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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1940
Page
6
A short editorial note urges readers to keep their souls sweet avoiding anger vindictiveness and hate. It claims gentleness increases personal power and builds a fence against viciousness.
A Svenska Dagbladet list shows daily entries in a Stockholm businessman’s private ledger for March. Items include secretary salaries advancing payments, floral gifts, theater and dining outings with Maud, and personal wife gifts, totaling 1060 Kronor with weekend theatre.
A veteran observer notes that campaigns once used staged notices of supporters and defections to inflate momentum. He cites Burke Holt Hanes Douglas Reed and Al Smith as examples, arguing today’s walkouts are merely stagecraft from the same old operatives, with Maine voters and ward workers still decisive.
A West Virginia Gazette editor letter critiques the Liberty League's 1936 motive as a cloak for opposing industrial liberalism and aiding moneyed interests. The writer questions Neely vs Dawson in state politics, cites AFL ties, and argues for informed public judgment amid wartime education and mobilization themes.
The text argues for streamlined state powers and voluntary regional compacts to balance federal and state authority, promote efficiency, curb centralization, and align laws on water power traffic and taxes. It emphasizes interstate cooperation to prevent federal displacement and support regional uniformity.
Merryle Rukeys argues for voluntary state action to streamline government, reduce duplications and waste, and cut 175000 taxing units. He warns against needless costs in nationwide operations, urging elimination of deadwood to finance expanded defense and social programs while preserving state rights.
Denon and Runyon era fellows publish books on ships and Saratoga Springs. Jack Lawrence’s When the Ships Come In and Hugh Bradley’s Such was Saratoga are praised for ship news and sports writing respectively. Lawrence’s memoir covers the Deutschland saga with humor, while Bradley traces Saratoga’s old racing era.
Estbrook Pegler argues Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt is ineligible for Newspaper Guild membership, citing the guild’s rules and a special honorary status. He alleges her position as president’s wife shields her and claims the guild’s anti resignation clauses trap members, urging purge of ineligible figures.
In a 1940 humor piece Arthur Bugs Baer riffs on the Monroe Doctrine, likening Caribbean boundaries to steps on a mountain and joking about home ownership and front doors. He brushes aside alarm and urges calm, comparing readiness to a fireman’s hat and a bonehandled knife.
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