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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1930
Page
7
Wisdom’s Torment Echoes in Ecclesiastes Verse
A compact reflection on Solomon's search for wisdom and the futility of earthly insight. The excerpt contrasts sought knowledge with Madness and vexation, warning that wisdom can torment the spirit and seize a heart before one seizes true wisdom.
Europe cleans up roads as billboards are driven out
The piece argues Europe has banned roadside billboards through strict laws in Italy Germany Austria and elsewhere and urges America to follow. It cites tourism and highway value as reasons to remove signs and calls billboard nuisance prohibition to protect landscapes and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
America
Uglinness
Italy
Germany
Austria
England
France
Belgium
Japan
Hoover Seeks Relief Amid Unemployment Crisis
President Hoover in his annual message to Congress stresses unemployment relief as urgent. He warns against overreliance on legislation alone and calls for federal investment in waterway harbor flood control public buildings highways and ships to mobilize the economy while ensuring no one suffers from hunger or cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Congress
Semarsais
Twenty Years Ago Today In Bluefield News Briefs
The Rev H C Mabie from Boston visited his son the Rev H C Mabie pastor of First Baptist church. Bowyer Street was proposed to widen. Mrs Sarah A Morrison died at Mrs Magie A Forlines home. Hundreds of Mingo residents surrendered guns to federal authorities. Miss Virginia M Sutherland of Welch wed William B Lowder of Bluefield. Bluefield fair grounds bought by Bluefield Fair association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Mabie
Boston
Mase
First Baptist Church
City Board of Affairs
Bowyer Street
Oakhurst Avenue
Sarah A. Morrison
Nice
Magie A. Forlines
Third Street
Mingo
Virginia M. Sutherland
Welch
William B. Lowder
Bluefield
Hoge Mason
Hoover urges restraint and relief measures in America
President Hoover calls for rigid economy to avoid tax increases and outlines economic indicators from late 1928 to the present. He urges congressional action on bus regulation relief of court congestion border patrol reform railroad consolidation immigration law revision and world court protocol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Congress
Washington
Law Enforcement Commission
Senate
America
Policeman View of Communism and City Order
A 1920s column defends tolerant policing of demonstrations and asserts police adequacy in handling Communist displays near Congress. It notes the use of night sticks and tear gas, downplays unrest, and links stability to faith in America. The piece cites Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Linoleumville, and Staten Island vignettes as cultural color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
National Capitol
Congress
Washington
When I Grow Old Poem by William Edmund Fillery
A nostalgic poem contemplates growing old yet keeping youthful spirit. The speaker hopes joys endure despite aging and fading flowers, noting small kindness can lift spirits and life renews like seeds sprouting after dormancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Edmund Fillery
Dissenting views on Billings pardon and national humor
The Langdon dissent questions the pardon denial and argues the innocence standard is unreasonable while defending fair trial rights. It cites Mooney Billings doubts, then shifts to South construction gains, then Will Rogers humor as social mirror, praising his wit and public impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Langdon
California Supreme Court
Billings
California
Mooney
Baltimore Sun
Vienna drops charges against Levine in counterfeiting case
Austrian authorities drop counterfeiting charges against Charles A. Levine, once the first transatlantic air passenger, in a move reported from Vienna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Charles A. Levine
Paris
Poincare
Ilsane Louis Barthou
Lafayette
Ind
Truss
Chicago
State Bank of Clearing
Salt Lake City
Berlin
Bruening
Reichetag
Pittsburgh
Alleghany Valley Trust Company
Verona
Poultry Raiser Is Held for Contempt of Court
Detroit story reports E. J. Duke jailed for fifteen days after neighbors complained about roosters and hens in a back yard. Duke claimed he kept his promise by removing the flock but said he later bought more birds, triggering contempt. He is to be released before Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
E. J. Duke
Duke
Insurance examiners assess heart risk in life policies
The text outlines how insurers scrutinize family heart history and personal factors to judge risk. It notes age at relatives' deaths, high blood pressure, artery thickening, occupation stress, alcoholism, smoking, and post middle-age athletic activity as influences on premium decisions and insurability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theerson
