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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1950
Page
5
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The quotation contrasts love for enemy and disdain for friends from II Samuel and Whately. It notes indifference as a subtle danger to Christianity, likening it to infidelity and urging vigilance against moral decay in leadership and faith.
The piece cites Wendell Willkie’s 1942 warning on a looming world crisis touching Korea and the Far East, noting Western missteps and a growing power among China and Middle East peoples. Churchill’s call for Western-Russian talks is highlighted as a path to avert global catastrophe and prevent looming atomic threats.
British sailors returning from Korea say American carriers are faster and carry more planes than British ships. They claim 80 000 horsepower engines power American carriers versus 40 000 for British ones, and during US UK exercises an American carrier launched ninety planes to Triumphs thirty. They worry about scrapping old vessels and question Britain’s naval pride under a labor government.
In a Commons speech Winston Churchill urged a secret high level meeting of western powers and Soviet Russia to end current world tension. He said it should be arranged as soon as a suitable opportunity presents itself. He argued leaders should act to prevent a likely terrible conflict and ease the crisis before time runs out.
University of Michigan professor Dr. J Philip Wernette predicts air travel will replace automobiles within 50 years, with fewer cars, higher incomes, and widespread housing improvements. He warns against creeping collectivism as a threat to private enterprise and cites government and big business as harming small businesses.
Delphia Cline Freeman offers a devotional meditation on God’s mercies and forgiveness. The poem recalls how sin is forgotten, sickness healed, and provision given, while prompting believers to praise God and live by His laws. It contrasts brief mortal life with an enduring, brighter future in a renewed earth.
In a Washington briefing Drew Pearson notes Clement Attlee and Harry Truman share left‑of‑center liberal roots and wartime coalition ties. Attlee’s Labour governs with strong anti‑communist stance and Churchill’s support, while Truman faces Republican opposition and cautious rhetoric amid postwar diplomacy. General Smith warns that defeating the Soviet Union requires propaganda and counter‑revolutions in satellites.
A Bulgarian youth at Broadway and Forty-second Street tries to speak with passersby, then converses with a native who shares origins in Bulgaria. Herald Square fills with Christmas shoppers as taxis, hansoms, and storefronts mark Fifth Avenue activity.
Observations from a New York writer detailing daily life and holiday thoughts. Vignettes describe tenement life, a candy shop, a truck with live chickens, and winter emigres heading to Florida, with reflections on Christmas and past wartime memories in Waco, Texas. Notes mention sports chatter in a cigar shop and acknowledgments to correspondents.
Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh reportedly gave England about 300000 pounds from two Hollywood films to the British exchequer. Linda Darnell signs another deal with RKO while friends with Howard Hughes. Valentino lookalike Tony Dexter debates how to play his roles. Geraldine Brooks to co star with Green Ford on the French Riviera project The White Road. Robert Cummings offered TV shows after a Hollywood interview. Sterling Hayden touted at Paramount. Kim Hunter praised for A Streetcar Named Desire. Arthur in New York for Sidney Kingsley play. Metro revisits Young Bess. possible Jean Simmons star if contract allows. Shelley Winters lauded after A Place In the Sun. Jack Carson courted for The Hot Dog Man. Gary Cooper rushing The Billion Dollar Baby talks with Rocky. Folsom Story stars David Brian and Dick Wesson in convict wardrobe. Vera Ellen eyed by Sam Goldwyn for Billion Dollar Baby with Dana Andrews and Farley Granger. Lex Barker’s Tarzan note reads Watch the Bridge. Mason trims weight and finances Palma project. Roy Kelling, Mason’s ex husband, comments on America and Hollywood. Marjorie Main sports four eyeglass pairs. Martin and Lewis back. lawsuits loom. Arthur Loew Jr. explains studio ties during lunch at Metro.
A homeowner laments the lack of ready tree service options after two large trees topple in a storm. With no immediate help available and no suitable tools at hand, the family searches the phone book and finally secures a tree surgeon by appointment. The piece reads with a humorous, period voice about a common domestic crisis.
A prose piece recounts a homeowner awaiting tree surgery for two toppled trees. Dr. Widgeon, misfiled memories, arrives with a crew and gear. The trees are hoisted upright, yet a hefty bill leaves the narrator flat on their back.
A humorous reminiscence recalls a time when the speaker preferred carrying their own bag rather than paying 25 cents for a porter, contrasting pride with practicality in travel costs.
A prominent sign in New York proclaims no parking here. The bold notice stands among other urban signals directing drivers and pedestrians.
Robert Ruark argues against appeasement and warns against withdrawing from the East Asia confrontation. He critiques allied hesitations, NATO and UN commitments, and the danger of pacifist pressures while urging immediate action to oppose aggression and uphold security.
A senator cites inflation as paralleling a police chief's report, while an amateur hunter describes a rattling patch of red that unsettled him after firing at a silo by mistake for a squirrel and striking another hunter.
Daily Telegraph notes past events from 50 40 30 20 and 10 years ago. Killed by a train at Hinton and Graham 50 years ago. Col C S Smith injured on Princeton avenue 40 years ago. Bluefield McKinley club meeting in Welch and Bank of Athens reform mentioned.
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