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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1933
Page
4
The Charleston Gazette dated Saturday June 17 1933 features the paper’s masthead and publisher details with billing rates and postal notices. A short quote from Calvin Coolidge offers a thought for today about faith in self and steady work relations.
The piece traces humanity’s shift from protection and conquest to selfless service, citing Buddha, Lao Tzu, and Jesus. It notes changes in leadership and wealth, praising a new social order that prioritizes the weaker, with a contrast between slower Canadian driving and faster American road limits.
Congress adjourns as President Roosevelt’s federal works plan moves ahead. West Virginia and Charleston expect rapid benefits from $3.3 billion, including $400 million for highways, with 30 percent grants and low-interest borrowing for local projects. The aim is to cut dole by employing destitute citizens and ensuring real work.
Approximately 148 young farmers and homemakers from across the country gathered in Washington for the seventh annual Four-H club event. They discussed agricultural practices and home making, representing a combined value of about 25 612 in embryo American farming efforts.
Camp at the Mall hosts youths in educational tours and farm projects under expert supervision. President Roosevelt stresses that trained agriculturists have vast odds against hunger and homelessness, with on to be well being. Herbert Reismer of Louisiana earned 5000 in three years through 4 H club work, showing modern methods as the industry’s future.
The piece argues against debt and spending, urging taxation as the limit to public funds. It condemns government by injunction and criticizes past reckless spending. It warns that Republicans and corporate interests in the state senate hinder relief efforts and that sincere supporters must resist emboldened spenders.
Local editorials discuss the push to consolidate county one room schools to spread tax funds equitably and provide city quality educational access. Proponents argue consolidation improves efficiency, removes redundant posts, and aids supervision while maintaining education standards amid debates in Wheeling News and Wheeling Register discussions.
A chaotic Washington column reports on policy allies and rivals around Roosevelt era figures. Name checks include Phillips, Hull, Hult, Warburg, Jackson, Cummings and Woll, with mentions of Burns, Coughlin, Blaine, and the power commission. Reader sees shifting loyalties, cabinet doubts, and looming London tariff talk.
Intercepted note references a discussion of facial features and character with a joking line about a snapping turtle. The fragment mentions destinations and a dated interception but lacks clear persons or organizations.
The piece is a collage of anecdotes and opinions from a nostalgic columnist noting admired writers actors and places. It mixes quips about Ruth Bryan Owen Richard Barthelmess John Ringling and Yvette Guilbert with memories of New York venues Waldorf Astoria and Algonquin. The narrator laments Time magazine and recalls past experiences in St Louis Dayton Paris and Peru.
Washington reports from June 18 describe increasing senatorial friction within the Democratic Party during negotiations on the industrial control bill. Huey Long clashes with the administration amid laughter as Reed of Pennsylvania questions the administration’s breadth. Clark of Missouri shows opposition. The piece notes shifting support among Roosevelt allies and growing left-wing disaffection ahead of the 1940 election.
A short instrumental critique on gossip and rumor in society. The author urges readers to curb spreading defaming stories about others, noting how even harmless acts can ruin reputations if repeated and exaggerated.
A reader request item invites questions to The Gazette Washington Bureau at 1928 New York Ave NW Washington DC. It lists sample questions on history geography and science and offers a canary care bulletin by mail for a small postage stamp fee. The page blends a Q A quiz with an order coupon and stamps request.
Arthur Brisbane critiques postwar finance detailing European debt disputes and dollar valuation maneuvers. It discusses gold reserves in England and France, the French staue devaluation, and the cost of funding public works with bonds. Ford’s 40th anniversary and Father’s Day reflections follow, noting advances in neon sodium lighting for roads and cars.
A fragment discusses Kathleen Norris and her writing process. It notes Norris writes steadily while others struggle, with writers facing unemployment and reduced sales. It reflects on publishers and readers judging writers and the pressure on authors to produce amid economic hardship.
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