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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1932
Page
3
Public notice details subscription rates by mail with advance payment options. It lists regional zones and prices, including West Virginia, Ohio, and distant territories. The document explains city delivery payable in advance and notes remittance to Telegraph Printing Co.
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Al Smith proposes municipal government reform in New York City to curb Tammany Hall control and reduce payroll costs. He cites past mayoral reforms and suggests further cuts extending into city salaries, aiming to weaken the Tammany machine's hold as the Republican-led state assembly weighs actions to reduce metropolis payrolls by up to twenty million dollars.
A report recalls President-elect Roosevelt’s playful claim that Europe debt issues were the “baby” of others while he would face Congress soon. Observers note Democratic and Republican questions about Roosevelt’s hands-on stance and potential influence from Hoover as Congress nears, with hopes for a spring farming bill and a quick farm measure.
A Denver era piece recalls the silent film era vendor of sound effects Leonard Mitchell who died recently. It notes improvised devices like broom bristles rubber strips and glass scratches that created roars chirps and rustling for Bring Em Back Alive and other films. The account highlights how audiences misattributed these sounds to real animals while Mitchell’s skill made him a leading motion picture sound designer.
Miss Maysie Glendy wed C E Austin at the Austin home in the west end. Alonzo Pingon of Williamson and Mise Bell Maynard wed at Mrs Crockett’s home. Virginia Troy Coat and Cake reorganized with ten million capital after receivership since 1899. The Bluefield Chamber backed Isaac T Mann for Senate. Virgil Lewis died in Mason City. Norfolk and Western to build a new Dubln passenger depot.
Discussions on crops and farm relief focus on equalization fees export debentures domestic allotment and the farm relief bill. The aim is for Hoover to sign before March 4 to avoid a special session and allow Roosevelt’s administration to shape the measure. Hoover’s stance hinges on potential success affecting future policy.
The Baltimor Sun piece by Folger McKinsey uses vivid winter wind, shifting tides, and celestial imagery to evoke an April heart. It contrasts cold air with spring’s promise, describing a dreamlike journey with a rose, a velvet April mood, and a playful heartbeat amid firelight and travel.
The state automobile association suggested enacting a law requiring pedestrians to walk on the left side of highways. Officials note most walkers go on the wrong side, increasing night risk. education and enforcement are debated, with calls for road commission and safety officials to promulgate and emphasize existing warnings to reduce accidents.
A quizzical column mocks dieting obsessions and odd bets. A Seattle girl jokes of offering to marry for cash while Gloria Swanson’s film earnings are disputed in a Los Angeles deposition. The tone skewers fame, fortune, and modern excess with dry humor.
In New York Now, Det. 7, the theater is seen through a medical lens. George Kaufman dominates as the touring medic of Broadway, diagnosing and directing plays with a pill box of wit and sharp insight, shaping hits and long runs alike.
New York reports the 14 250th ton of Indiana limestone for the Rockefeller Center RCA building was placed 859 feet above the sidewalk at 10 am completing the exterior. No ceremony was held as elevators cover only 65 of 79 stories, so officials invited dignitaries to climb stairs for the final stone. Interior work continues with occupancy not expected until May.
Washington bystander Hy Kirke Simpson notes survey of last session shows LaGuardia and Stafford leading in index columns for private bills, with King of Hawaii and others close behind. Alcoholic liquor traffic tops subjects, occupying seven index columns.
The piece explains measles transmits mainly through coughing and sneezing, and that air and sun exposure limit spread. It advises open air visits for patients, strict hygiene for caregivers, and boiling dishes and bedding. It notes difficulty isolating the virus and caution in accepting new findings until confirmed.
Associated Press reports Charleston officials toured New Kanawha Power hydro power development at Glen Ferris during the coal industry conference. statewide selection named 13 Rhoades Scholars by the Ithodes scholarship committee. In Webster Springs miner Cam Huffman, 35, died from a fall at the Golden Ridge mine of Minda Mining. A quoted line notes a broken engagement with Evelyn in Buen Humor from Madrid.
Rodney Dutcher Ashington critiques Congress for resisting debt relief and argues that armament cuts could ease American finances. He notes British warnings on reparations and stresses that only a shift in congressional stance can avert defaults while England bears the toughest terms among major debtors.
Roscoe Karna spent 12 years and nearly 100 roles to draw Hollywood attention. He reflects that a good part makes an actor and recalls his first long term contract from a secretary guard role to George Raft. Karna's career spans stock theaters, then Hollywood, mostly in comedies, with a San Diego home and a nonprofessional wife and two children. A lesson on film work notes a technician’s need for experience, while a farm rental tale shows metal strategy to film State Fair on an ideal Iowa setting. Bebe Daniele predicts fashion influence when Grand Street reaches screens, wearing an evening wrap with gold epaulettes and fringe.
London engineers propose a monumental overhead airport costing over 25 million dollars. The plan envisions a half mile wide steel wheel surface supported by 30 skyscrapers above the city to ensure safe landings, with wind direction guiding operations. Space would be rented inside the tall structures to house the vast steel platform.
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