Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publisher Note and Rates
Bluefield Daily Telegraph details editor Hugh Ke Shott and publishing info established 1885. It lists office address 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia and Associated Press membership. Subscription rates 35 cents weekly by carrier and 15.00 per year by mail West Virginia. other rates on inquiry.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
Reflections on divine justice and eternal margin
A short meditation contrasts prophecies of destruction with assurances of God’s goodness and justice. The speaker, quoting Hosea and Hugh R Haweis, contemplates divine eternity and personal spiritual experience as evidence of a benevolent, righteous deity.
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God
Hugh R. Haweis
Western Germany and the future of democracy in 1948
A political analysis argues for bringing western Germany into the western alliance to deter Soviet influence and secure peace. It discusses Franco German economic pooling, Bevin’s stance, and the risk of red infiltration, alongside a review of 1948 election dynamics in the East and the GOP’s strategic focus for 1950 and 1952 campaigns.
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Germany
France
United States
Britain
Bevin
Soviet Russia
Atheistic Beasts Play Currish Trick On Children
Life magazine reports on a Soviet zone event in Germany where children asked for candy and were told to pray to God then Stalin. The piece condemns the deception as an obscene propaganda ploy by Communist leaders to cultivate crushed faith and blind obedience in youth.
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Life Magazine
Germany
Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Christendom
Josef Stalin
GOP Regional Gatherings To Open This Week
Regional Republican conferences are planned before the November elections. Atlantic City hosts a conference of eastern and southeastern leaders, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Salt Lake City meets for western states on July 31, Chicago hosts the Middle West on September 15-16.
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Delware
Maryland
New Hampshire
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Alfred E. Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Willkie
Dewey
Middle West
G.O.P
Ohio
Wisconsin
Iowa
East
New York
Truman
Henry A. Wallace
Empire State
Wallace
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Connecticut
Delaware
Congress
Atlantic City
Stephen
G.op
South Carolina
Thurmond
Virginia
North Carolina
Georgia
Florida
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Salt Lake City
Chicago
Dewey- Warren
New England
Middle Atlantic
Editorial Comment Still There on Federal Deficit and Debt
Richmond News Leader notes the May 26 treasury report showing a fiscal year deficit of 2,796,024,294.53 and a total debt of 256,289,739,516.88. The piece emphasizes the ongoing presence of the deficit and debt.
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Treasury
Richmond
News-Leader
Labor leaders drop Taft Hartley as issue in Ohio campaign
Washington Times Herald notes Rep Mason cites a GM UAW CIO contract as a counterexample showing Taft Hartley working without strikes. The agreement provides a $100 monthly pension, half GM medical costs, social security, and five yearly wage increases, highlighting labor management cooperation under Taft Hartley.
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Ohio
Taft
Rep
Mason
Illinois
General Motors
Uaw-Cio
Labor and Management
Taft- Hartley
Washington
D.C
Times-Herald
My Garden Lord Prayer for a peaceful harvest
A devotional verse asks for guidance in a garden routine from dawn to dusk. It requests gentleness and cool dew, fragrance in bloom, fearless growth, and fruitage of peace. The prayer seeks kindness in every word and voice, praising Thee through cultivation.
Eavesdropping and ethics swirl around Brewster and McCarthy
Drew Pearson’s column accuses Maine Senator Owen Brewster of tapping calls linked to California aircraft maker Howard Hughes. It connects McCarthy to Lustron payments and housing aid battles, detailing tax filings, proxy battles, and committee maneuvers touching on corruption and political influence.
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Washington
Maine
Owen Brewster
California
Howard Hughes
Brewster
Judiciary
John Clifford
U.S
Clifford
Senator Brewster
Middleground abandons soft-shoe plan over damp footing
Senator Soaper notes Middleground lacks his best without dry footing as his soft-shoe routine is scrapped. A Quincy youth joins a lost-child posse and two seven-year-olds realize they are the sought children. In Arkansas, spring spinach yields run 60 percent of normal due to bad weather.
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Quincy
Mass
Arkansas
New York
East Side
West Side
Jobless king laments crown quest in fairy tale
A fairy tale king complains his crown restoration brought trouble and regrets not learning a trade. He speaks in a reflective, wisdom-seeking tone about choices and consequences. The line captures aテーマ of misplaced priorities and self-improvement.
