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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1924
Page
3
The piece argues that limited public knowledge about coal mining fuels attacks and profiteering claims, urging education by coal interests. It also discusses the Methodist church stance on theater, advocating selective support for wholesome plays to guide public taste and curb indecent offerings.
The piece notes an unusually cold wet May with persistent showers across regions. It cites government records and "oldest inhabitant" memory, warning that sunshine is scarce and crops suffer while pondering a shift in seasons and its effect on food supply.
An editorial voice lauds John D. Rockefeller Jr for a one million dollar donation to Rheims Cathedral aiding restoration after the war. It credits the Forbes family’s philanthropy, notes French workers’ efforts, and praises American support for world heritage despite generational shifts. A separate item recounts Mrs Irene Starbuck disciplining her daughter and the magistrate's suspended sentence. June nostalgia closes the piece as a lead to a continuation on page two.
American around the world fliers arrived in Hong Kong at about noon after a 300 mile hop from Amoy in three hours and fifteen minutes. Weather was reported as perfect for the flight. The next leg planned is a 500 mile hop to Haiphong in French Indo China.
In Graham Virginia, a mayoral race and a name change to Bluefield trigger intense voter registration activity. A search warrant led to registrar C. T. Benbow on a roof. he was later found and registered. About 600 voters may participate in the municipal election.
Graham’s new Bluestone Furniture and Manufacturing Corporation plant, built to supply dining and bedroom suites, burned Saturday. Estimated loss runs 100000 to 125000 with $80000 insured. building, machinery and stock wiped out. Firefighters from Graham and Bluefield contained the blaze after three hours, aided by a new automatic sprinkler system not yet in service.
Cleveland June 7 The Republican National Committee wrapped up its hearings on contested delegations as five vice presidential booms compete for dominance. Leading the field is former Governor Lowden with Hoover Borah Dawes and Dr. Burton also in contention. A color line dispute in Tennessee and a Louisiana protest attempt highlight ongoing credential battles before the convention turns to page four.
Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold reveal a boyish, thrill driven plan to kidnap and murder a Chicago youth. They describe three hours of driving the streets in a rented car scanning children, choosing Robert Franks, and using a chisel and gag before disposing of evidence at their homes.
Congress closed its six month session amid controversy as Western lawmakers pushed for farmer relief and reclamation reform while failing to pass key measures. The deficiency bill with bonus funding, cruiser construction, and military modernization were defeated, with vetoes and last minute moves shaping a dramatic end to the session. President Coolidge signed several last minute bills as adjournment loomed.
John Brown evangelist leads Bluefield revival urging Bible reading and prayer. Morning mass meeting at the tabernacle addresses Gods masterpiece with sermons for men and boys women and girls and a final night message Get There and Stay There. Brown emphasizes church membership as vital and condemns double affiliations.
Nettie Volk MacLean sues Kenneth Ross MacLean for divorce and files a second action against A. R. MacLean for 236000 damages alleging that Kenneth killed their infant in a Brunswick hotel last February and then beat Nettie to unconsciousness. Maine grand jury previously returned no true bills in the criminal case.
Francoise Marsal the finance minister in the outgoing Poincare cabinet has accepted a mandate from Thesibey Millerand to form a new French cabinet. The move follows political shifts within the French government and signals a transition in leadership.
In Tokyo a group of about thirty Ronin disrupted a dance at the Imperial Hotel to push opposition to the U S exclusion law. They handed out anti American placards calling for deportation and bans on American goods and films.
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