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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1939
Page
6
Publication header for the Charleston West Virginia AP newspaper issue dated Friday June 2 1939. It outlines AP credit and postal rules for local news and notes the edition’s place in West Virginia press history.
A concise reflection asserts that higher motives and ideals are meaningless unless they empower a person to fulfill daily duties responsibly and improve conduct in ordinary life. It emphasizes practical action over abstract virtue.
The piece argues that signed pacts among Britain France Russia Germany Italy cannot guarantee peace if signers prioritise national gain. It condemns each leader as untrustworthy and warns that Neville Chamberlain may concede more territory to Germany to avoid cooperation with Russia, foreshadowing further betrayals.
Secretary of Commerce Hopkins announces a study on increasing import trade at a world trade conference. He notes the U S remains the largest exporting nation but ranks third as an importer. He laments last year’s $1 billion export surplus and signals a shift from traditional export-led balance. Other speakers echo cautious support for adapting trade notions, with focus on Latin American relations.
The text argues for international exchange where the US takes noncompetitive raw materials from allies and pays with finished products. It suggests trading surplus gold received as pay for experts last year, buried in Kentucky, for useful goods the US does not produce to spur world trade and reduce war risk.
A concise term from a Hollywood reference work explains that in British usage the cinema is the phrase for a movie theater. The entry notes the difference in terminology between American and British audiences.
Readers Forum compares 1937 car deaths and injuries in Britain and America. It cites 2,285,683 British cars with 5,406 deaths and 162,011 injuries, and 29,705,220 American cars with 40,300 deaths and 1,221,090 injuries. The author argues American highways are safer. Nick Miletich Glen Rogers.
A Raleigh Register editorial condemns traffic ticket fixing after a Beckley case where a police note led to canceling a fine. It argues all citizens must observe the law and support officers to avoid corrupting local government and democracy. The piece urges citizens to back authorities and insist on lawful enforcement for a clean city.
West Virginia physicians discuss a state wide pre payment medical plan for low income groups in Charleston. The plan would cover up to 21 days hospitalization yearly with fees scaled by household status and exclude dental care venereal disease tuberculosis and injuries from drunken acts.
A Berkeley Springs merchant fell for a mounted confidence scheme and lost 4500 dollars after meeting three men. The trio lured him to Hagerstown with a get acquainted tour, showing a pocketbook with 86 dollars and a bond worth 10000 dollars. They claimed a hotel owner would pay out large winnings from a horse race, then vanished with a suitcase containing 4500 dollars, plus about 15000 in collateral. State's Attorney Wagaman and Sheriff Baker pursue leads.
In Washington the Supreme Court staged a formal portrait in Harris and Ewing studios. Justice McReynolds refused to cross his feet, sparking humor about a 5 4 decision for agreement. The piece also covers wage hour critiques aimed at Administrator Elmer Andrews and the political clash over enforcement funds.
The piece outlines three types of third parties: a dying major party, insiders breaking from a party, and a broadly conservative major party causing liberals to seek a new movement. It argues real progress comes from influencing major parties and using existing political machinery rather than founding a new party.
Dorothy Dix urges couples to cultivate companionship early in marriage to avoid midlife estrangement. She citesLonely Wife letters describing spouses becoming strangers after children leave. The advice stresses shared activities, reading together, and maintaining mutual interests to prevent a miserable old age.
Readers may mail questions to The Gazette Home Service Bureau in Washington D C for factual answers. The page lists sample Q A items on death valley wood homicides voting age ambassador to Spain Cairo capital of Egypt army citizenship sailing yachts and Parthenon column details.
A New York dispatch argues Nazi Germany is actively pushing anti American cells in the United States through German organizations and sympathetic Americans. It compares Nazism to Bolshevism and warns that patriotic Americans may unknowingly aid a dictatorship that could undermine freedom.
Edgar B. Sims serves as the State Auditor of West Virginia with duties based in Charleston.
A 1939 humor column notes the Balkans have long been a gag in journalism. The piece jokes that international tension is overstated, urging readers to calm nerves and keep focus on lighter fare like a clambake.
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