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THE BUTLER HERALD. BUTLER. GEORGIA. NOVEMBER 18, 1943.
jas. 0. McGehee,
ninent Columbus
Succumbs
nhus Ga, Nov. 13—Joseph
McGehee, prominent Colum-
♦tnrneVi died at a Columbus
M ' t last night after a short
KpCphee, who had been ac-
engaged in the practice of
lt Columbus for more than 20
had been in ill health for
time but in recent months he
much improved. He was
tn the hospital Tuesday aft-
where his condition be-
critical Thursday.
McGehee was born Dec. 9,
in Greenville, Ga., the son
0 McGehee and Mrs. Evelyn
U ahlin McGehee. His father
/number of years ago. Mrs.
he e resides in Columbus.
McGehee served in the Navy
18 He was a graduate of
niversity of Georgia, having
eh an A. B. degree in 1920.
ok a postgraduate course in
t Emory University.
,j n (T to Columbus in 1921, he
rt the office of Judge Frank
ley where he practiced law
nber of years. Later he en-
a law partnership with Jno.
under the style of Mc-
and Odom. For the past
years he had practiced in-
ally. Mr. McGehee, who
nephew of the late Judge
nk McLaughlin, was widely
throughout this section. He
member of the Charles S.
in Post of the American
and was a member of the
ke Methodist church, where
ght a Sunday school class,
iving are his wife, the for-
liss Ellene McDonald; two
ers, Marilyn and Ellene
ee; his mother, Mrs. Evelyn
ee; a sister, Miss Mary Mc-
of Columbus; and a broth-
M. McGehee, Charlotte, N.
PAGE THREE
Two Thomaston Girls
;Wms National Honor
In Educational Grdes
From Thomaston Times:
Two of Thomaston‘s girls away
at college have been honored and
recognized nationally by being
selected to go into the 1913 edition
of Who's Who in American Col
leges and Universities, a book in
which only outstanding students
are recognized.
Doris Croom and Elsie Kelly
are the girls to bring honor to
themselves and their own.
Elsie Rally is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Kelly and -is in
her senior year at Bessie Tift. She
has been outstanding in her schol
astic work as well as in many
other school activities outside of
the class room. She was elected
to the national sorority of Alpha
Psi in her freshman year. She is
now editor of the Campus Quill,
the campus newspaper, and has
been president of Studio Players
since her sophomore year. When
j there is radio work or radio acti
vities for the school, she is always
on the program. She is majoring
in speech and looks forward to
graduation when she will seek
; work in the field of radio,
j Doris Croom, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. G. B. Croom, has won
Recognition for her work at Mer
cer in and out of the classroom.
Some of her outstanding accomp
lishments are: She is radio ex
tension director for the university,
j business manager of The Cluster,
1 campus newspaper, president of
her dormitory, president of Alpha
Chi Epsilon social sorority, vice-
| president of the Baptist Student
Union, university organist. Since
entering Mercer in 1‘40, Miss
I Croom has served her school on
i many occasions. Music is her
; hobby, and she is expected to
make it her life work.
American Aviator With
Left Leg Cut Off By
Japs, Returns Home
Bainbridge, Ga., Nov. 14—A U.S.
flier whose left leg and right heel
were deliberately cut off by a
Japanese Zero's propel lor as he
parachuted into the Pacific Ocean
was given a hero's welcome on a
visit to his parents at Bainbridge.
Lt. Samuel Logan of tile U. S.
Marines, 22-year-old Kansan, last
saw his parents when he enlisted
in June, 1941. The family later
1 moved to Bainbridge.
! Army public relations here made
public additional details of the
previously announced story of the
young soldier, holder of the Pur
ple Heart medal.
On his second flying mission in
the Southwest Pacific, Logan ran
into a band of Jap Zeros, fought
them until his plane was riddled
and he was forced to ball out just
outside the harbor of Russell Is
land.
, As he drifted toward the ocean,
one Jap dove at him with his
plane, trying to rip him to pieces
with the propellor. Logan twisted
desperately but the Jap succeeded
in slicing away part of his left
leg and his right heel.
He landed in the water and was
picked up by an American rescue
party.
