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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1946
Page
2
Blurfield Baily Telegraph presents early morning edition with Associated Press dispatches and postal publication notes. Rates listed include annual and weekly mail options, with telegraph and telephone service details and a reference to Virginia mailing costs.
A dated quotation reflecting religious themes compares the kingdom of heaven to a child and praises innocence. It invokes Matthew 18:3 and attributes lines to Charles M. Dickinson, noting angels in disguise as living sunlight in children.
A public warning laments rising holiday casualties from careless driving and accidents. Despite safety campaigns and widespread warnings, many Americans remain inattentive, turning celebrations into tragedy with loss and injury rather than joy.
A notice in the Voice of the People calls all Mercer county residents to attend a public forum in the Mercer county court room this evening. Citizens may present issues affecting cities towns county government or rural concerns with potential legislative action as the state legislature meets next month. Officials from the county, boards of education and municipalities are urged to attend.
The piece argues the Republican victory gives a clear majority to repair national economic and political mismanagement from the New Deal era. It emphasizes immediate reconstruction and prosperity over selecting a 1948 presidential candidate, urging unity to secure a sound economy before any campaign for the White House.
The Huntington Herald-Advertiser notes that only 18 000 of 77 000 students entering WV schools in 1993 graduated to citizen rights and duties. It warns one generation’s ignorance begets the next, urging emergency funding and a long term plan to avert further decline in the state’s education system.
A poetic fragment recalling sunrise, youth, and memories that linger in a nostalgic landscape. The speaker mentions honeysuckle breezes, ghostly chronicles, and lovers who cherish past happiness as time dims beauty. Attribution to Robert Cary in The Torch's Plame is noted.
President Truman, in confidential talks with Congress leaders, expressed hope for liberal support next year and urged refugee immigration while discussing tax cuts. Kopplemann pressed for lower rates for the under 5000 bracket and a higher exemption for heads of families, warning that tax changes affect bank deposits and business. The White House frames a broad message to Congress on labor, war emergency ends, and CPA controls, with other assignments touching the Atomic Commission, Air Cargo, and Nazi prosecutions.
A crowded South Bluefield bus at College and East River becomes a stage for urban snapshots. A young woman fends off a creeping hem while a boastful stranger jokes about liquor. a noisy rider loses false teeth to a passing truck, and voices of notable visitors and local entertainment mix with a radio hearing on station applications in Mercer.
Grants eyed for four groups to operate new Bluefield stations while two groups target Princeton. A travel weary salesman carried a 150 foot rope to a West Virginian hotel room after the Atlanta hotel tragedy. Katherine Peck heads to Brazil as educational missionary trainee. Humorous notes list worst marksmen nominees Dusty Rhodes and Jimmy Borden and a dog trainable at a dog training school. Stanley Rogers hosted an all game-bird dinner for Bluefield Supply boys after a long hunt across three states. Katherine Acuff, Clark Stores record chief, shed ten pounds during Yuletide rush. Tree sellers report a strong year despite few trees late weekend.
A fragmentary column recalls Christmas shopping shifts and lingering mine strike effects as merchants report weaker sales. Personal reminiscences from Mullens include hunting tales in Kentucky with Bill Horroyd and Joe, the "Sang" dog, persimmon trees, and a playful quip about a morning shangover.
Princeton W Va readers address editors urging use of a Peoples Forum at the Court House on Friday night December 27 to air local problems in an old time town meeting style for Mercer County. Writer provides full name and address.
Mercer Countians invite all residents to a public forum with Otto Rader as temporary chairman. The event emphasizes inclusive citizen participation and urges everyone to speak up in a nonpartisan, open meeting.
Fred eric March dashes into a lunch at 21 to keep a luncheon appointment as The March of Time. Cornelia Otis Skinner scribbles verse at Sardi's. Robert Baird analyzes a doodle while Clif Webb deciphers it. Arthur Murray debuts a new dance at La Conga. Edward Gilbert shows scenery at the Stork. Bill Schiller tours Fifty second street. Lela Ernest charms as Cinderella in If the Shoe Fits. A best selling dollar Kewpie appears.
The article notes Rose O'Neil's enduring design influence and traces Senet from Pharaohs to a modern board game by George S. Parker with the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It mentions Virginia Davis, star of Call Me Mister, acting in Europe for radio debuts with Paris programs for RFD and further work for Radio Éireann after Ireland.
Rambling fragment describes Igor Knesof dining in the Russian Tea Room with a nurse in Byron verse book, Schwezoff planning a Brazilian ballet premiere based on Byron, and sightings of Jimmy Dorsey and Johnny Bothwell near Broadway.
A playful verse stresses the season’s burdens and praises a mother who outpaces Santa’s team. It recalls Blitzen and Dasher facing a tough test while noting Comet lacks full endurance, with the mother taking a swift lead at Christmas.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a holiday message with garbled phrases about Christmas, gifts, a mother, Santa, and charity. It mentions best wishes and joys, but the text is heavily corrupted and lacks clear events or identifiable names.
Washington notes Dewey dominates headlines with strong early showings yet insiders doubt his lead. Vandenberg Taft and Warren Martin emerge as the real power brokers, with regional blocs shaping a crowded race and possible GOP split before a likely White House victory. Chicago mayoral machine fractures signal broader party realignment.
A Daily Telegraph item lists anniversaries of visits and returns: Dr and Mrs Crockett from Tagewell, W G and Robert Baldwin from a business trip, Mrs J B Tutwiler of Blacksburg visiting sister Mrs L A Hooper, Miss Stellon Mastin and Wil from Roanoke visiting Miss Lillian Shrewsbury, F M Archer from Huntington, L A Jackson of Hawley Merch Co from Lynchburg, Miss Mayme Finney from Washington DC, Harold Repass from Huntington, Ruth Wolbler to Washington, and Mr and Mrs Albert Kemper and family in Harrisburg Virginia.
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