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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1951
Page
6
The Daily Telegraph in Bluefield Virginia publishes local news under Hugh Ike Shott as editor. The notice lists subscription rates, delivery details, and advertising contacts for West Virginia readers.
A devotional line praises the gospel as the fulfillment of hopes and the key to interpretation, asserting it completes prophecy and resolves conflicts between physical and moral realms. The quote attributes the view to Max Muller and mirrors scriptural tone.
A Bureau of Employment Security report singles out unemployment compensation fraud as costing states about 5 million dollars annually, with Massachusetts alone estimating 60 million over twelve years. The piece warns of undetected losses and critiques socialized medicine plans tied to the issue.
Industry forecasters project 1951 as a near record year with production near 5.4 million units despite price curbs and strategic-material limits. Through June 1951 passenger cars reached about 3.12 million, with summer output constrained by National Production Authority steel quotas and sharp cuts in copper and aluminum use. Prices were held by an Emergency Stabilization Agency order, while auto inventories showed a shrinking trend from April to May. Increased federal employment and a digression on power lawnmowers mark broader postwar economic shifts.
A critical national issue demands clear American leadership as hearings reveal executive miscues, lack of timely joint chiefs action, and foreign policy delays in wartime orders. The piece argues the United States must fix command structure, state department influence, and UN versus allied force roles in Korea.
Editorial from the Wheeling Intel l igencer highlights West Virginia personal income totaling 2.05 billion in 1950, up 6.3 percent from 1949 but below the 1948 peak and far above prewar 1939 levels. It warns that 1951 52 taxes will total 859 million, encouraging readers to consider purchasing power and burden.
Drew Pearson reports GOP Sen. Hugh Butler of Nebraska is pressuring the National Production Authority to favor beer cans over bottles amid shortages of tin. Lieutenant colonel and army chief Gen. J. Lawton Collins urges more firepower and closer air-ground cooperation after observing West German maneuvers. The column also notes Maryland campaign intrigue around Jonkel’s guilty plea, Vinson’s rumored marriage, and other Washington notes.
Robert Ruark notes Dean Acheson argued Yalta concessions were not mandatory and reflects on U S wartime leverage. He recalls Japan’s weakened state and predicts air power could end the war without invasion, critiquing hardheads who doubt the concessions’ necessity.
A former naval officer argues that Yalta concessions were unnecessary and harmful. He contends Allies faced minimal casualties after 1944, cites Soviet punishment by Germany, and accuses top leaders of pursuing a hidden bargain with Russia. He asserts the war was won by autumn 1944 and criticizes the administration for giving away the postwar balance.
Hollywood notes reveal testing and casting moves for Lydia Bailey with Ann Francis as a leading lady candidate for Tyrone Power. Janet Leigh eyed for Ivanhoe, Elizabeth Taylor set as Rebecca, Bob Hope supervising film cuts, Ava Gardner at awards, and rumors about Clark Gable, Ginger Rogers, Rory Calhoun, and The Marriage Broker among others.
Fred MacMurray with a million dollar shorthorn ranch near Al is spotlighted. Susan Peters rents a 27 room Philadelphia house while dreaming of Hollywood. George Sanders refuses European work, cites a Majorca jacket as company expense. Bob Crosby notes Family Day TV guest duties and Manhattan prices. Claude Rains broadcasts Darkness at Noon for Europe and John Garfield may replace him in June.
A corporate chief relies on a privately owned D C-3 at Westchester County Airport to reach Akron and Toledo promptly, justifying the high operation cost as a business expense with shared tax benefits. The author notes airlines offer more comfort and on time arrivals.
Anecdotes about powerful leaders and how secretaries shield them from calls reveal a gap between public image and private life. The piece notes executives, generals, and bankers all labeled “The Chief” enjoy guarded access, while moments of candid humor emerge in private offices and lobbies.
The letter argues Dmytryk quit the Communist Party in 1945 but questions his sincerity and behavior. It links spouses’ activities to party loyalties, defends Hollywood’s need to purge Communist influence, and urges the House un American Activities Committee to hear Maltz and protect film and television as educative forces.
The excerpt lists a sequence of historical notes from multiple decades about public figures and events in West Virginia and beyond. It references Gov A B White of West Virginia visiting Buffalo, H Moses trip to Atlanta, Isaac T Mann travel to New York, Dr S A Slater's Sunday in the city, and several items from 40 to 10 years ago including budget system bills, university events, court terms, state police appointment, welfare director, and wartime actions in the Atlantic with U S ship torpedoing reports and Portugal’s stance during WWII.
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