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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1932
Page
11
German admiral remembered for commanding the scouting fleet at the Battle of Jutland in World War I. He led forces against British Admiral Sir David Beatty twice, shaping the naval engagement.
Mayor C. E. Lilley proclaims Thursday June 2 as Bargain Day in Bluefield. City facilities are ordered to cooperate to attract buyers and ensure visitors feel welcome and at home during the event.
Washington bulletin compares Hainan to a hidden land near China noting its size of 160 by 90 miles and a population of two to three million. It cites poor harbors and rugged interior mountains that limit development and describes Holhow port Kiungchow capital and junk navigation.
Chicago chef Pierre Berard, a 16 time international award winner, calls pot likker barbarian food not a dish nor soup and insults Louisiana cooking. He says Huey Long is making the state infamous and offers to cook a nourishing bean soup instead.
Urbana Illinois reports that chemically treated bands around trees destroyed between 17 and 18 million moths this year. M D Farrar of the state natural history survey calls the method the greatest advance in five years. Spraying alone cannot achieve complete control in heavily infested orchards. Illinois orchards used about 700000 linear feet of bands, averaging 75 insects killed per band.
Geneva New York resident Russell R Isenhour built a three story cigar box clock using only a jackknife and a scroll saw for three years. The structure rises three feet high, 18 inches wide and nine feet deep with alcoves portals porticos and five spires. He assembled the wood pieces into a working clock excluding the mechanism built from ordinary clock parts.
Hamburg mourns Vice Admiral Franz von Hipper, famed for Jutland tactics that challenged British fleets. His actions at Jutland and the Scarborough bombardment made him a controversial figure, lauded by Beatty as a great fighter while facing postwar calls for accountability.
Bluefield stamps a one day shopping festival with reduced fares and free rooms. Hotels, theatres, and restaurants slash prices as merchants mount a city wide promotion led by J. T. Thornton and the Business Men's Association. Publicity, transportation, and open house preparations are in full swing across Bluefield and neighboring towns.
A National Geographic bulletin outlines a burgeoning shark industry in Africa. It describes floating shark abattoirs, full use of the shark from skin to organs, and diverse products from shark liver oil to teeth. The article notes demand from markets in Asia and the South Seas and highlights the efficiency of modern processing.
A Chicago note recalls the 1860 Republican nomination of Abraham Lincoln as a dark horse who won on the third ballot. It compares past and present conventions and discusses Theodore Roosevelt era dynamics and the looming Democratic split under Smith and Roosevelt.
Bluefield promotes a special event with unheard of bargains across merchandise and reduced transport rates on railroads buses and street cars. Free hotel rooms and unrestricted parking are offered along with special theatre entertainment and reduced dining prices at local restaurants cafes and hotel dining rooms.
The text speculates the ultimate outcome may depend on party leaders before any ballot and contemplates a Lincoln like outsider emerging from obscurity, though Democrats are not optimistic about such a turn.
Peiping authorities announce a new training school for jobless Chinese students to qualify as tourist guides. Applicants must know French and English and study municipal curio shop rules. Guides will discourage photos of social evils and aid in stopping antique export.
Princess Sixte de Bourbon Parme wears a navy blue and white striped crepon outfit for spring town wear. The ensemble features a sleeveless close-fitting dress, a short jacket, a wide red ribbon scarf, and a blue straw hat.
Dorigo Soriano deputy from the left republican alliance in the national assembly receives gifts after he broke a walking stick over Bruno Alonso in a street brawl. Soriano says the shower of gifts signals public discontent with the socialists and vows to confront Alonso each time they meet.
A Bavarian shepherd and his family with dogs and a flock of sheep have been brought to Tempelhof airdrome to mow the grass after machine mowers damaged the runways. The troupe travels 400 miles overland and takes 10 weeks to reach the site.
Washington reports a powerful typhoon sweeping across Annam in French Indochina, causing widespread destruction along a thirty mile coastal belt. The disaster devastates towns including Phan Thiet and Bangoy on the Old Mandarin road as relief agencies tally casualties and damage.
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