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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1940
Page
4
Classified notice lists include meeting times entertainments banners fairs and resolutions for churches and clubs with fees charged for notices. Indicates subscriptions rates and postal zones while disclaiming Associated Press rights and republication rules.
A reflective plea rejects glorifying war and urges recognition of its brutal toll on millions. It contrasts personal grief with official telegrams, calling war an inescapable outcome of human wickedness between nations.
The article argues that war can start without a formal declaration by Congress as the president and secretary of state control foreign policy. It cites warnings to Japan over the Dutch East Indies and the fleet potentially moving to the Orient as a trigger. Congress may only influence via foreign relations committees, while adjournment could hinder delayed action.
The article notes aviation is often claimed safer than car travel and cites a yearlong period ending March 7 with an absolute safety record for U.S. commercial airlines. It says flying compares favorably across the network with no serious accidents reported.
The piece argues for the benefits of flying, noting rising air travel, modern air ports, reliable transport planes, and strict crew exams. It urges voters to consider emergency needs in elections while humorously addressing politics, pedestrian rights, and caution about drivers and Christians who practice their beliefs.
Editorial notes grim wartime style headlines counting 9 000 dead and 800 000 injured in the United States last July. The Wheeling Intelligencer urges careful measures to cut previous July totals and reduce the warning to the nation in future months.
The front argues Congress should remain in session during the crisis. It notes Congress holds purse and sword and must be ready to act in the immediate future despite scattered representation. The piece stresses action to serve the people of the United States.
Poem fragment describes a man who seeks nature at river and meadow without tools. He values knowledge over practical gain, wandering through woods and observing shadows colors clouds and bees. The speaker, possibly a woman named Sve, questions the star form she and Ralph Waido.
Philadelphia June 27 The GOP peace group wields a dissected foreign relations plank turning isolationist amid a convention platform bloat. Veterans Edge and Pepper confront the shift while Pepper threatens to walk over non involvement, leaving the platform to reflect broad views. The candidate will be the platform this year.
Delegates and their guests sing God Bless America in a downtown restaurant as a patriotic scene unfolds. An organist starts the tune and dozens join in, transforming the room into a powerful, unplanned display of unity amid the convention atmosphere.
President candidate Herbert Hoover delivered a strained address at the convention after a sore throat and tense delegations. A doctor treated him before speaking, and though audible on radio, his halting voice drew criticism from Republicans wary of boosting Hoover into the leading candidate tier.
A confidant to John Lewis explains Hoover’s setback before the convention. The CIO leader faulted Roosevelt for mangling the national labor board and noted Hoover’s limited political talk ability, yet he remains best equipped amid current international tensions.
In Corsica South Dakota an Indiana delegate explains a Dewey Taft Willkie split amid a Stop Dewey movement expanding to Stop Dewey Willkie and later Stop Dewey Willkie Taft Hoover and Vandenberg. He notes pledges to Dewey but affinity for Taft and Willkie.
The Files Of The Bluefield Daily Telegraph recalls events from forty years ago with notes on visitors and business trips. Gen W R Dawson returned from a business trip and W Massie of Athens was a visitor.
Herbert McIIthaney O Keefe Henry Warden and Frank Hunter competed in a race to determine the fastest Ford in Bluefield. Miss Ethel Johnston and Claude Ireson were listed as married in the same item.
A fire destroyed the Summers hotel in Hinton with Miss Caudill among witnesses noting the blaze. The incident damaged the building and prompted investigations into its cause.
Anneli Humphries a 3 year old from Flat Top remains in critical condition after a fall into a tub of boiling water. Miss Frances Tynes of od Gasca tenne rand Min Pali Lily and Mrs. Philip were visiting Washington D C.
The scene shows President and top officials reacting to two new cabinet associates, Knox and Hopkins, amid jokes about party loyalties and the 1936 election. Harold Ickes, Miss Perkins, Harry Hopkins, Morgenthau and Stimson comment on party lines while a messenger hints at the election theme.
The piece mocks wartime figures like Knox and Stimson, debating Redemerats or Reptilicans with a simile. It compares political antics to Hitler on promises, calling the era the Hot Dog Cabinet and noting two pranks around appointments as lawful or snatch case theater.
A reflective column questions loan sharks and self interest while noting life’s fleeting privileges and the cost of chasing wealth. It frames money and freedom as tied to gratitude and personal responsibility on the high seas of modern life.
A New York employment office named Yale operates with many jobseekers milling outside. The manager notes large crowds and many unwilling to take any offer, suggesting relief should target only those sincerely seeking work. He mentions ongoing unemployment and a steady stream of tips averaging over twenty dollars.
Fragmentary notes quote Confucius Goethe Zimmerman and fiction lines to ponder time and space. The text muses on using time wisely and compares time to nature and a cultivated field, ending with garbled lines that resemble a literary collage.
A period style column notes big questions about time for Adolf and fall geography books while tests suggest women are cooler than men. It mentions traffic turns, defense budgets, and a humorous anecdote about a tall man who borrowed five dollars.
Public sale at the front door of the Bank Matoaka will offer parcels of land fronting 30 feet on Barger Street and a brick bank building with multiple apartments. Tracts include land in Matoaka Mercer County West Virginia and Lot No. 14 with adjacent railway line, as described in local court map and deed records. The sale includes real estate and improvements valued with structured parcels and town additions. The Bank of Matoaka previously acquired these parcels by deed dated April 15, 1932, and filings describe frontages and dimensions.
The record describes parcels in Matoaka Mercer County West Virginia with measurements and boundary lines, a two story frame residence with seven rooms and a concrete basement, and outbuildings. It lists numerous notes and amounts dated between 1933 and 1988, held by multiple parties, with details of endorsements and due dates.
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