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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1946
Page
4
Bluefield Daily Telegraph details its establishment, publication schedule and mailing status. It lists office details, Associated Press membership, and subscription rates while noting advertising staff and mailing practices.
A local editorial critiques President Truman’s veto of the Case labor bill. It argues his message strays from the bill’s provisions and questions the sincerity of his public appeals. The piece calls the situation unprecedented and suggests policy drift amid labor tensions.
A historical critique discusses a schism among Supreme Court members, noting concealed tensions during prior administrations. The piece laments public disclosure delays and urges an end to contentions and personal animosities to preserve national respect for the court.
A political column argues for supporting airport bond issues while urging the United States to resist appeasing Soviet leaders. The piece cautions against meddling in Spain and Argentina, defending self determination and American independence in world affairs.
Fort Wayne readers weigh in on the Office of Price Administration and a man with two refrigerators who asks how much he can sell one for. The OPA offers $39.50 for the box and $35 for the motor, valuing the rest at $4.50. Reconditioning costs $90, yielding $79.50, meaning a $13.50 loss.
In the poem a speaker, Ruth Irving Conner, imagines a tree and wind as playful dancers. A passerby sees the speaker knitting soberly while a gull battles storm and the speaker rises and falls with renewed ecstasy.
Drew Pearson argues Truman protects Missouri allies like Pendergast Snyder and Murphy, accusing the president of using cronyism to shield friends while harming opponents. The piece recounts cabinet and labor tensions, noting Senate rejection of several confirmations and suspicions of how cutthroat politics shape policy.
Bluefield updates report talk of city hiring an auditor to check business books for sales tax reports, a state checker recently in town, and rising city tax receipts. The piece mentions Jimmie Rantis’s illness and recovery, Gus building his own prospects, Bill and Bob Grill’s popularity, Barter theater praise, and local family news including Willie McClung’s AP assignment and the McClung twin daughters.
The column notes Dr J. 8. Compton’s early riser habit and mentions G I workers saving money in Japan. It lists C W Jackson joining Bluefield College faculty and a Matoaka mayor, Virgil able, with criticism of a former Premed leader. It praises Joe Elliott’s photography and hints at N and W railroad staff. It ends with a proverb about bearing the world’s weight.
Hal Boyle profiles Emil Ludwig a 65 year old biographer of Bismarck Napoleon Roosevelt Stalin and the Nile river who despite saying he slows down remains among the busiest writers. He recalls living on Lake Maggiore with his English wife in a hilltop villa and cottage while building rooms with every new book.
Exiled German writer Ludwig, now a Swiss citizen, lives with his elderly mother-in-law and a menagerie including a gold-tailed pheasant. He speaks of shorthand writing, his 112 works in 26 languages, and his belief that Edison was the greatest American he met.
A reminiscence by H. J. Phillips reflecting on ten formative years running a 540 acre farm in a county. He contrasts rural toil with Washington duties and notes how challenges like droughts and pests once feared become trivial amid public life. He recalls President Truman's words about those years being the best of his life.
An elderly speaker reflects on leaving public life to return to farming. He remembers hard work, calloused hands, and the desire for honest toil, noting how power brought a break from labor yet a wish to farm again.
A fragmented editorial voice critiques wartime policy and leadership. It references President Truman, high level conferences with Adolf Hitler, war crimes indictments of Japan, and Ed Stettinius with U.N. tensions. The piece questions isolationism and postwar goals amid political rhetoric.
A Washington letter lampoons Pittsburgh Pirates fans and management, urging a list of 152 demands to improve players pay and conditions. It riffs on worker rights, proposing ideas from bigger bats to portal-to-portal pay and fan welfare levies, framed as a satirical push for change.
A county court considers a petition for a charter to construct an electric car line between Princeton and aeenee. Notes record past local events including Dr J Prancke Fox returning from Staunton and other items from 40 and 20 years ago.
The speaker criticizes Soaper for walking out of conferences and ignoring communications while accusing opponents of stirring distrust. The piece likens her behavior to hanging up on a man and questions Russia's fear of being forced into reconciliation with adversaries. It also mocks public tears and notes stricter auto driver tests in some states.
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