Violent Winds Hit Dakota and Minnesota in Surprise Blizzard
A late night windstorm in eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota killed at least 31 people and left many missing. Winds reached 85 mph, snow was light, and temperatures plunged near zero. Residents sought shelter in farmhouses as automobiles stalled, frostbite cases rose, and rescue crews aided stranded travelers. Fire destroyed two taverns and several shops in St Hilaire before dawn as towns opened facilities for displaced residents. Moorhead and Fargo housed thousands indoors after the storm disrupted travel and commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Forks
N. D
North Dakota
Minnesota
Highway Department
South Dakota
Wisccosin
Weiner
Langdon
St. Hilaire
Minn
Moorehead
Fargo
N. D.-Moorhead
Shows at Dean Theatre Week Program
Sunday and Monday patch features The Mark of Zorro with Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell supported by Basil Rathbone and Gale Sondergaard. Wednesday and Thursday present The Great Mr Nobody with Eddie Albert Alan Hale and John Kit. Friday and Saturday offer East of the River with John Garfield and Brenda Marshall plus Hidden Gold starring William Boyd.
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Zorro
Tyrone Powers
Linda Danielle
Basil Rathbone
Gale Sondergaard
Edward Bromberg
Mr. Nobody
Harold Titus
Eddie Albert
Alan Hale
John Ktel
Joan Leslie
John Garfield
Brenda Marshall
William Boyd
Two Fatal Crashes Doomed Montezuma Residents in Separate Incidents
In Griffin county road crash near Hampton, Mr. Venus Oxford 27 a Culloden dairyman died from head injuries after his car overturned en route to an Atlanta funeral. Surviving relatives include four Oxford brothers. funeral held at Culloden Baptist Church. In Montezuma a jail inmate Jake Beiderman was found dead by strangulation in his cell amid reports of long illness. Beiderman a Bohemian native connected to Montezuma Knitting Mill and earlier Fitzgerald rail work. survived by wife Annie Hogan.
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Venus Oxford
Culloden
Francis Oxford
Butler High School
Atlanta
Griffin Highway
Hampton
Oxford
R. J. Caudle
Montezuma
Jake Beiderman
Oglethorpe
Beiderman
Bohemia
America
New York
Fitzgerald
North Carolina
Perrin Cellier
Alice Dixon
Marshallville
Annie Hogan
Europe
Methodist Church
Cannaday Cleared of Blame in Crawford County Crash
Jimmy I Cannaday an air corps private was ruled not criminally liable in the Feb wreck that killed three people and injured three near Roberta. The grand jury reported a no bill while the Packard collided with a truck killing owner Set Leon C Gover and Pvt Gardener and burning truck driver Lloyd Yates.
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Set
Leon C. Gover
Pvt
Gardener
Air
Savannah
Lloyd Yates
Jacksonville
Fla
Gardner
Walter Tobias
Fifty Flying Cadets Ready to Begin at Americus Souther Field
Americus reports 50 U. S. Army cadets arrive Wednesday as Graham Aviation readies its Souther Field school. Civilian instructors, including Capt. Water Gurr, will lead a 10 week program with ongoing classes planned. first five weeks already completed.
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Americus
U. S. Army
Graham Aviation Company
Souther Field
Army
Water Gurr
Important Local Suit Argued at Columbus By Col
Miss Nettie Daniel of Upson county sues W A Payne of Taylor county and Sheriff C G Meeks over a land sale. Payne levied on and sold Daniel’s land amid an outstanding debt dispute though Daniel says an appeal was pending. Judge G C Palmer heard arguments and took the case under advisement. The amount involved was just under $100.
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Columbus
Nettie Daniel
Upson County
W. A Payne
Taylor County
C G. Meeks
Upson
Justice of the Peace
G. C. Palmer
Reynolds Merchants Begin Thursday Half Holidays
Reynolds merchants announce Thursday half holidays starting April 4 until cotton season ends. From April 4 until school ends they will close at 12 30 p m and after school ends they will close at noon until the next morning. Signed by Citizens State Bank Suwannee stores Whatley Co Hicks Aultman Whatley's Warehouse Neisler's Warehouse Hinton & Co Taylor Co Motor Co after May 1st.
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Reynolds
Citizens State Bank E T. Shealy
H. C. Whatley
G. H. Goddard
Suwannee Stores
Harry Powell
N. L. Halley Co. B. Hicks R. BE. Aultman
Whatley‘s
Neis
Fertilizer Inspector Seeks Taylor County Applicants
A notice invites anyone desiring fertilizer inspection in Taylor County to contact J. W. Bentley of Thomaston Georgia at post office 2902. The message lists J. W. Bentley in Thomaston Ga as the contact for inquiries and instructions.
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Taylor County
J. W. Bentley
Thomaston
Farmers urged to file intention sheets for cotton program
Taylor county farmers are urged to file intention sheets with the county AAA office by June 14 for the supplementary cotton program. The form records planned cotton acreage for 1941 and may yield up to 50 in cotton stamps for those with multiple farms. A $3 payment comes with an approved food production practice.
