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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1948
Page
14
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The quoted devotional verses evoke death and the afterlife with archaic religious imagery.
The nation lauds Herbert Hoover for his eloquent Philadelphia Convention speech and longtime restraint. It argues Hoover's fair treatment was overdue, credits him with wisdom in wartime service, and urges stricter driving laws and faster highway improvements to reduce fatalities by targeting unsafe drivers.
The piece argues polls show wide variability and many are flawed while comparing poll findings to actual convention outcomes. It notes Republicans, Democrats, and third party conventions planned for July will test poll accuracy, urging readers to doubt flimsy findings.
A historic safety study by American Highway Officials Institute of Traffic Engineers and the American Public Works Association finds 70 percent of fatal crashes involve drivers breaking rules, with one in six drinking. It urges designing highways with driver mental and physical traits in mind, arguing carelessness rather than criminal intent drives most deaths.
The piece denounces unfair political criticism aimed at Congress and the Roosevelt New Deal. It argues the critics blame the Republican-led Congress for economy failures and misrepresent policies, exploiting voters before the fall election. It labels presidential supporters as office-holders seeking unearned praise while avoiding accountability.
The Sioux City Journal argues against Soviet charges linking Greek killings to a U S general. It says U S aid backed a flawed Greek government to counter communism and dismisses Tass accusations as propaganda. The piece notes Russian strategy shifts after elections and forecasts further pressure in Greece.
A descriptive verse fragment portrays sunlit boundaries crossed by fences and wind driven shadows. It contrasts Timothy pale wheat and corn colored fields with split rails and thickets marking farmer yields, while pine hills invite climbers to discover what lies beyond.
A 1948 letter from Drew Pearson to his daughter notes the Republican national convention in Philadelphia. He ranks Dewey as an active candidate and Warren as an inactive candidate, both leading the ticket, while criticizing isolationists and warning about atomic age security and potential war. He argues for forward leadership and domestic security, emphasizing inflation, wages, education, and housing.
Hollywood whispers show Bing Crosby arranged a three film option with Rhonda Fleming after an oversight at Paramount. Tay Garnett directed well in Yankee Doodle, while Errol Flynn and Rank paused Jamaica projects over a prepurchase pretext. Yvonne de Carlo reports Calamity Jane ahead of Annie Get Your Gun. Donna Reed now owns the car President Truman rode in Los Angeles. Claudette Colbert set as lead in My Dear Sister-in-law for Packard with Rank distribution. Reagan aims to avert an actors strike. Sonja Henie recovers items for Stu Barthel, while Doris goes to Europe. Douglas Fairbanks to raise about 45000 for Olympic funding. Larry Parks to debut A Free Hand July 12. Freddie Brisson seeks Greta Garbo-like casting for Without Make-up. Warner bosses boast of past firings. Theodora Getty hosts a Santa Monica party. Tony Martin’s Nature Boy elicits two columns of praise in London. Arthur Christiansen praises his work. Lou Costello seeks Margaret O’Brien or Shirley Temple for a child safety short.
Lois Butler, 16, a high school junior with chestnut hair from Indianapolis, rises to fame as the star of the Cinecolor film Mickey. She tours New York in limousines, meets writers, and enjoys steamship rides, a West Point visit, and a life-changing view of the Statue of Liberty, her greatest thrill.
H.1. Phillips notes the TV commercial dramatizes products beyond sales talk. The ad shows bread, cake, pies, hair tonic, cigarettes, soap, cereals, stogies, and salad oils in visual closeups and full views. The comparison suggests video highlights complicate ordinary advertising.
A reader laments illustrated television adverts over skyward aerials and radio’s old style. Elmer Twitchell declares his home a showroom for American industry and rails against marketing on screens, preferring non visual ads and sport broadcasts without product imagery.
Eleanor writes of locals gossiping about Billy Roses Look magazine installment titled Wine Women and Words. Dames mock his spelling and literary skill while praising potential for sales. The piece ends with Eleanor defending him, noting magazine support may boost Look sales in Mt Kisco.
A murky political quip contrasts a senator and Harry with a claim that deflation is overhyped. The speaker brushes off fears as overstated, arguing the worst outcomes have been widely foretold yet rarely materialize.
Brief reminiscences from the Daily Telegraph listing events and people from fifty, forty, thirty, twenty, and ten years ago. Prof E S Baker of Bramwell and Dr L A Pox of Roanoke College are noted visiting the city, with other items including train accident fatalities near St Paul and a mining accident in Keystone.
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