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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1939
Page
6
Fragmentary OCR text discusses how changing false religious systems continually shift their locations, suggesting instability in their beliefs and practices. The source fragment leaves the broader context unclear and lacks identifiable persons, places, or organizations.
The Rochester publisher Frank Gannett calls for President Roosevelt to resign to allow rebuilding a dynamic America. He cites the danger of continued deficits and class antagonism and questions whether Washington can change without a vote of confidence. The piece notes America’s tradition of impeachment for removal and discusses a potential shift away from a third term.
A columnist notes officials drift toward euphemisms in public testimony. A confidential memo guides witnesses to avoid terms like debt or government spending, preferring phrases such as government running expenses or investment to cast policies in a favorable light. The trend extends to the state department, seeking to replace references to unfavorable trade balance with softer wording.
A citizen considers the debate over the term export balance arguing that language may mislead the public about finances. The piece notes the difficulty of convincing a grocer that a bill is an investment and warns that words should reflect true meaning.
Emil Ludwig, famed biographer, offers harsh portraits of Adolf Hitler based on observed behavior and wartime acts. Ludwig questions Hitler’s charisma, claims he hid behind oratory, and notes disparities between public image and documented actions. The piece anticipates future psychology-led analyses of Hitler’s megalomania and power hunger.
A woman fatally shot her husband amid a history of domestic violence and earlier abuse that led to a court or official release to attend the funeral. Police are reviewing the case as a domestic dispute and potential self defense.
The Huntington Herald Dispatch compares West Virginia motor vehicle taxes to the national average. It notes higher state levies, including a 28.2 percent higher tax burden, a six cent per gallon gasoline tax, a two percent automobile value tax, and a two percent sales tax on motor oil. It asks whether WV motorists receive commensurate benefits for their larger annual tax bills compared with other states.
The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald argues borrowing is too easy and urges legislators to set a national debt ceiling. The piece suggests forcing a showdown by requiring government to pay as it goes and criticizes apologists who justify deficit spending.
The High Bridge Gazette questions whether the remarkable gains in wealth and civilization achieved rapidly should be discarded, reflecting on the sustainability and direction of modern progress.
Poem praising rain as healing remedy for loneliness and pain. Describes rain awakening memory, music, and joy, renewing life and nature. Credits Margaret ee in the Linotype unin Chicago Tribune.
President Roosevelt unveils a $3 billion “invisible spending” plan designed to bypass the debt limit and budget rules. Congress balked at lifting the $45 billion cap, but the White House framed the move as a personal suggestion, prompting sharp criticism from lawmakers.
Senator Wheeler’s rail leasing fight ends with the item removed from the railroad bill. He faces political exposure as a “cat” in the spending project. Congress quietly approves a small cash addition to the export-import bank but rejects the broad foreign trade lending strategy.
The piece condemns an “invisible spending” plan as a disguised gift package that hides spending. It warns of future moves to let agencies like the Tennessee Valley Authority self finance, expanding debt outside the budget and Congress. It labels this as a drift toward state capitalism and financial socialism under Washington's political control.
The proposal would conceal expenditures and push the public works program toward a self liquidating restriction. It would make beneficiaries pay for projects rather than the general taxpayer, while the government already uses farmers’ rehabilitation loan repayments and rural electrification benefits to cover debts.
The article contrasts Berle influenced plans with older New Deal efforts. It notes Eccles and Laughlin Currie as sources and observes the new schemes are radical yet feasible unlike the cockeyed, short lived proposals of the early days. Insiders credit Berle for the shift toward careful, well planned initiatives.
A Dallas Morning News quote argues a favored candidate should simplify the income tax to raise incomes, urging voters to back the one who can make tax relief straightforward.
The Chaffin hotel image and other buildings at Dingess were discussed by D. Bogle of Bland considering buying property and locating in Bluefield. The Miners Hospital No. 1 board was meeting in Bluefield.
Heavy frost described in the Shenandoah valley of Virginia. Dr A D Wood departed for Portland Oregon to marry Miss Annie Johnston.
W C Warlick purchases the William Klush Furnishing company located on Princeton avenue. Mrs Sallie W Baldwin wife of Captain D B Baldwin dies at her home in town. MacDowell county voters approve the free dental clinic bill in a recent referendum.
Ww. McDougal was elected president of the pesca Lions du Miss Lucille hon of Bluefield. B. A. Keen of Hot Coal, W. Va., was married here. East River district board of education let the contract for lighting the athletic field at Princeton.
New York's Wall Street hosts a weekly noon charity vaudeville at the Sub-Treasury foot of Broadway, featuring talents from Broadway and guest acts for the Greater New York Fund. J P Morgan planned an appearance but declined, fearing Tarzan yell from Johnny Weismuller.
Sonja Henie tours ice displays in New York and notes Vera Hruba, an eighteen year old Czech skater in the New Yorker hotel carnival. Hruba, who arrived in America before the annexation of Czechoslovakia, faces possible departure as her visa nears expiry. officials grant a four month reprieve.
A Brooklyn judge ruled against harassment claims by critics of Coney Island barkers. The decision lets railway and park attractions continue their calls to lure visitors, upholding the barkers right to advertise their midway acts such as the Half Man Half Woman and the Bearded Lady.
A fragmented excerpt notes a dubious headline about Hitler, then shifts to career guidance for graduates. It comments on summer jobs, attire, and a quip about Enola Nebraska named from reversing “alone,” while warning locals may react to unconventional naming.
Phil Regan who began as a Brooklyn street car conductor and police lieutenant rose to fame as a singing bucker in Hollywood after marrying Josephine Dwyer at 17. The couple, now parents of four, faced poverty before Regan’s Warner contract and Clarence Brown try while keeping family life private.
Bill McMullin, 22, of Highland Avenue, was treated at St Luke's hospital for injuries after a car struck his bicycle in the west end Thursday afternoon. He was taken from the Bluefield cerepere company where he worked and suffered a broken rib and bruises over his body.
Bruce Catton reviews Antoine de Saint Exuperys Airman Over the Andes noting its dramatic aerial vignettes and vivid scenes of high altitude flight. The piece contrasts blue skies with the peril of storm and the pilot’s perilous mastery of air.
A narrated monologue reflects a graduate's crisis amid unemployment fears and a society in recession. It recalls headlines like Unemployment Grows and Deficit Soars as the speaker imagines post graduate paths and public figures debating resignation. The piece weaves personal doubt with national economic anxieties and a historical newsroom anecdote about Charles Mellon.
The piece notes Grover Whelen declaring the World's Pair a success while joking about summer hats and ribbons. It mentions the 2,000,000th hot dog count and cites a City Nudity notice from Carew, as reported by The Associated Newspapers.
In Wheeling on June 23 1930 a 73 year old man William Snyder of Cameron was told his sight remained in only one eye. He was injured in a subsequent car crash on the way home and rushed back to the hospital. Surgeons closed a gash in his good eye with six stitches.
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