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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1942
Page
6
A national anti noise campaign urges Charleston to win a commemorative plaque while stressing health and safety benefits. It warns that without enforcement, noise pollution harms rest and nerves, cites daytime sleep for workers in war industries, and calls for cooperative effort to reduce loud brakes honks radios and other disturbances.
The piece argues ongoing resistance across invaded Europe shows the rulers face inevitable revolt. It contends Nazi and Japanese regimes brutalize occupied lands, provoking more fierce, unified opposition. It forecasts eventual liberation as punitive measures fail to crush will and honor. The author sees retribution deterring wreckers.
Chinese forces guarding the Burma road halted a Japanese advance and then attacked, winning a decisive victory. Led by Lt General Joseph Stilwell with American volunteer planes aiding, Chinese troops demonstrated courage, democracy, and resilience as they pressed defenses and sustained the fight through harsh years.
A critical analysis questions Hitler's declining grip as Nazi leadership faces mounting pressures. It notes German actions in Greece Poland and Norway, and ponders whether confusion, overreach, and the coercive power of Der Fuehrer signal fragility within the regime and its support structures.
The Brighter Side columns argue that athletic talent and military savviness blend with seafaring aptitude. Navy-minded athletes adapt quickly from field play to maritime duties, gaining resilience for war. The piece notes football and baseball training at naval stations, and stresses morale and readiness as crucial.
Washington World of influence centers on Justice Felix Frankfurter as he allegedly guides appointments in three cabinet posts and sits with key figures from Hull to Stimson. The piece details long friendships, student ties, and push to shape policy across India, Massachusetts judges, and entry into British affairs.
The article argues the navy's handling of the submarine threat on the eastern coast is poor and hidden from public view. It supports Truman committee oversight as a means to probe the executive branch, urging frank inquiry and accountability without sensational headlines.
A Readers' Forum piece analyzes gasoline consumption in the United States, estimating private car numbers and potential savings with political exemptions. It presents calculations linking gallons saved to numbers of politicians, then hints at a war victory letter proposing absolute power for the author if President Roosevelt, ending with an extreme assertion about ordering soldiers to shoot.
A roundup of editorials notes black markets grow where price controls and rationing bite in Europe and the United States. It cites public opinion as key to enforcement and warns bootleggers and smugglers will be targeted as Axis rivals. Also mentions a study on traffic, tires, and the staggered hour plan in Los Angeles reducing congestion.
The column recalls Chuck Wlagin a notable lightweight who tangled with legendary boxers like Tunney, Greb and Gibbons. It reflects on the era's bravado, refereeing quirks, and Wiggins’s daring style, detailing encounters from a rough street incident to training camp intrigues and a famed return bout.
The report describes Gibbons arriving about dawn in two Model Ts, knocking over a fire hydrant, nearly draining the reservoir, and being admitted to a barber shop poker game where foul amendment was discussed. A clash in Memphis left a rib injury, and a tense exchange with Tommy Gibbons occurred as the bout neared.
Columnist Arthur Bugs Baer frets on court action threatening supply and demand laws. He jokes on gas tires and government finance, notes bootleggers retrying Scotch bottled as gasoline, and mocks old methods as he plans a Black Bourse visit for a second-hand tea deal.
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