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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1923
Page
1
A busy Bluefield short item page lists produce including tomatoes cucumbers cauliflower radishes carrots and more with an urged prompt delivery. Additional notes promote sales at E Pedigo Co and Florida oranges at The Market and report various notices from removal to church events and local incidents.
A Ford automobile with a rebuilt body damaged the Norfolk and Western stone wall in Raleigh Terrace. The car, seen with occupants including a driver who restarted the engine, plowed across the street into the wall and ended up on the railroad office lawn. The owner is unidentified.
In New York the Jones & Baker curb market brokerage firm facing involuntary receivership organizes a creditor committee led by John A Neyenhouse. About 9,000 customers nationwide await asset and liability estimates, with liabilities rumored between 5 and 10 million dollars. District Attorney denies broader investigations as rumors swirl.
A Calgary dispatch reports widespread flooding across many towns in Crowsnest Pass Alberta after 18 hours of steady rain. Old Man river banks overflowed cutting electric lights and rail and road traffic, with Coleman and Blairmore severely affected and parts of Frank under three feet of water.
Washington meet of Savings Directors from 12 Federal Reserve Districts approved continuing the sale of Treasury Savings Certificates. Fifth District led by Howard T. Cree reported last year sales near 10 million dollars, exceeding quota by 0.75 million. Certificates yield about 4 percent, maturing in five years, purchasable at discounts through post offices or the Richmond Fed Bank.
Mrs D D Dodson of Norton Virginia was arrested yesterday by Chief Dillon on shoplifting charges. Judge Chambers ordered her held for the Mercer county grand jury and jailed to await criminal court. Goods valued over 130 dollars reportedly stolen from three city stores including a 46 50 dress from Liberty store.
In Madison Georgia on June 1 two men were killed by federal officers during a bid to seize a car carrying an illegal liquor cargo. Officer Henry Gaisley, who boarded the vehicle, reported being fired upon and fatally shot the two occupants. The men were unnamed, ages about forty and twenty-one, and ninety six gallons of moonshine liquor were found in the automobile.
The governor described repeal of the Mullan Gage act as not legalizing previously illegal acts in New York. He cited three aims: avoid double jeopardy under eighteenth amendment enforcement, align with Judge Knox’s ruling that parts of the Volstead act violate the amendment, and channel violations to federal courts to reinforce a federal statute enforcing constitutional amendment.
Paris June 1 The government won a confidence vote in the chamber of deputies by 343 to 181 after interpellations about royalist street violence. The vote backed giving priority to resolutions by Emmanuel Brousse and Edouard Herriot, with Brousse’s resolution explicitly expressing confidence in the government’s handling of the violence.
A Friday afternoon electric storm battered Bluefield and surrounding areas causing extensive damage to public utilities. The alarm systems for the city and Norfolk and Western railway were knocked out, telephone service failed, and the N and W electrification stopped for three hours. A transformer on Bland street burned, other lines suffered. rain and hail fell for about forty five minutes, streets flooded, sewers overwhelmed, and Hale’s culvert saw water several feet deep.
Several persons appeared before United States Commissioner H. M. Tanner on charges of violating the national prohibition act. A. H. Goff and C. E. Smith of Grundy Virginia posted $1,000 bonds for June term federal court. W. H. Newman from Princeton had hearing continued to June 6. J. F. Anderson W. A. Phipps and Gilbert Hearn from Christian's Fork of Brush Creek held on $1,060 bonds for federal court in this city.
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