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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1937
Page
6
An editorial warns that the bicycle fad risks many accidents in Bluefield due to rider inexperience and carelessness. It urges vigilance by drivers, notes night hazards from lights and intersections, and suggests prohibitions or street limits as unlikely remedies.
The Crazy Killers tale reports the capture of the so called Mad Scelptor who killed three on Easter Sunday to win his sweetheart. He claims he intended no further killings but was forced to murder his girl's mother and uncle, while the sister survived. Insanity may shield him from the death penalty, prompting a sensational upcoming trial and debates on isolating the insane for public safety.
The article quotes Harry Hopkins, head of the Federal Works Progress Administration, predicting that within twenty years one third of Americans now inadequately clothed and fed will have a decent living standard funded by higher earners. It critiques reformers who rely on government as a substitute for individual effort and urges education and self-reliance.
The speaker argues against taxing the thrifty and industrious to fund others who rely on government. They warn the Hopkins theory would level all to a common poverty, suggesting no poverty only if no one is rich to measure it, and deem the remedy worse than the disease.
Dr. Miller McClintock told the national planning conference in Detroit that the motor car risks 36 000 deaths annually and over a million injuries unless traffic handling reforms occur. He urged scrapping current systems for a multi level network with elevated boulevards and ground level streets to reduce intersectional friction and save lives.
A New York study finds 161,000 Works Progress Administration workers tied to city government. About 50,000 repair streets and sewers, 42,000 under city departments in construction, 35,000 in parks upkeep, and 33,801 in white collar city projects, with workers under five borough presidents and other departments.
A short poem celebrates June through nature’s abundance. Emma Green’s From Under the Willows renders scenes of birds butterflies and blossoms with a cloistered thrush, robin parade, dove notes, and a wren’s quick passage. The verse exults in June’s rapture and luminous light across moss and grass.
The Rev T K Lambert father of the Rev A M Lambert of Bluefield died at his Oak Grove home. John Effier of Welch, former McDowell county sheriff, visited on business. D N Crafts music school's closing exercises were held at Harris opera house.
Hydle Barr signs with the Bluefield baseball club. W E Fowler president of the American National Bank in this city is elected as delegate to the National American Bankers association convention by the Virginia Bankers. H L Stephens is elected chancellor commander of Bluefield lodge No 153 Knights of Pythias.
Twenty years ago today in Detroit J H Douthat married Miss Virginia Henderson of this city. Judge David E Johnston, pioneer Bluefield resident, was reported critically ill in Portland Oregon. George H Hill left for Charleston to assume duties as assistant engineer of the state road commission.
W L Hume father of Charley W E M P and D N Hume of this city died at his Rome Georgia home. The company won the Sentinels of Safety trophy for the second consecutive year.
The Capitol Hill debate over relief plans culminated in Senate approval that broadly matched White House demands. The episode featured resistance from some lawmakers but ended with the president’s position strengthened and a public display of his leadership on Capitol Hill. A Robison amendment and Byrnes proposal shaped the compromise alongside Rayburn’s maneuvering, reinforcing the administration’s gains on Jefferson Island.
Pacing ahead of the Jefferson Island meeting, administration figures avoid admitting a serious situation while hoping informal talks with the president will yield frank exchanges. The growing unease among hill Democrats grows amid record majorities, as most cannot meet the president normally to share off the record views. The island sessions may help both sides.
George Ross surveys Manhattan summer fashion and nightlife as cafes dress with Pago Pago decor, Libby Holman faces British charity reception chatter, radio forecasts flag Fred Allen, Nat Pendleton billiards in Longacre Square, and Barbara Hutton gains status with Count Reventiow’s Danish ambassadorship amid Algonquin social drift.
A reader’s quirky questions span taxi fare abuse police restraint and dangerous street conflicts. Contributors seek state or federal relief while a police mediation irony underscores residents’ safety concerns and absurdities.
A scrambled montage mixes boxing photos with street scenes while Joe Louis predicts multiple fights yearly. Governor Lehman halts dog racing in New York, and a railroad strike looms, fueling a bicycle rush nationwide. A hosiery mill strike in Philadelphia heads to mediation as Germany raises a king’s bones note.
The Senate Finance Committee reported favorably the nomination of Ernest L. Bailey to lead the National Emergency Council in West Virginia. Bailey succeeds F Witcher McCullough who resigns to become secretary of the National Bituminous Commission. The note about the year 1936 being 44 squared and future square years is irrelevant.
A June 29 birthday forecast notes best hours and danger periods on the date. It predicts strong creativity and practical caution, with potential luck in money and career paths such as invention banking sales or the arts.
Prominent artists and historians are spotlighted with John Q A Ward noted as sculptor and John Bach McMaster as historian. The brief profiles emphasize their contributions and legacy within their fields.
Amelia Earhart said she saw few roads during her African crossing, while locals may value the trail she blazed. A Philadelphia fire, started by a cigarette sleeper, warns of danger from a discarded fag end.
The Ritz brothers Al Jimmy and Harry discuss their origins names and appearances born in Newark and the reason their act is known as the Ritz brothers. They mention Alice Faye Don Ameche and hubbard heavy and joke about touring and waiting for a vacation while they stay in show business.
The Methodist brotherhood at John Stewart Memorial M E Church in Bluefield West Virginia adopts a statement backing state and local government and condemning the murder of a helpless elderly man by young Negroes. It calls for police action to remove crowds and for enforcement against vice spots with safer references. The resolution is signed by R M Pettus and committee on June 28 1937.
Washington June 27 The national committee on rural social planning signals a louder push from the farm labor side in Washington hearings on wages and hours. Gardner Jackson claims the farm vote is a myth while brown tenants and migratory workers are becoming organized political forces. He warns of 3 million laborers and 3 million tenant workers challenging top farm producers. The piece notes tensions over a lettuce growers strike and emergency funding for radio education projects.
Anti Jewish riots broke out in Wolomin Myszkow and Zarki, with Jewish shop signs daubed and 50 homes damaged. One Jewish man was badly beaten as Jews wore berres from the public market.
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