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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1955
Page
5
Daily Telegraph rates listed for daily and Sunday delivery at 406 week in second zones and east Virginia 16.20. Other zones available on application. Audit Bureau of Circulation noted. Representative Kate agency contact via telephone 6171.
A religious verse reflecting on daily devotion and divine love. The text invokes Psalms 127:4 praising a man with many offspring and speaks of steadfast faith within a convent setting. The tone is devotional and communal.
Uranium prospecting maps flood private and government markets as interest surges nationwide. The US Geological Survey notes Colorado plateau deposits and demand pushes map prints from 10000 to 25000 copies, while eastern states report rising curiosity and trips to prospect. Officials warn of claim-jumpers and friction with ranchers, urging vigilance after a reader asked how to read maps and sell uranium.
Forecasts of a Reserve Board cut in bank reserve requirements to free about 1 billion for government securities could lift inflation. Banks, borrowers, and government deficits push inflation higher as consumer credit expands and defense spending rises.
Ray Tucker reports a Brown speech warning organized labor against economic or political maneuvers tied to the AF of L CIO merger. He cites Reuther and Meany as potential top leaders while urging focus on survival in an atomic age and cautioning against using labor power to dictate foreign policy or candidate support. Brown frames union bosses as able to pressure skilled workers and urges state restraint on private power.
Hollywood gossip spans Brando and Sinatra as top rivals for Carousel. John Wayne Tony Trabert and Vincent Sardi to crown Sigma Chi sweetheart. John Ford filming The Searchers on location. Gig Young Elaine Stritch dating. Karen Sharpe and John Lupton serious. Veronica Passani vacationing. Loretta Young hospitalized. Henry Willson guiding Maggie Truman. Rock Hudson uranium hunting while acting. Marlene Dietrich calls Mercedes McCambridge after Cafe de Paris. Henry Fonda offered 15 deals for War and Peace. Claudette Colbert’s misadventure. Jean Simmons fluent in three languages. Star pair buying Switzerland home, plan Hollywood return.
A California man touring a New England village remarks on its charm and isolation while a native boasts the locals’ awareness. Dan Bennett recalls vivid exchange highlighting cultural contrast in a small community.
Robert Ruark recalls a young jeweler named Steve Chazanow based in Houston at the Shamrock Hotel. He describes Chazanow as a unique figure amid oil wealth who attracts attention with bold style and a habit of aiding Ruark during a medical crisis.
The text critiques shopkeepers and buyers in Houston, highlighting Steve a jeweler with keen insight into customers and rival Bill Roberts. It mentions perfume of deception, pricing, and a shop's hypnotic pull on clients, plus a stray anecdote about a gold dust incident in Waco and plans for future liaisons.
Elmer Roessner analyzes how supplementary unemployment provisions in new auto union contracts may drive aggressive ad campaigns and product line diversification to sustain year round sales. Firms may stagger models and explore perpetually recycled ownership plans to reduce off season layoffs, with broader implications for other seasonal industries and international trade.
Rural poll shipped to Japan shows international buying patterns. Britain and Japan together with Canada West Germany and the Netherlands received more than half the total. Dutch share largely transshipped. Prices for several herbs and bark declined while others held firm. Luke Kaiser of Houston introduces Davy Crockett bucks as advertising giveaways with 100 buck size 9 by 14 inches.
Raymond Moley notes a subcommittee report on the essential American watch and clock industry for defense. Witnesses say the sector produced chronometers navigation watches timepieces time fuses and other precision gear for ships tanks and aircraft during wars and faces loss of skilled workers and market share after conflicts.
A committee urges expanding U S watchmaking skills to produce jewel bearings and movements domestically. It notes the need for artisans and supervisors with up to ten years of experience and calls for self sufficiency after 1941 German exports ceased. The subcommittee warns against reliance on imports in future wars.
A small Chinese group in the United States plans to launch Free China Daily in San Francisco with hopes of expanding to a national publication for Chinese descendants. They aim to promote free rule for their homeland and clarify that the term free China does not indicate a Communist regime.
The essay argues there is no universal monetary standard and discusses Western Europe and the United States stance on currency convertibility. It notes Britain’s cautious shift toward convertibility, European resistance due to mass production and export concerns, and the push for a broader Economic United States of Europe under ideals from the European Coal and Steel Community.
A compact nostalgic recap lists items from fifty years ago to ten years ago. Entries include J K P Steele visiting Bluefield on business and Paul Adams leaving for Norfolk. Other notes mention injuries after an automobile crash near Christiansburg and a South Bluefield Legion band concert.
The column jokes about happiness tied to suburban living and city or country views. It notes a wife noticing household chores while her husband oils a fishing reel and mocks elite neighborhoods reporting hail stones the size of polo balls from last night’s storm.
Drew Pearson reports Bush defends wealth ties and secret fund while opposing lower salaries for Congress. Purtell questions wealth as a prerequisite, noting Bush’s background with Columbia Broadcasting and other firms. Debate highlights the Senate as an exclusive club for the well off.
Imagist lines urge neighbors to rise to a sunlit morning. The speaker notes simple greetings like good morning or Mary and mentions tarts baked from gathered berries. They describe a swift gathering of fruit and a joy that outshines song, attributed to Joseph Joel Keith in the Christian Science Monitor.
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