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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1945
Page
9
Georgia events include Memorial Day observances at Andersonville National Cemetery and Young Harris College commencement through Saturday. Reports note rationing board shortages for canning sugar and local incidents such as a fatal rifles accident near Statesboro and a boiler explosion in Wilkes county.
On May 31 eleven African American men will report to Fort Benning for pre induction examinations and one man, Chest Edwards, will report for induction into the Army. Also announced are four memorial stamps honoring Franklin D Roosevelt to be issued June 27 in green red purple and blue in one three and five cent denominations.
Henry Morris 38 a former Macon bus driver is on trial in Perry for the February 16 murder of his wife Mrs Millie Morris. Evidence from witness Mrs Elhil Pryor described Morris affair with another woman and his persistent pursuit despite claiming a divorce.
Washington May 27 Senator George Democrat of Georgia warned of a tough fight in the Senate over the reciprocal trade agreements bill. As Finance Committee chair he will press the administration measure to extend tariff cuts up to 75 per cent in many Hawley Smoot rates. House passage came after a partisan push. Senate divisions and GOP opposition loom.
London May 24 reports say Heinrich Himmler killed himself with poison three days after Allied capture. The Exchange Telegraph Agency cited Terrence Duncan of the British Second Army, stating the 44 year old Gestapo chief was arrested incognito and held in a Lüenburg house. Reuters confirmed the death announced at British Army HQ.
Washington May 26 five ships sunk by the enemy in the Okinawa area bring total naval losses to 310. The vessels lost include the destroyer Little LSM 190 LSM 195 fleet mine sweeper Swallow and LST 447. Casualties were listed as moderate and the commanding officer of the LSM was Richard H Saunders of Montezuma Georgia who was believed saved.
Atlanta May 27 Judge Warren Grice 69 longtime associate justice of the Georgia Supreme Court since 1937 died at his Atlanta home after a illness. He had been on the bench two weeks ago and had previously served as attorney general and on the 1944 Georgia Constitution rewrite commission. Survived by widow Clara Rumph two daughters Ruth and Elia and two sons Lt B M Grice USNR and Samuel Grice.
Greenville Georgia based Towell Construction advertises well drilling and repair services by Douglas Cotney of Butler with prompt, affordable work. J Allen Payne offers local hauling after purchasing a new truck from Butler Route. J B Mathews sells treated seed peas New Era and Speckled varieties for six dollars per bushel from Howard with Prattsburg route.
2021-2 acres of good farmland with six acres of bearing plum trees. Includes one large four room house and a three room store that can be lived in. Three miles north of Butler. For details call 1313 or visit 5313tp. Mrs. W. L. Myrick, Butler, Ga.
Statement by General Courtney Hodges of Perry Georgia in Atlanta May 25 1945 urges Georgians to support the Seventh War Loan by buying war bonds. He says troops will return to battle with civilian support and notes Georgia was the first state to meet its war bond quota.
Atlanta May 29 House Speaker Roy Harris warned he will push a bill in the General Assembly to abolish the current state highway set-up if pressure on members continues. The confrontation centers on highway administration and legislative pressure from unspecified groups.
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