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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1929
Page
6
The piece argues that wet newspapers push anti prohibition propaganda and that enforcement flaws prove nothing. It contends prohibition has succeeded, reducing legalized intoxicants and crime remains despite laws. It targets editorial bias and calls for reverence of the liquor ban.
The article quotes Helen Thoburn of Shanghai now in New York urging religious workers to recognize humanity’s busy world. She argues material success is not evil and that spirituality and material life can coexist rather than clash.
The fragmentary text lists deaths and injuries including W. W. Ashworth a Confederate veteran who died at home on Clear Grat Sublett, a painter who fell from a South Bluefield house, and Dr T Henry Becker of Bluefield who died in Philadelphia. It also notes T G Gwynne becoming a Telegraph reporter and Kaufman and Phelps Furniture purchasing Union Bank building on Princeton Avenue. The West Graham new Methodist church dedication is mentioned.
Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick argues human progress rests on action within time and strength. He says material success enables building churches and libraries and fuels culture, art, music, and religion, while extremes against wealth misdirect. The piece notes editors would chase the Lindberghs' disappearance for column fodder.
A California woman pleads guilty to murdering her husband with poison in his coffee. The case raises questions about insanity pleas while showing she acted with clear rationality in ensuring the right cup received the poison.
The document outlines quarterly tax payments to government levels, mine safety enforcement and miner education, barriers on curves and high banks to protect motorists, a gasoline tax to replace personal property taxes, and new factories for the Bluefield area. It calls for a northern street from East End bridge to Midway, pending connections to College Avenue and a southern West Virginia county development association, plus elections on Sunday and a push for municipal operations and city services.
Helene Mullins writes in the New York World about a woman leaning from a window facing exhaustion and disillusion. The poem questions purpose as long days end and life offers ambiguous, unfulfilling temptations.
The piece notes Wall Street’s shock at Senator Glass proposing a 5 percent tax on stock transfers under sixty days. Brokers doubt it becomes law but fear the warning on speculative excess and urge careful scrutiny of unnecessary laws and future reforms. It also covers Kanawha county murder trials and swift justice for two New Jersey suspects.
Dr. K E W McCollum of Johns Hopkins outlines fundamentals for safe weight loss. He notes excessive sugar and poor food choices as causes, urges gradual calorie reduction and increased activity, and lists allowed foods like grapefruit cottage cheese eggs and lean proteins along with vegetables.
In New York City sidewalks and theatres the talkie recording machine offers 50 cent voice keepsakes for impressions and love notes. Jacques Bustangby, inventor of night clubs, is fined about $100 for running a hotel suite speakeasy as Broadway recalls merry gossipy tales of Jacques and showroom revelry.
The article describes a monumental cathedral planned by the Catholic Church in America, rivaling St. Peter's and Notre Dame. It notes ongoing construction and a vast sixty seven acre cathedral close, with a half finished Mt. Alban Episcopal cathedral nearby expected to cost thirty million. It mentions notable burials in its crypt including Woodrow Wilson, Admiral Dewey, and Melville Stone.
Washington observers note Secretary Stimson deftly resolved the Dolly Gann social precedence row as hostess for Vice President Curtis. Edward E. Gann, a Washington lawyer, appeared in senate hearings urging oil and gas research funding, saying the petroleum program was underfunded. The dispute centered on social rank while the diplomatical solution preserved jurisdiction and avoided further controversy.
Readers learn of a Labrador station project moving to St John’s Island near Dead Man’s Chest in pirate lore. The piece notes rising aviation plans with airports for 190,000+ cities and a $500 million yearly airport spend, then shifts to reflections on piracy, divorce, Soviet contracts, and Arctic whaling by air, ending with windstorm and tornado losses in 1928.
The Pennsylvania crime commission chaired by Charles Edwin Fox and including Attorney General Baldrige studied criminal law, trials, and sentencing. It urged repealing adverse comment restrictions, admitting certain criminal evidence, faster appeals, trial without jury with consent, graduated penalties, and state-wide standard rules to speed justice.
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