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Newspaper

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1946

Page

3

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Fragmentary newspaper notice from Bluefield West Virginia mentions printing, publication, and advertising rates. No coherent event or person details emerge to summarize into a factual card.

Coal strike threatens nation and politics in 1930s

The article analyzes the ongoing coal strike’s wide impact on unemployment, production, and government actions led by John L. Lewis. It discusses court actions, potential long legal battles, and calls for clear laws to define rights of owners and workers. It also urges public cooperation to ease Christmas travel congestion in Bluefield.

United States John L. Lewis United Mine Workers Edward R. Burke Southern Coal Producers Association Washington Automobile Club Chamber of Commerce Schools Bluefield

A Simplified Solution To Our Traffic Problem

A local proposal suggests staggered work hours to ease peak hour bottlenecks in Bluefield. The plan requires cooperation from citizens, businesses, and vehicle operators to reduce congestion between 4:30 and 6 p.m. It notes similar patterns in Charleston and Huntington and warns of spillover effects from trucks and construction.

South Bluefield America Charleston Huntington Bluefield Norfolk and West- 2 Kapareola Bluegield

A Challenge To The American People

A wartime clarion calls on humane victory beyond the battlefield. It highlights six million Jewish deaths, survivors remaining, and urges support for the United Jewish Appeal drive begun November 10 seeking 100 million dollars with a Mercer county local quota of 25,000. The editorial appeals to the community for wholehearted support to fund relief, rehabilitation and resettlement efforts for Jewish victims.

Europe United Jewish Appeal Mercer County

Editorial urges tax money return to WV municipalities

The Wheeling Intelligencer comments on redistributing state revenue to localities. It compares Michigan’s voter approved plan to return one sixth of sales tax proceeds to cities and school districts with West Virginia's system where sales tax funds mostly fuel schools. The piece argues state revenue growth and rising municipal costs justify higher municipal shares and prioritizes such reform for the 1947 legislature.

West Virginia United States Municipal News Michigan Elawhere Wheeling Intelligencer

Gold in the Wood Echoes of Colchian Quest

Poem fragment describes distant gold light through green fir and pine, a single maple, a sudden glow like the fleece in a Colchian wood. The heroes stand in wonder at the unearthly brightness amid tangled trees.

Britain’s 1926 general strike echoed in Washington’s coal crisis

Drew Pearson draws a parallel between today’s coal shortage debate and England’s 1926 general strike. He notes how the Baldwin government held firm, mobilized troops and volunteers, and later saw sweeping labor curbs passed, with widespread civilian support and minimal violence.

Washington England United Kingdom Baldwin London Saklatvala United Mine Workers

Then and Now diet claims by Rev Dr George Swann in Louisville

The piece contrasts a preacher's claim that one can eat for seventy four cents a day while gaining a pound and a half weekly with a casual wander into a local butcher shop. The narrator jokes about feasibility and truth, noting the unlikely diet prospect and a shop counter’s secret roast offer.

George Swann Louisile Guy Mebbe

Roast of Beef Prompts Family Dinner Confusion

A narrator recalls a thrift store mishap as a beef roast is bought from a stranger. The wrapped package proves tiny after cooking, sparking embarrassment over the bargain and signaling a joke on family dinner expectations. Preacher appears in the memory and the scene ends with a blunt laugh.

A frugal eater outsmarts high living says Dr Swann

Swann could have lived for more than six weeks on that diet. He spent a pennyless spree buying whole wheat flour and soybean meal, making breakfast cakes, lunch fried potatoes, and supper pea soup with peanut butter. He saved the rest for famine relief, noting a week on 51 cents five years ago.

Swann

All-America team of 1946 teased by John Lardner satire

John Lardner reveals a spoof all-America team for 1946 quipping at his staff briefings and Captain Clancy of the dredging vessel Til- Me I. Bohnsack. He names humorous picks such as Ends Diane Delroy and Frank Costello and Guards Happy Chandler and Gawain Hendeluass, with absurdities about Miss Delroy and Costello’s exploits amid a stagey, satirical tone.

