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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1946
Page
2
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph prints in full Associated Press dispatches and local news for distribution. Subscription rates include carriers 1 cent per issue and mail deliveries in Virginia. annual rates listed and available via telephone and advertising representative.
A brief epigraph style note contrasts righteous thoughts with wicked counsels and cites Proverbs 12 5 and Edmund Burke on the limit of a bad man’s ability for good service.
In the final UN session, Russian delegates urged granting the World Federation of Trade Unions equal status to member nations. The vote on direct union voting failed, while inviting written proposals to the council passed. The Chamber of Commerce AFL and International Cooperative Alliance gained the same right, prompting questions about extending UN membership to churches, manufacturers, and other groups. The piece argues such expansions would undermine peace efforts and the function of a sovereign states body.
Political gossip suggests Republican leaders in the new Congress have signaled to the National Association of Manufacturers and labor unions that wage dispute tension should end. The piece argues for a government backed code to settle labor management conflicts without violence, hoping legislation will curb costly disputes and promote business.
Editorial notes that tax season looms with income tax returns flooding Christmas mail, risking yuletide cheer. It argues for drastic federal budget cuts to enable possible tax reductions, urging the public to pressure Congress to curb spending and oppose wasteful schemes while noting political talks of relief.
The piece argues veterans will form a large voting bloc after World War II with about 16 000 000 World War II veterans and 20 000 000 total veterans. It cautions against blanket subsidies to all veterans, noting taxpayers cannot bear universal benefits while praising generosity to those injured or ill. The article emphasizes diverse veteran views and the risk of one half of adults supporting the other through taxation. The Cincinnati Enquirer.
A devotional verse by Vivian B. Durden thanks God for faith and hope guiding daily life. The speaker expresses gratitude for divine gifts that dissolve fears and inspire noble action, emphasizing love for fellow humans as a higher grace.
The United States invests heavily in its Navy and the leaders who run it. A sweeping reform of promotions and retirement aims to fast track young officers and specialists, shaping future weapons, ships, and tactics. Critics warn against returning to seniority.
A Daily Telegraph retrospective notes reminiscences and travels of locals: Ployd J and John Brown return from Narrows. Charles M Scott, ex post office clerk, home from West Virginia university. Mrs Etta Woolwine funeral in Christiansburg attended by Mr and Mrs 8 Long. Mrs Hugh Spangler visits Roanoke friends. L Graham of Chicago visits family during holidays. Charney Jones of Farmville visits Mrs A H Hoge. F. Weinberg returns from Chicago Baltimore New York and St. Louis. Mable Woods heads home from Bluefield College at Mt. Airy. Herbert Markle Jr arrives from Kentucky Military. Miss Fan Worley travels to Tucson for a holiday visit.
And Then Julius Hall and L L Koontz of the Appalachian Power line in Bluefield are being promoted to better posts with the firm in Roanoke. Princeton-born Cris Barton will lead the Bluefield Kiwanis starting January 1 as president. Kitty Smoot, Bluefield teacher and Army hostess in Germany, writes of a trip aboard Hitler’s yacht. E H Pats Perkins, longtime General Milla manager, is not pursuing Santa duties at Christmas, recalling a Rochester pneumonia scare years ago. Maryanne Cole Spracher, a Daily Telegraph reporter, now works at Blacksburg while husband Dave pursues a VPI degree. Louis Wilmore plans a winter trip to Florida after a long illness. Barney Rapp to play at Clover Club New Year’s dance. Campbell of Bluefield Supply buys a Bland County cabin to solve housing. Power company relocation disrupts sixth floor tenants. Red Cross moves to Coal and Coke building. Drum corps dispute ends in reconciliation after no disbanding of the corps. Jimmy Rantis, a widely known Legionnaire, dies, leaving a void in Bluefield’s public life.
In a rural anecdote Pat Flannagan recalls Johnny and Eddie Debuck Ives running a hill mine pits on Harry Knob during a coal strike. The boys boast trucks and a tipple, but Pat finds the mine shut after they declare in strike terms. A local Sun Life confusion about atom bomb payouts sparks a clarifying telegram. A Mount Vernon joke about Washington’s jackass prize prompts light satire on Mrs Roosevelt.
Lucille Gaillard and Eddie Roberts entertain patrons at Hotel Pierre Cotillion Room with telepathy acts then tour the world. They meet in Times Square travel agency and wed after a whirlwind romance. From India to China and Japan they learn magic and mind reading, photographing and selling wartime scenes. Their ship Sirdhang hits a mine near Singapore and sinks, but Eddie saves Lucille and shoots striking wartime images that prove profitable.
Lucille and Eddie Roberts, now back in America, stage telepathy acts with USC Camp Shows, parts of their act feature mind reading and predicting contents of a new contract. They juggle parenthood with writing plays like Murder for Love while touring producers.
George A. Davidson of Bluefield West Virginia writes to State Highway Commissioner EB L Worthington praising new warning signs at three locations along US Highway 8 21 near Bluefield Princeton and Bland Virginia. He notes winter ice hazards on steep hills and thanks the highway service for improving road safety.
Hollywood gossip column notes Ethel Barrymore plays a Hollywood heavy in Moss Rose and Peggy Cummins as heroine. Cornel Wilde aims to publish Lord Byron in New York. George O'Brien injures finger on My Wild Irish Rose set. Van Johnson buys a new home and eyed marriage. Alan Ladd expanding slate with The High and Mighty. Lloyd Bacon plans Gate Theatre troupe in Hollywood Bowl. Andrea King and Ann Dvorak romance heats. Elizabeth Taylor, John Farrow, and Andrea King details. Nelson Eddy shifts to westerns. Betty Grable teases Santa Anita winner. Margot Grahame sails to England for It Always Rains on Sunday. Linda Darnell favors tall lovers. Cornel Wilde noted as six feet tall.
The column mocks fashion and politics with satirical quips about headlines, beaver beliefs, beer origins, and a tongue in cheek preview of policy and media trends. It notes odd mix of topics from OPA praise to Alaska statehood talk and a dubious bread price forecast.
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