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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1944
Page
5
Wartime plea urges citizens to buy bonds in the Fifth War Loan and support the government drive. It emphasizes patriotism, national security, and the idea that bonds protect homes and families while earning interest, noting bonds pay $4 for every $3 invested.
Bricker supporters ramp up pre convention effort in Chicago aiming to deny Dewey on early ballots and rally momentum to win the nomination. Ohio Governor Bricker tours the nation, has delegate strength across states, and backers say he is the best chance to win in November against Dewey. West Virginia delegates and platform committee members question Dewey’s lead as the Bricker camp asserts broader appeal and long term strength.
The Bluefield community congratulates J Hudson Huffard of Bluefield Virginia for being elected vice president of Kiwanis International and named to the Retail Credit Institute of America board. Huffard’s long civic and business leadership spans Kiwanis West Virginia district governor roles, chairmanships, and multiple national retail and chamber posts. He remains active in civic service and the furniture trade, with a noted history in Bluefield’s business fabric.
The speaker returns to an old house seeking forgotten purpose. The rooms are silent and barren, faces are gone, and the garden blooms have faded away. The house is too lonely to recall what was sought, amid dust and quiet in a long abandoned place.
Chicago strategists express confidence in Governor Dewey as a possible first ballot nominee. Rumors say a New Yorker authorized him to accept if the party wants him, though Dewey denies active candidacy. Observers think he would not seek the bid but might accept if offered.
Washington reports that morale among Nazi fighters in France is mixed. Some units show zeal, but many are drawn by money or service. Overall the war is a taut rubber band, with morale weakening and a breakdown seen as likely and inevitable.
The overview notes tough points in the fight with heavy Allied casualties. Germans launched two strong tank battles against the British at Caen and Tilly, but British forces repelled and retook. In the American sector at Montebourg and Carentan, costly fighting occurred, with Montebourg initially driven back but later retaken.
Historical column details the Ninth Division’s actions across the Cherbourg isthmus and in the Pacific involving Saipan and supporting roles in Sicily and Tunisia. It notes German defenses, French harbor damage, and predicted Japanese weakness as Allies push inland.
A battered accordion lies among war debris on a beachhead, its past as a music maker across East Side tenements Cornwall cottages Broadway London clubs and Chicago nights sketched in questions. The piece muses on who owned it who played it and whether it carried memories of service and love amid war.
John Selby argues wartime maps reveal how geography shapes strategy. Aerial view over Berlin exposes distorted boundaries in old maps, suggesting rigid depictions can mislead nations into expansion. The Council on Books wartime study is cited as contributing to these insights.
A playful wartime collection of phrases notes postwar planes may be bought on installments and collectors must adapt. It hints at households settling matters and jokes about a mouse on time in a clock analogy.
Forty years ago the Ku-Ver-O Medicine company was presenting a show here to advertise its product. Members of the Bluefield Elk's lodge planned to attend the Elk's convention in Cincinnati. Dr. R. M. McGuffin of this city had returned from a tour in Europe.
A column recalls past events from 20 and 10 years ago including prohibition notes, local visits, and business changes. It highlights Miss Margaret Walker’s Chicago trip and a war atlas that connects maps to World War II patterns, showing Axis and United Nations influence and supply challenges.
Vintage critics revisit whether Buster Keaton’s smile defined an era. The author notes old rivalries over Keaton’s persona, contrasting past cinema charm with present celebrity squabbles and urging audiences to reassess his film work.
A midafternoon Fifth Avenue bus scene shows two stylish women mocking an old man in French until he offers a card identifying himself as a French teacher. The anecdote ends with a moral about speaking English near neighbors.
Buster Keaton bets on a deadpan ending for the movie with two versions shot one smiling the other deadpan Producers Ernie Pagano and Michael Fessier say Keaton will deliver the deadpan take while Louise Allbritton and Jor Hall co star. Keaton recalls his early career and the audience preference for his trademark deadpan style. Plans also tease a possible co star turn with Jimmy Durante in a Speak Easily remake.
The United Nations radio broadcast, recorded by U S monitors, said U S bombers hit rail and industrial targets in northern Italy with good results. Targets included Fiata at Turin motor repair Civasso railway yards along the Milan Rimini line at Parma Modena Bologna and areas near Lake Maggiore north of Bologna. Rail bridges at Rimini and on the river Tagliamento were bombed.
Supreme Headquarters reports German use of glider bombs to strike Allied posts in England. In the Normandy invasion area, Allied air forces have flown about 60 000 sorties against tactical targets in the first two weeks. American fortresses and Liberators dropped 4800 tons of explosives on the beaches five minutes before hour.
In Washington on June 22, libel suits totaling 1,000,000 were filed in federal court by Dorothy G. Kreay owner-publisher of the New York Post and her husband Greb Thackrey publisher of the Washington Times-Herald and Eleanor Patterson columnist. The complaint cites an article by Patterson reflecting on owners and policies of the Post. Theodore O. Thackrey is editor and general manager of the Post. No immediate comment from the Herald.
Los Angeles records reveal film actress Hedy Lamarr and her husband John Loder filed a $250000 damage suit against producer Edward Small. They allege a gag photograph showing Loder with two women on his knee and Lamarr disapproving was released without consent. The knee sitters were actually actors in disguise for a marine corps film.
Charleston West Virginia June 22 The attorney general's office said payment of back taxes on money found in estate settlements does not remove the two percent penalty for failing to report tangible property for taxation. The ruling covers a Charleston estate with a $2676 bank balance and says the 1943 law lowering the penalty to two percent applies only to years prior to 1943 if not otherwise addressed.
Associated Press correspondent Larry Allen who was held in Tobruck and repatriated earlier this month spoke with Secretary Hull for half an hour. He thanked the State Department for help in getting him out from behind barbed wire and said Hull was proud to have him back and free. Allen spent 20 months in Italian and Nazi prisons.
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