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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1944
Page
4
A fragmentary verse recalls sorrow and guilt as angels weep for a virtuous man’s fault. Diction hints at moral reflection and recorded blushes over a hidden transgression. The lines evoke mercy, judgment, and the weight of sins.
War frontline hardship described as American troops endure harsh European snow and cold in tents while home front efforts supply food, clothing, and bonds. Readers urged to support war costs, view policy shifts, and back unity beyond party politics for lasting peace.
The Minneapolis Star Journal editorial laments Canadian internal conflicts and urges Allied unity against Nazi threats. It notes global strife from Belgium to Italy, cites labor strain and failed diplomacy, and recalls Eisenhower rising from humble beginnings to a top general, suggesting greatness hides in overlooked people.
A reflective poem captures a mother’s midnight vigil as she checks on her sleeping son. The verse contrasts childhood danger and the wish to preserve innocence through time, praying for protection against bitter years. The narrator, Inez George Gridley, weighs life, death, and a mother’s protective caretaking.
Paul Mallon reports limited upheaval after an election as Dies committee records are moved from two rooms in the house office building. Chairman Dies and aides show no protest while Francis Green probes Republican wins in Ohio and Indiana, suggesting personal rather than party motives.
The piece sketches tensions around Roosevelts inauguration cost and Byrds reaction. It notes Byrd misinterpreting the $2,000 limit, the White House clarifying finances, and hints at broader fear of CIO influence. It also discusses anticipated social security extension and jobs program without radical shifts.
L L Stevenson profiles Grace Downs founder and her Hollywood Model School a high New York penthouse outfit. The school trains female models for ads magazines and billboards with a portion of graduates moving to Hollywood.
The piece describes Miss Downs expanding her school with a self improvement course for housewives, business girls, and war workers. Enrollment includes department store models and home makers, with a WAVE joining the program in spare time. A light anecdote about a ten year old niece visiting Washington accompanies the narrative.
Mary Ellen Chase teaches how the King James Bible shaped English literature in The Bible and the Common Reader. The volume traces translations from Tyndale to the Geneva Bible and praises the KJV as a literary marvel, elucidating stories and their dramatic, poetic, and historical contexts.
The piece rails at the Russian winter and wartime taxes while mocking unaccountable figures. It recalls veterans of the first AEF as seasoned souvenir writers and notes a sailor seeking a duplicate marriage license in Glen West amid blurred details of reconciliation.
The record notes BE. L. Long nomination from Welch after a visit in Pearisburg. Charlies Elliott of Northfork visits Graham on business. Also mentions W. C. Houchins purchasing Bowling Realty, Jack Easley returning to West Virginia University for holidays, and Dr J C Jett traveling to Wheeling for business.
Bluefield West Virginia and Virginia population totals rise to 29 036 at the start of 1925 from 15 282 in January 1920. A Z Lite of Tazewell, brother of James E Litz, returned from a Mexico trip where he managed extensive lumber interests. 10 years ago coal yard shipments reached 1 302 loads headed east via the Norfolk and Western. Dr Edwin C Wade, president of Bluefield College, spoke to the Lions club about Virginia Baptist association funding college obligations.
An older, obscured thought questions whether peace would trigger civil wars and suggests a swift conversion of weapons into tools. The fragment emphasizes cautious hope and wary change in conflict terms.
Glendale children Tas sie and Mary Shipp delight in wordplay and mimic a high official as the Presivelt. The writer also praises Roman Bohnen, noting his screen roles from The Song of Bernadette to The Hitler Gang and his St Paul birth, with a hint of his dialect range.
A writer recalls stage folk like Tallulah Bankhead and fellow actors. He jokes about coining playful terms such as rabbin coons and parries with fellow stars Tassie and Mary Shipp. The piece mixes affection with backstage banter about theater life and memorable personalities.
War manpower directors from four states and the District of Columbia convened to restrict releases of essential workers. Henry E. Treide urged no essential worker be released unless their move boosts the war effort, stressing a regional need for 75,000 more workers and coal miners in West Virginia to lift production.
State Senator Edward L. Breeden Jr. hopes a special session of the Virginia General Assembly will set up a referendum on the poll tax and extend voting rights to service members. He suggests referenda on repeal and notes the need for direct vote after constitutional changes. A secondary note mentions budget meal ideas with meat extenders.
Richmond announces Ashton Dovell former speaker of the house of delegates as a candidate for the third district seat in congress left vacant by Dave Reynolds and J. C. Crowder withdraws in Dovell's favor leaving J. V. Gary James E. Gardner and S. C. Wharton in the race Crowder Reynolds and Gardner express support for Dovell praising his character intelligence and legislative experience Reynolds cites Roosevelt policy views and Virginia governance goals Dovell who chaired the house appropriations committee and led the house later ran for governor in 1940 and reentered politics in October with a radio attack on current Virginia leadership.
The Senate military affairs committee approved President Roosevelt s nominees to head disposal of 100 billion dollars in surplus war property. Robert Hurley former Connecticut governor and Lt Col Edward Heller a wealthy California businessman were backed along party lines with one dissenting vote.
The Public Service Commission of West Virginia orders a hearing on December 20 1944 at 9 30 a m in Beckley for Randy Blankenship to transfer and for Walter Tyree to receive a motor common carrier certificate F 121 to operate within a ten mile radius of Matoaka Mercer County and routes to West Virginia. Interested parties may file objections by December 20 1944 and notice will be published in Bluefield daily. The commission also directs publishing and mailing notices to the Virginia Motor Association.
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