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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1929
Page
1
A reminiscence on memory lapses amid modern life, noting how reliance on memory grows with information overload. It links absentmindedness to fast living, urges self-reliance, and contrasts old cautions about gifts to children with new garden methods like paper mulch that boost yields. It also observes park bench dwellers as lonely figures lost in memories of better times.
Dr James H Snook admits to detectives that he shared a room with Miss Theora Hix, Ohio State co ed slain near Columbus. Mrs M M Smalley identified the rooming house and hat as Miss Hix s, linking them to the last hours before her death. Snook says his wife would stay until Sunday and that he has moved belongings from the room to Washington Courthouse.
Bishop James Cannon Jr urged establishment of church run daily newspapers to promote truth and morality over profit. He said secular press fights Prohibition and proposed papers in population centers to aid moral reform, referencing Hoover on crime and criticizing urban literacy.
A 9-year-old Boy Scout and his scoutmaster died at Rockaway beach as a 13-year-old girl tried to aid them. Leon Spitzer reportedly ventured far out. Joseph Sanchafer swam to assist and began pulling the boy to shore. The girl, Paulina Kahn, also swam out to help but exhausted herself and was rescued as both the boy and Sanchafer sank.
President Hoover signed the farm relief bill as both Senate and House were in recess. The Navy Department opened bids for five cruiser construction. Senators Capper and Allen of Kansas voiced support for a board resolution limiting tariff revision to farm products.
Cornell Hamilton and Hobart Hamilton, aged 10 and 9, face a preliminary trial next Tuesday for the death of Raymond Colley whose body was found in Dry Fork river near English. Their parents were charged as accessories after the fact. Bond of 1000 dollars for Cornell and 500 for the wife were set. the mother released on her own recognizance. The coroner’s inquest suggested death by a cause other than drowning, with facial injuries noted.
Elizabethton Tennessee June 15 A grand jury investigation into the role of D A Rice in the bombing of Mack Elliott home during a textile strike was postponed until next week officials said they had not completed round up of several prominent persons Rice reportedly implicated in the bombing and named others Rice, a Carter County resident, was arrested last Monday but custody announcement came today Elliott a striking textile worker had his home blown up but no injuries were reported.
William S Paley president of the Columbia Broadcasting system told the international convention of the Paramount Famous Lasky corporation in St Louis that television on a commercial practical scale is coming. He predicted news reel style broadcasts could flash on theatre screens instantly during events within two to five years.
Port Huron Michigan June 15 Alfred Loune 22 was sentenced to life imprisonment four hours after surrendering to police for the murder of his 11 year old sweetheart Beatrice Fry. Judge Eugene F Law rejected a plea of guilty to first degree murder and ruled the charge was second degree due to lack of proof of premeditation.
Crowds cheer birdmen as they drive through streets and cross the bay of Bis cay. He tells natives how we crossed ocean and will cut trip to Paris to hour's duration.
The Yellow Bird and crew Jean Assolant Rene Lefevre and Armeno Lotti remain in Spain after delays. They aim to depart from Paris or nearby to cross the Atlantic, refuel at Cazaux, then proceed to Le Bourget with American stowaway Arthur Schreiber accompanying the party.
Paris crowds waited for the Yellow Bird from Santander as the arrival was postponed to tomorrow. Earlier reports had placed the start at 6 50 PM local time and 1 30 AM KE T. The Le Bouscat radio station confirmed the governor of Santander sent word of the updated schedule.
Garden City Kansas June 15 7 Flying from Kansas City mid day stop in three hours three planes of teuniversal Aviation corporation on the maiden trip of the transcontinental air rail service between New York and Los Angeles arrived here late today The plane carrying officials landed at the municipal airport leased as a terminal by the corporation The other two planes followed within a minute About fifteen minutes after the first plane Twelve gers who took a train last night from New York continued to California leaving here about 6 20 on the Santa Fe California limited They arrive in Los Angeles Monday morning Among passengers continuing to California was Mrs Mabel Walker Willebrandt general counsel for the corporation She carries a bottle of water scooped from the Atlantic Ocean to be poured into the Pacific upon arrival The ceremony marks the joining of the two coasts by the first air rail service
Hong Kong faces ongoing water shortages as a brief rainfall failed to change the supply. Emergency measures are in place and rainmaking trials by observatory and air force are planned. Ships from Shanghai and Canton area deliver water, but stocks are quickly exhausted.
Charles Gates Dawes, new American ambassador to Great Britain, presented credentials to King George VI at Windsor Castle. Dawes described the meeting as agreeable and noted plans for a likely discussion with Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald in the Scottish Highlands ahead of a potential Washington visit on disarmament.
A thirteen year old boy was held in Huntington W V charged with the fatal stabbing of Willie Adkins 18 The arrest followed police statements that Adkins beat the youth before the confrontation Adkins reportedly followed the boy home and was stabbed in the side with a butcher knife after a dare to come out
Ray Keech, holder of the American speed record, was killed in a 200 mile race at Altoona Speedway. Cliff Woodbury was seriously injured while Ernest Triplett and Bob Robinson escaped unharmed. Keech crashed after striking a hole, with his car bursting into flames and his skull and leg injuries fatal.
Denver reports the Southern Baptists led by Dr. J B Lawrence propose early talks to unite with the Northern Baptist convention. Lawrence, Missouri secretary, urges both conventions to meet in Washington over the next two years to advance reunion efforts.
Chicago police prepare to escort Lloyd Kreutzweiser and a traveling minister through the city en route from Saskatoon to Anderson Indiana. He provided his car make, license number, and travel route and asked for protection to ensure he and the minister reach their destination safely.
Plattsburgh New York June 15 two unidentified men in border patrol uniform who brought Arthur Gordon twenty two to a local hospital last night then vanished were sought for questioning. District Attorney B Loyal O Connell said he would subpoena all Mooers officers as part of the inquiry. The case involves a beer load from near the Canadian border and unresolved shooting on the New York side.
Panama Panama Canal Zone district court on June 15 granted Lyle Womack a final decree from Ruth Elder, the source of a prior decree obtained in December.
Harry L Stephens Jr 20 son of Mr and Mrs H L Stephens of 215 Walnut street died at Bluefield Hospital from a base of skull fracture suffered Tuesday night in a fall on a friend's apartment stairs. He had shown brief consciousness then deteriorated despite artificial respiration.
President Hoover signed the farm relief bill to stabilize agriculture and outline plans for a federal farm board to manage a revolving loan fund. He will seek a $150 million preliminary appropriation and begin selecting eight board members with regional and sector balance.
At Grant Park Chicago near panic erupted as several hundred communists clashed with police while attempting a Workers' Communist party meeting protesting North Carolina cotton mill strikers. About 27 communists were arrested for disorderly conduct amid a large crowd and banners urging defending the Soviet Union and political change.
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