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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1944
Page
4
A compact, era appropriate pairing of biblical wisdom and a reflective saying. It contrasts frugal faith with earthly wealth, noting that wealth may feel like a trap while moral discipline offers steadiness.
The piece analyzes West Virginia state and Mercer county officials seeking a fourth term under the New Deal era. It notes ten officeholders including secretary of state Wm. B. O'Brien and attorney general Clarence Meadows who have held multiple terms. It criticizes long incumbencies and reflects on party dynamics and voter sentiment.
The office of war information warns the American public that Germany and Japan, knowing they cannot win, seek to spoil victory and rebuild for total war. Nazis push propaganda and infiltration in neutrals while Japan promotes shintoism and expansionist aims. United Nations must ensure victory and lasting peace, keeping aggressors under surveillance.
A German newspaper report accuses Propaganda Minister Goebbels of inciting civilians to kill American airmen who parachuted to the ground. It argues such calls reveal a savage German mindset and predicts postwar accountability for Nazi crimes.
In Virginia a proposed committee of one hundred to back President West's fourth term struggles to form as prominent Democrats dodge joining due to other commitments. In one county three legislative candidates opposed the plan. Observers note southern states also resisting electors backing a fourth term, signaling uncertainty for November.
Verse fragment from the Christian Science Monitor by Allen E Woodall describes a prairie landscape with a reflecting road stretching toward the horizon. Imagery contrasts the sky crowding the road and the highway's pull into the blue, noting road shoulders as threads of thought.
Washington notes the Dutch foreign minister warning small nations against postwar domination and Secretary Hull replying with lofty rhetoric about sovereignty. The piece rails at overlong language and the use of terms like technocracy and social security, arguing real power remains with larger nations.
A columnist notes French exile De Gaulle seeks recognition as France's government from New York audience. He describes De Gaulle's exile in London and private alliance with Russia, arguing recognition would misrepresent the French people and their current will.
The speaker argues the Spanish Civil War was a battle between dictatorship forces and fascism, not democracy. They warn against overvaluing labels like Leftist and liberal, urging focus on factual outcomes and rejecting the tyranny of words that obscure truth.
A collage of wry remarks on war with Italy Nazis and neutrals, Churchill, and Turk rumors. It parrots public expectations, humor about rationing and paper use, plus odd household tips like drying towel racks and scenting phone mouthpieces.
A mash of political verse mocks term limits and calling for truth while lampooning evasive tactics. It references a Westport modern home for sale and a note on seersucker dresses shipped abroad, followed by a light jab at Alexander's Ragtime.
A fragmented wartime column mixes advice and aphorisms about tires garden labor and home front effort. It mentions vacations for school children mothers bond buying mosquitoes hot weather loafing and pushing ahead as a metaphor for progress.
The article argues that real power rests with the minority who vote, noting that in 1942 West Virginia saw 48.7 percent turnout, 1944 Republican primary 51.1 percent, and Democratic primary 58.6 percent in some races. It highlights low participation and the effect on governor and other state offices.
John Selby assesses Upton Sinclair fifth Lanny Budd novel Presidential Agent a 655 page volume with a sweeping if overlong plot. Sinclair injects President Roosevelt as a central figure raising questions of authorial authority while portraying Lanny Budd as a financier informant and undercover anti fascist operative.
The author works to present the late pre-war era in a approachable way and succeeds in making its history readable. He emphasizes clarity and engages readers with the period’s context and key events.
The piece notes Guy Lombardo at the Roosevelt Grill after a show, his tan from hard labor polishing his 44 foot Commuter boat at Freeport Long Island, and his three year Decca recording program averaging 100 to 125 records yearly. It highlights his hit Love Love Love and a Dvorak Humoresque arrangement as likely successes.
The Board of Regents of Bluefield Colored Institute opted not to sell the site and will continue the school at its current location. Ww. G. Baldwin of Bluefield was elected president of the Railway Special Agents Association of the United States and Canada, with T. L. Felts of Bluefield named vice-president at the St. Louis meeting. Fourteen new engines were recently received by the Norfolk and Western, seven from the Baldwin Locomotive Works.
Word was to resume on the Blue field Graham fair grounds after a winter standstill. Mercer Healing Springs hotel near Athens to reopen for the summer season on June 12. A fire at Princeton caused about 20 dollars in damage destroying the old Mercer Wholesale building and other structures were aged.
Over 450 delegates and visitors attended the seventh annual Na al Retail Coal Merchant convention as it formally opened at the West Virginian hotel. Five student nurses graduated from Bluefield sanitarium training school at a ceremony in the Masonic hall. East River district residents voted to establish a senior high school at Oakva with the board of education as the authority.
An unusually heavy voter turnout is anticipated for Welc city elections on June 4. Peter Harrison Dilard, son of Mrs. George L. Dilard, is noted as a member of the Greenbrier Military priest graduating class in Lewisburg. Twenty eight graduates from Bluefield College received diplomas in 1934 at school ceremonies.
The Lombardo brothers and Rosemarie Lombardo, youngest in the family, perform favorites favored by war heroes and statesmen. Rosemarie, who debuted at sixteen, recently wed Henry Becker, a New York architect and Army lieutenant stationed in the South. The group, seen at the Waldorf two years ago, includes Tony Craig, Guy conducting, and a balanced orchestra sound.
The co winner with James Basevi for The Song of Bernadette explains art directors' role from reading scripts to budgeting and designing backgrounds. He recalls making period scenes look real with practical jokes, and notes lessons from projects like The Keys of the Kingdom and The Rains Came.
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