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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1932
Page
6
Rates shown for mail delivery in advance across West Virginia with different terms for one year five six months and three months and similar notes for postage. The text lists costs and terms for mail service and carrier delivery with emphasis on advance payment and postage.
A short note cites Romans 1 16 declaring the gospel the power of God to salvation for believers first to the Jew then to the Greek. It adds a Wendell Phillips quote about keenness fueling growth.
The piece notes about 20 000 veterans encamped in Washington vowing to stay until demands are met. Police invite evacuation but officials refrain from force, despite growing strain as food donations dwindle and the city fears a worsening crisis.
The Norwegian Lutheran Church of America at its Minneapolis convention faces a historic surplus of ministers. With 47 Luther Theological seminary graduates in St. Paul, about half lack pulpits. Leaders weigh lowering freshmen intake or raising admission standards to reduce future clergy supply.
Moody Blankenship sixteen died in an accidental hunting death near Northfork. Dr C M Scott left for Richmond for several days on a visit. A Norfolk and Western train No 12 struck a drove killing six cattle between Saeger and Panther.
The text discusses excess workers and the need for job sharing, implying shorter hours and adjusted career paths. It notes the difficulty of applying this to learned professions including the ministry and urges exploration of less frequented fields and limiting training in overfull professions.
Police Commissioner Watkins staged a speed test with two patrolmen driving at 30 mph and 20 mph to compare time gains against traffic signals. The faster car gained only one minute per mile, showing the time saved is insignificant and risks rise with higher speed. He argued that in real driving the few seconds and yards gained are not worth danger.
Samuel Insull once led a vast utility empire spanning 32 states and parts of Canada valued at about 3.5 billion dollars. The Chicago figure is said to be left without a fortune, with his vast utilities holdings top heavy and collapsing after over expansion.
Editorial notes that Japan is eager to acquire Siberian railroad assets, suggesting they could purchase railways abroad if they offer substantial money. The tone implies favorable bargains for Japan if capital is available.
The report expresses President Von Hindenburg viewing Adolf Hitler similarly to a harsh medicine, favoring a decisive, once and done approach rather than drawn out coercion. The tone suggests immediate action over prolonged negotiation or delay.
A Baltimore Sun piece features a poetic exhortation praising battle and courage. The text repeats lines about lifting the head girding armor and confronting strife while linking peace to lilies and locks. The author is Folger McKinsey.
Reflections argue that material downturns do not diminish life’s true wealth. The author cites robust senses, enduring friendships, and personal capacities as priceless assets, urging a spiritual emancipation beyond possessions. Commentary labels WV politics as lukewarm and hints at party infighting.
At a Saturday gathering the Democratic state committee pressed for an avenue of control that dampened morale among rank and file and leaders. Gubernatorial hopeful Kump overrode Senator Neely and National Committeeman Fitzpatrick to install his preferred campaign chair. Neely’s allies and Neel were sidelined, reflecting tension after a primary that drew about 177000 Democratic votes.
A look at how silent era comedians like Charlie Chaplin Mack Swain Harold Lloyd and Joe E. Brown influenced the genre. It notes distinct styles of Bert Lahr Eddie Cantor Buster Keaton and others while predicting a revival of slapstick individuality in modern comedy.
Report describes sudden, lurid police activity along 47th Street from Six Avenue to Hell's Kitchen as detectives probe bootleg rings. The piece notes watching crowds, searches for hidden guns, and midtown hotel speakeasies as figures from the underworld move, with figures like Spitz and Dutch Schultz cited amid a wider crackdown.
A window display near a spec tor's area served as a signals post for drug users and peddlers. Ordinary items like marbles glassies agates and sugar cubes concealed or signaled narcotic arrivals to those in the know.
The piece links detective Ed Tunney, brother of Gene Tunney, to underworld chatter and notes Sherry Magee son of Sherwood Magee, a theater orchestra director who has worked with George Olsen and Ben Bernie. It adds Frank Reddy’s note from Westboro Mass about a 60th wedding anniversary and no deaths in three generations.
Day News Briefs report robbers in Pittsburgh assaulting a roadhouse and stealing close to 3000 dollars from a car barn. The incident accelerates concern over local crime and security measures.
A Washington observer casts William Edward Borah of Idaho as a chronic Republican bogeyman who haunts the old guard with talk of third parties and convention nonattendance. The piece contrasts Borah with Indiana Senator Jim Watson, who vows to miss the June state convention due to Senate leadership duties, fearing fresh political misfortune.
Day Morris Fishbein reports on the first large scale noise measurement in city streets. The New York noise abatement survey found 53 percent of 11,068 complaints related to traffic and vehicles.
Two top Democrats vie for permanent chair at Chicago convention as Roosevelt forces back Walsh of Montana against anti Roosevelt faction led by Shouse. Walsh, known for Teapot Dome probes, and Shouse, a veteran organizer, face off amid party power plays and questions of loyalty.
A fragmentary dispatch notes rapid charges in Chile after the revolution with warning that American investors may lose money. It mentions modern three R's and suggests Democrats need a competent referee as they debate convention officials. It cites a Romanian family count on government payroll and a European grape growers campaign.
Santiago June 13 Rolando Merino was chosen by the revolutionary junta to fill the interior post in Chile's new socialist government following Carlos Davila's resignation. Alfredo Lagarrigue announced a long study of the Co cash Nitrate combine, a $375,000,000 corporation largely controlled by American capital, with assurances no interests would be harmed.
More than two thousand applicants, including 350 young women, vied for 80 singing and dancing posts with the St Louis municipal opera. Cast offers include 12 weeks at 30 dollars per week. Applicants traveled up to 1000 miles seeking chorus positions. many from Texas and beyond.
Chicago June 13 Women figures Dolly Gann Alice Longworth Ruth Hanna Simms and Mrs Eilis A Yost led the party’s anti prohibition and primary reform push at the convention scene while decrying the bridge and golf focus urging precinct level mobilization. Simms praised equal party role and her husband Albert Gallatin Simms spoke mid crowd. Yost defended Hoover welfare programs and predicted 1932 gains for women. State party officials disputed Yost’s local influence as she battles to preserve her longtime West Virginia post.
Hollywood debates which of five blond exotics might inherit Garbo’s mystique as the next screen queen. Tala Birell Anna Sten Zita Johann Sari Maritza Gwili Andre, each at a different studio, vie for fan favor as Garbo departs.
Two spinsters discuss what they desire most in a husband brains wealth or appearance. One answers appearance, the other snaps the sooner the better.
W H Vaughan, a noted New York Central Lines engineer, claims Gates Mixture relieved his long standing bladder and back pain after a full course. He says he is cured and urges sufferers to start the treatment, noting a dollar per bottle price and listing multiple local druggists.
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