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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1933
Page
6
The document outlines Associated Press advertising rates and service areas for the Bluefield West Virginia edition with zones and postcharge details. It lists subscription prices for mail delivery in West Virginia and specifies carrier rates for different periods and zones. The issue date is Thursday June 15 1988.
In Bluefield, new spring laws allow borrowing from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for self-liquidating projects including a downtown city market. A two story market building could host small booths on the first floor and an armory venue upstairs, creating jobs and benefiting the town without coat, with broad civic support urged.
On Friday merchants in Bluefield stage another Bluefield day to boost cooperative merchandising. The event draws thousands to the city with special movie shows, restaurant lunches, and reduced train and bus rates to encourage early purchases before prices rise.
Superintendent Trent will name the county school board next week from Charleston. Rumors say Mercer Democrats push three current presidents Laurence Alexander Milly McNutt and Charles Hughes for board seats. Some seek additions Jack Cole or E A Leonard plus other candidates are being considered. Local interest swells as statements remain unreleased.
Bluefield records indicate Leroy Landrum and Ella Kitts wed in Bluefield and Kimball. A Bluefield Brewing Co charter was issued. E. O. Hopson jailed in Wise Virginia for murder of a Wise County farmer.
The piece argues that Bluefield could fare as well as other cities under a fair school board, but warns against appointing politically driven leaders who purge Republican teachers. It contends tying politics to teacher qualifications would fuel claims the county unit system is a political machine.
A Victor Rosewater article traces the Liberty Bell’s narrow escapes from oblivion, from the 1828 clock sale episode to the 1844 fire that nearly erased the bell. It explains how a city decision, church transfer, and later safeguarding measures preserved the emblem of freedom for Philadelphia and the nation.
A vivid scene of a campfire burning on a tawny shale ledge high above a river. The flame flickers as the cliff and stream merge into a purple night, a small gem against the vast landscape. Brock Milton in New York Times.
Report describes ongoing efforts to prevent further damage to the cracked Liberty Bell and notes Independence Hall as a focal point in debates over resuming its nationwide travels. The piece contrasts past hairline escapes with concerns about widening the crevice and preserving the bell's legacy.
Readers weigh critiques of a wartime kit purchase and the Senate arms embargo debate. Editorials question waste in toilet kits for reforestation workers and urge prudent purchases via the comptroller general. They urge neutrality and a strong U S stance against entangling alliances rather than costly foreign policing.
R. MacDonald told Parliament that any world disarmament progress requires the United States to underwrite the security of threatened European nations. He outlined proposals for agreement between Great Britain and the United States to move toward disarmament cooperation.
Nicolai Sokoloff, a famed conductor, will launch eighteen summer concerts with a full symphony orchestra and guest soloists at Music Hill in Fairfield County, Connecticut, about 60 miles from New York. The venue, a natural amphitheater behind his 1789-era home, draws regional musicians and locals including longtime residents who recall Sokoloff’s rise from Yale student to founder of the Cleveland Orchestra.
In Washington 20 million depositors seek action against closed banks with plans for reopening bank doors and a 60 percent payout. Schrenk and Palmer lead a national committee urging the government to release assets, back loans, and protect depositor rights amid banking turmoil.
The vice president John Garner of Texas, longtime U.S. senator and Senate president, presided over the Louderback impeachment trial in California. Despite limited legal practice, Garner quickly applied judicial judgment, deeming the senate an intelligent jury and concluding rules of evidence were not strictly necessary.
Charles Bickford discusses his offscreen business interests from a gas station and garage in Culver City to two whaling ships and a lingerie shop he reportedly gave away. He owns a Massachusetts farm and two California ranches while insisting his tough screen persona masks a cautious, selective approach to acting choices and collaborations.
A dense listing of coast to coast radio stations and programs with time slots and program notes across BASIC-EAST MIDWEST NORTHWEST CANADIAN and PACIFIC COAST regions. The schedule includes recordings, live acts, orchestras, drama, and news repeats through late evening.
A playful column notes the House chamber runs hotter than the Senate, mocks recent weather, and jokes about Jimmy Mattern’s Russia return, Mussolini’s riding for a fall, nude beaches in Chicago, and a St Louis shoemaker composing an opera.
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