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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1935
Page
11
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Bluefield prepares to host the 1935 Lions Club convention with a cordial citywide welcome. Citizens express pride in hosting West Virginia business and professional leaders and invite continued ties for future gatherings and election of Bluefield as a convention city.
The operators are willing to sign the union wage scale while miners reportedly oppose a strike. Both sides will be guided by actions in other coal regions as competition stays fierce. About eleven million people are idle, driving the nation’s mood, and prosperity hinges on jobs returning.
The piece argues for letting business self adjust to revive the economy, accusing artificial plans of failing. It defines economics as the nation’s business life and contends balanced capital, labor, and consumer markets will restore prosperity, urging decisive, natural adjustments to re-employ idle workers.
The article argues that national life requires capital led by intelligent people to ensure widespread buying power and employment. It asserts capital must adjust to share opportunities with workers, as higher masses’ consumption drives profits, and that economic laws will enforce progress if no artificial interference disrupts this balance.
From Charles B. Smith’s Ogden correspondence comes a report on a West Virginia tainted vote. A crying congressman confessed loyalty to Roosevelt at home while voting against the bonus, a traitor claim later debunked as a new member. The piece notes the majority promised 100 percent support at home, yet 0 percent in Congress.
A June weather note praises Jupiter Pluvius for generous rains that revived areas burned last year and calls for Old Sol to intervene. The writer argues a dry June is needed to finish crops and ensure a full harvest, noting current moisture is ideal but heat is required for timely maturation.
The piece questions how a new crowd, seemingly ignorant of the current constitution, will craft a new one. It praises the present document’s three branches legislative executive and judicial as safeguards against rash action and hysteria and notes its historic progress and influence. The author likens rewriting to undermining heavenly statutes.
A poem by Helen Miller Lehman portrays an aged man with faded dreams and limited usefulness. He remains tethered to life’s routine, shuffling to the post office to survey mail and seed catalogs, while an inner fact remains that he must die.
Roosevelt receives daily reports on wage cuts and hour lengthening after the NRA decision. Officials note 600 New York cases and warn about mixed congressionally inspired opinions. Tugwell builds a land and resettlement plan while FHA reorganizes under Stewart MacDonald.
A fragment from a historical page notes the world's greatest uncut diamond in the United States stirring American excitement. It contrasts American rarity with uncut liquor and quotes a British statesman about geographic ties to Europe, then dismisses a dust storm comparison and ends with a quip about bore gatherings and I for an I.
On June 5 those born under Gemini receive favorable financial hints and possible surprises. Caution in partnerships is advised, with emphasis on written agreements and avoiding business superseding love. Notable June 5 natives include Bushrod Washington and William Sprague, among others.
The NRA codes threat to politics and law business reshapes Washington travel and briefcases. Lawyers face fewer protests, more inquiries, and costs from code debates as 1930s America wrestled with regulation. The piece wryly asks if ending codes is fair to lawyers.
Article cites Mayor LaGuardia urging America to reject outcomes from judges it dislikes. It recalls a joke about Jack Spratt and a quip on Jones's wealth. The piece portrays frustration with perceived political and economic power and the idea of defending national destiny.
Screen Life In Hollywood reports Harman-Ising, Disney’s main rival through MGM, offering Good Little Monkeys a color fantasy. The plot involves the Devil stepping from Dante’s Inferno to tempt monks astray, as competing studios pursue story and character appeal.
Narrative figures including Napoleon Rip Van Winkle and the Boy Scouts step from pages into a campaign to rescue primates. The imaginative tale blends history and fiction as living characters confront dangers, symbolically defending animal welfare themes across a whimsical battle.
Ann Sothern and Gene Raymond lead a back stage musical with familiar songs and predictable plot. Pert Kelton Lionel Stander Sam Hardy and others support. A Bil Robinson dance specialty aided by Fats Waller and Jeni LeGon is a highlight. Walter Lang directs the R O picture based on a Marc Lachman story.
A compact sketch notes Ginger a playful tomboy who adores her uncle. It highlights Jane Withers as the film’s first major starring vehicle after Bright Eyes and mentions Fox’s quick contract offer following her standout performance.
Bruce Catton reviews Catherine the Great in Gina Kaus’s Catherine the Portrait of an Empress. The essay traces her rise from German princess to Russian autocrat, her bloodless revolution, Potemkin’s influence, flirtations, Voltairean ideals, and ultimate ruthlessness culminating in a fatal, laughter fueled end.
A literary review of Humphrey Cobb's Paths of Glory, detailing a French regiment's doomed hill assault and the drumbeat of indiscriminate war. The piece condemns war’s impersonal machine, notes the firing squad as a symbol of sacrificed human values, and mentions publication details and other humorously sharp asides about society.
C B Hancock leaves for Hot Springs Arkansas to attend a hardware dealers convention. The first colored Presbyterian church in West Virginia is dedicated at Kimball. Miss Gertrude Watts recital highlights, twenty years ago today. Beaver high school graduates twenty three receive diplomas. Mrs Woolwine dies at daughter’s home. Deputy Raleigh county sheriff James T Anderson dies walking from Tams to Slab Fork. Ten years ago today Dr A S Ellett dies. Rev Samuel W Moore receives Doctor of Divinity from Davidson College. James Hill dies in coal mine accident at Capels.
Washington observers discuss the recovery act as it neared two years in force only to be struck down by the Supreme Court for lacking constitutional authority. Industrialists debate potential salvage actions, considering suing to recover code assessments, though legal avenues are unclear without congressional sanction.
The discussion centered on two imagined remedies for legislative uncertainty. One proposed mandating rapid constitutionality tests for enacted laws, the other seeking advisory opinions from the Supreme Court on pending proposals. The Humphrey case is cited as an example where the court gave an advisory response to a claims court, though the case itself was not squarely before the Court.
The text questions whether Congress could have used claims court procedures to seek constitutional guidance on the Recovery Act. It asks if Congress could request an informative, affirmative ruling from the court on how far it could go to realize the Act’s economic and social aims, and whether the judiciary’s role is limited to vetoing actions.
Paul Harrison writes from London about American and British social scenes. He notes Broadway like contrasts in the West End, familiar signs in Piccadilly Circus, and Hollywood fanfare in London venues. He meets old friends on Fleet Street, observes social elites, and mentions Myrna Loy and others while commenting on English bridge players and social life.
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