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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1951
Page
4
The Daily Telegraph announces editorial staff led by Hugh Ike Shott and printing operations in Bluefield Virginia. It outlines Associated Press rights, subscription rates, and advertising contacts with location details and pricing.
A religious reflection cites scripture from I Peter 2 6 and a quote from Phillips Brooks about aiding the afflicted. The text emphasizes bearing burdens, not removing them, to awaken a person’s best energy.
The IMF and EC Europe dispute best methods to curb inflation and ease trade restrictions. Britain’s high exchange limits and dollar-discrimination push currency revaluations, while the commission favors regional currency upvaluations. The U S backs the IMF warning Europe to reject the plan, arguing devaluation could destabilize trade and rearmament.
The June 17 French elections could elevate General Charles de Gaulle s Rally of the French People to the nation s strongest single party. The movement, unorganized in 1946, has gained deputies and could top the Communists, who still command significant seats but limited public support. The new law favors coalitions, with four blocs in play and potential shifts in power amid debates over proportional representation and the Third Force. An atop-note mentions pests complicating tax collection efforts.
The piece argues that aid from the United States to the Nationalist government in China is undermined by postwar policy shifts. It criticizes Secretary Acheson for signaling investigations into the so called China lobby and warns this may erode global support for Chiang Kai shek and play into Communist strategy.
Editorial ponders a season of graduations and the passage from student to graduate. It contrasts fading ceremonies with the onward march of life, noting graduates become leaders and the moment gives way to new beginnings as Thoreau inspired, more days dawn.
A reflective poem recalls an attic filled with memories from childhood. The speaker lines through sunlight on aged trunks, hats, a clock, a sewing basket, an ice skate, and a treadle sewing machine, finding strength in keepsakes as they descend the stairs.
Drew Pearson warns of a dormant Senate report on Arabian American Oil Company detailing overcharged Navy prices and a $99 million lend lease link to Roosevelt. The Justice Department has stalled, risking statute of limitations, while industry leaders discuss wartime controls and a Georgia ex-governor faces scrutiny over OPS pay and alleged false claims.
Robert Ruark recalls Sarkes Tarzian an Armenian American from Bloomington Indiana who rose from refugee origins to success in electronics. Born 1901 in Armenia he came to Philadelphia at age six and funded his education with ice cream scholarships. He became chief design and development engineer at Atwater Kent and later led RCA operations in Buenos Aires.
A Bloomington based inventor Tarzian rose from chief of the RCA plant at 39 to wartime tech consultant for VT proximity fuzes. He started a TV parts business, cut tuner prices, and built a local TV station for under 200 900. He operates multiple plants, promotes local programming, and foresees state wide coverage while remaining active in community groups.
Sheilah Graham reports Joan Fontaine signed to play Rowena in Ivanhoe and Janet Leigh eager to find an apartment for herself and Tony Curtis. Robert Cummings eyes Arlene Dahl for Of Thee I Sing revival and plans to produce and star in his next Columbia film. Frank Tashlin to direct future projects. Yvonne De Carlo denies quitting pictures for opera. Frank Sinatra reopens his office in LA to star in Meet Danny Wilson. Nancy Sinatra’s California divorce looms. Ava and Paulette Goddard notes. Corinne Calvet discusses Russian role in Mabel and Me and a tour for Peking Express. Lou Costello sings in Jack and the Beanstalk. Penny Edwards with Miguel Aleman Jr. date dinners.
Vera Ralston receives a surprise call from Germany about a Miss German Legs of 1951. Sylvia Gable faces a possible alimony battle with Clark amid a divorce rumor. Robert Ryan and David Wayne star in Of Mice and Men at La Jolla this summer. Barbara Bates plans a tonsillectomy before Chaplin project. Michael O'Shea lands a role in The Marriage Broker after three months on his Arizona ranch owning six thousand acres and three hundred cattle.
H. J. Phillips notes a sharp ruling upholding community power to curb door-to-door brush sales. The decision requires written permission to ring a bell, with few dissents from justices least likely to answer doors. The column mocks the ruling and cites a judge’s fanciful precedent.
The text recounts old court cases about door to door salesmen. Potts sees a foot chopped by a homeowner yet the court rules a salesman may advance literature. Haddock vs Crumps supports protection of door to door sales youth. Stuffle vs Wimpus presents a quirky college enrollment scenario with a chair strike.
The item notes Andrei Gromyko’s cardiogram suggesting heart trouble and mentions Sen. Cain warning that every Secretary of State statement will be read nationwide. It also highlights Esters Kefauver’s honorary degrees, a 1300 physician Atlantic City convention, Frieda Hennock’s Meet the Press appearance, and a provocative line about a new German leader.
Geo Sokolsky endorses Dr James W Fifield Jr plan to proclaim liberty across the land as a national religious festival on Independence Day. Bells toll churchwide at noon, sermons on freedom under God precede the holiday, and citizens read the Declaration of Independence.
The column notes visits by Capt R B Smith of McDowell B F Keller of Bramwell and T E Houston of Elkhorn in Bluefield. It recalls Dr Henry Becker leaving for Welch on business. It mentions Turkish warnings about Constantinople and a Malta brigade plan to move on Mingo county after an earlier arrest. It also notes naval movements to Queenstown and Nautilus repairs, farm board wheat stabilization abroad, and U S consulate closures in Germany with North Africa fighting and Syria clashes.
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