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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1946
Page
5
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 1999 publishes each morning except Monday. Paper is registered as a post office in Bluefeld West Virginia. Rates listed at 69.00 per year with advertising representation noted.
A editorial blasts opposition to a four billion dollar British loan and defends price controls. It criticizes administration figures for claiming the public cannot decide what is best while highlighting wartime debts, OPA shortages, and rising prices. It urges voting for airport bonds.
The Pere Marquette railroad proposes abolishing tipping in its dining cars, arguing tips have evolved from appreciation to a racket. Officials say service is tied to tips, with individual attendants acting as sole negotiators, potentially influencing standards nationwide.
Morgan town Post questions the claim that price controls threaten the housing program while noting construction has halted and materials flow only via the black market. It argues controls fail to spur legit production and urges replacing them with a free market to restore balance.
A brief poem by Ethel Riner Sublette reflecting on three mornings and the speaker's favored ones. The verses describe mornings with a rainbow sheen above the west, a dark dewy green dawn, and a blue clear morning with rose banks. The speaker also mentions a robin's nest observation.
Congress debated restoring military presence on the atomic energy control board with Republicans leading the drive. Key figures included Elston Thomas Harness Arends Sykes and May with Holifield opposing and several proxies cast for absent Democrats. The dispute followed long secrecy and heated exchanges over who should oversee atomic policy. The piece also notes labor disputes in the press industry involving Petrillo Randolph and Poynter, highlighting a broader debate over press freedom and worker rights.
Hal Boyle reports Soviet efforts to court German artists and intellectuals in Berlin by favors and material aid, contrasting with American and British occupation policies. Russians seek collaboration, restore estates, and offer butter and fuel, while bread and wages remain scarce for many Germans. The piece notes tensions between boasting of cultural privilege and real living conditions.
The article notes Berlin’s elites aligned with Soviet occupiers with German artists praising Soviet cultural influence. Russians provide material support and social clubs like The Sea Gull to calm nerves. Germans debate who benefits more as Soviet occupation seeks to recruit Berlin’s cultural figures.
Joe Howard, 78, boasts a catalog of 534 songs including I Wonder Who s Kissing Her Now and Hello My Baby. He started in Kansas City in 1876, wrote 28 musical shows with 15 hits, built Harrison theater in Waukegan, and led motion picture song illustrations before Edison. He heads a music firm, stars in two shows daily, and lives with his eighth wife and a 15 year old son. Born Mulberry Street New York to a saloonkeeper, he ran away after his mother died and found early fame in vaudeville and saloon circuits.
A biographical sketch follows a songwriter who built a publishing business and toured with performances in St Joseph and Dodge City. He starred in stage shows including Uncle Tom's Cabin company and saloon singing across frontier towns. He met Ida Emerson in Denver, whom he married at 15. her gambler husband died in a gunfight, leaving three children.
A group of citizens laments rising spendthrift behavior in the country. They cite bets on a $500 horse, a $30 000 house bought for $17 500, a $4 dinner, a $2 000 used car, and a ball game crowd as signs of widespread financial carelessness and distraction from work and responsibility.
A columnist criticizes the scattershot American scene where people act on rumors from magazines and radio ads. The speaker recalls impulsive stock deals, whiskey rackets, and a hair oil jingle as signs of a media dominated culture. He warns inflation as the country's great danger as he mentions paying $9 for a shirt.
A Bluefield Telegraph reader rebuts Paul Mallon's June 22 column arguing the Vatican visit by Myron C. Taylor is a constitutional violation. The letter defends separation of church and state and challenges Mallon on diplomacy with religious leaders. It mentions Truman and the Vatican as controversial points.
In a letter to the columnist Mallon the pastor argues that while U S soldiers died for freedom of worship, the Roman Catholic church has tried to block Italy’s liberty and influenced elections. Mallon counters that the church defended religion and democracy in Europe and cites the Pope Mussolini accord.
A Washington columnist discusses draft plans under President Truman and Congress. He asserts the army aims to meet quotas with volunteers, avoiding broad drafting, while lawmakers wrestle over 18 to 44 year olds and potential emergency powers amid continuing war-fighting needs. The piece notes political pressure from voters and the White House process as committees clash and draft boards prepare for six months of adjustments.
Reported movements include Rev T C Shuler and D O Baldwin visiting Lynchburg for a state convent, Mrs J A Johnson leaving for Norton, Dr W C Slusher returning from Floyd County, and Mrs Gus Kahn and daughter visiting Huntington. Also mentions chamber of commerce polo dinner, Miss Esther Graham's dancing recital, death of John O Looney in Roanoke.
Clint Anderson warns of a long belt tightening as meat poultry butter eggs slip from shelves. He links postwar peace to new troubles like prohibition and bootleg goods, noting scarce dinners and high haircuts as the era’s odd contrasts.
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