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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1945
Page
4
Fragmentary newspaper page shows editor Hugh Ike Shott and the paper’s masthead with mention of Associated Press rights and publication terms. The visible text includes subscription and advertising notes and references to the Gluetiela area and printing office details.
President Truman appoints General Omar Bradley to lead the veterans administration succeeding Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines. The piece notes the growing wartime veteran population and urges swift action to establish new facilities, cut red tape, and ensure a square deal for homecoming servicemen.
The piece argues for compulsory military service to ensure a strong army and navy for future security. Hearings over two weeks will gauge support for such a measure, with administration and Congress responsible for decisions despite protests from educational and religious groups.
Drew Pearson relays Colonel John Hay Whitney’s letter refuting a Nazi radio charge that he criticized President Roosevelt while a prisoner. Whitney details his secrecy, escape, and later statements defending his loyalty, while the piece notes related wartime analyses and political debates in Congress.
The piece surveys postwar political shifts, noting a resurgence of organized communism in the United States and the near dissolution of the American Comintern. It discusses U.S. aid to Russia in war, governance shifts with the New Deal, and the reassembly of the National Communist Party. It mentions Browder’s wife admission and debates over world peace organization talks.
The Detroiter reports an article from John R. Millar of Detroit criticizing economic worship of spending beyond means. It argues five years of global labor destruction precede an era of universal plenty with reduced hours, more leisure, and richer production.
A brief poem explores the dreamlike quality of a day in May with star gazers drifting along a quiet stream. It reflects on the fleeting beauty of spring and the ache of its passing.
Cynthia Lowry notes American soldiers awaiting redeployment spend little in France's tourist hubs. In April, each GI kept about 8 dollars while sending the rest home. sergeants about 15 dollars. High prices curb purchases of blouses perfumes wines and champagne as hotels and shops face reduced tourist demand.
The article notes France relied on American visitors for 160 million dollars annually during the golden era of 200 000 to 250 000 tourists. It warns that war uniforms will shift who pays but highlights a US public desire for civilian postwar European travel, which France hopes to capture.
Tales from New York gossip mix royal proximity at Roosevelt Hospital with a bathroom flood caused by a garden hose. A Greenwich Village reporter encounters odd meat at a Bleeker Street shop and a wartime cowboy tale of a cow purchased by soldiers in Italy.
A collection of quick items from Manhattan nightlife and broadcast scenes. Cecil Brown in a Broadway cigar store overhears a clerk ordering customers to place money in the vendor’s hand. NBC baritone John Charles Thomas receives a letter inviting him to sing Ave Maria on air. Georgia Gibbs reports a chorus girl in the Blue Angel boasting and calling her boyfriend G I Joseph.
Dear Ed reader complains about strict military rule banning fraternizing with German women. He admits joking with Kraut girls and uses lines to avoid offenses while noting a buddy has fraternized with many, arguing enforcement would be extreme.
A wartime letter describes G I s facing strict fraternizing bans with German women and the Bretton Woods era limits. It notes a few men escaping discipline on technicalities while many face fines as loneliness and morale suffer, ending with the idea that war for democracy and romance do not mix.
A satirical ramble from Pvt Purkey mocks wartime diplomacy and New York racing. He jests about gate security, underground tracks, prewar horses, and a chaotic raid scene while spoofing officials threats. A jokey aside notes a stray fear of balloons and a kiddies matinee with The Mummy's Curse.
The Dakota Republican writes that President Truman acts more like a Republican than a New Dealer. He notes cabinet shakeups, aims to restore order in Washington, and suggests the era of crackpots and longhaired gentry may be over in the nation’s capital.
Studio gossip covers Bette Davis leading The Turtle overseas cast and Margaret Sullavan. Anne Baxter, Cornel Wilde, Angela Lansbury, Rosalind Russell, Lee Bowman and more linked to upcoming projects. Remarks on careers, marriages and potential pairings mix with notes on actors’ plans and studio moves.
Daily Telegraph notes visits and travels of local figures. Max Witten, W. G. Baldwin and B. W. Harman returned from Cincinnati after attending a railroad special agents convention. Adolph Wysor visited Bluefield from Swords Creek while F H Borden left for Blacksburg for Virginia Tech science summer study.
Edwin Harve Harman aged 74 received a 50 year Masonic Veterans button at Harman lodge No. 222 in Bluefield Virginia. John M. Bailey of Athens was re elected Mercer county farm bureau president for a ninth term. Mrs J Earl Bailey led a New Lebanon association all day meeting of young people in Bluefield.
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