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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1934
Page
6
The text lists subscription rates and mailing zones for a newspaper, detailing prices for West Virginia regions, zones, and carrier options. It notes local post office publication and department requests for address specifications.
The article argues fear of overproduction is historic and not unique to today, citing past warnings and continued growth. It credits efficient distribution and advertising as cures but questions political consequences of third party movements like La Follette Wheeler in 1924 and their impact on party dynamics and regional outcomes.
The emergence of a Progressive party linked to the La Follette family in Wisconsin signals a new political path. Analysts ponder whether this split from Republicans could redraw national dynamics beyond the Badger State as the elder La Follette's career moved within the GOP.
Smithsonian Institution statistics indicate the ten year period 1921 to 1930 averaged warmer in cities from Charleston to San Diego. Across sites with 43 to a century of records, every station shows a higher mean than earlier years, with no cooler readings, while officials offer no explanation.
A clipping questions the meaning of liberalism, contrasting past values like free speech and liberty with a modern view that dictates business practices and social behavior. It laments the brain trust’s shift toward regulating prices, restricting entertainment, and mandating lectures, leaving readers confused.
A remark suggests communists in America might calm down if brought before a federal tribunal and sternly punished for stirring labor troubles.
A poem praising tugboats that stand ready outside the harbor to aid giant ships. The verses celebrate their grit and loyalty through storms and rough seas, with a dedication by J. Montague in the New York World.
Washington correction reveals the White House pressuring Senator Smith over Tugwell's nomination. The piece outlines alleged exchanges involving marshals collectors and a federal judge, noting party tensions and the price of patronage as Congress nears adjournment.
Charleston West Virginia June 8. The veterans bureau announced additional enrollment of veterans for service in the civilian conservation corps will be made in July to fill vacancies. The last quota in April called for 207 veterans for West Virginia. The enrollment for July has not been determined but is expected to be greater than April.
A spoof column lists fictional honorary degrees for various Americans with satirical notes on ethics and public life. It parodies awards for odd achievements, plus a jab at New York theater bars and postwar debt relief, ending with a quip about war debt suspensions.
An article extols Finland as a small land entirely surrounded by defaulters, praising its honesty and national honor. It claims its soil rejects cupidity and cunning and asserts Finns honor contracts and faithfully carry them out.
Margaret Holyneaux sues Sidney Phillipson for 500000 dollars damages claiming twelve years of love without marriage. A jury awarded her one dollar. The case reflects a historic filing over romance and presumed financial injury.
Bruce Catton reviews Charles Dickens The Life of Our Lord, a 1934 publication rediscovered among Dickens papers. He notes its reverent retelling of Christ for children, yet says it lacks the magic of Dickens’s novels though it remains worth reading and suitable for young readers. Simon and Schuster price is $1.75.
Dr Morris Fishbein notes that before insulin, diabetic children often died young, but insulin radically improves outlook. Regular injections replace missing pancreatic secretions, with success seen in children over 10 years who self administer. Proper diet, sterile technique, and monitoring are essential for control.
Hollywood tale shows Adolphe Menjou's rise funded by Eddie Schmidt's suits. Schmidt supplied six outfits worth hundreds. Menjou later bought $90,000 in clothes. Jackie Coogan’s renewed contract and Loew’s support extended his career, while Maurice Chevalier shifts from straw to felt hats in The Merry Widow.
A collage of light gossip and oddities from early cinema era. Douglas Fairbanks gains a monocle in England while Mary Pickford ponders divorce as war debt jokes float. A songwriter’s divorce follows 22 moves in 22 months, and a Georgia man fails six suicide attempts, with quips about life success and insects receiving kind treatment.
Mrs. Florence McLay of Upper Darby testified that her husband struck her with a candlestick, dish, coffee pot, mop and lamp, then slammed a black cat into her. The judge ruled the incident sufficient grounds for divorce. A note adds Yaris of the Sahara experiences frost on rare nights.
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph recalls events from thirty years ago including the discovery of Ed Davis's body near the Norfolk and Western station at Cedar Bluff with foul play suspected. Also mentioned are wagon maker James A. Hagg's death in Abingdon Virginia and a train No. 1 record between Roanoke and Bluefield.
In a rapid White House response to rumors of General Johnson being sidelined, the NRA figure roars back with criticisms of Ogden Mills. Mills, a Hoover campaigner, may run for president as Johnson faces renewed scrutiny and Moley hints at NRA restructuring aligned with Roosevelt plans.
Oley proposes abolishing some codes and revamping others through negotiation. Moley hints at a federal industrial commission absorbing the Federal Trade Commission and NRA admin functions to run the code program, with a potential parallel to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
In New York on June 8 Paul Harrison details backstage life at the American Music Hall and other venues. He notes real props such as a trap door, wind machines, fog from acid jars, and a Spanish throne chair owned by Rufus King that inspired the play. The piece also highlights actors, actresses, and the growing trend toward period-accurate costumes and authentic items from the eras depicted.
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