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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1943
Page
2
A notice states Para is entitled to use AP dispatches and other credits for republication in this paper. It also mentions local news published herein and lists subscription rates by mail with regional charges. Rates show 4.50 for one year in specified zones and WV zones with details provided on application.
A biblical verse fragment declares the Lord will break his enemies and thunder from above. It cites Samuel 2 10 and attributes a line about devotion to God to Scott. The brief text reflects religious exhortation and attribution.
The Daily Telegraph notes that Congress may turn to a broad sales tax as a last resort to raise about 16 billion dollars, despite calls to exhaust all other taxes first. It urges careful planning, argues for cost of living relief, and warns against wasteful government spending.
Mrs Betty Barton Greco head of the U S Women’s Salvage unit will tour West Virginia to spur waste fat collection. She speaks at a Quota club luncheon at the West Virginian hotel and a public meeting at 8 pm in the West Virginian ballroom in Bluefield Mercer county.
In this phase of the salvage campaign Mrs Greco is deeply familiar with the wartime women's work and her message should spur West Virginia toward the top of the salvage effort. Bluefield residents are urged to support and attend, giving Mrs Greco a strong audience.
In a wartime column a World War II era piece mocks lavish dinners for diplomats and leaders while praising thrift at home. It contrasts Stalin's Washington feast with rationing and strikes, noting Russia’s losses and the need to avoid wasteful habits as the war continues.
Reader's Digest hails the Typographical Union as a democratic model. It notes regular elections, financial reporting, and a three quarters vote before strikes. Founded in 1815 in Washington DC, the union advanced sanitary progress and lifelong education for apprentices while stressing cooperation with capital and strict anti fascist positions.
A quoted poem snippet from Browning praises spring and morning with vivid nature images. It notes God in heaven and the world as right, reflecting a serene, period style. The text reads as a literary excerpt rather than a news item.
The piece notes an abundance of cuckoos this year, contrasts English and American views on the bird, and parodies literary references from Browning to Keats. It also weaves in social and cultural asides about rural life, morality, and a fictional Kate Fennigate.
A magazine review lauds Booth Tarkingtons Kate Fennigate as one of his longest and best works. It portrays a rising woman figure from page one and follows Kate from Indianapolis amid Meridian Street to her fathers social circle as family tragedy reshapes lives.
A poem by H. I. Phillips laments zone based addressing in the U S mail system. The piece contrasts simple direct addressing with modern zone numbers and personal IDs, noting the loss of romance and personal touch in letters as zones like 2 and 54 replace names and streets.
J S Burnett was elected chief of police by the city council. Dr W Lilly left for a visit at Columbus Ohio. Q M Whitlow was at Roanoke Va on a business visit.
Twenty years ago a large water reservoir was being established for West Graham residents. Bluefield Milling company organized to take over the peacemas of the Wright Milling plant. Mrs Edith Hill Morton died at her home. Ten years ago Cloak Hardware moved to Phelps building. Mrs L L Thompson and Mrs H K Lyon visited Washington. Mr and Mrs C E Huff left for Niagara Falls Detroit and Chicago. Bogart desert location featured a bellhop mascot named Mario and a running dialogue about his roles in films.
John L. Lewis has applied to the A F of L to restore membership to the Miners Union from which he resigned years ago. A visitor's card is desired by Mame while Italy’s foreign secretary cites justice and equity in a wartime note released by Associated Newspapers.
Hollywood rumors claim a secret Paramount project titled For Women the Bell Tolls runs longer than Gone With The Wind. Sherman Todd, an associate producer at RKO, edited the film while on loan to Paramount. Warner Baxter is named Malibu gasoline rationing board chairman as production continues with plaster shortages and extended shifts.
L L Stevenson quotes Ethel Smith urging wartime rationing of personal habits at La Ruban Bleu. She counsels thrift in dress, avoiding gossip, conserving free time, engaging with neighbors, and increasing patience and understanding to support victory and prevent freedom from being rationed.
The message says riding alone to work wastes help to the war effort. It criticizes costly living to impress others and promotes buying War Bonds. It notes distant relatives may be glad you lack gas to visit.
Jurors for the June term of the United States court for the Southern District of West Virginia were announced. Twenty three grand jurors and fifty petit jurors were drawn, with Judge Ben Moore to preside. term opens June 15 at 10 a m. Grand jurors include Russell Chandler and James T. Harvey among others. Petit jurors report June 21 at 10 a m.
Fire at 585 Harry Street Midway damaged an eight room frame dwelling owned by Mrs Celia Curry and occupied by her family and the Coon family. Damages estimated at 2500 dollars after a kindling box fire started by a discarded cigarette. B H Coon not home, recovering from injuries from a recent auto crash.
The Bluefield Chamber of Commerce announced a market for several thousand gallons of blackberries and elder berries. It invites local growers to contact Secretary Eddie Steele at the chamber about supplying the crop, noting usual pickers may have other employment this year.
E Meade McNeill of the biology department at Concord State college was chosen president of the Concord Alumni association for next year at the campus annual meeting last Thursday. Dr Donzie Lilly of Athens was vice president Anna Belle Kerlin secretary Fred Cooper treasurer.
William Riley a 22 year old from Horsepen Virginia was admitted to Bluefield sanitarium after being knocked over an embankment on Stony Ridge by an automobile. He suffered a shoulder injury and remains a patient at the local hospital. He lives with his grandfather and worked for Pocahontas Fuel at Boissevain. He was accompanied by another youth at the time of the accident.
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