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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1947
Page
4
The snippet lists publication details for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph including pricing, carrier, mail zone rates, and Associated Press membership. It notes advertising representation by The Mate Agency and standard subscription lines.
The passage notes that some people love work while many hate toil and would suffer to avoid exertion. It argues that those who enjoy work, persevere in occupations, and are frugal and competent advance to independent, prosperous citizenship.
The Mountaineer Boys State program at Jacksons Mill opens this week under the American Legion and local organizations. It trains youths in government through serious, instructive games, highlighting majority rule, cooperation, and individual responsibility to foster better citizenship.
Civil Service testimony by Commissioner Flemming cites about 42,000 federal workers tainted with pinkish and subversive doctrines. The Dies committee and Truman era push for FBI referrals and a federal cleanup to root out ideologies deemed not in line with American principles.
A Washington dispatch reports unemployment rising in twenty two labor areas while another item notes labor scarcity in farming areas. The piece argues many able bodied men idle by choice, not due to conditions, and warns sustained work reluctance harms the economy even as jobs exist in every region.
A Soviet driven action in Hungary as a new peace treaty nears effect spurs fear of undermined future peace. The Russians occupy and organize political control in advance, provoking protests from the U S State Department and awaiting international reactions.
The nation continues to answer hunger appeals by sending wheat to famine areas, causing near exhaustion of U S supplies and a home price impact. Critics say government policy relies on moral suasion rather than sound economy and risk to domestic security.
The Cincinnati Enquirer argues James Byrnes could help Hollywood defend freedom of the screen while noting industry leaders have harmed themselves via sensationalism. It critiques Johnston and industry magnates for confusing freedom with license and accuses Hollywood of churning out trash alongside quality films.
A poem fragment praises partial, tentative beauty. It compares a half-open rose and unanswered dreams to fuller, unattainable visions, suggesting sweetness in what is not fully realized and love glimpsed from afar. The voice reflects on longing, restraint, and distant ideals.
Washington coverage notes a tense political season with Congress pressed to return home amid housing, foreign policy, tax and education concerns. Harold Stassen and Henry Wallace draw crowds as Secretary Marshall faces strain at the State Department and Averell Harriman weighs Europe policy amid calls for economic aid.
A local column shows Bluefield fans flood the news desk with phone calls seeking scores and outcomes of Blue Grays baseball games. The piece captures fan devotion and frustration after a string of defeats, noting basketball style chatter and townwide eagerness for results.
Local chatter laments the Blue Grays poor performance as fans howl at recent games. Johnson City topped them 10 to 0 while Moore connected on three homers and Our Boys defeated Johnson City the prior night.
John Lardner recalls Jimmy Wilson and the Gas House Gang with Leo Durocher and Frank Frisch. He notes their rivalries and dreams of managing, Street’s departure, and Wilson’s move to the Phillies after Frisch’s first season as manager.
The piece recounts three players from 1933 known as club house lawyers Frisch Wilson and Durocher who pursued management. Frisch wins the manager’s chair for two clubs while Wilson also leads two, Durocher leads one. Breadon’s vendetta ends with Frisch in control and later radio work for Frisch and Durocher. The ending notes Wisson’s Florida grapefruit farming and a philosopher’s quip on kilocycles and grape fruit.
Hal Boyle writes from Hollywood about the lure and excess of the film capital. A transient observer notes glamorous delusions, the city’s magnetic pull, and the risk of letting dreams outpace reality. He recalls a writer who built a hilltop home and pool, illustrating Hollywood’s knack for turning make believe into earned status.
A veteran recalls producers cutting fees and crew resisting, noting a songwriter bartering for $300 weekly and house servants demanding more. The tale widens to an elderly couple hired for room and board who now seek higher monthly wages, illustrating cost pressures in Hollywood.
Westbrook Pegler argues taxation serves government needs, not to fund foreign nations. He laments international spending, recalls Balkan history, warns of state power over citizens, and recalls debates on income tax amid wartime extravagance. Page Eleven.
A daily record notes that fifty years ago the county court refused liquor licenses in Bluefield while J. L. Horton traveled to Nashville. The column also recalls earlier and later local movements and social visits spanning forty to ten years ago, including residents visiting relatives and attending events in Charleston Milwaukee Welch and Pittsburgh.
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