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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1929
Page
1
An editorial laments hoarding fifty thousand dollars in a bank and urges using wealth to create jobs and boost national welfare. It argues the new patriotism requires cooperation, not selfish accumulation, and praises those who invest for the common good.
An article notes onions as a staple world food and cultural symbol. It recounts Alexander the Great feeding onions to troops to stir martial ardor, then traces onion use from ancient Egypt to modern times, mentions hot dogs and hamburger steak, and ends with a Bluefield resident praising walking for health as he ages.
President Hoover dispatched 500 more marines to Haiti and asked Congress for authority to send a commission to investigate facts for policy. Brig. Gen. Russell said 700 already there. Haitian violence left five Haitians dead as 1,500 Haitians clashed with forces at Aux Cayes amid student strikes.
Crews pressed at the Brock mine in Cassville as three miners Sam Kratchen L Holt and J Martin Dale remained trapped after a 192 foot coal fall. Rescue teams worked through solid coal with supports to prevent further collapse while doctors and food were prepared for the entombed men and their families waited at the scene.
Representative Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida wins a seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee as the chamber expands its membership from twenty one to twenty two. The move follows party leaders agreement to place her on the panel handling international legislation. The House must approve the assignment.
Joseph Taylor alias Joe Scarceno, tied to Indiana bank and payroll robberies, was sent back to Indiana to face murder charges. Joseph White remains jailed as witnesses arrive to identify him in the Columbia City robbery in which a woman was killed. Taxi driver William E. King, held on a suspicious person charge, may be released soon.
Leroy Clemans former supervisor of legislative printing faced a second trial that ended with a hung jury after twelve and a half hours of deliberation over three days. The first trial also failed to reach a verdict, and Clemans had his bond renewed until January term. Judge Black discharged the jurors after they failed to agree.
Washington reports the senate Republicans near a full ninety six member body with three new appointees next week. David Baird will take the oath succeeding Walter Edge as ambassador to France. Patrick Sullivan arrives to fill the chair vacated by the late Francis Warren amid pending contests. McNary is expected to become assistant Republican leader replacing Jones as chairman of the appropriations committee.
William S. Vare, denied a Senate seat for alleged campaign overdraws, arrives in Philadelphia to a cheering crowd and declares he will run to the finish. He greets supporters at the station and at his home before leaving for Ventnor near Atlantic City. He issues a statement in which he defends the constitution and states his bid to be a candidate to the finish.
Santa Cruz police issued an all points bulletin for George M Sunday of Los Angeles. Sunday was arrested here last month on a warrant from an Oakland car rental firm for failing to return a rented vehicle. He posted $500 bail and promised to report, which he did not. The bail check was returned unpaid.
Wellington Lytl, 25, believed from California, shot himself in a Milwaukee hotel room. In a note he directed his body be given to science and asked sympathy for creditors, with instructions to return the pistol to its owner and to keep the body in place until rent is paid.
A new snow cover drifted over the West as a cold wave tightened its grip. Temperatures plunged to minus twelve in North Dakota and Minnesota, with Winnipeg at minus seventeen. Chicago expected warmer tonight while Iowa and Missouri saw a slight rise tomorrow. A brief Chicago blackout accompanied a freak cloud event in the morning. Thief River Falls and Devil's Lake reported the coldest readings.
Calvin Coolidge remained uncommunicative amid reports he may run for the U S Senate in 1930. Officials and Massachusetts leaders reportedly urged him to consider the race, with talks of clearing the field for him. Senator Gillett retires in 1930 and Eben Draper already plans to seek the seat.
In Aix-les-Bains on December 7, French businesswoman Milo Andree Carron wed Aga Khan, Indian prince and sportsman. Civil ceremony in city hall was led by Mayor Henri Clerc with the Imam from Paris. The couple planned trips to Modane and Lake Como after Christmas holidays. Carron donated about 10000 dollars to the city poor box.
Two United States army aviators Lieut. Rh H. Gilley of Houston Texas and Lieut. J Q Adams of Inglewood California were killed when their open cockpit biplane crashed near the Inspiration mine four miles north of Miami Arizona. The burning wreckage spread after a Mexican bystander lit a cigarette and dropped a match on gasoline soaked ground. The pilots had been in the area for a dedication ceremony and were returning to March Field when the engine apparently stalled and the craft struck a canyon, hitting a power line.
Seattle, December 7. Mrs William Pitt Trimble wife of a Seattle capitalist was drowned when the closed car in which she rode plunged off a dock into Elliott Bay. Her husband and son William Pitt Tremble Jr escaped after they could not rescue her. Ford Trimble nearby was carried into the water but also escaped.
Nationalist government in China faces widespread revolt with defections of troops. Chiang Kai-Shek may have resigned amid martial law in Shanghai Nanking Canton and Hankow. Reports say Tang Yen kai and Yen Ha i Shan and the Peopl es army tensions rise as rail lines and communications are disrupted.
Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland telegrammed Boston sponsors that he will not cancel his engagement. He said he would not express views on Massachusetts voters and their Volstead law but would explain Maryland’s experience without a state prohibition law.
Charleston W V Dec 7 The state road commission granted three new bus line permits reduced one application allowed temporary suspension of one line approved transfer of two permits and renewed eight others New permits include Logan Transit between Stirrat and Crystal Block The Athens Princeton Transportation line Athens to Hinton suspended due to bad highways Transfer approved to Seneca Transportation Rich Creek Va of two certificates held by W G G Gwinn and C A Dunn Between Ronceverte and Virginia line at Peterstown and Bluefield to Virginia line at Glenn Lyn Renewed Lanaford Transit Beckley Lanark permit renewed through December 31 1934
A severe seasonal hurricane off the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland causes many vessels to be in distress. The Radyr sinks with two crew killed, Frances Duncan loses 16 lives, Casmona's crew saved, and Leonardo da Vinci rumored to carry $70 million in art. Eight interior deaths from storm damage reported.
West Virginia state treasury shows a cash balance of 5 362 294 90 as of November 20 with investments totaling 24 194 250. An overdraft of 568 441 11 appears in the operating fund and the Virginia debt sinking fund is overdrawn 213 629 63. Various funds list balances including state road funds and school funds, with state investment figures and escrowed Virginia debt bonds noted.
Italy Texas December 7 19 year old Herman Riley confessed to authorities that he shot and killed his parents and wounded his brother at their farm southwest of here last night He was jailed in Waxahachie charged with murder The parents Mr and Mrs Riley were said to have retired for the night Walter Riley 17 was wounded by a bullet through the nose The youth initially told officers he killed his parents for a reprimand given him? night police noted the brother was shot when he tried to intervene
Senate leaders forecast passage next week of the 160 million tax reduction plan after the finance committee approved it. Chairman Smoot plans to call up the measure during tariff debate and officials outlined who would benefit from the tax cuts among income brackets.
A diverse group of performers and civic leaders marched on Pennsylvania avenue to press Congress for lower taxes. Ed Wynn Mae Murray Anna Fitzhugh and others spoke as Senate finance and House ways and means chairmen pledged to seek relief. A truck displayed petitions urging substantial reductions in tax burdens on earned income.
Plainfield N J July 7 planes circled overhead as drops of tribute occurred in front of more than 2000 people for the burial of Thomas P Nelson airmail pilot on the New York Cleveland route His plane went down in the line of duty Lindbergh attended among the cortege from Hoc to Hillside trees in the cemetery
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