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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1925
Page
2
Community notices include business ads for Mercer Coal and Supply Co and Sere Lyons and Ben Lazer events, a fish market listing on Mercer Street, a church club gathering, and a broad mix of classifieds. Readers are urged to visit Roanoke newsstands, with services tonight and a Peery Root Garden dance planned if weather permits.
Ausenger's Studio on the mezzanine floor of the West Virginia Hotel features modern photography gear and aims to specialize in home portraits alongside studio work. Richard Ausenger, ex Underwood & Underwood, runs the studio with Mrs. Jack Slaughter in charge. Portraits have already been booked in Bramwell, coal fields, Tazewell, and other Virginia towns.
Bluefield Post No 9 American Legion plans a Friday evening meeting at the Dugout to hear delegates from the department convention report. Members slated for Omaha national convention should attend to organize the trip as West Virginia outlines a strong program.
Cleveland observers report the annual fall meeting of the Ohio state jockey club, set for August 29, has been canceled by directors amid ongoing disputes and interest concerns.
Interest grows in the Bluefield Gun Club tourney to be held in October for the president's trophy. Members must fire at least 500 shots this season to enter. ten already qualified with several more near the mark. Traps open at 1 30 Saturday. H C Weller returns from vacation to attend. The club is a consolidation of Wyco and Mullens Gun Clubs. Wyoming Club appears to be the only club active locally.
Ford and Harvey of Lynchburg start the Paris street pavement project in Bluefield from Blue Avenue south. The first two blocks have a finished grade and the work aims to improve the area. Five cross streets south of Bluefield Avenue between Mercer and Mulberry remain unpaved with three to be paved soon Beech Mulberry streets are set while Cherry and Hoge await a future program.
The American Legion Band will give two concerts tonight at 7:30 in front of the American Legion Dugout on Raleigh Street and at 8:30 at the Dream Home on College Avenue. The public is invited to both performances as the band hopes Bluefield residents attend and support a weekly show.
Miami, Fla. 20 (4). John Gobel a wealthy real estate operator was held tonight on charges of administering poison to Mrs. H. D. Hunt who died yesterday. A coroner's jury accused Gobel after Deputy Sheriff Latham testified the realtor confessed to administering poison. Gobel was jailed after detaining Mrs. Hunt on a theft charge. She said Gobel forced her to drink poison. The verdict urged Gobel held to await grand jury action. County Solicitor Taylor testified Gobel offered a $500 bribe to fix things. Deputy Short said Gobel offered him a bribe. The detainee, from Daytona, filled a blank mate for $700.
Comptroller General McCarl lost his court of claims fight over a dollar and a half lunch for a government employee but cut off drinking water bills at three embassies. The Santiago Chile and Havana Cuba embassies and the American commissioner in Turkey must drink local water or present health certificates. Special water purchases with government funds were halted.
West Virginia Governor Howard M. Gore hosted actress Gloria Swanson at a New Martinsville dinner during Swanson’s visit for a screenplay project. Allan Dwan attended as director, with Hazel Dunloo and the Marquis de la Falaise. Gore invited Swanson to tour the state and offered state help for her company.
Richmond August 20 Rudolph Disse was found guilty of first degree murder in Huetcourt for the July 29 shooting death of Henry Grady Carter. The jury deliberated under two hours and the court set August 28 for motion hearings while the condemned man remained in jail.
A new aviation safety practice standardizes distress signaling as the word Mayday. In place of S O S the term Mayday reduces interference on wireless channels and speeds rescue.
A gas mask that generates its own oxygen has been invented by H C Carter in Victoria Australia. It is pitched as invaluable for miners and divers.
The Pond Creek Pocahontas Coal Company at Bartley on the Norfolk and Western line plans a major development. A new steel tipple is completed and 300 modern homes are under construction, with 75 percent already finished and occupied as carpenters and workers rush the project.
Washington reports high Klan officials will meet at Buckeye Lake Ohio next Monday to draft a legislative program. They aim to push for prohibition of evolution teaching in public schools and to close America to aliens. About 500 attendees expected over several days.
Two firemen were killed and fourteen passengers injured when the two trains collided in a canyon. The heavy grade at Granite slowed movements, and passengers, enjoying the Rocky Mountain view, watched the scenery as the trains met on their daylight route.
Advices from Moscow report Leon Trotzky's return to power with appointment as chief of the economic council. His restoration was anticipated in Polish circles where his strength and popularity were seen as too great to keep him from leading an anti Soviet movement. The post aims to direct his energy at improving Russia's economic condition while limiting political influence.
The Middle Atlantic League game was postponed due to rain. Officials announced the delay and rescheduling details were not provided in the readable text.
A heavy storm tore through southern Virginia breaking a drought while causing widespread damage. Telegraph and telephone lines were disrupted, trees toppled, and electrical lines failed. Minor railroad delays occurred as line crews restored services in Mercer and McDowell counties, with Coalwood hit by a lightning strike that damaged the Appalachian sub-station.
Camden August 19 Victor Talking Machine Company announces three new acoustical developments born from joint research with Western Electric Bell System Westinghouse RCA and European labs. The orthophonic principle doubles efficiency and expands range tone quality while preserving compatibility with existing records and players.
A string of alarm signals appeared at multiple intersections and streets including Bluefield Ave Raleigh Sts and Marshall Allen Powell a Biandry North ern and Jefferson and College Ave as well as Roanoke Clark and Midway areas. The scattered mentions note Station Northside Southside City Hall Princeton Ave and Bluefield Ave among locations with alarms.
City officials led by Mayor A. Stewart warn Bluefield is in a critical water shortage after months with no measurable rainfall. Officials urge strict conservation and ban nonessential uses such as car washes and lawn sprinkling until rainfall replenishes the supply.
A forerunner predicted new talking machines with built in radios up to eight tubes to be announced soon. The devices are expected to raise radio reception to a higher degree than previously achieved.
London reports that the British Parliament may adopt an extension of remarks system similar to the American Congress. Jemier Baldwin supports printing speeches in the Congressional Record rather than delivering them on the floor.
Cambridge Massachusetts Harvard University holds the largest U S endowment at 55 031 769 with Columbia Yale and Leland Stanford next in line in the same order.
Chicago August 20. I C Fors, telegraph engineer of the Pennsylvania system, told the national convention of the American Radio Relay League that wireless progress for railroads remains elusive. He urged developers to create a two way, reliable, economical system to connect engine and caboose on long freight trains, especially in storms and fog.
A thief broke into a Tokyo bank, bound the night watchman, and wrapped him in a blanket after he complained of cold. The attacker failed to open the bank’s safe.
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