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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1940
Page
6
The telegraph style notice outlines subscription rates paid in advance for Mali and West Virginia readers across multiple zones. It explains 1st and 2nd zones within 1% miles, 3rd and 4th zones spanning 150 to 600 miles, with pricing and zones determined by postage.
A religious-sounding reflection contrasts a biblical vow with Carlyle's line about life as a brief gleam between eternal eternities. It frames mortality as a single step between two eternities and a reminder of no second chances.
A reflection on early American devotion to the Bible, its role in education and nation-building, and the forthcoming Universal Bible Sunday sponsored by the American Bible Society. It urges renewed Bible reading to strengthen moral foundations and national identity.
Washington columnists, numbers as numerous as sand, offer varied forecasts of the administration’s path. Only the president truly knows his plan, with no public hints of major shifts. Rearmament demands lead, as production expansion speeds forward, while outcomes remain uncertain. An optimist seeks a pearl in a stew, a pessimist hunts an oyster.
The piece discusses intense factional conflict in West Virginia politics as Senator Neely nears power amid upheaval. It predicts Neely will appoint many state officials, possibly 2000, and foresees a purge of the current administration. Civil service protections are hinted at but doubted in effectiveness. The victory is framed as decisive, with Neely’s supporters claiming a decisive win.
This passage extols the good name as a business jewel and declares advertising as its voice. It argues a strong name underpins success, cannot be bought with ads, and that the newspaper highlights only good names in its advertising columns.
A Kansas City girl, fired from work, placed classified ads claiming honesty and good references. After no takers she printed a wagging lie, promising unreliability and laziness for better pay. She drew over 100 responses, showing a public craving for easy work and top wages.
A university president argues American youth have turned soft and calls teachers to guide the next generation toward disciplined citizens. He also urges purging higher education of crackpot instructors and legislative bodies of crackpot theorists obstructing normal youth training.
The author argues that targeting noncombatants to break morale is flawed. In practice such raids often bolster rather than erode the resolve of the affected people, complicating the prospect of a decisive victory in war.
The piece cites Clarence Manion and Thomas Jefferson to argue that the American system derives its strength from life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It emphasizes that government gains power from the governed and that many nations lack these blessings, urging Americans to cherish and defend all three rights to influence the world.
A lyric meditation on seeing God in nature and in people. The speaker contemplates divine presence in tall pines, waves, northern lights, and finds God twice in a child at play and a mother's face, linking love with the sacred.
A columnist letters asks about army induction woes and medical exams. The writer mocks the teeth tests, eyes, ears, and overall fit while recalling historic figures and jokes about being drafted. He muses on wartime enlistment and the seeming absurdity of the process.
Leonard Arnstein quotes a provocative line about heirs and fate as a witty aside on the headline Italy Breathes Easier After Pact. The remark is noted for its sharp Victorian diction and ironic contrast with political relief.
William J. Bryan visited Japan and attended a banquet honoring the navy admiral. Guests toasted with champagne while Bryan raised water, a move met with gasps and potential insult. He handled the moment by praising victories on water and champagne for future victories.
A Belgian girl delights as a child hears dogs speak in familiar tones, exclaiming in French mama statements that the animals talk just as in Belgium, capturing a quaint moment of wonder.
Eleanor Holm Rose denies professional swimming plans after a dream, yet public appetite for her fame remains. Her marriage to Billy Rose has kept her in the spotlight, with past bans and world fair fame shaping a career that viewers expect to continue.
Hollywood star Eddie Albert funds his ambitions with film income while pursuing real life expeditions and curiosities. He backs a Mexican medicine man to test cures, sails a 84-foot ketch named Cynthia, hopes to explore Mayan ruins, and chase buried Spanish silver pesos as part of a restless, scholar like wanderer lifestyle. He mixes acting with ventures in economics writing and treasure hunts, staying focused on practical dreams.
A garbled passage mentions a wedding planned by a father and references a 25 year span, food notes about creamed salmon, and a $2330 payment to Clark for a Spanish-American matter. The text is incoherent but suggests family event expenses and a financial transaction.
A compact collection of quotation fragments discusses freedom as mastery of self across social, economic, domestic, political, mental, and spiritual realms. Notable mentions include Epictetus Elbert Hubbard and Howard, emphasizing passing freedom to future generations and pursuing personal good without coercion.
Sidney Smith argues that talent is wasted by fear of risk. He urges starting boldly rather than overanalyzing dangers. Too many delay action, seeking perfect chances, and as a result waste precious years chasing others’ advice.
Max Miller presents a vivid portrait of San Diego from Cabrillo’s discovery to modern times in Harbor of the Sun the second book in the seaport series. The excerpt follows Yankee Jim’s arrest for stealing a rowboat and the jurors’ legally curious verdict leading to his hanging, a tale framed with Miller’s informal engaging style.
The note recalls Henry A. Wallace misplacing his passport while in Czechoslovakia and shipping a trunk to London as he headed toward Moscow. Dwight W. Morrow once asked his Philadelphia secretary why he was in Philadelphia, while J. David Stern hurried along and joked about being late.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a widowed mother insisting she is rich and values her sons Billy and Sonny, while Sonny jokes about mortgaging Billy to buy roller skates. Nick asks what help is needed and offers to provide shoe shines.
Washington reports friction over defense progress with Roosevelt praising most of it while some congressmen express strong dissatisfaction. A military committee member secured modern aircraft data, found it disturbing, and destroyed it. War Secretary Stimson’s attack on commercial plane production mirrors the uneasy climate as calls for inquiry fade amid political caution. America’s wartime dynamics contrast with Britain’s free critique of production.
International financial chatter from London suggests Brita in cannot endure air devastation in industrial cities beyond a few months and hints at a possible temporary peace before spring. The tale, likely propagandist, mirrors pessimism in the U S stock market last week and hints Washington may undervalue sensational prompts. British strategy appears serious but not catastrophic from a military view, while want for American aid grows.
The piece argues that Roosevelt could unify the nation through a third term by appealing to both major voting blocs. It notes a shift to a calmer policy balance, a weighed approach to European intervention, and easing past tensions with the press as the victory fever cooled.
A concise aphorism on peaceful conduct by a nation, urging restraint, avoiding provocation, and minding its own business. Attributed to Beresford, 8. D., Republic.
A collage of quirky quotes spans jokes in Japan noted by The Detroit News, a Massachusetts man finding an enormous nine inch strawberry, and misfired lines about cinema and boxing from various papers. The items mix satire with oddities and reflect era slang.
James Jones and N W brakeman helped police after a shooting incident. Services were conducted from Bland Street Methodist Church for William Cooper. L J Rhodes, McDowell bank cashier of Welch, and Miss Jane Gibboney of Wytheville were married.
Col James Elwood Jones announced a McDowell County vote on constructing a road to the Mercer line while a Graham barn owned by A A Benbow was destroyed by fire of unknown origin in the same report.
Gov John hasane reports that the general troops reee a county and that the president places the county under partial law. The West Virginia State Teachers' Association meeting is held here. Pyle was appointed acting postmaster of Spinefiaia, Va.
In Bluefield West Virginia Eddie Ruehl, new town manager, spoke to the Businessmen's Club while news emerges that The Bank of Princess plans to merge with a Virginian bank. The event marks a notable moment for 92,000 coal miners as the regional industry faces changes.
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