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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1948
Page
14
Bluefield Daily Telegraph information dated 18603 describes publication schedule, association with the Associated Press, postal class, and subscription rates by carrier and mail, plus contact details for advertising and circulation.
A reflection on rhetoric and hidden aggression contrasts smooth speech with underlying conflict. Biblical verses warn that deceit harms both speaker and listener, while a secular note from Everton condemns double dealing as contemptible before God and man.
Washington reports indicate the 80th Congress may adjourn this week so lawmakers can attend the Republican convention in Philadelphia. Bills of contested importance are pressed for passage before adjournment amid mixed support across parties and amid Wallaceite and new deal tensions. Farmers’ stance on Wallace remains unclear as urban and naturalized voters weigh his appeal.
An essay argues famine has not struck the United States due to a theory of government that rewards individual enterprise. Free enterprise and a free economy, it says, enable Americans to buy unlimited goods, while laws must protect industry and distribution. It warns against powers that collapse one industry for others and stresses fair relations among citizens to keep America great.
A Western farm belt newspaper critiques Henry Wallace's public image and role under Roosevelt. It recalls his offices as Agriculture and Commerce secretary and his influence on farm policy. The piece implies farming troubles stem from government structure and New Deal excess.
A machine claimed to test every human organ is debated by medical experts though air transport uses a similar device to diagnose airplane engine faults in flight. The gadget can chart spark plugs magneto valves and other parts to locate trouble, potentially expanding to automobiles, despite skepticism about medical accuracy.
Gov Thomas E Dewey in Richmond called Henry Wallace completely unpredictable and likely to be an erratic president if elected. He said Wallace does not seem to know what he will do day to day and that the nation would not want such leadership. The Roanoke Times reported the remark.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch argues that official action granting men access to beauty shops undermines a female space long seen as safe. It frames beauty salons as centers for female discourse on equal rights and contemporary scandal.
Poem by Albert Ralph Korn reflects on human fate and meaning. It questions whether perfect happiness would erase fear and regret. It contrasts a life guided by comprehension of joy and grief with a hollow existence, asserting humans are meant to understand truth through experience.
Washington column surveys Arthur Vandenberg's long road from isolationist foil to influential Republican figure. It notes his past shifts, ties to Detroit power brokers, and questions party leaders face about age health and control if he becomes president.
Sheilah Graham reports Paulette Goddard to New York for play or pay at Paramount while Orson Welles keeps a portrait of Linda Christian. Jane Russell’s RKO future unclear with Howard Hughes, Gregory Peck weighs Broadway play versus film pay, Lex Barker pursues a lumberjack stint, Red Skelton seeks a big family, Elizabeth Taylor loses pets, and Bette Davis and June Bride publicity sours.
Paulette Goddard secures solid film deal after completing Weep No More. Walter Florell claims a star owes him money for hats while a costly sapphire ring stirs envy. Alice Faye prepares first European trip with plans for overseas shoots and appearances. Clark Gable to visit France on leave after bombing raids. Rhonda Fleming deal mixup may trigger a lawsuit with David Selznick over a year’s studio tie. Janet Leigh handles three films at Metro while facing contract tensions and shifts.
Ezra Stone known as Henry Aldrich on radio and Broadway star of Me and Molly, has a busy career and farm life in Bucks County. He directs and acts in theater, helps cast, and mentors youth while preparing ANTA theater workshops on campuses nationwide.
Radio host Henry Aldrich directs a real life committees amid summer chores. A big all vet musical revue is planned with material from hospitalized veterans for Camp Shows national contest and tour. Ezra Stone and Sara Seegar Stones residence hosts farm life with chickens cows and a champion bull.
A satirical notice lauds H J Phillips Bathertop and Moosejaw for restraint, recommending them for honorary degrees and praise for not exploiting a neighbor's old car. The piece also mocks Oscar W Carp for lingering in a bus doorway amid campus life observations.
A satirical list awards mock honorary degrees to Oscar Wigglesworth, Prentice K., Thadaeus R. Crummett, and Halloway G. Tupper, praising actions while lampooning wartime political tensions and government critique. The piece mocks prior statements and grants comical prizes and ice cream.
In New York a coffee-house tale unfolds from the Caledonia Social Club. A half-dozen characters including the pickpocket Once-Over-Lightly and dentist Dr Slowly clash in card games and sharp talk until Slowly is found dead from a gas overdose. Police puzzled by the bizarre sequence of events.
Fifty years ago Prof. Eugene Blake of Princeton Academy visited this city Col John G Watts of Tazewell was a guest in Bluefield Forty years ago Attorney E S Barrett of Salem was a business visitor in Bluefield The Rev Thomas Priddy went to Wesley Chapel Giles County to conduct funeral services for Mrs Johnson who died in Bluefield
Thirty years ago Ernest Davis, accused of shooting Ed Royster at the Imperial hotel on Raleigh street, was arrested in Portsmouth Ohio. A. L. Parker of Clarksburg joined the Daily Telegraph as Associated Press operator through the Telegram of that city.
Twenty years ago J. J. Price a Bland street merchant was shot and seriously wounded by an unidentified man in an attempted hold up. A. L. Mitchell was chosen as mayor of Cedar Bluff.
Ten years ago tentative plans approved to erect a $75,000 senior high school annex to Genoac school building. Paul C. Grimm, former commissary clerk for Turkey Gap Coal and Coke at Dott, and his three children drowned when their boat capsized in the Potomac River.
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