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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1948
Page
4
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph, established 1803, published each morning except Monday. Copy details note subscription options, carrier and mail rates, and the Kats Agency advertising representative.
A brief collection of biblical and literary lines contrasts sacred sweetness with clear light, noting how fearsome toil and poison are outweighed by choosing the noble over the base. The excerpts juxtapose faith, wisdom, and the value of honeyed insight.
A 30 day truce between Jews and Arabs was signed and will take effect at 1 a m Friday. The pact aims for a peaceful cease-fire and includes terms deemed fair. The article notes hopes for lasting peace and references Eisenhower’s political stance amid speculation on a Democratic nomination.
Henry Wallace defends supporting peace tied to his candidacy while critics sharpen attacks on his Third Party run. The piece recalls his 14 year New Deal record, close ties to FDR, and shifts in reception from loyal ally to contentious figure amid Dies Committee and post cabinet dismissals.
Government workers at Oak Ridge Tennessee voted to strike a labor dispute with lab managers. The piece argues against strikes in government operations, stressing national defense and the atom bomb as vital, and calls for no work stoppages to protect the nation.
The article analyzes whether General Eisenhower will run for president as a Democrat or a Republican. He has declined nominations from both parties, yet some Democrats and the Southern wing pressure him to run to defeat Truman. Eisenhower, new Columbia University president, remains silent, while sources note he described himself as a Republican to one spokesman yet told another he would not run.
Three years after the 175th Infantry seized seven tons of Hohenzollern state silver as war booty in Germany the Army debates whether to return it. The piece argues ownership mirrors that of paintings removed from museums and urges sending the silver home to restore moral stance.
A Gothic excerpt from Elford Caughey in Atlantic Monthly portrays a silent house. An old clock, a looking glass, and a moonlit stair observe the returning unseen visitors as a mouse quietly roams the hall. The piece evokes haunting memory and imagined visitation.
Washington's power struggles widen as James V. Forrestal moves against Air Secretary Stuart Symington after clashing with Congress and Truman over the Palestine policy and defense budgets. Meanwhile, automaker Preston Tucker faces government probes, a canceled Cleveland blast furnace deal, and rising legal scrutiny as Tucker touts a risky steel sourcing plan.
Sheilah Graham notes adolescent shift for Margaret O’Brien as Violet in the Metro series and an early screen romance with Peter Lawford. Reports on Errol Flynn and Jack Warner, Melvyn Douglas’ projects, Victor Mature’s meatball venture, Artie Shaw with a waitress, and June Allyson in Little Women.
Hollywood gossip notes Maggie OBrien plans projects about adolescence. The column teases hair color, lawsuits involving Mary Pickford, Van Johnson’s family visit plans, and stars like Dorothy Hart Peggy Cummins Robert Mitchum and David Selznick as the industry moves toward the film The Lost Million with Gene Solow directing.
L L Stevenson Orchestra leader Boyd Raeburn argues jazz will earn respect like classical music and expand beyond forms from trios to symphony orchestras. He cites jazz as expressive and danceable, capable of moods from excitement to tenderness, in a Century Room engagement. Also notes on Luana Patten’s film fame and a Kenton curfew memory from Birmingham.
A quirky pledge vows no politics on the campaign trail. H J Phillips vows to keep his remarks focused on nature and scenery, promising to please audiences only with topics like birds and bees while touring the plains and avoiding political content.
A lighthearted musing urges leaving politics behind for simple pleasures. The speaker invites listeners to relax and enjoy talks on horticulture and how robins feed their young, avoiding any campaign talk.
A fragmentary column reflects on weather talk and political satire, mentioning travel to Nebraska Arizona and other states, literary verses, radio figures like Jack Pearl and Walter Winchell, and a blunted joke about a cow in a furniture store. The piece notes rapid paper traffic and a satirical tone about public life.
In Lindys at 3 a m Joe Evans recalls Ernie Bradley and Angela, a vaudeville couple who bought and later sold diamonds amid shifting show business. Angela’s loyalty wavered as Ernie drifted from performer to track troubador and back, ending with a bruising confrontation and a breakup that left him with more questions than answers.
Daily Telegraph Said a telephone was installed at W. J. Updike's home, with the number playfully described as two songs and a short. The note appears in a retrospective item referencing Bland county politics and local civic life.
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