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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1933
Page
6
The piece warns of June fifteenth deadlines including a second income tax installment, foreign interest payments, and large treasury note placements. It argues for expanding the currency as a remedy, critiques past money printing, and questions the effectiveness of federal bond buying and bank credit in reviving business.
The Norfolk and Western Railway company was acquiring water rights on Bluestone river to support a proposed large pumping station at Falls Mills. Catholic bishop Rt. Rev. P. J. Donohue visited Wheeling and stopped in Bluefield after attending the Richmond cathedral dedication. Painter Frank Ehori died in a free-for-all battle among Italians Hungarians and Americans at Wilcoe.
The piece laments garden thefts by petty criminals amid harsh times. It urges self help through gardening and calls for catching and punishing vandals. It recalls a London conference jab from Senator Long about shirts being skinned.
The piece mocks a government overstatement funds for a tree planting program. It references a $280,000 toilet kite overpaid by $110,000 and jokes about replacing a popular song with half a dollar. The tone critiques taxpayer burdens.
A reflective poem about a man who remains a boy in heart, cherishing memories and toys as he grows. The piece contrasts his strength with the lingering loss felt when plans fail and his mother’s comforting gaze softens the ache of separation from childhood.
The Wheeling Intelligencer reports editor Joe L Smith nearly canceled a business trip after a taxi ride where the driver attacked politicians with harsh critique of congressmen who miss work. The Clarkburg Exponent argues Morgan’s tax avoidance shows the law favors the rich and calls to change current income tax rules.
Eddie Cantor announces his new film Roman Scandals a modern musical without numbers. He plans ensemble chorus with spoken lines and no dancing. He aims to avoid explicit content and says the story will explain itself to all ages.
Mr. and Mrs. William Edens hosted a farewell gathering Tuesday night for Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Jenkins and Juna Jenkins in MoKegan West Virginia. Guests included Mrs. Jones Thelma Sizemore June Jenkins Dot Coleman Hazel Coleman Martha and Margaret Edens Margaret Haydeny Mr. Allen Urps Dennis Perdue Ira Ledford Dennia Ledford Ray Daughtery Lensey Mil iam Dallas Jenkins Switchback and Orville Ledford Bluefield.
Miss Ethel Perdue visits relatives in Premier as Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Jenkins vacation in Mathias W Va after spending winter in Mohegan where Jenkins is school principal Miss Ruth Cochran visits sister Mrs Claude Akere of Twin Branch G G Sizemore a business visitor in Welch Mrs Ted Walters and daughter Jane return to Premier after visiting her parents I J Perdue Ruth Rose recovering after recent illness
The Standard Sanitary Manufacturing company today ordered the Kokomo Indiana pottery plant to prepare for a restart after a 15 months shutdown. About 400 men will be employed once operations resume.
In New York on June 6 Julia Blanshard notes curious crowds flocking to wharves paying a penny or more to board liners just to glimpse departures. Douglas Fairbanks and his son sailed on the Europa drawing a large Brooklyn gallery where Doug, surprised by the turnout, returned from a luncheon completely clean shaven.
The Empire State hosted a first trip reception with Al and Mrs. Smith as guests of honor. Fred Astaire Luella Gear Marilyn Miller and other dancers lent glamour to the voyage. Mitzi Green, though grown, shed tears when barred from joining the outing with her father.
The best party of the year drew society’s celebrities to the Central Park Casino staged by Elsa Maxwell. George Metaxa and George Gershwin performed while Fred Astaire wooed Mary Pickford’s table, Fannie Brice surprised with a serious turn, and 17 table 22 reporters all hailed from small towns and trained on local papers.
A collage of quirky items includes a cartoonish mock caption about a midget on J. P. Morgan’s lap and a jab at telephone counts in Seer. Notes on moths as mild insects, summer wear recalled, and Kansas convicts fleeing during a baseball game add satirical variety.
Washington bystander notes that former Senator Smith W Brookhart of Iowa is appointed as a special trade adviser under the new farm act. He plans to expand U S Russia farm product trade and may engage with many Russian trade contacts while offering factual studies. Brookhart's noncommittal Republican past and independent bid are remarked as complicating his new role.
Health notes warn driving with windows open may cause neuritis and thigh fatigue from seat edge pressure on the sciatic nerve. Back-seat seating can also produce thigh pressure. Advice includes adjusting seats or cushions and carrying first aid like boric acid solution and sterilized cotton for eye injuries.
A sequence of programs and spots lists musical clocks, news flashes, silent hours, studio sessions, and advertisements at Granada Theater and various local businesses. Highlights include pieces by Charles Cassell, Oscar Pearcy, and events at Union Mission and Beaver Sisters with intervals of silence and recordings.
Washington reports Chairman Mansfield of the house rivers and harbors committee indicated likely no action on the Kanawha river development project during this congress. The plan, costing about 12 million dollars for a nine foot channel from Charleston to the Ohio river, awaits the regular session next January. Army engineers backed it while Kanawha valley industries pressed for approval and railroads New York Central and Chesapeake and Ohio opposed.
Representative Randolph of Elkins West Virginia settled a contest for Masontown postmastership by recommending RB Williams as postmaster and naming rival William E K Smith as assistant postmaster with a split of salary and clerk hire funds. Randolph also recommended John W Fisher for Moorefield postmaster in Hardy county.
Washington reports Charleston W Va postoffice receipts for May at 41472 dollars, up 12.19 percent from 1932. Across 50 industrial centers the average gain was 7.56 percent. The piece notes a national gasoline consumption drop of 7.5 percent in 1951.
The repeal drive accelerates as President Roosevelt urges action and Postmaster General Farley promotes prompt ratification. Governors and legislatures clash over conventions while many states consider 3.2 percent beer sales, and courts seem unlikely to block ratifications.
In Vivien West Virginia on June 6 the ladies auxiliary met at the church and sewed eight garments for charity drives. Finished items were given into the care of Mrs. Claude Wood, secretary of Christian Social Service.
Circle 1 of the Ladies auxiliary at Vivian Presbyterian Church will meet at 7 30 Thursday evening. Circle 2 will gather at Mrs Dye's home Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Mr and Mrs Allen Aehley entertained Friday night with two tables of bridge. Guests included Mr and Mrs C C Dye, Mr and Mrs Jimmie Williams, Ben Mays and Ella Gorgon of Mateland.
Mrs R C Cloud and Rev and Mrs Lyle Youell visited Bristol friends last week. Miss Mary Pickford visited Stevens clinic Friday. Several families from Switchback Logan Landgraff and McComas visited, some ill with measles and others staying at Stevens clinic in Welch.
Wheeling West Virginia Jack Doyle a farm hand was convicted today of attacking a six year old girl several months ago The penalty is death on the gallows The jury deliberated five hours The date of the execution was not set France has introduced a new contribution to the baby war field a five horsepower two passenger unit with a wheelbase of just over six feet selling for 490
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