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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1936
Page
6
A Paley reflection offers advice on preserving integrity and uprightness to ease business toil. It speaks of enduring ill fortune and disappointment, maintaining humble confidence before God when human ingratitude or times turn harsh, and suggests moral steadiness as reward beyond external gain.
The piece argues that U S government spending has risen dramatically over generations, doubling in twenty five years and now costing billions yearly. It condemns graft and waste in federal, state, and local governments, warns of debt, and calls for public action to curb spending before disaster.
National Republic excerpt by Congressman John W. McCormack argues the Communist movement aims to seize world control through dictatorship. It describes tactics including boring in, united front, and saboteur training, noting a New York school with 2000 nightly attendees and attempts to influence the American Federation of Labor.
Republican leaders avoid pledges on bolting the Landon Knox slate or backing the Democratic candidate. Analysts say their public position would not alter outcomes or material decisions, keeping internal maneuvering largely symbolic.
Brazilian senate is expected to nullify 2,410,000 acre Amazonas colonization grants to Japan citing federal constitution limits on land and immigrant concentration. Similar Para grant faces review as authorities argue Amazonas and Para actions violated federal power. Brazil seeks settlers assimilable as citizens, reacting to imperial Japan's Asia policies.
The Bluefield Park association prepared for a big Fourth of July celebration. The Rev T C Shuler and D O Baldwin and wife traveled to Lynchburg for a state Epworth League meeting. Bish P J Donahue of Wheeling arrived in Bluefield for a few days in the area.
Local business alum B M Newman opens a new store in Graham. The Southern Milling and Construction Company is organized by Princeton residents. Three cows were struck and killed by lightning near Walnut Grove cemetery.
Twenty years ago today a state militia company was being organized at Williamson. Wm. P. Payne of Tazewell, member of the Bluefield lodge of Biks, died at Richmond. The Rev. W. F. Dunnaway Jr. of Princeton was called to Brookvale Virginia by his father’s death.
Ten years ago today Miss Dollie Turley and Ennis Arnold of Bluefield wed at the home of Rev. Thomas Priddy in Princeton. Charlies P. Bailey of the city police was badly injured when struck by a car at Tazewell street and Princeton avenue. Willie Goforth, a four year old from Brushfork, suffered a fractured skull after being struck by a horse.
The piece notes Senator Copeland’s desertion of the Philadelphia convention for Cleveland medical rallying, his 1941 term, and potential 1940 bid. It compares Copeland with Wagner and Smith, discusses party regularity, independence in senate races, and the risk of renomination versus re election. It analyzes Democratic anti New Deal dynamics and regional variation in regularity.
George Ross reports a chaotic scene at the Stadium where boxing fans swung from support for Joe Louis to Max Schmeling as the momentum shifted in the bout. Amid the fight chatter a separate note tells of Miss Julie Benell, a Broadway actress, receiving three marriage proposals from suitors arriving from Bermuda, Texas, and the Pacific coast, though she remained undecided.
In Minneapolis a World war veteran refused to apply for his $480 bonus saying Uncle Sam needed the money more than he did. What a nephew.
Jay G. Sigmund writes of an aging teacher awaiting fall as she longs for freedom from classroom routine. Restlessness replaces habit, with visions of June, ships, and distant nights while she frets over losing her daily rounds and the familiar blackboard sounds.
A radio stage play scenes a distant political convention with Elmer and Mrs Twitchell listening and commenting. The cast includes Otis Wozzle Perry Mooper and William Quodd as voices describe clashes, telegrams, and a dedicating moment before a break reveals a satirical ending about postwar politics and family reactions.
A June 24 birthday horoscope warns of possible distractions and quick anger while advising focus in work, cautious litigation, and practical talents. It highlights successful forebears and suggests careers in theater, law, medicine, brokerage, or sales, with a note on marrying wisely and a promising school future for a June 24 child.
A satirical jumble cites Dora asserting the food and drug act protects pharmacists medicines and sandwiches. It mocks Father Coughlin and Rev Gerald Smith and notes a shift toward third party aid. The piece jokes about Brazil coffee, insomnia cures, dictators, termites, and political figures.
Screen Lite In Hollywood Mesa Grande Reservation Calif is the actual locale of the story Ramona. A company of nearly 150 is maintained here for eight weeks while the film is produced. Cast and locals work long hours from dawn to sundown, with evenings spent viewing rushes and relaxing at a nearby resort pool.
Bruce Catton reviews Men Who Rule America by Arthur D Howden Smith. The book traces two dozen leading capitalists J P Morgan and family, the Rockefellers, Henry Ford, Andrew Mellon, and others, to argue capitalism grows and demands greater government restraint to keep democracy in charge.
Philadelphia June 22 The battle over the two thirds rule for presidential nominees grows tense yet gentlemanly. Farley faces Southern doubt and Eastern friction as delegates near the convention with politics shifting from tradition to practical concerns. Dissent surfaces over who wrote the agriculture plank, but harmony is claimed by Farley.
Washington chatter suggests a covert push to create a credible third party by 1940 with heavy funding and state ballot preparation. Lemke, misattributed first name, is portrayed as sincere, aided by Huey Long and Townsend figures. West, Farley, and Wagner linked as White House and platform insiders drive convention access. Forest service eyes bombing planes to drop fire suppressants to slow forest fires.
The piece argues that the traditional three generations from shirt sleeves to shirt sleeves rule is outdated. It notes the growing separation of ownership from control and warns that maintaining individualism in American capitalism may require more government regulation to protect liberties.
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