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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1943
Page
7
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A short note by Scott proclaims devotion and gratitude, phrased as a personal motto or sentiment.
The Daily Telegraph notes increasing revenue pressure and hints that Congress may turn to a general sales tax if other taxes fail. Doughton signals willingness to consider a levy as a final measure to raise funds while urging careful, thorough examination of the plan before enactment. The piece criticizes rising living costs and calls for cost cuts alongside any tax changes.
United States Women’s Salvage unit chief Mrs Betty Barton Greco will tour West Virginia to urge fat collection to aid gunpowder and munition production. She speaks at a Quota club luncheon noon Wednesday at the West Virginian hotel and holds an 8 pm public meeting in the West Virginian ballroom under civilian defense sponsorship.
The message urges Bluefield audiences to back the salvage campaign and uplifts West Virginia in the national effort. Mrs. Greco, well known for her wartime work, is expected to galvanize support and attract a large turnout from Bluefield residents.
The piece recalls a Washington dinner for Stalin and Davies with lavish fare and champagne, contrasting wartime rationing at home. It notes thrift becoming crucial as workers strike and war costs rise, and compares Hitler’s losses in Russia to Napoleon, ending with a wary nod to the Bear.
The Typographical Union, printers for The Daily Telegraph, is praised in Reader's Digest for its democracy and reforms. Founded 1815 in Ashington DC, it emphasizes elections and financial reports, seeks union merger with safeguards, and educates apprentices with 149 lessons.
Ornithologists report a springtime cuckoo abundance in the neighborhood. The piece notes cuckoos feed on tent caterpillars and praises their presence, while contrasting bird life fluctuations with humorous asides about other wildlife and human foibles. It references English poets and a London New York broadcast discussion on bird songs.
The passage follows Kate Fennigate as she remains in Europe until death and returns to care for Aunt Daisy in a house described as an island of grandeur amid a car showroom era. She navigates family ties, influences law matters for Ames, watches over his wife, and moves through a circle including Tuke Speers and a local magnate, eventually marrying Ames. The narrator questions how Tar king ton makes readers love Kate while revealing her intrusive reach into many lives.
A book review notes Booth Tarkingtons Kate Fennigate as a long standout that reimagines a managing woman as sympathetic throughout. The piece describes Kate waiting outside her fathers club and challenging him with purple ink notes while navigating Meridian Street life and high family status before her mothers death alters the family dynamic.
A nostalgic riff laments the United States Postal Service shift to zone based addressing. The piece contrasts simple traditional mailing with modern zone numbers adding complexity and detaching personal connection from the letter carrier, while illustrating confusion over names and streets in an evolving system.
Forty years ago today Burnett was elected chief of the city council. Cc. W. Y. left for a visit at Columbus Ohio. M. G. Whitlow was at Roanoke Virginia on a business visit. Thirty years ago today Dr J J Goodwill moved his offices to 433 Princeton avenue from Union Bank and Trust. Capt D B Baldwin was visiting Roanoke. Bernard McKilhaney resigned from the railroad to join First National Bank.
Twenty years ago today a large water reservoir was being established for West Graham residents. The Bluefield Milling Company organized to take over the ration of the Wright Milling. Mrs. Edith Hill Morton died at her home here.
The Cloak Hardware company moved from the Masonic building to the Phelps building on Princeton avenue. Mrs. L. L. Thompson and Mrs. H. K. Lyon of Montcalm returned from a visit at Weno D. Co. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Huff left for Niagara Falls Detroit and Chicago.
John L Lewis has applied to the A F of L to restore membership in the Miners Union from which he resigned years ago. The item notes his aim is a visitor’s pass. Also quoted is a statement attributed to the Italian Foreign Affairs Secretary about Italy entering the war with a justice and equity ideal.
Sherman Todd says Paramount secret project For Women the Bell Tolls is longer than Gone With The Wind and very good. Warner Baxter is set to head Malibu gasoline rationing amid a busy film set with plaster shortages and a Lourdes village set for The Song of Bernadette.
In a desert location while filming Somewhere in Sahah Humphrey Bogart jokes about his role and toy mascot Mario, a 16-year-old hotel bellboy in the cast. Mayo Methot asks why the part is tough, and Bogart quips that his character faces a minor fort rather than the grand battles of his past films.
L L Stevenson recounts Ethel Smith urging wartime readers to ration personal habits. Advice covers thrift in clothing and avoiding gossip, rationing free time for war effort, increasing neighborliness, and maintaining patience and understanding to ensure freedom endures.
The piece urges using War Bonds to support the war effort and cautions against costly living to impress others. It notes distant relatives are glad you lack gas to visit them and emphasizes prudent spending during wartime.
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 names including Russell Chandler Mullens W N Clarke Welch Crisp and many others. Jurors will report June 21 at 10 oclock.
Fire destroyed an eight room frame residence at 585 Harry Street Midway owned by Mrs Celia Curry and occupied by her family and the Coon family. Damages were estimated at 2500 dollars. The blaze started in a kitchen kindling box after a cigarette was discarded. Mr Coon was not home, as he was recovering from injuries after a recent automobile accident near the Hale culvert.
The Bluefield Chamber of Commerce announced a market for several thousand gallons of blackberries and elderberries. With typical bumper crops, most pickers may be unavailable this year. Secretary Eddie Steele invites prospective suppliers to contact the chamber.
E Meade McNeill of Concord State College biology department was elected president of the Concord Alumni Association for next year at the annual meeting on campus last Thursday. Dr Donzie Lilly of Athens named vice president with Anna Belle Kerlin secretary and Fred Cooper treasurer.
William Riley a 22 year old from Horsepen Va was admitted to Bluefield sanitarium after saying an auto knocked him over an embankment on Stony Ridge with a shoulder injury. He stays at the local hospital with his grandfather and works for Pocahontas Fuel at Boissevain Va. He was accompanied by another youth at the scene.
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