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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1944
Page
4
The Clover Club hosted a New Year dance at the Bluefield club hall from 10:30 to 12:30 with about 250 members present. Smith and his Salem orchestra provided music for the semi annual affair. Miss Tucker sang, and festive red and white decorations and Yule bells enhanced the decor.
A holiday season social in Bluefield drew about one hundred attendees at the Bluefield Country Club. The grand march opened the evening hosted by local residents, with punch cookies and nuts served during intermission. Glen Hypes and his seven piece Beaver High School orchestra provided music in its debut public appearance, to marked success.
Birth announcements list new daughters and sons born to families in Tazewell and nearby towns at Bluefield sanitarium and St. Luke's hospital. Parents include Wright Burton Workman Schultz Hicks Sears Belcher with occupations noted. A sewing center ad urges teen girls to learn sewing skills through lessons.
An advertisement touts Creomulsion as a potent remedy for chronic bronchitis and coughs, claiming it reaches the trouble seat to loosen phlegm and soothe inflamed bronchial membranes. It guarantees relief with rest and sleep or a full refund, noting a special process for treosote product and narcotic free options.
A series of church music programs across West Reiland First Christian Avenue Baptist Trinity Methodist and Grace Methodist features soloists such as Mrs Howard Meadows Miss Betty Lam With You Always and Henry Fortune. The organist James Elmer Brown and Mrs J B McMullin lead instruments while choirs sing pieces including Savior thy Dying, The Living Lord, All Hail Immanuel, and The Theme Eternal across morning and vesper services.
Mrs Frank Morgan of Franklin street returns from Charlottesville after death of her brother E P Hildebrande. Miss Phyllis Morris, Cadet nurse at Watts hospital Durham visits parents and grandmother on Bluefield avenue during holidays. Miss Warner, student nurse at St Luke's hospital, dines with Rev W H Simpkins and Mrs Simpkins on Schenley avenue Blue-
Sixty six service men and accompanying family members from ten states visited the Service Men's club yesterday. Donations included two dollars from Women of the Moose one dollar from Mrs Patsy Small and one from Mrs B K Croy along with ten pounds of sausage from R G Crowgey. Mrs Patsy Small chaired breakfast aided by Evelyn Disibbio Teresa Cole Mary Alice Albano Mary Bretti Joan Tackett and Cleon Heller. Mrs B K Croy chaired dinner with the same helpers. Azimuthal equidistant projection maps distorts continents but aids plotting air routes and measuring true distances.
The piece highlights spring fashion with coats and penay outfits suited for town life. It notes novelty prints like safety pins and question marks, bold color contrasts, shirtwaist dresses paired with sarong skirts, and innovative prints from designers including Joseph Halpert.
Dorothy Dix argues women fail to satisfy husbands because they misread male needs. She urges wives to give affection, flattery, and gentle support, noting men want tender, daily reassurance even after fatherhood and work stress. The piece emphasizes shared human hearts in marriage.
Richmond announces that wage rates under 50 cents per hour will be treated as substandard by the War Manpower Commission. Wages below this level will qualify workers for statements of availability to seek other work. Frank A. Cavedo, state USES official, said USES office managers were advised that workers paid under 50 cents must receive statements on request.
The Office of Price Administration said Florida citrus fruits will cost less at retail in January due to a cut in growers ceiling prices. Grapefruit and tangerines will drop by one half to one cent a pound, while oranges will sell in similar amounts. January ceilings remain higher than those originally set for the prior month.
A fragmented listing summarizes NBC daily schedule from morning through sign off. It notes NBC World News Roundup at 8:15 and various shows including Grantland Rice stories, Yours Truly Jules, The Baxters, Musicana, The Grand Hotel, and Opry programs with times and sponsor mentions.
Corrections by networks push changes to a late preason schedule. Program items include Baxters family skit These Are Our Men Drivia and more across NBC CBS and NBE with time stamps from 1:30 to 6:00 PM Eastern War Time.
A jumble of program titles and times outlines a dense old time radio schedule. Entries include sports reports, dramas, variety shows, newscasts, and musical interludes featuring CBS NBC and local stations across late afternoon to late night.
The War Department announced that sixty eight West Virginians including one officer were wounded in action in the European area. The list names soldiers with homes in Bluefield Amigo Morgantown Clarksburg Fairmont Beckley Ravenswood and other towns, with wives listed. Mrs Bradshaw was notified of slight wounds in France on October 5 and a map note on global population is included.
London dispatch reports Britain plans a temporary international control approach with allied powers to restrain violence in liberated lands. The plan hinges on full U S support, but no clear sign Washington will abandon a hands off stance in Europe.
Chinese forces under Lt. Gen. Daniel Sultan crossed into China and seized Loiwing, once home to an American-Chinese aircraft factory, as they advanced a 10 mile drive within 30 miles of Wanting. Many soldiers saw Chinese soil again after retreating from Burma to India with Gen. Stilwell.
Chesapeake and Ohio announces a postwar plan for coast to coast passenger service without changing cars. The route would operate across the United States, signaling a major expansion of rail travel after the war.
Newton announced preliminary studies toward through service between east and west coast points with a single transfer at St. Louis for cross country travel. He cited extension of Washington to Cincinnati through service and a westward reach for Nickel Plate road from Chicago. He also promotes midwinter dress-up using novelty buttons and sewing copters as thrifty style notes.
Regulars at Jimmy’s Restaurant claim coffee cures the morning grouch. Patrons say a hot cup powers through the early chill and improves mood.
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