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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1941
Page
4
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in October 1941 before the Taylor County courthouse to satisfy a fi fa in favor of R L Swearingen against James H Gray. Property includes a black mare mule about 12 years old and a gray mare mule about 12 years old. Levy made Sept 3 1941. J M Bone Sheriff.
Notice to creditors and kin of J R Fallaw that H A Sealy has applied for permanent administration. Cite to show cause at the Ordinary's office within legal time. Witness signature of J R Lunsford Ordinary dated September 1, 1941.
Atlanta reported the Labor Day weekend death toll rising toward 500, with 486 deaths logged so far. Traffic led at 336, followed by 59 drownings and 91 miscellaneous fatalities. Weather aided swimming and boating fatalities, while stabbings and gunshots, falls, and plane crashes added to the total. States with highest traffic deaths included California 32, New York 28, and Illinois and Ohio 22 each. Georgia recorded 8 traffic, 1 drowning, and 1 miscellaneous death.
Talbotton Georgia September 2 a huge V was painted high above the Washington street entrance to the Talbot County courthouse. An unidentified white man about 25 with curly blonde hair was seen taking a photo of the courthouse amid speculation about British sympathizers. No investigation has begun and residents appear approving of the plan.
Eva B McInvale files for divorce from Reginald Rex McInvale Sr in Taylor County Georgia. Service by publication granted. Reginald McInvale Sr ordered to appear at Taylor Superior Court on the first Monday in October 1941 to answer the complaint. Judge George C Palmer presides. clerk Thelmon Jarrell records.
Atlanta on September 2 marked the third Labor Day of the war as labor spokesmen pledged unremitting work to defeat Hitlerism and defend Britain. President Roosevelt urged decisive action while AFL CIO leaders called for unity and an end to labor disputes. Ernest Bevin appealed for united workmen and more U.S. war supplies. Green and Meany voiced a peace offer and warned against division in the labor movement.
The U S Navy sets a peacetime recruitment goal of 13 000 men per month for the rest of the year and 15 000 monthly thereafter. Admirals expect newspaper ads to carry much of the burden. A Atlanta woman named Lizella traces her name to her father’s choice from Ella and Lizzie combined.
Macon August 28 Judge Bascom Deaver of the Federal District Court prepared an order denying removal to Chicago of Hamilton McWhorter and W T Cunningham indicted for conspiracy to hold negroes in peonage and slavery. The order discharged the defendants and indicated the indictment would be dropped as the court found no conspiracy. Judge Deaver stated McWhorter’s 40 years as a lawyer and corroborated testimony showed he was not part of any conspiracy. The pair were indicted by a Chicago grand jury last May.
Prof J E White head of North Fulton High in Atlanta has been missing since Friday. Police from city and county and the State Patrol searched Saturday at the request of relatives. White, formerly of Fulton High, was appointed principal months ago after W F Dykes retirement. Relatives fear amnesia or possible kidnap ho.
The Lesson-Sermon on Man will be read in Churches of Christ Scientist worldwide next Sunday. It centers on the Golden Text from I John 3 1 declaring we are called sons of God and heirs with Christ. The cited Romans 8 16 17 passage affirms the Spirit witness that we are the children and heirs of God. It also quotes Science and Health noting man is made in God’s image and is spiritual and perfect, not matter.
Talbotton Aug 31 Keys to the new vocational education building at Talbotton Consolidated High School were turned over to officials by W R Wilson NYA construction supervisor. The project was built by county youths with only expert help for electrical work. Bricks for the foundation were laid by boys. Local citizens donated bricks and officials bought other materials.
Atlanta reports Georgia’s 18th selective service call requests 1526 white men and 72 Negroes to report from October 1 to 20. Col. James Skelton Jr announces the state already furnished 14,477 draftees.
R Catoe a 36 year old man admits to choking ten women to death counting on his fingers. Seven victims identified include Tessie Elizabeth Strieff slain in Washington on a rainy Sunday and Evelyn D. Anderson a Bronx waitress killed in New York. Anderson’s wristwatch led to Catoe and a Bronx grand jury indicted him for first degree murder.
Edward Ferrell Jr., 24, a traveling representative for American Cyanamid, died when his solo plane crashed at Valdosta Municipal Airport. He recently visited family and was finishing flying lessons before Naval Air Corps. Survivors include his mother, brother, and father. He was a Valdosta High School graduate with ties to prominent local families.
Macon reports assistant U S district attorney John Cowart announced the arrests of J C Champion a Worth county farmer and W V Tomlinson a turpentine camp foreman near Valdosta on peonage charges. Each was indicted Aug 21 and posted 2500 appearance bonds. Tomlinson faces peonage charges against white persons while Champion faces peonage charges against black individuals. Tomlinson trial is set for September in Valdosta and Champion for October in Albany.
G W Regan 18 of Hapeville was killed when his car crashed at Central Ave and Alice Street after he bought a cedar chest for his girlfriend. His companion Mrs Beatrice Brown suffered head injuries and bruises. Regan died at Grady Hospital from a fractured neck. An alleged hit and run driver involved.
Atlanta detective chief said Al Messier a former hotel executive from Boston and Miami was shot to death outside a roadside tavern in the North Georgia mountains. Police said Alex Reeves 38 admitted killing him after finding Reeves wife with Messier behind the roadhouse and Reeves fired about nine shots. Reeves was handed to Chattooga county authorities on a murder warrant.
Atlanta August 30. The Georgia University System and the common schools face a teacher shortage. State superintendent Dr M D Collins reports rising superintendent complaints about unable to fill faculties. State Regent secretary L R Siebert says the university system shares the deficiency. Both cite defense demands and Georgia’s low pay scale as the cause, with shortages estimated at about 40 percent.
Macon Sept 3 a Camp Wheeler soldier suffered accidental amputation of his left foot while working with a detail cleaning a drainage ditch. Pvt. C. W. Pinkard’s foot was severed when he fell and his leg went under an ax wielded by Pvt. H. L. Howard who applied a tourniquet to save his life. Investigating officers call the case entirely accidental. Pinkard was in fair condition at the station hospital last night.
The Ellaville Sun earned third place in Georgia Press religion editorials for year the June 20 column praised as a flame of belief guiding toward peace. First place went to Covington News Belmont Dennis editor and second to Thomson McDuffie Progress J M Ansley.
Geo B Culpepper Jr of Ft Valley and W D Lanier of Augusta were named judge advocates in the State Air Patrol. Appointments announced in Atlanta by Commander Lindley W Camp of the State Defense Corps. Culpepper, a major, Lanier, a lieutenant colonel, with Lt Col R W Ferguson of Kingsland leading the unit as it coordinates for defense against possible aerial attacks.
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