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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1941
Page
6
A December 23 1941 issue from West Virginia carries wartime era notices and a Daily Gazette Company masthead. The page includes a lengthy moral-didactic column urging social welfare reflection, critique of reform movements, and Christmas season themes with biblical references.
A year old industrial worker proposed an individual effort to aid the war by donating an hour’s wage in ergot canes. He urged every sprayed citizen to contribute the same value, hoping to raise enough to buy two mill fenfrean for Uncle Barn. Fellow workers learned of the plan but were unsure how to proceed and formed a committee to organize.
Central agency directs defense use across nations while British workers fund Spitfires and bombers. The Red Cross seeks 50 million dollars for war relief, urging immediate American response. Defense bonds and stamps are pitched as safe investments for those with surplus funds.
An analysis predicts the ambitious victory program will convert defense ideas into a full wartime mobilization. It envisions 50 000 planes per year and 37 000 tanks, shifting 40 percent of factories to defense and risking a 1932 level living standard with rationing to prevent inflation.
A retrospective overview traces Pacific coast attitudes toward Japanese immigrants from the late 19th century through 1924, detailing school segregation in San Francisco, alien land ownership laws, and the 1924 immigration quota act. It notes reactions in the U.S. and Japan, including actions by Theodore Roosevelt and President Wilson, and the eventual passage of restrictive measures.
In a Washington briefing the CIO delegation clashed with moderator Will Davis as John L. Lewis pressed his leadership claim. George Meany voiced similar grievances while President Roosevelt greeted delegates. Postal notes reveal booming Christmas mail and staffing, with projections of record volume and spending. Details on Civil War age distributions and Guam funding debates are included in the broader digest.
Intercepted December 23 1941 message from George to Sam B Montgomery urges a flood of telephone calls to the city auditorium for request numbers tied to a Red Cross war relief campaign. The note identifies Montgomery as executive director and references the relief effort.
ASHINGTON Dec 22 We havent any conception then the greatest danger is stumbling and falling when step out of a lighted place into the blackout England was experimenting with blackouts two Fat years before the war began Re hearsals were being conducted in some localities By last summer you could not see a sliver of light at night One night in a small restaurant the air raid warden warned a crack of light was showing The proprietor readjusted curtains but 15 minutes later the air raid warden warned that the place would have to close if the light wasnt shut off The blackout has continued for more than two years nightly all night It depresses people and changes city life The author notes the difficulty of organizing quick blackouts and the need for civilian self discipline in total war.
Readers urge finding meaning in the season amid war and rising costs, stressing individual responsibility to live by Christian standards for democracy. The editor condemns allowing Germans and Hungarians at the Greenbrier, proposing expulsion to protect national morale and security.
Editorials blast Senator Reynolds chairman of the Senate military affairs committee for opposing war even as Japan attacked. The Baltimore Sun urges his resignation for hindering defense plans, arguing the Senate’s seniority system produced unfit leadership at a critical moment. The piece notes public doubt over who should resign.
West Virginia editor B. E. Thompson reports in a Richwood letter that the Cherry River Boom and Lumber Co employs about 1000 men and has recent defense orders. He claims CIO organizers seek to force unionization, while he notes postwar shootings at the mill and offices as tensions rise amid wartime production.
Report cites bullets hitting a public school and the wall of an official's home as part of a wartime dispute. Gov Neely urged a state labor board or arbitration to resolve a national defense conflict in West Virginia’s lumber sector. CIO claims sabotage and collective bargaining disputes threaten defense production despite most workers backing security. Messages to Knox Stimson Hoover seek protection for workers and production duties.
A humorous wartime Christmas column notes soldiers spending the holiday in various bases from Iceland to Guam. It mocks army life with light satire about meals, discipline, and the contrast between stomachs and chests while recalling U S troops in multiple theaters and places.
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