TWO DOUGLAS CAMP
CONVICTS CAPTURED BY
CITY POLICE OF EASTMAN
DeMargery Plans To Stay Real Estate Dealer
In Bahamas Despite The Tells Of "Shooting'
Jisy's Recommendation Quail Without Gun
Nassau, Bahamas, Nov. 12—Al
fred de Marigny quietly defied
today the murder trial jury which
{ recommended that he be deported
from this British colony—and at
' the same time cleared him of the
charges that he murdered his
pretty wife's father, Sir Harry
Oakes.
"I'm staying in Nassau,” he told
reporters who had written about
his 22-day trial in the Bahamas
Supreme court.
With him as he talked at his
Victoria avenue cottage was his
wife, Nancy, radiant with happi
ness on the first day of freedom
her husband has known since he
was arrested July 9.
Appearing rested and dapper in
a jauntily-checked jacket and
light tan trousers, de Marigny
was thoroughly enjoying himself.
Sheafs of congratulatory cable
grams came to him during the
day and he was acclaimed by
crowds on the streets.
De Marigny said he was “tried
10 per cent for killing Sir Henry
Oakes and 90 per cent for marry
ing his daughter.”
He commented the Oakes slay
ing “was something out of my
conception, it has 20 or 30 angles”.
“It could have been for black
mail, or for many things,” he
added. “None was investigated.
When I was arrested the case was
closed.”
stian Science
on-Sermon
and Body" is*the subject
json-Sermon which will be
Churches of Christ, Scient-
roughout the world next
Golden Text is: “Know ye
it your body is the temple
Holy Ghost which is in you
ye have of God. and ye are
ur own?” (I Cor. 6:19).
ig the citations which
sc the Lesson-Sermon is the
ng from the Bible:
thou has been our dwelling
in all generations” (Fs.
Lesson-Sermon also in-
the following passage from
hristian Science textbook.
« nad Health with Key to
:riptures” by Mary Baker
“Sooner or later we shall
hat the fetters of man's fi-
pacity are forged by the
i that he lives in body in-
)f in soul, in matter instead
it.” “Soul, or spirit, is God
igeable and eternal; and
oexists with and reflects
lod, for man is God's irr-
pp. 223, 120.)
NEGRO WANTS TO PAY
DEBT MADE IN 1908
ft TO END YEAR
SURPLUS CASH
>n, Ga., Nov. 13—The city of
will wind up the fiscal
f 1943 with money in the
but Mayor Chas. L. Bowden
telling what the balanee
minute people find wo
noney to spend they want
spend it,” the Mayor ex-
in former years, Macon's
‘xecutive said, a part of the
; W |H be applied to the
ization of the city's bonded
nd the remainder will be
for postwar needs.
SEASON. FEW
S FOR quail
ha, Nov. 13—Georgia hunt-
ce the country's longest
season with one of the
s shortest shell supplies
the season opens Nov. 20
lends thru March 1, Chas.
director of the game and
mmission, said today.
u * hunting begins on that
Ir rabbits, turkeys, raccoons
Possums, Elliott announced,
? trapping season opens on
bearers except beavers and
Opening of the dove sea-
5 been postponed until Dec.
VOTES HIKE
isabled VETS
h'ngton, Nov. 16 — The
uesday unanimously ap-
a 15 per cent increase in
s for disabled veterans of
odd Wars I and II. The
1 vote was 341 to 0.
31 '• which now goes to the
affects more than 362,000
^ Provides proportionate
b / weet increased living
death benefits to families
h service-connection dis-
Macon, Ga., Nov. 14—A Georgia
negro, now making his home in-
New York credits Father Divine
with causing him to want to pay
a debt he made 35 years ago un
der an assumed name .
In 1908 S. H. Haddock was a
merchant at Haddock, Ga. He
loaned a. negro man of that sec
tion some money. Years, passed
and he never heard from the man.
Twelve years ago this month Mr.
Haddock died. Last week a letter
went tot he Haddock post office
for the late Mr. Haddock. It was
forwarded to his daughter, Mrs.
Dons Wesley, who is principal of
the Pearl Stephens school in Ma
con.
In the letter the negro explained
how the debt was contracted 35
years a>»o andhis desire to meet
his obligation.
BIG THANKSGIVING EATS
PLANNED FOR SOLDIERS
Eastman, Ga., Nov. 11—Eugene
Reardon jpid Charlie Head, two of
the convicts who shot their way
out of the Coffee county prison
camp at Douglas Sunday, killing
one guard and wounding another,
Were captured here last night by
Chief of Police H. C. Shiver and
Policeman W. B. Hitchcock.
