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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1936
Page
6
A reflective line stresses that search for truth fails if it does not first begin to live the truth it knows, invoking Horace Bushnell's emphasis on integrity guiding inquiry and belief. The quotation underscores aligning action with conviction as foundational to authentic pursuit of truth.
John D. M. Hamilton assumes his duties as new Republican national committee chairman after placing Gov. Landon of Kansas as the presidential candidate in Cleveland. In Chicago en route to Topeka, Hamilton blasts James A. Farley’s criticism of the nominee and the platform, warning he will spar if Farley continues misrepresenting the party. He labels Farley frightened and disappointed and questions his grasp of Landon’s monetary plank. Farley had called Landon a hazy interpreter and previously called Kansas a prairie state, now dubbing it a great agricultural commonwealth.
The census estimates show Washington’s population rising 22 percent from 486,869 to about 594,000 between 1930 and early 1936. The piece notes crowded housing, busy streets, booming government offices, and talks of moving the capital to Baltimore, with the gains largely funded by federal activity rather than national growth.
The article surveys the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, predicting renomination of Franklin D. Roosevelt with Garner as running mate. It highlights expected platform debates between pro Roosevelt moderates and old school Democrats, and analyzes Roosevelt’s past state of the union remark “We shall not retreat” as a hint of a forward, leftward platform shift.
Neville Chamberlain calls Ramsay MacDonald proposal midsummer madness as Britain hovers between backing the League of Nations and opposing Italy’s action in Africa. MacDonald argues to stand by the league or risk its collapse, while France pushes for renewed security and Ethiopia protection amid mounting skepticism about the league’s effectiveness.
The poem argues beauty lies not only in starry skies but in night’s pause when work stops, allowing rest and dreams of bold deeds. It links night with world changing inspiration as minds forge tools, plan destinies, and build on wisdom’s pillars, credited to F. Mildred Rickman in the Christian Science Monitor.
Forty years ago today Misa French a returned missionary from China gave a lecture at Bland Street Methodist church. The Bluefield Produce Exchange received their first carload of watermelons of the season. William Hicks and company was granted a permit to erect a three story addition to his property on Bland street.
A blaze demolishes twenty homes in Williamson while several residents are cremated. The Princeton Bottling and Ice Works receives a new charter. C M Clark, noted local carpenter, is killed by a streetcar on Bluefield Avenue.
J H Darnell, a well known local citizen, has died. Bids were being accepted on a proposed site for the Princeton post office. Ruth Hawkins of Bluefield and Taffy Minnich of Saco Mont were married in Chicago.
Ten years ago today Marie Mustard and Clyde E Elliott of Bluefield tied the knot. The annual chamber of commerce meeting convened in the West Virginian hotel ballroom. Associated Credit Bureaus of West Virginia closed their yearly session at Princeton.
Herbert Plummer reports from a Washington bystander view of a Republican convention in Cleveland. Representative Hamilton Fish of New York pushes a constitutional amendment on the minimum wage, Borah opposes it, and Arthur Vandenberg emerges as a strong No. 2 on the ticket. The piece notes Fish’s New York ties and Vandenberg’s rising profile as a future convention figure.
The report notes Dawes, Illinois delegate and former Coolidge VP, drew little floor attention while Senators and Representatives offered anti new deal jabs. It suggests stronger keynoters would have made the convention livelier and proposes new rules to require memorized speeches.
In New York a visiting writer describes the city’s largest Braille library serving nearly 9000 blind residents in the tri state area. Books in Braille and talking book records are mailed free by the government, with phonographs loaned to the impecunious. The facility on West 25th Street also notes the extensive catalog including Shakespeare Milton and the Bible.
A satirical exchange between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Alf M. Landon captures a cordial, teasing tone as they discuss elections, platforms, budgets, and future visits. The dialogue touches on reading platforms, open spaces, and federal aid while joking about politics and personal familiarity.
The fragment debates whether the Republican nominee appears as a Kansas Coolidge or a Vermont Landon, leaving the question open and unresolved about his true political profile.
Franklin lives on the Hudson and Alf on the Raw. Franklin favors cooked beef while Alf prefers it raw. The office Democrat claims amateurs now fully control the Republicans and missed a major bet by not nominating Major Bowes for president.
The Watsons and the Deeds depart while the Rorabacks and Snells are through. The Old Guard has gone for good and will not return. A note on youth and small town life contrasts life on the bounding main street with the preferred life on the bounding main.
June 20 birthday guidance notes hours of best and danger times, warns against egotism and vanity, urges temper control to avoid quarrels and missteps. Highlights include cautions on finances, jealousy in love, and fitness for careers in law, medicine, art, or writing. cites notable people born June 20.
In a bustling wartime commentary tone the piece notes the Finns often top lists in war debt matters. It mentions beef trust choruses growing in popularity and burlesque producers prospering. It concludes with an obituary line about the inventor of synthetic rubber.
The Treasury report shows receipts of 159 347 990 56 and expenditures of 43 008 137 04, yielding a net balance of 3 547 092 289 52. Customs receipts for the month reach 18 890 369 61, and year to date receipts total 3 931 022 654 83 with expenditures 8 588 520 634 61 including 3 184 448 502 72 in emergency spending. The excess of expenditures stands at 4 657 497 979 78, gross debt 34 513 753 98, an increase of 81 971 59 25 from yesterday. Gold projects note a yearlong runway at Chicago Municipal for four engined planes by airlines.
Claudette Colbert enforces a rule to star only in heroic or historically important roles such as Joan of Arc or Florence Nightingale. She may refuse Legal Holiday, a Dorothy Parker story about a woman lawyer. Shirley Temple hosted Bill Robinson’s 58th birthday party at 20th Century Fox cafe with guests and gifts. Writers retaliate by submitting altered synopses of successful films, a tactic mocked by Wilson Mizner. Francis Lederer maintains a unique cable address Fralederer.
Washington notes discuss leaks from a secret tax conference and the tactic of rewriting key tax provisions. It mentions Doughton, Copeland, Farley, Wagner, and Tammany, plus Italy's censorship in Addis Ababa and a baffling Texas governor question from a Republican committee call.
Ornithologist George Miksch Sutton writes a charming memoir Birds in the Wilderness. Sutton recounts adventures from boyhood to fieldwork across Texas Hudson Bay Labrador Florida and British Columbia. His humorous tone highlights the joy and wonder of studying birds and backyard tales.
Mr and Mrs Tom Gillenwater and Mrs C F Gillenwater returned home after being called to Saltville Virginia for the death of Mrs L F Gillenwater. The funeral was held Friday at 2 at Union church Saltville. Her death is the third in her immediate family in five months. Surviving sons are Tom of Bluefield Wiley of Dante and Walter of Saltville. Mrs Gillenwater also recently lost her husband and her father GC W Francis of Abingdon within five months.
In Saginaw Michigan John Martyn aged 95 became the county’s oldest new citizen. His first words upon admission questioned when a check would arrive. The moment marked a notable milestone in local naturalization history.
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