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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1939
Page
2
The Rockcastle Baptist Sunday School convention gathers at Jesse Baptist Church with Dr A Kelley as president and Fidler as secretary. The convention, covering 42 Baptist churches in Mer c area, requires each church to send delegates and to report yearly work.
ADT Callaway wins all honors at a shooting meet showing strong marks on the 18 yard traps with 48x50 and 23x28 handicaps. Ross finishes runner up in the Beavers event posting 16 yards and 47 while Bill Zitzer and Seane Pee also place among top contenders.
An article notes calls for Britain to revise its Asia policy as China dispute persists. Officials discuss whether British concessions can settle the standoff without U S economic measures against Japan, amid uncertain American mediation prospects at Tientsin.
Local notices advertise sales increases and weekly specials at Bradley's including permanent waves, dresses, novelty bags and hat discounts. Piano tuning services by Roanoke contact Poene 2633 L and box write options listed for Roanoke Va. Bathing suits and elastic two way stitched garments highlighted with ten percent off hats.
Road work starts on the Oakvale Ingle route with WPA labor potential and landowner rights of way. The project aims for an eighteen foot wide road with stone base and bituminous surface, mirroring the Grassy Branch cutoff in type.
The Blue field Pictorial society opens its annual exhibit today and runs through next Saturday. Window displays at the A W Cox Department store on Federal street will feature camera studies by local amateurs from the city. Prizes will be awarded in four sections with one prize for paid-up members entering their work.
A light feature marks Father’s Day with stories of family roles and local rituals. Readers share memories of fathers and father figures, highlighting appreciation and traditions across communities.
A 16 year old male, Billy Frits, was detained on a charge linked to a roadhouse shooting. The incident involved intoxicated patrons and a disturbance that escalated near a wooden booth.
A fragment outlines McNutt candidacy and Young Democrats in 1938 senate conventions. It notes Keystone State Democrats may back a Roosevelt third term as first choice, with McNutt forces influential in the campaign rhetoric.
Dr Edmonson's brother visiting from Arizona with Mrs M C of the state board of health and Nogales officials. The group, including T Robinson's sister, will travel from Bluefield to Washington then to the New York World fair to attend a family gathering.
Polls in Bluefield close Monday as ballots mailed or delivered to the Law Building and Commerce offices to vote on a two year term.
Friends gathered at Lake Place yesterday after rites noon for Mrs. Hugh Ike Shott. Death followed a four day illness with many floral tributes and a large turnout. Members of the 8 Q class of Street church served as pallbearers and attended the committal.
Mary Sarah Rigby died Friday at her home of her father C L Borden on 1st Avenue. She was a London native who had lived here many years. She will be laid to rest in Woodlawn Cemetery this afternoon at 2 o'clock with funeral cars from Christ Church. She was a member of a prominent city family and beloved by a wide circle of friends.
Senate leaders move to speed a relief bill limiting WPA spending to 50000 dollars per building project. Advocates say the cap curbs heavy projects while opponents argue it hampers efficient executive function under a single administrator amid the controversy over WPA expenditures.
A French loss is reported as 71 sailors are presumed dead aboard a submarine. Navy honors and national flags stood at half staff as government and seamen’s groups held memorials.
A ceremony in Le Havre featured an honor march with officers and troops laying a wreath on a monument for sailors who died at sea. The Premier ordered all armed forces to fly flags at half mast to honor their sacrifice and duty to the fatherland.
Mrs. Mae Cole aged one year dies at 11 15 tonight at her parents home on Essex Street. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Mrs. Cole was formerly Miss Bertha Quesenberry before her marriage.
The city of Bluefield awarded a contract to C. C. Brien for street marking work. The project began Friday and has drawn favorable local comment.
T Dinsmore Steele, son of Dr. and Mrs. Byron W. Steele of Mullens, appears in last week's Life magazine issue. The Steeles are prominent locally with Mrs. Steele having been raised in Glen Lyn.
Section 16 of Bluefield city code makes drunken and disorderly conduct unlawful. Violators may be fined from 1 to 100 dollars and face up to 90 days in City Jail. Ordinance docket 1, page 356.
A break in the case came when Richard White, a factory worker, testified he was with Mrs. Frink between midnight and 2 a m last Tuesday. She previously denied being out with anyone. White said they argued about caring for the child after she returned from the brother's auto and drove to a bridge five miles from Clyde. He heard noises. Frink allegedly admitted lifting the baby from the car and discarding him into mud. The baby, Haldon known as Buster, was in the car when Frink supposedly left the house. The father and mother listened as the prosecutor moved to file the first murder charge against Mrs. Frink Monday morning.
A mother pleads over her dying baby as Irvin Fink, the father, sits nearby. The father was questioned for hours under a lie detector while the couple, who wed in 1938 and later divorced a week before the infant’s death, faced a dramatic family crisis.
Miss Pauline Dalton was slightly hurt yesterday when fire damaged the apartment of Mr and Mrs L F Lowe in Richlands. The blaze damaged the residence and caused minor injuries to Dalton.
Captain Barton Baker of Pulaski will succeed Adjutant K F Moss of the local Salvation Army post who is transferred to Contain. The Raleigh street headquarters will be taken over by Baker and his wife.
The Rev W P Eastwood suffered poisoning and cannot fill his Bland Street pulpit today. John Sanders of McComas district lay leader will lead the 11 o clock service, with evening services run by the children group Wharton Black and others.
A. T. Little Jr of Washington Street, Atlas Power Company representative, was injured Wednesday night in a single vehicle crash near Coeburn Virginia. He sustained fractured ribs and bruises. transported to Coeburn, then Bluefield, and admitted to hospital in satisfactory condition. The accident occurred when a tire blew on a curve causing the car to exit the road and plunge over an embankment.
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