Reardon is serving a life sen
tence for murder and was sent up
from Richmond county while Head
is serving d sentence of 8 to 10
years for assault with intent to
murder in Muscogee county.
' The two stole an automobile in
Alma and drove to McRae where
they tried to secure some gasoline.
State Patrolmen Cpl. H. L. Beatty
and Trooper J. J. Wilkerson be
came suspicious of their actions
and investigated, but failed to
catch the men. They notified the
police at Eastman who barricaded
the highway leading from McRae
to Eastman. The second car they
stopped hadthe two men in it.
At first the men denied their
identity but when the state patrol
men arrived they were identified
at the -jail. It was stated by Cpl.
Beatty the convicts would eb
taken to Tattnall prison.
Chief Shiver and Patrolman
Hitchcock were commended by
Patrolman Beatty for their courage
and efficiency in capturing the
two men.
Atlanta, Nov. 14—Soldiers at
Army posts and camps in the
Southeastern states will have
ample opportunity to prove their
knife-wielding abilities Nov. 25—
not to mention forks.
The Fourth Service Command
announced today that Thanksgiv
ing menus provide a pound of tur
key per man for the main event,
plus dressing and gravy, cranber
ry sauce, mashed potatoes, butter
ed peas, corn, tomato and lettuce,
celery, pickles, hot rolls and but
ter, pumpkin pie, apples, grapes,
candies, nuts and coffee.
An no ration points neded.
"WITNESS" ON BOND
UNDER DRAFT CHARGE
FIRST CONCRETE CARGO
SHIP PASSES ITS TESTS
Tampa, Fla., Nov. 16—America's
first self-propelled concrete cargo
ship, the David O. Saylor, Tues
day completed its first trial run
and was accepted by the U. S.
Maritime Commission, members of
the trial board announced.
The ship, built by McCloskey
& Co., shipyard, made the trial
run in the Gulf. After the trial the
board officially gave its approval
and the ship was si t , 1 to
the Maritime Commission.
FOREST FIRES COVER
608 ACRES IN GEORGIA
Macon, Nov. 16—Georgia forest
fixes for September - numbered 36.
consuming 606 acres, District For
ester Paul Groom, of Macon, re
ported.
He said this was the second -best
record for the month among 11
1 southern states in Region 8. Out
I of 6,573,904 acres of ‘ protected
forests in the state, the percent
j burned was 1.43. Georgia has had
2,269 forest fires since Jan. 1, wifft
94,009 acres of timber destroyed,
Groom said.
Americus, Ga., Nov. 15—Leon D.
Slappey, whose veracity is un
questioned, is responsible for the
following story that should make
good material for Believe It or
Not:
Slappey, who is a real estate
dealer, said that while showing
some farm property to a prospec
tive purchaser a few days ago, a
covey of quail wa3 flushed. Al
though he had no gun, he went
through all the movements of an
armed hunter, picking out a single
bird, taking dead aim, and “jull-
ing the trigger.” At the instant of
the make-believe “shot,” the sound
emnating from his own throat
and lips, a wad of feather fell
from the bird as if a load of real
lead had penetrated its body, and
the quail fluttered mortally
wounded, to the ground.
Mystified at the incident, Slap
pey investigated and found that
the bird had flown into a barbed
wire fence which had all but dc-
feathered the Bob White.
ARNALL SPEECH FROM
N. Y. WILL BE BROADCAST
Atlanta, Nov. 15—A distinguish
ed delegation of Georgians plan |
to go to New York next month to
hear Gov. Arnall deliver the prin
cipal speech at the 58th annual
dinner of the New York Southern
Society. The affair will take place
at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel on
the night of Dec. 3.
Arnall will be the first Georgia
Governor to address the New York
Southern Society in many years.
In fact, the records show that one
of the last of the great Georgians
to speak before this organization
was Henry W. Grady, editor of The
Constitution.
Gov. Arnall's program for re- I
forming the prison system of the 1
state has created widespread in- ,
terest throughout the north. It
also has made him an outstanding
political figure in the Democratic
party. On account of these fac
tors, the Southern Society plans to
arrange for the broadcasting of
the Governor's speech. j
Two Men Killed, Ten
Others Injured In Ala.
Hotel Fire Sunday
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 14—-A
two-alarm fire at the Morris hotel
historic landmark in downtown
Birmingham, killed two person*
and injured 10 others today.
