Thirty Years Ago Today In Bluefield Area
From The Files Of The Bluefield Daily Telegraph: a county visit by a dinagirois fre marks a 30 year reference. a Roanoke election produced a 700 majority for a water-related issue. obituaries note deaths of local figures across years in Pearlsburg and Bluefield. Wreck cars foreman and church builder are named. a wedding links Bernard K Bank and Miss Stafian in Keystone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rinefeld
Mra
Samuel, H. Laird
Tarswell
Auatie
Norfolk and Western
Norfolk
William F. Rhen
Richmond
C. H. Goodykoonts
W. Coxe
Norfolk and Western Railway
M. F Neel
Bluefield
Pearlsburg
Bernard K. Bank
Kimball
Miss Staffan
Keystone
Babel and the confusion of tongues and ideas
The text reflects on biblical Babel and historical parallels, noting how miscommunication and misaligned aims thwart collective projects. It argues that language and idea confusion, not only speech, derail efforts and that pride in lofty plans often undercuts purpose.
Zooks Report Signals Deep Cuts in City School Budgets
Dr George Zooks federal commissioner of education reports a nationwide survey of city schools showing sharp economies since 1931 32. Expenditures and teaching staff have fallen while enrollment rises strain finances. Many districts cut term length and classroom resources, with textbooks and supplies reduced. hopes rise for recovery but caution remains.
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George
Zooks
North Central
South Central
Zook
Arkansas
Government policy conflicts and dairy pricing debate in Washington
A Washington dispatch examines AAA policy clashes as Wal lace Tugwell era battles over price fixing for milk producers and consumers. It notes Wallace aims to raise farmer prices while limiting consumer prices, and cites resistance from big distributors. The piece also covers gold buying, Warren’s plan, and a proposed larger public works push to stabilize dollars. Nearby, a social club strike over liquor prices disrupts holiday preparations, and park visitors see higher October November costs due to travel and business conditions.
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Hy Rodnel
Ashington
Axtiiz
AAA
Walfare-Tugwell Group
George Peek
Wallace
Tugwell
George PF
Warren
Roosevelt
Whitt House
James Harvey Rogers
Yale
Rogers
Industris
The Beginning of a New Epoch in Industry Growth
The piece reflects on the 1880s to 1930s industrial rise, coal and railroads shaping a new era. It honors founders of the field, notes evolving gauge and by products, and urges courage, economy, and national unity for a stronger future.
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Ventury
Pleshere
Ital
Avere
Babel Tower Story Retold as Fresh Lesson in Humility
A brief retelling of the biblical tower of Babel and Nimrod tale. The descendants of Noah seek heavenly reach at Shinar, seeking power and glory. Jehovah observes, confounds language, and disperses peoples.
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Noah
Jehoven
God
Shinar
Nimrod
Genesia
Seeress Blanche de Pannac Predicts 1944 Prosperity
The Paris seeress Blanche de Pannac forecasts a new era of prosperity beginning in 1944 and spreading worldwide. She also claimed Adolf Hitler’s power would persist in Germany into 1935 with limited upheaval, and that Soviet Russia would act as a world peace maker with no large scale fighting expected.
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Paris
Mme
Blanche de Pannac
Luxter
United States
de Pugnac
Wintslo
de Pailline
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Soviet
Russia
Memories Of A Wee Dear Lad
Poem by Dilon M Carroll from Williamsport Pa. The nostalgic piece recalls a small boy and a fatherly love as night falls and death shadows life. It contrasts a child’s grace with the speaker’s longing and spiritual imagery at the end.
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Ulipk
Loving Cay
Hure
Blessing
Capling
Crystal Street
Dilon M. Carroll
de Williamsport
Hulls Montevideo trip viewed as pivotal to Latin American ties
The Washington view holds Hull turned the Montevideo conference into a hopeful milestone for Pan American relations and peaceful settlement of the Gran Chaco. Observers credit his diplomacy with reshaping Latin American perceptions of US policy beyond the public message.
