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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1952
Page
4
Editorials on traffic, crime, and containment policies
Editorials discuss Newsweek traffic solutions and the need for constructive planning amid too many vehicles and costly roads. They critique crime in the New York waterfront, link losses to political protection, and urge public action over political reliance. The piece closes with a stance supporting firm anti-communist action led by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newsweek
New York City
State
Crim Commission
John Foster Dulles
Duance
Deferment of Students from Military Duty Defended
The piece argues deferment of students from military service preserves civilization by saving valuable minds. It cites history of nations weakened by war and asserts war delays the growth of superior talent, claiming many potential Lincolns Churchills and Edisons lie beneath battlefields.
Reader's Forum letters on newsstands and UN role in Korea
A Charleston reader signs as City News Seller and Gazette editor, defending magazine sales standards and criticizing sensational literature. He cites Korean War policy and UN involvement, asserting U.S. constitutional supremacy, and credits Frank Holman and local Charleston lawyers for supporting the peace and law through the UN.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baiter Gazette
Charleston
Dangers of Treaty Law and Modern Sex Sensibilities
Letters discuss fears of international treaties eroding American rights under the Bill of Rights, linking Eleanor Roosevelt and global planners to treaty law. A reader praises Don Seagle’s cleanup stance on sexual content in media and urges action to curb sex presence in newsstands, advertising, and publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Roosevelt
Congress
Frank Holman
State Department
U.N
Dorothy H. Horn
Gazette
Don Seagle
Salvation Army
Suburban Subway Proposal From Anonymous Digging Reader
An intercepted 1952 message from J T Copenayer, an excavator, urges the city to install a downtown subway to fix traffic after noting holes dug in streets. The tone is humorous and advisory to the mayor.
When a friend is falsely calumniated I speak up
Inez Robb recounts a street corner confrontation with a Communist speaker defending Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. She describes fear and resolve to stand up for a friend unjustly smeared, despite respecting free speech, and notes the broader anti Rosenberg campaign accelerating across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Civil Liberties’ Union
Julius
Ethel Rosenberg
Evers
Sam
Uncle Sam
United States
Rosenbergs
Tulias
Russia
Fisg
Balch Selected NY Democratic Chair Amid Downstate Upheaval
New York Democrats chose Richard A. Balch of Utica as state chairman by a three to one margin over William H. Morgan of Cortland. The victory signals ongoing party rifts ahead of mayoral and 1954 governor races, with Farley and his allies labeled conservative by Balch backers. The piece notes Dewey’s anticipated crime commission scrutiny and possible future roles for Brownell, Harriman, and Roosevelt Jr. in statewide contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farley
New York
Richard A. Balch
Balch
Utica
William H. Morgan
Cortland
James A. Farley
Parley
Phooey
Roosevelt
N. Y
Averell Harriman
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Crime Commission
New York City
Bronx
Dewey
Herbert Brownell
Eisenhower
Korea
Brownell
Washington
Peace talk and Hungarian meddling in US politics
Writings by Drew Pearson critique Soviet Russia and China as seeking peace while Eisenhower’s NATO army is mocked as imaginary. The piece reports Dr Emil Weir Weil, the Hungarian minister in Washington, attending a New York meeting to urge American Communists to oppose the United States. It notes a recall threat and recounts Marzani’s antiwar rhetoric and calls for activism, petitions, and fundraising for a pro Hungarian cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Russia
China
Eisenhower
NATO
France
Italy
State Department
United States
Washington
Emil Well
Barbizon Plaza
New York
Lionel Seckville- West
London
Grover Cleveland
Harrison-Cleveland
Marzani
Weil
Pentagon
Gen
Omar Bradley
Moscow
Bradley
von Paulus
Stevenson
Avana
Kossuth
Marezani
White House
Korea
FBI
Ameriki Magyar Szo
Dr. Weil
Legation
Aus
Heartsaver Shop chairs invite quick catnaps in New York
Dorothy Kilgallen laments holiday shopping fatigue in Manhattan, notes the Heartsaver Shop at Lewis and Conger offers reclining chairs for shoppers to nap after bargain hunting. She mocks dummies on display, comments on cabdrivers, photographers, and actors while mentioning a Dorothy Kilgallen cocktail at Key West’s Casa Marina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lewis and Conger
Coast Guard Port Security Card Powers Blocked by Inaction
The U S Coast Guard was granted sweeping authority by President Truman on October 18 1950 to bar criminals from waterfront facilities with Coast Guard Port Security Cards but has not acted. The piece cites threats by mobsters and longshore officials, notes piers like Pier 84 and the Brooklyn Army base as targets, and urges swift implementation to protect ports and national security. It highlights Treasury and Labor secretaries as the movers who can activate the program now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Crime Syndicate
U. S. Coast Guard
Pres. Truman
U. S
America
U. S. Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Eisenhower
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of Labor
Snyder
Tobin
Treasury
Labor
New York
International
Truman
1927 Local Supreme Court Ruling and National Highlights
The Gazette notes the Kanawha County dispute over guards appointments upheld by the State Supreme Court. It also covers flood control projects, a $10 million fund for eradicating borers, and criticism of cancer germ isolation funding. Abroad, Stimson appointed Philippines governor general and discussions on rail and interstate commerce powers surface. Foreign troops and British Labor Party moves are also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
State Supreme Court
L. C. Massey
Kanawha
Prisson
Kanawha River
Mississippi Valley Assoc
U. S
M. M. Neely
Faca
Henry L. Stimson
New York
Philippines
Leonard Wood
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oklahoma
House
Gev. H
Johnston
José Alvarstto
Tesas
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Charleston Gazette
West Virginia
New York Crime Commission
Reader's Forum
Poe Gazetta
Fiomok
V. Lee
Bertha L. Goodwin
United Nations
American Mercury
Constantine Zinchenko
U. N
Zinchenko
Arkady Sobolev
Miz
American Bar Association
Bar Association
J.T. Copenayer
THUR
Inez Robb
Robb
Doris Fleeson
Drew Pearson
Marzant
Dorothy Kilgallen
Scarsdale
Tve
Linda Christian
Danny Thomas
Fred Allen
Ursula Theiss
Hedy Lamarr
Ursula
Irving Berlin
Cole Porter
Johnny Mercer
Harold Arlen
Casa Marina
Key West
Fla
Dorothy Kilgalien
Emmett Conniff
Frank
Florida
the Gazette
Victor Riese
Pleasa Furn
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