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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1944
Page
8
MEWS SUMMARY OF THE WEEK reports L H Patterson marking his sixth birthday with a barbecue at a Dooly county campground. Other items note Lt Claude Patat's prisoner of war status, the death of James Rotton, Rotary and Lions events, an airport deed deal, and multiple court rulings and local incidents across Georgia.
The local draft board lists men scheduled for pre induction physicals and inductions this month. On Friday June 16 six white men will undergo exams including Hartman Swain Freeman Winters Giles Bone. On Thursday June 29 five white men are slated for induction plus six already accepted colored men for induction whose names are not yet selected. Also on June 29 six colored men who have been accepted for the Army will go for induction, with volunteers Taunton Harmon and M T Gaultney III among them. On Friday June 30 nineteen white men will go for pre induction physicals including Gaultney Watson Wilson Whittle Theus Byrd Byrd Whitley Spillers Parker Suddeth Wainwright Spillers Washington and other listed men.
The Georgia Baptist Training Union will hold its annual session on the Forsyth campus of Bessie Tift College during June 12 to 17 with leaders announcing the event. Steve Tate of Tate county has accepted a role as special adviser and representative for M. E. Everett, chair of the Fourth Service Command space-control committee.
Washington June 12 The Senate approved a compromise G I Bill of Rights for veterans containing hospitalization education unemployment and loan provisions. Estimated cost runs 3 to 6.5 billion dollars with deductions from postwar bonuses. Eligible veterans would receive 20 dollars weekly for 52 weeks, education subsidies including tuition up to 500 plus 50 monthly subsistence and 25 for dependents, and 50 percent private loan guarantees up to 2000 at 4 percent.
Washington reports about 24,000 paratroopers, equivalent to two airborne divisions, were flown from British fields to the French invasion front on D-Day in over 1,000 Army transport planes with a loss of about 24 aircraft. The War Department calls the armada the largest fleet of transport aircraft ever assembled, numbering more than three times the prewar U S airline fleet. The figures cover fighting men ferried by power transports and exclude glider ferries across the channel.
John Edwin Pope, named telegraph editor of the Banner Herald in Athens Georgia, edits AP copy and drafts front page dum my headlines. On his second day he faced the invasion of Europe, handling the huge assignment with veteran steadiness.
The Democratic State Executive Committee subcommittee reaffirms that only white electors who are Democrats and qualified may vote in the July 4 state primary. The panel will forward rules to county chairs and leaves national convention delegate selection to the full committee meeting in Atlanta on June 22. Members include Duckworth as chair, Hamp McWhorter, J W Carmichael, Grace Cannington, P T McCutchen, Sam Boykin, and Alton Cogdell.
Georgia Power Company announced a million dollar rate cut effective with June meter readings. Commercial customers using under 1,000 kilowatt hours monthly save about 650 000 dollars, larger users 245 000 dollars, plus 165 000 dollars for 32 REA cooperatives and 41 municipalities. Overall savings exceed 1 000 000 dollars amid rising costs.
London radio via CBS said a German sergeant who escaped from France to England last summer in a fishing boat contributed to invasion planning. The broadcast cited foreign workers who fled to England and provided vital information for operations.
Washington report says Finland intends to meet the June 15 installment on its World War I debt. The government aims to use funds in the United States to cover about 140000 dollars in interest, requiring a Treasury foreign funds control license, with an application filed.
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