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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1945
Page
4
Georgia ministers will attend the Annual Georgia Pastors School at Wesleyan College Macon from June 4 to June 8. The event aims to equip clergy with guidance and knowledge for effective ministry during the upcoming year.
A farmer applying to the War Price and Rationing Board for two gallons of kerosene for insecticide described his equipment as one pan one rag and one stick to stir with. This plain notation appears on the application blank amid other required details.
The Cobb County Times reports editor Hon Otis A Brumby, a Marietta leader, had a serious heart attack and lay critically ill. News of his improvement is welcomed across the state.
Those used to dependent on youthful activities signaling seasons note marbles mumblepeg and jackstones are scarce. With fires still comfortable at night and early morning, summer seems distant if not yet arrived.
Georgia residents may buy Roosevelt Memorial War Bonds bearing a certificate honoring Franklin D. Roosevelt. State War Finance Committee chairman Jackson D. Dick says Georgians aim to exceed E F and G bond quotas before the May 14 Seventh War Loan kickoff, making Georgia the only state with such authorization.
A school banquet Friday night celebrated juniors honoring seniors, described as one of the year’s most outstanding social events. A separate item notes a collector in Spain acquired 20 German printed stamps lampooning Britain and Russia with fake London postmarks used by Nazis for propaganda and revenue.
A Co op Reporting Service release from Athens shows Taylor County ranked second in Georgia in 1944 commercial broiler production. The report questions how Delaware surpassed Taylor County in overall poultry. The piece notes Taylor County’s prominent role in the localized Friend Chicken campaign.
In presentments prepared for record and publication last week the Bartow county grand jury condemned the editor of the Tribune-Herald for attacking Commissioner Neal. The panel called the method uncalled for and unjustified.
In a Northeast Georgia stop Colonel Jack D. Stoddard, editor of the Washington News Reporter, spoke of wartime service with American forces in the Pacific. He showed a large collection of enemy implements and island crafts, plans to donate mahogany cabinet pieces to a public library, and spoke of his Kiwanis Club address.
A German doctor, forced to witness the Ohrdruf concentration camp horrors, declares the crimes as the Nazi regime is exposed. He says the atrocities strip away the wolveskins of deceit and hinge German redemption on the people's response to this truth.
Benito Mussolini and 16 aides were captured on the road toward Switzerland and executed by Italian partisans. His body was later displayed in Milan, hung from an advertising sign for public viewing and insult.
The Christian Advocate urges restraint as revelations of German prison camp horrors spark calls for retaliation. It argues the United States pledged to the Geneva conventions and should uphold humane treatment of war prisoners, avoiding Nazi tactics and preserving American dignity under war stress.
A reflective essay argues life rewards require paying the price. Privileges bring duties, public office demands integrity, spouses support professional demands, and criticism tests resolve. The piece concludes that skipping costs means no dancing, no rewards.
The United States reports 205,182 military deaths in battle since the war began, with total casualties including wounded missing and prisoners near 929,373. Many wounded are maimed and bear injuries for life as the Atlanta Constitution notes.
The speaker Jim Chism urges not to fuss about weather shifts. He notes efforts to alter rain date back to Noah and argues avoid changing plans midstream as seasons vary and rain control has proven elusive.
Maurice Smiley's poem saluting youth is promoted by General Cable Corporation to spotlight the International Conference in San Francisco. The verse uses an illustration of a 12 year old boy and underscores hopes for future generations amid delegations and public interest. In Washington, Senators receive free shaves while Representatives pay for barbers.
W C Tucker notes a bulletin from the W F A indicating civilians will receive about one million pounds less from the 1945 46 fish pack than in 1944 45. He invites readers to fish in county ponds stocked last year with perch and bream.
The Columbus Enquirer Sun weighs Ellis Arnall's chances for a national post after President Roosevelt's death. It notes close ties between Arnall and Wallace, the chance of a Fulton appointment, and says Arnall remains a rising future figure despite the new president's selections. The piece praises Arnall's reform record and predicts he will continue to be influential in Georgia.
Across the United States plans emerge to provide prepaid medical care for the public. Subscriptions for individuals earning up to 1800 dollars yearly cost 52 cents monthly, couples 1.12, families up to 2500 dollars pay 2 dollars for surgery and maternal care. The broader aim includes access to diagnostic and therapeutic services at low cost, while ordinary sickness remains uncovered. American medicine is framed as a patriotic public service expanding to new fields.
The article notes the president is unlikely to replace the attorney general, citing the high chance he would nominate Mr. Fulton, a capable New York lawyer and former counsel to the Truman investigating committee, over Mr. Arnall.
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