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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1930
Page
16
The West Virginia state road commission reports rapid progress on its anti dust program covering 925 miles of gravel and traffic bound roads. Treatments with light asphaltic oil and calcium chloride aim to banish dust for the 1930 season, with cost around 300 to 350 dollars per mile.
Thomas 8 Rice, known as Tom, has joined the M. and P. Mutual Insurance Agency of this city as manager of the automobile department. A V P I and University of Virginia graduate, he has been in Texas for a year and formerly headed Garry and Shefly draftsmen and led the Blue City Blue Boys orchestra. He is a musician and composer whose works have been broadcast on WHIS and will broadcast again soon.
The American Automobile Association prepares for its twenty eighth annual convention in Asheville North Carolina on Friday and Saturday June 2021. The program includes a review of the years work election of national officers and policy discussions on highways safety and motor taxation. Leaders aim to support federal aid increases and oppose toll highways while expanding safety education.
The article extols rhododendron season in the Great Smoky and Blue Ridge mountains with blooms of rhododendron catawbies and rhododendron maximum. It highlights Mt. LeConte as a premier attraction and notes scenic routes from Bluefield to Knoxville and nearby side trips like Indian Gap and Deal's Gap.
The Tri-District News Urges patience as Hatfield Construction speeds work on the new state route 8 between Welch and Maybeury. Motorists are warned to use extra caution amid road construction, with delays expected but promised improvements in safety and travel time tomorrow.
Seward reports about 10,000 pupils enrolled statewide with over 5,000 in territorial schools for 1929 30. Anchorage and Wrangell plan to erect new high schools costing $50,000 each to expand facilities.
The article argues for uniform traffic regulations across states and municipalities to avoid federal interference and revenue losses. It cites a national conference on street and highway safety, mentions the Bluefield Automobile Club's participation via Hugh Ike Shott, and promotes using motor club services for planning trips and obtaining current road conditions.
American car owners seeking admission to Canada face possible refusal if unable to present state registration cards, according to a letter received.
A. H. Dalziel, Windsor based Canadian collector of national revenue, reports motorists from nearby states often neglect to carry registration cards. He notes Illinois drivers four in five fail to carry the cards, while West Virginians are required by law to keep registration in their vehicles at all times and should face no difficulty.
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