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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1941
Page
4
A Bible verse from Deuteronomy 5 12 stresses keeping the Sabbath as a holy duty. The quote is paired with Sir Henry Newbolt’s remark that strong command implies obedience is best.
The speaker argues urgent national defense needs require ending politics in defense, firing incompetents, boosting ship and plane production, and forgetting profits and unions to combat totalitarian threats. They insist on rapid training, full employment wages, and a relentless push for war materiel to secure national security.
Washington circles note shifting views on Japan possibly breaking with the Germany Italy pact and the axis. President Roosevelt mentioned China as aid recipients while fearing the Nazi war machine and a new world order. Foreign Minister Matsuoka’s remarks suggest a bluff aimed at pressuring U.S. restraint.
The article notes Berlin and Rome accepted the pact as promulgated and Hitler wooed Japan to join believing the US would back away. It questions whether Japan drafted the text and examines Matsuoka’s remarks on a new world order and civilization. If Japan backs these views, the Pacific balance may stay unchanged.
Naval officials in Washington estimate the dreadnought Bismarck would cost about 52.5 million dollars in labor and materials for a 35 000 ton ship. They contrast it with the 70 million dollar price tag of the North Carolina and Washington battleships and note their heavy armor and near unsinkability.
The Charlotte Observer rails at Senator Reynolds of North Carolina winning the chairmanship of the senate military affairs committee. It mocks the public mood and urges North Carolinians to keep their resolve and use gumption in voting for future changes.
The speaker argues Pepper's willingness to fight could justify his resignation from the Senate if he seeks military service. The exchange questions whether a senator should remain in office while pursuing war duty and whether a resignation is necessary.
The passage critiques the era of the new deal noting that artificial fog or pea soup conditions symbolize the heavy government and economic environment faced by the American public since the early New Deal days.
The Dubuque Telegraph Herald notes the first year of defense effort has achieved more than many nations and urges continued resolve. It praises progress in some fields, admits shortfalls in others, and urges management and labor to fully commit as a second year begins with faster pace.
A Washington newspaper shows a ten-year-old boy driving a farm tractor to demonstrate a tractor claimed to free manpower for war. The piece notes the risk of CIO intervention if farm boys operate the machine, citing possible violations of child labor or wage laws and other evolving rules.
A devotional poem lines about the day ending and night approaching. It asks for Jesus to grant weary souls calm repose and protective watch through the night and renewal at morning in purity before God.
General Marshall says the U S Army is in a high school stage as it builds up weaponry and manpower. He notes current production limits delay full armored forces, aiming eight armored divisions vs. Germany's ten at Sedan while stressing disciplined infantry training first. He links future success to production catching up with manpower.
Robert Girard, a Harvard business student and former French officer, recounts how German advance units moved as thin columns and long lines of tanks. He describes his 250 man death squad, losses, captured men, and battlefield lessons on anti tank guns, artillery, and the need for larger tank forces and protected gunners.
A wartime tale recounts Lt. Girard noting air superiority as crucial for ground troops. A staged ambush involved a major signaling phantom French tanks with white flags, which then opened fire, revealing a ruse by fifth columnists.
Mitchell North Dakota Republic argues the fate of the war hinges on whether the United States can supply Britain with enough war equipment in time. The editorial says a positive answer would keep the US from entering the war, while a failure would drag America into conflict.
A Sioux Falls Argus piece describes rude and rugged drivers who value independence and drive as they wish. Conflicts arise when two similarly stubborn individuals meet, leading to unfortunate outcomes for all involved.
Forty years ago James R. Oliver was named chief of police. T. B. Drinkard was a policeman W. L. Otey was assessor F. M. Peters was city attorney Z. W. Crockett was assistant city attorney L. G. Toney of Algoma visited here Dr. J. D. McCue opened offices in the White-Peery building.
Thirty years ago today Mrs. F. C. Goodall suffered severe burns when cloth material ignited. Mrs. W. C. Rolen of Fourth Street passed away. The Bluefield Elks lodge prepared for its annual minstrel show.
Twenty years past the U S railroad labor board ordered a 12 percent wage reduction. Dr E B Stephenson and G P Fortney were named to the state road commission. Mrs Florence T Huff prominent Reatehe woman was claimed by death.
Col Edward M House urged Franklin D Roosevelt’s nomination ten years ago. Ben Baker a prominent businessman was injured but not seriously in an auto crash after plunging over a 100 foot embankment near Cxusounton and won the Epsom Perby.
The piece riffs on waiting for the whites of eyes in battle, shifting from Lexington to distant frontiers. It weaves Roosevelt rhetoric with historic references, imagining Paul Revere and sea‑bound duties across Iceland, Labrador, and Suez, ending with a call for unity amid oversized emergencies.
Veteran newsman Morton Sontheimer shares twenty years of newsroom lore in Newspaperman. The book blends humorous insight into interviews media vanity and the daily grind behind headlines.
A historical note on Manhattan begins with New Yorks first paper the Gazette. It traces theater, trade, and the citys diverse ethnic press noting Persians Turks Japanese and others, and counts 35 foreign language dailies with major immigrant groups and their papers.
A cryptic exchange between a recruit and a veteran hints at identity and purpose as soldiers march and cheer. The dialogue frames how bystanders and fighters define who counts as “those” in a tense mobilization scene.
A salesman professes love to his best girl and jokes that his fortune will look big beside her feet. She laughs, and he lands the job, promising to prove himself despite the modest fortune.
A compact collection of aphorisms on belief and self reliance from Virgil Holland Antoninus Gasparin Montesquieu and Shakespeare. The lines affirm inner strength and personal effort as keys to success and growth.
Hollywood reviews two new pictures set around war age London and New York. Fred MacMurray and Madeleine Carroll star in One Night in Lisbon with light comedy amid Nazi intrigue and Lisbon settings. Merle Oberon Rita Hayworth Ralph Bellamy lead a spirited foreign correspondent romance in Affectionately Yours with witty social touches and Hollywood propaganda hints.
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