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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1937

Page

6

PTO revenge is no valor but to bear

Quote fragment cites Shakespeare stating that revenge for paid time off is not valor, but endurance.

Shakespeare

Tax Evasion Debate Highlights Loopholes And Fairness

A Congress joint committee probes tax evasion amid calls to close loopholes and raise levies. The piece argues that most charges are not illegal, cites drafting gaps and misapplied laws, and urges clear language and fair treatment to curb wealthier evaders.

Congress Pone Department of Justice

Is There Absence Of Law Or Disinclination To Enforce It

The passage questions whether the Wagner Act has failed to end industrial disputes, asking if the issue lies with the law or with officials enforcing it. It argues that industry blends capital and labor under government oversight and asks if constitutional protections adequately govern clashes between labor and capital.

Labor Law Clash Over Wagner Act Standards

The text debates whether the Wagner act compels the signing of collective bargaining contracts and poses a central dispute between union leaders and business executives. It calls for court and National Labor Relations Board interpretation to resolve if capital may be forced to sign, to resume work and production.

Washington National Labor Relations Board Congress

Garner Abandons New Deal Role Prompting Debate

The piece notes Vice President Garner leaving duties to return home amid rumors of shifting loyalty toward socialism. It questions legality and cites gossip about political strategy and possible repercussions for President Roosevelt. Garner’s past diligence is contrasted with speculative commentary.

Garner

Nature's Plan Out Of Date on Taxation Policy

The writer questions government confiscation of large estates via taxes for relief and subsidies and the expansion of state machinery. He asks whether taxation should be limited to legitimate uses and suggests redistribution by nature. He argues the confiscatory policy endangers everyone when neighbors’ wealth is taxed away.

Foreman Attacked Over WPA Work Order Clash in Chicago

A WPA foreman in Chicago told workers they must work, provoking a violent response as one employee struck him in the jaw. The incident sparks debate over relief and labor expectations amid New Deal era tension.

Chicago

Britain may send King George to dazzle Americans

The report suggests the British government might bring King George to the United States to captivate the American public as retaliation for earlier American actions, noting that reciprocation is fair play after sending Wally who dazzled them.

George

Weather Outlook Presses Hope as July and August Turn

Motorists report crops in excellent condition nationwide with optimism tied to favorable mid summer weather. Analysts caution outcomes still hinge on July and August conditions, balancing optimism with forecasts.

Atlantic City Council Reclassifies Trailers as Hotels

The Atlantic City city council passes an ordinance placing trailers in the same regulatory class as hotels. The decision prompts debate over enforcement and impacts on mobile lodging within the city limits.

Atlantic City

Rains Bring Hope to Spring Farming Vision

The verses praise spring rains reviving a farmer's fields and livestock. The speaker notes hopeful scenes of yearlings on the slope and rye fields turning green as showers sustain planting and growth through the season despite delays. Names appear in garbled form, suggesting a regional newspaper imprint.

Fort eight decades ago in Bluefield area notes

Forty years ago today The King's Daughters held a party at Mrs L W s home. The Mercer county court announced plans to improve the Bluefield to Princeton road. Delegates from Mercer county to the Confederate reunion in Nashville were D B Baldwin I Bee and J H Herst.

King's

Local Civic Changes and Tragic Accidents Reported

Miss Finney of Lebanon wed J L Borden of Salem. W R B Ferguson named estate manager to fill Carter's term. J W Snyder elected to first ward council in Ferguson’s place. Coeburn Methodist church dedicated. Dennis Setless dies after electrocution at Crumpler mine. Carrie Broadwater of Norton killed. Nancy Hamilton injured in Little Stone Gap car crash. Mrs J A Bowles dies at home on Fourth Street.

Finney Lebanon J. L. Borden Salem R. B. Ferguson B. E. Carter J. W. Snyder Ferguson Ion Methodist Church Coeburn Dennis Setless United Pocahontas Coal Company Crumpler Carrie Broadwater Norton Nancy Hamilton Norfolk and Western Little Stone Gap J. A. Bowles Fourth Street

A Washington Bystander Predicts GOP Convention Fate

A column envisions the 1940 Republican national convention with delegates drafting a platform to regain power. It notes the party’s limited impact in national affairs despite 17 million votes, highlighting electoral votes, House and Senate representation, and few Republican governors.

