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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1941
Page
4
A roundup from Rockmart to Georgia towns notes a 97 year old deed, factory strikes at Griffin, church anniversaries in Macon, and new state posts. Georgia records show weekend deaths, road and water projects, and a three day march of 18 000 soldiers from Fort Jackson.
The Department of Labor offers a free Teacher Placement Service through the Georgia State Employment Service. Unemployed teachers, new graduates, and those seeking a change for 1941-42 should register at 191 Marietta Street or local offices. The service is endorsed by the State Department of Education and the Georgia Education Association.
A daylight hold up in downtown Atlanta netted three men 1400 in cash and checks Monday. P L McKinney comptroller of the J M High Company reported two robbers jumped from a parked car and pistol whipped him and C Able of the shipping service before taking the money. A third man remained at the wheel.
President Roosevelt asked Congress to appropriate 3.319 billion dollars for new fighting planes for the army and navy. The plan, approved by Roosevelt, totals 2.79 billion for army planes and 529 million for navy planes, with immediate House consideration requested. White House Secretary Early declined to break down the program.
The president declares an unlimited national emergency to strengthen defense to the maximum power and authority. He reaffirms freedom of the seas and the solidarity of the American republics and Canada in preserving hemisphere independence. Armed forces will be placed in strategic positions and used to repel attacks if needed. Faith in God is affirmed as central to the constitutional republic.
Lyons Ga May 24 Komps County Sheriff and Gray said Lewis Meeks a 35 year old Lyons WPA worker was held in jail facing murder charges in the slaying of Otis Benton a 37 year old prominent local cattleman found shot to death in woods five miles from Lyons Meeks wife was believed involved in the investigation but no charges announced.
Savannah Ga May 27 An indictment charging violation of the selective service act was returned by a federal grand jury against Thomas Nicholas Tsouramis of Augusta. The filing says he failed to return a draft questionnaire to Local Board No 1 and left the city without a forwarding address. It also says he willfully neglected duties under the act after registering Oct 16.
Jim Denson, 22, 46 inches tall and 63 pounds, registered in Talbotton Georgia. Officials estimate his age from his mother and consider him too small for combat but feasible for noncombat roles such as making defense showing cards.
An ex-cowhand recalls older westerns where horses carried cowboys before later film changes. He notes the shift from cowboys to tenors in the era, reflecting on film history and animal roles.
The historic one room postoffice on Jackson Street in Americus is being torn down to clear space for the Martin Theatre. The small wooden structure once housed the safe and insurance office and served Willie Thomas’s headquarters. It stood behind Birdsey Flour Mills Store and is the city’s second postoffice site, with earlier locations later replaced by the Bank of Commerce and Lamar Street offices. The adjacent vacant building next to Southern Printers will also be removed as part of the project.
In Thomaston an 8 year old took a pistol from a bureau drawer thinking it was a toy and shot his cousin Leon Standard 10. Leon entered Thomaston clinic in critical condition, received two blood transfusions after being wounded in the abdomen. Walter H Standard father of the wounded boy learns the gun was real.
The Georgia Federation of Labor executive committee reported Sunday it found a substantial part of organized labor movement favored four year terms for the governor and other statehouse officers.
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