Daily Telegraph 1866 1895 Publication Details
The notice lists the Daily Telegraph publication details including establishment dates, address at 412 Bland Street Bluefield, Associated Press membership, and subscription rates for carrier and mail editions. It notes audit bureau circulation and advertising representation by the Katz Agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Ike Shott
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
West Virginia
Eiber Audit Bureau of Circulation
Katz Agency, Inc
New Moscow pact could expand Communist trading bloc
Ray Tucker notes the Moscow conference outcome enlarges a Communist trading bloc binding nations under Soviet influence. He warns that this strategy aims to undermine underdeveloped states dependent on American aid by dumping prices and restricting trade, threatening Western economies and global stability.
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Washington
Moscow
Russia
Dulles
South America
Middle East
Southeast Asia
Indonesia
Communist Bloc
Britain
Khrushchev
NATO
Mercy and Forgiveness Reflect in Daily Kindness
A reflective meditation on mercy as a divine attribute and the human duty to forgive. The quote contrasts mortal compassion with the perfection of God and urges emulation of mercy in everyday acts.
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God
Lawrence Sterne
Balderdash and Bureaucratic Gobbledegook Parade
The author laments rising bureaucratic language in Washington and state capitals calling it gobbledegook. Examples include terms from welfare, health, economics, and education, with a final jab urging readers to consult a psychiatrist for overlong jargon.
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Balderdash
Washington
Niagara
Hoover Commission
Gobbledegook
Pennsylvania Department of Welfare
Retirement Board
U. S. Department of Health
The Sack Fashion Defies Early Rejection and Sells Well
The public embraces the new dress style as sales rise despite polls showing men oppose and women dislike it. Retailers profit as cash registers ring nationwide and fashion journalists note the trend endures despite early resistance and apocalyptic forecasts.
Rising state taxes eyed as 1946 level burden grows
States spend far more than in 1946 with taxes rising nationwide. Fed and local revenues fund bonds and federal handouts, with many legislatures proposing higher income, sales, liquor, and cigarette levies. A few propose cuts, but projections suggest universal income and sales taxes and broader tax extraction to fund expanding public works. Urban population growth fuels the shift.
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Tax Foundation
Federation of Tax Administrators
Remaina
New Jersey
West Virginia
Colorado
New York
Maryland
Rhode Island
Kansas
South Carolina
Massachusetts
Federation
Commerce Clearing House
District of Columbia
States raise taxes amid rising costs and services
Rising state taxes reflect more wage earners and expanding needs for education health and housing. Federal payments to states surged from 0.8 billion in 1946 to 2.6 billion in 1956 while state local aid grew over 200 percent to 6.5 billion. A Mutual of Omaha Bauer & Black plan offers vacation death coverage up to 50 000 with first aid kits as health insurance. Initial print order totals 1 000 000 applications.
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Mutual of Omaha Insurance
Bauer & Black Surgical
Fifty Years Ago Dedication at Richmond Memorial
Daily Telegraph lists five retrospective items from five timeframes. Fifty years ago local residents went to Richmond for Jefferson Davis monument dedication. other notes recall a Mullens man forced to kiss the American flag forty years ago, a horse swallowed by ground near Tazewell thirty years ago, evangelist John Brown in Bland Street Church, twenty years ago Blue Grays baseball, a Young Republican meeting, and Arab-Israeli tensions with Egypt shelling a Jewish port near Jerusalem.
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Mullens
Bluefield
W. G. Moss
Tazewell
John Brown
Arkansas
Bland Street Methodist Church
Oblique Nominations and Oddities Echo Ike Era Trends
A satirical list mocks various figures from economists to actors, drivers, and directors. References include a sardine can key inventor, a New Haven Bridgeport region town, and a theater with vast parking signaling a new amusement trend. mention of Elfrida Von Nordroff and a show totaling $216,500 with possible $50,000 loss.
