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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1949
Page
1
Readable fragments show a local election scene with names and items related to a sheet or form. It mentions a meeting, a person named Peat and a reference to a date near June. The text is garbled but hints at a summary of votes or candidates and a community event.
Woman in Arkansas City phones for a taxi but is connected to the fire department by mistake. Fire trucks race more than two miles to her home after the erroneous call. Mrs Joe Camro provided her address to the operator.
Paul Robeson Jr. 21 plans to wed Marilyn Paula Greenberg 21 a Cornell graduate in a Mayflower ceremony with Rev. John W. Darr a white Congregationalist minister. Greenberg’s mother Rae Greenberg signed the marriage consent and expressed warm welcome as both families meet.
Charleston West Virginia June 17 Helen Bakerverthorne a Ger Mise Silverthorne holds a master of arts degree from Columbia University announced at Concord College in Charleston.
The Czech government placed Archbishop Josef Beran under house arrest and raided the Prague archbishopric to seize church records. Three priests were also detained as police tightened a campaign to control church activity and press priests into a state Catholic action group. Diplomatic sources note the move fuels fears of wider church suppression.
Paris reports Western diplomats used a pause in the four power talks to press Austrian Foreign Minister Karl Gruber on Russia assets in the settlement. They weighed how Soviet concessions might affect Austria’s economy and Balkan affairs.
Richmond Virginia June 17 a 75 year old man released on a conditional pardon by Governor Tuck after 30 years as a fugitive from a West Virginia prison farm where he had fled in 193? He had been known as John Henry Thomas and later as Dave Hall a farmer and fire warden who served in prohibition days His release followed letters from neighbors and a long arrest history linked to a 1915 second degree murder conviction and a separate count Hall expressed relief saying the dread is gone and I feel just like a new man.
Washington reports government economists foresee unemployment climbing to near five million before recoveries. An AP survey shows states reactivating relief laws, while seven cities restore work relief. Despite rises, officials say no national crisis and relief can be handled. Jobless claims rose in May to 1.716 million weekly, with non farm employment down 280,000 to 43.655 million. manufacturing down 320,000.
Senator Elbert Thomas of Utah condemned the administration labor bill as leaving room for plant seizure injunctions or other actions to handle strike emergencies. He spoke as the Senate debated repealing Taft Hartley and restoring a modified Wagner Act. Senator Pepper of Florida argued for the administration approach.
Pennsylvania secretary of mines Richard Maize told a House subcommittee that safety should be handled by states. J H Mosgrove and EB Starling echoed concerns about federal inspectors with police powers, arguing it would violate state rights and create bureaucracy.
The Master Plumbers Association of West Virginia meets in Bluefield for day two of its 24th annual convention. President Dick Lucas of Princeton will preside as credentials and resolutions committees report. A formal session includes remarks by Rev G Wood of Trinity Methodist, welcome by Maver West, and financial updates from George Moffman.
Lias testified that a camping establishment earned a net profit of about 80,600 while overtime and other factors brought profits down to 46,525. He said the company kept records and could verify them, but the defense objected that related answers were prejudicial and not allowed.
Eddie Waitkus star first baseman of the Philadelphia Nationals underwent a minor operation to draw blood from a line pierced by a gunshot. He remained in the Illinois Masonic Hospital about 36 minutes, said to be breathing easier with marked improvement. It is uncertain if he will play again this season, though Dr. Braun expressed high confidence in a return to baseball. The assailant, Ruth Ann Steinhager, 19, fired a .22 rifle after idolizing Waitkus. Bail set at $25,000 was not posted.
The sheriff reported a 14 year old Slavs brother and another youth fought over possession near the Neusehead area in Knoxville. Pellets from a shotgun hit Kenneth Beeler and Archie Beeler, with parents Willem and Sire Beeler present, while Kenneth pulled a watch and fled as the shooting unfolded.
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