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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1940
Page
3
A young woman named Clifford registered by mail to enter the university. Officials mistook her gender and assigned her to the Joe Brown men’s dormitory. At opening, she arrived and was quickly moved to a dormitory on the coordinate college campus to avoid embarrassment.
Governor Rivers ordered a at least 20 percent reduction in the Georgia Highway Department's expenditures for the last quarter of 1940 due to a temporary cash shortage. Bids opened for nine contracts totaling 611262 dollars, about 151788 less than department estimates, covering roughly 40 miles of surfacing grading widening or paving on state aid projects.
Byron Tucker, a 12 year old, dashed across a track to shove his sister Virginia away from an oncoming freight locomotive. The train engineer stopped the train and Virginia escaped with minor cuts and bruises after reaching a safe embankment.
Georgia Republicans certified the same 12 electors previously named by Independent Democrats of Georgia. C W Hager, state committee chairman, sent the list to Secretary of State John Wilson near the certification deadline. Electors appear on ballots as Republicans and Independent Democrats pledged to Wendell Willkie, including R L Anderson and Mrs H D Pollard for state at large and a slate of names from Savannah to Augusta and Rome with tenth being G P King and others.
Monroe Ga Oct 5 Louis Howard Jr 12 son of a Walton county deputy sheriff was fatally injured when the bicycle group of boy Scouts returning from camp was struck by a car on the Atlanta highway about 11 miles from Monroe E L Estates of Colbert Ind was named driver by Sheriff E S Gorton and state troopers the crash was deemed unavoidable Howard who was an only son and popular high school student died about an hour after being rushed to the hospital
Washington reports defense appropriations exceeding 12 billion dollars and commitments for over 2 billion more, arranged to extend through a suspended session. Congress will meet every fourth day in a temporary parliamentary setup, ready to reconvene if a crisis arises, preserving legislative independence.
A fire at Union Point on Friday destroyed the City Pool Room building and damaged the Artistic Beauty Shop. Insurance is reported to cover both structures. The origin of the blaze has not been determined.
In a wealthy Druid Hills area near Decatur, 38 year old L F Scott allegedly killed postman R C Woods 30 after firing seven times while terrorizing neighbors. He assaulted his mother 80 and fired at a boy and others. officer Dailey arrested him after cracking three doors. A second item notes a Fulton County judge overruled a petition to remove farmer Tom Linder from the November ballot.
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