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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1940
Page
8
WEWS previews Georgia week with regional notes and events. Griffin and Spalding counties are considered as possible locations for a new military camp. The item details local officials, road projects, and community actions shaping the area amid wartime needs.
Floyd Woodward, 54, head of a $1,000,000 bunco ring, was arrested Saturday in Monrovia California and faces federal mail fraud charges and state counts of fraud and murder. Complaint to be filed Monday in Los Angeles before he is escorted to Atlanta by officers for federal and state prosecutions.
Roberta LeRoy Griffin an 18 year old Roberta youth from Marietta CCC camp is moved to the station hospital at Fort McPherson. He is reported in fair condition after a broken back and is expected to be confined for about two more months.
Montezuma Sept 19 with nine entrants in the race for Macon county clerk of the superior court the position to be decided at the general election Mrs Dur Rambo of Marshallville announced this week joining the field and more candidates are expected in the crowded race
Thomaston city and rural carriers hosted a supper Monday night to honor retiring postmaster C. B. Short and welcome new postmaster A. H. Harvey. City Carrier W. H. Sanders chaired the event and served as master of ceremonies.
Athens Sept 20 T R Breedlove acting administrative officer in charge of the AAA said 1940 cotton parity payments under the AAA reached the five million mark today. These payments have been going to farmers at a steady rate the last three months and approximately three million more in payments remain to be certified.
Thomaston, Sx. 22-C. M. Pasley Sr, a well known life long citizen of Thomaston, died Sunday aged 75. He had lived in the town for 49 years and was a Moravian.
In Newnan Georgia a young man, worried by conscription, sought a marriage license. Coweta County official T A Ellis confirmed licenses were being issued, and asked if he had the girl. The man replied yes, and he and his partner left reassured with a license in hand.
Macon reports oil drilling equipment valued at 50,000 passed through on Sunday moving from Nashville to Treutlen county near Soperton. Owned by G. D. Rose and L. Ray, they credit Governor-elect Eugene Talmadge with instrumental support for a project on land owned by Jim Fowler. Five trucks carried the gear.
Miss Addie B. Early of Macon, longtime head of the biology department at Georgia Southwestern College, is appointed assistant supervisor in the Farm Security Administration at Cuthbert. She holds A B from Wesleyan, M A from Mercer, a home economics degree from the University of Georgia, and is pursuing a Ph D at the University of Michigan.
Rep Church calls for a congressional probe into defense contracts awarded to the engineering firm of E. W. Robert Jr. who had served as secretary to the Democratic National Committee. He stated the whole business smells to heaven in a press release from Washington.
Athens September 20 Five instructors join the military department at the University of Georgia Col K T Riggs commandant announces The new staff includes O C Newell lieutenant colonel cavalry CH Hooper captain infantry reserve CL Hilton first lieutenant infantry reserve CH Edwards second lieutenant cavalry reserve and AT Colley lieutenant colonel infantry retired
Macon dispatch reporter Burke, formerly of the Macon Telegraph, will depart for Shanghai to visit his father, Rev. W. S. Burke, American missionary. He plans to sail from Seattle in about a month aboard a Japanese liner, staying in China about six months before returning to Richmond. He is the son of Mrs. W. B. Burke of Macon.
Representative Ramspeck of Georgia became the first house member to substitute for new Speaker Sam Rayburn. After the session opened Rayburn was called to the telephone and summoned Ramspeck to the rostrum to preside over the house.
West Point hosts the annual meeting of the Chattahoochee Area Council Boy Scouts of America on October 15. The council covers troops in Troup Meriwether Heard Harris counties in Georgia and Chambers and Randolph counties in Alabama with a total Scout registration of 1,188.
Leesburg reports a Georgia Southwest and Gulf train from Albany to Cordele lost its conductor who stopped for a drink at Philema. The crew backed to Philema. the conductor had hired a car and beat the train to Cordele, where he was found.
The Taylor County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues met August 29 1940 with H H Riley chairing G W Fickling L H Vanlandingham and C C Stone present to set the 1940 tax rate. The digest shows property value totaling 8239400 after exemptions. The levy is 011 mills one percent on taxable property to cover county expenses including salaries bonds forest and school needs. Tax collection authorized by the Tax Commissioner with distributions to appropriate authorities and school districts Butler Reynolds Mauk Central Wesley Crowell Turner. The minute confirms the open session adjourned with C C Stone County Clerk’s certification.
Cedartown Georgia September 21 Helen Elder aged 16 completes her first flying course and achieves a solo hop becoming the town’s first woman aviator. She calls the solo the second biggest thrill after her first flight at age eight in Carrollton. Her parents, Mrs E W Elder and Mr Elder, support and worry, with the father eyeing flying lessons.
Washington reported the House appropriations committee recommended $10,000 for the widow of Speaker Bankhead, the 30th member to die in the 76th Congress. The bill also provides $10,000 payments to the widow of Rep. W. B. Gibbs of Georgia and to the children of the late Rep. G. N. Seger of New Jersey, aligning with the custom of paying a year’s salary to families of members who die in office.
The program lists sessions from Thursday to Friday with devotional times, gospel services, and reports. Present officers include Dr. O. B. Newsom, C. C. Willis, and Mrs. E. V. Deaton. Rev. J. J. Sizemore serves as pastor.
In the LaGrange area the annual report shows a livestock sale in Troup County during Oct 1988 to Sept 1940 amounting to 36 percent of the 1939 cotton crop. W Flarrell retires as president of the LaGrange Chamber of Commerce.
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