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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1944
Page
8
A compact reflection cites Romans 15 14 urging brethren to be full of goodness and knowledge to admonish one another. It adds a Cicero quote praising virtue shown through aiding others.
A broad discussion argues against a third or fourth presidential term. The piece cites George Washington dislikes such extensions, notes Democratic opposition, and questions the Roosevelt administration's creation of powerful instruments. It contrasts party loyalty with democratic safeguards and cites editorials from the Sioux City Journal.
Readers weigh a possible fourth term for the president with Iowa highlights opposing the idea as democracy at stake. The notice also touts a new energy efficient stove as a postwar heating breakthrough from coal industry experts and manufacturers. The Estherville News in Wallace’s home state likens Henry Wallace’s political ambition to human sacrifice.
The Morgantown Post argues the Supreme Court questions center on a long standing restriction preventing more than two members from a magisterial district on a county board of education. The piece asserts district lines hinder administration and that at large elections would ease non partisan operation.
A poetic meditation on travel beyond earth and air, portraying flight as a spiritual ascent. The piece cites J Mitchell Pilcher in the New York Times describing fearless climbers riding storms and seeking peaks through faith and truth.
A commentary argues that advancing weaponry including robot bombs will not guarantee safety. It urges realism and constant alertness over vast navies or air forces, noting past defenses like Maginot lines and the Chinese wall failed. The piece contends true security lies in minds, leadership, and adaptable, prudent policy.
A book by Grace Lee Nute on Lake Superior earns praise for thorough research and clear organization. The critic notes the author uncovers diverse sources, including diaries, and values fair treatment of explorers and missionaries. The review also mentions the modern resource history and possible overextension of the topic.
The Pocahontas Consolidated Coal and Coke company closed its commissary at the Shamokin operation in Mayberry. A survey for the proposed new county of Augusta, formed from Marion and Monongalia counties, West Virginia, was expected. The Virginia and Kentucky road extended to Norton with passengers for Court House to change trains at Orton instead of Gladeville Junction.
Mrs Woodrow Wilson wife of the president died at the White House. Death listed as due to Brights disease and complications. Plans were set for the Southern West Virginia Tennis Association annual tournament to begin August 7 on Bluefield courts. Leedy and Barnett Graham contracting firm won the bid to build the Litz orphanage in Bluefield.
William Martin age 24 a machinist at Virginian railway shops Princeton and his 14 year old half brother Fred Anderson died when lightning struck the tree they sheltered under during a storm. their mother Mrs C W Anderson of Athens injured. The colored Grand Lodge Knights of Kiass was holding its ing here at the Jones street hall. The Simmons mountain road from Simmons to Maybeury opened for general traffic.
West Virginians were to vote in party primaries for the general election. Mercer county fair features relief wardens exhibits and canning displays from relief gardens on August 22 to 24. Fox hunters from Bluefield Virginia and Mercer and McDowell counties awaited the September hunting season opening.
Discussion notes the development of lake transportation to date and mentions the hurried MacArthur lock at Sault Ste. Marie. The piece suggests Lake Superior should be studied in American history classes for its significance.
In Manhattan, L L Stevenson notes a triple feature at M G M with Dragon Seed and a Pearl Buck tale, plus Since You Went Away. Katharine Hepburn and Walter Huston lead the casts as the author chats with Louis Prima at the Astor Roof and recalls Prima’s boy soprano voice origin after tonsil surgery.
A column blends humorous anecdotes and local color from Bluefield and Mercer County. It recalls a nurse doctor courtship tale, a ram bid turning to humor, Carl Stahlman’s siesta voting quip, a humane society note on animal cruelty, and court, school, and local politics chatter from Judge Wagner’s Mercer court to J. Y. Hill’s campaign stride.
The writer recalls a Broadway trip delayed by a bull hit at 100 miles per hour and a drawing room train ride after lengthy ticket office efforts. He notes a fur show, chinchilla breeding in the Andes, now 6 000 breeding pairs in the U S, with a three quarter length coat selling for 25000 and future prices rising. A $25000 silver blue mink coat also turns heads.
In Hollywood the new Perc Westmore process blends baldness into skin for Jerome Cowan in Mr Skeffing ton. The look challenges ageism in cinema as Cowan, long a heel, shows a rare sympathetic side in Bette Davis films and other roles.
A satirical verse by Phillips mocks Adolf Hitler as the rival to a self-declared evil master, comparing their tricks and fame. The piece portrays the devil confessing inferiority to the Nazi dictator and concludes with bleak absurdity and wartime tone.
In a relaxed interview, Cowan discusses avoiding Broadway, preferring screen roles, and his unease with dialects. He describes half-finished scripts, the pull of a good part, and his routine in blue and grey suits plus a tuxedo. He mentions wife Cowan and daughter Suzanne living on a ranch as part of his life.
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