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Housatonic
New Haven
Bridgeport
Stortford
Broadway
Elfrida von Nordroff
Oblivion Club Membership Grows and Worsens Debates
A column mocks a public figure dubbed Brain of the Year and notes rising winnings drawing sponsor concern over sustainability. It mentions a $216,000 income cut, possible director review, and tired treasurer. The piece recalls the McClellan Committee on a union head earning $117,817, plus a raceway and beefsteak restaurant scene. It references packaging experts and a wrap theme, then ends with 1988 swimming humor.
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John Kieran
McClellan
New York
Inflation Fears Spar Over Deficit and Profits
Wall Streeters warn the nation faces another inflation spiral tied to the expanding federal deficit. Lou Schneider notes rising operating costs cut into profits while analysts expect second quarter results to be milder than the first. American Airlines plans to fly medium range jets this November after hints from the president at the annual meeting.
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Wall
Business Highlights And Predictions For 1959 Market Shifts
Venegelan treasury allocates 50 million in bonus payments amid new concessions. The Buy Canadian campaign grows across Canada backed by Canadian manufacturers for a 1959 car tire market, with price factors under scrutiny. Textile mills gain permission to cut wholesale prices up to 5 percent to improve retailer margins during August white sale gains. E Z Packaging claims a machine that wraps four polyethylene bags around a dry cleaned garment in under five seconds. Jobless claims fall as benefit periods end, about 800,000 affected this year, while 3.2 million remain on rolls, double last year. Copper output sits near balance with demand, per Anaconda Copper’s Clyde Weed.
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Venegelan
Canada
Manu
Chevrolet
E-Z Packaging Corp
Chicago
Anaconda Copper Board
Clyde Weed
TV Guide Critique Labels Chiang Kai-shek Interview a Slanted Editorial
The piece critiques a NBC interview with Chiang Kai-shek aired Sunday noting the interviewer’s questions were mediocre and Chiang appeared forlorn. It delves into Formosa Formosan versus Chinese identity, outlining Taiwan history from Dutch and Spanish contact to Japanese rule and Fukien migration.
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Herald Statesman
Yonkers
TV Guide
NBC
Chiang Kai-shek
Meiling Soong
Tokyo
Chiang
Formosa
China
Foreign Affairs
Koxinga
Chen Kung
Fukien Province
Japan
Taiwan
Fukien
Kwangtung
Canton
Amoy
Crip the crane and Edison sleep debate headline citywide
In Los Angeles headlines echo the border fruit fly joke and a blend of cultural notes. A Crip the whooping crane may help species recovery while discussions touch on Edison’s insistence on four hours sleep as a sales tactic for electric lights.
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Milton Eisenhower
Los Angeles
Thomas A. Edison
Admiral Strauss tied to clean bomb idea faces criticism
Washington reports Defense Department rejects one clean hydrogen bomb as too dirty for tactical use. Critics led by Senator Anderson and Ambassador Lodge challenge Strauss's stance while Lodge warns Soviet data could undermine the plan before a UN radiation committee meet. A humorous aside notes Mrs. Neuberger wearing a sack dress.
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Washington
Lewis Strauss
Atomic Energy
Defense Department
Strauss
Eisenhower
Clinton Anderson
N.M
Atomic Energy Commission
Senator Anderson
Gore
Tennessee
Holifield
California
Price
Illinois
Henry Cabot Lodge
United Nations
John Foster Dulles
Admiral Strauss
Lodge
Dulles
O. I. Leipunsky
Leipunsky
State Department
Leipinsky
U.N. Radiation Committee
The Crust of Doubt: A Poet's Medical Reflection
A terse verse by John D. Engle Jr. describes cognitive and sensory paralysis. The speaker laments stalled thoughts, blindness, and numbness, suspecting a crust of doubt as the cause.
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Jeg
John D. Engle, Jr
Right on My Toes Keeps Eyes on the Road
The narrator describes staying alert while driving, with hands signaling and foot ready to brake aiming for a safe arrival, noting they are not the one driving. Sibyl Krausz delivers the piece in first person.
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Montana
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