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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1925
Page
1
Pittsburg Terminal Coal posts 5000 dollar reward for return of 47900 payroll taken in a raid on the pay car near Mollenauer. Six bandits fled in a closed car after killing guard L Gump and injuring another. One officer Mahoney survived, others sought dead or alive.
The Community Christmas Tree in Bluefield sponsored by Rotary Kiwanis Lions and Quota clubs brought Santa to 442 city children on Christmas Eve. Gifts included wagons dolls carriages skates watches and candy with many items bought at low cost thanks to local merchants. Ray Evans portrayed Saint Nicholas and the event featured prayers and visits to homes and churches despite carol miscommunication.
Contributions totaling 41,746,055 by 1,193,000 communicants of the Episcopal Church in the United States for all church purposes were recorded in 1925, an increase of 2,252,927 over 1923.
Eugene Field will be moved from Graceland Cemetery to a new tomb at the Episcopal church of the Holy Comforter in Kenilworth. The Field family consented to the relocation announced at a Christmas service. He has rested in a simple grave since 1895 and will now be honored in church surroundings.
The Daily Telegraph wishes readers advertisers customers friends and enemies a happy Christmas and says no issue will publish Saturday but Sunday issue will arrive at sunrise. It notes a long held Christmas holiday tradition and announces plans to improve for 1986 benefiting readers in the two Virginias.
Washington reports Secretary Hoover denying the London Morning Post claim that the United States sought to restrict wheat during the world shortage. He says 1917 Congress guaranteed wheat for allies, expanding U.S. cropland and creating surpluses later bought back to fulfill guarantees.
Funeral services for Frank A. Munsey publisher and editor were held in the Cathedral of St John the Divine New York. Governor Alfred E. Smith attended and honoraries included Charles Evans Hughes. Munsey estate valued between 20 and 40 million dollars with holdings in newspapers magazines and retail ventures.
Paris reports Santa Claus slipped into the city on a bustling Christmas Eve with forecasts predicting rain tomorrow. Theaters were sold out and boulevards filled with crowds while major churches planned midnight services and additional programs for Americans tomorrow.
President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge light a community tree in Sherman Square as Marine Band carols fill the air. The couple later attend services at the White House and Mrs. Coolidge’s charity visits accompany a day of Christmas prep and quiet family plans.
Washington reports naval craft traveled about ten million miles in the year ending July 1 with three major submarine accidents, all recovered and no deaths. Submarines logged 848 475 miles. surface and subsurface craft 56 257 130 miles. Aircraft incidents caused most fatalities by judgment errors and power plant failures.
New York December 24 Dr John J Abel professor of pharmacology at Johns Hopkins University wins the first annual prize of the Research Corporation of America for promoting human enjoyment of life. The award carries two thousand five hundred dollars.
Chinese forces led by Feng Yu-Hsiang complete takeover of Tientsin and end Li Ching-Ling's resistance. Li's troops retreat but foreign concessions guard the streets as American and other Allied forces stand ready. Feng is named civil governor of Chihli with American troops in the city.
William Johnston known as Santa Claus died during Christmas exercises at Harbor Beach Methodist Church. Hundreds of children witnessed his collapse as his heart gave way after years of labor. Johnston's wife and three children were present as his body was taken to an undertaker, while the celebration continued.
Two Atlantic Coast Line trains collided near Moncks Corner killing four crew members and injuring twenty six. Former secretary of war John W Weeks and his wife were among the injured but their condition was not serious.
Philadelphia reports a dramatic shift as George W. Elliott takes over from General Smedley Butler. Elliott vows strict enforcement, telling inspectors and ranks to expect no interference while restoring order after Butler’s two turbulent years and a mayoral dismissal over respect concerns.
Morgantown West Virginia December 24 John Everly paymaster for Monongah Coal Company was arrested by city police on a charge of driving while intoxicated. A payroll of between 15000 and 20000 dollars in cash lay unguarded in his parked car while he was taken to jail. He later informed authorities the money was recovered and returned to the bank from which it had been drawn and sent to the mine by special messenger.
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