Iife Insurance
Plan to Stabilize Income of Workers
Paul H. Douglas of the University of Chicago described a plan to stabilize workers' incomes at a conference on Security in Industry. He proposed employer reserve funds built in prosperity and paid out during lean times, with both workers and employers contributing, and said broad adoption seems likely given current conditions and stabilization prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Paul H. Douglas
University of Chicago
American Academy of Political and Social Science
Reserve Fund
Douglas
Senators Help Lay Keel for New Ocean Liners in Camden
Three U S senators Wallace H White Dwight W Morrow and Leslie W Jones took rivets at the keel laying ceremony for two large ocean liners at the New a Shipbuilding yards in Camden New Jersey The liners cost an estimated 21000000 and will be 30000 tons each built for United States Lines They are to serve the North Atlantic and are witnessed by government naval and shipping officials
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
N. J
United States
Newa Shipbuilding Company
Wallace H., White
Maine
Dwight W. Morrow
New Jersey
Leslie W. Jones
Washington
Joseph B. Sheedy
United States Lines
North Atlantic
Unemployment Legislation Persia Wagner’s 1920s Drive
In Washington, Senator Wagner of New York pressed early unemployment bills starting May 1928 and refined a three part federal relief plan by 1930. The effort, debated in Congress with repeated remarks and committee actions, carried his name and signaled rising unemployment relief proposals across states and the presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golng
Wagner
New York
Folka
Bille
Senate
House
Snapshot critique of Washington coverage and West Virginia influence
A Washington snapshot condemns press coverage of a communist demonstration as overblown. It notes labor leaders and West Virginia residents in the capital, mentions Doak’s swearing in, and highlights regional political tensions between Southern West Virginia and Pennsylvania lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davie
Doak
Transportation Brotherhoods
Congress
Norfolk and Western
South In
Dave Reed
Jim Davie
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Washington gossip and political flurries in a busy night
A Washington late night column recounts a wandering man found by police who cannot name his Hoover commission or residence amid a throng of commissions. It notes farm board wheat feeding pamphlets, Libery motor rumors, and a playful jab at Hoover in brown versus blue suits while Nick Longworth and socialite Mrs. Harriman host gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Hoover Commission
Washington
Father and three children burned to death in Kentucky fire
Beattyville Ky Dec 6 Leon ard Arnold 34 and three of his children were burned to death today in their one story frame house heated by gas from nearby fields where Arnold worked. Mrs Arnold escaped with three other children and is not expected to recover from burns. The house was consumed before the family awoke and gas escaping from an open jet was blamed, possibly ignited by a kerosene lamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beattyville
Leonard Arnold
Egg shower hits cast of Shades Over Harlem in Stuttgart
In Stuttgart the cast of Ossyp Dymon's Shades Over Harlem faced a reception of crates of eggs as fascists feared American Negro culture would disrupt German culture. The actors scrambled for safety amid the surprise attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuttgart
Germany
Ossyp Dymon
Harlem
America
Missing Apple Vendor Wife in New York City
In New York a 18 year old apple vender Julia Lucille Poole is missing after being enticed away from a street stand near the Pennsylvania Station. Her husband George Poole, a former nurse, appeals for information as he keeps a sign noting the disappearance and hopes for a reunion amid the busy city sidewalk crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad Station
George Poole
Julia Lucille Poole
Minneapolis
Ives
Brooklyn
Sid
Why the human race marches and stalls in progress
The author ponders why progress stalls and cites patent rights and restrictive laws as barriers. A Concord college visit with lively students contrasts with older audiences, highlighting youthful energy as a tonic against sour views of humanity and the idea that progress depends on openness and imagination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Concord College
Concord
Logan-Robert Carey Shot in Mud Fork Home
Logan Roberts Carey aged 23 was shot and killed at the home of George Belcher 60 on Mud Fork Belcher jailed in connection with the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Robert Carey
George Belcher
Mud Fork
Belcher
Huntington
Monongahelia Valley Dental Society
Clarksburg
West Virginia University
University Board of Governors
Earle “Greasy” Neale
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