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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1950
Page
4
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 1893. published daily by Daily Telegraph Printing Co. Bluefield Virginia address. Includes Associated Press credit and subscription rates for carriers and mail.
A reflective note likens Ephraim to a dove in folly and warns that pretense is easier than genuine virtue. The passage cites folly in hypocrisy and the ease of appearing righteous rather than being so, urging honesty over crafted image.
State department tightens rules on Soviet bloc diplomats in tit for tat moves, restricting Czech and Romanian staff while Russia sees leniency. Prague warned of reciprocal limits. Moscow remains largely unfettered. U N visit by six chiefs and Emily General highlights treaty delays and human rights limits. An Iroquois peace anecdote closes the piece.
A 1948 Census of Business preliminary check shows retail sales rising from 42 to 126 billion dollars over a decade while stores and employment grow, hours per worker fall, and retailing decentralizes toward fringes and rural areas. Competition spurs progress as retailers improve service, prices, and variety.
Delegation representing Iroquois federation and six nations visited UN headquarters at Lake Success New York to press redress. The Mohawks Oneidas Senecas Cayugas onondagas and Tuscaroras, about 15 000 people, live on four reservations.
An Australian scientist brings a rare ribbon tailed bird of paradise to New York City. The specimen, 31 inch tail, is mounted on a tall perch for display at the American Museum of Natural History, marking one of the few such birds in the United States.
The National Father's Day Committee named Justice William O Douglas Father of the Year at a Waldorf Astoria luncheon in New York. He was praised as a leading public figure embodying the theme For a Safe World Tomorrow Teach Democracy Today.
A reflective poem notes a solitary hour on a mountain top in late September. The speaker finds tranquility and peace from God and plans to return to the quiet place for continued solace. The verse emphasizes personal faith and timeless nature.
Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson is accused of steering lucrative General Aniline and Film contracts to friends and his law partners while the firm earned 64 500 last year. The piece lists directors, political giving, and postwar profits, noting the company's decline and the influence network around Johnson.
A Washington party visits a horse track to study betting systems. Readers see a parade of flawed schemes from friends and a government office worker as they chase luck, only to watch a favored horse stumble at the gate and the crowd drift to cold hotdogs and pasteboard bets.
Column announces Billy Rose rewards Jean Arthur for her Peter Pan portrayal at the Imperial Theatre. Arthur, age 42 per Who's Who, impresses as a 12 year old, delivering a triumphant stage performance. Rose remarks on the enchantment and selects Jeanie with the Light Green Tights as Ruskin of 1950.
A celebrity in Peter Pan is celebrated for her radiant stage presence and dramatic flying entrance. The piece notes her long-held wish to appear in the role, her college days beside Maude Adams, and her revival impact on audiences as she soars, earning enthusiastic applause and vivid showmanship.
A humor column ridicules a supposed proxy marriage of Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman in Juarez Mexico via telephone and radio. The piece mocks the ceremony with telecommunication motifs and ghostwritten vows, noting a staged divorce by similar lines.
A humorous column plays on wedding jitters via telephone and long distance miscommunications. Characters Juarez and a bride navigate crossed lines and wrong numbers as friends joke about weddings by telephony, deli cats, and Hertzian waves. It riffs on postwar tech and media excess with playful satire.
The essay questions Senator Tydings and Robert M. Hitchcock over the Amerasia case, arguing his testimony omits key parts. It recalls the 1945 OSS raid led by Frank Bielaski, the seizure of 1700 documents, and compares wartime security actions to later prosecutions.
Fifty years ago the new city administration named Oscar Roles police chief with A H Land as mayor. Other appointees included T B Drinkard jailor W L Otey assessor Z W Crockett and Captain George W Thomas as attorney and street commissioner William H Campbell as scavenger.
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