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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1947
Page
4
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph outlines publication details, carrier and mail rates, and Associated Press affiliation. Rates listed include $10.00 per year for West Virginia subscriptions with mail and delivery terms.
A brief quotation attributed to Robert Southey about speaking to the earth to gain teaching. It describes an indestructible nature and a holy flame that burns forever, returning to heaven. The verse emphasizes a celestial origin and ultimate return.
The article outlines a plan for universal six month military training for 17 year olds with a billion seven hundred fifty million dollar annual cost, 230000 instructors, 850000 yearly trainees, and trainee pay of 25 dollars monthly. It notes public resistance to universal service and discusses political party shifts around the Truman and Roosevelt legacies shaping future policy.
The piece argues for wide spread investigations by congressional committees after deadly airline tolls. It lauds the airplane as a miraculous achievement and predicts air travel will yield future unknown utilities and benefits for society.
A reflective piece analyzes the Truman era shifts in policy and party stance, questioning whether executive and congressional Republicans cling to New Deal doctrines or drift toward Jeffersonian ideals. It critiques leadership, re-election aims, and the perceived lack of a steady course as elections approach.
A reflective piece on television as a new medium alongside radio, predicting its role in the 1948 national election by showing candidates’ appearances and cosmetics. It notes a shift from focusing on ugliness to promoting good looks and oratory, while joking about strikes and dandelions.
A Cincinnati Enquirer editorial notes that seven of fifteen 1935 Wagner act supporters in the Senate now back labor reform, with Bilbo suspended. The piece argues the shift reflects concerns over Labor Board interpretations and a Rooseveltized Supreme Court, underscoring backlash to government labor policy after 12 years.
A lyrical meditation on the month of June praising roses, flowers, birds, and bees. The verse celebrates nesting robins, hedges and trees alive with song, and the returning warmth of summer.
A high level gathering in Washington’s Pentagon drafted plans for an industrial reserve corps to mobilize American workers and firms for rapid conversion to wartime production. Attended by major industry and labor leaders, the talks stressed secrecy and warned the nation could not prepare for a surprise atomic age attack.
Bluefield items report I Steckler's illness at a sanitarium room overlooking rebuilding work on a nearby burned building. The Cetlin Wilson carnival contemplates skipping the city due to space, Mavis Davis heads to Los Angeles for a music career, and preacher Patterson faces a setback after a strike halts his plant job.
Hal Boyle reflects on Ernie Pyle's rise from daily newspaper writer to wartime icon. Pyle refused book offers, choosing to finish the daily task which chronicled soldier life and American life at peace. His work formed a lasting, widely loved account of wartime and national character.
Publication of Home Country gathers Ernie Pyle’s prewar writings about his own country and home. The collection presents a glimpse of his carefree traveler persona before personal sorrow and war, highlighting a self-portrait and longed-for autobiography.
Sheilah Graham reports on Jane Crawford Judy Garland Vincente Minnelli and other Hollywood notables. Rumors about marriages illnesses and project plans fill the page with notes on De Carlo Kelly Allyson Tracy Turner Drake Hutton and Leslie among others.
The column notes David Lichine will tour South America from July 15 and aims to secure American citizenship before departure. Ann Sheridan spends a day with Vera Lee Wood, a young fan who earned a Hollywood visit by writing her millionth letter. Deborah Kerr debuts on air with a top fee of 5000 dollars. Jessel will dine in Chicago for the film premiere I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now, joined by Joe Howard. John Garfield abandons independent films for future ventures.
Fair Enough New York denounces the War Department for awarding Philip Murray a decoration for labor work in World War II. The piece criticizes political exemptions, drafts dodgers, and alleged corruption involving figures tied to FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt, claiming systemic favoritism and deceit in wartime promotions and commissions.
A report lists events from the past decades including W. S. Foutz and J. T. Johnson leaving for Narrows on a fishing trip and M. F. Bragg arriving from Roanoke as Norfolk and Western passenger agent.
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