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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1944
Page
6
A religious verse confirms strength for fearful hearts and proclaims that God will come to save and reward his people. The message emphasizes divine intervention and reassurance in times of distress.
A Senate vote lifts the national debt limit to 260 billion with a House compromise possible around 250 billion. The piece warns of immense future taxes and discusses burdens on cities like Bluefield and other regions, citing per-family debt estimates and interest costs amid wartime spending.
The period between the primary and the state convention in July at Parkersburg is filled with needed preparations for presidDuring this cooling off era some rivals may become allies later. The upcoming election tests national welfare and whether F D Roosevelt's two term precedent will stand or change to first principles that guided the nation from its colonial origins.
Pettengill rails against federal debt as dangerous while critics demand restraint after the war. He compares it with city borrowing, warns of the impact on bonds and social programs, and urges residents to vote for a candidate with a trustworthy name.
A wartime editorial prayer appeals to Eternal Father to aid the United Nations in their defense of liberty and justice. It asks for divine guidance for commanders, swift victory for soldiers at sea on land and in the air, and comfort for the wounded and bereaved while envisioning a new world order under God.
Sergeant Frederick Wright in the New York Times recalls back numbers and forgotten memories. The piece reflects on motor cars, ornate furniture, songs and voices from 1929, noting time and memory's quiet heartbreak.
The first crack into the Nazi west wall proved successful but a counterattack is expected within two to three days as German forces marshal. The defense lines extend roughly 15 miles deep with fortifications, yet aerial landings aim to seize inner positions and squeeze from within as well as from the sea.
The excerpt notes German forces delaying reserves at road hubs and delaying alarm after Allied landing near Salerno. It describes three days after the Salerno landing, a near annihilation ambush, and German tactical surprise. Radio silence until 12:40 a.m. EWT follows airborne landings. If not deceived, Germans would have raised alarm earlier.
The passage notes that radio broadcasts two days earlier warned against invasion within a month, yet expectations of attack persisted daily. Generals misled their own troops while the invasion remained highly publicized, achieving deception through over advertising despite terse Eisenhower communiques.
The column outlines a plan for simultaneous invasions of northern France around Le Havre and southern France via the Garonne and Rhone valleys. It argues landing south of the Seine offers the shortest route to Paris with the Seine river on the left for protection as forces advance toward the city.
The report notes fighting forms depend on German counterattacks and Eisenhower’s next moves. It cites cracking German rivers in Italy and on the Russian front as allies pace, while questioning manpower shifts for a swift break in France. It says Luftwaffe absence and lack of expected air and gas actions puzzled observers.
John Selby surveys useful texts including Edward H. Graham’s Natural Principles of Land Use and Kris Speier’s German Radio Propaganda. The reviews note how Graham links living systems to land management and how the German broadcasts reveal wartime propaganda tactics.
A military captain recalls Arabs in North Africa trading with Allied and German lines. He notes their intelligence networks, mine dangers, and the risk they faced as farms and villages suffered in desert fighting. He also describes Arab child shoe shine schemes and wartime mine disposal issues.
The city council discussed building concrete sidewalks on Raleigh street and parts of Bland street. A Norfolk and Western passenger train made a record run of 108 miles to Roanoke in under three hours. A new Red Men's lodge chapter named Wakee lodge No 85 was to be organized at Saeger McDowell county West Virginia.
Dr. Charles E. Easley relocates family from Bluefield to Chestnut Level Virginia while Mr and Mrs W D and children move from Richmond to an unspecified location causing local travel and lodging activity near Athens.
H A Dollinger of Welch was installed as junior vice commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at a session held in Wheeling. The Pocahontas Coal Company added two new buses to its Black Diamond fleet to be used on the Welch May shoe store in Bluefield.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a hostile exchange with phrases like Goodbye and you may die, plus names Tucker and Sullivan suggesting a dramatic scene but with insufficient readable context for a fuller summary.
Julius J. Epstein details how he and twin brother Philip write screenplays at home rather than the studio, using living rooms gardens and dinettes as workshops. They describe a routine of talking through ideas then drafting, yielding works from Mr Skeffington Arsenic and Old Lace and Casablanca. Their one tip: write ten hours a day daily.
The note instructs washing figs in warm water before use and trimming stems with scissors. It emphasizes cutting figs into small pieces for cooking.
The Bluefield Blue-Grey base ball team the McComas Wild cats won 15 to 0. The McDowell country club near Welch was formally opened.
Light vignettes from Manhattan sightings feature June Knight at Times Square Leone and Jones, Victor Borge at Grand Central Oyster Bar, Allan Jones and Kenny on Broadway, Rose Marie and Jackie Gleason, Gabriel Horn on Ted Straeter’s trumpets, Evelyn Knight recalling May 29 tree history, and other stars from theaters and clubs in a buoyant, gossiping tone.
The Academy Award winner for photography discusses how humor requires bright lighting and timing in production. He recalls early work with Fred Balzhofer and George Fitzmaurice on projects like Big Jim Garrity and The Perils of Pauline, noting missteps and the need for clear camera paths.
A collage of wartime remarks and public notices touches on Churchill Roosevelt tensions and press conferences. It mentions Kimmel and Short in a court hint, Brewster plant worker protests, soft coal mine return to owners, and a $50 fine for an OPA issue. The piece notes a governor from Iowa and a campaign song for Hickenlooper.
In a chaotic scene a camera crew readies a shot as a whistle echoes. The moment stalls as a shy performer tones the whistle and work restarts after a two week delay to reset the setup.
A collection of disjointed phrases discusses finance within families and wartime perceptions. It mentions not naming the wife in resources, flattening tin cans for the war effort, and warnings about medical risk. The tone is aphoristic and puzzling, with scattered observations on policy and health.
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