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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1946
Page
5
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California primaries yield an unusual result with Governor Warren nominated by both major parties to succeed himself. Warren faced Democratic opposition from a CIO-PAC backed candidate and a six million dollar slush fund. Observers see the vote as a lesson in cross party support and praise his courage, integrity, and strong administration.
In Washington reports, about 500000 ex GIs will be unable to enroll next year due to inadequate facilities. The piece urges enforcing GI Bill rules, tightening inspection, and extending education access while noting two year enrollment limits and the need to fund airport bonds.
An editorial notes price control has failed to curb rising costs after the war, causing inflationary pressures and shortages. It criticizes government mismanagement, policy flip flops, and wage hikes tied to political pressure, warning they threaten savings and general prosperity. It adds a remark on the Indianapolis race winner averaging just over 114 mph as a cautionary aside.
A reflective poem describing a peaceful stroll along the seashore on melancholy days. The speaker releases thoughts with the wind and watches waves and foam while listening to gulls and the sea’s chant, finding calm in nature.
Senator Alben Barkley of Kentucky, famed for calm humor and pacifying skills, pushes the president's program despite personal care burdens. The piece contrasts his rise to take lead, past hopes for the Supreme Court, and his role amid White House weakness. It also touches on other political figures and wartime diplomacy notes.
A Beckley column notes Bluefield’s strong 1945 income of plus twenty four million dollars and top rankings in wholesale sales bank debits and post office receipts. It traces Bluefield ahead of Beckley and behind Charleston Wheeling Huntington Clarksburg and Parkersburg, citing April survey figures and local commentary.
A collage of fragmented notes from Raleigh County items. Mentions a downtown drugstore remark, carnival memories, carny motto, and a Washington aviation club party near Bethesda with Truman slated to attend. Also references croquet rivalries, garage door score records, Bluefield Supply payroll gifts, and local residents and workers in odd snippets.
In Manila on a mid February day Captain Joaquin Pacis, ex recreation director at the Manila hotel, watches U S forces led by a Sherman tank recapture the Dewey boulevard hotel from Japanese troops. The 350th infantry of the 37th division clears first and second floor nests as 600 Japanese soldiers die. Pacis calls it a somber but notable homecoming.
Pacis recounts organizing 71 hotel employees into an underground network during three and a half years of occupation. The group relayed Japanese ship arrivals and officer locations to Batangas Mindoro and Panay, aiding Peralta’s guerrilla forces and the 1944 carrier strike on Manila Bay.
H J Phillips argues the average worker remains loyal to the presidency yet distrusts leaders who misstate America. He says many union members are puzzled by top national leaders and court decisions, and that working people feel misled by public figures and fumbled guidance.
An ironic monologue rails at radio chatter and corporate greed, mocking experts and guides while defending the working man. It frames modern America as dizzy and chaotic, with Uncle Sam as a friend amid a fog of technicolor, tribal-sounding critiques.
Washington dispatch reports Bevin Byrnes and Molotov spoke at length as the June 15 Paris conference resumes. The piece argues Russia seeks war only later, urges firm diplomacy now, and warns against appeasement that could weaken U S foreign policy and invite Soviet gains.
Daily Telegraph recalls events from the past: Gilbert Warden spoke at the YMCA for peace at the Bluefield Presby and church, William Dantonphine returned to Baltimore, and Mrs. Hancock with children came back from Roanoke.
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