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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1930
Page
6
A devotional line thanks the Lord of Lords for mercy endureth forever then notes a shift from wrath to magistrate justice. The excerpt blends biblical verse with a Longfellow reference about justice.
The New York Sun urges allowing the 1930 tariff time to work, arguing stock market moves reflect business mood more than tariff impact. It recalls past tariffs, notes fluctuating prices, and warns against blaming a high tariff for economic ills while advocating correction if defects appear.
Research from the Central Trust company of Illinois shows two of three workers have been displaced by machines in the last 30 years. The remaining third is said to be earmarked for his employer, earning as much as all three previously. The piece notes the economic and sociological issue of what happens to the displaced workers.
W B Motley left for Frisco to witness the Jeffries Johnson fight. J W Cline moved his family from Graham to Hallsville. George M Ford, Beaver Pond schools superintendent, left for Charleston for a state educational meeting. Miss Mary F Kahle and David H Lowaman, both of Bluefield, were married. J C Pack of Bramwell named chairman of the Republican county executive committee. Harry M Waurh began work on his contract for half of the Pizeon Creek extension of the Norfolk and Western.
The passage argues that machine displacement of workers will continue indefinitely and demands universal employment. It calls for shorter workdays and weeks, shared jobs to avoid permanent unemployment, and equal rights to gainful occupation, warning against a permanent employed/unemployed caste. It stresses workers as buyers and industry needing a strong purchasing power to survive.
A London correspondent notes aging literary figures such as Hall Caine Shaw Kipling Conan Doyle Galsworthy Wells Bennett and others will pass away. Experts fear decline but proponents argue new writers will rise to fill voids, with examples from history and other fields offering hope. The piece ends with a sketch of daily life notes from Chicago and Pierre suggesting varied, uncertain futures.
A Cedar Rapids Gazette poem notes God as the greatest gardener who planted a riverbank garden. It marvels at spiderwort blue flame Indian paintbrush gold lady slipper and columbine blooming on limestone cliffs. It contrasts Nature’s abundance with meager moat blossoms.
The editorial argues West Virginia must study industrial migration and reform taxation to attract manufacturing. It notes national trends toward decentralization, the rise of fuels shifting production, and the need for a fairer tax system to keep pace with other states and avoid losing industries.
A Daily Health Service report notes workers labeled as eccentric often reflect broader normal to abnormal gaps in personality. It cites a psychopathic foreman causing high turnover and urges industrial mental health study and better referral to psychiatric attention, aligning psychologist and psychiatrist roles with workplace needs.
Fragmented notes describe razor blades sold in restaurants and a London speakeasy party hosted by a New York society woman. The piece humorously links ill fortune and delirium to new theories and fashion, mentioning Gus as a gatekeeper and a baseball outfielder.
The Peasant party forced the younger Bratianu to resign as premier and installed a Peasant premier. The party seeks to consolidate power and may be backing Carol’s return, aiming to establish an authentic regime with a new king. The exiles’ return is welcomed by Peasant leaders.
A bronze plaque at the War Department building memorializes 243,135 horses and mules used by American forces in World War I and 68,682 killed. It notes General Pershing and the American Humane Association relief effort. Corporal Curtis Harrison of Ohio is cited for heroism at Migneville, saving animals under gas bombardment and shellfire for 12 hours.
In a hot insipid Washington election year the People’s legislative service fires up with strong language and biting satire. Mercer Johnston notes cheers for keeping shoes on the poor and predicts public scorn for a party in power as bare feet become a political symbol in a 1930 context.
In New York on June 20, Broadway buzz swirls around Gina Malo, an attractive musical comedy star from Paris, said to have replaced Lili Damita. Rumors claim Gina may be Janet Flynn, an Irish Brooklyn dancer, with experts noting language deception and staged personas as hallmarks of show business.
Hollywood reports the fate of Broadway shared by Good News the collegiate musical comedy now ready but beaten to market by rival college musicals like Sweetie. Star turns go to Bessie Love and Gue Shy with Stanley Smith and Mary Lawlor leading romance. Ted Snyder recalls beach, vaudeville, dance band and radio eras shaping song plugging and hits.
Public utilities will pay taxes in 1930 based on state board assessments totaling about 55 million dollars more than last year. John Skinner, 102, to visit family in Indiana for three weeks and turn 103 in August. D R Richards of Morgantown elected WVU president. Morgantown to host 1931 bankers convention. Fourteen people sentenced in federal court for prohibition violations. ten fined and one placed on probation. WV Laundry Owners meet Huntington 1931. J Luther Halter reelected president. Dakotas man dies in Fairmont after shooting wife, wife improving. Indian mound work planned near Morganville. A man from Elkins fined for selling liquor and recalling first radio program.
Extraordinary demonstrations by schoolboys in Bombay’s fort area led police to charge with sticks, injuring sixteen including three seriously. A separate youth procession near a large store was dispersed. Police barred Nationalist volunteers from the Maidan for two months to prevent peace breaches. Rioting also reported in Dacca with one Muslim fatally stabbed. Northwest frontier calm returned as Utman Khel tribesmen retreated to their homes after clashes near Tangi.
Vatican officials publish a white paper charging Lord Strickland premier of Malta with causing Malta's religious difficulties. The document to be released Saturday urges Britain to press Strickland as it seeks to resolve issues flagged in Britain's blue book.
Mrs. Mary Mauch of Finleyville reported a $34 000 robbery by two men. One suspect, Dan Augustovich of McKeesport, was arrested in woods near the Charleroi electric line with more than $3 000 on him. The pair claimed her brother in law in a Pittsburgh hospital needed $4 000.
White Sulphur Springs West Virginia June 20 700 Phi Kappa Psi members attend the thirty sixth biennial convention with 100 more arriving for the grand arch council banquet A separate women’s banquet runs alongside The innner order initiates forty seven members who have attended seven biennial arch councils The convention ends tomorrow Airplanes from Bluefield ferried members on Blue Ridge sightseeing trips.
Maj Georges Thenault former Lafayette Escadrille commander and current French air attache in Washington says American women are more independent and devoted to learning and mending than French women while noting French wives sew for husbands without protest. He married American Sarah Spencer of Chicago.
On the White House lawn President Hoover receives Byrd and companions, marking a notable greeting in Washington. Berlin reports murderer escapes from Tegel prison, a figure famed for prison escapes. New York crime story follows a deadly shooting during a car talk.
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