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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1936
Page
6
The Charleston Gazette prints a June 7 1936 Sunday edition page featuring a Thought For Today quote. It cites William Channing on grandeur of character and force of soul and thought, paired with a brief moral reflection.
The passage notes that major Republican clubs complimented Roosevelt by endorsing a tentative platform mirroring New Deal aims. It argues the platform would withdraw federal relief, resist compulsory labor standards, and reveal the GOP’s underlying aim to revert to Hooverism while adopting liberal rhetoric to gain support. The piece deems this a strategic, self-flattering acknowledgment of the New Deal’s necessity.
In the recent state wide primary the Democratic total for governor was 263,578 with 21,407 more Democrats voting for governor than for senator. Secretary of state totals show O'Brien Chilton and Hall at 221,790, 63.90 percent less than governor. Holt’s vote reached about 44 percent of governor’s total.
Edgar B. Sims led with a slim majority just under 5,000 amid five opponents. W. W. Trent topped his rivals by over 20,000. Richards Talbott surpassed a single foe by more than 4,000. Clarence Meadows, Raleigh, captured over 32,000 to his nearest challenger for Attorney General. Presidential returns show 288,779 for the president and 8,162 for Coutremarch. The campaign suggests a strong Democratic showing in West Virginia in November.
The New York World highlights Senator Borah's speech challenging corporate power and state rights, calling it a prophetic critique of monopolies. It notes Borah denounces a federal impotence to regulate vast corporations and warns GOP leaders to address concentrated wealth or risk returning to power.
A septuagenarian mix includes Justice Roberts urged to sabbatical by labor, Moley clashing with unions over Today magazine printing, and Jesse Jones maneuvering for RFC control of public works. The long-winded row touches Wheeler, Blayden, Hopkins, and motion toward PWA funding shifts.
Intercepted note dated 1994 expresses a question about forming veto power for the Supreme Court. The fragment mentions a person named Gay and closes with a sign-off, but provides no clear action, date, or place beyond the dated year. The content is incomplete and lacks verifiable context.
A fragmented diary style piece blends weather obsessions, rain walking, and a cinema world tour. It mentions Gilda Gray and Greta Garbo amid Paris chefs from Gascony, and ends hinting at a turn to a page with a menu in a Parisine setting.
Opinion pieces urge a state social security program while advocating annual motor vehicle license renewals to improve highway safety and revenue. Editors praise Wheeling police for enforcing drunken driving laws with license revocation and vehicle impoundment, predicting reduced drunk driving. Open Forum advocates broad discussion of social security, youth employment, and elder care amid a winter wildlife decline affecting Monongahela National Forest wildlife and fishing licenses funding conservation.
A collage of anecdotes and quirky insights from the U S House and Senate figures and staff. Bits include jokes about Rep Bertrand Snell and Rep Florence Kahn, weather code misreads, a wandering cat story, and a whistle tune misremembered by Sol Bloom.
A vintage reflection cites repeated liquor bans as political planks, noting initial support but later failures. It recalls how neither party could suppress bootleggers, with bath tub gin and scotch as symbols of the era’s liquor battles. The piece nods to 1938 copyright.
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