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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1938
Page
6
The Charleston Gazette republication copy lists staff and contributors with names including Matt Wright and Jettins Wiese. It notes General Motors and a postal entry in Charleston West Virginia. A dated line states Monday Morning June 6, 1988 with a Bible verse from Psalms 84:11.
The article recalls Samuel Insull as a rich scalawag who dodged penalties, retired to England, and allegedly hid a large fortune. It notes a Chicago report detailing fake earnings at Middle West Utilities, a 1080 refinancing plan, and a $60 million securities sell off. It argues the New Deal aimed to curb such wealth manipulation with Truth-in-Securities and holding company laws.
Republican ad man and writer Bruce Barton, a conservative businessman in Congress, reflects on national affairs in Cosmopolitan. He criticizes government and insiders while urging business to admit past mistakes, pursue equitable wealth distribution, and cooperate with government to deliver cheap goods and an abundant life.
A speaker condemns social problems and sales tactics, urging ingenuity and vigor in public life. He argues only those who convince the masses of a just redistribution of opportunities succeed. He notes financial power remains with the best section, while political power has shifted across railroad tracks.
A German man named Adolf Fuehrer faced repeated detentions and camps after officials mocked his name. He was moved between prisons until escaping to Switzerland. The piece contrasts his fate with the relatively mild treatment of Franklin President and questions dictatorship fears in America.
A Readers' Forum letter critiques capital seeks tariff protection and labor demands, warns against dictatorship and unfair wage practices, and urges regulation of the economic structure. It argues machines should lower costs yet fears unemployment from overfinancing and calls for shared benefits across all workers, with politics left out of the debate.
J R Earlywine, a Marshall county farmer, recalled a devastating hail storm that struck the Fish Creek area near Cameron around 1882 or 1883. He described a moving foglike wall that smashed uncut wheat and ruined a corn field, with horses spooked and workers bruised, the storm’s path about a quarter mile wide.
A June Washington dispatch notes Rockefellers vie with Morgans for control of the New York Stock Exchange. Ernest Mopkins of Dartmouth, linked to Rockefeller foundations, emerges as a leading candidate, while Leo Crowley of the FDIC is eyed as a strong second. The piece highlights Wall Street’s drive to reform the exchange and contrasts broader political currents with New Deal aims.
Bertram Fowler’s book on the Nova Scotia cooperative movement inspires hope amid widespread unemployment. The piece argues democracy hinges on self help, praising communities that lift themselves without government aid, and urges readers to pursue similar self-reliant efforts.
Dorothy Dix counsels thousands of graduating girls to choose fitting careers rather than rely on marriage. She urges studying aptitudes, avoiding unfulfilling work, and valuing skilled labor for financial independence, noting many will work before or after marriage.
Readers are invited to send questions and provide their name and address on one side of the paper for return posters. A list of questions covers micrometers ball clubs Kabul calendars chilblains and more. Answers are expected on Page 13 after a period of trial and study.
A reader asks about bank failures in 1937. the answer cites fifty nine banks suspended, four national, two state, and the rest nonmember of the Federal Reserve. The column also covers car hum sources, vacuum gauge checks, and the Dominican flag structure, plus cave temperatures, the origin of the phrase God save the mark, and Robert H. Jackson’s middle name Howout pronounced How'-att.
Pegler argues the old New Deal era was fair compared with today's policies. He cites skyscrapers and suburbs, booming auto sales, full employment, and rising ticket prices while urging readers to refresh memory of prior conditions.
A reminiscence recalls scarce copy runners, corner tape reading syndicates, and margin buying. Farmers move to California and Florida while ditch labor earns six dollars daily. skilled workers fetch twenty two and twenty dollars. Taxes are a whispered burden amid debates over wage levels under the New Deal after six years.
A speaker laments Prohibition era home gin making and high taxes while critiquing Morgenthau and Mellon, contrasting old潮 political corruption with the New Deal. The text questions who will win in Washington and asks how readers fared during those hard days as the era shifts.
A satirical column by Arthur Bore Baer complains about Washington spending and the Senate. The writer quotes a far future debt figure and mocks lawmakers for unclear allocations while noting a wary public mood.
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