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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1935
Page
6
A religious quotation by Bishop Joseph Hall appears, praising God's countenance and enduring affliction with contentment if blessed by divine mercy. The line contemplates spiritual weather and oath as a mark of faith.
Bluefield city board grants a sales tax holiday until midnight December 24 exempting buyers living outside the city from the city sales tax. The measure aims to ease tax strain while a legal challenge to the tax continues. Citizens praise the action and expect minimal evasion amid calls for relief.
A historical reflection notes how public spending grew long before Roosevelt’s era. Lewis W. Douglas argues that a billion dollars dwarfs individual earning power and that national debt now totals about 30 billion dollars with interest exceeding prewar government costs.
The text compares a vast number to a global band and notes West Virginia highways at 16 to 20 feet wide while the national debt expands, expressing public concern over mounting obligations.
A Wise County trial reference triggers a defense of Southwestern Virginia against sensational press depictions. Irving L. Spear of Hingham Massachusetts letters Time editor on December 6 1935 urging fair reporting and noting the region speaks pure English while condemning biased portrayals. The letter is copied to the Virginia governor, two U S Senators, the state chamber of commerce, Roanoke Times and Bluefield Daily Telegraph.
The Roanoke Times argues abolition of the ninety five year old two thirds rule could spark a Republican advantage by delaying opposition to Roosevelt. Many Democrats oppose him and fear removing the rule would erode party traditions and aid third ticket splits.
The piece notes President Roosevelt’s Georgia homecoming speech as a defense of his policies amid growing opposition. It contrasts last year’s parable laden assurances with current criticism, arguing tax cuts and restrained spending gave way to costly experiments.
A poem contrasts a bustling market day in Vanity Fair with the thin line between purchase and poverty. The verse invites latecomers to find buyers or face morning penury as lights flicker on and offal and slime mingle with the crowd. The poem reflects fleeting wealth and homelessness beneath a buzzing street scene.
Russell G. French, a war veteran, died at his Camp Creek Mercer county home. Hiram Reed, a respected Blue Stone Valley resident, died. Pocahontas voters supported a measure by eleven. J B Logan became Bluefield lodge Eagles president. Charles G Belcher and Miss Mary Nattie Wagner wed aboard train No 11 with Rev EB Cole officiating. M F E Tabor, Bluestone farmer, left for Hopewell Virginia to pursue business. Milk Service started on Bland street. Mrs K French of Richlands injured when horse struck by car. Sixty-ninth Congress opened with Nicholas Longworth elected speaker on the first ballot.
A 1934 Dawes recovery projection sparks wide quarrel among economists and politicians. Dawes argued mass confidence would rise by June or July, aided by charts of earlier depressions, while college economists and critics call the reasoning fallacious. Republican and Democratic leaders debate whether government action hastened or delayed the upturn.
In New York City the Unattached and Transient division of the federal relief program shelters and feeds destitute men who arrive seeking jobs and fame. Investigators detail petty theft, scams, and the peril of con artists, while workers try to match applicants with brief employment, acknowledging Broadway’s many transient sandwich sign men.
A satirical column notes investors rushing into stocks as prices rise while concerns about fundamentals fade. It mocks betting on quick gains, questions about knowledge, and the public’s frenzy, ending with a mention of a $2,000 prize for a New York City official song.
This birthday reading links December 8 to caution on impulses and careful speech. It notes social dignity, potential marriage luck, and a path toward writing, teaching, or interior decorating. It lists notable figures like Eli Whitney and Joel Chandler Harris as context.
A century ago the public mocked scientists seeing entomologists as eccentric bug hunters. The author notes modern readers now respect scientists and their work, contrasting past and present attitudes toward science and discovery.
Bernard Jaffe surveys modern science showing tangible results from seemingly abstract work. He praises pure research like Einstein’s while emphasizing practical gains such as the bug hunter saving American agriculture. The book profiles leaders Morgan Milikan Hale Compton Tolman and others. Simon and Schuster. $3.75. A boy violinist retires but others urge continued drive after Thanksgiving.
The Daughters of the American Revolution and the American Legion hosted an international reception in Princeton to foster loyalty to the United States. Publisher Hugh I. Shott, Bluefield, urged that patriotism means equal rights for all, citing forefathers seeking freedom and opportunity in America.
The Grand Rapids Herald argues that generous relief spending has created a welfare trap, making men avoid work. It cites lavish government spending and a costly relief program led by Hopkins as factors, claiming many on relief live better than in prosperous times and that relief distribution is scandalous.
A survey traces greetings from ancient Assyrian tablets to Egypt and the Bible to modern cards. It notes medieval jewel encrusted tablets and the rise of Christmas cards in England by 1845 and America by 1874, when mass production began.
In Alameda California the Philippine Clipper, second trans-Pacific seaplane, readies for tomorrow’s 16,000 mile round trip to Manila. It rode at anchor today beside its sister ship the China Clipper, which opened the route.
Washington notes on the AAA era reveal a tax dispute over seven small pigs from Malone New York. Revenue officers accused farmer Dan Gillette, wrote demands, and faced a stubborn shell against the tax bill, with figures shrinking and threats of jail.
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