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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1931
Page
12
The local business men's club gathering this evening will host the town manager and council members to discuss the proposed water meters and the city budget. Mayor J. S. Dudley urges citizens to bring friends to maximize information distribution as meters would affect over 700 homes.
A Bluefield Virginia writer mails a letter to praise country butter, noting it is fine when handled by people who know quality. She says Bluefield locals favor country butter from Tazewell Mercer and Bland counties, stressing its yellow color and pure mountain Dewdrop-like quality.
An unidentified insect feeding on walnut leaves was reported in Abbe Valley and nearby areas. The insects work at night with a humming noise like bees and leave walnut leaf fragments on the ground. J P Davidson of Abbs Valley observed them by flashlight but could not identify the species.
White Sulphur Springs West Virginia June 11 Executives of fertilizer firms closed the National Fertilizer association meeting with talks on solutions for low industry spirits. Prices have been slashed across regions as farm buying power falters and production costs at times fall below cost. 1931 fertilizer sales may total about 6 million tons down from 30 percentage drop in Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia and Florida. Bayless W H Haynes Jacksonville Fla named president John J Watson New York named vice president Charles J Brand Washington secretary treasurer.
Dayton Ohio June 11 Benson Groves convicted of taking part in the Steubenville post office robbery and $35 000 gained was en route to Atlanta penitentiary to begin a five year term and was fined $1 000 Judge Robert R Nevin imposed the sentence yesterday James F ONeil received a similar term but was suspended until July 15 to await arrangement in Newark New Jersey on another post office robbery charge
Philip Be Knapp, a Cornell University student and son of a Syracuse family, was captured after a six year global search for the murder of a taxicab driver near Mitchell Field Long Island. Knapp, who deserted the Army Air Corps after the crime, had been hunted in the U S and abroad and was found living under the name Phillips in West Orange New Jersey with his wife.
Progress on a new laundry building by C L Weeks in Virginia with an outlay of 15000 dollars. The project currently employs twenty people and is expected to grow substantially once the building is completed.
In Dungannon Scott county fifteen voters went to the polls to choose six town officials including a mayor and five councilmen. Twenty five qualified voters existed with no names on the ballot. The ticket lists Mayor H. L. Syallard and councilmen Miss Mattie Richmond C. B. Warren J. M. Craft F. C. Blackwell A. M. Staples. The council will appoint a sergeant treasurer and recorder.
Wise county voters rejected a measure by four to one that would bar cows from streets. Bessy may continue to roam Wise for now. Rev. Charles W. Browning Jr. arrives as Graham Presbyterian pastor and preaches Sunday at 11. J W Wade notes strong corn growth despite cool weather. farmers advise three to four plowings and hoeing as good exercise.
A note from Mr. and Mrs. C F Shelton Mrs S E Lawson and daughter thanks neighbors for sympathy during the death of their son and brother A H Lawson and for cars and consoling words from Dr Hayne. The second line playfully imagines enough potato soup from potatoes that passed through Bluefield yesterday to fill Shannon dale swimming pool.
Miss Mildred Tyler arrives in Bluefield Virginia to visit sister Mrs. W F Baylor and spend summer in the mountains. Jeenee Philpott and Margaret Dudley return from Lynchburg College for vacation. Laurea Williamson home from Harrisonburg State Teachers College after a dietetics course. Mr and Mrs J A Pancake host guests including Mrs Griffith of Knoxville and Miss Sally Lambert of Crumpler. Mrs Griffith is a Pancake relative. Mr and Mrs Vernon Johnson and Mrs Ella Chapman of Tazewell visit Bluefield to see Joe Nat Johnson under care at the Bluefield sanitarium. Locust pests: 17 year cicadas last heard 30 years ago. shells indicate possible arrival this summer. Monroe to celebrate 136th year founding of Peterstown on June 17, sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution. many former Monroe county citizens in Bluefield and coalfields expected. A large crowd is expected. A good chance to see old friends.
Jefferson Ohio June 11 date for the formal sentencing of Mrs Maude Lowther 23 after her Tuesday conviction of first degree murder of Mrs Clara Smith was delayed to the week of June 22 to allow time for a motion for a new trial to be considered by the court.
In Los Angeles a female witness faced threats to life while the district attorney sought the cause of injuries to W. E. B. French, another witness. French appeared with a battered face as the investigation into the slaying of Charles H. Crawford and H. F. Spencer continued. A clubwoman, Mrs. Ethel Hamlin, was found dazed after a man in a badge tried to recruit her for questioning and warned her to leave the city.
The plea of a widowed woman saved Earl Moore of Cincinnati from a long jail term after he robbed a downtown Chicago candy shop managed by Mrs. Tillie Horne. Moore said he served eleven months with the tank corps in France and had failing to find work since coming from the South.
The International Arbitration Commission declares the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem a Muslim shrine, with Jews granted access for religious ceremonies. The decree obliges Muslims to refrain from harming Jews while they perform penance. A photo shows devout Jews praying before the wall.
Atlantic City June 11 Thomas A Edison urged faith in industry and economy and urged bravery amid depressions. He spoke to the National Electric Light association via radio from Fort Myers urging Americans to stay hopeful and move forward as in prior crises.
St Louis June 11 Phil Dee Ball owner of the St Louis Browns has a long amateur baseball background. Fifty years ago he played catcher in an era with no masks or chest protectors. He recalls taking several blows to the head from playing close behind the plate rather than the usual bounce method.
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