Thoughtful West Virginia front page of 1944 newspaper
The Charleston Gazette Independent Democratic Newspaper markets daily and Sunday subscriptions, notes tax on subscriptions, and credits The Associated Press for news. It features a religious quotation and Bible verse with a devotional line, dated Sunday Morning June 5, 1944, in Charleston West Virginia.
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Charleston Gazette Independent Democratic
Daily Gaetite Company
Fee
Capital City
West Virginia
Carritr
W. Va
Mall
Bundey
Wees
Associated Press
All News
Vice News
Aater
Postoffice
Charleston
Plan to win the war eyed by wolves of exploitation
A dense editorial laments postwar peace will be shaped by powerful interests bent on grabbing spoils. It warns that markets, airports, resources and cartels may be carved up, risking a future war unless all peoples receive fair treatment and solid leadership from Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, and Chiang Kai-shek to block economic exploitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Churchil
Stalin
Chiang Kai-shek
Axis
United States
Britain
Russia
Europe
Latin America
America
Germany
France
Orderly forms of government face danger from economic banditry
The passage argues that peaceful governance is imperiled by economic banditry and that exercise of common sense and decency can preserve it, stressing unity and prudent civic behavior among people.
The Dragon Awakens and China’s Rising Fortunes
This essay traces Chinese history from ancient imperial brilliance to a modern revival driven by education and reform. It notes Japan’s 20th century encroachment and the fear it inspired, culminating in Pearl Harbor and a belief in Japan’s world conquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Chita
Pearl Harbor
Courage on the Home Front During War
A mother recalls three sons lost in war two in military service and one missing in action. She notes a Civil War ancestor who fought for freedom and vows to support Red Cross and garden work with her husband. The piece emphasizes home front resolve and quiet, daily courage alongside battlefield sacrifice.
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Navy
Bizerte
Germany
Red Cross
Russia offers Czechs control in liberated territory
The article praises Soviet policy toward Czechoslovakia after Red Army action, noting Moscow will hand over administration as quickly as possible and allow Prague to handle crimes by its people against Russian troops. It claims the United States influenced the treaty and argues Russia remains practical and honest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Stalin
United States
Human Endurance in War Marks Allied Resolve
The piece argues that human toughness in war surpasses civilian impressions, noting privations and nerve trials as evidence of lasting resilience. It cites Nazi forces as an early benchmark but asserts Allied troops now rival and exceed that endurance, driven by superior intelligence and steadfast courage.
Roosevelt and Hobby may seek brigadier general ranks
Washington column notes Col Elliott Roosevelt and Col Oreta Hobby could be promoted to brigadier general, despite family and legal limits. Roosevelt is in England, while Hobby faces a legal barrier tying rank to colonel. The piece also covers political moves against a third-term president and McKellar committee censorship inquiries with OSS and State Department tensions.
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Drew Pearson Ashington
Énerals
Col
Elliott Roosevelt
Oreta Hobby
Elliot
London
Elliott
Wright Field
Noth Africa
England
Hobby
Houston
Jesse Jones
Wats
Wacs
Wac
Col. Hobby
James L. Wick
Niles, O
Wick
Pathfinder Magazine
Roosevelt
Dewey
White House
Vandenberg
Ferguson
Mich
Capper
Reed
Wilson Ad. Willis
Ind
Bridges
Hawkes
N. J
Ball
Minnii Bushfield
S. D
Wiley Wis. Robertson
Wye
Kellems
McKellar Committee
Office of Censorship
Byron Price
Hull
State Department
Donovan
Office of Strategic Services
McKellar
Buck
U. S
Panama Canal Zone
Latin America
Canal Zone
Trinidad
South America
U.S
Panama
Diverse 1940s Charleston notes mix politics and culture
Local clippings report on Reverend Husson offering to work for war bonds, Roy Kisher's college honors, Kanawha county politics with Roys as clerks, public figures visiting Dallas, library praise, and various prizes, graduations, and society bits reflecting wartime Charleston life.
Payoff in Italy Control of Coasts
Allied outlook in Italy shows a prolonged attritional phase with German defeat at hand. German high command warns battle of attrition could exhaust weaker forces as Allied superiority in artillery tanks and aviation grows. A strategic shift toward mobile warfare is anticipated as operations expand from the Italian front to the Mediterranean theater.
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Max Werner Hough
Italy
Europe
Wehrmacht
Alexander
Kesselring
Russia
Africa
Mediterranean
Army Group
France
Balkans
Haly
Wilson
Alexander Lighting Kesselring
Baering Down By Arthur Baer
The piece muses on citizen soldiers versus mercenaries, noting that elected service men have long been strong fighters. It argues the citizen volunteer has always faced tough odds and contrasts rural grit with professional forces amid wartime expectations.
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Washington
Kent
Youl's
George Kent Cooper
AP Hoss
New York City
Herbert Hoover
Raphael Husson
St. George Syrian Orthodox Church
Roy Kisher
Hall SL
Morris Harvey College
Phi Sigma Phi
Otterbein College
Westerville
Claude R. Wickard
Fisher
YMCA
Life Work Recruits
International Relations Club
Rowne County
Leanor Turner
Bob
Likner
Richard Boulden
Marion A. Boulden
Ridgemont Rd
Mercersburg Academy
Mercersburg
Gore Kelly
MGM
Helen Cox Schrader
New York
Charles A. Midelburg
Mrs. Schrader
Cynthia Cannon
Wilson College Orchestra
Chambersburg
Misa Cannon
Arthur H. Cannon
Hawthorne
G. H. A. Kunst
Grafton
Atote Court of Claims
West Virginia University
Gary Hogg
Lewisburg
Kanawha County
Betty Jane Olinger
Harry
Eileen Ball
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Dayton
Ira J. Partlaw
Board of Public Works
Secretary of State
W. S. O'Brien
Robin
Camp Campbell, Ky
Alfred Neely
M. M. Neely
Neely
Alfred
Agriculture
J. B. McLaughlin
Agriculture Post
F. Waldo Craig
Waldo
Mary Noel Hock
Randolph K. Hock
General Lewis Hotel
Town Hall
New
York City
Miss Hock
School of Design
Point Pleasant
West Point
Melville B. Withers
C. H. Withers
Withers
Louisville
Cleveland
Georgia Worth Murphy
William F. Murphy
Bridge Rd
St. Mary's School and Junior College
Raleigh
Miss Murphy
St Mary's
South
Episcopal Dioceses
North
South Carolina
Amelia Scherr
Edwin Scherr
Delaware Av
Stephens College
Columbia, MO
Beta Phi Gamma
Stephens
Travis E. Ellison
Hale Street
Troy
Frank M. Ryburn
First Presbyterian Church
South Charleston
Davis and Elkins College
Elkins
Common Pleas
Charles Ritchie
Anne Older Friedman
Harold M. Hagaman
Gauley Bridge
Carnegie Institute of Technology
A.T. Hagaman
Civil Engineering
Lee Halifax
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Margaret Ann Hollyfield
E. E. Holyfield
University of Skentucky
Alpha Gamma Delta
Fred C. Alley
Court House
Fred
Coonskin Ridge
Roy F. Jimison
Carl Calvert
Witham Chapman Revercomb, Jr
Cum Laude Society
National Honorary Society of
Cum Laude
Phi.Beta Kappa Society
Young Revercomb
Revercomb
Kanawha County War Finance Committee
B. D. Reese
Randolph Maddox
Reese
Baering
Arthur “Bogs’ Baer
Elias
Alwi
Aguinad
Antil
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