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Taylor County
E. G. Blackwell
Blackwell
Miss Marie Banks to Speak at Mt. Pisgah Sunday
Evangelistic worker Miss Marie Banks will address the Sunday School hour at Mt. Pisgah Baptist church near Butler. Sunday School starts at ten o'clock, followed by preaching led by Rev. E. H. Lunn. The Bible Study course concluded Friday night with strong turnout.
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Marie Banks
Mt. Pisgah
Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church
Butler
E. H. Lunn
Miss Banks
Fickling Lodge to Confer E A Degree Tonight
Fickling Lodge No. 129 F and A M will confer the E A degree at its meeting tonight at 7 30 p m. Besides this work, important business will come before the lodge and all members are urged to attend promptly. A ladies purse and freight shipment of toilet articles were reported missing in Butler Saturday. identification and a reward are offered for return to the Herald Office. Mrs. George M Smith Butler Ga.
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Fickling Lodge No. 129
Butler
C. G. Smith
Thomaston
Blair Laboratories
Herald Office
George M.smith
April 1 Deadline For 1941 Exemptions Warned By Commissioner
Tax Commissioner P A Jenkins warns Taylor county property owners that the April 1 1941 deadline for filing home stead and personal property exemptions is firm. Many missed last year and learned too late there is no late approval. Owners must file yearly with the Tax Commissioner. books for 1941 taxation are open and will close soon, with penalties and loss of exemptions possible for noncompliance.
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P.A. Jenkins
Taylor
Jenkins
Board of Tax Equalizers
Pace Peanut Bill Passed by Senate Aids Farmers
Rep. Steve Pace reports the peanut control bill he authored was passed by the U S Senate in a move mirroring his original draft. He notes Georgia articles misread the House version and explains the Senate restored the mandatory diversion program as requested by peanut producers.
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Pace
United States
Senate
Americas
The
Times-Recorder
Steve Pace
U. S. Senate
Georgia
House
Death of Luther Cochran From Heart Attack At Charing
Ambry Luther Cochran died Thursday March 13 from a heart attack. Born October 8, 1897 he was 48. Survived by daughter Mrs. Joe Harmon of LaFayette Alabama two sons John Lewis and Charles Raymond Cochran of Mauk one sister Mrs. C. C. Cooper Rupert and two brothers W. H. Cochran Ellaville and Ernest Cochran Augusta.
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Ambry Luther Cochran
Mr. Cochran
Joe Harmon
LaFayette
Ala
John Lewis
Charles Raymond Cochran
Mauk
C. C. Cooper
Rupert
W. H. Cochran
Ellaville
Ernest Cochran
Augusta
Drivers Examinations to be Held Twice Monthly
Beginning this week and continuing this year drivers license examinations will be given in Butler from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the first and third Tuesday by State Patrolmen of the Americus Division.
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Butler
Americus
Local Draft Board To Furnish Men Every Ten Days
Washington officials ordered the local board to supply four trainees every ten days instead of monthly. Two white men and two negroes are due on March 27 and another four on April 8. No volunteers are currently registered, and the clerk says if there are none the board will draft troops to meet the quota. To date no Taylor county men have been drafted. thirty seven are in army camps, all volunteers.
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Washington
H. K. Sealy
Taylor County
Clifford Montgomery Visits Butler From University of Georgia
Mr Clifford Montgomery son of Dr and Mrs R C Montgomery and a student in medicine and aviation at the University of Georgia arrived in Butler by plane Friday afternoon from Athens. He has 75 flying hours and was in command of the University ship during the visit. He was accompanied by classmate Bob Loflin. They returned to Athens Saturday morning. The round trip took about an hour and a half each way.
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Clifford Montgomery
R. C. Montgomery
University of Georgia
Butler
Athens
Montgomery
Bob Loflin
Rmivergomery
Loflin
Miss Martha Fain Leaves for Columbia Bank Position
Miss Martha Fain daughter of Mr and Mrs A F Fain of this city leaves for Columbia South Carolina to join the Federal Land Bank of Columbia. She completed AB work at G S C W Mill edgeville last week and was chosen from several hundred applicants.
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Martha Fain
Columbia, S. C. Bank
A. F. Fain
Columbia
8. C
Federal Land Bank of Columbia
Miss Fain
Milledgeville
Land Bank
Andrew College Day at Reynolds Church Sunday
Hon Leighton Shepherd will be guest speaker at Reynolds Methodist Church Sunday morning at eleven o clock for Andrew College Day. The public is invited to contribute to the maintenance fund of the girls junior college owned by the South Georgia Conference. Regular services follow at 7 pm with the pastor preaching in the annex.
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Leighton Shepherd
Reynolds Methodist Church
Eleen
Andrew College
Reynolds Church
Mr. Shepherd
Jonly Junior College
South Georgia Conference
J. D. Smith
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Macon Co
Mr. Oxford
Francis
Ernest
Carlton
Guy Oxford
Culloden Baptist Church
Joe Cook
Jimmy I. Cannaday
Roberta
Col
Fickling Lodge
Commissioner States
Luther Cochran
Mr. Montgomery
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