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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1936
Page
18
A dated fragment contrasts club notices and social events with church and lodge listings. It includes biblical quotation from Nehemiah and the saying about a good woman being a harbor in life’s tempest, attributed to J. P. Senn.
Dorothy Dix argues in a Baltimore Sun copyright column that women are the winning sex yet faulted for expressing troubles. She contrasts men who discuss abstractions with women who share woes, noting double standards in labor and motherhood expectations.
The American Federation of Labor cites 11 506 000 unemployed, asserting the figure likely exceeds government estimates. President Green says labor has better insight and that the economy must fix absorption of idle workers and accelerate business recovery to end unemployment.
Seismographs may misfire in current times and scientists are urged to scrutinize readings more closely. The text suggests instruments could be influenced by irrelevant factors such as a stuffed shirt.
A fragmentary note wonders about Kate Smith and a moonlit ascent over a mountain, with no follow up details or clear outcome. The text leaves the fate or meaning of the event uncertain.
Editorial from the l'reston County Journal discusses the Republican nomination for United States senator Hugh Ike Shott. It contrasts party bosses and country press support for Shott with opponents Nesbitt and Neely, notes votes on TVA NRA AAA and other measures, and argues WV voters will favor independent thinking in November.
London reports say Britain will not pay the 75 million dollar installment on the US debt, insisting the US lead talks for any settlement while Britain earmarks two billion in armament spending. Officials doubt payment unless the US accepts in kind goods and services as settlement. Britain keeps sterling at home amid fear of future European conflict.
Official Italy objects to the Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie visiting England aboard a British cruiser. The protest follows prior events in the region and suggests limited impact on wider international tensions.
A reflective poem fragment contrasting inner sound with external noise. The speaker promises to shield the listener from silence and cosmic cold, describing breath, heartbeat, and quiet moments as elusive, urging attention to a protecting voice amid time and gods with empty arms.
Forty years ago today Col. J. M. French was chosen commander of Mercer County Camp of United Confederate Veterans, formed with 200 plus members. Also notes the Republican National Convention in St. Louis and a Bland Street church lawn party at Mrs Height's home.
Herbert Plumme discusses the fragility of the Supreme Court as nine justices take a summer break awaiting October return. He notes no current constitutional crisis or labor amendment, warns that a vacancy could reshape constitutional interpretation, and mentions whispers of a bench nominee, though unlikely at Cleveland.
The piece notes the London candidacy and anti New Deal grounds in scrapping the Roberts boom. It cites Borah and other opponents fearing a court bench candidate could fail to win in November, risking a Roosevelt nomination amid a possibly hostile Senate. It discusses precedent and timing under Hughes 1916 rules.
George Ross notes Sally Rand writes a new play with light costumes while William Beebe hangs a large swordfish in his home. The Greenwich Village art mart features ship paintings as nudes dwindle. Harry Bannister pursues his ex wife Ann Harding to Quebec and pivots to a chicken farm scheme. Broadway actors prepare for rural theaters as stars like Helen Hayes Eva La Gallienne Ruth Gordon Phillip Marivale travel to villages, staying at local inns and dining at country stores, amid town gossip and a doorstep encounter with Margaret Sullavan.
The Dionsne quintuplets sign for a new film deal and report $400,000 cash on hand with weekly income. The piece mocks Hollywood and government figures as the quints joke about fame, money, and certified payments.
The article notes a potential final decision in the Zion check case hinging on doctors that the subject is a plain everyday victim of camera poisoning and critiques railroad travel costs and scenery while mentioning Elmer Twitchell writing a play about a drunkard who swears off summer but relapses into souse.
June 7 birthday readers should be cautious and deliberate in decisions and speech. Avoid misunderstandings and reckless safety choices while pursuing conservative action. The piece notes tendencies toward impulsiveness in romance and encourages progress with modern thinking.
The June 7 list features Elijah Hedding a bishop, Alfred Pleasanton a soldier and M. B. president, Susan E. Blow a kinder gardener, John F. Goucher a clergy man and educator, Edward Winslow a loyalist, John A. Darling a composer, and others.
