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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1947
Page
8
Georgia reports uneven harvests and shortages while tempering optimism. Tobacco prospects look strong. peach season opens with prices $2.50 to $4 per bushel. Indictments and executions headline legal actions. veterans loans rise past $90 million. university and church events mark summer. Confederate-bound topics include state park moves and boundary fishing dispute.
Miami hotel manager Nat Weiner 45 said he left 19000 in a Cincinnati airport restaurant after boarding a flight to Cincinnati. He phoned from Atlanta and learned the money was not found, then was told FBI had it. A waitress later turned the funds over to the restaurant manager.
Rep Pace asked the House Civil Service Committee to send a subcommittee to Ft Benning Georgia to determine whether veterans employment preferences are being properly observed. Chairman Rees said a subcommittee may visit Ft Benning next week. The House approved $25000 for investigations including veterans preference observance.
June 17 report notes ample berries and sugar but local youths refuse to pick and sell blackberries at 15 to 20 cents a quart. Previous work on tomato plants paid 20 cents per 1000, yet no berry labor appears for curb market sales, risking waste of a large crop.
Ellaville June 14 Dewey Halstead a well known Schley countian remained in a critical condition Thursday at Prather Clinic Americus suffering brain concussion and dislocated shoulder from a logging accident Saturday the steel cable snapped striking him near Buck Creek in Midway. An early morning fire Friday destroyed Montevilla the two story Italian style home of C H Black Sr Atlanta valued at 100000.
Mary E. Crow, 11, daughter of the late Maj. Judson B. Crow, will travel from Tifton to Macon to receive the posthumous Silver Star awarded to her father for gallantry in action in the Philippines. Also to be awarded are the Asiatic Pacific Theater Ribbon with Bronze Star, American Defense Medal with Bronze Star, World War II Victory Ribbon, and a Distinguished Service Badge with Oak Leaf clusters.
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