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Newspaper

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1946

Page

5

Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publication Details

The Bluefield Daily Telegraph announces its morning edition schedule and postal registration as a second class matter. It lists subscription rates including 69.00 per year and mail options for Cres and surrounding West Virginia, with advertising contact through The Kats Agency.

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Vote Yes For Airport Bonds In This National Debate

A dated tract argues for understanding price control and urges voting yes for airport bonds. It cites OPA controversies and congressional delay, warns of dissension in government, and frames the fall elections as a chance for reform while urging support for airport bond measures.

Jine Office of Price Administration

Arthurdale experiment ends in sale to Belfort Corp

Editorial notes Arthurdale in Preston County West Virginia once backed by Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt was liquidated for 105000 after a 2500000 investment and 1495000 debt The sale to Baltimore based Belfort Corp will keep plants operating and about 200 workers employed The piece argues Arthurdale failed as a social experiment deeming such planned communities unlikely to produce human transformation.

Eleanor Roosevelt Arthurdale Preston County West Virginia Federal Housing Authority Belfort Corporation Baltimore Scotts Run Roosevelt Roosevelt-Tugwell Eleanor Staunton

Truman and Murray clash over price control and strikes

Drew Pearson notes President Truman pressed Murray on stabilizing the economy through price controls and reduced strikes. Murray cites an extended steel contract and praises effort while suggesting broader labor and management cooperation. The piece also covers Evatt Gromyko sparring at the UN, Baruch’s punchline on Joe Louis, and Truman’s four candidates for budget director.

Truman Murray Mary Congress CPA Phil Pal Tanean Lewis Murray White House Chester Bowles John L. Lewis Lew Schwellenbach Schwelbach Alaska

Two Mischief Makers and a Courtroom Yarn

In Virginia Town two young girls Jeaney and Judy stage a pretend auction with canned goods, drawing neighbors and officials to watch the chaos. Nearby a discussion near Jerome Katz and U S district attorney Milt Ferguson spirals into courthouse gossip and political ribbing about a boastful rival.

Virginia Jeaney Judy

Auction Sale Tale With Brief Run In Mercer County

A short lived auction sale triggers a chorus of stories at a Mercer County Bar association meeting. Jerome recounts Judge Ben Moore’s fond tale about overheard elevator chatter in a hotel involving a probation case for a colored defendant on whiskey charges.

Jerome Supreme Court Mercer County Bar Association Ben Moore Judge Moore Federal Court Theevator McClintic

Berlin Cigarette Racket Ends as Currency Controls Tighten

Hal Boyle reports that postwar currency restrictions in Berlin crack down on a widespread scheme by American soldiers profiting from selling cigarets and candy to Germans. The surge of “Berlin Millionaires” using counterfeit or extra currency books is curbed as emergency controls and money transfers are tracked, ending a 13 month era of profiteering at the troops’ expense.

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The passage discusses plans to expand book entries to siphon funds, central checks to prevent soldier manipulation, and finance officers optimism about reducing illegal postal money orders. It also touches on rekapitalizing black market nicotine profits through German goods and shipments of cigarettes to Germany as an illegal deal.

America Germany

Let a man build a better mousetrap and the world

In a dialogue with the Man Who Built a Better Mousetrap, the reporter questions outcomes and policy. The figure notes ongoing material shortages and decisions on fair returns, then jokes about paths to the door created by various authorities and bureaucrats. The exchange touches on White House discussions.

White House

The Better Mousetrap Builder Faces Shifting Paths

A fictional figure, the mousetrap builder, contemplates new paths for students probers and careful consideration groups as he reflects on purpose and enthusiasm while a license revocation case in New York confirms a theater’s removal for showing degrading pictures on Sixth Avenue.

Sixth Avenue New York

Taft Leads GOP Prospects Amid 1948 Primary Shifts

The column surveys Republican contenders for the 1948 ticket with Taft as a leading candidate, Bricker and Warren challenging, Dewey quiet, and Vandenberg influential abroad. It notes mounting organization control, shifting emphasis from isolationist versus internationalist clashes, and a likely strengthened Taft era in Congress.

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Memorial glimpses from anniversaries and travels

A compact diary page marks past moments with today’s echoes. Entries note W C Lindsay’s return from Hinton, the Bluefield post office becoming an international money order office, and multiple trips and family events spanning 40 to 20 years ago to Roanoke Buckeye Lake Morgantown and Virginia Beach with names such as Dr. N E Rierson Mr. and Mrs. Buckley and Mrs Francke Fox.

W. C. Lindsay Hinton Bluefield Graham Bluefield M N. E. Rierson North Carolina M. B. Postlethwaite Roanoke J. E. Buckley Windal Mr. Buckley C. I. Cheyney Buckeye Lake Francke F. Fox Morris Morgantown

Senator Soaper Comments On Bread Prices And Rockets

The senator notes rising bread costs while stating essentials are kept affordable. He mentions the U S army developing a new rocket that travels at twice the speed of sound and cannot be heard before it arrives.

U. S. Army

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