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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1934
Page
10
Public notices warn that club and lodge events require paid notices with ads. The advertisement section lists rates for mail and city carrier subscriptions, boundaries by zone, and terms for publication.
Quoted biblical verse from Amos 6 1 and a Shakespearean line on sweetness and taste. The brief juxtaposes two literary quotes highlighting warning against complacency and paradoxical taste. No additional context or events are provided.
Morris E. Siege of New York argues against labeling students as failures and envisions personalized schooling. He proposes earlier entry, longer attendance, extended instruction to reduce homework, and greater emphasis on extra curriculars, focusing on education as a lifelong, usable preparation for the world.
TVA official David Lilienthal told the American Farm Bureau in Nashville that electrifying 50 percent of U S farms by 1945 could restore rural life and boost productivity. He warned 6 million farm homes lack power and urged rapid action, noting big city jitters drain farm wealth and jobs may shift to urban areas.
The American Federation of Labor will push a 30 hour week as a partial unemployment remedy in the next congress led by William Green. The campaign includes a job insurance plan old age pensions a plant union ban and extension of the national industrial recovery act. Economists warn a shorter week now could hurt recovery while consumption and buying power must rise first. labor fears possible disappointment in the next congress.
The article notes Washington remains calm amid Japan's push for naval parity and the possibility of renewed understanding among powers before the Washington pact expires. Officials expect no rush in Congress to strengthen Navy beyond treaty limits, while Washington reserves comment and emphasizes patience as a virtue.
Clouding up the picture, a stormy dispute over liquor control grows in West Virginia. Voters split 30 counties against repeal and 25 for it. seven senatorial districts opposed, eight in favor. vets holding a slim senate majority. Delegate Douglas Bailey supports the dry towns’ mandate while other delegates Johnson and Wright have not stated their positions. The Daily Telegraph invites further discussion.
A concise meditation on human fortune. Refrains urge resilience in misery and temper in joy while advising steady judgment and hope through danger and temptation. The poem repeats This too shall pass away as a guiding refrain for all conditions and states.
Washington dispatch notes A F of L leader King Bee Green plans an executive council meeting on January 29 to discuss the 30 hour week the labor board and possible strikes in textiles automobiles and steel. The piece covers a reported informal pact among major industries and references White House exchanges and various officials. It also mentions Felix Frankfurter and the brain trust linking to the White House and Congress.
Bruce Catton discusses a romance of exploration as men faced darkness cold and unknown dangers high in the world while seeking the Northwest Passage. The narrative frames the perilous hunt as a defining human ordeal among many chapters in history.
The old year staggers through the ring as a cautious year marked by protests, quirks, and oddities. It notes the Dionne quintuplets, Huey Long as coach, and various oddities from 1935 including Libery League birth and the two Dean pitchers.
Mr Bernard Baruch urges the war department to store tin for the next war as a framing device for wartime logistics. The piece muses on war and taxes with a French reference and asks if a future conflict will unfold in taxis. A New York mother contemplates air mail for her son to Mexico, joking about stamps.
Nellis M. Crouse surveys The Search of the Northwest Passage noting two eras of exploration. Initially a commercial hunt spurred by English merchants seeking faster routes to China, from Columbus to the mid eighteenth century. Later, after Napoleon, the pursuit became pure adventure, a modern quest driven by fascination rather than profit. Prominent figures Parry Franklin McClure pursued the elusive route's secret amid ice and peril.
The brief notes discuss December 29 birthdays with lucky hours and danger periods. It suggests success in artistic or commercial careers, possible wealth, and suitability for librarian work, biology, teaching, or journalism. It also lists notable names like William T. Sedgwick and Albert Pike as related figures.
A brief note notes the enduring achievement of Amundeéen in its century, praising the reading appeal and literary scope. Published by Columbia University Press the book is priced at $4.
Mary Pickford, pursuing divorce from her husband, pressed her suit after reconciling rumors. She issued final instructions to her attorney, Wright, who planned to place the case on the next court calendar. A trial was expected within two to three weeks with an interlocutory decree possible within the month.
A Kansas City article outlines the SCORE CHAMBER PROPOSAL FOR NAA proposing that industry draft rules for an industrial recovery program while the government can approve or disapprove but not modify. Critics within industry doubt the plan’s viability given divergent interests, with coal cited as an example. NRA officials comment on a federal court ruling striking down price fixing.
Washington reports the national recovery board will consult the newspaper industrial board before acting on the labor relations board’s demand to remove the San Francisco Call-Bulletin’s blue eagle. The dispute centers on Dean Jennings’s dismissal, with both boards claiming jurisdiction over the case and NRA noting an agreement on automatic action or ultimate discretion in such removals.
Bolivian high command strengthens defenses around Villa Montes as 80 000 troops are estimated in the field. Tejada Sorzano mobilizes men up to 49 years old and positions forces along Estigarribia in the Chaco. Weather experts warn of deeper snows and colder winters while nostalgia for old overcoats lingers.
Bluefield daily chronicle notes anniversaries and events from thirty years ago. George Harris and Lottie Eads wed in Bluefield, and a Tazewell line trolley began operation. Marriages include Nichols and Wells in Graham and Ritter and Mildred Martin in Tazewell. A Bluefield native, W T Ellis, died in Cincinnati, and a blanket snow covered Bluefield area.
Washington column notes Jouett Shouse of the American Liberty League calls for divorcing federal direct relief from the administration and handing it to the Red Cross. He endorses Harry Hopkins’ relief work but warns distribution of largess could enable undemocratic rule. outlook unclear.
Winthrop Aldrich of Chase National Bank proposed a plan for private non political administration of direct relief resembling wartime draft boards. He notes the Wilson administration rejected a postwar idea to have those boards oversee selective demobilization, warning the specter of politics would be too real.
In New York a hatless man in a torn overcoat used a sledge on a new car at a vacant lot, then claimed an accident to avoid Christmas Eve home. A cop and bystanders learned the man’s firm had shunted him to a costly stray assignment, turning a private misfortune into a wary press tale.
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