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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1945
Page
5
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph editor Hugh Ike Shott announces new readership growth. Advertising details list The Kote Agency as representative and a yearly rate of nine dollars.
The author argues subsidies distort farming incentives and threaten a balanced economy amid war debt. He ties this to warnings from German brutality, noting that totalitarianism and conscript governance predated Hitler and culminated in camps and mass suffering. He cites Lublin and Stalag sites as foretold outcomes.
The article argues against a proposed $25 weekly emergency payment for displaced war workers, noting political resistance from both parties and the risk of depleting treasury. It compares to the GI Bill's $20 weekly payment for unemployed veterans and stresses reconversion will take time with workers who saved or spent earnings during war.
A Congress bill proposes a rural telephone administration with $100 million yearly to oversee farm homes. Critics warn it reads as a hidden push to federalize industries, arguing many farms already lack tub and toilet facilities while phones are plentiful.
The piece argues federal employment has swelled to one in eleven workers and calls for a general manager to streamline bureaus. It praises Senator Harry F. Byrd of Virginia as a fit watchdog to cut useless positions and reduce federal taxation postwar burdens.
Mary V. Farnum honors brave hearts who face daily danger with steady eyes and serene faith. The speaker vows to repay debt to courage through song, saluting men who fence with death, endure pain, and stand ready to fight again, passing the light of valor to others.
The Washington White House surprised Tom Clark 46 by calling him to the attorney general post, ending plans to retire to Dallas. Clark, from a long line of lawyers, lives modestly in suburbia with wife Mary and two children, and is expected to influence major cases including anti trust and income tax prosecutions amid Louisiana politics’ interest in his stance on the Burton affair.
George Tucker profiles General De Lattre de Tassigny as a poised French commander. He highlights battlefield grit at Bir Hacheim, resistance work, escape from Vichy custody, and pivotal actions with De Gaulle in Africa and Europe. The piece emphasizes his presence, eloquence, and symbolic scar.
Reports say General De Lattre will become supreme head of the French army and join the Big Four council. He would replace General Juin, slated as Morocco viceroy, with Leclerc as patron and Koenig acting as military governor of Paris in postwar Germany affairs.
The column notes Clifton Bailey's decisive mayoral victory over the incumbent and hints he could be GOP sheriff candidate next election. It recalls other local chatter and anecdotes from Bluestone and Pinnacle Mountain about community figures, tensions, and a roadside stand operated by Jimmie the Greek.
A resident predicts postwar housing material shortages will last at least two years, impacting real estate markets. The piece also notes rising need for a new bus station and mentions Ruth Longworth, her Navy husband Lt. David Barnett, and two Waves sisters, with concern over G I access to the family.
A humorous dialogue shows painters debating the presidency and wartime scarcities while describing materials and gear for a house painting job. The exchange touches on linseed oil shortages and political references as the mock scenario unfolds at a residence on Sunset Avenue Englewood Bergend.
Spring observations note yacht clubs soften up and old salt atmosphere fades. Visitors anticipate meeting a vice-commodoress in charge of fancier cocktails and a chair lady for moorings while skippers eye new decor and a Ford model with a bold noseguard-like front.
Senator Soaper notes a developing impasse in San Francisco talks. A Russian comrade interjects with brief remarks. An experienced physician suggests a large military bomb could ease a summer cold.
Hollywood reader notes bustle around star tours in the south and San Francisco balls, with Lana Turner, Turhan Bey, Betty Hutton, Carole Landis, and others making social rounds. Reports on injuries, recoveries, marriages, and war-era assignments mix with industry gossip and studio plans for Helmut Dantine, Jennifer Jones, and David Selznick.
Timber in a new Eggleston tunnel caught fire from a steam shovel causing $10000 damage. George A. Shirley left for Norfolk on business. Virginia charter granted to Bull Creek Coal with Gillespie Harman Higginbotham in leadership. office to be in Tazewell.
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