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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1940
Page
4
Keep U S Out Hopeful Message
A compact message urges keeping the United States policy restrained and anchored in practical aims. The text blends religious quotation and a political slogan, presenting a call for prudent governance and caution against extreme actions.
Choosing Our Leader for 1936 and Democratic Loyalty
The piece argues Roosevelt will be the 1936 Democratic candidate due to party loyalty and payroll influence. It criticizes war spending, calls for electing a leader aligned with domestic sentiment, and urges Americans to support the president or replace him after his term while upholding national unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
American Solidarity
Willkie And Mac Nider As A Possible Ticket
A western paper speculates on Willkie and Mac Nider as a potential presidential ticket. The caption links their names to the idea of a national ticket and a November outcome, praising their judgment, experience, and leadership qualities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willkie
Mac Nider
Philadelphia
Keep Politicians Hands Off People’s Money
A critical opinion condemns politicians seeking to seize national finances to influence votes and power. It argues for limiting government control and warns of broader influence over citizens’ lives beyond money.
Keep politicians' hands off the people's money
The passage warns against government credit expansion and bank monopolies, arguing private banks under public regulation are controllable. It cautions that government domination would mean political control and leave people at the mercy of political groups, urging we keep politicians from money.
Absent Minded Wisconsin Driver Loses License
A Wisconsin motorist with no crimes or accidents had his license revoked after officials deemed him absent minded. He claimed his car was stolen, forgot court actions, and failed to recall prior statements, leading a judge to rule him too forgetful to drive. Police and court actions were praised for protecting public safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Roosevelt Critique and World Crisis Reflections
The piece criticizes monopolized leadership during a prolonged international crisis and notes shifting political alignments. It questions what the post crisis world will resemble and praises Wendell Willkie for offering useful discourse on national problems. It also suggests Italian students should prove their fitness if drawn into future conflicts.
Editorial Comment on Wall Street Letter Briefing
The editor asks for a terse Daily Wall Street Letter rundown with absolute essentials. The assistant admits no forecast certainty and emphasizes brevity, aiming to sum up market outlook in a compact, businesslike note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Financial
Wall Street
Salute Etiquette Test Upsets a Major and Pat
A major rebukes Patrick Macme for not saluting as he passes. Pat answers that he avoids drawing attention and is not supposed to be out without a class. The exchange highlights discipline and secrecy amid strict military expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Macme
Pat
Journey's End Poem by Daniel Hickey
A reflective lyric exploring leaving earth and treasured things with images of afterglow opal waves red rose rain and quiet trees. The speaker questions how to depart familiar lanes and whether to fade softly like sunset or a silent dawn star, concluding with a gentle, meditative cadence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Daniel Whitehead Hickey
Sleep as universal balm and equalizer in life
Cervantes praises sleep as a blessing that covers every person like a cloak. It nourishes the hungry, quenches the thirsty, warms the cold, and cools the hot. Sleep is a universal coin buying worldly pleasures and a balance between rulers and commoners alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cervantes
The Once Over Things We Need As Badly As Fifty Thousand Planes
A reflective wartime appeal urging clear thinking and public cooperation. It calls for coordination of national efforts with faith in tradition, a rejection of complacency, and a focus on character, courage, and civic duty. It criticizes evasive attitudes and urges active role for citizens, pastors, and leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Yao
Definition Dictator Arsonizes Ambition at Baby Show
A harsh caption labels a man as a dictator whose aim is to bomb a baby show in Asbury Park, reflecting a sensational editor’s take on a chaotic incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Park
Early 20th Century Hoax and Sports Snippet Mix
A fragment discusses Senator Pepper, a possible swap with Allied leaders, and a light contrast of Chamberlains and a utility infielder. It notes ninety six New York schoolboys in one afternoon movie usage for hockey, hints at education funding linked to culture, and reports Corrigan winning a New York steeplechase with unclear jump details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Pepper
New York
Column Right Replaced by a Bill for Wrongs and Debates
The column argues in a satirical tone that a new bill replaces a system blamed for past errors. It compares public health metaphors to political shifts and mocks the persistence of old formulas in the Hoover era while disparaging New Deal ideas.
Basil Fomeen Farewell Party in Manhattan
Basil Fomeen hosted a lavish Manhattan farewell party for his friends before leaving for California with his coins, medals, wife, and accordion collection. The Carpathian event featured vodka, sturgeon, caviar, and a gypsy orchestra, with recorded performances played back to guests including Adia Kuznetzoff and a Ural singer. Fomeen joked about a future symphony or a filling station, then toasted his mother and wife amid lively, smoky revelry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
California
Basil Fomeen
Fomeen
Manhattan
Adia Kuznetzoff
Hollywood
Ural Mountains
Russia
Basil
Basil Fameen
Oldfashioned Mother Remembered From a Scrapbook
The piece praises an old fashioned mother whose love shines in her gentle voice and steady care. It recalls childhood guidance and comforting touch, comparing memories to a sweet fragrance and a timeless, cherished presence.
