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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1948
Page
4
A fragmented imprint shows the Bluefield Daily Telegraph name with typos and mis-scanned lines. It lists publication frequency, location Bluefield West Virginia, and copyright notice credited to the Associated Press, with garbled dates and legal-language boilerplate.
A wartime opinion piece questions how long the world will excuse the Soviet ban on travel to Berlin. It notes Western airlifted food to the city, Russian restrictions on rail, and rising international concern over peace and security in the face of Soviet actions. It cites U.S. and British aid, UN diplomacy, and lingering doubts about future peace in a polarized world. It also covers subscription rates and political expectations for Truman’s renomination.
A quotation notes that the history of great Bible figures is captured in a single idea: they wrong themselves with God yet accede to His will in all things, attributed to Richard Cecil.
The piece notes a Wallace third party ticket on the West Virginia ballot and describes circulating platform materials and planned public meetings. It warns that the party promises aim to attract voters from New Deal supporters while predicting most states will reject much of the platform.
Elliott Roosevelt fronts opposition to Truman at the Democratic convention in Philadelphia alleging Eisenhower support. A New York meeting quoted a letter said to be from Eisenhower, later clarified by Eisenhower’s office that his position had not changed since January 23.
West Virginia's Walter Hallanan, chair of convention arrangements, received public praise from Governor Dewey for managing the Philadelphia Republican convention. The speech praised his planning and leadership during a historic gathering, with thousands applauding Hallanan. Truman remained cautiously confident about a 1948 win.
The Columbus Ohio Evening Dispatch denounces President Truman for a Los Angeles remark praising California climate while belittling Florida. The piece argues the comment risks political wisdom and loyalty, calling it a blunder that harms civil rights focus and Georgia politics.
Tom Dewey, fresh from his 1944 setback, argues Harold Stassen must lose fights to gain seasoning. A draft act clause secretly allows limited defense industry drafting, with the White House authorized to seize noncompliant steel plants. In Illinois, Gov. Green is shadowed by Chicago Tribune pressure as Colonel McCormick drives Taft's iron hold over delegates, ending with a walkout from a unanimous Dewey ballot.
The Charles river in Waltham Massachusetts is to stage a canoe event but it remains to be seen if a popcorn machine can be housed aboard. Middleweight champion Tony Zale argues that defeating the tough opponent twice suffices. In a related note Germany was divided into four parts.
A dispute at the Policemen's ball during the state FOP convention in Fairmont escalated to the police chief Austin pocking at Mayor Al Robinson amid raucous talk. The mayor and desk sergeant denied female prisoners existed and claimed police authority, leading to a heated exchange and a few socking exchanges in the chief's office. No charges were filed as of the reports. Meanwhile, Charleston Gazette ran an open letter to Irvin Stewart of WVU about Bluefield’s parking building dedication, and local plans to sell the structure to private buyers, including Auto Dealer Gene Stowers, faced regulatory red tape.
West Virginia items note a proposed Beckley garbage tax drawing 30 attendees with 29 opposing. Alderson Broaddus English head Professor Boyd Haden, 80, retires after summer. Trinity Lutheran Oak Hill altar cloth tied to King Gustav of Sweden. WVU students return from four months of field work with agencies. Dorcas H Clayton of Saeger worked with Red Cross in Cincinnati. WVU geology students in Greenbrier County include Bernard L Kaylor of Landgraff.
L L Stevenson records a stream of colorful vignettes from mid Manhattan between 48th and 49th Streets. He sketches a light brown woman selling hand woven baskets, prize fighters on West 49th, a roaming Broadway character, and a rooster crowing on 43rd or 44th. He recalls the Washington Heights river bridges, Bowery diamond market, Maiden Lane outdoor traders, Bowery emptier streets, and Bowery workers traveling with Carnivals. He also notes Spuyten Duyvil anglers, a pushcart near Washington Square, a young artist, a dog fight mood, a raintree County reader, green corn near Washington Square, and aged junk carts by Brooklyn Bridge with a Spanish restaurant nearby.
A speaker laments modern politics the way delegates and TV coverage expose flaws. He contrasts old conventions with present televised processes, noting unflattering images and the fear that President making has become a spectacle. He longs to simply listen and focus on substance amid the cameras.
A Yale ceremony this week awarded Eleanor Robson an honorary degree for her stage achievements. The tribute recalled her roles in Arizona and She Stoops To Conquer, noted her marriage to the late August Belmont, and praised her Red Cross Unemployment Relief and Metropolitan Opera work.
Hollywood notes detail Ray Milland and Paulette Goddard pursuing Swiss sensation Paul Noel for Caesar Borgia in The Mask of Lucretia. The column covers rising stars, adoptions, planned projects, and moves by Bogart, Kaye, Hepburn, Gable, and others, plus travel and tax remarks from Sir Charles Mead.
Daily Telegraph recounts past Bluefield area events over decades. Miss Drinkard’s school closed and pupils enjoyed a spring outing at Higgenbotham’s. Capt T E Thomas and company banqueted at Bluestone Inn before wartime deployment. George A Swope left for Lynchburg to wed Miss Rector. E H Easley elected WV Insurance agents president in Charleston. Stella Maye Sawyers and Co L Austin wed at Northfork. Roy Witt, once of Bluefield, died in New Mexico. Mrs Julius Benbow Browning, formerly of Bluefield, died in Maryville. L C Hollandsworth recovering after brain concession from a game. Memorial Building courts in Princeton officially opened.
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