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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1929
Page
3
Bluefield justice W W McNeal publishes a New Year reminder to autolists via The Daily Telegraph. The letter stresses license plates, vehicle registration, operator permits, title checks, dealer records, and careful driving to avoid fines.
Senator elect Vare directs effort to remain in the Senate as debate unfolds. He cites campaign costs and per vote comparisons with other states, claims opponents spent more. Vare notes personal expenses at 71000 and recounts impounding ballots in thirty one counties, later reimbursed by government.
New York December 4 L A Campbell retiring president and chairman of Youngstown Sheet and Tube said a possible merger could bring together his company with a steel combine on the scale of U S Steel and Bethlehem. He would not oppose a merger if stockholders and employees would be treated fairly. Reports said Youngstown would merge with Republic Oz Donmer and several smaller companies.
Charleston December 4. Hardy county Sheriff L. W. Orndoff paid a partial state capitol fund settlement to Auditor Edgar C. Lawson. The amount was 789.47 dollars directed to the third unit of the capitol from the 1929 direct levy. Other sheriffs will follow through February.
In the ongoing case at Mrs Hogarth’s boarding house the suspect Emil Sevier insists on his innocence while Bonnie Dundee plans to confront Cora Barker to test the truth. Police pursue Dowd Magnus and Griffin connections as the investigation deepens after a New York murder.
Sevier argues with Dundee over Cora Barker in a tense exchange about Mrs. Hogarth's murder. Cora admitted fearing Sevier and seeking help to rob the victim, while Sevier insists Cora had no time to frame him and notes the room's disarray after the trellis escape.
An old classified ad promotes a liver and gall bladder treatment offered at the Masonic Temple in St. Paul Minnesota claiming 28 years of results. It urges home use with a money back guarantee and warns against surgery or poor condition.
In Huntington West Virginia H H Light 30 died of suffocation after frozen sand collapsed in a sand plant bin as workers tried to dislodge it. He sank to the bottom before rescuers could reach him and the body was not recovered two hours later.
A. E. Burgess advertising manager of The Daily Telegraph and Sunset News will give a short talk at 7 30 over WHIS on Some Of The Essentials In The Making Of A Newspaper. He outlines departments, aims to help aspiring reporters and curious readers learn how papers operate. Burgess trained under Walter Edward Harris and Franklin S. Cook and joined Bluefield two years ago from Winston-Salem where he led advertising for the Journal and wrote human interest pieces. WHIS listeners are invited to hear him.
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