Mitchell and the birth of the air force doctrine in US defense
The passage recalls Brigadier General William Mitchell, a pioneer of modern aerial warfare, detailing his early service from 1898 through World War I, his push for a separate air force, and his warning about aerial attack on major U.S. cities and industrial targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William
Billy) Mitchell
United States Army
Billy” Mitchell
United States
Spain
Secan
Mitchell
Atlantic
Iceland
Greenland
Canada
Pacific
Siberia
Alaska
Chesapeake Bay
Bangor
Maine
Army
Navy
Department of National Defense
Air Force
Stormy Petrel of American aviation dies at 57
In 1925 a general was reduced to colonel and sent to Texas for outspoken military criticism. He later faced court martial and resignation, then argued in print that surface navies lost coastal defense to aircraft. The Stormy Petrel died February 19, 1936 at age 57 and was buried in Milwaukee with military honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Milwaukee
Hollywood Screen Life: Tempermant Gal and 75 Thousand
Hollywood gossip notes Joan Crawford seeks role motherhood by adoption and Lincoln in Illinois on records. Katharine Cornell spurns film offer over stage loyalty while Ben Hecht teases Columbia project and Balloon Busters plans loom. Paramount sales quiet as industry tightens amid foreign jitters. Carole Landis compared to Loretta Young in wig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Joan Crawford
New York
Lincoln
Abe Lincoln
Illinois
Katharine Cornell
Addams Cornell
Miss Cornell
Wimpole Street
Ben Hecht
Columbia
Doug Fairbanks Jr
Bob Taylor
Paramount
Carole Landis
Loretta Young
De Kruif Warns Of American Health Erosion And Costs
Book review highlights Paul de Kruif's Health Is Wealth arguing a national health program to curb disease. It cites TB deaths near 70k yearly, pneumonia fatalities over 100k, 140k cancer deaths, 500k mentally ill in asylums, and 5 to 6.5 million with syphilis blood taint, framing illness as a national erosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radio 8
Moscow
Berlin
America
Paul de Kruif
Harcourt, Grace
de Kruif
Unity on Defense Measures Nearing Agreement in Congress
Washington reports factions among downtown new dealers and non new dealing Democrats edging toward a workable unity on national defense. Pat Harrison and Doughton urged against a new billion dollar authorization for aviation defenses, citing timing and financial program risks. Roosevelt agreed to withhold the message for now, signaling plans for stronger rearmament may be sought beyond current disclosures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Pat Harrison
Doughton
White House
Roosevelt
Politically torn democracy nudges toward non-defense cuts
Estranged counselors Senator Byrd and Budget Director Smith press a 10 percent cut in non-defense activities. Some friction over which items to cut persists, but their meeting shows a fragile unity forming for quick action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrd
Virginia
Smith
Mussolini Enters War Aligned With Axis Plans
The piece notes Mussolini's entry into the war as expected and criticizes his motives and alliance with Hitler. It asserts he had signaled joining when allied defeat seemed likely and mocks his claimed justification. The write up implies shared duplicitous logic with Nazi aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mussolini Mussolini
Roosevelt
Mussolini
Hitler
Slip One Over The Tax Bill Reforms Endangered
Reformers appear to have slipped changes through Congress in the tax bill. The La Follette plan to cut exemptions and raise surtaxes was made permanent, while only the 10 percent supertax and excise tax hikes carry five year expiration dates. Heavier income taxes are defended as permanent reform.
Housing agencies clash over racially mixed projects policy
Housing administrator Nathan Straus issued a statement attributing mixed occupancy in U S H A and PWA housing to local authorities. U S H A has not proposed such a policy, while federal funds currently support three mixed U S H A projects in New York and one each in New Jersey Ohio and Nebraska and 13 under PWA. The move reportedly follows the House banking committee delaying a request for 500 million to 800 million more housing money after learning of the mixed projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Straus
New York
New Jersey
Ohio
Nebraska
House Banking Committee
Treasury counsel opposes excess profit tax amid war debate
Morgen thau argues against an excess profit tax though the senate plans one in the bill. The house committee adopts a promise for such tax next session. He says income taxes already confiscate high incomes enough to curb large nest eggs. The excerpt notes a dinner speaker’s big reception and his demand for silence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Morgenthau
Senate
House Committee
Directional Quest: Astronomers Probe Distant Star
An astronomerry news brief notes a newly observed star about 3.6e19 miles away, a distance stated as the line of sight. The item comments on the puzzling nature of such a far celestial object and hints at ongoing study by astronomers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Bulletin
Forty years ago today in Aye visitors noted
The item records T. G. Toney and J. W. Pritchard Jr of Aye visiting town on the date. Dr. Miller also returned from a visit to Roanoke, marking local movements and travel milestones of residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. G. Toney
J. W. Pritchard, Jr
Aye, Ae
Dr. Miller
Roanoke
West Virginia Mining Institute Adjours Three Day Convention
Thirty years ago today the West Virginia Mining Institute adjourned its three day convention. The New River Power Company began a six million dollar construction program. Fanate hotel Princeton was destroyed by fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Mining Institute
New River Power Company
Fanate Hotel
Princeton
Twenty Years Ago Today News Roundup
Mrs. W. L. Shafer formerly of Bluefield died in Indiana. The Republican national convention opened in Chicago marking the start of the political gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Shafer
Bluefield
Indiana
Chicago
Ten Years Ago Today Marks Anniversary of Local Accident
Ten years ago today the small daughter of Mr and Mrs R L Nunnally sustained a broken leg in an auto accident. C H Goodykoontz was named president of the West Virginia Pharmaceutical society. J N Bond an employee at Tacoma Va was robbed and murdered by unknown assailants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Nunnally
C. H. Goodykoontz
West Virginia Pharmaceutical Society
J. N. Bond
Tacoma
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