Washington House

Republican Party Eyes 1940 Platform Shifts in Congress

National Chairman John Hamilton outlined GOP aims after nationwide broadcasts. He argued for continued support of Roosevelt era reforms but urged progressiveness, insisting free democracy and competitive enterprise are evolving, not static, as 1940 elections loom.

Congress John Hamilton Republican Party

England Under Conservative Pilot Echoes Republican Prospects

The piece notes England's Conservative approach under Chamberlain embracing tory-socialism as it fixes private electrical industry regulation. It portrays British concessions to preserve free democracy amid collectivist pressures and suggests U S Republicans will adopt Roosevelt-era changes at their next convention.

England Chamberlain Franklin Roosevelt

New York Notes on Streets Stage and Signs of Change

A playful column by George Ross surveys urban quirks from Union Square to Rockefeller Center. It notes a soapbox orator attacking Stalin, a blood pressure man on Fourteenth Street, busses touting cooler upper decks, and a sit down strike by Broadway ushers, along with verse urging park demarcation. It also highlights entertainers and academics crossing into theater.

New York Union Square Stalin Rockefeller Center Sixth Avenue Fourteenth Street Fifth Avenue Vesey Street

All Quiet on the Volga as Stalin Faces Plot Fears

In Stalin's private office, commissars discuss plots, backfiring cars, and retiming treason. The humor centers on paranoia, firing squads, and a jumbled test of loyalty as a mock Soviet court scene unfolds. The skit lampoons revolutionary intrigue and the absurdity of perpetual plotting.

Stalin Popolovitch Karalopfskoff Orloffsky Jovitch Comrade Soviet Russia Urals

Senate panel demands cities share 40 percent of relief costs

The Senate Appropriations Committee backed a plan forcing communities to cover 40 percent of new relief projects. The issue underlines opposition to federal spending as cities may scrap plans seen as extravagant, including imported marble pillars for municipal facilities. Corporate leaders accused of buying books for party purposes surface in the debate.

Senate Appropriations Committee Harry Hopkins America

What Today Means To You By MARY BLAKE

Horoscope style predictions for June 19 detailing best and danger hours for birthdays. Advises planning in pairs, cautious speech, and evaluating friendships. Notes potential for thoughtful, principled behavior and possible financial independence with certain careers. Mentions several named historical figures.

Mary Blake

Screen Life In Hollywood fashion notes for Deanna Durbin

Deanna Durbin discusses clothing ideas for her age with Hubbard Keavy, guided by Vera West at the studio. She outlines school outfits in cotton prints, a navy blue and white dress, party wear with white pique and pastel dresses, and a peach tulle dress for future filming of 100 Men and a Girl.

Throwing The Harpoon

Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones was not directed at the motorist who suddenly runs into a stretch of new tar and gravel. London digs a deep vault for its gold but has not found a way to lower prices. Another extinct volcano is found in South America with no link to Senator Bilbo. When will a probe into Forestry Service political log rolling begin.

Gustav Eckstein Camille Katharine Cornell All Minds Broadway Strunk Tallulah Bankhead Cornell Hatcher Hughes Columbia Kenyon Nicholson St. John Ervine England John van Druten Parnell Breland Karalopfskoff Comrade Stalin Orloffsky London South America Bilbo Forestry Service Representacae Garner Uvalde Chicago United States Senate Archives

Morality Open Tournament Buyer Holds Quilt Plan

A buyer purchased in the Morality Open Tournament for $10,000 and says his aim is to knit a quilt from the President's signatures. The remark adds a curious twist to the completion of the event.

Take Care of Yourself Book Review by Bruce Catton

Bruce Catton surveys Jerome Ephraim’s Take Care of Yourself noting vast variety in drug store products and urging readers to understand body functions and limits of self medication. He emphasizes consulting a competent doctor annually and using home remedies only for simple ailments.

Stae University College of Pharmacy Jerome W. Ephriam Simon and Schuster Ephraim

History repeats as tax probes reshape Washington view

In Washington June 18 1937 tax evasion hearings prompt fears public trust in the treasury. Gary Garner and the La Follette committee confront film evidence from the Memorial Day riot, while Mellon’s new offices rise near the White House as historic landmarks are removed.

Washington Treasury John Nance la Follette Civil Liberties Committee Chicago Andrew Mellon Lafayette Square White House Mellon United States Dolly Madison

Book on the common cold offers practical guidance

The author presents common sense approaches to managing the common cold without sensational claims. Ephraim avoids debunking or exposing others and provides straightforward, practical advice that the reviewer finds sensible and valuable.

Ephraim

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