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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1938
Page
4
A West Virginia gathering of the Pootery Sons discussed selecting a convention city at a January meeting. Dr Edwin C Wade presided as toastmaster at last night’s event where principal speeches examined liberty, equality, and the evolution of rights from 1776 to modern labor law and collective bargaining.
In Bland Street and nearby outlets, Special Seersucker sheets drop from 39 cents to 19 cents. Fretwell's advertises sheet goods and a 42.50 bedroom suite at Arlick's Furniture Store. A piano tuning service by Harry Haffen is offered. A missing Cape incident prompts return to Daily Telegraph with reward. A young country girl seeks private-home work before and after school for board and room, call 1071.
Ira A. Watson and nephew F. Watson expand to Bluefield in 1920 and grow to 30 stores. The rebuilt main floor features menswear and womenswear with a vast basement shoe stock for 10 000 pairs planned 8000 now on hand. Working clothes groceries and new display tables also shown. Expansion Sale to start tomorrow.
The Daily Vacation Bible School will begin Monday with Miss Roanoke Chi a 14 year old student enrolled. Mr Bene announced girls will learn sewing and handicraft while boys study wood working.
Chiang Kai-shek relies on German adviser von Falkenhausen to rebuild China’s army for resistance, with a 60-man German staff aiding in military and industrial planning as Japan presses the invasion. In Spain, rebels near Castellon de la Plana threaten Valencia as government defenses retreat to south.
The agreement outlines a bedrock wage of 25 cents an hour in interstate commerce, rising to 30, then a system of industry boards to adjust minimums. After seven years all wage orders would be replaced by a 40 cent hourly minimum, with enforcement by a state labor administrator and periodic reinvestigation.
Mayors of Bluefield West Virginia and Kresmeld Virginia declare June 17 as Humanity Day to support Bowl of Rice Parties aiding Chinese women and children harmed by war. The joint proclamation links local relief to national efforts led by the United Council for Civilian Relief in China.
Reports from Bluefield describe rising support for a nationwide China relief campaign. Max Matz, hotel and theatre owner, leads by example by founding a Ten Dollar club and staging a benefit show at the Colonial. The drive includes radio segments, church outreach, and donations through local leaders Pollock Shupe and McNeer.
Three men accused of stealing Miss Nillian Dickinson’s car and robbing a filling station operator. They abducted telegrapher Charles P. Beavers near Burke's Garden siding, later forcing him into his own car. Authorities traced an abandoned Dickinson vehicle near a sawmill, noting two set of license numbers amid the chaotic crime sequence.
The Rev. C. G. Gunn of Westminster Church addresses on the Oriential crisis from 4 PM. He spoke at Westminster and Coll Avenue Baptist churches last Sunday and expanded on China aid. The missionary’s talk was hailed as enlightening and informative.
Bluefield district meeting of the M E church to be held at Kimball starting next Thursday morning with presiding elder Dr C G Eastwood in attendance. Local Methodist churches are to be represented.
Callaway, star shooter from Bird Gun club, scored the first straight of 50 targets in skeet doubles. Dr. D. B. Kinter led all shooters at 16 yard targets while Dr. L. A. Rowe of Narrows visited the traps. A 50 target match among Lebanon Bradshaw and Bluefield clubs is planned for next Saturday at Bluefield.
Andy Gates, wounded in a shooting on a city street, was moved from a hospital to the county jail. The incident occurred after the injured man was treated and is under investigation by local authorities.
Logan West Virginia June 11 Jerry Jefferies ten son of Mr and Mrs J G Jefferies of Henlawson drowned in the Guyan River at Logan while a reported mishap occurred near the river bank. Authorities said the boy was pulled from the water alive but died in hospital.
Inspector EB J Connelley of the bureau of investigation faced a charge of holding for the state as a special grand jury considered the evidence. The case centers on a $10,000 deCall payment and the writing alleged by the accused. Further proceedings were expected as officials review the lingering questions.
Trial of H K Dawson 18 and Kenneth Jones 27 for drunken driving and assault was continued after an auto mishap on East Princeton Avenue. Dawson is hospitalized with a bullet wound. Jones was released on bail. Oscar Mitchell, who was attacked, says Dawson drove the first car into his vehicle and fired, while Mitchell pursued the car and fired back.
Ambiguous report notes an army man held and a government claim or disclosure about a death, with unclear who declined to be involved and who was considered responsible, reflecting a tense inquiry.
A Czech local election signals a subdued campaign as Henlein backed German tickets face little opposition while Prague plans to withdraw most troops from the Sudeten area, with officials confirming troop retention in key locales.
W G Cook 68 longtime store manager for the Peyton Company at Omar died after an operation in a Logan hospital. He was the son of Captain James Cook of Oceana. Wyoming funeral services will be held at Omar tomorrow.
The fragment notes cantaloupes from California Rockford ripen as harvest season guides. It also mentions a teak tree reaching about 200 feet in height, though the context is unclear.
James Robertoe McCall, 72, of a prominent family in well county, died at 8 30 last night at his sister Mrs L J Barbee home in Bluefield Virginia He had spent years in Tazewell county and lived in He was unmarried He leaves siblings H B Prazier and Mrs Laura Davenport of Va and is an uncle of TJ Mecall Prazier chairman of the Virginia ABC board Funeral arrangements not yet made last night
James Henry Jackson 73, a farmer from Pounding Mill Virginia, died at Clinch Valley Clinic Richlands at 1 am after five days of treatment for complications of one illness. A Prance native who moved here thirty five years ago, he is survived by his wife and several children. Funeral services will be held at Pound Mill this afternoon with burial in Jane's Chapel Cemetery.
Joseph Ballard Meadows aged 77 and lifelong Mercer county resident died last Sunday at his Willowton home. Born March 24, 1861 he had lived in the same house for fifty years and was known across the eastern county. He married Amanda Neely in 1886 and they had six children. Surviving are fourteen grandchildren and six great grandchildren. his wife and two children preceded him in death.
Two Bluefield Virginia men were injured when their truck fell fifty feet into a creek along Tazewell Road about 9:30. Driver L Roach and another man Whitman survived. no charges expected against Roach, investigators say. The vehicle was badly damaged after leaving the road edge.
Ray Evans head of Citizens Underwriters boasted of never denting a fence in twenty five years and spoiled the claim of a spotless record while driving a Hoge car to a Grundy Virginia chamber of commerce banquet. J. H. Hoge, Conrad Brevick, James Elmer Brown and Jimmy Rantis were in the vehicle. Brown and Rantis were hurt but all continued to the event.
Walter Vy. Ross will make the principal address at the annual Flag Day ceremony hosted by the Bluefield Elks. The event is set for 1 o'clock in the Elks home lodge room with the public invited to attend.
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