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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1933
Page
4
A short reflective verse notes that the things left undone haunt the heart at sunset. It highlights tender words forgotten letters unwritten and missed gestures as the subtle weight of regret. The piece centers on remorse over unspoken kindness and unfulfilled acts.
The piece recounts Rosa Raisa investing $100,000 with Samuel Insull in 1926 and years of profits touted while she never recovered her funds as Insull fled abroad. It notes millions in liabilities, widespread investor heartbreak, and calls for strong government action to prevent such ruthless fraud.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch critiques New Deal officials for contributing magazine pieces while in public service. It compares current officials such as Berle Tugwell and Motley with Harding and Coolidge era practices, noting Hughes and Mellon as points of reference in Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature.
The piece notes extensive magazine bylines by many cabinet members led by Wilbur Wilbur Weeks Hoover etc., detailing their topics from economy to railroad policy. It cites counts across outlets and asks why public officials increasingly publish, mentioning Readers' Guide as a resource.
A Roosevelt era project in Preston County near Reedsville begins subsistence homesteading for 200 families on Allegheny tableland land. Each family gains a garden, a small home, and potential income from a local factory, with unemployment relief and decentralization of industry as aims. The plan, rooted in Mrs. Roosevelt’s interest and Dr. Frame’s Farm News article, reflects broader social experimentation and rural development ideas.
Clay county delegate Reed urged a resolution in the House to obtain buffalo, white-tail deer, and mute deer from the federal government at transport cost. The plan follows Allegheny county Pennsylvania, where a buffalo herd proved costly and was sold, prompting questions about feasibility and feed needs for wild stock in West Virginia.
The Fairmont Times notes Harry Sedgwick’s burglary conviction after a rapid sequence from arrest on Saturday to trial and guilty plea on Thursday, resulting in a ten year prison term. The report illustrates swift justice examples from Parkeraburg Sentinel.
The Daily Washington Merry-Go-Round reports on the fiscal clashes within the Roosevelt administration. It highlights the sinking funds as the key budget issue, with debates over financing public works and extraordinary expenditures while the ordinary budget shows a surplus. It covers reactions to securities act revisions, NRA connections, and political tensions with Morgenthau, Johnsey, and others, plus party chatter at the White House and notable staff notes.
Dec 25 gossip column surveys Dorothy Parker and peers like Mrs Parker Lois Long and Wilson Mizner, noting Parker’s flippant wit and public persona. Mentions of friends, literary figures, clubs, and late night social scenes along 6th Avenue, with playful critique of humor and American cultural circles.
The piece critiques President Roosevelt’s talk of pardons and truces as the war winds down. It satirizes rights to dodge jury service and glosses over wartime debts and profiteers while suggesting broad clemency for various groups.
Washington Close-Up details Senat Johnson of California predicting a party realignment within six months driven by Roosevelt era policies. He anticipates shifts in Democratic and Republican powers, while pondering implications for the 1934 congressional elections and potential clashes with progressive Republicans.
Readers are invited to send questions to The Gazette Washington Bureau with three cents for return postage. A long list of trivia questions follows, covering capitals, people, treaties, and other facts, including names like Senator William Gibbs McAdoo and Ambassador Gibson, and details about weights, ages, and the Empire State Building.
A fragmentary AP style note explains Arthur Brisbane writes the world column for The Gazette with opinions not necessarily shared by the paper. The editor states Brisbane is a leading editorial voice and the column is an extra feature.
A scattered reflection on closing 1933, noting a alleged life-death ray as a speculative device for curing plague or harming people. The piece contemplates science, progress, and the balance of ideas over brute force, with tangential notes on Japan and the Mikado. It questions ambition, modernization, and the role of new inventions in shaping the year ahead.
An essay on resisting persistent opponents and the value of individual truth. The narrator favors not propagating beliefs but choosing one’s own path, citing a fable of the fox and tail cutting. The piece prizes inner certainty over public persuasion and warns against selfish preaching. It is interleaved with brief, odd advertisements and local notices.
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