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Newspaper

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1931

Page

3

Fragmented Religious Reflection Passages

Text appears as a garbled religious reflection citing Peter and Hannah More. It references suffering for well doing, purification and improvement, with uncertain attribution and broken phrasing.

Recovery Plan Requires Rising Purchasing Power

President Hoover advocates fiscal steps to restore buying power and revive demand. Banks, lenders, and debtors must ease burdens to rehabilitate surpluses and realign values. Without consumer demand, securities fall, crops fail, and economies stagnate. restoration is essential for recovery across industries and markets.

Hoover

Treatment of the Indian in early American history

Ray Lyman Wilbur argues that native people faced better treatment under U S government than under invaders, while examining colonial wars, white expansion, and the complex, flawed record of Indian policy and removal efforts across centuries. The piece weighs ideals vs. practice in shaping federal relations with American Indians.

Ray Lyman Wilbur United States Mr. Wilbur Curlumbus

What We Were Doing Twenty Years Ago Today

Colonel M. Smith resigned as president of the Fidelity Banking and Trust company Virgil Senter, 16, was killed after falling from Castle Rock in Wyoming County Mrs W A Woodyard died at her home Ten years ago today Dr L K Clark Kyle Arehin 8 Rooker and W H Thomas returned from Des Moines Iowa where they attended the national Shrine meet Robert J Early died at his home on Riverton Beni Kedem temple staged a big Shrine ceremonial at Welch

M. Smith Widelity Banking &Trust Company Virgil Senter Castle Rock Wycoming County W. A. Woodyard Lar Gralant L. K. Clark Kyle Arehin Rooker W. H. Thomas Fron Des Malins Iowa Robert J

Indians and colonists clash over origins and fate of expansion

The article argues Indians were invaders from Asia and faced extinction as Europeans advanced. It contends colonial leaders ignored ancestral invasions and applied political logic to justify settlement and expansion, framing fate as inevitable rather than solely white conquest.

Andle United States Fate

Increased Leisure and the Coming Five Day Week

The article discusses a future with greatly increased leisure as machines reduce human labor. It predicts a five day, possibly five or six hour workweek, and examines concerns about morale, degeneration, and purposeful living versus ease. It notes that many pursue cultural progress and warns humanity will resist the line of least resistance. It ends with brief notes on Mrs Mencken's jewels and a Chicago case about the electric chair.

Band in the Pines Poem Fragment

A fragment titled Band in the Pines laments a band in a pine wood halting their call. It speaks of brave dead, martial summons, and longing eyes of the long-departed. The speaker pleads for ending the call to avoid tears and heartbreak.

Friny Gallatt Ips

Opinions of Other Editors on Birthrates and Public Finances

The Charleston Mail summarizes editorials debating Germany's birthrate push, noting four to five children per family as a target and questioning birth control, then shifts to West Virginia fire insurance funding. It criticizes state budgeting, calls insurance lapses potentially calamitous, and questions legislative responsibility amid cost-cutting.

Germany Roosevelt West Virginia State Board of Control Mally Japan Contro Otter Democratic House of Delegates Senate Budget Commission Bolidays Stata House Committee On Humane Charleston

Riveting Work Hazards in Modern Steel Skyscrapers

Daily health notes on a riveting gang in steel construction. Heaters, catchers, buckers, and a 36 pound gun man operate pneumatic hammers delivering up to 1000 blows a minute. Health experts discuss dead fingers from vibration and cold, with insurance costs at 469 per 1000 of coverage. Improvements to hammer design may reduce hazards, though permanent disability is not viewed as likely.

Morris Fisherin Atlee Hamilton

Fragmented OCR Humor and Disjointed Observations

A garbled collection of remarks on diverse topics including a French president’s marriage to a schoolteacher, a Chicago race starter, Broadway angels, Sing Sing prisoners forming a baseball team, and vague generational comments. The text reads as a collage of misheard phrases and era-specific allusions with no cohesive narrative or clear news event.

Night clubs prey on strangers in New York crowds

Gilbert Swan warns that crime rings and dodgy night establishments lure tourists to pay inflated drink tabs and end with thefts, beatings, or being dumped in gutters. He urges a new police commission with broad powers to shut down such venues and protect visitors.

New York Pollee Manhattan Uncle Josh Big Moat Yietime Vet Geath Gilbert Swan

Harding Speech Marked Hardest Talk In Hoover Career

Washington reports describe a Harding tribute by Herbert Hoover that framed the late president’s career as a call to heal partisan wounds and restore normalcy. Hoover recalled Harding’s gentleness, practical politics, and mission to unite the nation while guiding the Republican Party back to steady governance.

