Bluefield Daily Telegraph (Newspaper) - January 1, 1938, Bluefield, West Virginia READ Paul Mallon's column In The Telegraph Italia WEATHER WEST Partly cloudy and colder much Volume No. 313. W. Saturday Jan. 1, 1938. Cents World Hopefully Greets New Year's Dawn OF IS WELCOMED Apprehension Is Of Many Celebrations BELLS GUNS ROAR Times Square Is Packed With As U. S. First City Sees New Year In By MARY Associated Press Staff Writer A troubled world saw the old year die last night with few regrets and hopefully hailed the dawn of 1938. Apprehension was an undertone to the New Year's eve gayety of many While pealed 1937's the war machines rolled on in and and vast for increased armaments in a number of Other all over the forgot their cares for a few brief hours and galy toasted the New At Churches Many others went reverently to night church Glimpses around the First to greet the New Year was New because of its time President Boosevelt welcomed 1938 quietly at his own A new social pace for New Year's eve in the capital was set by Mrs. Edwatd B. owner of the hope who gave a brilliant ' whistles blew and reveling crowds joined in the midnight bedlam progressively across the United States as the New Year reached different time New York saluted 1938 with traditional with a throne 3%mmingJMpies Square and jubilant and night Gloom In Orient New Year dawned at 11 a. m. K. S. in gloomy contrast to former happy celebrations of Paris of the The U. s. flagship Augusta and other foreign warships tugged at their moorings on the muddy The usual curfew was but there was little In Shantung and Japan's army continued its New Year dawned at 10 a. m. E. S. Friday in their New Year to the said of United States friendship would be a cardinal policy of 1938. The premier said Japan would resist those nations favoring maintenance of present world but hoped to pursue a peaceful course men and to Page Two Second Jap Fishing Boat Is Seized Los Dec. 31 Second fishing boat of alleged Japanese the Three was seized by S. Marshal's deputies today as it entered the harbor The Nancy Hawks had been seized Dec. 23 on a similar charge of ownership The Three valued at was listed as owned by Masaaki an born but S. Attorney Ben Harrison claimed it was owned by nine other several of whom are alien Kuwabara also was listed as owner of the Nancy Harrison charged a number of alien fishing boats here have evaded payment of duties by claiming American E Airforce Seeking To Paralyze China's Railways TSINGTAO LAND T YEAR Big City's Millions Shed Their Worries In Riotous Observance Of Prices Are About Same As Last Year's Officials And Garrison Have Americans Still Remain In Ruined City The Associated Jan. 1, Japan's war machine rolled on In Shantung and provinces today as its airforces concentrated on a campaign to paralyze that half of China's railway system still in Chinese great port of became a governmental with foreigners and Chinese uniting in effort to curb a budding reign of Its Chinees officials and garrison had a Japanese army reported approaching rapidly from the west had not Drive Eastward Meager dispatches from Shantung indicated Japanese armies railway arid southward on the line with little Some 200 American remained in with two United States warships standing by in the harbor for their Two weeks of systematic tion of Japan's rich stake in the port by the Chinese appeared at an The last units of Chinese who had been applying torch and dynamite to mills and other prop erties marched out With them the admiral Shen and his force of The Chinese began to Looting With the active assistance of foreign residents 25 prominent Chinese formed an emergency administration to maintain The American and British consuls lend support although they did not participate Many Chinese police returned to their duties and disorder and tension Patrol Streets Previously German and Russian residents had formed a vigilante corps of about 240 members to prevent looting and burning in the foreign residential and business Armed with batons these volunteers the streets in groups of in motor On advice of their consul American residents took no part in this A dozen fires set by retreating Chinese in Japanese buildings still but volunteers prevented spread of the British officials denied reports of to Page Two Mercer School Board Holds Safety Banquet FDR Cooperation Would End Slump Senators Declare Irish Magistrate Likes The Tune New Dec. 31, 36, and Joseph 29, came into court on a disorderly conduct because they had persisted in accordion playing on a The magistrate showed Interest in their your favorite he Irish Eyes Are they said The magistrate's name was William E ROOSEVELT CUTS Metal Mined In U. S. Is Cut 13.13 Cents An Ounce Join Business Men In Plea For FDR Of Peace PRESIDENT HITS Cites Story To Press Claims Only Few RETURN TO 1933 PRICE Members of the Mercer county board of education together with other prominent educators are shown in this taken last night at the county school bus banquet at Left to Dr. Levi A. J. D. J. Sexton and Dr. John members of the H. county superintendent of C. V. member of the and W. W. state superintendent of by ' - U. British Writers Killed In Spain As Bomb Hits Car AP Writer Eddie Neil Also Hurt In Bomb Blast ACCIDENTAL Journalists Were