Daily Gazette Charleston West Virginia Dec 18 196
Publication page from The Charleston Gazette weekly issue dated December 18 196 with a newspaper slogan First in West Virginia. Includes truncated publisher notice and a short editorial quote about seizing opportunities.
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Charleston Gazette
Gazeta Company
Wes Virginia
Carrier
Meee ‘Dumige
W.va
Mallinb
Vitemnia
Associated Pres Tee
Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Supreme Court limits jury in setting damages, Brawley case lampooned
The West Virginia high court upholds limits on juries in assessing damages, provoking a sharp editorial clash. The paper condemns the decision as betraying the people and mocks the ruling, drawing on quotations from literature to vent disapproval.
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West Virginia
Supreme Court
Brawley
Supreme Court of Appeals of
West Virginis
Human progress praised as rocket plane speeds stir pride
The writer lauds a recent American rocket plane exceeding sound speed and highlights speed’s futility without human growth. A Martian perspective questions value of mere speed versus mental development and noble aims, noting even in church we overlook human advancement.
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Mars
Death and dignity in Mexican view of life and bullfighting
In Mexico City remarks on graft and minor officialdom mix with a sober fascination with death. The writer contrasts Aztec heritage and pyramids, bullfighting styles of Garza and Manolete, and Mexican poetic self awareness. The piece notes cultural rituals around death and how courage in facing death is praised, while withdrawal from the ring is seen as disgrace.
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Pyramids
Mexico
Garza
Manolete
Gght
Dramatic Bilbo Hearings Stir Mississippi Politics
Kenneth Dixon reports on the Bilbo hearings into war contracts and Mississippi political figures like Ross Collins and Robert Gandy. The dramatic exchange, recess and shifts expand beyond Bilbo to wider state influence, with witnesses from outside states and wary, patient Black observers noting the tension.
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Kenneth L. Dixon
Ashington
INS
John Q
Bilbo
Senate
Theodore G. Bilbo
Ross Collins
Robert Gandy
Capitol
Mississippi
Aa Bilbo
Congress
Sraves
Collins
Washington Merry-Go-Round Observes Senate Power Plays and City Machine Ties
A long-winded survey of Senate seniority and committee control over small newspapers, big business pressure, and potential 1948 party roles. The piece notes friction over chairmanship of the small business committee, Taft and Wherry jockeying for influence, and hints at political ambitions affecting leadership. It also recounts a Chicago political donation episode involving Mayor Ed Kelly, Rep. Alexander Resa, and the Democratic machine, plus a tale on A bomb secrecy and President Truman’s bipartisan appointment plan for post June 1.
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Ashington
Senate
Small Business Committee
Jim Murray
Montana
Sen
Murray
Kenneth Wherry
Nebraska
George Norris
Norris
George Wilson
Iowa
Wherry
Taft
Wher‘ry
Twho
Kelly
Democratic National Committee
Alexander Resa
Chicagoan
Democratic National
George Killion
Resa
Ed Kelly
Chicago Democrats
KeNy
Ress
Rosa
Leo Sailard
Washington
Szilard
Intercepted Message Mention Salvation Army Basket Plan
A fragment from a December 18, 1998 message references placing hopes in a Salvation Army Christmas basket plan. Names like George May and Harry Ward appear, with Charleston, West Virginia as a likely location. The text is incomplete but indicates a planned charitable event dubbed a basket effort.
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Geange May
Harry Ward
Salvation Army
Charleston, W. Va
Labor Leaders Plot Eisenhower Run Amid Union Turmoil
Inside notes warn CIO leaders may launch an Eisenhower for president movement. The piece accuses labor bosses of threats in the East and outlines government action against a noted union Hangster. It mentions a Canada invasion strategy via key industries and references Pasco atomic hopes. It also ties AFL activity to an atomic community and critiques a CIO Transport Workers leader at a New York rally.
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CIO
John L. Lewis
Sid Boy
Canada
Oak Ridge
AFL
Pasco
Washington
Transport Workers Union
New York
Gerhart Eisler
Monsignor Keen
Islands
der Bingle
Bing Crosoy Enterprises, Inc
Union
Big Bill Hutcheson
APL Carpenters
National Labor Relations Board
Alexander City
Ala
Detroit
Walter Reuther
Auto Union
UAW
Jack Kroll
Tis
Kroll
Cincinnati
Atlanta. Ga
Dixie
Acgardite
George Googe
APL
Phil Murray
Murray
Bill Green
Lawrence Dennis
Uhside
Dennis
United Nation
Swank
Labor unions loom over national strike and policy shifts
Victor Reisel reports Truman faces a looming nationwide telephone strike with threats of votes for a union shop and wage gains. CIO and AFL actions touch Hawaii dock stakes, Hollywood studios, and hotel service as labor policy shifts unfold across government, industry, and unions.
Readers Ask The Gazette Word Origins Quiz
A scrambled reader Q and A feature presents questions on language history from Armenia to England, tracing the word dear, shipboard water use, Italicization in Bible text, and the origins of apricot. Includes notes on the Improved Order of Red Men, whalebone usage, and a cow’s milk substitute from Venezuela trees.
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Raw‘tong
Armenia
Greece
Italy
G. W
Pliny
France
England
Turner
Virginia
Order of Red
F. W
T. S
Matthew Arnold
D. R.G
Hatios
Will H. Hays
Asia
der the Great
Venezuela
South America
United States Forest Service
Readers Forum Letters on salaries and spending critique
Readers Forum letters criticize teacher pay and board actions as low salaries drive turnover. The writer argues high spending may not help labor, questions economic theories, and notes support for Roosevelt era policies while criticizing others for wavering.
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T Editor Gazette
Jodie
Ing
Boards of Education
Gauley Bridge
Secret Agents of Anti Nazi League Linked to Buzzi
A 1943 hearing by a House committee reviewed claims the Federal Communications Commission acted improperly amid charges of spying and harassment by the Anti Nazi League. Witnesses discussed Mario Buzzi, also known as Mario Bossi, and the league’s private investigators, with questions about their backgrounds and mental state.
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York
Atlanta
The
Calumbians
Mario Buzdi
New York
Select Committee
House
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Somat
James H. Sheldon
Georgia
League
Buzzi
Uke
Columbians
Eugene Garey
Ho Committee
Sheldon
Boston University
Richard Rollins
Department of Investigation
Rollins
Garey
Buzz
Bossi
United States
Roosevelt
Dorothy Waring
Anti-Nazi League
Dorothy Kaho Wurzbureen
Kelen D'Oxylion
Dorothy Waring D’oxylion
Austria
Mario Bossi
Bearing Down Acthar Buge Hace Capsule Parody
A quirky wartime style piece mocks rationing and OPA rules with exaggerated lines about five pounds of goods, sacrifices like pet mice, and a joke about a police officer, mentioning a lottery crank and Honduran ties in a satirical, monologue tone.
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OPA
Hossy
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Nate
Law
Zemdered
Jery
D. Earl Brawley
Kanawha
Mr. Bumble
Beadle
Reeds
Bret
Samuel Grafton
Exico
Assignment
America
Drew Pearson
Truman
Wallace White
Maine
Alben Barkley
Kentucky
By Victor Reisel
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Textile Workers Union of America
Winecoff
Tte Twua
Winecoif
Dave Terry
President. Truman
John Lewis
Schwellenbach
Interior Krug
Lewis
HIEF
Edgar Warren
Hawaii
Ask
the Gazette
D.C. Plesse
Reader’s Forum
Gazett
Matty
Wulave
By Westbrook Pegler
Justo
Honduras
National Lottery
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