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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1924
Page
2
A reflective piece contrasts New York style upheaval with home town progress in Bluefield. It discusses city remodeling, laws governing nature, and a humorous take on bobbed hair sparking a fictitious disease named flapper rash among high school aged women and others.
A fragmented editorial notes desire for definite yes or no answers, argues Leap Year offers female advance, praises marriages and criticizes divorce, heralds Bluefield Governor gathering with Virginia and West Virginia leaders, and jokes about shifting fashion toward spleen removal as a surgical trend.
New York June 28 Democrats reject Newton Baker substitute for league of nations plank as Klansmen loom. Convention plans shift to two hour debate on disputed planks with Lucking and Jones backing the majority. Attendance thins while delegates discuss peace and order amid political clash.
At the Democratic national convention in New York the Klan controversy dominated. Campaigns slowed as party leaders debated the anti Klan plank while reaffirming support for figures like Alfred Smith and William G McAdoo. Samuel M Ralston touted broad appeal amid the factional clash.
Reports from Cleveland and Lorain describe a devastating tornado that wrecked Lorain and surrounding areas. Officials estimate 300 dead and up to 1,600 injured as Red Cross items and Ohio National Guard mobilize for relief. The disaster disrupted rail lines, telegraph service, and power as rescue efforts begin.
A tentative 1916 June 30 valuation of 237,472,689 was placed on the Norfolk & Western Railway system by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The road’s capitalization is listed at 286,765,700 in stock and long term debts, with 118,207, re ents common stock, 11,700 preferred stock and 95,1466,500 funded debt.
Beginning Monday morning traffic on Bland Street will move to the west side from High Street to the power company work zone. No parking or stopping in that section. Stores to unload via alleys and vacant lots. East side kept open for temporary line and trucks. Police Chief D Dillon announced.
At Madison Square Garden the Democratic platform vote on singling out the Ku Klux Klan ended in rowdy scenes and near chaos. The final tally favored the substitute plank by a narrow margin 542 to 320, with a revised roll call showing complex splits across states before adjournment.
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals awarded a writ of mandamus against Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Company ordering removal of mains on Jun field Avenue to permit paving. The decision aims to speed Bluefield Avenue paving and prevent future disruption from water lines.
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