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Newspaper

Butler Herald

Location

Butler, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Mar 23, 1944

Page

6

Prisoner Foiled In Leap From Talbotton Court House Window

Talbotton Georgia March 20 a prisoner Delay Thornton 50 facing assault with intent to murder attempted to leap from a second story court room window thirty five feet above ground He wrestled by 12 men injured three men including a Federal Revenue Agent Deputy Sheriff and a former sheriff Thornton previously pleaded guilty to nearly decapitating his wife and was sentenced to ten years Fort Talbot superior court heard the case Court officials noted the fall would have been fatal and called for courthouse building renovations by the Talbot county commissioners

Talbotton Delay Thornton Talbot County Thornton Beserk Fedral Revenue F. R. Spivey Tom Wimberly John M. Shipp T. Hicks Fort Columbus Talbot Superior Court Gran Jury Court House

Army Plane Crash Near Savannah Fatal To One

Army authorities at Hunter Field report Staff Sgt. Foch Hartsell killed when a plane crashed in the Savannah river swamp South Carolina. Four others injured were transported by Coast Guard crew to a hospital, with two seriously hurt carried two hours through the swamp to a railroad.

Savannah Hunter Field Foch Hartsell Bridgeport Texas Savannah River South Carolina Coast Guard Hartsell Marie E. Hartsell D. D. Dodson Tltahill Grass Valley Cal Hunter Field Hospital E. D. Killebrew, Jr Dallas Tex W. H. Daniels Portland Maine V. K .Almond Jr McGaheysville

Boy 16 Indicted for Girl's Murder at Parris Island

A Federal grand jury returned a true bill charging Ernest Feltwell Jr., alias Bobby Feltwell, 16, with murder in the death of an eight year old girl, daughter of a Parris Island marine officer, at the base last December. He was arrested by Federal agents and will be tried at the May term of Federal district court in Charleston.

Columbia S. C Ernest Feltwell Jr Bobby Feltwell Parris Island Feltwell Federal District Court Charleston

Credit Bureau Founder Dies at Altamaha Plantation Brunswick

Cator Woolford aged 75, founder of the Atlanta Credit Bureau, died at his Altamaha plantation home 15 miles north of Brunswick after several weeks of illness from kidney complications. A close Roosevelt friend, he helped found the Georgia Hall at the Warm Springs foundation and was active in public benefactions.

Brunswick Cator Woolford Atlanta Credit Bureau Altamaha Plantation Brunswick Sunday Roosevelt Georgia Hall Warm Springs Foundation

Sacred Value of Human Life in Bible Passages

Sunday school lesson surveys Genesis Romans and Corinthians on life’s sacredness and divine origin. God created man in His image, gives humans high value over animals, and calls for mutual edification over personal liberty. Jesus heals on the Sabbath to protect life, urging compassion over ritualism.

Father God Earth

Officer Charged With Neglect Of Duty In Dr Small Escape

McRae Georgia March 19 Sheriff John B Walker says Deputy Sheriff LeRoy Clements is charged with neglect of duties in the escape of Dr Louis G Small who was ordered extradited to New York on abortion charges. Capt William Spence of the Georgia bureau of investigation swore out the warrant which is not yet served. Dr Small was being moved from Telfair county jail toward Bibb county jail in Macon when he fled after stopping at a tourist camp to see his wife.

Bibb County Macon Dr. Small McRae Clements

Gasoline Burns In Train Wreck Near LaGrange

At Louise Station seven miles north of LaGrange Georgia an A and W P freight train with about 20 tank cars derailed Sunday. Several tankers burned and one toppled onto U S Highway 29 blocking traffic as lines were damaged. State Highway Patrol Corporal L G Bell reported fierce flames hindering exact counts and noted gasoline flowing down a creek for about a mile.

LaGrange An A W. P Louise Station U. S. Highway 29 Cpl L. G. Bell State Highway Patrol Bell

The Temple of the Soul and Holy Spirit Dwelling

The passage argues that the temple of the soul is God's dwelling place and should not be defiled by sin. It emphasizes that believers were bought at a price by Jesus and that vice and drunkenness degrade body, mind, and the divine image within. It calls for reverence and moral restraint in daily life.

Corinth Paul Jesus

Ten Year Records Ended by Tragedy of Congressman Brown

Washington March 21 The ten year record of Democratic Representative Paul Brown of Georgia has ended with his absence from the House. Brown, noted for never missing a roll call, was absent for the first time in ten years.

Brown Washington Paul Brown Georgia

Navy reports congressman’s son missing in action

The Navy notified Representative Brown that his 4 year old son Lt Robert Brown is missing in action. The congressman’s son was a communications officer aboard a submarine in the Pacific.

Fry Carl Winge I II The Naval Affairs, Committee Representative Brown Navy Robert Brown Pacific

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