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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1933
Page
3
Fragmented OCR text outlines payment terms and rates for a territorial dispatch service. It mentions advance payment, annual fees, and zone-based charges across multiple regions, with references to miles and acreage. The readable entities include places, zones, and years, but the fragmentary nature limits precise facts.
Readers are urged to revisit Dickens immortal Christmas Carol and other timeless tales like Dittle Boy Blue Ouida’s Dog of Flanders and a Tiny Tim symbol amid December’s warmth. The Community Christmas Tree association hosts a WHIS radio program Sunday to raise funds for needy children, urging listening before contributing.
The piece argues that post crisis recovery requires a higher living standard driven by equitable access to essentials. It cites water, electricity, refrigeration, sanitation, housing, clothing, food, shelter and fuel as universal rights under an economic plan. It contends capital supports higher living standards and that broad distribution is essential for national prosperity.
Fragmentary OCR text references a standard of living and national sentiment, implying a discussion on rising living conditions and a push for stronger national identity. No clear date, place, or named entities are present in readable form.
An editorial laments the state of public education amid broader national economic woes. It notes school closures, unpaid teachers, arrears on warrants, and reduced tax revenue while urging collective action to protect and funding the public school system and criticizing federal policy for harming education.
In Berkeley Cal Edward De Groot Rotary official urged immediate revision of the exclusion provision. He proposed quotas not exceeding 18b Japanese and 106 Chinese admitted per year, arguing it protects American institutions and people. Robert G Sproul UC president endorsed the view. California Oregon and Washington leaders oppose oriental immigration. a temporary halt on all immigration as self defense is proposed with limited courtesy admissions.
A fragment recalling grandparent wisdom about speaking kindly to babies and the love shown by elders. The narrator reflects on gentle guidance, patience, and the simple joys of a child, mentioning a young girl and a pillow fight as tender memories from Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
From The Files Of The Bluefield Daily Telegraph notes events marked thirty, twenty, ten years ago. Death claims Shufflefarger of Bluefield Arat firs team. W G Bale reported between Welch and Lynchburg. Vera Giddings of Rocky Mount Va wed in Knoxville then to Tazewell. Twenty years back Harry M Weite named city manager of Dayton Ohio. Roberta and Benson Byron married. Ten years ago Westminster church building committee formed. McDermott of Wheeling elected WV Auto Dealers president. Herbert May head of Bladd Street Methodist Men.
Francia White, a veteran diplomat, recently resigned as minister to Czechoslovakia, citing the strain of living on depreciated American dollars and maintaining office dignity. Speculation swirled that he hoped to become Cuba ambassador, but White’s Latin American expertise and patient negotiation style defined his career and his unsteady path amid Cuban policy debates and Welles’ Cuba leadership.
In New York by Julia Blansillard reports on Washington society chatter about Alice Roosevelt Longworth and her perceived political obscurity. The piece observes cabinet wives debating her influence at luncheons and notes the White House atmosphere, guests, and hospitality habits including exchanges with French guests and NRA officials.
Washington reports on ambitions for reciprocal trade pacts and tariff channels aimed at opening foreign markets to U S surpluses. George Peek leads a new push while battles over authority and the role of Congress unfold, with hints of policy shifts, trade maneuvers, and domestic economic debates.
A fragment from Daily Health Service parodies current events and experts. It mentions a torn translation of a title, impending price cuts on liquor, a scientist claiming the universe is expanding and collapsing, and comments on economic policy, health science, and food production with humorous asides about grafts and backbones.
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration consolidates a united front under Secretary Wallace and Secretary Tugwell with Chester Davis as new administrator to tighten consumer protection and farm price support. The move shifts regulatory focus to monitoring packers, refiners, and other processing industries while limiting price fixing and expanding free trade in distribution.
Hollywood gossip notes James Cagney’s comic tricks with unwelcome women and a pretend exit line from Clayton, Jackson and Durante. Durante defends slow writing of his symphony tied to two films and the hit song Tuka dink a doo. Louise Keaton debuts in a two reel comedy with a standout role.
A frigid Maine cold snap dropped to 44 below at Fort Fairfield with earlier readings at 28 below in Port Paisfield. The extreme low followed a day of bitter wind and subzero conditions across the state.
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