A Carnmore California woman, 100, has used a telephone once. After 12 years a Towan resident finds 35,000 relatives. Sweepstakes tickets are proposed as easier wins. A helmet line jokes about keeping machines safe from danger. A businessman's wife wants him busy with many irons in the fire.
From November to March the piece frames a debate labeled Winterset and frames it as a matter of streamlines one and an old Model T line of reason ig. A reader named Hilary and a chaotic incident involving Ima Dodo are referenced in a riot context with a request for an autograph from the ring-leader.
Cecil B. DeMille casts Ivan Lebedeff Ayn Rand and Sally Rand in new Hollywood reunion tale. Lebedeff, once promoted then dropped, writes Legion of Dishonor. Rand, a hungry émigré who later authored We The Living, seeks Calamity Jane in This Breed of Men. Sally Rand returns for a cowgirl role after a prior screen career.
Bruce Catton reviews Grover Clark’s A Place in the Sun arguing that modern colonies fail to pay for themselves, provide outlets for surplus population, or benefit the nation as a whole. He notes empires like Britain, Italy, and Japan pursue colonies but folly prevails.
Bluefield hardware treasurer A Lilly and secretary-manager Clyde B Smith leave for Norfolk to attend the 41st annual National Association of Credit Men convention opening June 8. Delegates W Paul Cole and . W Pierce join during the week. Notables on the program include Senator Carter Glass Governor Peery and Congressman Woodrum. The convention ends June 12 with some delegates moving to a Virginia Beach conference the next week.
Dr Ward Wylie of Mullens, a longtime physician and House of Delegates member, was chosen chairman of the Wyoming County Democratic executive committee. He recently lost a state senate nomination and is known for state boxing commission work. New officers include J W Shuffelbarger Itman first vice chairman, J B Red Gore Mullens second vice chairman, Lon Cook Oceana third vice chairman, and John D Farmer secretary treasurer.
Mr and Mrs C H Archer attended graduation at the University of Kentucky last week where their son Elmer received his degree at the Kentucky institution.
The Bluefield Alumnae chapter hosted a picnic at the pump house on Saturday May 30, bringing together Alpha Sigma Tau alumnae clubs and the local chapter for a social gathering.
Mrs. A. E. McGuire was hostess at a dinner Tuesday evening for the Concord training school faculty and several friends. The event provided an intimate gathering of local ladies and guests.
Joe Hindsley of Mullens was elected president of the Phi Delta Pi fraternity for the coming year. Lewis D'Antoni, also of Mullens, will serve as the new vice president.
The Chi Beta Phi national science fraternity held its last meeting of the year on May 25. New members initiated were Wayne Bailey Millard Young Woodrow Rutherford and John Magann.
Jay League, former editor of the Concordian and current educational adviser at Camp Lewis, offers a $3.50 prize to the student with the most consistent writing in the Concordian during the first Semester next year.
More than 800 students are expected to enroll for the summer session starting Monday June 8. Many new teachers have been employed for the term in addition to the regular teachers of the past year.
Alpha Sigma Tau claimed first place in the national educational sororities and social fraternities ratings with an average of 1.8113 points. Delta Sigma Epsilon finished second with 1.8069 as Pan Hellenic Council announced the winner last week.
James Green and Charles Harris receive Blue Key medals for scholarship and activity among sophomores and freshmen. Ward Miles and William Roney follow in the sophomore ranks, while George Carr and George Weeks place second and third among freshmen. Certificates will honor their achievements.
New officers installed include Hubert Jackson of Beckley as president and Adney Sutphin as vice president. Bob Scholl of Sharples and Joe Hindsley of Mullens were named secretary and chaplain respectively.
An argument asserts that control of overseas communications is essential for war efforts, enabling a nation to source essentials from neutrals as well as colonies. The critique condemns Mr. Clark’s stance as a stark indictment. It likens colonial competition to a tragic waste of modern times.
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