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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1930
Page
8
A misc text outlines advertising rates and subscription pricing for the Daily Telegraph including AP content licensing, foreign representations, and notice policies. It lists zones, rates, and carrier terms, noting obituaries and church notices may incur charges. The piece is dated Sunday June 1 1990.
A terse devotional line notes mercy ended here and another beginning. attributed to Philip Henry, reflecting on human sin and divine mercy in scripture. The excerpt emphasizes personal reckoning and hope within biblical verses.
In four cities 82 revolters were killed and 863 injured as rioting followed Gandhi's call for passive resistance. The piece argues Gandhi misunderstood the harnessing of unrest and that independence was not imminent, asserting Britain cannot cede rule and that Gandhi is not India.
Major General Milton J. Foreman reports from Europe that Europeans once see Uncle Sam as a ruthless mortgagee. He argues they overlook the United States generosity and leniency as a creditor, noting the country never forecloses and remains richer yet endures criticism.
Seventy years ago notes report marriages of McG Munsey and Lena Taylor in Ironton Ohio and M I Austin and Myrtle Keister in Bluefield with others. Norfolk and Western orders 500 steel coke cars. A decade past notes Jerushia Rosenbaum's death and local literary awards at Beaver High.
A reflective piece argues Uncle Sam has funded relief abroad with cash food clothing and medicines, showing philanthropy rather than greed. The author contrasts the United States with a generous “fat boy with apples,” urging the world to remember aid given and refrain from ingratitude, noting no coercion in repayment.
Scientists at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff Arizona announced the naming of the newly found planet Pluto. Roger Powell Putnam, trustee and Percival Lowell’s nephew, presented the designation noting its mythic ties to the dark outer regions. The article also notes debate over whether Pluto is a planet or a comet and expects a final ruling in time.
The purchaser of bootleg liquor cannot be prosecuted for buying, held the United States Supreme Court. That's reasonable. Qué takes such chances drinking the stuff that it would seem entirely out of line to expect one to run a risk with the law, too.
The note that Ambassador Dawes is heading to Chicago for the 1933 World’s Fair fuels speculation he may resign as ambassador in London. The piece also mentions Al Capone’s past clashes with Miami officials and the possibility of a gunfight altering outcomes.
A world boxing champion is offered only 75000 dollars to defend his title against the 4& challenger. A wife who shot her husband is found to be insane but not about him.
A brief report notes the hymn Now the Day Is Over by Rev Baring-Gould and its popularization on the Atwater Kent radio hour. It credits the music to Sir Joseph Barnby and recalls Baring-Gould’s birth in 1834 and death in 1924.
Opinions on the Bible's influence praise the King James Version as a miracle born of divine and human collaboration. The Charleston Gazette notes rising US auto fatalities in 1930, with 33,000 deaths annually and 750,000 serious injuries, urging stricter licensing, exams, and law enforcement to curb deaths and accidents.
A tribute notes that Sir Ronald Ross transformed malaria fight by proving mosquitoes spread the disease, guiding U S and British efforts in Cuba Panama and the American South. Yet he was knighted and largely forgotten while war leaders receive lasting fame. The piece asks who truly benefits from history.
Clemans denies writ of error in a 1929 budget forgery case and faces a 30 day appeal to the Supreme Court. Cornelius of Liberty revived as undertakers prepare to embalm a body. WSAZ to broadcast Curtis commencement address to Marshall graduates. Lemaster dies after being kicked by a horse. Franklin of Moundsville named deputy warden. Komas killed when an auto strikes four men walking along a road.
Santa Monica capsizing death toll estimated from three to eighteen. Chicago gang attack leaves one dead and three wounded. Peshawar rioting results in a woman and two children shot. St Andrews golf coverage notes Bobby Jones in British amateur event.
In Lakehurst, New Jersey Graf Zeppelin arrives from South America and departs Monday night for Germany. In Chickasha Oklahoma a white mob kills a woman while a black suspect is questioned. In Dharasana India British troops injure 106 volunteers during a salt pans raid. In Cleveland Dr Albert W Beaven of Rochester NY is elected president of the Northern Baptist church.
In Washington a huge Pennsylvania vote surge for Jimmy Davis shifts speculation to his possible Senate bid. Analysts note his labor and fraternal networks boosted the win, suggesting a broader national campaign reach and potential higher ambitions, including a possible vice presidential run.
Rodney Dutcher recaps Josiah William Batley’s long quiet bid against Senator Furnifold McLenden Simmons in North Carolina’s June 7 primary. The piece traces Batley’s early radical stance, Simmons’s white supremacy past, Bailey’s liquor positions, and how Prohibition and race shape the contest between Bailey and Simmons.
The piece profiles Eugene ONeill as a New York born playwright who seeks peaceful European villages or Cape Cod for writing while slipping into city life for late nights at events. It notes his upbringing with father James ONeill, Greenwich Village roots, and the contrast between his creative retreats and urban experiences. It also reflects on the historic Daniell store in Manhattan and its era as a link to old New York.
Dr Morris Fishbein summarizes a Vienna lecture by Professor Muckermann showing that among 4000 university professors 15 percent are children with an average of 2.8 per family and a high child mortality. The piece contrasts peasant families with larger families and notes the need for education and ethical thought on limiting offspring. It calls for more research and twofold education of both uneducated and educated groups to address state needs.
The piece contrasts wartime memorials with ongoing traffic deaths, urging action to reduce auto fatalities. It highlights the millions affected by road crashes, the sacred duty of remembering fallen soldiers, and the hopeful need to protect families from future losses.
A playful paste of anecdotes notes a 18 908 steps boast and early 20th century jests. It mentions farmers near Fort Saulsbury seeking gunfire to guard turkey eggs and quips about red haired waitresses in New York and a sewing machine sent to a Paris museum hinting at Mussolini’s reaction.
The West Virginia University mining short course, run with the state department of mines and the coal operators associations, will be held at Mount Hope for six weeks from June 2 to mid July. Foremen certificate exams are set for July 14. Pocahontas company employees will enroll, others invited, with a $3 fee and room and board in Mount Hope for about $40 per month.
National American Legion leaders plan to urge Congress to adopt legislation funding education for about 12,000 war orphans in the United States. Indianapolis hosts the proposal as part of the year’s national headquarters push.
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