Riding Behind Lines As Insurgents Battered Into Teruel JAPS WOULD KEEP YOUTHS HELD FOR y V New Dec. 31 millions shed their worries tonight and welcomed the new year with traditional at a shade less than the cost of last year's Amid the gay bedlam at there was also the traditional quiet Hundreds of churches opened their doors for services to usher in the new year with A light early in the eve ning did not dampen the usual revelry at Times of New York's greatest throng every New Year's There were 1,376 policemen as signed to duty in the firemen to guard against wise Cover remained about the same as last year at most of the midtown hotels and supper but the consensus was that patrons got more for their Only a few night spots boldly increased their price over last Prices ranged from 50 cents minimum in restaurants to a person in the more lavish Many of the better-known clubs and hotel ballrooms reported complete Among the New eve brings a new were a free shave on New Year's offered by one night club which engaged a barber for its topi hatted and a special New Year's eve cocktail called Us Be Thousands of visitors arrived on special trains to take part In the metropolitan other thousands departed one large group boarded the liner Hamburg for a four-day cruise to and prepared to toast 1938 at * Hundreds of winter sports en trains for upper New and New England to day skiing and Jan. l A British embassy official in reported today that two one an were killed and Edward J. Associated Press was wounded yesterday while motoring behind the Spanish civil war battlefront near The dead American he was believed to be a man named a representative of The other victim was as E. R. S. correspondent of Reuters news Neli was reported to have suffered a leg G. H. British charge d'affaires at near the Franco-Spanish telephoned the news to He said that apparently a Spanish government shell scored a direct hit on the automobile in which newspapermen were riding behind the insurgent line in the Teruel undoubtedly was a sheer he does not appear badly Maintenance Of Friendly Relations With Americans Set As Key Policy For Cabinet During Coming Year TO Hospital Wards Shut After 5 Babies Dec. 31. ma wards in the vast Cook county hospital were closed today in the wake of the deaths of five They were quarantined as a precautionary officials although there were no manifestations of a mysterious malady which caused 14 fatalities among babies in St. Elizabeth's hospital in late November and Dr. Karl medical director of the county disclosed 13 other infants were Buffering from diarrhea but reported it was not the virulent type found among the newly born at St. Elizabeth's It was decided to close two of the three wards at the county hospital attending physicians attributed three of the an But Dr. Herman N. president of the Chicago board of said autopsies showed they had succumbed to branchial The fourth tiny victim had scarlet fever and the fifth exhibited symptoms of Although doctors pointed out only five of the 298 babies born at the hospital since December 1 had they elected to bar new con finement cases while the wards were being Pathologists believed the recent epidemic of diarrhea in St. Eliza beth's hospital was caused by a so they have been unable to ascertain its exact PRICES Jan. 1. Maintenance of friendly relations between the United States and Japan was set forth as a cardinal policy for 1938 by the Japanese cabinet today in its annual New Year's greetings to the The New Year to which all members of the government dealt primarily with foreign and the easy optimism of previous years was A realization that Japan must for prolonged warfare by making all necessary sacrifices pervaded the Premier Prince declared Japan's actions today had a world-wide effect; directly influencing the world for peace or he while trying to march ahead as peacefully as would offer strong resistance to nations believing in the exist ing Foreign Minister Koki Hirota said the empire's foreign relations had become difficult and delicate He relations with Great Britain were no better and ack knoWledged legitimate the undeclared war between China and Federal Trade Commission Orders National Supply Association To Stop Unlawful Acts Must End TRENT IS AMONG F. Ray Power Makes Main Wood Talk BUS DRIVERS HONORED - Murder Charges Filed Against 2 For Ending Pirate Reign Of Man Who Killed Owner In Weird Sea Tragedy Los Dec. 31. authorities filed murder charges today against two amateur crew men they ended the pirate reign of Jack 28, on the yacht Aaf je by tossing him overboard near the Mexican west coast five days after he slew the wealthy Dwight L. 49. Santa Barbara hotel Assuming Morgan had plunged to his federal agents charged Robert 24, and George 19, with drowning John federal bureau of Investigation chief said the youths told him Home felled Morgan with a spike and they dumped him overboard about 10 miles from not knowing whether he was The youths and other members of the original cruise party of Hanson reported Morgan killed three hours after the 58-foot schooner yacht San Pedro on Dec. 20. While was at the Morgan suddenly appeared with a said get away from that I'm taking command and then shot him when he tried to Home and a former N. football were ordered held