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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1941
Page
6
The Charleston Gazette publishes a wartime editorial urging U S action against tyranny. Leaders of CIO affiliates and labor groups praise democracy and pledge full support to President Roosevelt to defeat Hitlerism, noting the stakes for liberty and democracy.
A editorial urges immediate, aggressive action against Hitler, arguing Americans must not hide from danger. It supports Roosevelt, praising his leadership, trustworthiness, and ability to guide the nation through the crisis while acknowledging limited information and the need for prudent, decisive measures.
Critics attack American labor for patriotism lapses while defending workers as loyal to the country. Some disruptive elements are blamed, but the vast majority of laborers are portrayed as genuinely devoted to national interests.
Editor notes French lessons from 1939 and U S policy, drawing parallels to 1940s strategy. It traces France delaying invasion, U S embargo actions, and shifting alliances, arguing today’s policy mirrors past caution amid Asia and the Pacific theater with mentions of Roosevelt Hull Knox Morgenthau Ickes and the Panay incident.
A reader urges brevity for signed Letters to the Editor and notes ethics in Charleston bar complaints. Edith Gazette offers musings on Gov Neely, miners' demands, and national civic duty, with a Fayetteville veteran's plea for better living standards and pride in America.
A Winston Salem Journal item notes explorers who studied Amazon headwaters tribes found Tchaikovsky and Beethoven move them to spellbound stillness while modern jazz provoked restlessness and muttered "camila" meaning ugly. The piece quips on sending youth to learn from the primitives.
An observer notes bright spots during wartime including Ithaca bluebirds reclaiming a mailbox, a Hamburg New Jersey blacksmith keeping shop for locals, and the New York Zoological Park opening a children’s zoo where adults must bring a child. The piece underscores small joys like lambs and storybook touches in busy times.
An intercepted note from Tyne 14 directed to Boone discusses current program orders and the idea of rallying Charlestonians with American Flags. The message references Mayor Dawson of Charleston, West Virginia, and hints at civic enthusiasm.
The London pledge by the British government and dominions vows no lasting peace while Germany coerces free peoples. It aims to reassure occupied nations and the U S that the war will continue, demanding intensified U S production and prolonged war effort through the summer and beyond.
Raymond Clapper notes the push to speed up war production despite May plane output falling 55 from April. He cites material shortages and the Memorial Day long weekend as factors while praising new plants that could surpass German output. Donald Nelson advocates doubling defense spending, shifting industry from consumer goods to standard war goods, risking drastic daily life changes and unemployment.
Damon Runyon recalls old saloon life and swinging doors in a nostalgic column. He jokes about how doors learned to mock husbands, wives, and bartenders and how towns adapted as sidewalks and streets evolved. The piece mixes memory with humor and social observation from 1944.
Westbrook Pegler laments the life of Steve Crow once famed as a dirt-drenched blackmailer on Broadway. The piece traces Crow’s post-prison decline, provocative schemes, and lingering influence on sensational reporting while noting a shift in journalism’s moral line during Prohibition.
The piece satirizes defense industry tensions and union strife with absurd imagery. It references cackling eggs, cobbler shop misadventures, and a boardroom exodus, noting that national stress drives burying differences and mockingly suggests striking workers face old army obligations.
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