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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1928
Page
1
The piece traces hobos and bums from freight-train hopping to modern tourist camps, describing their wanderlust and shifting routes. It notes how winters in the Sunny South drive seasonal movement, the dangers of jumping trains, and the evolving habit of seeking a perceived better place while pondered family absence and shifting lodging.
President Calles, addressing Congress, pledges not to serve beyond his term ending November 30. He urges a calm, democratic transfer, urges a provisional president chosen with patriotism, and calls for unity among Congress, army, and people to ensure a fair contest for the presidency.
Count Michael Karolyi, former Hungary president, lands in New York aboard the Cristobal Colon after immigration clears him for a two day stay. He vows use of his time for public remarks and plans to travel to Washington, with no flight available from Curtiss Field due to recent crash.
Count Karoly, in state-escorted fashion, arrived in Washington and was received at the State Department after a 4 o'clock arrival. Attorney Prenties B. Gilbert accompanied him as the event continued.
Union Missouri reports that Dortha Gifford 58 confessed poisoner was present at seventeen deaths. She attended Mrs Birdie Unnerstall 72 who died February 9 1926 and Mrs Leona Slocum 37 who died October 12 1925. Gifford awaits grand jury on indictments for poisoning Ed Brinley and Elmer Schamel.
Herbert Hoover declares a political revolution to overturn the foes as Indiana leans Republican, urging a high turnout to widen the margin. The report quotes Watson emphasizing decisive action and a firm stance against opponents in the campaign.
Washington reports Herbert Hoover suspends political planning to attend a baseball game between the Washington Senators and the New York Yankees. He met with Connecticut and New York figures, planned eastern speeches, and discussed shipping and labor topics with cabinet members and allies.
Matthew Woll, vice president of the American Federation of Labor, calls Labor Day for “properly paid” labor and shorter weekly hours. He argues surplus corporate profits fund manufacturers who compete with U.S. output and says raising home buying power is needed to absorb industrial growth. He warns without labor's vitality, conditions could worsen.
William N Varney the Prohibition party presidential nominee will run a solo campaign after Dr D Leigh Colvin the party chair announced funds of 100000 would back an anti Smith effort The executive committee voted four to three to keep Varney and James Edgerton in the field with a separate campaign committee to raise funds and conduct actions Dr B BE P Prugh was named permanent chairman of the Varney campaign with Will D Martin and George L Pennock as secretary and treasurer
Los Angeles reports indications that settlement out of court may end civil suits surrounding a Lake Tahoe land fraud with Aimee Semple McPherson. H L Henry offered to recompense owners and an adjustment could halt new complaints. McPhersons attorneys say action postponed for now as district attorney continues inquiry.
Members of St Stephen’s Baptist Church in Kansas City chose to remove the costly 80-foot steeple as repairs grew expensive. A news photographer captured the moment the top section was lifted away.
A four year contract cuts Illinois coal miners wages by 15 to 20 percent. It sets basic wages at 6.10 a day for day workers and 0.91 a ton for tonnage miners, replacing Jacksonville terms. If ratified, effective Sept 16 to March 31, 1932, and could reemploy about 20,000 miners as mines reopen, with about 30,000 currently at work under individual agreements. John L. Lewis approves the pact, hoping to guide other states.
Moulay Abd al-Hafid, former Moroccan sultan, has regained his prewar fortune after restoration of estates in Northern Africa. A guardian will oversee his finances as he moves from poverty to stability, with caseloads of assets restored and an administrator appointed in Casablanca.
Wreckage from the seaplane Latham found off the Fugloe islands near Tromsoe confirms the likely death of Roald Amundsen Captain Rene Gilbaud and four crew. The float shows the craft was violently torn from the hull as it hit the water mid route to Spitsbergen ending all hope of survivors.
General Edward O Toole of Gary West Virginia coal interests sent a letter to McGinnis Hatfield Welch detailing his positive reaction to Herbert Hoover's acceptance speech He predicted Hoover would win by a large margin possibly 50000 votes and noted favorable reception aboard ship en route to Honolulu
Radio listeners in Dallas heard a live eyewitness report of a killing during a breakfast program on WFAA. Announcer Ralph Schultze interrupted music to describe a man pursued and shot, detailing the shooting of Orville Mathews by W. R. Adams at the corner in town.
In the southeast region Democrats fear the rival chieftain mobilizes party forces as the main field of conflict. Raskob claims optimistic victories in many states drawing comments that such statements are absurd.
Washington reports Democratic and Republican campaigns building vast get out the vote operations with new funds and extended headquarters. Rhaskob leads the Smith effort, pledging four million dollars with rumors of higher totals, while GOP leaders defend the four million cap. Senator Robinson tours the South to counter opposition and religious intolerance worries.
Tirana reports Ahmed Zoev has been proclaimed king of the Albanians by the national assembly after a historic session. Deputies and officials filled the hall and cheered as Zoev took an oath amid a chorus of ovations and prayers from Muslim, Greek, and Catholic church representatives.
H. L. Hawthorne of Pocahontas Fuel says merger meeting not held yesterday and next gathering time is unsure. regional engineers recheck figures in Winding Gulf while August deadline looms, keeping 30,000 ton output prospect hopeful amid careful scrutiny. Hawthorne, a noted former Tazewell resident, confirms no final lineup yet.
Governor Smith settles into a quiet Labor Day weekend at the Albany executive mansion. He bans lines and work for a few days seeking rest away from crowds while a trusted entourage, led by William Kenny, accompanies him.
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