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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1944
Page
4
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Fragmentary text notes a person who died fearing God in the age of Henry VIII. The passage blends religious reverence with an archaic inquiry about comparing gods and lords, mentioning “Who is like thee, O Lord.”
The piece examines Roosevelt's re election and a growing Congress majority, calls for restraint on salaries and pensions, warns against cashing war bonds, urges continued lending to finance the war, and criticizes wartime labor strikes while urging unity and forward planning.
The article estimates Japan’s conquest costs the nation 71 billion dollars yearly after Germany is defeated and calls for 300000 more war workers to sustain munition output. It mentions rationing of artillery ammunition and a shell shortage as Allied advances pressure Germany’s defeat.
A editorial emphasizes the American idea that small town life binds factory presidents, farmers, and city workers. It argues that Management Labor and Agriculture are really neighbors sharing aims and struggles, and that future harmony depends on recognizing shared humanity.
Sidney Hillman of the CIO Political Action Committee urged in London on Tuesday that the PAC could form the pattern for a global labor body to guard future peace. The Roanoke Times questions whether such a group would foster peace or add friction to international relations.
Nathaniel Burt reflects in Ladies Home Journal on the mind bending mystery of nature. He notes how evening turns ordinary things into miracles and how the heart anew discovers wonder in hills houses and a sky’s sudden face.
The document analyzes Communist influence in Greece Italy Yugoslavia and other European states. It notes limited electoral support yet strong control of unions and radicals in cities and highlights debates on democratic governance elections and Soviet British influence amid shifting power. Mentions Stettinius and senate dynamics shaping foreign policy scrutiny.
The article argues that durable unity in U S foreign policy requires genuine support for electoral freedom in European nations and a refusal to be swayed by covert backing for either side. It warns that neglect could force a division of spheres and ongoing conflict, citing Stalin on the gap between words and actions and stressing to watch deeds over pacts.
The column notes confusion over a western suggestion that women quit smoking to ease shortages. It questions whether the man is married and what his wife might have said. The piece also claims a belief that Hitler is not dead, and mocks him by a flinching reflection.
In Bluefield the Community Christmas Tree association gathers funds and gifts with no overhead, relying on public donations and volunteer effort. The program funds toys nuts candies and fruits for needy children via a yearly WHIS radio drive and stage shows at Granada theater dating back to 1930.
Forty years ago B B Burns of Bristol Tennessee, formerly Bluefield, was in the city on business. The McDowell County Medical Society held a banquet at the Hotel Northfork. Dr R D Sanders, a well known physician, died at his Keystone home.
Thirty years ago a winter cold snap saw the thermometer at four degrees above zero. George Phillips of McCue and Wright Milling headed home to Wheeling for the holidays while Miss W. E. Wilson departed for Richmond to spend Christmas.
Henry Kendrick of the ton-Lird company was elected president of the Kiwanis club. A dispute over a one dollar debt led to a clash involving Jim Price and Pete Horston, both Black men, and the wounding of Bud Cliff, a Norfolk and Western freight conductor. Attorney Russell 8S. Ritz, the city solicitor, traveled to Clarksburg to represent Bluefield at a Municipal League of West Virginia meeting.
Mrs. O J Caldwell of College avenue hosted her sister Mrs. W D Banner of Norfolk Virginia as guest. Dorothy Boggess and Miss Margaret Bernard returned from a brief visit in Roanoke.
A nostalgic look at WHIS Christmas Tree programs recalling singers Scotty the salesman Helen Scott Mamie Lyles Rita Washington and others. The piece notes fine stage sets funded by donations and the wartime pause after 1941 with continued support from WHIS and listeners in the South Pacific and Europe.
A clipped feature notes a cigarette shortage impacting smokers while hinting at a misread term etion meaning “Oegars of trouble” with references to the Atlantic region and a long search for understanding.
Private Purkey recalls Congressman Clare Luce visiting the front and firing a howitzer amid mud and combat. The piece notes Luce’s attire and earrings, the spectacle failing to alter the battle, and soldiers dreaming of champagne and glamorous dates as morale lifts briefly.
William Gordon Francis Jones, 35, a bank clerk, was sentenced to three years penal servitude after using paraffin to set his wife's night dress ablaze as she slept. The wife told the court she forgives him and still wishes to live with him. newspaper comment adds a sardonic note about dull winter life and a film rumor about Life With Father.
Tired back and leg pain urged readers to visit a druggist for Moone's Emerald Oil. First use after a hot towel soothes aches, with several treatments expected to reduce discomfort. oil is advertised as clean and non staining.
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