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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1929
Page
6
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A devotional reflection cites Solomon and Hawthorne on love's power and courage. It asserts that true bravery comes from steadfast affection, whether facing everyday struggles or physical challenges.
Howard W Kinsey of New York writes to the World opposing the old practice of using V for U in inscriptions on public buildings monuments and the like. He cites examples like uvula vulture and concludes justice would look absurd as jratice and relatives as vneles and avata. He urges Mercury county courthouse to avoid such lettered oddities and use common sense.
President Hoover asks Congress to name a joint legislative committee to shift major prohibition enforcement from Treasury to Justice, aligning with his law enforcement stance and commission to study crime control. Also notes Dixie Democrats aloof from Smith-Raskob setup and other contemporaneous items.
Mrs. W. G. Walton relocated to Roanoke while Mrs. Nettie J. French died at her Narrows home. David Ratcliff suffered burns after dropping a bucket of hot water. Rev. T. S. Hamilton and J. L. Alexander departed for Salt Lake City for Rotary International. Messrs. Elliott, Thomas, and Rodefer headed to Indianapolis for the Shrine convention. Ella Virania Whallen wed J. W. Bell in Tronten Ohio.
The article argues crime can only be reduced through thorough study of crime conditions and enforcement machinery. It notes Hoover is not a superman and cannot purge crime but could prevent conditions from worsening. Any real decrease would count as a miracle. The plan is a commendable policy declaration.
An aging Sioux woman trudges a grey day road. Her life wanes from warrior love to labor and memory as white change reshapes the land and her people. Louise A. Johnson notes a faded gown, chores, and the poet’s plea for a vanishing past.
The piece advocates swimming as healthful exercise for lung and abdominal development and notes precautions for safe swimming. It details first aid steps for unconscious victims, endorsing Red Cross guidelines and a three-move technique with rhythmic timing to restore breathing.
The platform urges quarterly tax payments to city county and state akin to federal methods, mine safety enforcement and miner education, barriers on curves and high banks on roads to save lives, gasoline tax levies replacing personal property taxes, industrial growth in Bluefield with new streets and depot connections, forming a southern West Virginia development association, holding Sunday elections, uniformed deputies and constables, a municipal flying field, and a city water supply.
In New York on June 10 this column narrates showbiz chatter about Ed Gallagher and the Gallagher Shean team, Al Smith’s auto biography, George Carpentier’s return, and Harry Hershfield’s comic strip to novel plans. It notes film doubles for voices, misperceptions of Broadway cabaret, and the hectic talk of vaudeville.
Civil engineer Henry P. Tempest of Wheeling West Virginia lowered himself on a windlass into a seven foot deep abandoned well to rescue 13 year old James Phillips at Snowden. Tempest and the boy were hoisted out by his assistant and escaped unharmed.
A British Labour Party win in May is seen as likely to influence U S policy on Russia.Observers debate how Hoover will respond to renewed calls for recognizing the Soviet government and restoring diplomatic ties a shift that could reshape American diplomacy and foreign affairs.
A Montana round up shifts from horsemen to planes as pilots scout wild horse herds. The piece contrasts the old Western romance of individual bravado with the modern era of machine driven roundup, noting the loss of lone frontier self reliance as technology takes center stage.
The Pennsylvania crime commission examined 41,000 cases in four cities finding liquor law violations led grand jury dispositions at 17 percent, with many cases dismissed for insufficient evidence or court inefficiency. It recommends studying juries, improving court organization, and reducing delays to curb waste and boost convictions.
Opinions from editors highlight Rockefeller Institute and Yale work enabling faster TB detection and purified tuberculin from the University of Chicago. A joint 17-institution study probes TB causative factors while cures rise and prevention spreads. The piece contrasts rising U S crime drift with Britain’s homicide data, urging action to reverse the trend.
A collage of whimsical and political lines discusses a Birmingham lawyer opposing Senator Heflin in a Democratic primary, jokes about Lindbergh's marriage, aviation courtship, moonshine raids by Salt Lake City officers, a tortoise moving a mile in 67 years, and Father’s Day customs with carnations and cabbage cigars.
Reports from Copenhagen to Cape May note weather delays and flight stoppages. Incidents include a deadly family killing in Mt. Vernon Kentucky and a hotelier in Mexico City killed in a fight. Other items cover a New Jersey house fire, a Chicago motor patrolman slain, a plane crash near Baltimore editor Van Lear Black, a torch slayer on trial in Elizabeth New Jersey, and indictments for Ocean City officials in Cape May County. A train derailment in Bogota left 25 dead and 25 injured. Jean Assolant of Yellow Bird marries a New York woman in Ortland Maine.
Palatable cure for children's ailments advertised by The Phillips Co. in New York. Free booklet “Useful Information” offered with purchases and claims milk of magnesia as a long standing remedy. Trade mark details and company history note 1378 origin.
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