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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1930
Page
2
A reflective column questions whether urban dwellers will lose leg strength as roller skates bicycles and cars replace walking. It contrasts past endurance with present fatigue noting that walking remains the cheapest exercise while commenting on weather chatter and theatre culture.
The Romanian crown is set to pass to Carol of Romania tomorrow after Premier Juliu Maniu's resignation. The chamber and senate scheduled a special session at 11 oclock to crown the prince, while Michael, the current nine year old, would return to his carefree boyhood. Carol's return by air sparked a political push, with Liberal opposition and some factions supporting his rule.
Washington June 7 Republican leaders predicted the tariff bill would pass the Senate late next week by 49 to 47 with absent senators paired. Two ballots could carry the measure over its hurdle, avoiding a tie vote by Vice President Curtis. Senators Grundy Bristol and Reed from Pennsylvania were seen as pivotal.
An assassin killed Dr. Von Baligand, German minister to Lisbon, after he arrived at a pier. The suspect Frantz Piechoweki, 39, a Danzig native with a German passport, claimed past New York naturalization papers and said he aimed to kill German officials, having previously failed to kill the minister.
New York June 7 shares fell to the year’s low levels amid a fresh wave of selling on the Stock Exchange. About forty five issues hit new yearly lows, with United States Steel slipping to new bottoms and closing at 164.25 down 2.87. Total volume approached 2.25 million as bearish trading persisted and summer uncertainty loomed.
Washington dispatch notes prohibition rising as a key issue in state primaries. Maine and Minnesota vote soon, New Jersey parties clash over repealing or retaining the Eighteenth Amendment amid heated Republican contests led by Morrow Frelinghuysen Kelly and Fort.
Miss Elizabeth Dice, acting for John Dice estate heirs, disclosed Henry Ford purchased three carloads of ancient funeral equipment from Portsmouth and Cincinnati makers. The collection, shipped to Dearborn, includes an English-style hearse with Sheffield silver lamps and a hand-made lan dau, plus a pallbearers’ hack, two old buggies, and three funeral hacks.
Former Senator James A. Reed rallied Missouri Democrats in Sedalia praising wet policies and attacking prohibition and the Anti Saloon League. Kansas City official John Parker floated Reed’s possible nomination while Reed criticized Hoover and the London naval treaty as he denounced Republican tariffs and monopolies.
Charleston West Virginia June 7 The estate bridge commission after a two day meeting indicated revenue bonds to fund the construction of two bridges and purchase of another in the state would be offered for sale soon A form for bond sale was ordered prepared and bonds would be offered once approved They will back the St Albans and Point Pleasant Henderson bridges and the toll bridge at Cabin Creek The 1929 act allows bonds repaid by bridge revenues and after retirement the structures are freed The commission plans to negotiate for the purchase of a toll bridge at Hinton and deferred action on a Monongahela river toll bridge at Star City near Morgantown A hearing was held but action postponed the promoters seeking commission approval for the project The commission praised a state supreme court decision upholding the 1929 bridge act and its aim to eliminate toll bridges in West Virginia.
Washington June 7 A proposal to discipline Bishop James Cannon Jr for his refusal to answer questions about his 1928 anti Smith activities looms with a one vote margin. Borah reportedly holds balance while Caraway and Robinson back Cannon. a Wednesday committee vote is expected after Caraway returns.
Senator Johnson warned Hoover that withholding notes harms treaty negotiations. He cited constitutional powers, urged Senate rights over treaties, and criticized Stimson’s Washington note comparison. Borah planned committee action, Johnson resisted delaying tactics while the dispute over public access to papers intensified.
Orange Virginia June 7 The prize catch of the year a sixteen inch golden trout weighing nearly two pounds was pulled from the Rapidan river by President Hoover. He landed the fish with one of his first casts using a black gnat bait. Twelve brook trout filled his morning string and five more were added before dusk to meet state limits. The President and his fifteen guests stayed at Rapidan lodge after breakfasting at the White House. Mrs Hoover showed improvement from a back injury during a state dinner attended Friday.
Dublin dispatch reports Captain Charles Kingsford Smith may launch the Pacific pioneer’s Atlantic crossing early Monday, weather permitting. He will fly the Southern Cross with M. E. Van Dyk and J. P. Saul as crew from Curragh or Baldonnel, seeking the record despite uncertain ocean conditions.
Charles Wong, 25, a Harlem laundry operator, was shot seven times and killed, marking the seventh Chinese victim in a three day tong war. Police suspected private vengeance as neighbors reported a Chinese man fleeing the laundry after the shooting.
Chicago reports the body of Eugene Red McLaughlin, a notorious gangster, pulled from a drainage canal after two weeks. Identified by brother Robert McLaughlin and by error with alias Bradley. Authorities note past crimes and Joliet prison release on a writ of error in 1929.
With 665 of 1799 precincts reporting, Josiah W. Bailey leads Furnifold M. Simmons 78 499 to 46 954 in the Democratic U S senate race. In the GOP primary George M. Pritchard trails George W. Butler 2 141 to 1 230 with Irvin Tucker at 6555. Vote is light despite good weather.
North Carolina voters faced party contests across the state with Josiah Bailey and F. M. Simmons vying for the Democratic Senate nomination in Raleigh. A Republican Senate race featured four candidates as Bailey and Estep sparked the first GOP primary in state history.
Danville Virginia June 7 Frank W. Davis Mountain Hill farmer who had endured a 26 day fast to end his life by starvation ended his fast this afternoon. County authorities moved to send him to the state western hospital at Staunton prompting his reversal. Commonwealth's Attorney P J Hundley said Davis abandoned the death by starvation plan and is under care at an undisclosed county location. He is being fed cautiously under physician supervision.
New York reports four more deaths from poison liquor, raising the three day toll to thirteen and the May 10 onset total to twenty seven. All victims were trans of bean smoke shops in the lower East Side selling cheap alcohol to unemployed, penniless men.
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