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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1940
Page
3
Local report notes a horned toad sighting on the track at Maybeury with Caldwell and Russell credited for the find. Mention recalls a Mercer county incident where Captain French felled a tree for fence rails.
The National Republican convention opens in Philadelphia on June 24 for five days with no clear frontrunner. Reporters note uncertainty as potential nominees include Robert Taft and others such as Herbert Hoover and Martin, though Hoover is seen as well equipped for the party.
Bramwell and Graham churches hold worship today with Rev Hughes as rector. Evening devotion and sermons follow a 7:30 or 7 p m schedule. Young people devotional meetings set for 7 p m as part of the day’s services.
Sunday activities include Bible school at 9 45 am with E M Cecil as superintendent and W K Bailey as assistant. Morning worship at 11 featuring communion and a sermon "Where the Book Speaks." Budget pledge day follows. Evening services at 8 with commissioning and youth program. Friday elder meeting at Memorial studio.
The Rev. Julian Hunt, a 24 year old evangelist from Kent, conducts a revival at Falls Mills Church of Christ. Large crowds attend each night and a Bible school is held in the evenings. The meeting continues for another week with public invitation.
The Graham church holds its standard Sunday program with Sunday school at 9 45 and evening preaching at eight. The Rev J A Jones delivers the sermon.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union met at Pearl Hale's Shelby Heights home to hear a program. President T C Tibbs opened with prayer and presided. Members discussed efforts to advance the work and pledges to support the educational program. The devotional was by Mrs Geo Pyle with selections.
In the tom election of Sesmars Tuesday H Keeneye Da was selected a member of the town council. He serves as section foreman for the Norfolk and Western at Coeburn. Mary Stacy Crockett is home from Chapel Hill N C where she attends the University of Bristol and will receive her degree next year from the University of North Carolina. June showers threaten crops with high weeds between storms as Bluefield records another Clear Fork shower. rain continues daily.
Bluefield Virginia sent a sizable group to the state Democratic convention in Roanoke on Friday. Delegates included W. P. Barnett John St Clair Dr Prazier W L Sexton Jr W B Dunn Miss Jessee Graham. Tazewell also reported a large delegation.
Banon Ohio visits cousin Mrs J E Long on Jefferson street before heading to Clovis New Mexico for vacation. The Harrison family moved from Lebanon VA to Lebanon OH. Mr and Mrs Harry Bowes travel this morning to Evansville for a month long stay. Mrs Bowes was previously Miss Frances Sheln.
The state board of public works began fixing 1940 valuations for tax across states, with expected minor changes after deliberations. West Virginia railroads led requests for a 10 cent reduction totaling about 285 million dollars in tangible property value, joined by other railways and utilities seeking relief. Last year the board valued railroads at 584.456 million dollars, with the Chesapeake and Ohio showing a 19.5 million dollar adjustment.
Representative Jennings Randolph of West Virginia announced a wage hearing noting July 1 as the start of the first 14 years after occupation in 1892. The Tever trade has increased fivefold.
Senator Kennedy criticizes the Fair Labor Standards Act at a Kanawha Coal Operators meeting, saying the law harms industry and workers alike. He cites the act’s wage floor and hours ceiling, noting the law’s unintended consequences and questioning its long term effectiveness.
A local ad lists guaranteed used radios available at Brookside Garage located in Bluefield Virginia with a contact phone 4898. The notice emphasizes reliability and a regional sales focus.
James A Reed denounces the Smith investigating committee comparing its actions to hell and calls for abolishing the board as unfair. He labels the board unworthy of tribunal duty and suggests racketeers could join it. Separate note: March 1940 saw 2240 traffic deaths in the United States.
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