Hoover Harding Clao Chicago Herding

Anna May Wong Returns to Hollywood to Star in Daughter of the Dragon

Hollywood note on Anna May Wong, the Los Angeles born Chinese actress, traveling with Parla gowns and returning to American film to play in Daughter of the Dragon with Sessue Hayakawa. Her career spans Germany England France and London, with lessons in English German and French to fit talkie era roles.

Hubbard Keavy Hollywood Anna May Wong Ruth Chatterton Anna May Germany England France Vienna London Ate Anna Nadya Tera Shat Europe New York Jongahe Wall Sessue Hayakawa Heyakawa

Summer political mimeographs signal deluge of old battles

In Washington June heat the Republican and Democratic publicity machines creak and screech as party lines sharpen for next year’s battles. Senators Dickinson and Byrns draw fire over statements, while Shouse runs the Democratic publicity. observers note the exaggeration and ongoing propaganda in a long summer of politics.

Starr Faithfull Republican Atraina L. J. Dickinson Iowa Jouett Shouse Democratic National Committee Shouse Senator Fess Robert H. Lucas Shouge Congress Dickinson Ninvadona Diskinson

Day News Briefs Jump Across Cities In Early Reports

Tokyo earthquake shocks the city while Springfield Illinois reports three men asphyxiated in a well with two attempting rescue. Detroit suburbs see bribery indictments involving the mayor and officials. Arnold City Pennsylvania records one death and four wounded in a clash between deputies and striking miners. Columbus Ohio guards escape injury after a pistol shot from a passing car. London reports a deadly explosion at a royal naval cordite factory with ten dead and nineteen wounded. New York Harbor Grace Newfoundland notes Ruth Nichols injuring two vertebrae in a plane crash. Wiley Post and Harold Gaity depart from New York for Berlin on the second leg of a round the world flight.

Tokyo Springfield Detroit Hamtransek Arnold City Columbus London Royal Naval Walton Heath New York Ruth Nichols St. John N. B Harbor Grace N. F Wiley Post Harold Gaity Berlin

West Virginia Briefs From The Associated Press

Mary Elizabeth Thore, 14, drowned in Tug river. Newell-John Campbell found dead in his room with a bullet wound in head and revolver nearby. Golden Wood, 40, dies from injuries after being run over by coal train at Elk Horn mine near Webster Springs. State police to examine fingerprints on gum in hand of Gilbert Knicklay, 22, shot to death. Wayne county citizens urge state road commission to build highway from Hawlin to Wayne via Nestiow.

Associated Press Mary Elizabeth Thore Tug River Newell John Campbell Clarksburg Golden Wood Elk Horn Webster Springs Sutton Gilbert Knicklay Charleston Wayne County State Hawlin Lincoln County Wayne Nestiow

Eleven airplanes cross Atlantic since Alcock Houn

Record of early transatlantic flights lists pilots and routes from Europe to North America. Entries note times from 24 to 37 hours, with crews including Erroll Boyd, Harry P. Conver, Baron von Haenefeld, Hermann Kosh, James Fitzmaurice, and Coste with Bienlouts.

Atlantic Alcock Santander Spain Erroll Boyd Harry P. Conver Harbor Grace N. F Scilly Islands Baron G. von Haenefeld Hermann Kosh James Fitzmaurice Baldonned Ireland Greenley Island N. Fy Charley Patford Smith Bveret van Dyke J. Patrick Saul J. W. Stannage Port Marnock New Foundland Dieudonne Coste Maurice Beliouts Paria New York

France backs rapid decision on wa debt problem

France pledges a quick move on the war debt issue as Briand filas to advance European economic rehabilitation. Hoover era talks spark caution over delaying German reparation and a broader European union. Stimson cancels a radio speech amid delicate international maneuvers and a looming moratorium plan.

Washington Hoover State Department Stimson Hoebed Department Europe France Italy Belgium United States Germany Rome Ges Frances Tost

Britain Accepts Hoover Debt Moratorium Principle

London reports formal acceptance of the one year moratorium on war debts and reparations. The action was cabled to Sir Ronald Lindsay for presentation to Secretary Stimson.

London Great Britain Hoover Ronald Lindsay United States Stimson

Hoover expects Davis to stay as governor general of Philippines

Washington reports that President Hoover intends Dwight F. Davis to remain as governor general of the Philippine islands until January 1932. Davis’ resignation rumor prompted the White House to reveal the administration expects him to remain at his post beyond his October term end, for the extended period.

Washington White House Hoover Dwight F. Davis Philippine Islands Davis

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