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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1949
Page
6
Fragmented OCR yields a mix of notices and editorial filler. It references a tax rate claim, subscriptions, and a weekly news summary. Mentions Virginie and the date June 6, 1949, with brief lines about devotion to high ideals and constant effort.
City officials pursue stricter traffic rules to curb congestion in Charleston. The editorial argues enforcement is key and laments past lax police action. It urges steady, impartial policing to deter violators and insists hope rests on consistent application day and night.
The piece argues against the belief that atomic bomb secrecy is a wholly American shield after Hiroshima. It notes uranium knowledge is global, cites the Chicago lab incident, and cautions that excessive focus on hiding secrets may mislead the public and officials about true national security. It urges reasonable security without overestimating secrecy’s power.
Inside Russa reports show more people listening with greater interest to the Voice of America amid Soviet jamming. Observers say the interference began with Berlin blockade talks and aims to block Russian access to Foreign Ministers Paris meetings. VOA and BBC combat the interference, with some improvement after weeks.
Vinson Committee faces pressure to map backstage lobbying as defense unification battles intensify. Johnson Symington and Ploud Odlum defend B 36 against corruption charges while Navy League activity presses for Navy Day policy and congressional influence. Letters warn Johnson of civilian autocracy, and Van Zandt probes links to steel shipbuilders and Navy League.
The piece reflects on Lourdes in France as a place where belief persists amid modern life. It describes Bernadette and the grotto, the miraculous relics left by cured visitors, and the contrast between mechanized society and faith as thousands from around the world visit for the holy year. It notes the two churches atop the rock and the ongoing rituals carried out by pilgrims seeking healing.
Washington Merry Go Round summarizes how Senate support for home rule for the District of Columbia hinged on southern concerns about civil rights and how backroom talks by senators Kefauger Grath Taft and Holland influenced passage. The column also profiles Sonny Whitney and wartime security politics in the Commerce Department, noting tensions over staff clearances and a new cabinet curtain around foreign visitors, plus GOP filibuster tactics and a plan to remodel the Senate chamber.
A reader pens a skeptical note to Harveys about a new water system, claiming it mirrors the old enforcement and will likely fail to perform as expected. The message urges caution and expresses doubt about the service’s reliability.
Roy H. Pierson of Frame Town Braxton County WV born January 30 1900 son of the late 4 4 Pierson and Allie Pierson educated at public schools and Mt State Business College came to Charleston in 1922. He held posts as trust officer and city official, chaired Republican county executive committee and served as city treasurer and in several civic organizations. He was married to Gay Harris with two children.
A long critical dispatch describes Soviet efforts to influence labor movements worldwide. It claims Cominform plots in Prague and London aim to disrupt Western unions, with campaigns to suppress dissent, launch fronts, and force strikes while elections loom. It asserts Moscow’s decline in prestige and growing crackdown on culture and education behind an iron curtain.
A compilation of Q and A items from the Gazette Information Bureau covering Mississippi River bridges, black flowers, auto installment plan shares, major league umpires, ancient manuscripts, Cedar tree disease, Alaska population potential, aviation cadet terminal leave pay, and related facts from the Office of the Chief of Engineers and Department of the Army.
Citizens report nightly crime on Dryden and Summers streets from 1 to 4 a.m. with youths and drinkers roaming, police slow to respond, and calls to the chief only in daytime. One reader commends the paper’s health editorials and urges public officials to back dental health campaigns noting high rates of infected teeth among schoolchildren and calling for national awareness and start at the beginning.
A Fair Enough editorial denounces executive pension schemes as a hidden tax on millions of individual investors. It warns that proxies and group insurance lock stockholders into paying lavish pensions to executives, often beyond profits, with little ability to vote out such costs. The piece parallels corporate loot with union insiders’ perks, arguing ordinary buyers lose wealth while the state takes its share.
A 1949 piece contemplates Western democracies facing the Orient and Russian mindsets. It muses on trust, fatigue, and unity, likening national consolidation to mixing dishes, and warns that old world thinking hampers progress amid regional tensions.
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