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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1944
Page
4
Poetic fragment references Job and Longfellow with a claim of religious witness in heaven and a record in the high, then shifts to an advertisement urging to buy an E.
The writer argues that international turmoil and domestic recovery after the war demand strong leadership. It contends Dewey would face inherited policy failures and must swiftly secure reforms to avoid inflation, bankruptcy, and prolonged conflict, aiming for a just, lasting peace.
The piece argues that postwar quality hinges on conscience and competition rather than cost alone. It warns that removing wartime distribution rules without restoring competitive forces will erode quality and consumer service, urging vigilance against fixed prices and a push for free competition.
The piece discusses how wars create wealth for a few while impoverishing many, arguing that postwar prosperity for elites is not a guaranteed or simple outcome. It notes past and projected profits during global conflicts and cautions against assuming leaders intentionally profit.
The author discusses war profiteering and the chance that many will profit while others suffer. They note expected large surplus and war plant disposal, warning of blunders and favoritism in selling surplus property, drawing a parallel to New Deal inefficiencies. The piece ends with a quip about motorists and attention.
The editorial warns that by 1945 US debt could reach 275 billion with interest around 5.5 billion annually and proposes strict economy. It critiques rising wartime taxes, predicts heavy postwar costs for veterans and mobilizes concern over inflation and national income, urging solvency and fiscal discipline.
A poem notes that a man cannot fully understand all roles he plays for others. He is many things to different people from brother to hero, listener to adviser, friend to provider, yet the full range of his impact remains unknowable. The verse appears credited to Ethel Barnett de Vito in the New York Times.
A column reviews the novelty of a play featuring an unseen central character, Harvey the white rabbit, loved by Elwood Dowd. It notes Equity’s union dilemma, mentions Philo the Penguin as a personal alternative, and references other theatrical bits and wartime dispatches with light, humorous tone.
A critic denounces Vera Brittain for treating Account Rendered as a novel. Halkin, a WWI youth, is overanalyzed through constant flashbacks and melodramatic memory lapses. The review argues Brittain, a pacifist, wastes form, producing an inflated and unreal work.
L L Stevenson calls Winged Victory the best motion picture seen, praising its expansion of stage drama into film, production craftsmanship, and three dimensional characters. The film follows three Ohio friends who join the air forces, endure training, combat in the South Pacific, and face personal highs and losses. Twentieth Century Fox will donate profits after costs to army charities, with a world premiere in New York on December 20.
Forty years ago today Robert Blankensho foreman of the slate force at the Keystone Coal and Coke company was killed in a slate fall in the mine. H A Ritz left for Welch to attend a circuit court session. Mr and Mrs M G Witten returned from a Cincinnati visit.
William McCarty of the Blue field Water Works and Improvement company left for Wytheville to visit friends. The Rev J Bird presiding elder of the Bluefield district of Holston conference left for Gary to hold a quarterly conference.
Alonzo Larry and Morris Grave ly, both colored, were reported dead from an explosion at the Central Pocahontas Coal company mine on Shannon Branch. Rescue workers sought the entombed men as progress continued on Bluefield's new freight depot skeleton, while a fire caused over 3800 in damages to S. C. Gibson's Fifty street home.
Howard Stiff 21 of Pearisburg was killed and Louis Bowles about 21 from Pearisburg was injured when a car failed to cross a bridge and struck a creek embankment after side swiping another vehicle near Hoge's Store Virginia Dr J E Blaydes returned from the south and Mrs C W Owen and son Willard returned from a trip to Richmond Danville and Washington DC
Coincidence brings Cabot's Filipino soldier and his Boxer to film duty as Hollywood dresses a dog training drama. Producer W. R. Prank finishes A Girl a Boy and a Cow with Herb Kline directing to aid wartime canine recruitment.
Mrs. W. L. Mays welcomed the Baptist Missionary society at the parsonage Thursday. President Mrs. R. D. Pierce led the business session, with Mrs. H. A. Henthorn in charge of worship and Mrs. S. H. Moore presenting a program. Twelve members and one guest, Mrs. A. T. Iddings of Pageton, attended the social hour afterward.
A disconnected column forecasts a vague congressional bill about high school musicians and permission rules. The piece pivots to playful absurdities mentioning Tokyo, inflammable paper, and a mystified public. It notes a WPB claim about cellophane wrapping for cigarettes and gum, and mentions Hitler in a diplomatic context with a puppet premier.
Bruce Cabot, now on inactive Air Force reserve, rents a Sunset Boulevard house once Pauline Frederick’s that has fourteen rooms. A room is set aside for mementos from North Africa where Cabot served. He jokes about sparse rooms and cigars, recalls staying with Errol Flynn, and notes his return to acting in Salty O’Rourke with Alan Ladd. He says Hollywood looks the same and mentions his three thousand dollar houseboy discharged.
Mrs. F C Cook hosted her sister in law and Lt. Harry Mc Claugherty who just returned from a year in the Pacific and will become an instructor in Florida after leave. Several other visitors from Virginia and Tennessee joined gatherings at Mrs. Jack P Thacker’s home and with families of Godfrey and Payne amid notes of military training and travels.
The piece notes that wartime morale and stockpiling appear through War Bond purchases on the anniversary of Pearl Harbor. It emphasizes steady fundraising during and after the war, framing the bond drive as a continuous nationwide effort rather than a single event.
A dealer distributor meeting is scheduled for tonight at 8 p m at the West Virginian hotel. Joan P Hereford Jr president of the Fifth District Petroleum association will lead the session with Thomas J Scholfield district rationing executive and Bluefield meet organizer. The meetings are part of a state wide series arranged by Francis G Parley secretary of the West Virginia Petroleum association in cooperation with John W Wright chair of the West Virginia Petroleum Industry committee on rationing. Other sessions list dates and locations in Logen Parkersburg Charleston Martinsburg Elkins with earlier stops at Huntington Clarion Wheeling and Berkeley. A representative from the OPA District office will discuss the bailout and policy changes. two amendments restoring gasoline dealer inventory losses were announced by the Office of Price Administration.
In a special Greater Bluefield Ministerial Association meeting officers were elected. Rev O Ferrallones of St Marys Episcopal Bluefield became president. Rev Harmon B Sey served as vice president, and Rev Winton R Houck of Grace Methodist Bluefield became secretary treasurer. The Rev J M Helm retires as pastor. Mr Thompson was the outgoing vice president.
The Red Cross surgical dressing rooms on the third floor of Law and Commerce Building will close today due to bad weather and remain shut until January 3. Mrs. J. W. Warner, production chairman, announced yesterday.
The war casualty list names four West Virginians from Wellsburg McMechen Falling Rock and Stotesbury. William H. Davis wife Anna Davis mother Dott are wounded Seaman Norman Elwood Hunter and Clarence Holly Nichols are wounded Seaman Hunter is dead as are Lewis Wiley Postle and the others listed as dead.
Athens W Va December meeting held at the church presided by Mrs Nell Bird. Devotions by Mrs Mary Pink followed by music by Mrs Mary Klingensmith. Reports were given by Mrs L T Punk and Mrs Mary Fink. Christmas party planned for December 14. Nominees listed for officer slate including Nell Bird and Mary Fink.
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