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Washingtonecretary
Hull
Monteviedy
London
Monteviedo
Hult
Washington
Montevisdo
Gran Chaco
Montevideo
Ilihu Root
Spain
Caribbean
Pacific
Root
New York Society Feasts On Old World Royal Glamour
New York social season centers on former czarist nobility and European elite guests. Grand Duchess Marie and Prince Mdtyani entertain at Monte Carlo Ballet gala and Savory Plaza supper. Notables include Dorothy Parker and Vincent Astor as amid champagne and hot dogs. An usher’s seat mixup prompts a light misadventure during the concert.
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New York
Marie
Russia
Monte Carlo
Savory Plaza
Democratic America
Raelf
Weir
Soviet Russia
Princs Mdtyani
Georgia
Weylworth Ielreas Marbara Hutton
Ragso
Oymine
America
Paul Cravath
Metropolitan Opera
Miu
Harrison Williama
Paris
Dorothy Parker
Vincent Astor
Cuban affairs tangled as Caffery faces gauging Cuba policy
In Washington and Havana a tense scramble unfolds as Ambassador George Caffery must quickly assemble a stable Cuban government. Amid muttered forecasts of unpopularity and pressure to install a provisional president, observers await a spring election while debates over the Plate Amendment and sugar policy unfold.
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George Duano Washington
Jefferson Caffery
Cuba
Havana
Sumner Welles
Caffery
Cula
Welles
Congress
Roosevelt
New York Banking and business outlook for 1934
James McMullin surveys New York banks and industries with optimism for 1934. He notes restored confidence in deposit insurance, anticipated policy shifts, and a mixed view across groups from bankers like Aldrich and Perkin to manufacturers and retailers. The piece highlights regulatory anxieties, potential holding company restructurings, and key personalities shaping the year.
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New York
Chase National City
Morgan-Guaranty Trust
Bankers' Trust
First National
Huatesa
Banking and Stock Exchange
NRA
Warner
Bankers
Winthrop Aldrich
The
Chase
Model boats save ex-millionaire from despair
Reginald Denny discovers a hobby in wood model making after meeting a man who built a river boat to cope with bankruptcy. The craft helps him forget worries as he builds ships and planes with guidance from Rod La Rocque. His hobby-filled home becomes a toy shop of models in progress.
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Hubbard
Hollywood
Whittle
Reginald Denny
Denny
Aon
Big Daddy
Mani
Reginald
Rod la Rocque
la Rocque
Cap
Denny Hill-Owp
Fragmented 1930s Opinion Snippets From A Broad Ranging Column
A jumble of witty lines and brief items touches on Roosevelt freedoms Mussolini economics Garbo Greenland and Prohibition. It cites professors politicians and researchers with quips on money crime and science while noting oddities from a 13 inch long claim to a 17 inch circumference.
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Bluefield Daily
Telegraph
Margaret Sanger
Country Club
Babel
Seeress
Simson
Jolia Blanshard
White House
Ambassador Welles
Machado
de Cespedes
Grau Sanpared
Grau
Remai
Mendieta
Mendicta
State Department
Gran
Eardlers
Gray
Apeli
Entigreas
Roogavell
Department of Agriculture
Soviets
Rome
Britain
Oklahoma
Elmer Thomas
Grau San Martin
James McMullin
New Deal
Amades Glamitini
James Perking
National City
Palen Coney
Guaranty’ Trust
Potter
Times
Landon Thorne
Central
Hanover
Knotty
Teng
du Fonts
Orlando Weber
Allied Chemical
du Ponts
Alfred Sloan
General Motors
Walter Chrysler
Wall Street
Screen Life
Mussolini
Italy
Irving Fisher
Limaci
Greta Garbo
Sweden
United State
France
Hobbs
University of Michigan
Michigan
Charleston
Igold
Detroit
Nevada
J. B
Rajishas
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