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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1929
Page
6
The item appears as a dated newspaper masthead and proverb from the period emphasizing traditional values. It notes Associated Press credit and distribution details, with address lines for advertising representatives and offices. The brief thought for today mentions the human touch as more important than shelter or bread.
A Charleston appeal calls for wide community participation to raise funds for a YWCA building. It stresses that every donation matters, big or small, to ensure the project proceeds and keeps the organization connected with local residents and their interests.
The piece praises J Blackburn Watts and College Littlepage for presenting the LeRoy Clemans case to two juries, notes doubts remain about guilt, asserts no aid in litigation, condemns forgery of public documents, and argues that further prosecution may erode public respect for justice. It urges entering a noise to preserve confidence in judicial procedure.
The Post-Dispatch contrasts honoring good laws with contempt for bad ones. It argues law must rise from public citizenship, not mere statutes. Repeal or noncompliance is the citizen’s duty, lest tyranny prevail, while respectable law allows civilization to endure.
The passage argues against blanket laws and defends selective civil defiance as a path to progress. It contrasts Hoover with Wilson and Roosevelt, praising some traits but labeling his tariff approach as a defect that harms his historical standing.
The piece attacks the Soviet regime for rejecting Secretary Stimson’s appeal to use U S good offices to avert war with China. It likens Moscow to Ivan the Terrible and a bent desperado, arguing the Kellogg pact and modern civilization demand restraint. It contends Russia’s refusal undermines self determination and threatens peaceable international relations.
The Baltimore Evening Sun notes President Hoover lists ten commissions and committees to tackle evolving problems. They include a Haiti study commission, an interdepartmental merchant marine survey, a branch banking joint panel, full time power commission ers, a permanent radio board, Muscle Shoals leasing talks, public domain conservation, a White House child health inquiry, an educational policy panel, and a prisons bureau, with others existing like the law enforcement commission. The piece argues this growth signals government complexity and questions if commissions can replace convictions, while urging reform in forestry and praising calls to strengthen Wisely aligned agencies.
A collage of humorous quips from a 1929 column by O. O. McIntyre touches on marriage, drink, detective talk, Broadway glitz, and social foibles. It lampoons the Yellow Peril cigarette stain, Wall Street buzz, and party chatter while noting Edna Walling and Rudy Vallee in lighthearted anecdotes.
The Valley Association of Commerce proposed by Senator Hatfield to promote economic and industrial development in the Ohio and Kanawha valleys gains strong editorial support from Wheeling Parkersburg Huntington and other papers. Editors urge state wide scope, note planned $200 million investment, and call for a public chamber to coordinate tax reforms and regional growth while safeguarding streams.
Detroit, Mich. December reports the Detroit Times launched a new plane and a handsome new building with a large gathering for publisher Andrews and owner Hearst. The piece notes rising Detroit business scale from Hudson's store to Macy and Marshall Fields and Ford factory tours. It highlights Ford's Russia investments, a dancing class for public school children, and advice on newspaper paper costs.
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