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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1935
Page
13
Daily Public Record lists notices for club meetings and various paid notices. Subscription rates are detailed, with mail and carrier options across multiple zones and distances, including West Virginia regions and extended areas.
A compact meditation on novelty noting that what pleases when new adds double pleasure, while what displeases loses appeal. Quoting Ecclesiastes and Hume, it contrasts ancient familiarity with fresh perception and invites skepticism about genuine novelty.
Roanoke congressman C A Woodrum opposes rapid passage of tax measures and warns against jammed legislation without full debate. He says he voted for emergency expenditures but rejects share-the-wealth rhetoric and vows to resist five day tax votes. Editorial notes show growing restlessness in Congress over leadership’s approach.
The piece notes Borah La Follette and other congress members pushing for a wealth tax to tax the rich. It suggests the administration quietly weighs the idea as potentially campaign oriented. It highlights nerves over Huey Long’s growing influence and possible independent run in the next year.
A columnist argues Roosevelt used the share the wealth idea as political maneuvering to placate Huey Long and rally forgotten voters. The piece notes the administration's large dole and questions whether the move will sideline Long Sinclair Townsend and allied critics ahead of 1936.
A Fairbanks dispatch describes the annual midnight sun celebration during the longest day of the year. Residents enjoy continuous daylight with a night game played at midnight and no darkness for months, while sunsets briefly dip before rising again toward the zenith.
Jackie Coogan, once a child star and now a college student reportedly worth about $1 million, faces two lawsuits seeking $500,000 each connected to a car crash that killed his father John Coogan and three others. The suits allege the elder Coogan drove at excessive speed while intoxicated and claim Jackie failed to oppose his father, with plaintiffs aiming to claim part of his fortune.
Poem excerpt contrasts wealth and contentment, praising patient toil and a kinglike burden bearing. It echoes Thomas Dekker as the author, urging contentment and diligent work despite fortunes.
A brisk summary notes limited impact of the blue eagle price cuts on employment and production, with a cautious 1935 September recovery ahead. It highlights flat nonfarm food prices, modest payroll declines, and seasonal factory trends, plus Ethiopia Italy tensions and Mussolini’s moves.
The weather bureau reports Washington averages a mere seven miles per hour wind. Chicago averages fifteen, New York thirteen. Mount Washington New Hampshire records the highest winds at times reaching 168 mph.
A nitroglycerine truck exploded near Amarillo Texas injuring Bruce Hayes 40 Whittenburg 40 as two men Ben McDonald 55 and Paul Brooks 25 both of Borger were killed.
A playful verse describes a bee colony atop Rockefeller Center in New York. The bee endures urban noises, tall towers, and crowded streets as she doubts her rooftop home can sustain life amid the city’s rush and chaos.
Senator Borah shifts rhetoric from share the wealth to share the burden in a quip framed by rural proverbs and a national song riff. Elmer Twitchell campaigns at Niagara Falls for a Share the Barrel plan as Republicans press Hoover for plans amid a mood of recovery and critique.
A theater in Moscow features deaf and mute actors, a rarity among American film stars. The piece notes the contrast with most U S actors and hints at cultural differences in performance.
Mrs Albert Ley of San Rafael California chose a 25 day jail sentence over a fine to let her husband see how much work she does. He paid the $46 fine and she was released after serving two days.
Horoscope guidance for those born on June 28 highlighting time windows, dangers, and social advice. Advises caution in speech, suggests compatible careers in statistics teaching and research, and notes potential marital happiness and a notable list of historic June 28 figures.
Dr. Hans Kronheim a noted Austrian interior decorator will lecture Monday evening July 1 at 7 45 in the Bluefield Paint and Varnish sales room in the Georgia Lumber building He will discuss wall decorations and European developments and will be accompanied by Dr Wilhelm Diefenbach The lecture is open to the public
Olivia de Haviland receives fan letters from Oakland readers who recall Mills College and marriage rumors as she awaits her first film releases. The California mansion and yacht locations for films are rented through the Assistance League, which has raised about $110,000 in four years for charity via location rentals.
Bruce Catton reports on John Gibbons book Is This America observing Americans through a foreign gaze. Gibbons travels New York to New Orleans by train bus and hitchhiking noting hotels roads hospitality and efficiency while criticizing overrating railroads and Coney Island as a nightmare. He finds Americans hard working but not enjoying life and the book's humorous engaging style makes it worth a reading evening.
Allen Brumfield, noted as the last of the Lincoln county feudists, dies, marking the end of an era in the region. The report notes his notoriety and the historical context of the feuds that shaped local history.
W. L. Shafer arrived in Bluefield to assume duties as secretary of the chamber of commerce. Hampton Gray and W. J. Hatfield were named probation officers of McDowell county. The city board of affairs held its final business session before retiring from office.
Ten years ago today Miss Edna Carr Buchanan of Coopers and R Buford Williams of Pearisburg were married here. Norfolk and Western storekeepers held their quarterly meeting in Bluefield. Bernard McClaugherty ran for city board of directors from the third ward.
Kirk Simpson notes reactions at Springfield to Republican grass roots declarations urging a new deal agenda. The piece signals potential anti Roosevelt fusion talk for 1936, regional gathering plans, and cautious views on southern Democrats bolting in 1928. Ongoing intra party debate, with attention to Al Smith references, shapes the mood.
The piece discusses possible anti states rights constitutional amendment as a 1936 battleground. It notes southern fears on state sovereignty, hopes of grass rooters for a New Deal fight, and characterizes the Borah amendment as mere oratorical humor by Sen Borah.
In New York on June 27 Paul Harrison notes reviving nightlife as roof gardens and basement nighteries glow with artificial stars and roseate spotlights. Cabarets shrink to a few, while East Side rooms on Fifty-second Street draw crowds. Speakeasy camaraderie returns as bartenders gain familiar nicknames and intimate venues revive risqué tunes.
The block hosts many popular venues including the Famous Door where Louis Prima performs and entertainers mingle. Healy's and Lou Richman's attract the Broadway crowd, with Leon and Eddie's Twenty-one Tony's and Town Casino also cited as enduring spots from Prohibition days. Leon and Eddie's grew rapidly, blending food and decor amid Eddie Davis songs, tracing ties to early club careers and a later merger that produced wealth.
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