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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1932
Page
3
OCR fragment notes notices from New York Chicago San Francisco and other areas. Mentions meetings churches and social events with references to dues remittance and collections including a vague address. Content is unclear and partly unreadable but indicates notices about payments and organizational actions.
A garbled quotation reflects religious meditation on prayer and gratitude attributed to Landor. The text blends biblical phrasing with unclear references and archaic spelling, yielding a fragmentary sample of devotional language.
Hollywood previews a new tach-nical device claimed to measure facial proportions for a perfect face. The article notes that makeup artists use it, but emphasizes that cinema beauty isn’t tied to exact measurements. It suggests mortal appeal outstrips strict facial standards.
A man asked what the new religion would be and hinted religion is evolving toward sermons focused on humanity and social duty rather than Bible texts. He favored sermons that analyze social conditions and morality over fear and hellfire, noting educated preachers now discuss life, society, and duty rather than scriptures.
A survey of notes from The Files 01 recounts events on the River mountain area and nearby rail activity. It mentions J. C. Brown leaving Norfolk and Western for a Scioto division post and marriages, injuries, and legal actions from 10, 20, and 30 years prior. It includes social commentary urging social justice within theology, reflecting prior sermons on rights of men and government reforms.
The piece notes President Hoover's lengthy plan to reorganize federal agencies for economy, with cities and states considering similar consolidations to cut waste and balance budgets. It highlights academics and economists as newly influential in shaping constitutional and administrative reforms amid rising public interest and Treasury warnings about the dollar’s shrinking purchasing power.
Strange warey are handled on the wharves of sleep shadows of shadows pose and night. Barges depart with voiceless steersmen guiding the deep. From lost ships come cries of incommunicable news. White cargoes pile, dream dust budgets, wreckage of hope, and baggage of ancestral sins drift from No Man’s Land to shore.
The piece reports M Herriot blaming the Hoover moratorium for Europe’s debt troubles and says the US should not ignore reparations. It argues Uncle Sam risks angering creditors and notes West Virginia coal deposits and underutilization. It cites Morgantown Post on memory and forgetting laws.
An analysis notes unemployment lowers family food intake by about 500 calories daily, risking hidden famine. It links income decline to nutrition and growth impairment, especially when rent is high or budgets mismanaged. School nutrition declines and anemia rise as unemployment persists. Psychological strain from job loss weakens mental balance, hitting youths hardest. The Soviet Union has the largest Arctic frontier.
New York visitors face an odd contrast in Central Park where a makeshift unemployed shantytown forms near Cleopatra's Needle and the Met even as the American Museum of Natural History and the Central Park bridal path lie nearby. The piece notes a cave‑like bear cage repurposed for display, with the sign Dont feed the animals still legible. It also recalls the Ryan mansion on Sixty seventh Street, its art gallery a magnet for collectors, and hints at the caretakers who tend the vast estate while a grand garden served as a breakfast spot for years.
The piece recalls a summer tale of Thomas Jr chasing a vast income fortune as creditors swarm with bills in the hundreds of thousands. It notes antique and trinket obsessions including ivory elephants and jeweled dice, with a Rome-like estate idea for the sons. The wake occurs at Marshall Field showpace Fifth Avenue as New York’s most fashionable club rises, possibly run by Frank Crowninshield.
A jumble of quotes and phrases touches on congress, ambassador talks, a Northwestern professor, hospital prices, and mood about economics. The readable bits mention ambassadorships, a New York reference, and a stray remark about marriage and hope amid a somber tone.
Washington observers note a bystander view of Republican maneuvering after Hoover era. Rumors say James Wadsworth of Geneseo may challenge leadership for the 73rd Congress, with talk of a Wadsworth for President 1936 ticket amid intra party jockeying led by Bert Snell of Potsdam and a younger GOP faction.
Hollywood profile of Pete Smith once credited as Pater Gridley Smith. He now voices a nasal announcer and writes dialogue aimed at broad audiences. He also serves as advertising and public relations for MGM while directing a tuna fishing two-reeler and balancing golf and other duties.
Last Night's Mail reports several hundred dirt farmers visiting Washington to press for agricultural relief. Philip Smith leads the Quaker dairy farmers to the White House while delegates press officials, seeking markets and jobs for hungry Americans. Some share-croppers describe cordial reception, others face police barriers and harsh treatment outside the Capitol. Astronomers note uncertainty about solid surfaces on Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
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