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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1950
Page
4
The item lists the Bluefield Daily Telegraph’s establishment in 1803, daily morning publication schedule, address at 412 Biand street Bluefield WV, second class matter post entry date, Associated Press affiliation, subscription rates and payment terms, and advertising contact.
The article argues President Truman defends deficit spending as economically prudent while critiquing critics and warning of long term consequences. It discusses Italy's tax reform, Marshall Plan aid, and the need to keep democratic forces from yielding to Communism amid Italian elite complacency.
The 1949 aviation safety awards to 36 U S air lines celebrate a near six billion passenger miles without a fatal accident for most and cite a 1.3 per 100 million passenger mile death rate for American Airlines. The report credits design, engineering, construction and operation for improved public confidence in air travel.
The article argues that Italy's privileged class bears responsibility for peasant hunger as landowners fail to place lands for the land-hungry masses, driving sympathy toward Communist ideas rather than on the actions of Communists themselves.
The 4 to 3 decision on Texas tidelands leaves the matter unsettled while a 7 to 0 ruling favors federal control for Louisiana. Justices Jackson and Clark abstained. Texas argues pre admission sovereignty. court says it relinquished it. Dissent by Frankfurter. Political moves to transfer fields to adjacent states grow. Revenue concerns drive both sides amid possible veto threats.
Poem by Clarence E. Long of Herndon West Virginia describes a sunset over Burton's Gap viewing Guyandotte river and Barker's stream. It evokes night approaching and a moment of incomparable rapture for beholders as the sun sinks. The passage emphasizes grandeur and celestial light beyond art.
Drew Pearson argues the Mount Rushmore lighting honors Washington Jefferson Lincoln and Roosevelt and urges Americans to move beyond fear. He laments postwar fear from atomic and hydrogen threats and calls for renewing the Founding Fathers creed with ideas and overseas outreach to combat communism.
A reader mocks GM President Charles E. Wilson for backing a wage and welfare deal with the UAW and suggests extending loyalty campaigns to future voters and underpaid teachers. The letter questions political influence and targets the 25 million students and 900,000 teachers shaping young minds.
Billy Rose argues that teachers influence future voters more than most officials and urges big business to fund teachers’ welfare. He contrasts U.S. and Soviet spending on education to mold compliant citizens and warns against underfunding educators. He frames education as a business risk and a democratic defense.
Hollywood gossip notes Lucille Ball will film The Elain Townsend Story in Cuba with Desi Arnaz having a role, driven by script quality and Arnaz family ties there. The piece also covers Shaw readings by Boyer and Laughton, Ava Gardner rumors, Hepburn’s Los Angeles Christmas encore, Lana Turner’s wedding finances, and Gary Cooper’s Exhibitor poll lead.
The article notes Lucille Ball plans to film her next project in Cuba with Diana Lynn and Don De Fore discussing TV film pay as an annuity. It cites other stars like Elmo Lincoln, Doris Day, June Havoc, Glenn Ford, and Eleanor Powell in brief entertainment industry updates.
H J Phillips notes Elmer Twitchell's door marked Do Not Disturb amid a wave of western gun names. He creates scripts featuring firearms with titles like Colt 45 Winchester 73 Remington 22 Smith & Wesson 40 and slips on his desk reading Bazooka II Gatling 33 Mauser 38 Enfield 00 Rabbit Gun III.
In a candid note on his next project, Twitchell discusses Slingshot 355 as a tale of the primitive weapon. He recalls its damage in childhood and plans mythmaking with press agents. He mentions other potential films including Water Pistol 86 and yacht club cannon ideas.
Robert Ruark muses on Oak Ridge scientists paying boys for fireflies and worms for research. He imagines tiny atomic warheads in bugs and asks what drives animal behavior, arguing such discoveries could shape humanity and even the future balance of power.
D M Easley returns from Morgantown after law school graduation at West Virginia University. Col James S Browning visits the city. Mrs George A Thompson returns from a ten day Cincinnati trip. Mrs McGinnis Hatfield and Mrs R F Baker depart for Craig Healing Springs. Miss Mary Phelps leaves Highland avenue for a summer in Lynchburg. Miss Billie K Baker heads to Jackson Ohio to visit her father for a few days.
Mr and Mrs Charles A Lindberg announce the birth of their first child a boy. Marshall college co eds parade the campus in shorts.
F. W. Vaughan was installed as worshipful master of Bluefield lodge No 85 at ceremonies held in the local Masonic temple. Dr. and Mrs. Hampton St. Clair of Ramsey Street returned after a week in New York.
In Turkey a law bars a beauty contest winner from teaching schools while Jean Arthur rebounds to Broadway fame after years in seclusion following a governor mix up naming her Gene Autry.
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