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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1931
Page
11
Rates shown for subscription by mail in West Virginia and zones one to six. First and second zones cover 160 miles radius, third and fourth zones 150 to 600 miles, with rates varying by term. City carrier rates payable in advance are provided for three months and other periods.
A citywide notice warns of deadly jaywalking and traffic misjudgments. It cites official figures: eighteen killed and 471 injured by jaywalking in a month, 252 injured by hand-signal confusion, 266 by misjudging distances while passing cars. It adds that 32,600 died last year and eighteen percent of accidents occur on Sundays.
The governor names Calvert L. Estill as director of public welfare, praising his ability and integrity. The new department will oversee crippled children’s council, the board of children’s guardians, and the state veterans’ office, promising useful governance for many needy citizens.
A former monarchist mayor in Solano was lynched as Spain’s republicans assert their power and remove an obstacle. The event underscores mob psychology, suggests republicans seek firm control, and signals potential backlash against monarchist remnants allied with Alfonso.
The northern Baptist convention protests denials of citizenship to aliens拒 who refuse to pledge to bear arms. The article links the MacIntosh-Bland decision to pacifist trends and emphasizes that manpower would meet defense needs, arguing objectors would not seek government exemption.
We Were Doing Cc Hutton of Roanoke and Miss Mary B Larmer of Thompson Valley wed at the Christian church in this city. Rosa Long and George Hoggsett wed at Sacred Heart church. Katherine Perkins and Clarence Norris wed at Princeton. Billy Sunday conducted a five week evangelistic meeting in Bluefield. Robert Thompson of Lexington, Ky memory charmed, arrived in Bluefield and enrolled several classes. The Bluefield Chamber of Commerce denounces a Chicago paper story referring to a port of missing on.
The passage argues that the government holds the right to require military service, regardless of peace prospects, and that a nation must retain a ready pool of defenders, even if numbers seem small or the threat appears minimal. It emphasizes the enduring duty of citizens to serve when called.
An old idea of county consolidation is discussed with Tennessee examples showing tax cuts and road and school improvements after merging counties. The column notes numerous obstacles to consolidation, including geography and local rivalries, and includes brief items on a Kirkland trial verdict, Clara Bow’s retirement, a bootlegger's hospital transfer, and farmers awaiting market-driven acreage controls.
Senator Cousens reportedly attacked Attorney General Mitchell for his stance in a tax case, but the incident is described as not serious. The attorney general gains further public attention from the exchange.
Chairman Raskob of the Democratic national committee has advanced forty thousand dollars to party members who protest he is building too heavy a mortgage on the organization. Governor Roosevelt’s chances may not be so good after all.
Laura longs to build a temple to Friendship in her garden. A sculptor carves a Friendship statue but it looks joyless, so she commissions a Living Friendship with the rosy youth. The sculptor warns she may mistake Love for Friendship as she departs with a transformed idol.
The state reports 15,688 4-H members across 1,012 clubs led by Kanawha with 2,096 members in 92 clubs. Fayette follows with 1,092 members in 61 clubs, Harrison 696 in 39 clubs, and Greenbrier 599, Monongalia 475, Raleigh 427, Mingo 408 in various clubs. National membership exceeds 840,000.
In the wake of Milton Sills’s death Doris Kenyon pursues work as cure for sorrow. She completes four films in as many months and plans a Europe concert tour with stops in Paris Berlin and Budapest. She has studied 12 languages and will sing in 10. Frame featured Keaton using his Beverley Hills home and pool for a film set with $300 daily site charge donated to charity.
Baltimore June 12 Judge Eugene ODunne acquitted J Monroe Holland president of the Chesapeake bank which closed December 9 by the state bank commissioner with a loss of 1 700 000 on charges of violating banking laws in criminal court tonight.
In Shubert Alley New York, 700 hopeful chorus girls crowd a narrow stage door while policemen keep order. Karl Carroll seeks a few selected for a chorus with a $100 weekly salary and extra matinees, as reporters poke through the melee and dream of the big break.
The piece echoes a film view of war like the film world where shot effectiveness matters. It notes the elevator starter may succeed and cites Paul Whiteman as a sole dance band leader in Who's Who. Belgian balloonists boast of a successful ascent saying it is in the bag.
Washington society eyes a Kellogg Briand partnership as the core of a forthcoming general disarmament conference mission. Kellogg would head the American group with Ambassador Hugh Gibson as executive officer, while Briand leads France. Kellogg, 75, is praised for world peace efforts despite earlier Senate derision and a long career in public service.
From Washington the talk swirls around Charlie Curtis and his future with Hoover. The mystery centers on whether Curtis would seek a Senate seat or stay as Hoover's running mate, with White House hints and rival conjecture fueling a pre campaign buzz.
Dr. Morris Fishbein recalls erysipelas as an ancient yet deadly skin infection, caused by a streptococcic germ entering through tiny wounds. It often begins on the face, produces high fever and systemic poisoning, and carries a four to nine percent death rate. Treatments range from cold compresses and antiseptics to antitoxins and horse-derived antierysipelas serum.
Rome reports a conciliatory response to anti Catholic controversy note. New York outlines a unemployment conference led by Roosevelt and Pinchot. London marks Sir Oliver Lodge 80th birthday. New London notes a rum runner believed ship sunk after collision with a coast guard destroyer. crew saved. Washington says NBC denied injunction against radio commission license hearings. Abilene deputies plead not guilty to murder charges in killings of two Mexican youths. Amelia Earhart escapes injury when autogiro crashes during takeoff toward East Ardmore.
All four Bluefield banks will send representatives to the thirty eighth annual meeting of the West Virginia Bankers association in White Sulphur Springs June 25 and 26. Attending will be W C Givens and L A Hooper past presidents of the state association. Givens is cashier of the Commercial bank Hooper at the Fiest National. L C Fowlkes cashier will represent the Flat Top National bank and G H Lawhead cashier will bear the Bluefield National. C C Frazier president of the Flat Top National bank may attend at least one day. Rome Stephenson South Bend Ind president of the American Bankers association Governor William G Conley and Dr J Roscoe Turner president of West Virginia university will address the bankers. D R Richards head of the State Bankers association will preside.
State troopers arrested 1,030 persons during May. Captain Harry A. Cooper's report shows fines of $21,034.50 and costs of $14,033.55. sentences for serious offenses totaled 196 years, two months, and five days. Major shares were miscellaneous offenses and prohibition enforcement with large fines and multiple arrests.
In Harrison Taylor and Barbour counties 3065 coal field strikers are claimed by an official as four small mines resume operations. Keyser’s J M Hawkins leads the state trapshooting field with 99 of 100. Mary E Jackson reelected president of state Christian Endeavor. Alfred Neely of Fairmont admitted to practice in U S district court. Civil War veteran David Grimes, 97, dies after a fall while avoiding a restive horse. Nitro auction postponed to July 8. State game, fish and forest commission holds routine meeting. Berkeley county board of equalization and review gains W A Roush, with F E Speier to Jackson county board.
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