Bluefield Daily Telegraph Listing Publishing Details
Bluefield West Virginia newspaper advertisement text shows establishment in 1893, contact address 412 Bland street, post office entry, Associated Press membership and subscription rates, including 35 cents per week by carrier and 15 dollars per year by mail, with West Virginia delivery.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virgin
Buttenwieser on West Germany and Nazi accountability
Former Nazi accountability remarks by Benjamin J. Buttenwieser highlight the challenge of integrating western Germany into the democratic world. The piece notes Nazi presence in public roles, the need to balance justice with practical policy, and the U S aim for a united Germany without external domination.
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Germany
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Far Eastern Commission
United States
MacArthur
Benjamin J. Buttenwieser
Buttenwieser
Western Germany
Dean Acheson
West Germany
Berlin
Elbe
Rhine
Soviet Russia
Sabbath Day Corn Fields Mentioned in Mark Quote
The passage references Jesus and his disciples plucking corn on the Sabbath as described in Mark 2 23. It contrasts religious observance with perceived spiritual sustenance and includes a Browning verse about divine presence and days.
Statehood debate in Alaska and Hawaii faces opposition
Alaska business interests oppose statehood amid military and demographic notes. Senate insular affairs panel to decide on reports favoring statehood bills. House votes showed party splits. Articles discuss recruitment plans for a peacetime foreign legion and citizenship rules for aliens, with Truman's western trip ending in name-calling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Hawaii
Senate Insular Affairs Committee
House
Nevada
West Virginia
Oklahoma
Solid South
Record Low Death Rate Among Policyholders
The Institute of Life Insurance reports 1949 shows a record low death rate for ordinary life policyholders due to longer life expectancy and lower infant mortality. Heart disease remains the leading cause, with 317 deaths per 100 000 in ordinary life policies. cancer second at 98. Regular examinations are promoted to detect diseases early, countering claims for socialized medicine.
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Ife Insurance Company
Institute of Life Insurance
Truman
Citizenship for Armed Service Not New Idea
The proposal to grant citizenship eligibility to aliens who enlist or are conscripted in the U S armed forces echoes past practice. A Lodge bill would recruit aliens abroad for military service in exchange for citizenship eligibility, with 10,000 cap in the Senate version and 2,500 in the House committee version. Army endorses.
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Senate
Lodge
U. S
American “Foreign Legion
Army
House Committee
United States
Senator Lodge
R.-Mass
House Armed Services Committee
House
Radioactive golf ball: a future sports folly
An editorial muses on a radioactive golf ball and a world where Geiger counters guide play. It imagines wildlife, fashion, and archery using radioactive tech, noting inevitable noisy counters and a future where electronic clubs drive par.
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Fichmond
The Answer Was No
Araminta Walk states she loves the suitor but declines marriage. She cites duties like dusting, sewing, washing dishes, and cooking as reasons she would be unhappy. She expresses enduring affection and faith that the suitor will find happiness with another.
NBC under fire for recording private talks in Pentagon studio
Frank McCall of NBC discovered his Washington talk about the armed forces show was secretly taped using Pentagon wire recording gear funded by taxpayers. The piece notes congressional waste and tax evasion by several lawmakers, and critiques OSS veteran Donovan for weakly defending OSS investigations.
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Washington
Frank McCall
National Broadcasting Company
Armed Forces
NBC
Army
Navy
Air Forces
McCall
National Defense Department
Congress
Pentagon
Charles Dillon
Dillon
Senator Soaper Declares War on Metropolitan Art
A satirical take notes Senator Soaper’s war on the Metropolitan Museum by 11 modern artists and questions whether circus clowns are funny. The piece laments missing Newark’s national contortionists meeting and mocks an outspoken speaker.
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Metropolitan Museum
West Virginia towns grow as census figures rise
Duke University graduates include 41 West Virginians from a 1100 cohort. Huntington seeks 18 more firemen as its department remains at 92. Raleigh County population climbs to 96032 with Beckley up about 6400 since 1940. Clarksburg adds 1238 residents to 31817. University accepts 517 acres of coal land in Raleigh County for loan funds benefiting miners' families. Weston hosts a farm egg market. Parkersburg faces chest drives woes with a tough fundraising outlook. West Virginia Tech grants 112 degrees. Governor Dewey mentioned.
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A. & P. Company
Morris Harvey College Building Fund
Duke U
West
Beckley
Athens
Clarksburg
University Board of Governors
Raleigh County
Fred G. Wood
Weston Chamber of Commerce
Parkersburg
Greenbrier health director named for three counties
Dr. Alex M. Carr was appointed health director of Greenbrier Monroe and Pocahontas counties. The notice references vacationers at the Greenbrier and local civic details including Williamson allocating 33000 for a new grandstand at Memorial Park and the presence of seven city playgrounds in White Sulphur Springs.