South Bluefield Post Office hailed by local business group
The South Bluefield business men’s association credits Druggist John Buckley as the key driver behind the post office project while noting several others contributed. Also mentioned are Exeter Academy graduate John Christian Wren, and A B Crichton Jr earning West Virginia University’s MME honor. A light take on inflation and funerals ends with a grim joke on the cost of dying.
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South Bluefield
South Bluefield Business Men’s Association
John Buckley
John
Phillips Exeter Academy
New Hampshire
John Christian Wren
Beverly Wren
Mr. Wren
Jack Craft
Consolidated Bus Lines
West Virginia University
A. B. Crichton, Jr
Morgantown
Andy Crichton
Hanging Out The Mid-Week Washing
Glenville State College reports a summer term enrollment of 551, up from 460 last year, marking its largest registration in history. The Parkersburg News criticizes a home mail delivery cut as a ruse to boost appropriations. A probate case notes an estate to be administered with imagination and intelligence. A humorous mix of local chatter includes a customer’s mustard-covered bridgework and a prominent family’s bluefield hasher obsession.
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Glenville State College
West Virginia
Parkersburg
Answer Yes or No Murder Jury Dilemma in Rich Man's Will Case
Billy Rose narrates a courtroom moral puzzle about a millionaire father and his son. The father, near death from a heart attack, arranges a new will naming a medical research outfit as beneficiary with a doctor present, after the son defies him and vandalizes property. The piece frames a hypothetical murder verdict.
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Madison Avenue
Yes Or No Murder Trial Ends In Doctor Dilemma
A physician faces a moral test after a will-based scheme and a patient’s fatal illness. The old millionaire plans to revoke his new will, hoping his heir inherits nothing. The doctor administers medication, enabling the old man to die and fund a research center, while the son remains temptingly unscrupulous. The narrator asks whether the doctor is guilty of murder.
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Andrew Horton
Jay Gould School
Andrew, Jr
East
New York City Water Rules Spark Grumbles and Fines
Robert Ruark criticizes New York for crowded streets, high sewer rents, and strict rules as the city passes a bill imposing $50 fines and 30 day jail terms for overuse of water. The measure authorizes water meters to curb lavish consumption and is to be enforced by inspectors.
I Love Gotham Yet Curses Sing of New York City
A vivid, ironic portrait of New York City blending harsh critique with affection. The writer lampoons damp streets, crowded transit, pollution, and costs while praising fall and spring excitement, standout restaurants, and lasting strangerly kindnesses. Despite daily curses, the city’s allure endures.
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New York
Senator Seaver Reflects on German Soviet Youth and Kansas City Ballot Saga
Senator Seaver compares Germany and the Soviet Union’s politically organized youth to a Western shiftless dynamic, while noting Kansas City reaches its centennial amid curiosity about a stolen ballots investigation’s outcome.
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Kansas City
Panama hat gifted to Mr. Tru man spans three months of labor
The text notes a Panama hat given to Mr. Tru man by Ecuador embodies three months of work, and then reflects on a waterborne weaver surfacing slowly to avoid the bends.
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Mr. Truman
Ecuador
Goebbels Diaries case raises denazification questions
Geo. Sokolsky discusses the dispute over the Goebbels diaries translated by Frank E. Mason and Louise P. Lochner and published by Doubleday. He notes the alien property office claims and Baynton's reply that US law vested Nazi assets for US use, not for heirs, and compares to the Amerasia case while questioning legal outcomes.
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Frank E. Mason
Louise P. Lochner
Goebbels
Hitler
Doubleday & Company
Doubleday
Mason and Lochner
Office of Alien Property
United States
Berlin
Wiliam P. Heimlich
Columbus
Ohio
Ministry of Propaganda
Heimlich
Herbert Hoover
Germany
Hoover Library
Stanford University
California
War Department
Lochner
Mason
Harold I. Baynton
Government of
David L. Bazelon
Bazelon
Baynton
Mr. Baynton
Department of Justice
Joseph Goebbels
Amerasia
Philip Jaffe
Frank Mason
Louis Lochner
Fifty Years Ago Derailed Coal Cars Near Yard Scale
A historical note recalls three loaded coal cars that split a yard switch near the scale house and derailed. Other memories span forty to twenty years ago events, including a graduation, a Legion HQ lease, and a pole of notable visits.
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J. T. Thornton
Bernard Mce Claugherty
Athens
Concord Normal School
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