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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1948
Page
12
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 1993 publishes morning editions except Mondays. Second class matter since 1893. Associated Press member with local news content. Subscriptions: 30 cents weekly by carrier, $12 yearly in WV zones. Advertising by The Katz Agency.
The Philadelphia convention nominated Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York for president and Gov. Earl Warren of California for vice president. The pair are seen as uniting the party and appealing to both Republicans and some Democrats, with active campaigns anticipated.
The Republican platform presents a stable program aligned with the 80th Congress, endorsing rearmament and foreign aid with tempered housing and tax plans. It pledges further deficit reduction, civil rights goals, anti-inflation measures, veterans benefits revision, and reciprocal trade, while noting labor input was limited and union leaders diverge on Taft Hartley.
The piece notes mixed public opinion on a peacetime draft with Congress passing the draft reluctantly. It credits military leadership and internationalist lawmakers, while Republicans and nationalist rivals argue against foreign entanglements. It questions if the draft will prove an effective instrument of peace.
The piece recalls government practices of over buying and destroying crops like potatoes to bolster prices. It notes past potato destruction as a scandal and casts doubt on current administration policies and their aim to support farmers through market interference.
The Cincinnati Enquirer notes the 1948 Republican convention was more disputed than average with Dewey expected to win on first ballot yet many revolved factions. It recalls past dark horse selections like Harding Hayes Harrison and Willkie, outlining margins and ballots across 92 years of GOP history.
A swallow perches on a wire beside a highway during a sunlit shower and watches amber lakes at dusk. The creature’s tweet barely qualifies as song, resembling a sparrow’s chatter more than a songbird’s call.
The Philadelphia convention saw GOP factions clash over housing, tidelands oil, and public power. Rich mond and Lodge led battles on state control of tidelands and federal power limits, while Ives shifted housing support to a conditional federal role. A Palestine resolution ultimately backed UN partition.
The column mocks a grand political program drawn by veterans claiming broad appeal even to Chinese readers. It notes golfers in skimpier attire, questions the three year old horse Citation, and ponders the durability of Anglo American ties amid yacht racing for the International Cup.
Sheilah Graham reports director Charles Vidor pursues a Sirocco project with Glenn Ford and Humphrey Bogart with talks planned with Rita Hayworth upon her return from Europe. Ingrid Bergman’s Under Capricorn rewrites cut drinking scenes and Lew Ayres questions press linking. Rex Harrison’s Britannia Mews canceled. he moves to Arms and the Man in London. Tyrone Power to fly TWA’s Lisbon inaugural as honorary captain. Linda Christian to ride under a fictitious name. Deanna Durbin’s Up in Central Park cuts five of seven songs.
Ambitious film plans emerge as Deanna's voice praised and Mary Pickford eyes adoption of two American war orphans on return from Europe. June Havoc declines lead over poodle ban. England quarantines dogs. Gene Tierney complains over added scenes in That Wonderful Urge. Ida Lupino weighs England wedding. Cornel Wilde to join ventures with wife after Fox deal. Pat Knight praises first project together. The Lovers marriage troubles reportedly resolved.
Edward Sobol, former vaudeville performer and current NBC television director, believes vaudeville will return via TV. He cites Star Theater as an example with seven specialty acts led by Milton Berle. Sobol notes audiences will be choosier and may stay home for stronger offerings.
The column notes television may revive vaudeville while praising Paramount's A Foreign Affair with Marlene Dietrich Jean Arthur John Lund and Mill Mitchell. It highlights scenes of Germany's devastation from air attacks and covers a cocktail party for Freda DeKnight and her new Ebony cookbook A Date With a Dish.
A satirical wrap cites H. J. Phillips on taxi television and rail against drivers watching fights and games. It imagines taxis rear ending trucks, buses, and railing into rivers, lamp posts, or cliffs as drivers follow broadcasts and lose control.
A taxi cab collision involving a sedan full of housewives prompts warnings about televised drives. The taxi driver reports a sharp left turn near Kyle McDonnell, while a sedan occupant recalls not signaling while viewing a broadcast of baking powder.
The verse humorously recalls exotic travel east of Suez and monsoons, jokes about an ex-White House occupant, and a man bragging about a Ford waitlist. It quips on free rides for three kids on the New York subway once the 10-cent fare starts, while adults plan travels in shorts with lollipops.
A fragmentary verse playfully toys with a tiny coin and a girl’s curiosity about its value. The brief lines riff on sound and worth in a light, nursery mood.
Uncle Wilie spins a risqué Broadway vignette about Corabelle the chorus girl, Percy Forrester the wolf in Brooks Brothers, and Bulby Waters the ex pug. A love triangle leads to a fight at Bulby's health club and a dramatic cliffhanger ending as the story jumps to Page Six.
A selection of short notices recalls social visits in Pocahontas and Bramwell. Wounded men in a gun incident during an arrest attempt is reported alongside past local events from Bramwell Welch and Bluefield areas.
Twenty years ago a Chautauqua opened in a new tent on Augusta street followed by a square dance by the Gal club at Robin's Rest with music from the West Virginia Coon Hunters. Ten years ago a 21 inch trout caught by Rev. W. S. Hendricks was mounted in Wright Drug window. Over 500 Baptists attended Welch church’s 20th anniversary services.
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