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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1933
Page
6
A 1935 Bluefield West Virginia daily page shows the Daily Telegraph with Associated Press credit. It lists advertising rates, foreign representatives, and notice policies for clubs and organizations, plus subscription pricing and service areas across West Virginia and beyond. The Friday June 16 1935 issue date is noted.
The piece argues federal rules aim to balance coal with competing fuels under the New Deal, detailing 32-hour mine weeks, wage scales, and price controls. It questions demand, substitutes like hydroelectric power, and transport costs, urging fair taxation to level competition while preserving employment.
In Scientific American Col. G A Skinner warns sedentary men against sudden strenuous exertion. He cautions that one day of heavy effort cannot replace weeks of gradual work, especially for middle aged or older individuals. He stresses daily moderate exercise rather than guring up a single exhausting session.
Notable accidents fill the Bluefield Telegraph files as a Norfolk and Western passenger train narrowly avoids a wreck when a large boulder from a Matewan excavation rolls onto the tracks. The issue also records multiple fatalities and injuries including Mrs. D. F. Walker of Williamson and Mrs. William Fairland of Stonexa Virginia.
The passage argues that regulations force higher selling costs on a coal producer relative to competitors, taxing water power natural gas and possibly oil to level the field, and reducing transport costs from mines to consumers to restore local industry viability. It warns coal may otherwise be driven to extinction unless action is taken.
Opinion writers note potential county mergers to cut costs but report no moves yet as officials fear retirement and taxpayers resist sweeping reform. The editorial rounds criticize the Roosevelt recovery plan as an unprecedented government control over industry with dangers to democracy and initiative.
Charleston education officials discuss a county unit school bill amid a push to defend its constitutionality. State aid will be population based, salaries set after levies, with pay scales rising from 55 to 110 dollars. Howard B. Lee threatens to challenge the measure in the supreme court.
Kanawha county residents favor appointing a Kanawha man to head the state road commission. They argue all counties would benefit, and a Mercer man at the helm could still improve roads.
The article advises balanced summer nutrition with fruits vegetables and all nutrient groups. Milk should form a base for children but requires proper pasteurization and cooling. Avoid overfeeding, prefer well packaged foods while traveling, and boil stream water before drinking. Increase water intake to compensate for heat and prevent constipation.
Roosevelt sent a late reorganize package to Congress provoking Senate resentment and questions of cost while the House remains unreceptive. The administration hints at a larger program to follow, with Budget Director Lewis Douglas handling future recovery acts under new policy.
David A. Lamson appeared in court for a preliminary hearing as California seeks to try him for murdering his wife Allene Thorpe Lamson at their Stanford home. Lamson, 80, has kept silent since Memorial Day and faces subpoenas for 25 witnesses as the case advances.
Mrs Helga Blough of New York City says she lost 4 inches from hips 7 from waist in 40 days by taking Kruschen Salts daily. She reports no hunger, improved health, and younger feel, recommending a half teaspoon in hot water each morning. jars last four weeks and are widely sold.
In a heat soaked New York City, residents endure jammed subways and boiling radiators while seeking relief at cooled movie lobbies, public fountains, and rooftop oases. The piece highlights Riviera on the Hudson, Mayfair on the East River, Biltmore Cascades with Harold Stern's orchestra, Colony restaurant, and the Hotel Brevoort-French sidewalk cafe as sought after retreats from the heat.
Ohio man Harry F. Payer is named assistant secretary of state. The piece wryly comments on government spending, odd anecdotes, and rising factory reopenings as unemployment relief lingers, noting a California barber's swift speed contest and Chicago's noiseless street cars with rubber wheels.
In Bregenz Austria the garrison commandant resigns after a social evening at the officers casino where the Horst Wessel song was sung. Four other officers are reassigned to different posts as a consequence.
The Democratic led House authorized a post session inquiry into the state quota system for classified civil service jobs in Washington. The 50 year old law, rarely enforced, governs job distribution by population. Republicans challenge the need while Democrats view the probe as a tool for political pressure.
Hollywood debates if Al Jolson and Ruby Keller Jolson can work together after past on set tensions. Al worried Ruby’s presence would make him self conscious and once escorted her home from the studio. Jolson’s split from Warner also ties to Schenck offers and his Mammy film image critics.
Grand Rapids merchants plan a code to bring the National Retail Coal Merchants' association under the industrial recovery act. A committee led by Abram R. Horner of Grand Rapids, with Roderick Stephens of New York, Milton E. Rob inson Jr. of Chicago, and W. A. Clark of Boston, will draft the code. A plan to store water at a cost of 50,000 dollars to make Yosemite Falls a year‑round spectacle is proposed.
Dope cannot end rheumatic pain alone you must remove excess uric acid from joints and muscles Allenru has thousands praising it because relief comes in 48 hours Goodykoonts Drug Stores and druggists stock it with a 5 cent price and a money back guarantee
An advertising pamphlet promotes Natex as a remarkable tonic written by a renowned medical professor. It claims Natex cures indigestion, liver, kidney, nerve and sleep issues, offers a free health booklet, and urges readers to visit Taylor's Drug Store at 22½ Princeton Ave for a week trial and month treatment.
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