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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1932
Page
4
The notice outlines daily and Sunday subscription rates for Charleston Gazette and related services, lists advertising representatives and office addresses, notes association with The Associated Press, and includes a religious lottery quote and motto from December 18, 1932.
A constitutional amendment is urged to let the governor and state officials take office in January after election rather than March. It argues faster start, reduced expense, and aligns with a Norris amendment already ratified by 17 states and expected to pass nationwide, ending long lame duck sessions.
The Anti Tuberculosis League urges readers to buy Christmas Seals to fund Hillcrest Sanatorium in Charleston for infected children. The agency notes many families cannot afford treatment, cites 101 county deaths in 1931 and nine living cases per death, and describes Hillcrest care including tuberculin testing and x rays with care, food, air, and nursing.
A plea appeals to readers to support Hillcrest by buying charity seals, to aid two hundred families suffering from a deadly disease. A four year old boy, whose mother died, is nearly well, and several other children are left with mothers unable to cope.
A commentary on the federal employees association remonstrances and their payroll impact. The piece argues Congress must balance justice for government workers with taxpayer burden, noting many unemployed and urging restraint, sanity, and patriotism amid deficits and political promises. It cites Roosevelt, Hoover, and state figures, ending with a call for one-track minds to yield to real needs.
The piece condemns minority efforts to manipulate elections and school policy, likening tactics to the Anti-Saloon League and urging unity behind Roosevelt. It argues major parties hold enough votes to resist subservient candidates and warns against attempts to leverage schools for selfish aims. It stresses schools as public assets and warns against restricting free thought with political pressure.
In brisk Washington dispatches editorials and notes discuss France possibly paying 19 million amid war debts, earmarking bullion at Bank of England, and U S reprisals. Hoover greets visitors at the White House as diplomacy, handshakes, and political fatigue color a busy season.
West Virginia editors note the state supreme court nullified part of the economy act by not including the advisory board’s abolition in the act’s title. Officials warn much legislative work remains and demand careful drafting while urging school system reforms and county wide consolidation to cut costs.
At a recent gathering guests copied down three word phrases for a list of celebrities read aloud. The jumbled lines name figures from Garbo to Berlin and mention editors, critics, and publicists amid chatter on stage life and publicity in New York society.
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