incommunicado pending Elaborate Affair Is Held At Princeton Hotel Last Night With Big Crowd Present The forty-one Mercer county school bus drivers were honor guests of the board of education at a banquet last night in the Virginian hotel at Principal speakers for the occasion were F. Ray assistant state superintendent of Will C. director of the state department of public and G. J. superintendent of Mercer county A large number of Mercer county representing all phases of the movement for highway the educational and enforcement automobile state and county officials were also among the invited Dec. 31 federal trade commission an tonight that it had ordered a building material supply association to stop price fixing and other practices tending to increase cost to The effort to hammer down prices comes at a time when the Roose velt administration is preparing a campaign to stimulate home con struction through lower and when administration men are declaring that prices helped cause the economic the investigation on which the trade commission based its order tonight was conducted before the other two developments The order directed the National Federation of Builders Associations and its dealer members to cease practices which tended to suppress These practices the commission boycotting non-member dealers and representatives of manufacturers to prevent them from doing business with wishing to buy direct from the At the time the complaint was the national federation consisted of 41 associations of dealers in 32 states and was found by the commission to constitute a national The said that Lawtence I. secretary of the in a form letter to the federated had praised the activity in a to Paw Two Unemployment Benefit Plan Begins Bluefield Offices Busy Local Offices Headquarters For District No. 10, Embracing Area Registration Of Jobless Will Begin Local Manager Explains Operation Of Plan To Aid Those Thrown Out Of Work - There was great activity yesterday in the Bluefield office of the West Virginia Employment service as final preparations were made for West Virginia to join with 21 other states and the District of Columbia on January 3, to put into effect the last phase of Its social security payment of unemployment The Bluefield headquarters for District No. 10, embracing McDowell and Mercer are located In the Bland and are under the supervision of Elmer C. A suite of eight offices equipped and made ready for the big job which will be officially assumed by the state Un No Change Had Been Foes Of Change Fear Mines Made Unprofitable Dec. 31. Roosevelt slashed the price silver mined In the United States from 77.57 to 64.64 cents per ounce The reduction affected silver mines and many other kinds of metal mines which produce silver as a by-product in a dozen western These mines employ Western congressmen who had been confident that the unchanged since April 24, 1935, not be had declared that lower price would make operation of many mines Neither President Roosevelt nor Secretary of the Treasury made any declaration of the but it was noted they returned the silver price to the identical quotation fixed on Dec. 21, 1933, when the program of paying a premium above the world price was The policy of increasing sliver prices was undertaken in 1933 both to hasten recovery and reemployment in the mining states and to give an inflationary fillip to commodity Its inflationary aspects have been a source of constant criticism from conservative economists and the treasury itself has been covertly hostile to it. it seized the occasion of the expiration at midnight tonight of the 1935 proclamation as an opportunity for the domestic price in closer relationship with the world Dec. 31. president didn't really change the price of silver merely changed the government's on silver Bv silver has been worth cents per ounce for four years and stil is worth But when you sell silver to the it charges you formerly amounting to 40 percent and tonight to 50 When the government took only 40 a silver miner got back 77.57 cents an Now he can get only 64.64 But that's still at least 14 cents more than he can at present market from anyone else but the Offers To Sell Business To New Dealers Dec. 31. some prominent congressional Democrats joined business spokesmen today in denouncing recent administration attacks upon concentrated wealth and appealing for a presidential message to congress next The president kept to himself the tone of his forthcoming which is expected generally to advocate a new legislative assault upon he told his press conference a story which obviously was intended to prevent the recent utterances of Secretary Ickes and Robert H. assistant attorney from frightening all private Recalls Teddy's Speech Mr. Roosevelt recalled that Roosevelt once made a in which he referred to some as malefactors of great A certain element of people charged his distant relative with calling all wealthy people the president But that was not the he and those making the accusation knew it because they knew the English Ridicule of ' Jackson's charge that was in an effort to the new came from Representative O'Connor of New chairman of the powerful rules Senator the assistant attorney general did not reflect the views of the Democratic and no one could make