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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1945
Page
4
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists Hugh Shott as editor and Sooosare as advertising representative at the Kate Agency with telephone 611 for news and ad inquiries.
Partial OCR note references a Bible verse and a quotation by F W Bourdillon followed by a fragment. No clear event or people except the names. The readable text hints at a historical note or column item noting gains in 1945.
The Bluefield Youth Center opened Friday night under the chamber of commerce initiative, offering four summer nights of wholesome entertainment. The redecorated auditorium hosts activities aimed at safety and character building, reflecting Bluefield’s growing recreational program and urging municipal support for year round facilities.
The Americans bask in victory in Europe as GI GIs anticipate homeward journeys before Pacific duties. Yank highlights a photo series of American scenes that symbolize life along Main Street with neon signs, drug stores, and familiar brands.
A Norfolk and Western Bluefield shops employee dies after a June 9 accident, the first fatality there in fifteen years since July 31, 1930. The plant employs about 649 workers with an estimated 28.5 million hours worked over fifteen years and only one fatality, highlighting the company’s safety record.
Bluefield residents criticize the absence of names on the honor roll at the federal building. Bluefield Post No. 9 sponsored the project with funds from locals to honor service members from Bluefield and Beaver Pond. The post says the legion fulfilled its duties while the advertising firm failed to keep the board current, prompting calls to enforce the contract or hire others at the firm’s expense.
The Morgantown Post评论 recalls Elliott Roosevelt's troubled career from 1940 to 1939 loans and losses. It notes military ranks changes, two failed marriages, a Hollywood wife, a dog involved in a scandal, and a proposed congressional look into a $200000 loan to buy Texas radio stations with a $196000 tax loss.
A fond reminiscence of a couple recalling a night walk and the familiar hymn Abide with Me sung by an organ as church bells ring and twilight fades, ending with a plea for steadfast companionship.
The Tydings Philippines mission members refuse to discuss their sudden Manila exit after a short stay and a clash with MacArthur. Details suggest tensions over another senatorial group visiting later, while fighting still rages in Leyte and Santa Ines. Allies debate hard peace policies and German scientists licensing amid postwar strategy.
Colin Johnson, a 25 year old British artillery officer, leads a three ring circus in Hamburg rebuilt after an RAF attack. He has mustered 30 artists and animals to entertain Allied troops under a tent rising from ruins, rationing meat and horse feed, tending a dying lion, two elephants, and a sorrowful monkey while jugglers and performers from Poland, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia join the show.
Colin recalls securing 30 pounds of meat for a lion and lamenting German rations while discussing Circuses near Hamburg. A star, Bongo the Gentleman of the Jungle, wears a monkey suit and swings atop the tent as allied troops guard the grounds. The Continental Express travels with 30 European entertainers from a displaced persons center led by Alexander Guidos the Australian juggler.
The county plans an air show at the Princeton airport with outside attractions and war bond rides. local plane owners will donate aircraft and services to support the drive. Other items note Sgt Spurrier’s return plans, a police public address system, and a farm wife’s prescription labeling concern.
A battered humor piece describes Thisa And Thata on a drunken rooftop tumble ending with a husky savior on the sidewalk. Mary Ann Cole among reporters rushes out, notes a ham sandwich at Fox pharmacy, and jokes about Patton’s rapid advance while waitresses’ tips and wages are debated in the newsroom.
H J Phillips riffs on Washington edging toward higher gasoline allotments as millions of Americans yearn for peacetime “Fill er up” days. Ickes may raise the coupon limit to six, prompting memories of two pump stations per block and cheerful attendants. The piece warns changes should come gradually to steady national sentiment.
The Nyack Journal-News editor cites reader reactions to recent bad weather and prints a forecast warning of more nasty weather tonight with somewhat improved conditions tomorrow. The piece also notes Ickes surviving a cabinet shake up and Truman's timing on fuel administration changes as the war news remains mixed with German arrogance noted.
Washington dispatch notes Japanese withdrawal from central and southern China to the Yangtze and Shanghai, aiming to establish a defensive axis while American air and sea power tighten blockade. Analysts see a costly but pivotal pause before a final push, with moves into Borneo shaping the long-range Pacific theater and supply lines across Asia.
Daily Telegraph notes from a forty years ago column record visits and movements. Dr E McCreery leaves for Lynchburg business matters while E H Witten and A S Godfrey of Bramwell visit Bluefield. Mrs W A Pankey travels to Lynchburg to see relatives. A L Hawkins returns from Richmond after embalmer certification. Prosecuting Attorney A M Sutton of Princeton in the city on business. D M Peterson of Cable Steel returns from two months in Pittsburgh. Dr David Littlejohn vice president of the Lions club installs new officers Herbert D May becomes president. Mr and Mrs E S Pedigo travel in New York after extended trip abroad. Mr and Mrs A C Crawford return from Norfolk and Washington. Stuart A Mills dies at Holy Cross Sanatorium New Mexico. Miss Langie Martin leaves for Lebanon Virginia to do welfare work. Mr and Mrs Lloyd G Walker of Princeton injured in a vehicle accident near Honaker.
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