Bluefield Daily Telegraph Masthead and details
The notice lists the Bluefield Daily Telegraph masthead, editor Ike Shott, publication frequency, and post office registration details from 1893, with Associated Press affiliation and subscription rates, all reflecting a historic newspaper masthead and boilerplate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Baily Telegraph
Ike Shott
GPPA
Mendey
Delly Telegraph Printing Co
W. Va
Associated Press
Ews
Traitor to Humanity Cursed by False Allegiance
A compact verse-like meditation contrasts treachery to divine and civil duty. It cites Malachi on deceit and condemns faithless loyalty to church and state, labeling treachery as a greater curse than political conformity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Taft Polls Show Strong Support Amid Mixed Criticism
Observers weigh Taft's presidential prospects with praise for his intellect and governance. Collier's poll and US News rankings place Taft ahead of rivals, while some critics question his appeal. The piece also notes rat control concerns and public health warnings about rat-infested restaurants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ufe
United States
Taft
Ohio
Collier’s Magazine
Vandenberg
Byrd
Morze
Barkley
Flanders
Ball
Ferguson
Connally
Ives
United States News and World Report
Houses
Congress
White House
Very
Dewey
Martin
Stassen
MacArthur
Warren
Washington
Senate
Dangerous Enemies Infest Many Of Our Homes
A warning on rat menace cites 200 million bushels of grain destroyed yearly, enough bread for 39 million households. The national rat control report warns diseases carried by rats and fleas have caused widespread illness, emphasizing health and property risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
United States
National Committee For Rat Control
United States Department of the Interior
No Species Can Live Without Consuming Food
A Chinese girl reportedly tells doctors she has not eaten in nine years. Experts doubt the claim, noting a long food abstinence would contradict known human and animal breeding laws and cast doubt on the truth versus sensational fakery in press coverage.
American Hens Provided Best Wartime Food
A wartime tribute to American hens praising their role in food supply. The piece notes chickens and eggs were consistently available while meat shops faced scarcities and poor quality options. A congressman quips cows resent competition from oleo, prompting a light closing remark on lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Chicken
Poultry House
Exports to Finland: A Marshall Plan Boost
Editorial argues lifting export curbs on industrial equipment to Finland will strengthen Finnish resistance to Moscow pressure and foster eastern western trade under the Marshall plan. It claims expanded U S aid boosts European recovery by supplying needed equipment while reducing resource drain, and may ease political hostility toward the United States through sustained U S trade with Soviet satellites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finland
Moscow
Europe
United States
Russia
The
Washington Post
Seeds of Kindness Grow with God’s Power
Araminta Walk reflects on a life guided by love and faith. The speaker vows to greet each day humbly, seek higher goals, and sow seeds of kindness to protect and uplift others through divine power. The verse urges personal growth and generous action as the path to happiness.
Truman arrival in Chicago faces crowd risk
Drew Pearson notes President Truman’s Chicago visit faces a larger crowd at 4:30 pm after ex-mayor Ed Kelly’s reminder. He urges action on Taft-Ellender-Wagner housing and highlights desertions by four Americans in Moscow, plus McMillin’s secured but dangerous coded messages to Moscow. A mix of foreign policy critique and domestic political maneuvering drives the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chicago
Truman
White House
Ed Kelly
Taft-Ellender-Wagner
Banking and Currency Committee
Congress
California
