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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1944
Page
4
A garbled OCR fragment contains a quoted Bible verse from Matthew 6 about prayer and a stray line referencing a Bagong and Pollok with noisy repetition. The readable portion centers on a religious quotation, while other text appears as stray notes and jumbled phrases.
Editorial laments heavy winter storms that cripple transportation and services, noting widespread snowbound cities and damage to health. It urges stronger local planning and a practical stance on public safety while urging neighbors to clear sidewalks and adopt a “good neighbor” policy.
An analysis argues that wartime needs show conscription of labor and military service echoing the draft. It notes soldiers fight while munition workers falter and discusses selective service, work or fight policies, and bond purchases as measures of national resolve and Americanism.
A wartime review praises better use of military skills with qualified personnel avoiding wasteful tasks. It notes many returning servicemen will bring valuable abilities and urges recognizing aptitudes to reintegrate them into civilian life. It cites a Cleveland youth case illustrating skilled work.
The piece argues returning service members should be matched with suitable civilian careers such as surgery training funded by the GI Bill. It credits thoughtful personnel work for leveraging acquired skills and notes taxpayers funded the training while urging efficient postwar placement to maximize usefulness. It also notes high wood toy demand for Santa Claus gifts this year.
As winter ends, a claim is made that 75 percent of Americans rely on coal for heat and that since Pearl Harbor output for home use has risen 25 percent annually. The industry can supply over 180 million tons for homes this heating season, enough to warm the entire coal using population for about 200 days at roughly ten cents per person daily.
A Christian Science Monitor editorial lauds a Federal Public Housing Authority survey showing 400 local authorities ready to spend over a billion dollars on housing and notes progress. It also supports a president's request for 75 million to fund pre planning of public works, arguing early blueprints can cushion slumps by creating jobs without overburdening the treasury.
A reflective verse laments bygone ease in food and cloth costs and simple daily habits. It contrasts past comforts with modern changes such as bureaucratic use of alphabets and the rise of taxes, vehicle restrictions, and new social concerns, pondering whether memory mocks.
The dialogue features Porter Hall, famed film villain, declaring he wants to be funny on stage. He recalls Broadway roles and a Critics Circle award, while the examiner questions his public image, family life, and chances with producers as Hall defends his decade in film.
Two new picture books barely fit under the Christmas wire. Margaret Bourke-White’s They Called It Purple Heart Valley essays the Italian campaign with strong photos and personal text. US at War by US&S covers many fronts with superb photography but too little text and overambitious scope.
A garbled item describes a Wisconsin town jail escape via cutting out and reversing the old adage about the pen and sword. It also references workers, a Christmas slogan, and a Treasury postponement for the last quarter tax payment until January 15.
A fire started in a room at the Commercial hotel when an old stove toppled over, causing about 200 dollars in damage. In county court at Princeton, W. P. Hawley M. W. Christie L. W. Fletcher W. P. Crockett and E. W. Maxwell were sworn in as deputy sheriffs. Miss Sarah Smith departed for Philadelphia after a several month visit with Mr and Mrs 8S Smith of Scott Street.
Mr and Mrs James Lester returned to Bluefield from Russell county Virginia where they visited friends and relatives Dr Ed Easley left for a few days visit in Lynchburg Mrs John Godbey left for Dayton to visit relatives friends
Leonard J. Brightwell a 29 year old electrical linesman for the Norfolk and Western railway was electrocuted at Flat Top yards after touching a 4400 volt line. J H Motz departed for Detroit and western cities on a ten day business trip.
About 75 boys attended a Ramsey school meeting of the schoolboy patrol sponsored by the Bluefield Automobile club. Dr P R Pax of McComas was elected president and Dr E W Horton of Bluefield was chosen vice president at the Mercer County Medical Society annual gathering at the West Virginia hotel. Mrs E T Ryland and her children arrived from Richland to spend the Christmas holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs Frank M Archer.
A festive Gotham scene at Herald Square shows shoppers rushing by as a mother negotiates with her daughter about Santa Claus and where to shop. Fifth Avenue windows glow theater like with mink and sealskin fashion. Families, servicemen, and travelers mingle near the Daily News Building globe and a Greek lieutenant reading a newspaper. A taxi driver boasts of a quicker route for a fare, fruit displays tempt with gift packages, and a chorus of holiday images fills the city streets.
An Oakhurst avenue hostess frets over rude children during a guest’s visit while a layabout justice of the peace bungles rulings with a Sears catalog. A Mercer county farmer jokes he avoids jury duty by appearing too smart, prompting the judge to weigh his claim.
An elderly resident reflects on early 1900s life in the town, recalling familiar routines, streets, and neighbors. He shares anecdotes about daily work, social gatherings, and the pace of life as new technology began shaping the community.
A lively city scene shows bluejackets with red pompoms and women on their arms, crowds at Tunes Square near Liberty replica, a speaker urging war bond purchases, shoppers and pedestrians with street talk about turkeys and theater, a grandmotherly comment, a redfaced man tying a shoelace, and a bustling peanut peddler on Fiftieth Street near English Avenue as the circus looms months away.
A noisy column mocks political figures and wartime irony. It references Senator Soaper, Clare the Luce, Hirohito poems, Himmler, Ireland's stance, and a veteran’s Pacific anecdotes, all amid satirical commentary on public opinion and current events.
Charleston West Virginia December 12 the conservation commission approved twenty thousand dollars for bounties on gray foxes and wild cats for the 1945 season an increase of five thousand dollars from this year. A four dollar bounty on wild cats year round and three dollars on foxes February first to May fifteenth or until funds run out were set with notaries public justices of the peace or paid game wardens authorized to notarize bounties. The panel postponed action on buying rabbits for stocking and expects formal recommendations from a special committee including a proposal for an open season on dues to offset farm damage.
Maj. Jack Holt, veteran movie actor, left Camp Beale after receiving an army discharge from the War Department personnel center. Holt spent the past two years with the quartermaster corps at Fort Reno Oklahoma and said he planned to resume his film work.
Washington December 12 The state department on parade drew a capacity house as Bill Doyle of Washington DC again got thrown out on his ear by police during testimony by Secretary of State Edward R Stettinius and his staff before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Doyle stood behind Senator Hiram Johnson and cheered loudly prompting reminders from Chairman Connally and later police to leave.
Gypsy Rose Lee gives birth to a five and a half pound son named Eric Lee shortly before her ex husband Alexander Kirkland marries Phyllis Anne Adams. Sister June Havoc confirms the pre mature infant’s name and timing.
Washington set to guard American citizenship of children born to American fathers under 18 abroad. The bill lowers the citizen status age from 21 to 18 for children born of an American father, aiming to protect those born in marriages with Australian partners among servicemen under 21. Rep. Dickstein argued the bill protects such children's citizenship.
Rome reports that heavy Apennine rains swollen the Lamone River to seven to eight feet slowing the Eighth Army offensive toward the north Italian road hub Paenza. Patrol actions continue near the Lamone bridgehead south and west of Faenza while Fifth Army patrols hold hill country southeast of Bologna and engage Wehrmacht units.
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