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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1931
Page
14
Rates outline by mail and city carrier in advance. First and second zones cover 160 miles radius within West Virginia. Third and fourth zones extend from 150 to 400 miles. Additional zones offered on application with postage-based pricing.
A Chicago husband seeks a divorce claiming his home or castle has been reduced to near nothing. He says his wife barred smoking in the house and forbidden use of radio and his dog. The piece weighs on how a home becomes a castle and the balance in marriage.
The Illinois general assembly approved an anti gun tote measure by a 40 to 1 vote, aimed at gangsters and criminals. Governor Emmerson is expected to sign it. The bill restricts carrying firearms in motor vehicles and targets those linked to crime while shielding those with good reputations.
Lawmakers in the Tennessee General Assembly oppose Representative Murray’s bill to repeal the anti-evolution law. The so called monkey statute remains on the books as a majority resists repeal. Murray argues the law harms Tennessee’s image but fails to win support.
Mercer County residents recall Confederate veterans being entertained by the Daughters of the Confederacy. Obituaries note the death of Henry P. Mustard and a Rev Henry Poole passing in Graham. Marriages include Mise Doris Brent and R L Ditmore in Northfork and Miss Olivia Linkous and John Snow in Radford and Elkhorn. The Holston Boworth league met in Knoxville and chose Bluefield for the 1912 meeting.
The state faces a clash over restricting evolution education in schools. Proponents claim caution, while critics expect educated Tennesseans and outsiders to view the law as ridicule. Public opinion may shift against such legislation despite southern pride and tradition.
A deputy sheriff killed two Mexican students after disputes on a highway. Both sides claimed the others drew weapons, highlighting widespread quick trigger tempers among officers and citizens. A survivor says the students suspected lawmen as bandits. In a separate case a dancer won 50,000 dollars for a toe injury.
A lyrical reflection on white sand shores and windswept hills. The speaker imagines beaches, hills with mustard and blue sage, wind whispered scenes, barley fields, and silver fir forests as spaces of escape and renewal.
A physician warns excessive worry is harmful yet notes a prudent amount helps prepare for future risks. The Charleston Mail argues Hoover can speak on policy during a western trip without political aims. The paper notes risks of overexposure to public life and the value of direct contact with citizens.
The piece notes how studios label films by production specifics, not titles, with examples like a Greta Garbo picture described by angles and dolly shots. It tracks child stars Ben Alexander Madge Evans and Jackie Coogan making comebacks after years away, with mentions of All Quiet on the Western Front and Ramon Novarro.
In New York 46th Street once housed the N W A club, a hub for vaudevillians and acts that drew 8000 roaming performers. Debt nears $150,000 as talkies and internal politics are blamed, while KE Albee covers losses and clubs may convert to a hotel. Bob Davis recalls burned O Henry manuscripts worth about 150000. Walter O Keefe jokes on Amy Semple McPherson and theater guild plans endure with a quirky inheritance idea for Eugene ONeill plays.
Health expert Dr Morris Fishbein explains silica dust harms lungs and heart, notes safety threshold, and describes X ray signs from early to advanced silicosis. He cites British industry lists, limited U.S. compensation, and ongoing public health efforts for periodic exams and worker compensation.
Washington The narrow five to four decision to strike down the Minnesota press gag act marks a split among justices led by Hughes Holmes Brandeis Stone and Roberts versus Butler Van Devanter Sutherland and Mc Reynolds. The piece notes potential vacancies and asks if Hoover might appoint more justices to shift the bench.
The Wickersham commission goes out of office by June while about 30 Hoover commissions stay active. Upcoming reports cover law enforcement methods, deportation laws, cost of crime, crime and the foreign born, juvenile delinquency, federal courts, police administration, penal institutions, probation and parole, and a final business finance statement. The inquiry cites over 200 investigators, with commissioners unpaid beyond expenses, and notes private funding exceeding $2 million for each group.
A Scotsman makes a bid at an auction while a new mechanical man smokes cigars. The scene includes a robot that dusts ashes from a parlor carpet and a quip about fate in the automat restaurant.
Funeral services were held at the First Christian church in Narrows Virginia for Mrs Mary Elizabeth Clark age 76 who died at her Narrows home. Interment followed in Fairview cemetery. She was the widow of A J Clark mother of seventeen children with twelve living in Bluefield and elsewhere. She is survived by 96 grandchildren and 54 great grandchildren, two sisters and many relatives.
Day News Briefs report a series of international incidents including the sinking of the St Philibert with a death toll, the Nautilus being towed after a sea incident, storms killing two in the British Isles, heavy losses in China and salvage work on a sunken submarine, political expulsions in Spain, naval races in the South Atlantic, tax defeat in London, weather worsening in the Northwest, and a Kentucky prison guard killing a prisoner.
Local notes from Newhall West Virginia dated June 15 report visits and travels. J J Riley starts a ten day vacation while others, including Mrs J W Crickmer and children, spend time with relatives in nearby Bandy. Various residents visit Welch Philadelphia St Paul Bramwell and Athens for weekend or school related reasons.
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