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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1933
Page
6
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The article enumerates common initials for U S government programs such as AAA Agricultural Adjustment Administration CCC Civilian Conservation Corps CWA Civil Works Administration FERA Federal Emergency Relief Administration and TVA Tennessee Valley Authority along with several others many marked holdovers from prior administrations. It notes seven of the alphabets are remnants from former administrations and urges readers to clip the list for reference.
Report purports Amy Carodorsaurus a 40 foot sea serpent seen near Victoria B C by two hunters who claim a horselike head and a duck gulped from their boat. Captain Prengal and first mate Rich ard of the Santa Lucia also sighted a similar creature in nearby waters.
The Irish Free State leader De Valera demands absolute independence of Ireland while Britain withholds a definite policy. Downing Street stays silent as Dublin grows louder, recalling Britain’s earlier stance that autonomy within the empire offered protection and that a separate Ireland would risk Britain’s security. Future Irish leaders may keep up the push.
The article discusses Irish independence and the clash between a fully republican Ireland led by De Valera and Ulster remaining under Britain. It notes the risk of armed resistance, the potential power of the Irish Free State, and the likelihood that a complete all island republic may trigger tragic consequences due to Ulster's stance.
A fashion note recalls the blue nose fad tied to a reformer and dry cause adherent, now fading. The scene shifts to Mr. Red Nose who has been absent, while experts predict liquor colors may influence new looks as frost paints autumn leaves.
A Washington correspondent notes Presidents Roosevelt Hoover and Wilson turn to light detective fiction for relaxation after long days of duty. The piece highlights how even wartime burdens were eased by a book or two and suggests such tales hold enduring juvenile appeal for mature leaders. Hawkshaw is invoked as a linking image.
The Italian premier urges a revised league covenant omitting objectionable articles to win wider adherence and revive global peace efforts. The piece notes America’s historical refusal to join military alliances while inviting cautious exploration of a new world order.
Poetic lines describe small joys and sorrows of summer days and travels. A minor meditation on friendship, memory, and mortality contrasts fleeting happiness with words left unsaid. The piece ends with a plea to speak against the fading of fidelity and love.
The Rev Z J Edge of Pearisburg accepted a call to lead the new West Bristol church. Thirteen miles of the Coal River and Western railway from St Albans to the forks of Coal River were opened for traffic.
Roosevelt returns from Georgia and stays to sit out Congress until adjournment. A short routine session is hoped, but attacks over monetary policy and NRA enforcement swirl as politics and 1934 elections loom.
The article notes President Roosevelt returned from Warm Springs with plans for a major congressional message seen as the term’s key public address. White House aides seek up to date recovery data while insiders doubt a monetary policy exposition before next month. Washington gossip links Walter Edge to potential leadership of the Republican national committee, possibly replacing Everett Sanders, with Democratic observers weighing Edge against Watson and Vandenberg for a western spokesman role.
In New York Anthony Thiebault, a former restaurant cashier turned professional taster, advises cigar makers bakers and drink companies on flavorings. He tests tea coffee wine and desserts and commands high rates while pursuing a cordials based ice cream idea that could yield royalty.
Alexander Jacoby runs a language exchange in a Greenwich Village room. Foreigners learning English swap with Americans teaching Russian French Spanish and more for a small fee. Participants pair up and practice writing reading and speaking with occasional lessons by Jacoby himself.
Torkel Helgesen runs a ferry business greeting liners in New York Harbor charging 1 dollar a head and claiming to have greeted more travelers than the city’s welcoming tug Macom. Frank Gordon cleans chewing gum from Radio City Music Hall after shows with an assistant helping locate gums weekly collecting about 200 pounds.
The piece outlines a looming federal census of underworld activities amid prohibition and hints at a potential broad federal police drive if violence and lawbreaking rise. It notes counterfeiting, drug crime, kidnaping, and labor racketeering as future concerns, with SS expansion and policy debates in Washington.
New York reports that utilities mobilize allies led by Metropolitan Life officer F H Ecker to counter subsidized municipal competition with federal backing. Insurance firms rally as security holders are urged to defend private utilities while threats loom of legal action against protected plants in Camden and elsewhere.
The United States ambassador William C Bullitt arrived in Moscow to a ceremonial welcome. A large silk flag fluttered over the National hotel entrance as Bullitt and his party, including his nine year old daughter Anne, stepped from the car in snowy weather.
A citizen urges Bluefield to pursue a public works loan or grant to finance a downtown market. The letter argues the market would provide low-cost, quality food, reduce taxes, and boost exchange between farmers and merchants, calling on the city board, chamber of commerce, and residents to actively push the project.
President Roosevelt backs federal action to revive St. Croix rum by reopening a distillery at the Bethlehem Sugar plant, repurposing black strap molasses, and paying cane farmers a living price. The goal is to end island unemployment, recover the $500,000 yearly expenditure, and sell rum through a government corporation.
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