Daily Telegraph Printing Countered Rates at Bluefield
The notice outlines publishing terms for the Daily Telegraph in Bluefield West Virginia including daily morning publication except Mondays and associated Associated Press news dispatch rights. It lists mail and carrier rates, annual subscriptions, and advertising contact details.
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Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Prens
Focal News
Prion
West Virginia
Coal Strike South and West Virginia Impact Rumors
The piece argues the coal strike threatens West Virginia and coal regions, stressing how essential mining is to local business and state growth. It cites potential government action, court orders, and the danger of winter shortages, starvation, or freezing if the strike persists.
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West Virginia
United States
Washington
Anonymous Letters Policy At The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph notes it prints unsigned letters only when signed by the author and under 300 words. It rejects anonymous communications and those discussing libelous or scandalous content, stressing the need for a writer's name and postal address.
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Daily Telegraph
Expiditer Who Rubbed Himself Out and the Housing Plan
An editorial decries the New Deal housing program for veterans, claiming it was publicity without action. It notes Wilson Wyatt resigned in disgust after facing material shortages and mismanagement, and laments being labeled an expediter while controls hindered progress.
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New Deal Administration
Wilson Wyatt
Wyatt
Editorial Comment Quit Playing Santa Claus
A Gallup cross section finds 69 percent oppose the United States paying half of UN costs, 16 percent altruistic, 15 percent undecided. The piece argues the U S should not bear half the burden as it benefits others without clear gains, leaving Uncle Sam stuck in a world goats role.
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Uncle Sam
Santa Claus
George Gallup
United States
U. N
United Nations Organization
Sam
Lynchburg News
Around the Clock Morning Poem by Cecile Bonham
A poem from The American Poetry Magazine describes Dawn, Noon, Twilight and Night sharing beverages in vivid imagery. Cecile Bonham is the attributed author in the publication.
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Cecile Bonham
American Poetry Magazine
Stalin health setback sparks diplomatic note in Moscow dispatch
Diplomatic dispatches report Marshal Stalin suffered a heart attack in November and rests in the Crimea now. State Department report notes Stalin at 67 with a long, hard life, and predicts Molotov could succeed him while detailing naval officers and housing quirks in Washington.
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Washington
Moscow
Stalin
Crimea
State Department
Russia
Bramwell Officials and Local Notables Featured in Bluefield News
Mayor A Harry West plans a Cuba goodwill flight and recently bought out Dawson Payne’s insurance agency in Bramwell. Raffle profits aided a new Bramwell athletic field with John W Osborne winning a car, L R Sheppard a refrigerator, and Mannie Short drawing the tally. Bluefield parking building gains national attention with a Chicago Tribune drawing. it is municipally owned. Guy Farr home purchased by 3M Bernard. Fuzzy Farr moves to Roanoke. Leo's dining boost for country club. Milk-averse Harry Lawson at Bluefield Sanitarium with undulant fever. South Carolina asks Clarence Meadows to commute Billy Gordon’s death sentence. Legion leaders weigh in. Warden Ketchum recalls wartime guard duty and opposes housing women prisoners at Moundsville. Doctors in Bluefield face housing shortages. several Athens doctors travel to Bluefield. Dudley Hutcherson’s son named dean at Ole Miss. editor of Complete College Composition. linked to Tommy Main’s coal-era tennis days.
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A. Harry West
Cuba
Navy
Dawson Payne
Bramwell
John W. Osborne
Thomas Street
L. R. Sheppard
Mannie Short
Sophia
Bluefield
Chicago Tribune
USA
pailSinas
Rt Eee E
Bernard
Guy
Fuzzy) Farr
Memorial Avenue
Puzzy
Appalachian Official Circle
Roanoke
Leo
Bluefield Sanitarium
Clarence Meadows
South Carolina
Billy Gordon
Columbia
8. C
Meadows
Gordon
State Department of the American Legion
West Virginia
South
Carolina Legionnaires
C. A
Bud
Moundsville
Bob Gatherum
Athens
Cecil Johnston
Charles T. St. Clair
Johnston
Welch
Dudley
Tommy Main
Watchful curbside memories and notable local ties
The piece recalls community figures and family links from Welch to Bluefield, noting Frances Lipford of Welch, Rev. Winton Houck’s path to ministry, and Miss Bess Matt’s marriages. It highlights Dr. Thornton Kell receiving the Silver Beaver award, praises the Kell family, and mentions Dr. J. E. Nelson’s legacy and son Dr. Jim Nelson Jr. reopening his father’s dental office.
