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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1936
Page
11
Logan June 1 A jury found 28 year old miner D C Cutshaw guilty of murdering his 11 year old bride of three days at their rural home last December 2. Judge Naaman Jackson sentenced him to life imprisonment after the jury recommended mercy. Cutshaw previously pleaded guilty to shooting Beulah Cutshaw and faced a death sentence before withdrawing his plea.
Evangelist Rev Bob Ingersoll resumes revival services at the Union Mission chapel on Roarke Street Bluefield this week after a stint at First Presbyterian. He speaks on Salvation noting sin and redemption through Christ and the need for blood atonement. Mrs Gertrude Peters leads song with Virginia Bivens and Trinity M B Church quartet providing music tonight.
The crippled children's clinic at City hall will host about 76 children and their parents at a Colonial theatre matinee tomorrow afternoon. Kiwanis officials sponsor the event and will provide luncheon with cooperation from Kiwanian K. T. Peters. the clinic opens at 8:30.
Twenty eight students of Narrows Virginia High School received diplomas at closing exercises in the school auditorium. Dr G G Peery Roanoke College delivered the graduation address. May Woods valedictorian Helen Brown salutatorian. Commencement sermon followed Sunday with a full program including processional invocations doxology anthem scripture prayer and benediction.
A contempt citation involved Townsend and J B Kiefer of Chicago, a board member. Wunder letters read by James R Sullivan provoked sharp comments. Testimony showed Townsend bank balance fell from about 160000 to 20000 50000 while Clements noted balances rose during his tenure. Butterflies have six legs though their front pair often stays unused.
Court ruling strikes down New York wage law 15 drawing reaction from labor leaders who vow to study the decision and push for a constitutional minimum wage law. Green emphasizes continued labor fight for social justice legislation.
John Welser Floyd aged 38 of Wytheville Va nephew of Mrs Betty Douthat of Bluefield was fatally injured at 11 pm when he stepped from a car and was struck by a passing truck Funeral services set for 3 pm at the home of Mrs Floyd's mother in Wytheville with Mrs Douthat traveling there yesterday morning for the rites.
Five young Bluefield residents were injured Sunday afternoon when their car wrecked at the Virginian railway crossing in Narrows Virginia. Driver Roy T Brown said steering gear failure caused the loss of control. The vehicle turned over and landed in a ditch. All injured were treated at Dr. M C Newton's office and sent home.
A group of prominent citizens submitted petitions urging action as the top Jersey police chief is to vacate the post next Sunday. Senate approval of the Kimberling appointment was indicated as the vacancy looms.
Relief-Deficiency Measure 19 wins Senate approval after a quick amendment by Vandenberg limiting funds solicitation. Borah calls the change emasculated while Bilbo seeks rules banning campaign workers from relief staffs. Hastings warns of looming dictatorship as Minton defends WPA programs. otherwise a London hairdresser unveils luminous hair dyes.
Shanghai dispatch reports North China seething as Japanese troops tighten grip. General Sung Cheh Yuan heads a northern military council amid heavy reinforcements, while Peiping and Tientsin students strike, halting schools. Japan expands barracks near Peiping and contemplates new outposts to control rail lines.
The article describes a labor dispute in Alabama where the company offers an incentive wage tied to ore tonnage with no hours change, sparking charges of job losses from a stretchout system. Washington and state officials respond by assigning mediators to seek a settlement as miners oppose the plan. A separate note mentions Mercaptan’s strong odor and a spider’s foot analogy.
State police investigate two deaths Roy Pidcock found hanged in a shed on Fighting Island in the Detroit river on May 13 and John L. Bielak beaten and shot near Monroe Michigan. The Black Legion is said to be linked to rumors of intimidation though Mayor Frank Cousens denies any involvement.
Charleston report says Delegate Charles N. Proctor of Fayette who had surgery today is in critical condition. Proctor, from Cliff Top, has served in the house of delegates since 1933 and was reelected in 1935. The text notes two solar eclipses can occur in a single year.
The text outlines Roosevelt era tax ideas proposing 15 12 to 18 percent corporate income tax plus a 7 percent levy on undistributed earnings and higher individual surtaxes. Backers expect Senate passage with little change, while Black and Lafollette push a minority plan retaining some rates but taxing retained earnings at 20 to 46 percent, raising about $502 million versus $522 million for the main proposal.
Police found Mrs Johnson dead with head injuries upstairs. Elsie May Horace and Walter were in another bed with throats cut while Rose Marie was choked in a third bed. Horace and Wilbur said their father told them their mother was ill. Arthur, the seventh child, lives away. It also notes infants' eating habits versus parents.
Helena asks how to live with a husband who resists her culture and interests while she loves home, children, and books. The adviser urges openness, selective social boundaries, and gradual changes, suggesting he may grow to value companionship and pride in his wife. It also includes a second reader letter about motherhood and modernity.
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