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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1948
Page
34
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 1803 publishes every morning except Monday. Daily Telegraph Printing Co. issues second class matter since 1893. Associated Press member. rates listed for subscriptions by carrier and mail in West Virginia and other zones.
The text presents a pair of reflective lines on swift days and hope, contrasting fleeting happiness with enduring sorrow. It frames time as slipping by quickly while sadness lingers.
Congress passed a social security bill raising payments by 184 million dollars a year after Senate approval 77 to 2 and House voice vote. The measure benefits more than 3.5 million aged blind and dependent children nationwide, with broad support though some objections remain. The article notes growing rubber demand from postwar tires and farm machinery.
The piece argues for year round schooling by extending the public school term beyond summer vacation. It cites historical shifts from five to seven to eleven months and notes twenty counties have adopted the arrangement, aiming to increase student learning and efficiency while necessitating public funding.
Postwar trends show Uncle Sam backed synthetic rubber with about 700 million dollars during the war. Production plants like Nitro near Charleston were kept in operation as demand for natural rubber rose, with plans to balance private control and standby status. Strong demand suggests full rubber supply and potential use for virtually all synthetics.
The column mocks President Truman in a West Coast Chicago speech for attacking the Republican Congress while praising alleged Democratic missteps. It notes claims of Communist payrolls under Roosevelt, treatment of Henry Wallace, and references to Norman Thomas and a 101st birthday stunt in Scranton as part of the wider political jabber.
The Christian Science Monitor reports half a million women who were domestic workers left during the war, many joining factories for better pay and status. Canada and other countries also reduced domestic hiring as women moved into industry, with some becoming skilled workers and competing with men.
The text presents a devotional poem describing a mother at rest, folded hands with a white rose, and a belief she has joined God's angel band. It contemplates future reunion in a bright holy land and honors the mother and her suffering.
A Senate debate looms over a rider to the interior department appropriations bill that would remove reclamation officials Mike Strauss and Richard Boke for enforcing the 160 acre limit. The move, backed by big utility interests and lawmakers in California, Iowa and Indiana, could derail veterans access to government reclamation projects and Columbia Basin aims.
And Then College Avenue Baptists faced pressure over liquor during Sundays service as pledge cards were distributed and most members signed after a temperance sermon. The item notes local church activity, local business moves, and social events including band engagements and hotel stays.
Mercer politicians recall a colored preacher at Bramwell primary rally urging wisdom in voting for a sheriff candidate. Owen Rickard, new chamber secretary, is praised for guitar, while Conrad Brevick excels on banjo. Bluefield hosts judges and mayors at a June 18 luncheon before a parking project dedication.
A colorful array of anecdotes outlines a young Thomas L. Thomas winning a rug auction with a ten dollar misread bid and reveals playful anecdotes about Carl Brisson in Denmark, Emily Post guiding a taxi mishap, Elaine Stritch learning Hildegarde, and Dorothy Lamour recalling a Hollywood bar encounter.
An anecdote features a concert star recalling an auction moment and a book entry. Howard Hughes, after acquiring RKO, demanded removal of furniture from a Hotel Drake suite and had a padded ring mat installed by a sporting goods firm. A Westport showing notes an unsigned note about unpaid admission with pennies taped to it. Dane Clark visits a New York cafe where a waiter serves an unrequested double salami sandwich, and a dusty elderly guest jokingly scolds him.
Classified notes offer a two room unit with one electric outlet at $200 monthly plus a $1,000 side payment. A charming army barrack motif bungalow with garage is listed at $25,000 cash. Another wartime home asks $35,000 with a two story stucco design and a problematic kitchen.
A jumble of estate pitches, oddball offers, and jokes spills from a vintage clipping. The crowd includes quip filled lines about prefabricated homes, a bird house for rent, a promissory pile of cash and a March Philadelphia nod to candidates, all blending real estate banter with comic asides.
Hollywood chatter tracks June plans as Linda Christian heads for Europe with Tyrone Power and wedding rumors swirl around Cary Grant Betsy Drake and Claudette Colbert. Bets on Pat Neal for The Fountainhead. Cinecolor eyed by Howard Hughes. Shirley Temple enters adulthood. John Roosevelt to open a Beverly Hills store. Jane Greer due with a June 27 baby. Myrna Loy eyeing London project before Switzerland visit.
The entry recalls past events: Rev W W Hamilton left for Bristol to visit parents and a smallpox quarantine in Northfork, barring unvaccinated entry. It notes Bluefield high school cornerstone on Thomas Street and other items including church conventions, military inductions, a death in Dunbar, a Bland county Democratic endorsement, a Huntington Booster Bees game, and a family moving to a cave near Bluefield.
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