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Dudley
Frances
W. Lipford
Welch
Winton Houck
Grace Methodist Church
Arnold Constable Department
New York
John Wanamaker
Bess Matt
Max
Arnold Constable's
Bess
Texas
Volun
Lonesome Pine Council Inc
Thornton Kell
Grundy
Thornton
Bluefield
Billy
Legion Post
Ole Doc
J. E. Nelson
Jim Nelson Jr
Voue
Jim
Voice of the People letter on mining contracts and union issues
Letter from a four decades veteran miner criticizes John L Lewis and union finances. It argues the public misunderstands miners hardships, cites broken promises by Mr. Krug, failure of safety code enforcement, and inaction of the Coal Mine Administration and Virginia Compensation Commission. The writer urges space for truth and highlights disputes over health, welfare funds, and disease protections.
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Ickes
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
Truman
W. J. Lyda
Black Lick
Pennsylvania
L Lyda
Solid Fuels Administration
Civilian Production Administration
CPA
John E. Steinhauer
Metals and Minerals Division
Lyda
War Assets Administration
Army
Navy
Mr. Krug
Coal Mine Administration
Compensation Commission of
Virginia
Poca Miner Speaks Against Controversy Over Mining Cuts
George A. Stanger, a miner for forty years, voices opposition to coal contract changes. He cites five cent a ton rate, hospital fund misused, a pro rata $100 if employed during the qualifying period, and fines levied without coal mine administrator approval, blaming Mr Morrell for the order and the local union.
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Morrell
U.M.W
Washington, D. C
George A. Stanger
Personal ethics contract echoes in a stubborn pledge
A speaker describes two contracts one with self and one with neighbors, pledging to avoid harming others or cutting lights on Christmas trees. The text emphasizes integrity, loyalty to principles, and avoiding loopholes in moral duties, framed as a private contract with conscience.
Innocent Bystander And The Contract
A fragment describes a contract between an innocent bystander and others. It states that the first party lacks Julius Caesar authority and does not have sick spells where he believes he is Nero. Further paragraphs reference page Eighteen for restatement.
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Julius Caesar
Nero
Musicians Standbys Rule Challenge Sparks Congressional Backlash
Washington reports say a federal judge struck down a Petrillo backed law as unconstitutional for singling out musicians, prompting anger in Congress over union regulation. The piece notes debate over Laski libel case and press quotations on revolution and labor power.
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Washington
Czar Petrillo
Congress
Act of Congress
Petrillo
Lea
Labor Party
Socialist
Harold Laski
Kings Bench
Laski
Per
la Party
Lewis
Fifty Years Ago Daily Telegraph Notes Visitations
A fragment lists social notes from Union and Bluefield with mentions of Mrs. T. L. Buchanan visiting her mother Mrs. Williams, and Sheriff N. J. Headle and wife in Bluefield, among other kept remarks and names.
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Daily Telegraph
T. L. Buchanan
Union
Williams
N. J. Headle
Mingo County
Bluefield
W. J. Borden
M. M. Ford
Douglas
Arizona
C. A. Davis of
Lurich
J. M. Wiggins
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Twilight
Drew Pearson
Molotov
Siberia
Churchill
Potsdam
Jimmy Byrnes
Politburo
Ernie King
U. S
Naval Observatory
Potomac
Randall Jacobs
Naval
Naval Hospital
Washa
Jake Vardaman
Marc Mitscher
Pacific
Atlantic Fleet
Norfolk
North Carolina
Max Gardner
Court of St. James
Voice of the People
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Poca Miner
H.1
Phillips
Paul Mallon
W. C. Alexander
Mabel Culliney
Nerf
James A. Thomas
Claggett & Mas
Baltimore
Lowery G. Bowling
Princeton
Robert Edmunds
Richmond
Nick Bath
Two Childdren
Clifton Forge
C. N. Sirls
Myles Foland, Jr
Bill Saunders
E. E. Green
W. B. Webber
A. F. Kingdon
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