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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1932
Page
7
More than 150 pupils and scores of adults in the city have fallen ill with a mild influenza outbreak. Health officials estimate numerous cases with several handfuls of patients currently affected. No fatalities reported and other communicable diseases are at a low point.
Health Officer Robins reports about ten percent of Charleston population ill with influenza in a mild form. Dr. R A Ireland notes 1000 children missing school. Robins says some physicians are working long hours as in the 14 year ago epidemic.
President Roosevelt, returning to New York, will meet Mayor McKee and city officials along with bankers to discuss national expenditures and city finances. He will travel to Albany for a special legislative session to authorize salary cuts for city workers to secure banker funding.
The Bland Supply company's Bastin store was robbed Tuesday night. Shoes dry goods cigarettes a pistol and other items valued at about 100 dollars were taken after thieves broke in through a glass in the front door. Sheriff Munsey said he has no clues to the culprits.
RS. Jouett Shouse, formerly Catherine Filene Dodd, wed in Georgetown six weeks after her divorce from Marian Edward Shouse. Alvin B. Dodd, former husband and U S Chamber of Commerce executive, noted the union. Kansas law may deem the couple technically guilty of bigamy, as it bars remarriage until six months after divorce.
At the Herriot meeting the Hoover moratorium and the Lausanne accord were discussed as ending German reparations. Late this evening cabinet members who are lawyers were called into session to study the judicial aspects of the debt problem.
Washington reports reiterate that Congress will not approve debt reductions for France. Hoover’s message awaited as Stimson nears replies to British moratorium requests and a Belgian debt relief appeal is noted. House debate stresses opposition to renewing the debt funding commission while leaders push limits on any potential cuts.
The post office department reports November receipts in Charleston West Virginia rose 2.75 percent from a year earlier. November 1932 totals reached 43,359.29 dollars, up from 42,197.80 dollars in November 1931.
An old city sale listing items from Fretwells and Dixie Clo offering velour covers for end tables radios at 19 cents and a 1930 Essex sedan for 190 dollars cash. It advertises Ride The Street Car for 5 cents and a Mickey Mouse club free ticket at Hotel Matt Barber Shop plus a Polo coat sale at 14.75 dollars and a range of sizes. Contact numbers 2272 or address 400 View.
J A Lefler, 84, died suddenly at his daughter’s home on Hoge Street after a paralysis stroke. Funeral plans not set. He was father to Mrs. R A King and Mrs. J L Kitsinger.
Abingdon Virginia December 7 The burley tobacco market opened with prices about 50 percent higher than the opening day last year. Despite lighter offerings the leaf quality was better with sales at two warehouses. Prices ranged from 10 to 25 dollars per 100 pounds and the 375000 pounds sold averaged 15.25 dollars, roughly half again as high as the prior season's opener.
Chicago December 7 a 17 year old named Ignatius Varecha pleaded guilty to murder robbery with a gun and assault to kill in a hold up that wounded two and robbed a third. He sought the mercy of the court claiming he could not be sentenced to death as a fugitive from a state hospital. An alienist has deemed him legally sane and evidence is slated for Monday.
Mrs John Bourne and her two brothers John W and Walter Prof fit were discharged from the Bluefield sanitarium after a violent illness from a homemade cold remedy. They became ill after drinking what they believed was boneset tea. Tests showed the tea contained boneset and poisonous weeds.
In Clarksburg on December 7, Dr. W. W. Trent outlined a plan to base state education funding on aggregate average daily attendance and full time teachers, urging consolidation and efficiency. He suggested revenue sources and cautioned that local funds may cover only a few months without state support, with a statewide conference tour to follow.
The annual meeting of the Smokeless Coal Operators association of West Virginia will be held today in New York City. Several coal men from the local area plan to attend. W. E. B. Koepler, secretary of the Pocahontas Operators association, left Bluefield yesterday morning to attend the meeting.
Sidney Homewood riding master was convicted of seducing Miss Charlotte Gibson under promise of marriage. The maximum penalty is five years and a $1000 fine. Sentencing set for December 13. bail denied and he remains jailed. Miss Gibson and her father Robert Gibson testified that he is the father of her expected child and had promised to marry her.
