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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1940
Page
6
The piece notes Senator-elect Harley Kilgore of Beckley has about 2500 job applications. It critiques Roosevelt era policies that reward unemployed citizens with offices and payrolls, arguing the new deal shifts power from workers to voters and expands federal checks and social programs.
Former President Hoover and Gen. Pershing head a national committee to feed the five democracies in Europe despite Nazi occupation. Twenty five prominent American women form an opposition tied to figures such as Helen Hayes and Bryn Mawr President Marian Edwards Parks. Debate centers on relief ships and Germany’s blockade, with critics and supporters arguing over American aid and Britain’s wartime blockade effects.
Two groups debate whether aiding civilians in Europe via food shipments helps Nazi regimes or aids democracy. Hoover, a noted humanitarian and Quaker, fears immediate suffering may justify relaxing a blockade that underpins Britain's wartime endurance.
Washington reports that Hitler’s defense of labor raised more questions than answers as officials struggle to identify who he was addressing. Berlin’s planned moves and Goebbels hints suggest a broad strategy against Britain and English sea lanes. A House probe into labor racketeering looms, with Hatton Sumners leading inquiries amid wartime defense tensions.
A veteran sergeant writes practical guidance for draftees under the new conscription law. He stresses respect for corporals and sergeants, cheerful conduct on policing up duties, and a sharp clean appearance. He advises staying mentally active, avoiding groaning, and signaling willingness to fill needed roles like cooks, stenographers, mechanics, or musicians.
In the cold gray dawn the public backs an unbalanced budget and larger national debt. The piece argues voters favor present spending over future thrift, claiming a billion may be borrowed now is preferable to a larger treasury.
A Bern Gazette quip notes two sizes of U S army clothes too small or too large while a Greensboro Herald-Journal item highlights a Chicago wedding cake measuring five feet long and weighing 400 pounds. The cake is described as both edible and substantial for the celebration.
A lyric vignette describes a wife at a window sewing as sunlight glints on her brown braids and busy fingers. The scene centers on a small blue shoe and stocking, with the speaker's heart bowed to the wife and child, a personal shrine of domestic affection.
A staged dialogue features Wilhelm and Adolf Hitler debating return to Berlin. Adolf urges partnership and praise of German strength while Wilhelm resists, preferring Doorn. The exchange mocks politics and wartime memory with sharp jabs and dry humor.
The fragment blends Christmas season reflections with a wartime digression. It mentions peace on earth and good will to men alongside mentions of Mussolini and a casual remark about a performance, all captured in a disjointed, OCR-like excerpt from a 1940 publication.
A column exposes extortionate ticket markups on Broadway shows for New Year s Eve with prices leaping from standard rates. Journal notes box office commissions and broker markups as brokers take 40 to 60 percent of prime seats while theatre managers could add more box offices to help the public.
A nostalgic Hollywood column recalls Spencer Tracy's stint shaping a new Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde as a revival of a 20 year old silent film that launched John Barrymore. It notes Joan Carroll's rising star in New York and references Ginger Rogers, Shirley Temple, and Buddy Ebsen in industry chatter.
A scrambled clipping mentions Harpoon in Denver facing money troubles amid a morning rush. It references coffee timing, a German paper making paper from taro plant vines, and political remarks involving Hitler, the Tron Cross, and global troubles.
Europe faces a revolution rather than a blitzkrieg, argues M. W. Fodor in The Revolution Is On. He links Naziism, fascism and communism as intertwined, portraits a slow advance westward and warns that without global defense of human rights, totalitarian regimes endure.
In a reform era address, Roosevelt hints at shifting focus from broad group causes to unified effort. He urges policies that secure individual freedom via cooperation to provide proper rewards for labor incentives for enterprise and returns on investment.
The Randolph Review lauds Charles Lively for long service to the state and senate, predicting he will be suggested or voted as clerk. They praise his unselfish dedication, kindness, writing and parliamentary skill, noting he is a beloved West Virginian known as editor of the Blue Book.
A report notes G F Lucado of Lynchburg visiting the city on this day. An epidemic is described in a nearby area. A new post office opens at Raderfrid with Christopher Co. serving as postmaster.
Thirty years ago today the Bland Street Methodist church Women’s Foreign Missionary Society met. Mr and Mrs W J Beary and their son passed through the city en route to Philadelphia. R 8wrieht formerly of Bluefield visited the city from Richmond.
Twenty years ago today Dr. Stewart French president of Emory and Henry college spoke at Bland Street Methodist church. Alex B. Mahood and R Hunt of Chattanooga were named as architects for Bluefield college buildings.
Ten years ago today retailers extended hours nightly to boost holiday shopping while students of Mrs. Harry Holmes gave a piano recital, showcasing school talent during December.
The Coalfield Mission Board of the Bluefield district met at Jenkinsons Methodist Church with over thirty churches represented. Officers were reelected: Mrs. J G Nichols president, Mrs. J E Kyle vice president, Mrs. B B Houseman treasurer, Mrs. H B Reynolds secretary. The group welcomed visitors and noted Maybeury and Jenkin Jones as best attendance. The January meeting will be at Kimball church.
A brief note explains automatic technique in bridge, where plays have no specific object and resemble general direction shots. The example cites East’s play on the first trick from a hand with South as dealer and no vulnerability.
In a bidding and play analysis from a bridge column, South faces a 4 1 trump break after West opens he hearts. The narrative explains risks of trying to knockout red Aces versus drawing trumps and notes an optimal line with partner Howard Schenken, including a discussion of the Jacoby Rehanken hands and a reader pledge to send in bids.
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