Mussolini Executed by Patriots in Italy
Allied and Milan broadcasts report Benito Mussolini and 17 other Fascist leaders executed Saturday in northern Italy. Crowds viewed the bodies in Milan's Piazza Loreto now renamed Piazza Quindici Martiri as reports place Petacci among the dead and others shot in the back at Congo in Como Province.
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Associated Press
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Milan
Allied
Mussolini
Piaza Loreto
Alliem
Milan Radio
Claretta Petacci
Il Momento
Achille Starachi
Fascist Party
Miss Petacci
Allessandro Pavolini
Grand Council
Victorio Emanuel
Salerno
Marcello Petacci
Pietro Salustri
Carlo Scorza
Roberto Farinacci
Patriot Council
Gospel Services at Chapel Butler Daily at Eight
Daily gospel service at Chapel Butler begins at eight p m with regular evening gatherings. Local church schedules routine worship and community prayer in a concise religious notices item.
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Chapel
Chapel Butler
VE Day Services Planned at Local Methodist Church
Pastor C L Glenn announces VE Day prayer services at the Methodist Church inviting all residents and nearby communities to attend. Three service times are set to accommodate when German surrender is announced, with 10 am 3 pm and 7 30 pm options and a possible next day 10 am gathering.
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C. L. Glenn
Germany
Reynolds Negro in Serious Condition After Fatal Action Attempt
Lilly Harmon, 45, a Reynolds resident employed at Reynolds Cold Storage, was rushed to Montgomery Hospital Tuesday afternoon with serious knife wounds. Police say the injuries resulted from a personal safety related attempt to die by own action behind the storage company’s premises. The man’s condition is listed as serious.
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Lilly Harmon
Reynolds
Montgomery Hospital
Reynolds Cold Storage and Locker Company
Home Coming Day At Bethel C M Church
Bethel C M Church north of town observes Home Coming Day on Saturday May 12 with an all day service prior to the second Sunday in May. The committee invites attendance and prayer for a day of Christian love and fellowship.
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Bethel C. M
Special Meeting for Community Cannery Class at Reynolds High
A special meeting is set at Reynolds School Bldg tonight and another on May 3 at 8:30 in Reynolds High School auditorium to organize a class on planning producing and conserving food. Attendance is urged to qualify for State and Federal assistance for the cannery operation.
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Reynolds School Bldg
Reynolds High School
For Sale Prewar Ice Refrigerator
Portable pre war ice refrigerator in good condition with a fifty pound capacity is offered at 15 dollars. For further information contact the Herald Office.
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Herald Office
Mauk Boy Killed in Train Car Crash
Jackie Turner 11 of Mauk died after an automobile train crash at Geneva at the Central of Georgia crossing. Sister Reba Lou Turner and Cpl. Sidney Whittington, both of Mauk, were seriously injured. the fourth car occupant escaped unharmed. Whittington remains in fair condition at Fort Benning. Funeral services for Jackie were held at Pine Level cemetery with extensive local attendance.
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Jackie Turner
J. H. Turner
Mauk
Geneva
Reba Lou Turner
Cpl
Sidney Whittington
Turner
Central of Georgia
Columbus
Talbot County
Whittington
Fort Benning
Cpl Whittington
Ft. Benning Hospital
Pine Level Cemetery
T. E. Pickren
C. L. Glenn
E.H. Dunn
Jackie
Pine Level
Messrs Brooks Montgomery
W. R. Turner
C. L. Turner
J. W. Turner
Paul H. Turner
F. E. Turner
Tommie Watson
Dave Harbuck Jr
Russell Montgomery
Johnnie B. Austin
Barbara Wall
Earl Blackston
Betty Christopher
Betty Purvis
Jane Montgomery
Katherine Davis
Evelyn Collier
Houston Williams
Gladys Moore
Mary Nell Stewart
Jimmie
Douglas Turner
Reba Lou
Earline Turner
Edwards Brothers Funeral
Butler
Brooks Montgomery
Cecil Montgomery
Ruth Collier
Newton Callier
Americus
Joe Wilder
Tallahassee
Fla
R. W. Woodall
Jacksonville
Paul Turner
J. B. Cody
Edgc
Clain
LaGrange
Athens
Butler School Heads Re elected by Trustees For Another Year
At a trustees meeting Prof J J Greene was re elected superintendent and Prof M T Turner was re elected principal for another year. Both have accepted their posts. Faculty changes are anticipated but not yet made and will be announced once completed.
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Butler School
J. J. Greene
M. T. Turner
Greene
Turner
Limited Spanish Pea Nuts Offered by T L Fountain
Limited quantity Spanish pea nuts offered by T L Fountain of Butler Georgia. Product described as free of nutgrass with measurements 5 3 1t. Contact details not provided.
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T. L. Fountain
Butler, Ga
Lt Walter Kirksey Killed in Action on Okinawa
Miss Eva B. Griffith notified by the War Department that her nephew First Lt Walter Woodrow Kirksey of the 96th Division Infantry Field Artillery was killed in action on Okinawa on April 2. He was 27, educated at Reynolds High School, and survived by two sisters and two aunts.
