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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1934
Page
6
The page lists club and lodge notices and general notices for subscriptions and entertainment, plus detailed postage rates by mail and carrier zones across West Virginia. It outlines sections on second class mail matter and Associated Press republication rights, with rate schedules for six to eight zones and carrier delivery.
A compact quotation from Sir Philip Sidney discusses new wine in the cluster, blessings in what is found, and vows toward willing service. The passage highlights virtue as a binding force guiding humane choice.
The issue of special or courtesy deputies in West Virginia coal towns is debated as the attorney general calls for their dismissal. Critics warn removal invites robberies as payrolls and valuables go unprotected, while supporters urge more officers to preserve order in lacking police communities.
Washington officials note a week with zero wheat exports as drought and falling shipments bite. The AAA urged lower acreage to boost domestic supply, while Hull seeks new markets. a national policy is needed to balance exports with cheaper rivals like Canada Argentina and Australia.
The piece argues that curtailing U S cotton production risks losing global market share as nations like Russia and Egypt boost their own output. It warns that the United States cannot remain a great cotton exporter with half measures. A clear export policy is needed to avoid being stuck in the middle.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch editorial notes McNary may challenge Rush Holt's seating if he appears for oath before Congress. Holt lacks the 30th birthday on oath day, triggering debates over constitutional age and vacancies. Hallahan urges governor appointment to fill Hatfield's expired term, while some urge delaying Holt's seat until June.
Officials in the nomenclature section weigh whether to treat a tomato as a fruit or vegetable. Advocates back the plan already used for years, arguing no complications have arisen from calling it a tomato.
Only a few days remain to scan advertising columns for discounts on Christmas purchases. Local shoppers are urged to compare prices and act quickly to maximize savings during the final days of the season.
Poem excerpt celebrates the birth of the Holy Child with Mary Joseph and angels, noting cattle and shepherds at rest beneath sacred light. Katherine Shepard Hayden attributed within Scribner's Magazine.
Washington reports a Christmas prank by Roosevelt and LaGuardia on New York’s public utilities. Analysts note unlikely funds, possible rate cuts, and a staged public affair while other battles over munitions and tax data fuel speculation and political intrigue.
The report notes thawing weather in Little America raising concerns about shacks in danger of collapse akin to a slum clearance. It mentions Huey Long’s influence over Louisiana teachers, a federal tax evasion case, Rome’s auto horn law, and American industry willing to cooperate with Roosevelt while acknowledging strikes as part of the game.
Thirty years ago today Lee J. Barbee of Graham was badly injured after a fall while skating on the Blue Stone river. C W Wade of Roanoke hotel inspector for the Norfolk and Western railway trekked to Bluefield inn for inspection work.
Frank Wright was named deputy clerk of the McDowell circuit court and moved his family from Bluefield to Welch. Miss Josephine Gore of Athena and Dr. W. L. Peck of Switchback were married at the bride’s parents home.
Miss Nellie Bourne of Tazewell and C M Lee of Bluefield wed in Bristol. Mrs W R Andrews dies at her Shenandoah avenue home.
The Nye munitions inquiry公布 a 1915–1920 income list featuring New York figures like Mellon and Ogden Mills amid Borah Nye criticism of Republican reorganizing. The baruch antiwar profiteering aim contrasts with Nye’s push to curb profits from any future U S war.
The Baruch group led by General Hugh Johnson signals a plan to apply confiscatory taxes to war contractor profits during hostilities. The idea echoes the American Legion's conscript capital approach and ties to Nye Borah's push for a more equitable distribution of wealth within the Republican Party.
A New York column sketches a frazzled start to the day with stray memos, overlapping calls, party invites, and press-agent jokes. The narrator snatches glimpses of social and corporate life, from barons and Bernstein to a soda jerker aiming to be a columnist, ending with a dismissive Christmas marginal note.
A mother writes Basil about continuing Santa visits, recalling four years of Santa traditions. She argues the family must keep the custom despite his dislike, highlighting the father’s sacrifices for Basil and urging Basil to accompany them to see Santa at the father’s office.
Doctors clash over NIRA methods as debate over reviving the program heats up. Rail workers gain a $30 million wage boost next year while pay roll streamline debates continue amid Western legal arrests tied to public enemies. Roosevelt seeks a Library of Congress exterior remodel and blasts gingerbread lines as a caricature of bureaucratic reform.
If December 22 is your birthday you fall under Capricorn with traits of self containment, honesty, endurance and ambition. For women the path points to tea rooms and real estate while marriage promises happiness. for men career in metallurgy engineering or writing may bring substantial money.
