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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1946
Page
2
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph notes advertising content urging enlistment in West Virginia National Guard units. It promotes military training, pay, and benefits, calling for local men to respond to the opportunity and remain versed in current arms developments.
A broad survey warns the 80th Congress will face the war’s aftereffects and deep national reforms. It calls for addressing unsound policies of the last 14 years, bureaucratic missteps, and the need to restore prosperity and fairness for 40 million Americans through vigilant, principled leadership.
The piece notes cities weary of coal work stoppages plan to secure natural gas and oil as fuel. It cites near Bluefield oil and gas deposits within fifty miles and asks why this development wasn’t pursued earlier, blaming local loyalty to coal for hesitating to open competing fuels while praising coal’s past role in the region’s mining and trade.
The piece argues for a persistent readiness against future war threats. It notes the army and navy are maintaining active reserve veterans to ensure preparedness. Bluefield units of the West Virginia National Guard are being reorganized, with several thousand from Bluefield and nearby areas having prior service.
Bluefield Post No. 9 and Riley West Post No. 134 unite as Riley West Post No. 9 under a single banner. The merger creates about 1,500 members, strengthens civic involvement, and accelerates the veterans memorial project while preserving the drum and bugle corps lineage.
An editorial from Morgantown Post argues that being right is not enough. Citizens must act with urgency to turn right ideas into reality, noting most people support good aims yet few take bold steps to implement them.
A nostalgic verse cherishes hills and vales from childhood, seeking a return to lone kine trails, aspen quakes and mossy logs. It recalls dog companions, sunlit clouds, and a wild, carefree life, ending with a plea to live again in the familiar landscape.
Elder statesman James M. Cox calls for an impartial body like the Tennessee Valley Authority to regulate coal. The piece outlines coal-pit problems, mine cave-ins, and conflicting seams, plus remarks on John L. Lewis and mining regulation debates. It also covers atomic bomb discussions with Britain and Canada, Baruch-Gromyko exchanges, and secret talks between John L. Lewis and Cyrus Eaton.
Hal Boyle notes the reluctance of German judges to assume personal responsibility for Nazi trials and cites the American military government’s hesitation to fund and run the process. He recalls 1920s postwar German protests and Leipzig court refusals as historical context for today’s stalled de nasification effort.
Emil Ludwig warned that German judges would whitewash Nazi crimes under foreign occupation. Today in the American zone 16.5 million Germans confront denazification with 104,000 accused, 350,000 to be charged, and 5,000,000 still awaiting fate. One in three may appear before a German court with varied outcomes.
The piece argues German courts under Allied occupation hesitate to punish Nazis, fearing local hatred and political fallout. It notes judges appease both German public and American authorities, prioritizing minor cases and light penalties. Some observers urge allied, Nürnberg-like trials to cleanse Nazi remnants, while reporting small fish are caught and big ones escape.
A crowded world premiere at the Roxy for The Razor's Edge drew L L Stevenson and a royallike crowd including Byrnes Goddard Webb Tierney and Sinatra. The Best Years of Our Lives opened at Astor as a Lighthouse benefit with Myrna Loy Mayo Andrews and O'Donnell plus Goldwyn Kantor Sherwood Wyler. Johnny Long's Orchestra lit the Commodore Century Room with Frances Lane Sandy Evans and a GI quartet. Twentieth Century Fox hosted a Plaza reception for Zanuck Power Tierney Webb Goulding.
A glamorous premiere hosted by Webb and 21 drew notables including Miss Tierney Rex Harrison Gene Tierney and director William Wyler. Wyler discussed The Best Years of Our Lives and Memphis Belle and recalled a mission that exposed a camera man’s death. Host Magel McNellis and Frances Ramsden led guests. Ramsden will star in The Sin of Mr Diddlebrook with Harold Lloyd returning to film.
A critical poem rails at a figure described as ruling by decree, dimming Yuletide light. It laments his influence over Christmas imagery, from the manger tableau to a toy shop, warning that his pride drains the lights from Main Streets and from children's eyes.
Fragmented OCR text outlines a satirical or political sketch referencing a program, London menus, and humorous lines. It mentions a figure named Re makes and tones of arrogance, Christmastide themes, and a page turn to 81x suggesting a magazine or newspaper feature.
Washington shows how pro labor New Deal supporters urge a annual wage guarantee to curb strikes. The piece argues union leaders overplayed their hand, making strikes uneconomic and risking government subservience to union power, while stressing production and public opinion dynamics in a divided Congress.
A diary-like recap notes past local events with scattered names and towns such as Miss Mary Cowan visiting Miss Wheeler Thomas and returning to Belsprings, Mrs. C. W. Eaton arriving from Radford to join her husband, and various residents traveling to ports and cities, reflecting on ten and forty year eras with minimal readable context.
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