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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1946
Page
2
Bluefield Daily Telegraph prints news from Associated Press services and local dispatches. Advertising rates listed for weekly subscriptions and mail delivery. telephone ad agency contact provided.
The excerpt presents two biblical and literary quotes about moral outcomes and existential themes. It contrasts a grim biblical judgment with Whitman’s meditation on immortality, suggesting a tension between good and evil within the universe.
The article argues the new Republican majority in both houses will judge the Eightieth Congress by its ability to reform failed New Deal policies, manage taxpayers money, and spur growth. It warns against communistic ideas and defends American democracy as superior to European systems. The piece links Congress's performance to the 1948 presidential outcome and calls for a Pro American policy stance.
The piece criticizes selective generosity and waste of tax money while praising humanitarian aid to war torn lands. It argues that liberal, communist and labor governments rely on American charity for food clothing medicine and seed, revealing tension between aid and ideology. It notes Russia and its allies do not repay such generosity.
Editorial discusses a 300 billion dollar debt and offers two paths: maintain spending and risk a future depression or cut government costs and retire the debt to achieve a sound dollar. It argues public sentiment must drive action and cautions against complacent acceptance of high prices and economic stagnation.
Editorial denounces a student protest in Sparta Tennessee over two football players being suspended for shooting firecrackers in hallways. It calls the acts adolescent mutiny, argues the strike lacks aims of workers and demands a written apology before readmission. The piece notes Sparta’s name evokes ancient Laconia and contrasts obedience with the incident.
Fragmentary lines describe wind singing a lullaby and snow’s gentle movement. The text presents a lyrical snapshot of nature, with imagery of wind, lullaby, and snow, but lacks a clear news event or identifiable entities. No person or organization is named.
Texas Senator Tom Connally led the U S delegation as the General Assembly debated armament disclosures. Sir Hartley Shawcross proposed an international inspection system that would force open armament and troop data, potentially revealing the United States atomic bomb. Molotov embraced the idea, risking a global pressure to reveal nuclear secrets and triggering alarm from Baruch as the next page promises further developments.
Hal Boyle reflects on longing for children during Christmas season and recalls a decade as a substitute babysitter for neighbors. He imagines raising a future president, beginning with the question of what he would do if he had a son.
A father outlines his strict, old fashioned guide to raising a son through childhood and adolescence. He prescribes lessons in self sufficiency, self defense, languages, finances, first aid, handiwork, sports, and ethics. He envisions early independence with goals toward education medicine business farming or newspaper work, while warning against fights and theft.
A vivid Roll of evolving street life shows L L Stevenson as a crutch bound veteran posing for toothpaste ads and vendors barking toys. A plain rich girl with a cheap lunchbox, jingle Santa carryovers, and a cop ticketing a parked car frame a city moment.
Fragmented description of New York City streets and residents in Washington Square and the Village, recalling a vanished era. Mentions include a wallet theft, rail ticket loss, Eleanor Roosevelt residence, Aaron Burr designed houses, a rich social scene with liberal dining groups, bootleg gin, and a prohibition era Village Moon basement dinner spot.
Faces And Places Along Main Stem recounts scenes on Fifth Avenue and nearby lanes with shops, pinched pennies, window displays, and street life. It notes padlocked doors, patron behavior, and festive bells, plus brief personal greetings from readers in Detroit and Ireland.
A New York confrontation over the United Nations site unfolds as John D. Rockefeller III offers an $8,500,000 six block waterfront parcel if the UN stays in the city, with Aladdin entering the housing debate. The plan links East Side views, New York heart, and diverse urban life to a veto battle and city pride, contrasting meat-packer habitat with diplomatic prestige.
In a critical voice the piece questions UN presence in Manhattan, arguing against a bustling hub style. It complains of speed and chaos and calls for a calmer, Bethlehem like atmosphere amid debates on the UN’s role and identity.
Washington observers debate state secretary Byrnes plan on disarmament and Russia. They argue it opens the world to Russia but limits Russia opening to the world, risking a narrow path to real disarmament and favoring Moscow in future Security Council actions. Molotov signals mixed reception as U.S. stance risks strategic disadvantage.
A compact recap of names and places as they appeared in a past local column. References span five to ten decades with mentions of Danville Honaker Va Suffolk Abingdon Lynchburg Baltimore Roanoke and university towns. People include Mary Gardner Smith R. Burks James Estill Brown and Frank Ferrer.
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