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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1943
Page
6
Rev. F O Mixon, longtime pastor of Tifton Baptist Church, will resign and join Tabernacle Baptist Church in Raleigh North Carolina, planning to depart July 1. The move follows nearly nine years of service in Tifton and will reshuffle local church leadership.
Monticello Georgia June 12 a peach packing shed owned by J L Benton operator of large farming and dairy interests in the area was destroyed by fire Saturday The shed was among the largest and most modern in the state All equipment and several thousand bushels of oats on the second story were a total loss The cause was reported as a motor backfiring while a mechanic was working on it
Macon reports FDA Market Bulletin notes Georgia peaches sold in New York at 11 dollars per bushel. Prices for Hileys with 17-8 inch minimum color reached 5 to 5.50 dollars per half bushel while Early Rose peaches moved around 4 dollars per half bushel amid peak shipments on Monday.
Valdosta Ga June 14 Gov Arnall told an FBI meeting of law enforcement officers that a man who strikes against his government or places money before the war effort deserves tar and feathering and whipping He urged backing the battlefront men and warned Italy will be beaten He said victory will be complete and absolute despite losses at the peace table.
FBI files released Monday show Nazi agent B J O Kuehn conspired with the Japanese consulate in Honolulu days before the December 7 1941 attack. The 47 year old party member helped devise signals for fleet movements and aided a sprawling espionage network. His wife Friedel and other relatives were interned as Nazi agents after the Honolulu arrest on December 8 1941.
Gov. Arnall revoked a conditional pardon granted by former Gov. Rivers to R. H. Cates, a convicted burglar, after Cates violated the pardon’s terms. Cates, once pardoned in 1940 for an 8 to 12 year Fulton County burglary sentence, later faced grand larceny in Montgomery Alabama and assault in a City Court case. The order requires him to complete the Fulton sentence.
Richland reports James Josey was sentenced to be electrocuted August 14 for driving a car into a crowd of home guards in Dawson Terrell county on February 11, killing J. D. Bridges and injuring others. Judge C W Worrill presided in DawsonSuperior Court. Joe Ray represented the defendant. R A Patterson served as solicitor general.
Fifty six French officers completed an eight week infantry course at Fort Benning. They studied American weapons and tactics with classroom and field instruction. The group, from France and Africa, included Maj Guy De Rochefort and Lt Jacques Deval, and will depart to fight again under the Tri Color.
The line urges citizens to view war bonds as more than a dry financial instrument, implying civic duty and national commitment beyond money. It frames bonds as a symbol of collective resolve and effort during wartime.
Atlanta June 15 Gov Arnall established a highway traffic advisory committee to aid military troop movements through Georgia. Executive Director Rayburn G Clay of the highway department was named chairman with members including J E Cook Chas A Williams W R McDonald G T McDonald W M Danielson and J A Latimer. The group will assist military traffic by providing information and facilities from state agencies.
Lt Col H D Mendenhall regular Army inspector from Ft Benning will visit Ashburn for a week to inspect Georgia State Guard units in district 25 under Maj G C McKenzie. District 25 earned a high efficiency rating at the Benning officers school. The Ashburn unit is set for inspection Monday followed by a State Defense Corps fish fry.
A wartime warning urges readers to weigh sacrificing beyond 130 percent of family income for War Bonds. The message frames victory or defeat as a matter of living versus merely paying the cost of living, urging self reflection on personal sacrifice.
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