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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1949
Page
4
Fragmentary text from The Charleston Gazette dated Saturday morning June 4 1948 mentions West Virginia history and public notices. Includes garbled lines about city matters and a brief reflection under a Thought For Today banner.
House reports show three groups spent over 100000 in three months including Committees for Constitutional Government, National Association of Electric Commentes, and National Physicians Committee for the Extension of Medical Services. Total outlays exceed 2 million, aimed at influencing legislation, with funds funneled through propaganda, campaigns, and entertainment for lawmakers.
Beginning arithmetic difficulties vanish when children learn with practical objects first. Chairs, toys, and counted articles give meaning to numbers, a slower start but faster later progress. Many adults dislike figures due to early schooling, which practical methods could avoid. The use of figures remains essential for accurate, comprehending arithmetic skills.
British delegate to the Cultural and Scientific Conference for World Peace, Stapledon is praised as a philosopher author of Amazing pieces. His fantasy Last and First Men outlines humanity’s destruction and rebirth through successive species, ultimate Earth uninhabitable, and a comet ending the solar system.
The Iowa senator's sharp charges against Lilienthal spark GOP unease as he seeks pace for reelection. Colleagues note his two-year tenure as atomic committee chair and worry over backlash if the probe widens. Democrats weigh Loveland as potential candidate in Des Moines discussions.
The article analyzes Cominform strategy and Stalinist rhetoric, noting a tension between peace talk and revolutionary aims. It traces how Communist doctrine uses propaganda, worker control, and alleged fifth column activity to build toward insurrection, while Coalitions and red army backing shape postwar actions and timing.
The Washington scene buzzes with insider squabbles as Truman derides a narrator's draft praising Gen. Lucius D. Clay, while Bradley aims for Ike-level lauding. Rep. Cole and Elston push to reimpose military control, and Johnson fights to keep defense positions amid top officers' perks and wireless spying worries.
A June 4 1948 intercepted note to Carl from Lavige R C Andr a city mayor's office criticizes civilian police boards reinserting law violators into the police force. The unsigned message questions policing credibility and board authority in the municipal system.
In mid 1941 a band of seven men in San Francisco’s District 13 joined a plan to infiltrate Hawaii and Alaska as a next war approach. Eight years later Hawaii faces a crippling longshore strike led by pro Communist networks via the CIO, paralyzing docks and shipments. Hawaii officials warn economic dislocation and social unrest as calls for federal aid rise.
A Gazette feature compiles questions on postwar debts totaling $82.16 billion with World War I loans and ERP postwar charges, Mark Twain’s pilot certificate, Mme Schumann-Heink’s operatic range of 35 roles, Mohammedan duties including five daily prayers, the largest trees charted by the Interior, and how to become a government game warden through regional Civil Service listings.
Downstate editors criticize the Illinois House agriculture committee for defeating a bill to allow colored margarine sales, accusing it of masking dairy farmer interests. The piece also rebukes daylight saving repeal efforts and lauds J. Edgar Hoover’s 25 years as FBI director amid If I Am An American Week observances.
A humorous column notes West Point graduation cadet Richard G. Rumney of Sewell New Jersey will graduate with honors and a typewriter, winning a DAR award for highest rating in natural and experimental philosophy. The piece humorously compares choosing a typewriter to selecting a weapon, hints at his bright future, and parodies postwar optimism and graduation speeches.
A fragmented satirical column from 1949 muses on the United Nations and global affairs. It riffs on political deadlock and public messaging with quirky imagery and odd phrases, hinting at proposals like billboards and a cooling war debate.
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