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Moscow
Russia
Meyer Davis
Paris
U. S
James McMillin
United States
Igor
Canada
McMillin
West Point
Kremlin
Europe
Spain
Pyrennes
France
The
Rhine
Bedell Smith
Smith
Bureau of Fisheries
Gouzenko
Sgt. McMillin
Erection of Municipal Parking Building Urged for Twin Cities
A report from the traffic and parking committee of the Bristol chamber of commerce recommends a municipal parking structure like the Bluefield example to ease congestion in Bristol Tennessee and Bristol Virginia after a recent survey. The Bluefield building, to be dedicated June 18, seats about 800 cars and cost around $500000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Bristol
Virginia
Tennessee
Chamber of Commerce
West Virginia
Lee Burick
Dayton
Ohio
Burick
Coalwood Clubhouse
Cox
Frank P Castrodale
Anonate
Justice of the Peace
Adkins
McDowell County
Here It Is Friday and We Know But Little
A fragment filled column notes scattered local items. It mentions Radford college graduates, Virginia Tech student Margaret Lee Clarke, and a Mary Jo Preston connection. It highlights McDowell Legion awards to Welch and Bluefield ties, Walter Farmer’s CIA interview in Washington, and cautions about carnivals with clip joints in Fairmont and Marion counties. The piece ends with a joke about a poker expert and an executive job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jo Preston
Tazewell
Radford College
Virginia Poly Tech
Margaret Lee Clarke
P. C. Clarke
Amonate
Tazewell High School
Clarke
Radford
McDowell County American Legion
Carl Greever
Welch
W. W. Greever
Bluefield
Carl
Preston School
Walter Farmer
McDowell County
Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Farmer
Concord
Atlanta
McDowell
Richard R. Parsons
Fairmont
Marion County
Meekettle
Manhattan Scene: Ed Wynn, O'Brien, Dunne and More
Ed Wynn feeds sugar to Central Park ponies in Manhattan. Margaret O'Brien seeks Bambi Lynn autograph backstage at Sally. Irene Dunne in a dun suit at the Colony. John Tyers chats with Jinx Falkenburg at Sardi's. Betty Grable eats cheesecake at Lindy’s. Jimmy Donahue chats with Julius Monk at Le Ruban Bleu. Leo Durocher watches Broadway Dodgers. Bill Callahan's mother earns USC course credits while he acts on TV. Frank Marlowe set for BBC series from Lon don Palladium. Thomas L Thomas to co sponsor a summer concert on his Clinton NJ farm. Harold Levey writing at Theater Guild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Ed Wynn
Central Park
Fonl’s
Jinx
Betty Grable
Lindy
Jimmy Donahue
Julius Monk
le Ruban Bleu
Leo Durocher
Brooklyn Dodgers
Bill Callahan
University of Southern California
Twentieth Centre-For
Frank Marlowe
BBC
Palladium
London
Thomas
L. Thomas
Clinton, N. J
Harold Levey
Theater Guild
Cosmopolitan Witticisms Attract Broadway Gaze
Manhattan social scene buzzes as Ingrid Bergman Suite starlets and entertainers plan winter Carnegie Hall shows while Broadway productions shift next season. Dewey eyed in political chatter. Vic Damone discovers fan club’s playful name. Lisa Kirk’s Copa run extended drawing studio interest. Selznick and Jones attract attention at the Algonquin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingrid Bergman
Carnegie Hall
Robert ‘Allen Monroe
Lisa Kirk
Kate Smith
Ted Collins
Surrey
Sammy Kaye
Guy Lombardo
New York Town Center Shifts as Long-Running Names Depart
The passage laments a transformed New York with faded landmarks and vanished figures. It recalls Barnum and Jenny Lind, the Half Moon, Hessians, Irwin May, Jim Fisk, the Tony Pastor place, Eastman Monk, Tweed, and Forty-fourth Street, all gone from the evolving cityscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gotham
Barnum
Jenny Lind
Daley
Pete
Oklahoma
Irwin
May
Broadway
Jim Fisk Stout
Haymarket
Tony Pastor
Eastman
Monk
Tweed
Forty-fourth Street
Vanished figures haunt Times Square as venues depart
