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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1937
Page
6
The Charleston Gazette presents a compact reflection citing Proverbs 22 29 about diligence in business. It notes the reward of standing before kings and contrasts the fate of those who toil less diligently. A brief moral exhortation follows for readers.
An official Nazi text denounces liberal teaching and advocates a single German nationalist view. It extols Adolf Hitler as model historian, condemns objectivity, and frames history as driven by the life will of the nation rooted in race. It asserts five guiding words: leader, national state, people, community, and race. minister Klagges condemns pluralism and promotes German patriotism as sole truth.
The passage argues Nazi history education ties national growth to biology and leadership, urging uplifting great German figures while condemning traitors. It condemns present-focused yet shallow teaching and calls for distant millennia as guidance, warning of future costs under dictatorship.
In Wellsburg West Virginia the Gretna Green style trend slows as a new three day notice law looms. May permits total 63 behind last year with most licenses going to Ohio and Pennsylvania couples. A deaf route pair obtained a license but delayed marriage until Wednesday hoping for better odds. Both applicants previously married to others, a note from Parkersburg News.
The private measure updating Great Britain's ancient divorce law passed the House of Commons and moved to the Lords. It retains adultery as a ground but adds grounds like desertion cruelty and incurable insanity after five years of marriage, with additional provisions for nullifying marriages and missing spouses.
From 1930 to 1936 West Virginia’s population increased to 1 830 000, placing it twenty seventh among U S states. The Census Bureau’s latest estimate shows New York leading, with New Jersey and others following in the six million bracket. Weirton Daily Times notes 18.1 percent growth since 1920.
Members of a New York crime commission visited Canada to study justice administration amid lower crime. Canadian judges serve life terms, reducing political influence. prosecutions are strict with severe penalties for bank robbery and mall crime. Bridges at Parkersburg and Williamstown slated to become toll free after bonds paid, with private firms credited for construction and the state to take over.
A Bronx stock clerk who won $160,000 in an Irish hospital lottery learns his windfall will be greatly reduced by federal, state and special taxes. The letter outlines deductions and taxes that could leave about $83,214 after levies.
A controversial open letter by Westbrook Pegler criticizes income tax and vice laws, arguing federal and state governments profit from illegal activities. Pegler suggests loopholes and mocks moral posturing around Prohibition era crime, citing Al Capone and a hypothetical Prohibition era brothel chain.
A review of Kingsley Martin’s The Magic of Monarchy argues the book clarifies Edward VII to George V, tracing monarchy’s rise and decline. It notes Britain’s ritual worship of the crown, shifts in public sentiment, and the challenge of preserving sacred symbols amid human frailty.
The June diary from New York blends social mentions from Fanny Hurat and Bob Davis with London notes to Bill Corum. It reports rising church attendance in the city, a critique of critics at theaters, and anecdotes about society figures and leading waiters, ending with a pointer to more on rage 15.
A sample reader quiz and knowledge questions page presents a mix of trivia and practical queries. It covers figures like Franklin D. Roosevelt, Paul Gauguin, and Frederic March, plus topics from myth to mail delivery and social security identification.
Washington prepares for a high profile tax evasion investigation with national bankers industrialists publishers and lawyers set to testify before joint committees. The probe follows Morgenthau's $20 million Astor estate case and reveals efforts to dodge inheritance and export duties.
The office seeks the man or his assistant for the post of assistant secretary of war offering ten thousand dollars a year. Five prospects have turned the job down and no experience is required. If you are Democratic send in your weight and age while noting Europe may provide the necessary experience.
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