The flames, brought under con
trol by firemen from seven sta
tions after a two-hour, fight, wen
confined to the fourth and ftftfc
stories, gutting most of the room*
on those floors.
J. M. Cohen, 50, operator at n.
Birmingham jewelry store, and C.
B. Klnnon, 46, employe of a Bir
mingham billiard parlor, were suf
focated by smoke which filled the*
rooms they occupied.
Assistant Fire Chief L. H. Penn
said the fire, of unknown origin,
broke out in a janitor supply room
on the fourth floor and spread
rapidly through that floor and th*
one above. An estimated 50 ooca-
pants of the two floors, cut ofHT
from stairways and elevators, left
the building by way of fire es
capes.
EIGHTY-SEVEN YEAR OLD
NEWSBOY HALE, HEARTY
Arlington, Ga., Nov lj.—Joe SL
Mansfield Sr., one of thp oldest
citizens of Arlington, was hale and
hearty Tuesday as he celebrated
his 87th birthday.
“Uncle Joe” as he is affection
ately known to his firends Is the*
agent for four daily papers in
Arlington and despite his agm
spends at least two hours
deliveries on foot each day. Hot
has a boy for deliveries among:
the more widely separated sub
scribers. Nov. 1, also marked hi*
20than niversary as a newsboy.
55 ARMY INDUCTEES
HURT IN BUS WRECK
Macon, Ga., Nov. 13—A leader
of the Jehovah’s Witness sect was
under $1,000 bond today after an
arraignment hearing before U. S.
Commissioner Mrs. M. G. Martin
on a charge of violating selective
service statutes.
The Witness, Claude W. Pilcher,
was arrested by local officers on
order of his Los Angeles, Cal.,
draft board which charged that
he failer to report for induction in
the Army last February.
Sympathizers who arranged bond
for the cultist maintained that
Pilcher was an ordained minister
and not subject to induction.
CHICKEN MAURAUDER
KILLED WITH BRICK
Columbus, Nov.—Mrs. H. A.
Johnston finds that people do not
really need shotgun shells to kill
a chicken thief. She finds a brick
sufficient.
She heard a confusion and
squawking in her back-space
chicken run about 1 a. m. She
went to investigate, picking up a
brick on the way. She hurled that
at the center of disturbance and
struck a large ’possum, which she
finished off with anohter blow or
two to the skull.
This is supposed to be the thief
that has stolen 14 chickens of late
about the Johnston home.
B AND C COUPON
VALUES CHANGED
Washington, Nov. 11—The unit
value of B and C gasoline coupons
issued beginning Dec. 1 will be
changed to five gallons, the OIA
announced Tuesday, but empha
sized this will not mean more gas
for motorists.
The present value of supplemen-
tary coupons of these types is two
gabions in the East and Mid-West
and three gallons in the Far
West.
The new five-gallon coupon will
be issued with the designation B-
2 and C-2 on their face. .As the
present B and C and B-l and C-l
coupons run out, they will be re
placed by the new higher-unit
value coupons. In the meantime,
outstanding coupons issued before
Dec. 1 will continue with current
values
A books are not affected under
liie new arrangement.
SIMPLICITY
Long the keynote of ele
gance, the simplicity of this
pretty pumps makes it in good
taste everywhere.
The roomy walled toe ....
elasticized binding . .. and low
walking heel assure you an
abundance of comfort as well.
In black or Army Russet
smooth leather .. also in black
gabardine and suede.
DREIZ1N
Dry Goods Store
BUTLER.
GEORGIA
FIVE NEGRO SCHOOL
BUILDINGS BURNED
- Atlanta, Nov. 13—Five wooden
buildings used for junior high
school classrooms at the Booker
T. Washington high school for
negroes- were destroyed by fire
yesterday 'a* short time after all
students had been dismissed to
attend a football game. Business
manager T. W. Clift estimated the
loss at $50,000, . and said it was
covered by insurance.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 16—
Fifty-five Army inductees wera
injured, five seriously, Tuesdajr
afternoon when the bus on whicH
they were riding crashed into a
bank bordering a highway near
Chattanooga. There were, 59 men
on the bus.
Highway police said the acci
dent occurred when the cranlc
shaft broke, throwing the bus out
of control. •
Army officers said the men weee-
en route to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.,,
from an induction center in Ten
nessee.
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