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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1936
Page
6
Public notices for club meetings entertainments and lodge affairs require payment and address for remittances to the Daily Taplegraph Printing Co Bluefield West Virginia. The text includes boilerplate and a biblical verse with attribution.
The piece argues the Democratic platform under Franklin D. Roosevelt signals no apologies and no retreat, presenting a forthright record of the New Deal. It compares party lines, notes aims like a high standard of living, and questions promises of retrenchment and debt reduction.
The Statis t Abstract for 1935 shows large import totals alongside exports. Cattle 3348 sold abroad vs 365000 imported. hogs 303 exported vs 3414000 bought abroad. bacon ham shoulders 61691000 pounds sold abroad vs 76653000 imported. butter 958000 pounds sold abroad vs 22675000 imported. corn 177000 bushels exported vs 43242000 imported. oats 568000 exported vs 10107000 imported. wheat 233000 bushels exported vs 38865000 imported. barley 7507000 exported vs 320623000 imported.
The piece argues American farmers should compete with imports, noting landowners do not sell heavily abroad. It describes a flexible tariff that the federal tariff board could raise or lower to exclude unwanted goods or allow needed imports. It claims the tariff board has ignored potential benefits under the law.
A newspaper urges caution during the holiday weekend citing drownings automobile crashes and firecracker injuries. It notes laws restricting fireworks but predicts accidents will happen despite warnings and urges parents to supervise children and drivers to avoid speed and alcohol.
The text argues that safety movements should focus on teaching school-age children to watch for cars and urge parents to train and supervise their children. It warns streets are unsafe for play, roller skating and bicycling on roads should be prevented, and careful driving alone cannot prevent accidents without child vigilance.
The Files chronicles events from forty years ago including A H Baldwin departing for New York on vacation, P Dorr visiting Bluefield as a Republican candidate for Congress, and Captain Paris falling ill at a railroad station while en route to attend a Confederate reunion.
A round robin among Smith and other party leaders shifts New York campaign dynamics as Lehman faces a possible bid or retirement. The piece notes Smith’s break with Roosevelt and the potential impact on the 1936 ticket and New York’s battleground role in national strategy.
Chairman Sunny Jim Farley opened the convention with a restrained address aimed at averting mass demonstrations and avoiding rabble rousing. He kept talking without allowing long applause, effectively performing a quiet pre keynote for the party without clear motives.
A Charleston beer garden fight left several wounded and West Virginia University star football player killed. The hired bouncer, supposed to preserve order, drew his gun and opened fire, seen as a menace by patrons. The event intensifies scrutiny of public beer establishments.
In John Bleeck's Artists & Writers club near Herald-Tribune's city room literati journalists actors and stokers mingle. The Match Game inspired a new indoor sport miniature shooting gallery where contestants use air guns and the farthest from the bull’s eye pays. The club rejects faddish pastimes and keeps a steady scene for its back room games.
Anita Laurie Cushing describes a summer night from a porch in America with clover, cutting blades, rocking chairs, voices, a baseball bat crack, frogs, leaves, and a sense of renewal. The scene frames home as porch, lawn, vacant lots, and old houses, ending with the word home.
A late 1920s mystery novel sparked a bestseller run for Philo Vance under the pen name S. S. Van Dine. Willard Huntington Wright secretly funded the project and later revealed himself as Van Dine after a lunch at Pierre's with Bruce Gould of the Post. Wright explains the six letter link in his story titles.
New Yorkers witness a daily 3 pm parade in the Waldorf Astoria lobby as two platoons of bellhops and page boys execute a dress parade. They respond to marching orders and salute, rivaling the pomp of the Changing of the Guard in a real station routine.
A humorous poem by H. J. Phillips mocks political rhetoric and radio campaigns. It lampoons would be saviors, campaign stars, and investors while noting the noisy June airwaves and the public’s gullibility. The piece contrasts public uproar with quiet summer calm.
June 30 birthdays bring strong determination and affectionate nature. Energy levels and caution in shopping affect outcomes while social encounters may lead to future service from a difficult contact. Notable careers include journalism clergy acting and business with several named figures born on this date.
In Hollywood the director William Wyler rides a motorcycle with Ruth Chatterton, disguising her identity with smoked glasses. Chatterton, a licensed pilot with 400 hours, plans to sponsor a national air races derby. She has flown five transcontinental trips and enjoys flying daily when not working. Also notes her fear of flying once, and her mother is her favorite passenger.
A devotional reflection on John 21 17 by Rev Norman W Cox. The piece compares Peter’s denial to human weakness and explains love is proven by recovery after failure. It prays for grace to endure and grow in fidelity toward God.
Review praises Cora Jarrett and her Farrar and Rinehart novel Strange Houses as a rare, masterful horror work that blends emotional and intellectual terror. A psychiatrist’s thought transfer experiment forces a cultured older woman to swap bodies with a young nightclub dancer, delivering a slowly built, unsettling narrative without cheap thrills.
Washington notes that the 1936 Philadelphia Democratic convention felt dull with senatorial speeches and little countrywide excitement. Organizers admit overlong tempo and pledge younger speakers, modern stunts, and shorter sessions to better promote party principles and Roosevelt’s candidacy.
The article analyzes a Minnesota delegate compromise between Farley and the Moonan Ryan faction. It explains dual recognition of both Farmer-Labor and Democratic sides to aid Farley, plus Ryan as the only Minnesota Democrat winning a national committeeman post. It also notes Philadelphia dealers' confidence in a fall economic boom aided by federal policy and margin changes while discussing Margin's Ace as a potential driver.
Spending ace roosevelt can ready about three billion dollars including relief funds to push out at opportune time from September to November to stimulate business before the election. They have many others but these two best.
The Roosevelt Farley approach kept delegates in lockstep with a prearranged plan. Solomon Farley split the Minneotas delegation and abandoned the two thirds rule. The platform was read aloud once with no debate and no copies distributed to delegates. Unanimity mirrored the Republican Cleveland show.
Off the record discussions in Philadelphia list Jesse Jones Senator Barkley Jim Farley and Attorney General Cummings as names mentioned most often as potential presidential contenders for 1940.
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