The church announces Sunday school at 9 30 a m on Thomas and Rogers streets with a Christmas gift offering. Regular services 6 30 p m Senior and Hi leagues 7 30 p m Rev Eugene Hubert Cassidy. Wednesday prayer 7 30, vesper 5. Choir directs Christ mas cantata The Holy Child and infant Jesus solo. Christian Endeavor 6 30.
Local church listings include 118 South Street worship schedules with Sunday school at 9 45 morning worship 11 and evening service 7 30 led by Rev W D McCraw Also Bedford and Mercer streets Church of the Nazarene offers Rally Day special singing and an evangelistic service led by Rev Sanford Christian Science Society invites 11 am Sunday School and sermon Is the Universe Including Man Evolved By Atomic Force with midweek meeting at 8 pm All are welcome
Rev. Jennings W. Hobson rector announces church school and Bible class at 9 30 morning prayer and sermon at 11 and a children's Christmas festival at 7 30 pm The rector will lead the 8 30 am Bramwell service and the 5 pm Princeton service on Sunday
Rev. Allen C. Dillon pastors the Wesleyan Methodist at 325 Bluefield Avenue. Sunday school is at 9 45 a m morning worship at 11 a m evening service at 7 30 p m Tuesday and Friday meetings are 7 30 p m.
Immanuel Lutheran on Mercer and Duhring hosts Sunday Bible school at 9 45 morning worship with sermon at 11 Light Brigade at 11 Luther League Bible study at 7 45 evening motion picture The Unwelcome Guest and a musical service Christmas Eve midnight candlelight at 11 30 Pastor Paul L Royer invites worshippers to attend the friendly church
M E Church South Brush Fork hosts church school at 10 a.m. with Mrs Harry as superintendent and a Young People's meeting at 6 30 p m. Preaching at 11 a.m. and 7 30 p.m. Rev A E Weikel to preach tonight. Wesley Chapel lists church school 10 a.m. Ward C Wright superintendent and 11 a.m. preaching by Rev A K E Weikel. Weikel also to preach Mt Olivet at 3 p.m. Rock church school 10 a.m. preaching 11 a.m. Sand Lick first quarterly conference Sunday 7 30 p.m. church school at 10 a.m. followed by preaching Rev C A Hillman pastor.
Pastor M A Stevenson leads Sunday school at 9 30 with Roy Thompson as general superintendent. Morning worship at 11 features the junior choir and Miss Elizabeth Shelton. Epworth league gathers at 6 45. Evening worship presents a sacred cantata by the senior choir directed by James Elmer Brown with a twelve piece orchestra. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 30.
Howard L Weeks leads Sunday school at 9 45 with gifts to aid the Christmas distribution. The pastor's 11 o'clock sermon is The Full Gospel A Christmas Sermon. An 7 30 pm youth drama follows with additional gifts. Midweek services are omitted. Ben S Johnson and C I Cheyney oversee programs.
Kahle, superintendent, leads a Sunday program with Christmas carols and gift making for the needy. Morning worship at 11 features Christmas music by the young people's choir under May Bailey, sermon "Stars That Lead to Bethlehem." Cantata "Noel" at 7:30 directed by Charles Spencer. youth organizations meet at 6:45. Public welcome.
Sunday school meets at 9 a.m. with W. B. Underwood as superintendent. Morning worship at 11 led by Rev. W. B. Underwood. Christmas program by Sunday school members at 7 15 p.m. on Sunday December 23. Mid week prayer service Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. All welcome.
In Washington and Albemarle streets the churches announce schedules for Christmas. First Presbyterian Church on Tazewell Street features 9:45 Sunday school, 11 o’clock morning worship with Overmyer, 5:20 vesper service, and 7:45 prayer service with special music. The pastor invites all to worship and give themselves to Christ.
In McDowell and Mercer counties Bluefield district churches of the Methodist Episcopal Church South plan a Christmas Sunday offering for benevolent causes. Each church supports a district benevolence fund addressing missionary work orphans superannuated ministers and the American Bible Society among 23 causes. Members are urged to give at least thirty three cents per person reflecting Jesus life.
In two Tennessee counties a Kerr-Smith act poll shows 108 in favor and 25 against. Growers approved 153 acres for the act and 24 acres opposed.
An advertisement asserts B C offers rapid relief from menstrual cramps and various pains in three minutes. Stated as prepared by a registered pharmacist, the formula blends multiple ingredients to address colds headaches neuralgia and nervous distress without narcotics. Available in 10 6 and 25 cent packages at drugstores.
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