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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1941
Page
6
The Charleston Gazette Independent Democratic Newspaper markets daily and Sunday subscriptions with rates for 1 month 3 months and 1 year. A Thought For Today features The Friendly Hand by James Whitcomb Riley describing support and fellowship in hard times.
The People’s Hospital committee circulates a petition to U S senators representatives governors mayors and the county court urging a fully equipped public hospital for Charleston and surrounding territory to support wartime defense and worker health. It argues current facilities are inadequate and promises care for all who cannot pay.
Citizens urged to sign a petition backing a hospital project with copies to be placed in public venues and at The Gazette offices on Hale Street. The plea emphasizes the community's right to healthcare and calls for broad public support.
The Associated Press recounts Wake Island defenders asking for more "Japs" as they stood with the navy in contact, likening the moment to a World War I sergeant's charge call. The narratives celebrate the American fighting spirit and the will to fight.
In a probing wartime op ed the writer questions why Axis powers have not seized strategic Atlantic outposts and calls for harsher action. He critiques sub contracting, warns of 150000 small firms at risk, and urges a national plan to ration and distribute essentials like light trucks rubber farm equipment radios and stoves.
A humorous column discusses pedestrian right of way myths in Los Angeles versus Miami Dade and New York. It recounts staged stunts crossing streets and notes drivers often stop to let pedestrians pass, revealing a legal safety culture rather than reckless motorists.
The article outlines CIO President Phil Murray shaping a voluntary labor peace conference at Roosevelt's request to counter the Smith anti strike bill. It notes factional influence, with John L. Lewis dominating the CIO delegation and tensions over excluding key leaders, plus remarks on William Green and the Davis mediation chair. It also mentions Senator Chandler and wartime political dynamics, and a digression on military secrecy and a note about Batista after Costa Rica-Cuba matchups.
Advocates of the Union Now plan led by Clarence Streit launch a new bid for public backing. Among supporters are Justice Owen Roberts of the U S Supreme Court and the head of the Pearl Harbor attack investigation special board urging earnest consideration.
Raymond Clapper argues the Union Now plan merits study as a path to ending future wars. He calls for Allied coordination, a binding postwar compact, and strong organization backed by military and economic power to manage armistice and security, urging defense bonds to fund the effort.
Readers question funding from national groups during wartime and urge national defense support. Letter writers from Sissonville and Spring Hill stress duties to defend the nation, local churches unite against fascism, and calls echo for unity and sacrifice amid Pearl Harbor era tensions.
A bill before Congress would empower the Interstate Commerce Commission to overrule state truck weight and length limits on interstate routes. If the commission finds a state limit an obstruction, it could set it aside, prompting debate over federal overreach versus state sovereignty. The piece urges states to harmonize rules to forestall federal intervention and preserve rights.
Westbrook Pegler argues that Roosevelt’s wartime warning to Congress spurred national mobilization and the creation of a nascent war industry. He notes initial doubts, Lindbergh’s critique, and the slow start of civilian mobilization amid political distractions and misgivings from business leaders.
Arthur Baer mocks Hitler and Mussolini in a news reel. He ridicules their appearances and voices with sharp, humorous lines. The piece frames the tyrants as bumbling caricatures and contrasts them with comedic images.
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