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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1943
Page
6
Text reflects a religious exhortation urging wise generous conduct toward friends. It references virtuous traits such as honesty and cleverness and notes using personal liberty with discretion in latitude. The fragmentary source frames moral instruction.
The piece honors West Virginia on its birthday and Father’s Day, noting eight decades of growth from primitive counties to a thriving state. It salutes pioneers who built the Mountain State and urges residents to live up to the motto Montani Semper Liberi and the founders’ pledge.
The piece argues on World War II fighting capabilities comparing Americans, Germans, Japanese, and Italians. It cites Guadalcanal air and land ratios, sea losses, and Tunisia casualties, then highlights Timor guerrilla successes by Australians with 2,100 enemy killed to 26 allied deaths in year one, and 30 officers and 500 troops killed in five months.
The text notes that Japanese fighters, claiming sun goddess descent, show an inferiority classification through casualty figures. Allied soldiers possess a capability the Japanese do not, and this contrast underlines the imbalance in the conflict as casualties mount.
The speaker notes no easy victory in the war and outlines the need for strong air and sea forces, ample ammunition, and manpower. He says the European continent will be attacked and the price will be paid, ideally more in materials than lives, urging every citizen to do their part and not relax effort.
The piece mocks subsidies for large corporations while claiming the public bears the cost. It questions roll back plans to lower food prices, arguing little traders may not benefit, and criticizes wartime fashion bans and wool supply claims as insufficient justification.
Morgantown report details House votes 219 to 130 with Elis and Randolph voting yea and Kee and Schiffier nay. Rohrbough and Smith not voting, Smith paired against. Senate 55 to 22 with Revercomb yea and Kilgore not voting due to illness and paired. Randolph and Revercomb praised bill. Revercomb argued miners fear union control and loss of family livelihood.
A Welsh poem by Geo W Howard warns children through the story of two kittens who abandon safety for street life. The mother urges caution. the kittens scoff and pursue risk, only to face fatal consequences.
Willkie intends to tour and speak in most states north of the Mason-Dixon line over the next five months to bolster his 1944 presidential bid. He aims to block an isolationist on the Republican ticket and may be joined by figures like Stassen, Bricker, and Weyt, while Dewey and MacArthur loom as influential forces in the race. De Gaulle in French politics remains controversial with mixed support from Communists and liberals, shaping a complex postwar alignment.
A satirical piece lampoons Harold Ickes potential oyster production rules. It imagines an “oyster census” and “questionnaires” prompting fear among oysters and their supporters, jokes about Form A-456, and suggests bureaucratic reach could disrupt quiet beds and ribaldly envisions clams replacing oysters.
The clipping blends satirical riffs on invasion rumors with anecdotes about John L. Lewis’s versatility behind the plate. It notes a Oklahoma prisoner serving two life sentences and parodies figures like Herr Hitler and Goebbels, ending with a Horatio Alger era nostalgia.
A fragment speaks of golfers striving to raise scores while pests bite outdoors. A satirical note claims a patriotic bachelor trusts war bonds over matrimony, reflecting a playful homefront mood.
Washington announces that many items will be simplified and deprived of frills soon including auto jacks screens wheelbarons and paper napkins The piece mocks officials plan and mentions a proposed food czar with a tongue in cheek tone and a headline about Roosevelt wanting no food czar.
Forty years ago today W R Stowers from Floyd county visited the Daily Telegraph. Mrs Kate Fredeking sister of John Culliney died in Hinton. John C Wallace of Roanoke visited his brother 5S Wallace.
C W McCall treasurer of Tazewell county and G B Thompson arrived in town, Thompson negotiating to buy a $6,000 Pierce-Arrow car. Passenger train No 9 derailed its tarrets and narrowly avoided a serious wreck. Mrs Julia Clarinda Trentholme died at her daughter’s home, 940 Wayne Street.
It was announced that 9050 had been collected in fines in the U. S. district court in session at Bluefield. Lions club names committees at weekly luncheon meeting. Mrs. E. V. Fox returned from Portsmouth Ohio after spending time with her husband who was foreman of the N. and W. shops at Portsmouth.
Bluefield Virginia Tazewell Pocahontas Richlands leaders united against funding schools for 1933-34. Judge McClintic instructed the grand jury to enforce city law until repeal. City board named officials to oversee the July 5 municipal election at its weekly meeting.
A reader laments meager menus and high prices describing a 70 cent chicken pie and poor value. The letter mocks modern dining trends and predicts wooden shoes as a novelty, noting widespread frustration with overpriced fare.
L L Stevenson paints Broadway at twilight as neons fade and crowds fill Times Square. Taxicabs hurry under alert traffic, orchid sellers and gum vendors operose, marquees glow, service members and hostesses pass, and police patrol to avert incidents as crowds drift toward theaters.
In a nostalgic reminiscence, the author recalls early newsroom life on Bland street, the AP wire and Phillips code, and a 1916 election night scramble. A gun-toting party stops by, a reader-operator vanishes, and the team races to print as California shifts and Wilson lingers. Radio changes the thrill of live updates.
A busy scene along a city street shows readers congested around stands with vendors selling publications. Passersby, musicians, performers, and curious crowds fill the sidewalks while soldiers and locals observe the activity near a statue and Dimout Way.
Hollywood buzz surrounds 17 year old Donald O'Connor star of Mister Big. Universal pours funds into ads and publicity after pre release praise and fan letters. Once a child performer, he returns to fame with heavy marketing to push him into top theaters.
A studio documents box office draws and plans for O Connor new films. Photographers capture O Connor in multiple settings with Peggy Ryan and Gloria Jean. Exploitation teams push the flood of publicity for the popular American boy. The writer promises more details on the campaign.
A Maine woman near death asks to be buried in her satin dress with a skirt cut from the back for a child named Susie. She insists on following the plan, joking that she buried Joan without his pants as the dress remains intact.
Eddie Steele, secretary of the Bluefield chamber of commerce, attends the first session of the Southeastern Institute for Commercial Organization Executives at Emory University in Atlanta. He represents West Virginia on the institute’s board of managers, sponsored by the U S chamber of commerce, Emory University and the secretaries' association of fifteen southeastern states.
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