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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1934
Page
6
A Bluefield city essay argues crime persists due to limited police, political support, and public apathy. It urges more officers, stricter enforcement, and trials in Princeton to curb dives and traffic issues, blaming voters and officials rather than officers.
The piece surveys medieval alchemists who sought gold and an all curing solvent, aided by rulers and hopeful crowds. It notes repeated failures, costly experiments, and a pattern of revived schemes during times of stress, as humanity reverts to optimistic but unproven theories.
The text mocks a contemporary search for panaceas and alkahest while rebranding the quest as a practical hunt for universal cures. It argues that modern tricksters substitute magical transformations with simpler schemes of borrowing gold and reusing familiar delusions.
An editorial condemns weekend traffic crashes as due to equipment, carelessness, and negligence. It argues drivers need deliberation and training, compares automobile behavior to locomotive and air travel, laments vast losses of life and property, and questions officials’ inaction.
A Chicago Daily News correspondent in Indiana quotes a Hoosier farmer puzzled by the new deal. He says the AAA and NRA do not work together, raising costs while lowering income, citing higher car prices and larger NRA demands after AAA checks. He fears being worse off than before.
The piece argues that during prosperous years Americans spent on credit and now face repayment challenges like debtor nations, stressing a shift from savings to debt and the looming obligation problem.
A sharp aphorism notes that those who claim indifference to money often have not experienced financial hardship. It contrasts frugality with necessity and implies a link between wealth and concern for money.
Kate Haworth notes a drought affected landscape with curling grass and half formed buds. An apple tree sheds golden leaves while a yellow pall lingers in the sky and rivers shrink exposing sand bars and mussel diggers.
The piece surveys Congress nearing adjournment with Democratic tactics in the House to speed relief funding and tariff maneuvers in the Senate. It notes Morgenthau’s financing with summer operations in mind and humor about Roosevelt’s prep school access. It highlights press antics and a formal Senate gallery note by Senator Lewis.
James Dillon, 18, one of two youths found at J. W. Bowman’s store on Farmer Street, waived preliminary hearing and is held for the Mercer County grand jury on breaking and entering. Sousk Dillon is free on $1,000 bond, while Whittaker, 17, also arrested with Dillon, awaits a preliminary hearing today.
A satirical column mixing gospel of wartime rhetoric with lapsed military metaphor. It riffs on courage and duty while praising public support for the NRA, interleaved with odd anecdotes, misquoted classics, and a long health advisory about ear infections and safe ear care.
A wartime collage notes Hitler’s control of German press and Roosevelt’s appeal to defaulting European debts. It mocks postwar sentiment with quips about pledges, a Canadian birth family, and a scenic 125 acre farm offered at 49000 with easy terms amid a satirical, period voice.
The article explains how summer vacations lead to ear infections from water exposure during bathing and swimming. It notes water and bacteria can enter the middle ear via the nose through the Eustachian tube, and mentions protective gear like rubber caps or stoppers, though these may not fully prevent water entry.
Paraguay threatens to scrap civilized warfare rules amid munitions advances. A scientist pushes a scientific approach to politics while politicians seek election. Chicago’s male population has fallen 100000 since 1930. Gangs target rivals for rides. A student sues college and loses. Oklahoma City adds Please to No Parking signs but drivers ignore them.
W H Henderson 80 a Smyth county resident died at his Saltville home after months of failing health following a stroke. He is survived by four Bluefield residing children and five other sons and two daughters with ties to Saltville Glade Springs Bristol Tip Top and Bluefield. His wife died last February. Funeral plans were not completed.
Bruce Catton praises E B Kirkpatrick book Crime's Paradise about Charles Urschel kidnapping. Urschel cooperated with authorities. federal detectives are lauded as the turning point against gangsters. Published by Naylor in San Antonio for $2.
Hollywood notes Virginia Bruce resumes film work after leaving retirement and separating from John Gilbert. She contemplates remarriage and more children while Gilbert remains her fourth husband. Bruce’s MGM contract, still active for six years, was not voided despite her request.
Virginia Gilbert explains she kept her Hollywood name choice with John and Thalberg's influence. She recalls a year and a half as a lady of leisure with Mr Gilbert and says she valued the time, despite the marriage not lasting.
The article notes Miss Bruce's return to cinema in the nursemaid role inspired by Jane Eyre. Virginia says she may marry again after divorcing and hopes for two or three more children, while Susan Ann, age ten months, lacks playmates.
Thirty years ago today the Bluefield city council discussed building concrete sidewalks on Raleigh street and parts of Bland street. Also noted: Joseph C. Lane and Miss Alice Havens in Bluefield en route home from their wedding tour.
KIRKE SIMPSON notes the Pittman bill shifts currency policy by weakening silver inflation blocs and aligning with presidential strategy. He reports mixed reactions from silver state leaders and farm advocates, and suggests White House adjustments narrow the political fight ahead of Congress adjournment.
In New York June 6 the writer laments lack of juicy stories as Hollywood lures away gossip. He muses on possible adventures from East Side rogues to Broadway stars, imagining unlikely encounters and colorful characters that reveal the city’s faded spark.
The narrator visits Park Avenue social circles meeting figures like Mrs. Vanderbilt Whitney Eugene O Neill Langdon Post Irving and Ellin Mackay Berlin and encounters Countess Fal de Saint Phalle Neysa McMein and others. He imagines auctions for Nietzsche first editions and a run of famous eateries then muses on a chance meeting with Dutch Schultz and a waiter from Miyako's before wandering Riverside Park and a sorrowful encounter with a young woman of the evening. The piece ends noting it has not been a lucky day.
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