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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1946
Page
8
Albany receipts from city meters totaled 3220.40 for May. Georgia county notes report a 79 year old bride and 18 year old groom wed in Kentucky with a backcountry corn field honeymoon.
Albany police arrested J. O. Cornell, a Sylvester native, on a Columbus warrant charging attempted rape of an eight year old girl. The alleged crime was reported to have occurred around May 20 in Columbus where Cornell was employed. He was held in the Albany jail awaiting Columbus action.
Albany Georgia June 10 A B Hayslip Albany grocer is held in Dougherty county jail charged with the murder of John A Patterson 74 father of five Patterson was shot after allegedly firing at a tourist cabin where Hayslip and his estranged wife were staying Chief Hinson said Patterson and his wife had been separated and had applied for a divorce
Boston June 10 Wm A Whitcomb 73 president of the Great Northern Paper Company was shot to death in his office. An unsigned contract found on his desk may point to the killer. Lt Harold Watkins noted the contract could benefit a certain party. Whitcomb was slain seconds after secretary Sally Whitlam admitted a visitor who left Whitcomb and a man alone. Whitcomb's body lay face down with four 32 calibre cartridges empty. Whitlam recalled the visitor as a man who claimed to be a Treasury Department agent.
Moultrie Alvin Ort, 12, admitted stealing a sparrow nest and found a one dollar bill under six eggs, provoking profit from the act. In Decatur, Atlanta, Emory Culver, 54, mathematics professor and baseball coach, was found dead from a gunshot wound in the male teachers’ restroom at North McDonough Road High School.
A early morning blaze at the 22 story LaSalle hotel in Chicago's Loop district killed at least 54 and injured about 200. The fire began after midnight with exits blocked and flames engulfing the first three floors. Many victims died from smoke and panic on the sixth floor or by jumping to the street.
About 75 percent of Atlanta’s 90 hotels are cited as serious fire hazards due to age wooden interiors and lack of sprinkler systems. Fire Marshall Harry Phillips notes most hazards are downtown and in joint constructed buildings. One large downtown hotel is singled out as especially dangerous yet has begun retrofitting to improve fire resistance.
Baton Rouge reports a new death warrant will be issued for Willie Francis to the electric chair once the U S Supreme Court declines to intervene. Gov. Jimmie Davis aide George Wallace said the 18 year old Negro’s reprieve is void upon notification and a fresh warrant will set a new execution time.
Owners estimate combined damages exceed 150000 dollars after a Griffin blaze destroyed the Big Star Store and Buick Garage Sunday night. Firemen fought for hours. a collapsing fire wall in the adjoining building helped spread the flames. Officials will seek Civilian Prop Administration approval Tuesday to proceed with rebuilding.
Milledgeville June 11. The Georgia State College for Women will host a two day Georgia Citizenship Institute June 27 28 sponsored by the Georgia League of Women Voters. Women leaders from across Georgia will share ideas to advance a progressive state with Miss Ethel Adams Dean in charge and Mrs J C Blalock Atlanta serving as chair.
Gov Ellis Arnall and assistant AG Dan Duke lead a state inquiry into the Ku Klux Klan. State agents are detailing Klan activities as threats to the governor surface. Duke cites past flogging cases and possible future murder charges linked to Klan members.
Albany Georgia June 11 A B Hay slip Albany grocer freed on 5900 bond after commitment trial Justice of the Peace Hugh Shackleford over the death of 74 year old John A Patterson Patterson was killed Saturday afternoon by a rifle shot. Authorities say the shooting followed an incident in a tourist cabin near Albany involving Patterson and Hayslip's estranged wife.
The case ends with the recovery of all German crown jewels stolen from Kronberg Castle. Col J W Durant and Kathleen Nash Durant face court martial after confessions. The jewels, including diamonds sapphires and pearls, were found in a Chicago baggage locker and will be returned to the House of Hesse.
Washington reports radio columnist Drew Pearson said anonymous Ku Klux Klan letters warned of death and intimidation. Pearson pledged to travel to Stone Mountain, Georgia, in early July to broadcast his stance against the Klan and its alleged hate campaign.
The body of 39 year old Mrs Lenora Estelle Vessella formerly a WAC of North Leeds Maine was found in the Chatetahoochee river Monday. The boat she was in capsized near the foot of Sixth Avenue Friday. her head and arms were protruding from beneath the boat.
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