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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1948
Page
4
Bluefield West Virginia daily newspaper details its publication schedule and status as a member of the Associated Press. It outlines subscription rates by carrier and mail, with annual price for West Virginia residents and notices advertising representation by The Matz Agency.
A compact meditation on knowledge as the great sun of truth, its beams distributing life and power. The excerpts frame learning as essential for richness of mind and action, echoing prophetic and oratorical sentiments on wisdom guiding daily effort.
The Republican convention in Philadelphia nominated Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York for president and Gov. Earl Warren of California for vice president. The unity shown promises a strong campaign and cross-party appeal, with expectations they will attract Democratic support. The piece also critiques the government potato purchase program as keeping prices high, arguing costs and foreign aid obligations prevent substantial price reductions.
The Republicans present a constructive platform aligning with much of the party’s recent record. It supports rearmament and foreign aid with temperings for economic welfare, favors limited housing subsidies, and backs tax cuts, cost control, and reciprocal trade pacts. Civil rights are reaffirmed, veterans benefits revised, and labor rights guarded with health and safety limits.
The article recalls past government actions under the New Deal that bought and destroyed surplus potatoes to prop up prices, noting widespread newspaper coverage of the potato scandal and suggesting ongoing policy shifts under the administration.
The draft bill provoked mixed reaction as Congress passed it reluctantly. Supporters cite it as a victory for military leadership and internationalists, while opponents include Republicans favoring nonintervention and wary of enlisting 200000 youths. The measure aligns with broader foreign policy and anti communist aims, but its effectiveness for peace remains uncertain.
Editorial notes that the 1948 Republican nominating convention in Philadelphia featured unusual prolonged balloting. It recalls past first ballot winners and landmark “dark horses” such as Harding Hayes Harrison and Willkie, highlighting how this year’s choice was more disputed than average in 92 years of GOP history.
A poetic scene describes a swallow perched along a highway enjoying sun flecks and amber lakes from dawn to dusk. The bird’s twitter is faint, its song resembles a sparrow, and it flits between shadows and thickets while observers note its quiet presence.
Republicans face fierce right wing victories on key issues from public housing to tidelands oil. Debate over state control of tidelands ends with support for federal coastal control tied to defense. Public housing aid approved with condition that states fund the money. Palestine policy shifts to back UN partition plan after Lodge Vandenberg compromise. MacArthur nominating speech backstage maneuver linked to Vandenberg spectacle.
Senator Soaper argues a platform drawn by seasoned hands will cater to all, even those who read right to left. Pros wearing as little as 61 are not playing golf by our terms. Questions linger whether the three year old, Citation, is a horse. The Anglo American entente could endure until yacht racing resumes for the International cup.
Sheilah Graham reports ambitious plans for Sirocco with Glenn Ford and Humphrey Bogart, Vidor negotiating with Rita Hayworth, Ingrid Bergman revising Under Capricorn to curb drinking scenes, and Rex Harrison’s Britannia Mews pivoting to Arms and the Man in London. Larry Parks awaits about $75,000 on his contract appeal while Tyrone Power will not fly Constellation on its Lisbon inaugural. Linda Christian travels under a pseudonym. Yvonne de Carlo laments Delilah casting. Deanna Durbin’s Up in Central Park trims five of seven song numbers.
Ambitious cast details include Deanna’s praised voice and Mary Pickford planning to adopt two American war orphans on her return to Hollywood from Europe. Notes on Jure Havoc declining a London stage role over a poodle, and Gene Tierney’s fatigue during added scenes in That Wonderful Urge. Ida Lupin changes plans about England marriage to Collier Young. Cornel Wilde to team with wife Pat Knight after Fox contract, with The Lovers cited as their first project together.
Edward Sobol, former Jada Trio member and NBC television director, argues vaudeville specialty acts will return via TV. He notes vaudeville faded but never died and cites Star Theater as proof of a revived path for old buffaloes and other talents.
In a studio opening night of Star Theater the seven specialty acts with Milton Berle as master of ceremonies and a 15 piece pit orchestra led by Russ Collins offered a hour long vaudeville program. The acts included Rosario and Antonio, Senor Wences, Pearl Bailey, Stan Fisher, Al Kelly, the Moroccans, and The Andreas from Italy. Berle even joined the Moroccans on stage as an acrobat. Sobol predicts television won’t kill movies but will make audiences pickier about what they see.
A TV revival of vaudeville is discussed while noting Paramount’s A Foreign Affair featuring Marlene Dietrich Jean Arthur John Lund and Millar Mitchell. The piece also mentions graphic wartime sequences and a Pleasant cocktail party for Freda DeKnight author of A Date With a Dish a collection of American Negro recipes.
In a witty forecast Phillips imagines cab radios overlapping with street chaos as drivers chase prizes and collide with trucks and buses. He cites mock police blotter entries of cabs crashing into drugstores and passengers amid a suspended scoreline and tense exchanges with referees.
Reported crashes involve a taxi and several sedans, with drivers distracted by television sports. One taxi followed a prize fight count, another sedan pair reportedly sped or watched a horse race, a wrecked coupe hit a lamp post, and a taxi went off a dead end cliff while a passenger near a ball game provided clues.
A cab crash near Kyle McDonnell involves a sedan carrying housewives. The taxi driver swerved left while a TV program was on and the sedan’s driver recalls lifting her hand for a better view of a televised can of baking powder.
The piece jests about overseas trips and monsoon regions with adults in short pants and kids aboard a subway, lampooning car shortages and a boastful ex political figure. It mentions New York subway fares and lists familiar archetypes rather than a single clear event or person.
A whimsical verse riffs on a small coin nickel and its tiny noise for children, contrasting with a boy and girl crowd and a lighthearted, rhythmic appeal.
Uncle Wille recalls a jazzy tale of Corabelle the chorus girl, Percy Forrester the society playboy, and Bulby Waters the ex-pug. A feud over fidelity leads to a sudden bout at the health club, ending with Percy's shock knockout and a cliff hanger to turn to Page Six.
A column lists events from different eras in Pocahontas and Welch. Fifty years ago Mrs Willie Brown and Robie Brown visited friends. B W Pendleton and Oscar Carden visited Bluefield. Forty years ago Ivanhoe Commandery installed officers in Bramwell. a gun battle occurred during an arrest attempt. Thirty years ago Mrs Walk had surgery in Bluefield. Mrs Kemper shopped in Welch. Twenty years ago a chautauqua opened on Augusta street and a square dance was held at Robin's Rest. Ten years ago a 21 inch trout was mounted in Matoaka. over 500 Baptists celebrated Welch church anniversary.
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