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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1943
Page
6
A devotional excerpt praises God as eternal influence, strength in aging, and guiding light through darkness. The speaker proclaims lifelong gratitude and seeks unwavering dedication, celebrating divine love and eternal bliss beyond time. The fragment reflects personal faith and ambition expressed in exalted terms.
A commentary on the coal strike during wartime, questioning promises behind the 15 day truce and the risk to war effort. It urges unity across leaders, workers, and industries while noting miner fears, political hints, and the need for swift government action to end the dispute.
The piece criticizes wartime government spending including the Office of War Information seeking 47 million dollars for next year and compares to 4.5 million in World War I. It cites Paducah staff for a six million dollar day nursery with only four children enrolled and notes non military agencies may spend about a hundred million annually on travel and telegraph costs.
The new tax bill advances through the legislature and awaits the president. Debate focuses on a possible general sales tax and higher pay as you go withholdings to meet rising war costs. Proponents cite $16 billion in extra revenue while opponents fear evolving levies.
The commentator argues that prolonged war will drive higher taxes, with levy increases year by year and a new tax return due by September 15 under the updated law. They warn stopping defense industry work will cost billions and threaten victory, urging national resolve despite criticism of officials and labor actions.
The Virginia congressman Flannagan was the sole Virginia vote against a labor bill limiting strikes in government defense plants. Kee Smith Schiffler Democrats and Rohrbough Republican from nearby states voted for the measure while Randolph Ellis and Rohrbough districts held coal interests. The piece argues for lawful production over political self preservation amid wartime needs and war material supply.
A brief verse reflecting on longing for true hearts to beat for the speaker. The poem glances across days of wandering and hopeful cheer from heartfelt reciprocation.
Washington June 7 The piece argues against the Wagner Dingell plan to tax 8 billion dollars annually to fund unemployment old age medical and maternity aid by investing the taxes in government bonds. It contends secure funding already exists through war bonds and calls for repayment of war debt in stable dollars to meet living costs. It criticizes liberal tax policy and cites Harold G. Moulton and Alvin Hansen as proponents of a debt driven future, warning debt could exceed double national income.
The piece argues that large wartime debt financed by Roosevelt and Morgenthau risks inflation and loss of security. It warns against Keynesian schemes and urges three goals: good jobs and wages, stable prices, and repayment of war bonds to protect social security investments.
A sequence of ten maxims urges balance in prosperity and social policy. It argues prosperity comes from thrift, strength from vigor, and support from empowering individuals rather than pulling others down. It warns against deficits, hatred, chronically borrowing, and surrendering personal initiative.
A discussion notes that prohibition may return but is unlikely to fully return. States test liquor rationing while South Carolina bans liquor window displays. Readers lament higher prices and changed bar culture with less artistry and more aggressive service. The piece reflects on past saloon culture vs modern bars and includes a digression on current public attitudes and a memory of wartime figures.
News notes from four decades ago highlight interest in Fries Virginia as a new town. Mentions include Miss Minnie E Pearson returning from White Springs Florida and an unidentified colored man found dead beside a Welch railroad track.
Ten years ago today M. G. Harper a Democrat was elected mayor of Princeton. Wade H. Harry was elected president of the Bluefield Business Men's association. Formal announcement of the marriage of Miss Helen Bailey and Mr James McClung on November 12 1932 was made here.
A book review column notes travel books tied to the war era. Subercaseaux’s Chile satirically critiques national characters yet informs about geopolitics, while Haskins’s The Amazon blends biography and regional history. Franklin’s Ecuador analyzes politics, and Jobin’s Brazil in the Making weighs industrial strength for American business. Ernestine Hill’s Australian Frontier profiles vast inland regions.
Report notes whispers about strain on leadership as president contends with escalating challenges. Sources indicate patience wears thin and officials warn of mounting pressure if conditions persist.
Hollywood notes recount Robbin Touhy's prison break forcing studios to expand sets from the prison kitchen to the wall at Tower 3. Lee Marcus laments escapes by criminals. Robert Taylor rehearses for Russia. Walter Lawrence's giant whistle idea spurs air raid debate. Aubrey Mather recalls Hollywood resilience and a big break in The Song of Bernadette.
A collage of short notes references John Lewis adoption talk, A F L unrest, Liege mayor antics, a Nazi remark, a carburetor with sixty miles per gallon, Orson Welles aging and army tangle, machinists and union politics, recalling Betty Grable and fashion, and Victory garden slogans as wartime humor.
A vignette of midtown life with bare legged teens on Broadway and busy pedestrians. Scenes include trolley repairmen, a bus maneuver, portly hats, side street cafes, elms, and city trees amid pollution. Observations of shoppers, gapers at window displays, and children playing as traffic and guards frame daily urban rhythm.
Questions ask about making rain by machines firing a volcano at the ocean bottom and dipping a bare hand into liquid without getting wet. Also asks about seeing tens of thousands of stars with the naked eye and distinguishing cement from concrete by sight.
Charleston W V June 5 officials including Secretary of Commerce William M Jeffers Jesse Jones and war and navy department reps will visit synthetic rubber installations in Charleston on June 11. The party includes Carbide and Carbon Chemicals and U S Rubber leaders, executives, newsmen and radio men. 606 reservations were made for a banquet that evening. The group will travel by special train arriving early that day and return to Washington and New York that night.
West Virginia workmen's compensation commission reports 36 fatalities for the month ending May 31, with 21 in coal mines and 4 360 total injuries. Sutherland notes six chemical manufacturing deaths, 29 widows and 52 children affected, coal mining tops fatality list for non fatal injuries and other sectors show single deaths.
Wade Vineyard aged 55 died in a Spencer hospital from injuries in an automobile accident. His son Ralph was injured in the same crash and reported recovering.
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