Chicago December 7 The Illinois emergency relief commission will ask State's Attorney Thomas J Courtney to file action against F Bieschke and Sons Coal for violating contracts by supplying Indiana coal to needy families instead of Illinois fuel The panel will also sue to recover price differences A Bureau of Better Business testimony found coal deliveries short by about 250 pounds per ton with Indiana coal lighter by 28 to 30 bags per ton and alleges other firms may be violators.
In the Clinch Valley area including Wise, Tazewell and Russell counties, coal fields maintain solid mining and shipment levels. Rail traffic benefits from mine props, logs, and cut lumber. Livestock shipments rise with improved freight rates. Observers expect the favorable trend to continue with more jobs for idle workers, suggesting hard times may ease as the nation heads toward the Christmas season.
Virginia musicians in Bluefield tuned WHIS for Elk Horn Music Club broadcast. Maybeury song birds praised. Publication date changed Norfolk and Western magazine will appear on the fifteenth each month instead of the first in the current issue.
East River mountains blue and clouds gather as Old Timer warns of incoming colder air. He notes falling weather signals by dust whirlwinds along the cow paths, a local omen indicating seasonal change.
The Ceres girls basketball team travels to Graham High School to meet the Graham girls on Saturday night. Local girls continue practicing in preparation for the contest played on Graham soil.
Enrollment in the Bluefield Virginia colored school has increased notably over last year, according to Principal Professor Green. The school shows strong progress under its capable teaching staff, and there is talk of organizing a local singing school of members who will sing for their own pleasure rather than for others. Reverend H Graham Keys is named as a potential leader. The idea arose at choir practice after a rendition of Silver Threads and envisions a community song fest featuring yesterday's song birds.
Wet novelty items have appeared in Bluefield for the Christmas trade, riding the rush for beer and other intoxicants. Beer barrels and tiny wine glasses are among the trinkets offered to shoppers.
Ales Rachman of Omaha, a reputed theatre czar of the West, is held on charges of killing Harry Goldberg and wounding his brother Sam during a quarrel over a quarrel tied to a partnership and a sum reportedly exceeding one million dollars in a three party theatre chain dispute.
Three Proffitt family members John W Walter and Mrs James Bourne who fell seriously ill after taking boneset tea as a cold remedy are reported improving and considered out of danger by doctors. Mrs Proffitt said the boneset came from a hollow near an old furnace and the medicine was brewed in an aluminum kettle. The family spent much of the day at Bluefield sanitarium with their two sons and daughter.
Senator Claude A. Swanson of Virginia says federal appointments in Virginia will not change for at least six months. He notes uncertainty over patronage handling by Congress or the senior senator, and mentions a possible move to elect postmasters by popular vote as under Wilson.
Heavy Christmas turkey shipments are expected from southwest Virginia counties this week and next. A double deck car load will be loaded at Finney in Russell County today. The shipper prepared fresh mountain spring water for the fowls to avoid illness from treated water in transit.
The appearance of white coal on Norfolk and Western freight trains through Bluefield draws notice. Three cars were observed in one train yesterday, initially mistaken for snow. The coal is loaded at Croziers and Keystone and treated with a white dust alloy.
Mention of Congress man C. A. Woodrum of Roanoke in the talk on the speakership of the incoming Democratic House. Bluefield friends hope the mantle of Mr. Garner falls on Woodrum, whose diplomacy helped win veterans’ aid for his district, possibly positioning him to wield the gavel.
Charleston will host a hearing in Martinsburg on Friday over Dr. W. T. Henshaw's complaint that Martinsburg does not meter its water supply. He says the absence of meters endangers public health during shortages. the city cites lack of funds to install them. Chairman I. Wade Coffman and Commissioner C. B. E. Nethken will attend with Assistant Attorney General Elliott Nefflen representing Henshaw.
More than forty Kroger employees from twenty seven stores in Roanoke district No. 3 gathered at the Raleigh hotel for a banquet closing a sales promotion contest. W R Grant won the grocery division while J W Beavers of Welch lost. Virgil Dillon of Kimball won the meat division with Tazewell Hagg manager of Bland Street the meat division loser. B T Carter and W H Dunlap were guests of honor.
Narrows Virginia officials report financial limits on relief, funding only 300 dollars for unemployed aid. To spread funds, men will work three days weekly at one dollar per day. Fifty men reported for street work, but only fifteen usable today with another fifteen slated tomorrow. Sanitation committee cites badly kept properties, owners ordered to court for fines and required fixes with per-day penalties for delays.
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