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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1945
Page
3
Governor Arnall faced renewed rumors of a second term as a Baltimore hat company presented him with a Panama hat. He stated he is not a candidate at this time and said he was replying to supporters with a message that he is not running.
M H Crane a Greenville soldier on furlough after three years overseas is in critical condition at a Newnan hospital from a bullet wound received Friday night during an argument at the McLaughlin store. The shot is alleged to have been fired by James McLaughlin, son of the store owner. The bullet entered Crane’s breast and lodged in his back after passing through a friend's hand who intervened. A brother of the injured man was killed recently in action overseas.
Christian Science Monitor quotes Mary Baker Eddy on divine Love supplying every human need beyond material shortage. The text asserts infinite Spirit and Truth liberate from fear and insufficiency, with Jesus and Eddy illustrating how supply is spiritual and readily demonstrated through understanding of divine abundance.
Supreme Headquarters announced that every American soldier liberated from German prison camps will be evacuated home as fast as possible. Sick and wounded receive priority, evacuated through medical channels, with camps prepared for baths, meals, clothing, and medical care. On return each soldier gets a 21 day furlough before reporting to a redistribution center for discharge or reassignment within the United States. No troops will be sent back to Europe.
Montezuma April 28 J B Easterlin, a Montezuma produce broker, bought the first carload of watermelons to ship north this season for 1150 dollars. The carload, 1000 U S No 1 Cannonball melons averaging 24 pounds, originated in Leesburg district Florida and was sent to Cincinnati April 25.
The Atlanta District OPA announced new ration stamps effective May 1. Sugar Stamp No 36 and five blue stamps plus five red stamps become valid, with blue stamps Y2 Z2 A1 B1 C1 and red stamps Q2 R2 S2 T2 U2, each worth 10 points. Car owners must add license numbers and states on each coupon and present mileage records when applying for supplemental B and C gasoline rations.
Betty Nix, 13, eldest of nine children, drowned in Twin Lake near Bainbridge Georgia on Friday. She and her sisters Frances 11 and Joan 9 were at the lake. Betty unable to swim stepped into a hole and disappeared beneath the water as her sister attempted a rescue before help arrived.
The column notes visits among Upton and Wisham families in Douglas and Thomaston. Mrs Bodiford returns from Taylor Mill to Earl Bodiford's home. Emory Harris family hosts Sandy in Butler. Ambry Albritton visits her mother Will Harris. Clinton Mott and Warner Robins announce the birth of a daughter on April 11 at Montgomery hospital in Butler, to be named Clyde Afay.
Mr and Mrs J R Carpenter hosted a birthday dinner for their son Pvt J C Carpenter of Camp Wheeler Macon. Attendees included family friends and relatives from Rupe rt Butler Iron City and Ellaville with several Carpenters and Mrs Edward Williamson in attendance.
Edward D. McKim of Omaha Nebraska was sworn in by Justice William O Douglas as the new senior administrative assistant to President Truman. The appointment adds McKim to two other Truman choices John W Snyder and Edwin A Pauley, named federal loan administrator and American rep on the reparations commission. McKim is a former Army artillery member who accompanied Truman on his vice presidential campaign and has served in Washington in an unofficial capacity since Truman took office.
At a Kiwanis luncheon in Montezuma plans were announced for a Memorial Drive about 30 miles long along State Highway No. 49 from the Peach county line to the Sumter county line. A committee including Dr. John D. Wade of Marshallville Ed M. McKenzie A C Richardson of Montezuma and D M Riddle of Oglethorpe will lay out details. The road would feature camellias crepe myrtle and dogwood with varied plantings. A president appointed committee will oversee Boy Scout activities led by Dr T M Adams John Averill C S Hall and W T Jolly.
Wm Worth Williams of Harris county dies at 73 in Columbus after a yearlong illness. Born August 27, 1871 in Harris county, he was a Harris county native and Hamilton church and Masonic member. Survived by widow Ethel H. Williams and children Hoyt Trimble Ira Smith Henry Dr. Ben J R Williams and 120 grandchildren.
Laura Averett of Ashburn Georgia was named Gray Bonnet Girl the sweetheart sponsor of the 121st Infantry then in Germany. She is a high school senior and athlete active in Beta Club basketball swimming dancing tennis and drama with a strong academic record and leadership roles.
Chicago April 29 A name change for the new college formerly titled Thomas Jefferson College was announced by Dr E L Sparling. The Roosevelt College of Chicago will reflect the late president's philosophy the school plans to teach when it opens this fall.
Augusta Ga April 30 Sam H Allen aged 82 marked fifty years of linotype work today at the Augusta Chronicle He remains highly skilled and ready to assist in any department after 25 years with the paper Recognized as a topnotch operator he can dismantle and reassemble machines in the dark and continues active in the press room
Atlanta April 30 Governor Ellis Arnall appointed J. L. Renfroe of Statesboro to the Ogeechee Superior Court to succeed the late Judge T. J. Evans of Sylvania. Renfroe, mayor of Statesboro and state regents member, will take the oath at the Capitol Friday. Arnall also named Bond Almond as judge of Fulton Superior Court to succeed the late Judge Paul Etheridge Sr.
Montezuma reports the first peaches of 1945 left the state on April 25 under the Georgia Maid brand. J. B. L Easterlin, grower packer and shipper, cited earlier blossoms and two week ripening head start compared with last year’s early May shipment from the same Mountain Rose trees.
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