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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1946
Page
14
Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists subscription prices and mailing details. States publication as morning paper with Associated Press rights and contact by telephone.
An opinion piece urges a Yes vote for airport bonds while criticizing President Truman's veto of the Case labor bill and condemning a rift within the U S Supreme Court. It laments partisan discord and calls for stabilizing leadership amid national challenges.
Editorial calls for the United States to stop appeasing the Soviet Union at the foreign ministers conference reconvening in Paris. It argues Russia’s hostile, protective stance undermines progress toward peace and urges the U.S. to assert its rights and insist on better terms.
The author argues against U S involvement in Spain under Franco, saying self determination must apply, and that meddling to force a change would betray sovereignty. He cites Argentina as a cautionary example and urges staying out of European disputes not directly affecting the United States.
Fort Wayne readers debate the OPA by citing a man with two refrigerators seeking to sell one. The Office of Price Administration calculated values from price tables and suggested $39.50 for the box, $48 for the motor, and $35 for the motorized unit, with the rest worth $4.50. Reconditioning costs $90 and could yield $79.50, risking a $13.50 loss plus the box’s value.
A speaker in a Ruth Irving Conner poem contrasts a windy playful scene with a solitary act of knitting. She describes a slim tree and wind as a dancer while a passerby sees only sober knitting. A gull battles waves as she rises and falls, renewed in ecstasy.
Drew Pearson scrutinizes Harry S Truman noting deep loyalty to Missouri allies like Tom Pendergast and John Snyder. The piece argues Truman used cronyism to place allies in power, harming public interests and shaping policy through favored friendships.
A look at Bluefield activity notes an upcoming city auditor to check business books for tax reports and a state checker visiting recently. Jimmie Rantis improves at Charlottesville hospital, Gus the war veteran leads Bill and Bob Grill, Barter theatre praise, Alfred Land returns to Jewel Box, Tom and George Catsonis remodeling, Willie McClung returns as AP sub bureau journalist, and the community echoes optimism for summer stock and local enterprises.
The item highlights Dr. J. 8. Compton’s early rising routine, GI soldiers banking funds in Japan, C. W. Jackson joining Bluefield College faculty, Charley Archer lacking a PhD, approval for Proxy Virgil Stewart, Matoaka mayor Cliff Bailey, photographer Joe Elliott showing promising action shots, N&W foreman Holmes among capable local staff, and a parting proverb about shouldering the world.
Moscow Switzerland 65 year old biographer Emil Ludwig continues prolific output with two books published while a third is in progress. He speaks of slowing down yet keeps a modern villa on Lake Maggiore with wife, mother-in-law, servants, and a menagerie. He writes in German shorthand using a typewriter and relies on a Zurich library for material.
Exiled German writer Ludwig Still Busy, now Swiss citizen, praises Edison and Henry Wallace while claiming 112 works in 452 editions across 26 languages. He criticizes Germany, fears a soft peace by Allies, and muses that Germans “don’t like liberty” as he feeds love birds and leaves an aviary door open.
President recalls ten years farming 540 acres in-county as the best years of his life. He contrasts hard fieldwork with polished duties in Washington noting no miracles or free advice, and jokes that farm pests now seem trivial compared to national pressures.
The speaker recalls a life of hard labor on the farm from dawn to dusk and laments leaving tilling behind for presidency. He misses the soil and hands-on work while noting relief from town routine, all contrasted with reflections on workers and fertilizer. The passage pivots to a remark about Colonel Jodl and Hitler’s trust in armed forces.
A fragmented editorial monologue questions Truman's farm life reflection and wartime decisions. It notes alleged 5000 conferences with Adolf Hitler and critiques government handling of war crimes trials. It contemplates isolationism and the fate of U S Steel and its leaders.
Washington columnist Paul Mallon mocks the Pittsburgh Pirates struggling near last in the National League and proposes a satirical list of 152 player and fan rights demands to turn around their fortunes. He suggests outrageous reforms and invites private consultation for more.
A petition for a charter to operate an electric car line between Princeton and Bluefield was presented to the county court. Also noted are residents returning from various events and reminiscences of past decades including local officials and society meetings.
The column mocks a senator for walking out of conferences and ignoring letters while noting Russia fears bipartisan pressure. It quips about April tears and critiques driver license exams as symbols of a harsher, more skeptical era.
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