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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1934
Page
1
President Roosevelt tells Congress he is crafting a plan for better housing, planned use of natural resources, and safeguards against unemployment and dependent old age. He says social insurance should be national with states funding most of initial costs and the federal government handling reserves.
Mrs. Walter McHaffey found her 13 year old son Lawrence McHaffey hanging from a bath robe cord in a barn at Cliff Yard. Arch Hall arrived too late to save him and Dr. H B Luttrell ruled death by strangulation. Funeral set for Sunday at 2 30 P M at the family home with Rev M McCraw officiating. Lawrence, a Bramwell junior high seventh grader, is survived by his parents and five siblings Ruth Mark Verlie Carlyle and Alma McHaffey.
Rain across the upper lakes to the Pacific coast eased drought in many areas yet caused windstorm and flood damage in Iowa and South Dakota. Four deaths were reported and flood conditions hit northwestern Iowa as Floyd river overflowed near Sioux City. Crop benefits were noted in North Dakota and much of the Dakotas and Minnesota, while overall drought relief efforts continued under a $525 million program.
James S. Stanley founder of the Leisure League of America says cheap, constructive hobbies can ward off national boredom, calling the era of modernization a danger to individual satisfaction and urging a cafeteria of affordable pastime options. The Albany oil magnate promotes hands on tinkering and inventive leisure.
Washington reports renewed White House pressure moves the housing program from the house banking committee toward a senate committee for Monday consideration. Leaders expect quick passage in the house on Tuesday, with the bill a key to congress adjournment. The senate subcommittee nears final action likely to drop the provision for federal mortgage associations after house committee approval.
Cleveland physician Dr George W Crile warns that modern high speed living over stimulates the thyroid and adrenal glands and brain. He argues the kinetic system may become over developed and dominate the body risking extinction, as evolution drives brain and thyroid activity to dangerous heights.
Seven persons were rescued today from the wreckage of a United Air Lines plane that plunged into a mountain near Select Lake Wash. The crash left nine aboard. four were injured. Daisy A. Mooney of Winthrop Wash, a missing teacher, was found safe with the group. The crash occurred while the aircraft battled fog last night.
Clarksburg West Virginia will host a convention of county clerks on June 20 and 21. County Clerk Charles P. Furbee issued invitations to clerks from all 55 counties to attend the meeting.
Pasadena reports Dorothy Dell 19 dies in auto crash near Altadena after leaving a party with Dr. Carl Wagner who dies later from injuries. Dell had predicted another death in Hollywood following Lew Cody and Lilyan Tashman, as superstition tied to actors dying in threes.
Federal, state and local officers comb tourist camps between Waterloo and Cedar Rapids for gang members linked to Dillinger. Jean Crompton, 21, is in custody after a probation revocation and was to be transferred to Alderson reformatory in West Virginia.
Geneva June delegates adopted a program to reduce and limit armaments with Norman H. Davis praised for easing flaws between France and Britain. The plan calls for study of settlement methods and Germany’s return to the conference, with Italy and Poland voicing reservations. Next meetings will address security pacts and armament control.
Philippi West Virginia June 9 Lawrence Carroll 30 confessed slayer of Dale Jones 15 reenacted the May 27 murder beside a ten foot death cavern near Moatsville with prosecutor Forest Poling and state trooper J H Fillinger The reenactment backed his signed confession as Carroll demonstrated striking the boy placing him against a rock and burying the body under rocks and dirt The panels scene prompted Carroll to cry out he ought to have his head crushed down into them now
President Roosev elt calls for unemployment and old age relief. Labor board to settle strike threat. White House action hints at housing bill. Eight killed in San Salvador hurricane causing damage. Cabinet resigns in Kaunas. Smetona asked to carry on. Mussolini and Hitler to discuss disarmament. Oxygen machine aids quintuplets in Corbeil Ontario.
Jesse Jones chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation told the West Virginia Bankers association in White Sulphur Springs that sound banking structure underpins recovery. He warned against government as a fairy godmother and noted many assets in closed banks are losses, not frozen. The gathering included Mrs Woodrow Wilson and speakers tomorrow include W C Given and John J Cornwell.
A hurricane struck San Salvador at 1 p.m. yesterday and lasted through the night, killing at least eight, destroying 500 homes, and causing about 2 million dollars in damage. Martial law kept order as homeless sought shelter in churches and public buildings while crews worked to restore streets and utilities.
A telegram to the Pocahontas Operators association from W. P. Ellie deputy administrator states the NRA price fixing policy does not apply alter or modify the existing provisions of the bituminous coal code.
In Washington on June 8 the insurgent Amalgamated Association denounced Administrator Johnson after his radio address. They vow to meet with President to press a plan for settlement and demand recognition of collective bargaining rights. Signers include Earl Forbeck and William Spang with others from Gary, Youngstown, Weirton and Portsmouth.
The Republican county committee will meet in Princeton this afternoon at 2 30 o’clock. All party members are invited to attend as plans for the coming campaign are discussed.
In Morgantown on June 8, Monongahela West Penn Public Service Co moved three Sabraton street cars to railway cars for service in Parkersburg and Fairmont. Two cars will operate in Parkersburg and one in Fairmont after the Sabraton line was abandoned and its tracks removed.
Needham Massachusetts June 8 Abraham Faber a youthful graduate and confessed robber and slayer along with Murton and Irving Millen brothers were found guilty of first degree murder for killing Patrolman Forbes McLeod during the Needham Trust Company holdup last February. The jury delivered the verdict after an eight week trial and the sentence is death in the electric chair.
Rufus C. Patton a 44 year old Norfolk and Western railroad inspector was found under a coal car in West Virginia yard area shortly after 2 am. He likely was caught while crawling under passing cars and died of chest injury and a broken leg. He lived at 312 Hill Avenue Bluefield and was a longtime railroad employee. He is survived by his widow Lula Roten Patton and nine children. Funeral services were held Sunday at Memorial Baptist Church Bluefield with burial at Maple Hill Cemetery West Graham. Survivors also include his mother Mrs Martha Patton and several brothers and sisters. Active pallbearers and flower bearers were named.
Two young black men accused of assaulting a white woman were hanged by about 50 men from a railroad trestle near Alligator in Bolivar county. The victims Snow Ward and Bill Stewart, both about twenty, residences unknown, were captured after fleeing toward Clarksdale following the attack in Sledge Quitman county. Officers from three counties pursued them. they were arrested in Leflore county near Greenwood before mob took them.
John Barton Payne chairman of the American Red Cross will be the honor guest at a Morgantown banquet hosted by the local Red Cross chapter next Wednesday. He will address West Virginia University graduates next Monday in Morgantown.
Washington reports the 1893 low wheat yield as drought drives down output. Winter wheat 400,357,000 bushels, spring 100,000,000. Total wheat may not exceed 500,000,000, forcing reliance on 260,000,000 stored bushels. Oats under 700,000,000, pasture conditions poor, milk and eggs down. Wellsburg elections set for next Tuesday with council seats and clerk race key.
Negotiations between General Johnson and the Iron and Steel Institute yield a proposal to establish a neutral three member board to settle worker representation and anti union discrimination claims. The plan, urged by the government, would include a public interest member, an employer representative and a worker representative, with authority to supervise elections and adjudicate disputes in the steel industry.
The Thornton company inaugurates a new era in Bluefield as it relocates to the Law and Commerce building at Raleigh and Federal streets. J. T. Thornton serves as president with Henry Kendrick as secretary treasurer and Dr J H Bird as vice president. The firm aims to sustain courtesy goodwill and high class merchandise while continuing the legacy of the Thornton Laird era.
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