding J. B. Merit of Columbus. W. E. Banks of Augusta as secretary. W. H. Sanders Sr. of Thomaston as treasurer.
Dr. Herman H. Ihley resigns as pastor of the Central Baptist Church in Americus after 14 months to join the U S Navy as a chaplain with a lieutenant’s rating. He will report in Williamsburg Virginia for a six week course, and the church had supported an annex project funded largely by War Bonds under his guidance.
Louise Elizabeth Kidd of Columbus Georgia joins the nation’s third class of Army trained girl fliers receiving silver wings from Jacqueline Cochran as ferry pilots. They will fly military planes from factories to fields at start of active duty earning $250 monthly and retaining civilian status.
Atlanta July 5. Gov. Ellis Arnall said widespread evasion of the motor vehicle law prompted action. He will increase inspectors to enforce that motorists staying more than 30 days in Georgia must display a Georgia license tag. He would authorize any necessary increase.
In Athens Georgia on July 4 a long separated pair, Pfe. Strickland and his brother Dorsey Strickland, met in a North Africa rest camp. Dorsey, in the Signal Corps, had been in Tunisia for six major battles and located his brother after missing contact for six months. Milton sent word home in Christmas dinner.
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