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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1935
Page
6
The Charleston Gazette notes edition details from December 10 1935 with published press affiliations and a Thought For Today attributed to Hugh O Bentecost. It includes address lines for David Co in Chicago and printing office notes.
A London naval conference sees diplomats from major powers debating armament limits. The piece humorously imagines fictional workers from various nations at a mock round table, questioning fleet sizes while noting the cautious diplomacy that can avert or trigger wars.
Addis Ababa dispatches report Ethiopia will refuse British and French peace terms that would cede about a third of the empire to Italy. An Ethiopian spokesman condemns Italy as aggressor and vows no reward to the invader. The League of Nations has recognized Ethiopia as the victim.
Ethiopis advocates a withdrawal of Italian troops as the main provision to end the war. The proposal would please Ethiopia France and England and likely Italian soldiers and families, but Mussolini’s prestige would remain damaged. The League faces a choice between peace or honoring a dictator's ambitions.
A Whitesville man, J. A. Clarey, slept with a cigarette and caused a bed fire. he was hospitalized with burns but expected to recover. The piece urges smoking only when awake and cites a local incident to illustrate risk. Mayor Blakeley of Welch orders enforcement of the old sidewalk spitting law, hinting at curbside public cuspidors.
The Wheeling Intelligencer criticizes prison crowding at Moundsville and supports segregating prisoners while agreeing with Dr. McClintic on a serious overcrowding problem. The piece notes the need for reform, possibly three separate facilities, and praises a courageous Wadestown bank cashier, Olen E. Henderson, for thwarting a holdup and aiding in the capture of West Virginia robbers reported by the Parkersburg Sentinel.
The Putnam Democrat commends Governor Kump for appointing Homer Stephenson A Spates Brady and Wilson to the state liquor control commission. It lauds their effort to place stores, select varieties, and price to curb illicit trade while honoring the act creating the system, noting tact diplomacy and public service.
Hard working Henry Morgenthau launches a third phase of the broadest income tax inquiry yet, expanding scrutiny from Wieder bracket incomes to all returns and bank accounts, with notable cuts among New York inspectors for large balances. The piece also notes Sequoia’s stay in Swanson’s navy, the relief-funding battle in Congress, and WPA CCC anecdotes.
The piece surveys Fifth Avenue's opulent window displays and rivalries among grand stores, noting Selfridge and the Empire State Building. It recalls Wendell residence antics, dog tricks at the Throop home, and radio chief Dene Aylesworth’s calm leadership. It weaves in anecdotes about Victor Herbert’s resignation, Somerset Maugham’s American visit, and Claire Boothe Brokaw’s provocative stage work.
Washington reports the Ohio Republican state central committee urged against Hoover for 1936, hinting a favorite son stance. Analysts see the move as a lever to influence the convention, potentially drawing Hoover and Borah into active nomination campaigns and shaping the platform.
A garbled quiz item asks about states nicknames and historical figures. It mentions the Hawkeye State, Nash family, English Protector, Blaine nickname, first U.S. president, fork use for ice cream, spies, a great English poet, and whether the U.S. government funded Soviet payments under a certain administration.
The OCR text presents a jumble of questions and figures about butter production in the United States, major city rankings, salmon species, a film or opera figure, and estimates of inventor earnings. It reads like an unreliable OCR pass with erratic capitalization and misread terms.
A Washington bureau offers a new booklet on patents and trademarks for inventors. It covers what is patentable patent costs foreign patents and how inventors are paid. The packet, titled Patents and Trade Marks, is available by mail from the Charleston Gazette office in Washington DC.
Fragmented OCR text references a Brisbane writer and editor credits with stray names and phrases. The readable parts mention a column introduction by an editor and an associated writer, but no coherent event, date, or clear outcome is established.
A disjointed 1920s style column from Fort Wayne notes Bir Paul Block heading west in a private car named Friendship amid a collage of radio chatter, measles talk, and cultural references. It contrasts private car wealth with proletarian mobility, mentions Tunney fights and Madison Avenue, and hints at advertising and songs.
A fragmented item references Roosevelt and Farley in a political discussion from decades past, noting a continued dialogue about journalism and public sentiment. The garbled OCR hints at a literary piece in a Digest and mentions a vaccination phono-graph and Universal Service distribution, but specifics are unclear.
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