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Greenbrier
South Charleston
Bluefield
Williamson
Memorial Park
Alex M. Carr
Monroe
Pocahontas
Edward C
Boney) Brice
William G. Baker
Boney
West Virginia
Wheeling
Bing calls Met search biggest talent hunt in opera history
New Met general manager Rudolf Bing says he is in Europe seeking operatic talent on a scale he calls the largest in history. Billy Rose is mentioned as a figure once linked to running the Met, with Bing noting Rose’s unknown status in his reply.
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New York
U. P
Paris
Rudolf Bing
Metropolitan Opera House
Europe
Billy Rose
Met
Bing
Rose
Mr. Bing
Groucho Marx
Rudy
Herr Direktor
Kirsten Flagstadt
Herman Bing
Flagstadt
Melchair
Met boss interview full of overtones and sarcasm
The piece ridicules Mr Bing as Met chief candidate and questions his ties to American versus European talent. It recalls Rudy, Garson Kanin, Margaret Webster, Danny Kaye, and Oscar Hammerstein, noting Broadway methods and La Scala contrasts while lampooning Bing’s credentials and memory.
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Rudy
Met
Mebbe
Garson Kanin
Margaret Webster
Danny Kaye
Oscar Hammerstein
Times Square
la Scala
Monkey
Mr. Bing
Wild Eyed Suspect Surrenders In Bistro Shootout
In a chaotic scene at a restaurant, H. J. Phillips proclaims I did it while brandishing a smoking pistol. Officers restrain him as he rants about lemon wedges and a dietitian cowering beneath the table. The man threatens and pleads, claiming harm to a woman.
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Harvard
Maurice
Mayhem In A Diner Menu Escapade And Wartime Echoes
A quirky scene clips from a lunchroom as a killer parodies a menu with fruit and greens while a cop protests. The piece shifts to a wartime march depiction down Unter den Linden with grim imagery and a political aside about Secretary Sawyer and resignations.
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Unter den Linden
Wilhelm
Adolf
Timeline of Graham recalling past mayoral titles and local events
Fifty years ago R W Witten was elected mayor of Graham with W E Bane as treasurer and a listed council. Forty years ago a Speedwell car performed in a race from Atlanta to New York with J P Morgan accompanying Col S M Smith. Twenty years ago Ruth White Evans announced for marriage and other local milestones.
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R. W. Witten
Graham
W. E. Bane
J. B. Havens
Albert Ross
R. Ruffalow
William Keel
R. H. Crockett
Ss. N. Huffard
R. B. Williamson
A. V. Sheil
Speedwell
Col
S. M. Smith
Bluefield
Atlanta Journal-New York Herald
Atlanta
New York City
J. P. Morgan
Daily Telegraph
Col. Smith
Graham Woodward
Graham Stable
Henry B Graybill
Presbyterian Church
Relief Committee of the Civic Club
H. C. Callaway
B. W. Dillon
Carolina Avenue
Harry Allen Goodykoontz
Raleigh Terrace
Harry Goodykoontz
Ruth White Evans
John Clark Evans
John Benjamin Perry
Frank Mastin
Eifate
Bluefield Commandery No
Knights Templar
M. B. Lockhart
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Hugh Ike Shott
Ine
Geo. Sokolsky
Hou
Browning
Das
Drew Pearson
Defense Department
NBC Army
Congressional
Uncle Sam
William Langer
North Dakota
Homer Angell
Oregon
Abraham Multer
Congressional Committee
Langer
Angell
Multer
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Congressman Angell
Transportation Desk
Bureau
Parnell Thomas
U. S. Treasury
General Vaughan
John Maragon
Donovan
McCarthy
Roy Howard
Scripps-Howard
Wild Bill’ Donovan
OSS
Amerasia
Europa
Soaper
National Society of Contortionists
Newark
West Virginia Tech
Thomas F. Dewey
Filadelfia
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Marian Anderson
Atlantic
Mr. B
Hiss
Amanuensis
London
Brother Bing
H. J. Phillips
Princeton
East Berlin
Unter den: Linden
Sawyer
Remington
Lee
Calico Bass
Joe Meron
Fern McGraw
Herbert Chafin
Logan
Concord Players
Our Town
Phyllis McCue
Lebanon Street
Mary Ellsberg
Westfield
N. J
Hollins College
B. D. Lenett
Shirley
Morgantown
Marvin Sennett
Weatginia University
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