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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1941
Page
4
Notices about meetings and entertainments for clubs and churches with fees and notices of events. Includes instruction to mail communications and payments to Daily Telegraph in West Virginia.
A compact reflection on valuing life through use, pairing a biblical verse with Samuel Johnson's aphorism. The two statements frame a moral stance that meaning comes from practical application and purpose.
A speech urges real and continued public investment and sacrifice to defend liberty security wealth and happiness against distant threats. It warns powerful forces threaten the American way of life and stresses the necessity of total national effort.
The Bellefontaine town anniversary celebrates the first concrete pavement laid in the United States around the courthouse square. Credit goes to George W. Bartholomew for discovering limestone and financing four blocks with a $5,000 bond pledge. The marker notes wheels from 1891 and 1941 and the paving influenced road building nationwide.
The text portrays Stalin terrified at the prospect of German divisions on the Soviet frontier and notes that Moscow’s concessions to Berlin are unsurprising to observers. It suggests Stalin would seize Ukraine and its grain if he dared, highlighting the tense strategic stakes in the region.
An analysis notes Hitler’s Mein Kampf outlined seizure of Ukraine to fuel Germany’s economy, suggesting Stalin now fears a German advance. It compares Russia’s past confrontations with Finland and Romania and warns Nazi propaganda and military pressure intensify as frontiers tighten.
A national defense highway bill envisions constructing landing strips parallel to roads to serve airplanes. Travelers could switch from auto to air travel at roadside fields, aiding tourists and hitch hikers while risking some auto driver patronage. The plan envisions a broader, mixed transportation future.
The author notes the NVA and CCC remain funded at full levels despite the nation’s armed forces declining in usefulness. They argue that government spending easily rises but hardens to cut, illustrating a common pattern of entitlement to funds regardless of need.
The piece argues unions have been elevated beyond law and government controls by court and Labor Board actions. It describes infiltrators undermining discipline, calls for exam and revision of labor laws, and asserts Congress must enact safeguards benefiting rank and file labor.
The Storm Lake note praises the president and the war department for taking over the Incevete t Army defense plant and urges same action for all tied up plants.
The poem portrays old men noting spring blooms by a lake and park while children play nearby. An elderly man pauses to pick a single blossom, highlighting contrasts between memory and youth. Daniel Whitehead Hicky is cited as the source in the Washington Post.
Defense officials warn the U S program will accelerate from about one billion dollars a month to threefold within a year. Small manufacturers like kitchenware and hardware makers already face closures as supplies dwindle, with Donald Nelson noting the strain noted in a Pittsburgh speech.
A large air conditioner maker pressed Washington officials for defense contracts to switch lines as shortages loomed. The War Department eyed arming 1,400,000 men with 600,000 reserves, but after a solid week of talks no agreement emerged and the manufacturers returned home.
A defense expenditure prospectus from an OPM authority predicts a 50 percent rise by July 1 and quarterly growth to reach 40 billion dollars annually. Nelson, Stacy, Ray, Batt and colleagues argue Germany will spend 25 billion next year and Britain and the United States must outpace Hitler to win, despite disruption to lives and business.
Two steps under consideration include establishing Skelton in the defense contract service and announcing its setup to convert plants. Peter Nehemkis the former SEC dealer is arranging preparations. The plan would have some manufacturers in toothpaste radios autos or clothing materials shift to defense output while others resume normal business after the emergency. The second measure involves the OPM assisting small manufacturers to use substitute materials and plastics or obtain small supplemental defense work.
Analysts warn that government control of aluminum oil and power signals a swift shift toward a militant state. The public face this as a temporary wartime measure, yet critics fear long term civic and economic dislocations as ownership debates deepen.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette argues that tying up defense production during a critical period is a threat to public safety and that a strike at a plant with government orders amounts to striking against the government and the people.
A brief remark from Indianapolis notes it would be interesting if someone began picketing the picketer near the White House area reflecting on protest tactics and public response.
Forty years ago Bluefield saw saloons reopen immediately after the county court granted licenses. F W Palmer of Lynchburg became manager of the Bluefield Singer Sewing Machine office. John W Sparks' circus exhibited in Bluefield.
Thirty years after their marriage President and Mrs. Taft marked a Silver wedding anniversary in the White House. The Rev. H. W. Moore preached at the event as part of the annual People of the West Graham section’s activity. Norfolk and Western pressure grows for a combined freight and passenger station at Hockman.
Twenty years ago today the State Christian Endeavor convention met at the First Christian church. The Rev. Billy Sunday arrived in Bluefield to begin an evangelistic campaign. Mrs. Sally G. Toney, mother of L. G. Toney, died at Northfork.
James Evans a well known McDowell county citizen died at Keystone United States District Court opened in Bluefield with Judge George W McClintic presiding Arthur G Miller of Pulaski Virginia died from a wound related to a personal safety incident
Private Oscar writes from army life describing diverse company peers including a former oil executive, a garbage collector, artists, actors, a clam digger’s son, and a flea circus performer. He notes improved outfitting, jokes about uniforms, and daily rumors about fighting, learning languages, and the social mix of soldiers in training and doubt about war locations.
The review notes William L. Shirer’s Berlin Diary as a diary style account of life inside Germany from 1930s to wartime. It praises the calm, restrained narration that records censorship effects and pivotal events such as Hitler’s rise, mercy killings, Lindbergh’s Berlin visit, and the Norwegian naval disaster.
A fragmented clipping notes a sharp accusation of deception. The brief hints at a confrontation with a swindler and questions about moral conduct among men, implying scrutiny of dubious schemes without detailing names or places.
The essay recalls a night on the Hudson and a radio memory of river names with Indian musical cadence. It references Happiness program with Elsa Lancaster and Charles Laughton, then a visit to Mike Foster at Columbia to review a broadcast excerpt about American river names like Monongahela and Susquehanna.
A young evacuee visits a farm and is shown a cow in a shed chewing cud. The farmer notes the cow as his best milk producer and comments on the costs of keeping a new calf.
A freshman in the trumpet section mutters a nervous line to a nearby boy after a short practice. The moment captures school orchestra jitters and tentative progress.
Robbin Coons reports from a Hollywood set on Clarence Brown directing Clark Gable and Rosalind Russell in a tense last sequence. Rehearsals run long with up to ten takes for General Owen and Inspector Bolton's entrances as Gable and Russell improvise wardrobe data and banter between takes.
A quirky trimmed excerpt notes women pondering each other and comments on piano sales rising 20 percent from last year. The piece jokes about harmony and love nests as prices fall, mentions a coast man seeking divorce over a palmist wife, and quips on matrimony limits.
A humorous street scene shows Mrs Anxious asking the conductor about a First National Banks sign. The conductor clarifies the sign relates to his ribs, not a bank, in a light exchange on the street.
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