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Eva B. Griffith
War Department
Walter Woodrow Kirksey
96Th Division—Infantry Field Artillery
Admiral Nimitz
Okinawa
Kirksey
Army
OCS
Fort Sill
Ft. Jackson
Fort Bragg
Philippines
Leyte
Andrew Kirksey
Reynolds High School
Winifred Kirksey
Columbus
Neva Sue Kirksey
LaGrange
Eva B
Winnie Griffith
Reynolds
Husband of Butler Lady Is Awarded Combat Infantry Badge
Sgt. Tim Youngblood son of Mrs. Mary F. Youngblood of Tunstall has been cited by the 337th Infantry Regiment of the 85th Division in Italy and awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge for actual combat. His wife, former Miss Mary Lois Stalnaker, is living here.
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Tim Youngblood
Mary F. Youngblood
Thomaston
Fifth Army
Italy
Mark Clark
Sgt. Youngblood
Mary Lois Stalnaker
Death of Hitler Questioned by Nations
The Associated Press reports that whether Adolf Hitler died at his Berling command post or survived remains uncertain and could reflect Nazi propaganda aims. The Hamburg radio release sparks questions about the end of Hitler and the myth surrounding his fate.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Hamburg
Germany
Hitler
Grady B Fuller Receives Direct Commission in China
Grady B Fuller son of Mr and Mrs Grady Fuller of Reynolds received a direct commission as Second Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps on March 17 while serving in China.
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Grady B. Fuller
Grady Fuller
Reynolds
Army Air Corps
China
Butler High Seniors to Be Honored Sunday by Men's Bible Class
Rev. C. L. Glenn of the local Methodist church will address the Butler High School senior class during the class-day exercises at the church. The event, sponsored annually by the Men's Bible Class, occurs this Sunday at 10 am with Rev. Glenn in charge after Rev. J. C. Adams of Franklin had to decline. Parents and friends are invited.
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Butler High
C. L. Glenn
Methodist Church
The
J. C. Adams
Franklin, Ga
J. T Adams
Butler
Adams
Glenn
Pfc Blakely Commended for Service in WWII Fire Raids
Pfc Henry T Blakely Jr a teletype operator at B 29 bases in Rearianas near Guam receives commendation from General LeMay for his role in eight days of low level incendiary raids on Japan in March 1945. He and other ground crews kept bombers in the air night and day and his parents live near Butler.
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XXI
Bomber Command
Guam
Japan
Pfc
Henry T. Blakely Jr
Butler
Rearianas
Gra
Curtis . LeMay
Commandxi Bomber Command
Pvt
Blakely
LeMay
Pvt. Blakely
H. T. Blakely
Mobile
Ala
Army
Nation's Sugar Reserve on Rock Bottom Ration Cut
Washington reports a 25 percent sugar ration cut announced by the Office of War Information. Sugar stamps Nos. 36 valid for five pounds will last four months. 1945 canning allotments drop to 15 pounds, with no family allowed more than 120 pounds. Institutional users and bakers face further reductions. July 1 next allotment for industry.
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Washington
Office of War Information
United States
OPA
War Food Administration
Mussolini Executed and Hitler Deaths Reported in Berlin
Berlin and London report high casualties as Mussolini is executed and Adolf Hitler and Goebbels die by their own hand. The capital reportedly falls to Soviet forces after days of intense street fighting, with Krebs also dead and 70 000 German troops surrendering. Stalin issues day order omitting Hitler.
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London
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Goebbels
Hitler
Krebs
Stalin
Reichs Chancellery
Hearst
Oklahoma City Pilot Promoted to Captain in England
Jammie M. Philpott, 24, of Oklahoma City, promoted from first lieutenant to captain at an Eighth Air Force B 17 base in England. He serves with the 15th Bombardment Group under Col. Jack E. Shuck, part of the Third Air Division, noted for early bombing raids on Munster and Regensburg and for over 300 combat missions dropping 17 000 tons of bombs on German targets. Philpott is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sharp W. Philpott. his wife Lucy B. Philpott resides in Reynolds, Georgia.
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Eighth Air Force
England
Jamie M. Philpott
Oklahoma City
Okla
15Th Bombardment Group
Jack E. Shuck
Casper
Wyoming
Philpott
Munster
Germany
Third Air Division
Messerschmitt
Regensburg
95Th
AAF
Sharp W. Philpott
Northwest 12Th Street
Oklahoma 4
M. College
West Point
Lucy B. Philpott
Reynolds
Butler P. T. A. to Sponsor Black Face Minstrel
The Butler P. T. A. will sponsor a Black Face Minstrel presented by the Reynolds Lions Club next Tuesday at 8 30 PM in the local school auditorium. Two hours of clean entertainment feature new jokes and special music by Mr. Stewart Gordon and a Macon girl sextette. Proceeds benefit playground and youth center equipment for the P. T. A. Popular admission prices apply.
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Butler P. T. A
Reynolds Lions Club
Stewart Gordon
Macon
Important Meeting At Mauk School Friday Night
An important meeting of interest to all patrons will be held at the Mauk school auditorium Friday at 7 30 p m. Due to a decrease in pupil numbers several changes and matters will be discussed. Parents are urged to contribute to improved schools throughout the county.
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Mauk School
Mauk
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W. W. Kirksey
Okinawa Island
Taylor County
Porto Rico
R. E. McCants
Hitler and
Gobbles
Jammie M. Philpott
Reynolds Lady
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