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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1949
Page
4
Bluefield Daily Telegraph publishes local news from Bluefield West Virginia. The paper notes it's established 188 and that it is a member of the Associated Press. Subscription rates are listed for carrier and mail delivery with regional rates.
The piece notes how veto-proof devices allow Congress to extend or terminate laws without presidential consent. It cites Taft Wilson Truman and Eisenhower era examples, discusses concurrent and joint resolutions, and explains limits on presidential vetoes regarding adjournment and reorganization plans.
Administration signals retreat on Taft Hartley revision as labor groups fear loss of traction. Truman and Democrats split on the bill with Republicans and Dixiecrats voting against it, suggesting the 81st Congress will drop the effort in the upper chamber.
General news notes vaudeville is being revived in several cities. Critics say moving pictures and radio displaced vaudeville, not audience fatigue, as theaters stopped supporting acts. Older patrons still prefer live vaudeville to movie or radio substitutes, with past Elks opera house shows offering three nights weekly.
Senate plans to attach a veto-proof rider to an appropriation bill to force concessions by the President. Economically minded lawmakers seek 5 to 10 percent cuts, hoping to seal funding while avoiding a full veto. Past attempts show this tactic can fail, as seen when President Truman vetoed a federal security agency bill on June 15 1948 over a employment service provision.
A 16 year old Roanoke youth faces murder charges in a parish house killing of a 16 year old girl. The trial’s early days focus on jury selection and opening statements, with no clear motive yet. Public curiosity runs high as investigators and attorneys anticipate clues that may illuminate the case.
The poem imagines aggressive force and weaponry, describing bombs and rockets used in conflict. It portrays a narrator hostile to an adversary, invoking World War II era imagery and threats of atomic weaponry tied to a character named Hitler. The piece critiques escalation and warfare through a grim, wartime lens.
Secretary Acheson uses Barkley stories to ease Vishinsky at Paris talk. Jet fighters test the B 36 at Muroc as radar gear stories surface, while Judith Coplon and Bohle cases draw scrutiny. The French British fleets plan a secret radar rendezvous off the coast.
The writing prompt recounts Lola Montez born 1818 in Ireland as Marie Gilbert. It notes elopement at age 17 with James, later appearing in England with Lennox, and a scheme to turn her life into a Technicolor movie with Lola as a dramatic centerpiece.
Lola Montez’s meteoric rise and fall thread a chaotic European tour. From Ireland to Poland to Russia she dazzled patrons and courted danger, winning palace favors and provoking arrests before ending in Bavaria where she bewitched King Ludwig and seized influence.
Sheilah Graham notes Greer Garson and Ray Milland courting Europa and the Bull roles while Linda Darnell stars in No Way Out as a colored girl. John Wayne and Maureen O Hara head to Ireland for Rose of Tralee. Gene Tierney tours with daughters. Betty Grable previews Wabash Avenue and Del Mar plans. James Stewart ill on Arrow set. Claire Trevor turns down Mother role. Ann Dvorak faces a costly broken toe delaying summer engagements.
Nancy Kelly returns to Los Angeles to divorce Pred Jackson then goes to summer stock. John Payne and I crash into each other as we begin ten days of shooting in New York for Johnny One Eye. Olivia de Havilland awaits her baby due in August while recovering from limited mobility in recent weeks.
Robert Ruark recalls I C Nuckols famed for building houses with bare hands. The old man drives nails through oak planks by striking with his palm, indifferent to nail size from 60 penny to 10 penny. His unusual skill brings him long standing fame.
The piece profiles 77 year old Mr. Nuckols of Goochland County Virginia who claims to drive nails through boards with his bare hands using only self confidence and a made up mind. He dramatizes the skill on a 54 acre Anthoston area farm while recalling an origin story from childhood.
The text profiles Paul Robeson and others, noting his Rutgers education and barriers faced, and contrasting his artistic and athletic achievements with broader claims about fame, privilege, and social constraints. It mentions Rutgers, Yale, and the Met opera, framing a debate on talent versus discrimination.
A senator cites a phrase quilt by association to argue that four names in a single paper project can imply subversion. The remark links media associations to potential political risk, stirring debate among readers and press watchdogs.
Daily Telegraph notes a fifty year old item showing the postmaster’s salary rising from 2000 to 2100 dollars annually and related notes about Bluefield and Bramwell post offices. It mentions deaths, marriages, and events in Graham and Athens, plus ten years ago items on Marion Smith’s Paralysis Foundation project and a Bluefield adolescent’s marble tournament.
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