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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1938
Page
6
The Charleston Gazette notes its status as a dependent Democratic newspaper established in Charleston West Virginia. The entry references an address line with telephones and post office details, indicating a historical publication record.
The piece criticizes Southern wage and hour positions as a cloak for sweatshop practices and argues the wage issue will shape a future law. It questions whether $11 weekly for a four hour week in the South is too high and points to Col Frank Knox as shaping Republican reform aims amid big-business control.
Looker backer Stuart Chase in Survey Graphic argues it is a delusion that owning costs less than renting for workers in Philadelphia records. He notes cases where families lost savings and homes under terms of old finance while paying for eight to fifteen years. The FHA now offers lower rates and insured homes, reducing foreclosures and giving relief to temporarily unfortunate borrowers.
The speaker critiques pundits who fail to grasp current events by dwelling on history. Background has value, but turning it into a central theme resembled staging scenery instead of presenting the players.
The government plans a second experimental zeppelin as part of beval armament. German Eckener teams have shown success with airships while U S experts remain cautiously hopeful about production and operation despite past failures. Helium supply and moral questions shape policy.
Mrs Birdie Littlepage Putney appeals to The Gazette readers and authorities to widen approaches to the Kanawha Two Mile bridge in Kanawha County. She cites dangerous traffic, steep curves, washed banks, and past near misses, urging a pedestrian foot bridge and safer two way traffic to prevent death and save the county money.
The Richmond News Leader notes a 21 percent exit rate from Virginia versus 3.1 percent in West Virginia and 7.5 percent in North Carolina, citing lack of opportunities and stagnation as causes. It contrasts Virginia's modest 8 percent population gain from 1920 to 1930 with West Virginia's 18.1 percent rise, while remarking on industrial and demographic shifts across border states and recalling Parkersburg News figures on eastern state growth.
The article portrays Lazaro Cardenas as Mexico’s reformist president who nationalized oil, redistributed land, and expanded public works. It warns of economic distress and rising inflation due to abrupt policies, while noting opposition from army leaders and practical financing challenges.
Time and Tide highlights Louise Armstrong’s We Too Are the People as a humane, nonpartisan critique of American life. It argues real social progress hinges on ethical self-change, not partisan shifts, urging citizens to rise above greed and indifference to restore a true democracy.
Dorothy Dix urges families to form a League of Visiting Female Relatives to provide night care and daytime relief for exhausted young mothers. She argues grandmothers and aunts should offer practical help to allow moms breaks for social outings and rest, noting the stress of constant child care without capable nurses.
A scanned quiz lists questions and answers on history, geography, people, and trivial facts. Topics include the Harding cabinet secretary, constitutions, iceberg proportions, Detroit Tigers manager, Pennsylvania flower, Mayfield meaning, Shirley Temple salary, sugar per capita, vinegar remedy, Cornell Ithaca, US Czechoslovakia pact date, Japan censorship, Detroit River border, Mae West film first role, Japan national bird, Bermuda flight frequency, and punctuation spacing after colon and semicolon.
New York columnist Weatbreak Pegler profiles Frank Leavitt known as Man-Mountain Dean, a Georgia candidate from Gwinnett County. The piece details his wrestling persona, war record, and wife Mrs. Dean, noting his campaign pledge to preserve whiskers and the U S constitution while inviting peers to join in the odd bid for state legislature.
A satirical notice mocks political fundraising and partisan rhetoric as it riffs on a 1938 copyright claim. It references Republicans seeking funds to build an annex to a complaint department while Democrats report a $2 billion haul. the piece blends humor with political jabs.
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