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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1948
Page
4
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph announces publication details including daily schedule except Wednesday, wartime style notes, and classified mailing rates in 1893. It lists Associated Press membership, postal registration, and advertising agency contact for the Bluefield, West Virginia edition.
Fragmentary verse reflecting spring imagery and divine renewal. Mentions heavenly power, hills, blue skies, and nature awakening with flowers and birds. Irregular phrasing and truncated lines suggest a religious or devotional tone.
A discussion in several papers centers on a proposed executive draft power for President Truman. Critics warn it could abdicate Congress authority, while supporters see political maneuvering. The piece notes looming political effects for both parties and cautions against surrendering legislative power. It also surveys 1948 income, tax, and debt trends amid rising credit buying and potential housing and auto production changes.
A discussion of city level income taxes as a new revenue idea for American towns. The piece notes existing partial city taxes, concerns about overlooked taxable subjects, and the push for broader taxation amid rising city costs and state influence. It mentions West Virginia as an example where state plans could reduce local taxes and shift spending responsibilities.
The piece notes rising savings in 1948 with data from prewar 1939 to recent quarters. It traces national income, tax reductions, and savings rates from 1939 through early 1948, highlighting the shift as goods became more available and saving fell from wartime highs. It cites 1939 income of 72.6 billion, 1944 savings of 35 billion, and 1946–1947 trends toward lower percentages.
The piece derides Democratic infighting among Dixie Democrats pro civil rights and big city wings, predicting a difficult road to November. It cites President Truman's western trip boosting attention but doubts any genuine unity or peace will emerge. It also notes William Z Foster threatening to ignore law over Mundt Nixon curbs, and mentions Henry Wallace and a Minnesota man spending his pension on an engagement ring.
The piece reports on congressman Jesse Wolcott pressing two witnesses for veterans while a telegram from Michigan VFW commander Merle Hopper repudiates them as unofficial spokesmen. Hale Boggs challenges Wolcott, forcing Lyle to admit the VFW’s official stance supports public housing.
The Columbia flood editorial assesses relief efforts by Red Cross and governments and argues society can better manage floods with watershed planning and storage dams. It notes deforestation and overgrazing may contribute, and cites Tennessee and Miami valleys as models for balancing irrigation, hydroelectric power, and flood control. The piece ends hopeful for future solutions in the Columbia basin.
Poem by Alice Josephine Wyatt Im Wings reflects on frontier travel and the enduring call to venture beyond home. It contemplates why settlers pursued distant lands, the lure of the untraveled real, and the lasting inspiration of the pioneer spirit for all who face peril and risk in life.
Sheilah Graham reports on film stars via fan polls and studio moves. Jack Benny and Jack Carson may join forces after Europe with Warners, while June Allyson tops Ingrid Bergman in popularity polls. Marie Windsor lands a lead in Tucker's People with John Garfield. Joan Crawford salary recall shifts. Ann Sheridan eyed by Metro. Eddie Mannix foresees a booming five years. Paulette Goddard eyed for Anna Lucasta. Gloria Grahame's ex and current husband set at Columbia. Lauren Bacall resting with potential scripts. Susan Peters laments love with a paraplegic coworker.
Studio gossip notes Benny and Carson may pair for a new film in Hamilton. Susie says they visit paraplegics in hospitals with no romance. Warner's big 1948 project Task Force features color war navy battles. Lucille Ball seeks a co-star wife act for a picture with Desi Arnaz.
British actress Edana Romney, known for dark hair and striking eyes, discusses her seven year journey to realize an unorthodox cinematic vision. She plans a US release of Corridor of Mirrors via Universal International, formed with Randolph Cartier after investing time in Paris studios.
British actress Miss Romney and Cartier form a company to make films their way. After declines on offers for the Corridor of Mirrors script, a syndicate is formed in Paris. A test screens well and Eric Fortman accepts the lead. Gottlieb dies in a car crash before completion.
Elmer Twitchell recalls owning a talking cod named Shrewsberry Ef fervescense Girl II from Redhook Duchess of Shoalwaters. He describes the cod’s chatty exchanges aboard a fishing boat and later at home, noting the wife’s confusion at the talking fish and its antics around the household.
Local page features Elmer Twitchell recounting talking fish and aquatic tricks. He claims a halibut named Duke of Doldrums IV played a trumpet and balanced a lamp, while a cod boasted a vocabulary to send guests home early. Other tall tales include oysters that “understand what every oyster says” and bass conversations at Niantic river. Front Page notes oddities plus brief society snippets and misc. items.
A nostalgic column recalls comic bits by W C Fields and John Barrymore, Mascagni's quip, and NBC’s Howdy Doody campaign narrative. The puppet’s TV stunt, legal wrangles, and public reaction unfold as Howdy courts votes with a plastic surgeon tease and a dramatic studio roof moment.
Fifty years ago the Daily Telegraph reported plans for an Old Glory Day observance in Bluefield. Mentions of local residents Dr and Mrs Charles P Copenhaver of Tazewell county, a Pocahontas Colleries $10,000 suit verdict, Henry Cook shot in Russell county, Bluefield Furniture buying land on Raleigh street, Welch Elkhorn River bridge bids, Rev H C Van Horn re elected WV Christian Endeavor Union president, Fullen Thompson and J B Thompson deaths, Spurgeon Billups wounded in a Bland street pistol duel, and J O Shorter among Confederate veterans in Bluefield, all within Virginia and West Virginia.
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