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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1937
Page
2
Father Wilbur M. Burke returns to Bluefield to resume parish duties at Sacred Heart Church and greet his congregation at Friday mass. He succeeds Father G W Gocke after an exchange of pulpits and previously served twelve years before stepping down for ill health.
Beckley West Virginia reports Patrick Powell, who escaped a London Kentucky jail nine years ago after a manslaughter sentence, turned himself in saying he is tired of dodging law and wished to serve his two to 21 year term. He claimed self defense in the 1928 shooting of Boyd Nichols and was later convicted of manslaughter. Kentucky officers planned to extradite him this week.
Buckhannon West Virginia hosts the second annual strawberry festival with thousands visiting for the coronation of Phyllis Curry from Lost Creek a WVU sophomore as the festival queen. The pageant marks the official start of the event with Governor Homer A Holt involved. A note mentions recent goat births near Enid Oklahoma.
A bridge hand scenario discusses capturing trumps and the safer grand slam in spades. It notes North South positions, vulnerability, and the challenge of counting thirteen top tricks without a long suit.
In a bridge hand West led a diamond and East showed five trumps. Declarer won in dummy, used a spade and then forced East to ruff, discarding a heart at key moments. After careful timing and protection of top cards, East could not win a single trick while declarer cashed clubs and spades to triumph.
Minneapolis patrolman Robert Bullock stopped a motorist named Clinton W. Ringler of Fort Snelling who he suspected of drunken driving. Ringler tried to wrestle. Bullock wrestled back, losing his watch in the scuffle as cars passed by until a patrol wagon arrived.
The New River Company's first aid meet at Mount Hope on June 19 will be the largest inter company event in West Virginia. It requires 150 team members, two 40 piece bands, 42 committee members, six supervisory judges, 20 doctor judges, and 25 lay judges. The event draws officials from the U S Bureau of Mines and the West Virginia Department of Mines and has run since 1920 to promote mine safety and reduce accidents. Also notes motor safety experts say bridges are slipperier than roads due to light paving.
Collector Walter R. Thurmond urged hundreds of taxable employers in the district to follow Title VIII provisions of the Security Act and file monthly Treasury Form 881. He warned of 5 to 25 percent penalties for willful nonpayment, stressed that both employer and employee share the tax, and noted no state participation or penalties for noncompliant employers.
Huntington West Virginia centennial events closed with the unveiling of a bust of Chief Justice John Marshall by his great great grandson Charles Marshall Scott on the college campus. Dr J F T O'Conner Comptroller of the Currency spoke on John Marshall as intramural program to follow with Jock Sutherland of the University of Pittsburgh set as speaker.
A carrier pigeon delivers a dispatch to the Salt Lake Telegram after a reporter climbs a precipitious peak while searching for a missing transport plane. The weather is described as clear and the view is beautiful as the climber contemplates descent.
Senator Rush Holt of West Virginia urged indefinite delay in Ernest L. Bailey nomination for national emergency council director terming it a $20 000 a year clipping service. Holt argued the NEC post is unnecessary and urged economy to aid feeding and clothing the needy. Canada exported cheese worth 6 789 000 in 1935.
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