Blatchard Davis Lujack George T. Clancy Til- Me I. Bo Mississippi Capt. Clancy Tillle X. Bohnsack Diane Delroy Radio City Music Hall Frank Costello Theodore G. Bilbo J. Edgar Hoover Happy Chandler Gawain Hendeluass Gladys Goodding Madison Square Carden Ebbets Field Billy Conn Samuel Goldwyn Billy Rose Miss Delroy Yine Costello Bilbo

Scraping Bottom For All American Team

Hoover disrupted the Statue of Liberty play and was nominated for President by Wal ter Winchell. Miss Goodding starred at center and Mrs. Rose starred backs. The team will be available for parties from Christmas on.

Hoover Walter Winchell Commissioner Chandler Henderzass Miss Goodding Mr. Goldwyn Mr. Rose William Conn Beck Joe Rouls

Hollywood Notes on Houses Rivalries and Reconciliations

Sheilah Graham reports Dick Parrell and June Allyson seeking a larger home for a bigger family. Jack Carson and Kay refuse all dates except together, signaling a possible reconciliation. Charles Victor’s case against Harry Cohn lingers, with friends pressing Victor to drop it.

Hollywood Dick Parrell June Allyson Jack Carson Kay Charles Victor Anne Harry Cohn Metro Biggies Margaret New York van Johnson Evie Wynn Lana Turner Peter Metro Lana Marie MacDonald George Banders Angela Lansbury Ann Dvorak Bel’ Ami

Picture talk and star chatter at Metro set

The piece sketches gossip of film folk touring New York and Los Angeles. Joan Crawford Milton Sterling Barbara Stanwyck Jack Benny Bob Burns Van Johnson Al Jolson and Katherine Hepburn are mentioned amid talks of deals and entertainment. Director Clarence Brown comments on younger performers at Metro.

Joan Crawford New York Milton Sterling Robert Taylor Barbara Stanwyck Barbara Bob Jack Benny Bob Burns van Johnson al Jolson Angeles Benny Jack Katherine Hepburn Clarence Brown Metro

Sights And Sounds Around Movie Lots

A clipped column notes veteran film workers stay steady while younger stars grow temperamental. Monte Proser aims to reopen a Copacabana styled venue on the Troce dero site, seeking to reclaim the Copacabans name. Sonny Tufts buys three acres beside his property for horses as he promotes Swell Guy. Jeanette MacDonald and Nellen Eddy may not star in Rejon in Vienna due to excess music.

Kate Clarence Monte Proser Monte Trocedero Sonny Tufts Sonny Mualo Jeanette MacDonald Nellen Eddy Vienna

French election reshapes Socialist and Communist fortunes

In France the Socialists lost 27 seats while the Communists gained 20, cutting Socialist strength to 93 seats in the new congress. The party's 17.9 percent share reflects government dissatisfaction and alleged slander, as Combat notes Communist influence grows. Debate spreads to Britain and the U.S. amid talk of De Gaulle and anti Communist realignment.

Washington Socialsts Provisional Assembly France French Socialist Party Paris Combat Communist Party Socialist Party Britain United States Socialist Party of Britain Oxford Italy Poland U. S Norman Thomas Christian Liberty Front Bulgaria Bevin UNO Hne Assembly National Assembly Congress MRP de Gaulle

Fiftieth and Earlier Community Notes From Charleston

A compact retrospective column recalls past local movements and people. Winding lists mention Dr. W W Dickie returning from an east trip, Floyd J Brown leaving his firm to focus on magisterial duties, H Gadd serving as county superintendent, and Mrs J B Martin visiting relatives in Kentucky. Also noted are Nina Dodds visiting Blacksburg, C Cunningham traveling to Huntington, and twenty year items involving Dorothy Planagan Eugene Manage and others from Miami, with references to a Raymond and Harry Linkey visit and a trip by M Dix to Crockett Virginia due to her father’s illness.

Daily Telegraph W. W. Dickie Floyd J. Brown F. J. Brown and Company

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