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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1944
Page
4
A compact reflection cites biblical refrain and classical line about retribution. It juxtaposes Revelation 13 10 with Terence declaring personal retribution by his own weapon. The two excerpts frame patience faith and reciprocal justice across eras.
A 1930s column attacks New Deal policy on egg overproduction. It argues the WPA and WFA aim to reduce egg output by culling hens and lowering prices, claiming government purchases waste tax money and spoilage turns eggs into fertilizer. It urges buying an "E" today.
Government warns that voluntary quitters in peace time production threaten weapon supply and prolong the war. It orders plants tied to war production to close to prevent transfer of workers to safer civilian jobs. Officials stress the need for superior fire power and continued industrial output to spare lives and win battles.
The speaker warns that even after victory millions of American service members return home and the nation risks a weary reaction if it ignores international problems. A preparedness program may be lost if public zeal wanes after the war.
The text cites Wendell Willkie urging a united postwar effort among Britons Canadians Russians Chinese and Americans to dissolve trade barriers and build a cooperative peace. It emphasizes instruments and methods for collaborative work after the war to avoid past disappointments and widespread loss of life.
The piece argues that despite liquor reintroduction under Roosevelt era policies states like West Virginia claimed to control sales. It questions why liquor purchases sometimes include bonuses and contends state stores pay taxes via profits while bootlegging and illicit trade persist.
An anecdote describes Maggie the mule on a tombstone epitaph detailing her many military counts. The piece mocks debt concerns and laments the loss of young men described as the nation’s flower.
A brief biographical sketch recounts Captain Lorenzo Dow Baker sailing from Wellfleet Massachusetts in 1870, discovering bananas in Jamaica, and founding the Boston Fruit Company which evolved into United Fruit. It notes the banana boom before World War disruptions, with a peak annual gross of over 50 million dollars and cultural echoes like Yes We Have No Bananas.
A Washington Evening Journal reader notes a girl walking across campus in blue denim overalls a feather coat moccasin shoes and bobby socks. The piece questions whether this represents a new freedom away from neatness femininity and grandma’s standards and adds a wary wink at the modern youth movement.
Poem lines ponder how the world and cosmos came into being. The speaker asks who forged the earth and stars and who gave creatures their speed and strength, noting that no one witnessed the Hand that made the world while the shore remains fixed. Elizabeth Coatsworth.
Column argues unions must reform after wartime strength or risk fueling inflation and socialism. It contrasts fears of wage growth with faith in American resilience, debt repayment, and expanding foreign trade if the country remains prudent and avoids extremes.
A satirical column mocks political showmanship and bold claims while weaving in pop culture and war imagery. It lampoons the idea of authority through an imagined Croatian guard, references Dear Noel Coward and Tokyo war claims, and notes Nimitz's persistence amid absurdities.
A light collection of lines references laws, Bond Drive ads, and holiday cheer. It mentions Bond drives nationwide and the need to buy bonds, Sonny awaiting toys for Christmas, and a long season of weddings with best wishes to all.
Duke University doctors Dr. Julian Ruffin and Dr. David Cayer conclude vitamin tablets add no health benefit to students on a regular diet, aside from actual need. The piece quotes Elmer Twitchell defending vitamins and mocks vitamin enthusiasm across society.
A collage of barroom anecdotes and small-town vignettes recounts oddities from daily life. A sailor son hopes for orders, bus chivalry surfaces, a mouse on a pocketed whiskey tale, and light salvos of wartime talk mix with playful jabs at Goering as the piece wanders through gossip and humor.
A collage of political jokes and typographic quips notes OPA action on Christmas toy ceilings and flaws in wartime policy. It playfully critiques Ed Stettinius and Dewey while poking fun at Roosevelt’s inaugurations and wartime reporting.
A Charleston area tale describes a teacher chasing two women after a Sunday bus terminal clash. The scene includes a purse strike, shins kicked, and a tearful retreat to a hashery after lamenting a Christmas gift. Local clubs plan to buy sweaters for varsity players.
A collage of lighthearted vignettes and anecdotes from New York life. A young lawyer plans a late return from a college dinner, misses the last trains, and contemplates marriage and trust after a midnight misadventure. Included are comic tales about rubber boots for a birthday, Dick Haymes recalling lean days, and a GI joke about saluting three times.
An increasing number of military shoes excluding composition soles and civilian footwear receive oil wax or grease treatment on vegetable tanned sole leather to boost abrasion and water resistance. The treatment raises wearability by about 25 percent on average.
TY years ago today hotel o clock W J Dickey Soroperty with tod Southern company a came to Bluefield to be come express agenit THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY Charles H Hartley of Jackson county former oan of high school this city was in Bluefield W D and W A Thornhill re turned from a hunting trip to Appomattox Va Mrs William F Thompson left for Tazewell to visit her parents the Rev and Mrs W Bullard TWENTY YEARS AGO near Mercer county chapter 8 Reserve Officers Association of the United States held a meeting at the Virginian hotel Eugene Stowers and Mrs Joan Scott West for a trip to Washington Mr and Mrs A L Hawkins Augusta Te had as their guest Mrs L D Pace of Roanoke TEN YEARS AGO TODAY E R Crotty of Princeton was elected treasurer of the Southern West Virginia Christian Endeavor at a convention in Hunting C H Atkison scout executive of the Southern West Virginia council and R H Smith general superintendent of the Norfolk and Western railway company addressed the Bluefield Kiwanis club Dr E Blaydes left for a two week vacation trip in the south.
AP drama editor reviews two films The Three Is A Family adaptation stars Charlies Ruggles Fay Bainter Helen Broderick and Arthur Lake. Sol Lesser uses the Broadway plot to new effect with mass maternity and wartime housing chaos sparking comic but corny humor. The Very Thought Of You stars Dennis Morgan Eleanor Parker and Dane Clark offers wartime marriage drama with a critical look at an unattractive cinematic family.
In a Bluefield Daily Telegraph letter, Mrs. Lillian C. McParland argues Christianity offers a perfect world peace solution. She cites Durant and Charlotte Gazette predicting a western revival of religion and urges Christians to act and spread the faith.
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