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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1939
Page
3
The House, 861 to 3, approves amendments to extend and boost Social Security benefits while keeping the old age pension tax at 1 percent through 1943. The plan would start higher benefits next year and delay deposits for some groups, with estimated total savings and costs noted.
Bluefield hosts the seventh annual Restaurant Association convention with Charles ton leading early delegates and over 300 expected attendees at the West Virginian hotel. National officers and state leaders arrive as exhibitors display food service equipment on the mezzanine. Housewives invited to view progress in restaurant service and cookery.
AP chief Louis Lochner in New York reports Germany pursues a vast defensive strategy aimed at staving off conflict. He notes Berlin expands fortifications and wages a broad policy of defense economics under the four year plan, while civilians and volunteers support Seifried line work.
Twenty two Houston division teams from the Coal company competed in a first aid meet. Prizes ranged from seventy dollars to seven dollars for top teams Carswell Keystone Maitland and others won honors. Joseph A Holmes Safety awards went to Samuel Guilian and Frank Wood for 55 and 50 years without a lost time accident.
Harrisburg June 10 Charges of official corruption in Pennsylvania's first Democratic administration in 40 years reach trial stage Monday after more than a year of legal maneuvering. A dozen men tied to former Governor George H. Earle's administration are accused of conspiring to cheat the commonwealth for personal gain. Three former cabinet officers and nine lesser Democrats comprise the group.
The Roosevelt entourage arrives at the 300 acre Hyde Park estate with 1,000 spectators lining the 175 mile highway journey from New York City. King Edward VII is welcomed by Mrs Roosevelt as the royal party ends a day of formal duties and prepares for rest at Red Bank.
Reports from Kladno Bohemia detail the slaying of a Czech policeman in a quarrel with German police. German authorities claim the shooting stemmed from a regrettable incident sequence as punitive measures were discussed. Nachod near the Czech-German frontier is under investigation with those involved detained.
Henry Fonda, returning from Lima with his wife, was taken to a Canal Zone hospital in Cristobal with a high fever after leaving a Pan American plane. The illness description was not disclosed.
New York June 10 A cat wandering onto a lavish royal carpet laid for a royal couple's arrival caused embarrassment for officers. The cat was promptly escorted away as crowds watched, turning into a humorous moment in the city.
Paris reports from Berlin sources say Reichsfuehrer Hitler drafted a plan for world appeasement to offer to the United States France and Britain. French diplomats awaited confirmation while Halifax shows openness to a world conference if Germany renounces force. Count von Welczek in Lille spoke of social progress and peaceful, constructive labor to justify German exhibit in Hitler's name.
London reports ecstatic headlines from British and French papers on King George VI and Queen Elizabeth's welcome in New York. Rome and Berlin give briefer notice while observers emphasize a dramatic, tumultuous and triumphant reception across major London dailies.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit New York City for the World’s Fair, greeted by cheering crowds. The royal couple tour the fair, ride through the city, and share a moment of high spirits amid a long, ceremonial day.
Interior Secretary Ickes charged a June magazine article distorted national matters by excluding men named in text and publishing photographs of Garner Hull Postmaster Lodge Dewey. He defended Roosevelt’s qualifications and loyalty of cabinet members while condemning the piece as distorted and supplementary to the article.
Daily heat summary for El Centro California on June 10 reports no heat-related injuries or deaths. The day’s high and low not specified, with a 64 degree minimum recorded.
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