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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1944
Page
18
The text presents a newspaper masthead statement and subscription rates. It mentions The Associated Press as the exclusive news distributor and outlines inexact rate fragments for Mali, Paye, and West Viela regions with unclear terms and periods.
A dated coin-like message mixing proverbs and scripture ends with Buy a Bond. It blends religious quotes from Proverbs Romans Bouhours and a call to purchase bonds without broader context or details.
The Normandy invasion began at 3 32 a m eastern time with Allied forces advancing in France. In Bluefield churches stayed open and citizens prayed for victory, the forces abroad, and a quick end to the war as the nation united in sacrifice and hope.
Attorney General Francis Biddle testified before a House committee defending Roosevelt’s seizure of Montgomery Ward plant to avert potential labor disruption. He argued the action was needed to support the War Labor Board and prevent a breakdown of war production despite prior strikes and government seizures elsewhere.
The piece attacks government handling of wartime labor, arguing the War Production Board overreach and Attorney General Biddle failed to justify seizures of striking unions. It criticizes labor slowdowns, calls for firm action, mocks memo waste, and labels the New Deal autophagous amid November elections.
The Intelligencer offers enthusiastic endorsement of James H. Shott of Bluefield as chairman of West Virginia's Republican state executive committee. The editorial lauds him as a top qualified leader and predicts strong party unity and electoral gains for the GOP in 1944. It also honors retiring chairman Robert H. C. Kay for guiding the party through lean years and a successful 1942 campaign.
A reflective poem laments the passing of a generation of athletes and peers as time moves on from theaters to arenas. It contrasts last performances with aging crowds and the enduring memory of the young dead. The author, Raymond Msky, addresses the deceased as eternally young.
A national political snapshot notes tension in Texas and South Carolina as Democratic delegates and leaders maneuver around President Roosevelt. It cites Lyndon Johnson, Pappy O'Daniel, Jesse Jones, and Cotton Ed Smith amid withholding tactics, intra party rivalries, and uncertain outcomes for the Roosevelt coalition.
The navy tried to halt plane production at a plant without consulting the War Emergency Commission or economist James Byrnes. The CIO stepped in, halted the move, and Byrnes pledged worker protections. The Baruch report on business conversion, once praised, was largely forgotten or overlooked.
Congress faced criticism over tax proposals and passed a revised bill that reduced excise taxes on many items by about 20 percent or less while keeping a 30 percent cabaret tax cut. The treasury plan’s 30 percent rate on theatre admissions and luxury goods was largely pared back.
Francis Henry Taylor, director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, discusses qualities of greatness in painting in a New York Times Sunday Magazine feature. The piece, illustrated with six Met masterpieces, marks the return of prized canvases to the museum walls after wartime storage.
The article recalls Ted Johnson's wartime experiences at Ashford hospital and a Southern army camp yarn. It notes hospital staff humor with novice aides and a captain questioning a recruit, plus details of Ted's return from a North Africa train explosion.
Judge J G Holbrook departed for St Louis to attend the World s Fair event. Mr and Mrs Will Douthat returned from Wytheville VA where they visited Mr and Mrs J D Kessler. Edwin Mann president of the First National Bank was in Huntington for the State Bank association meeting.
Mrs. Edmonds returns home from Peters Virginia to reunite with relatives. Thomas Vass arrives in Bluefield to visit after completing a post graduate course at Baltimore College de Physicians.
The text notes a Hatfield Lilly pairing among both at large and district GOP delegates in West Virginia. Dr Henry Drury Hatfield, ex state senator governor and US senator, teams with General A A Lilly, ex attorney general famed as Cousin Abe. Ernest D Lilly of Princeton is a Lilly cousin in the Fifth district.
Twenty years ago today the city board of directors discussed widening Bland Street. The Rotary Club endorsed efforts to set up county fair grounds. Harold Epling of Welch returned home from Blacksburg where he had been attending school.
Bluefield’s E R Crotty and Miss Gertrude Steels were named officers of the State Christian Endeavor society during a Charleston meeting. New Bluefield Elks officers were installed by Jess H Pranklin district deputy grand exalted ruler West Virginia with Dr Frank M O’Brien as exalted ruler. Dr and Mrs Carr and son Billy returned from Charleston where Dr Carr attended the West Virginia Osteopathic Association meeting.
The writer weighs the Met’s six old master paintings including Vermeer Rembrandt and El Greco versus popular works by Homer and others. He favors diverse artists Meindert Hobbema Brueghel Hals Rousseau and Renoir, and notes Eakins Bellows Blakelock and Van Gogh as appealing beyond the old masters.
A crowded Astor roof opening features Robert K. Christenberry presenting Harry James and His Music Makers with Eddie Cantor among the dancers. Natalie Bodanya debuts at La Vie Parisienne with Arias and popular numbers, while Ray Bourbon and Reva Reyes draw crowds. Harold Fonville hosts as the Clare mont Inn launch follows with a gala dinner.
Mr and Mrs Harry Zarief proudly welcome American quadruplets now at home with the family The quads Isadora Ellen Elaine and Benjamin are said to be robust playful and unaware of the future as bankers ads and publicity loom Their names and a note on Columbia University and OPA policy appear in the fragmented column Many entities including Nicholas Murray Butler and the ODT are mentioned in a broad social and economic news sketch.
The Claremont, dating to 1806, overlooks the Hudson with views of the marine pale area through wide windows. Once a country manor, it endured wars from 1812 onward and was later taken over by the city, now housing Tavern on the Green connections, music by Pedro and his Rhumba Band, and a mix of exiled residents and notable figures.
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