him believe they reflected the views of the these about which Mr. Jackson reaches white it is his personal job to put them out of O'Connor was for that sole purpose he was employed in the attorney general's the fully elected representatives of the people are working day and night to steer the ship of state through these troubled it is most unfortunate that one he deck hands should start rocking the Senator Copeland told reporters the president and congress could end the business slump in three weeks if the president's message offered cooperation and peace to the business Referring to the charge of to Page Two FOR MS der the Bluefield district are two branch one at in charge of John O. and another at Lewisburg under the management of John In all about thirty people are employed in the Two Divisions The Department of Unemployment compensation is composed of a division of unemployment compensation and a division of employment It is affiliated with the United States Employment J. A. of who has just been named assistant manager of the 31uefleld will be in charge of the division of unemployment After Mr. Donahue has established himself it is expected that there will be several additions to his His headquarters will be in Bluefield and in the district The big Job will start on Monday with the registration of the unemployed Mr. Smith announced yesterday that use of the municipal auditorium had been secured for this big task which will start at 9 a. m. to Page Two F. RAY POWER J. president of the board of presided and Intro Charles H. county superintendent of schools who officiated as Mr. Archer presented the bus drivers and guests in of the board of attendance justices of the traction company automobile club members of the college club officers newspaper representatives and guests from neighboring ' Short addresses were made by George W. superintendent of schools of McDowell the Rev. Frank president of the Mercer County L. R. district highway Don chief office deputy of Mercer and W. W. state superintendent of free School transportation presents many one of which is declared G. J. the Mercer county superintendent of school in his talk adding that this phase of transportation made the for this No Fatalities Mr. Wood said during the two years the board of education had been doing most their school transportation with their own there have been but two accidents that needed the attention of a No fatalities so he Mr. Wood spoke of the rules that the board required the bus drivers to Page Two Dec. 31 unidentified advertiser in the Johnstown Tribune offered today to sell his business at a 30 per cent reduction to new dealer with the cash and confidence in this new deal The appearing in a 2 1-2 Inch space on the classified said in capital business for only It new dealer with the cash and confidence in this new deal era can cash in on this was profitable until Governor Earle closed the local for selling - Want to travel in Africa and escape the tax care of The paper declined to imike public the Fourth-Quarter Slump Which Cut Into Production Clouds Recovery In Other States Is Important Philly Mayor Halted By Court In Gas Row Dec. 31 S Davis Wilson's fight for 50 cent gas was halted today by the Pennsylvania supreme court which restrained him from taking over the plant from the Philadelphia Gas Works and operating it pending the execution of a new The present lease of the plant to the Philadelphia Gas Works a subsidiary of the United Gas improvement expires at Ten days ago city council approved a new ten year the mayor vetoed it this week on the ground that it was Illegal and council promptly passed it over his The mayor then appealed to the state public utility commission to investigate the lease and today Issued a proclamation that a of existed and that he would take over the plant at midnight and operate it with the employes of the Gas Works He contended no contract to operate the plant existed beyond By DICK BOYD W. Dec. 31. A slump which resulted in a poor fourth-quarter showing left West Virginia coal operators uncertain today about the outlook for the chief industry in 1938. Jesse V. secretary for the West Virginia Coal surveyed developments of the last 12 months and expressed the opinion that for coal will depend to a large extent on the recovery of industry in other The state exports about 85 per cent of Sullivan said that until October production ran far ahead of the same 1936 but a recession had cut heavily into He estimated production for the year at about 110.000.000 tons as compared to 118,334.000 tons last N. P. chief of the state department of predicted the 1937 output would total 119,-000,000 To support his statement that production would show a Sullivan pointed to a drop of 30 per cent in carloading by the Chesapeake and Ohio one of the principal coal and a drop of in the coal payroll for last month for which figures are He added there had been a seasonal pickup in mining for which he chiefly to domestic Sullivan expressed the is still some confusion over the new price scale and but voiced hope of satisfactory The chief protest has come from the northern where operators have applied for a differential of 10 cents for the Sewickley seam operations over the Pittsburg Notable among new the Sullivan is 7794
