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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1944
Page
6
A 1944 Christmas issue from a West Virginia paper features brief items and a prominent Thought For Today quote. The date is Friday morning December 25, with a note about telephones and a reference to Associated Press dispatches. The page reflects standard holiday-era newspaper content.
An editorial laments underestimation of Nazi strength and US civilian laxity in wartime. It urges every American to actively join production, volunteer, and press Washington to organize civilian effort. It cites absenteeism in Michigan war factories and calls for broad, sustained public pressure to win the war.
A discussion on how political affiliation should not influence military command. The piece cites Civil War era tensions with Republicans and Democrats vying for high commands, arguing that partisan interference damaged unity. It notes that modern practice seeks to divorce politics from military leadership to build a stronger armed forces.
The piece criticizes American mood after World War II era optimism fades. It argues the nation reacts with blame toward others, avoids responsibility, and shifts focus from wartime shortages to postwar power plays. It notes political campaigns shaping perceptions and a premature, confident return to peacetime in global affairs.
A fragmented reminiscence on the NYC race track shutdowns and their impact on gambling, noting how the closures divert nervous money from tracks to crap games and other schemes. Mentions Mayor LaGuardia, New Jersey sports, and references to Broad Way croupiers and bystander effects on transportation and markets.
Washington reassesses Latin American ties as Nelson Rockefeller drafts a plan to engage Argentina without White House approval. The proposed diplomacy includes a South American boycott leverage while seeking a conciliatory approach amid regional tensions. Pepper and Clayton clash at dinner over State Department appointments, spotlighted by Evalyn Walsh McLean’s social influence.
A damaged wartime note shows an intercepted message from a 29 year old sender using coded phrases about a sea fight. The letter references thousands of Japs battling and mentions a general and tomatoes in unclear context.
Report from ALMEDY Belgium describes isolated road and bridge guards far behind the front, living in snow over fires, cut off from news, fearing Nazi fifth column tactics, and facing brutal cold. Doughboys recount civilians aiding Germans, V weapons confusion, and a town near the front enduring constant explosions and dust clouds.
Substituting for Kenneth L. Dixon Wes Gallagher reports on chaotic bomb spoofs and photo evidence from Berlin fighting. Images show burned American gear and prisoners while a group of dead U.S. soldiers is shown marching before being cut down. A thunderbolt pilot is shot down and escapes with minor injuries. Soldiers mock lemon powder as cleaner and stomach aid amid war weariness.
A reader asks about petroleum throughput via the Big Inch pipeline in its first year of operation, noting it delivered nearly 93,300,000 barrels from Texas to eastern refineries. The column then lists multiple trivia Q A items on topics including income increases in Great Plains states, trey weights, pollywogs and shellbacks, Edison Tower of Light, venom distance of a spitting cobra, first WWI shot timing, silhouette naming, George Bernard Shaw, and Mahomet’s marriages.
The list details numerous local residents and family ties among servicemen serving in Europe and the Pacific. Notable items include promotions to sergeant and staff sergeant, pilot and aerial engineer roles with the Ninth and Seventh Air Forces, a prisoner of war from Lt Alfred Nelson Allred, and commissions at Fort Benning. Others transfer from Camp Atterbury to Camp Watters, promotions for clerks and mechanics, and various medals including the good conduct medal.
Fair enough in New York reports that the War Labor Board's order against Montgomery Ward raises questions about coercion, union dues checkoff, and whether employers may discuss unionism. The piece argues the Roosevelt era policies push workers into unions, with Ward resisting checkoffs and fearing illegal interference with workers' choice.
A campus note recalls a Saturday fraternity dance featuring Epsilon Lambda Alpha Sigma. It warns that when these groups are active Omega may follow and urges vigilance against gate-crashers from BETAS and GADOMIAS amid school social events.
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