The poem laments a sprawling exodus of famed show business names and landmarks from New York. It catalogs Dick Croker, Carrie Nation, Babe Ruth, Lew Fields, Weber, Hazel Dawn, the Hipprodrome, and others as vanished or gone. The speaker mourns the closing of theaters, venues, and notable names like Cohan Harris, Dillingham, and Lallian Russell, signaling a billowed shift in the city’s stage life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babe Ruth
Lew Fields
Weber
Sad Lines on Folding of Oklahoma Piece
Fragmentary verses jab at cultural changes with clipped lines about cowhands quitting Porty-fourth Street to New York and mocking modern slang. Mentions Arabs with scimitars, a bank nest egg, and a tainted quote about time and pay. Cass Franklin and General Motors reference appear amid garbled phrases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berhard
Sam
Murray
Porty-fourth Street
New York
Hollywood Gossip Roundup From 1940s Film Buzz
A crowded Hollywood column notes Jeanne Crain Dan Dailey legal skirmish over a fictitious Famous Records in their film You Were Meant for Me. It highlights Sonja Henie backing her four year old nephew Billie in The Countess Monte Cristo and Ingrid Bergman in Under Capricorn with Jack LaRue rumored to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Jeanne Crain Dan Dailey
Vinnig Garrett
Famous Records, Inc
Fampus Records
Miss Garrett
Sonja Henie
Billie
Monte Cristo
Sonja
Ingrid Bergman
Capricorn
London
Jack la Rus
Bergman
Walter Pidgeon
State Hospital
Santa Monica
Walter
Claudsette Colbert
Clarie Gable
Virginia Grey
Dolly O’brien
Sothern
Anita Colby
Anita
Paramount
Senator Soaper Saysi and party deficits loom
A garbled report notes Senator Soaper Saysi comments on Republican and Democratic national committees facing financial deficits. It mentions Hank Wallace charging admission to rallies, implying a dissatisfying reception and a quip about his behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hank Wallace
Memorial and local history notes from Bluefield area
Daily Telegraph recalls past events from fifty to ten years ago. Commencement address at Tazewell high school by Rev J A Burrow. Dr George A Zimmerman from Pocahontas visits. Richmond dedication of Jefferson Davis memorial marked the 100th birth anniversary. Death of Col John C Roper of Wythe County noted. A ground collapse at W G Moss farm swallows a horse near Bluefield. Evangelist John Brown spoke at Bland Street Methodist Church. Jason Raines graduates from Concord College at 73. Blue Grays lose 14 innings to Beckley 12-18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Burrow
Bluefield
Tazewell High School
George A. Zimmerman
Pocahontas
City
Richmond
Jefferson Davis
Col
John C. Roper
Virginia
Wythe County
W. G. Moss
Tazewell
John Brown
Arkansas
Bland Street Methodist
Jason Raines
Concord College
Blue Grays
Beckley
Also Mentioned on This Page
First
Second Sones
Alsf
Advertising Representatioa
Eats Agency
Israel
Committee For Rat Control
Ima
Drew Pearson
Russa
Italy
State Department
Iron Curtain
Charles Edwin Belcher
J. B. Belcher
Oakhurst Avenue
Washington and Lee
L. L. Stevenson
Thomas E. Dewey
Eisenhower
Dennis King
Queens
Pennsylvania Station
Morton Downey
Park Avenue
Hank Ladd
Third Avenue
Basil Rathbone
Kenny Delmar
Claghorn
Louis & Armand
Yankees
Detroit
Vic Damone
Enomad
Damone
Peggy Wood
William Walling
Connecticut
Louis Cal‘hern
Sardi
iMike Losch
Kay Francis
David O. Selmick
Jennifer Jones
Algonquin
Uta Hagen
Desire
Jessica Tandy
Jose Ferrer
Richard Im
H.1
Phillips
Dick Croker
Carrie Nation
Jacks
Red Mike
Enright
Hazel Dawn
Roger Brothers
Whalen
Times Square
Cohan & Harris
Dillingham
Lallian Ruseall
Cass Franklin
General Motors
Victor Mattire
C. B. de Mille
Samson Delilah
Samson
Gene Tierney
Brooklyn
Gene
Phillip Reed
Barbara Baroness Maclean
Phil
Barbara
Osa Massen
Spencer Tracy
Bete
Gloria de Haven
Shelley
Yvonne de Carlo
Yvronne
van Heflin
Berkeley Square
la Jolla Playhouse
Gregory Peck
Petey
Peer
Bob Landry
Bette Davis
Sherry
Greg
Soaper Saysi
Daily Telegraph
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!