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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1944
Page
4
The piece notes West Virginia Daily subscriptions and carrier delivery terms with a price tax mention. It includes a boilerplate about the paper’s intended distribution and a brief thought for the day about happiness through sacrifice and service.
President Roosevelt proposes a free port for refugees at Fort Ontario Oswego New York to shelter up to 1000 people. The center will provide comfort and aid, and admission will not violate immigration laws or be permanent. It envisions multiple such ports along coasts to rescue victims from Nazi terror and rehabilitate them quickly.
The largest Latin American nation, Brazil, dispatches fully trained and equipped 15,000 troops to Europe in a historic move. It marks a first by a New World country besides the United States and Canada, signaling Latin America’s maturation and friendly stance toward the United States while aiding the war effort.
Samuel Grafton argues that Willkie’s states rights critique is incomplete. A blend of strong central government with local administration and social security with private enterprise is essential. Dewey and Bricker are faulted for promoting simplistic single-issue ideologies that fail to reconcile opposing elements.
Onboard the flagship of Rear Adm. John L. Hall the author recalls nightly AA barrages during the Normandy invasion. He notes Allied planes downed by their own anti aircraft fire, and German air presence remained weak with few intruders over shipping targets off the coast. Casualties occurred among ships and land forces from AA fire.
Liberation Day Mihhiel is a familiar name to American veterans of the last war. Residents of Atealf recall the joy of the rescuing entry of the AEF. Bayeux now has repeated the welcome. Roosevelt says United Nations forces will come and go, not as invaders, but as liberators, making Liberation Day a possible national holiday for many countries and eras.
A Readers' Forum note cites biblical prophecies from Daniel and Isaiah predicting a lasting peace under a divinely set kingdom. The piece envisions a new world where all races live together without war, citing Riverview as context.
Washington context notes a fierce fight in Congress over postwar war surplus disposal. Baruch and Lehman Brothers promote rapid sale to big firms while a bipartisan bloc seeks orderly, fair handling to avoid another economic tailspin. The piece details proposed Clayton Bill, lobbying by Clayton and Baruch allies, and concerns about monopoly as planes, phonographs, socks, and screws flood markets.
A walk along the Normandy coast reveals a landscape of invasion wreckage with sunken boats, toppled jeeps, and shattered tanks. Across the shore the author recalls lifeless figures on the sand and the bleak, expansive display of war’s cost, a shoreline museum of carnage.
Ernie Pyle describes vast Allied salvage on a Normandy beach with wrecked gear and new supplies arriving from England. He notes a bluff hospital and a POW group nearby, while German prisoners stare seaward in a shared, stunned acceptance of their fate.
Questions and answers from The Gazette readers cover snoring socialist leanings literacy training in the army Palestine crops migration Negro church membership ice free ports and more. Notable items include Palestine's main fruit crop war impacts and synthetic quinine production by Woodward and Doering.
Theodore Dreiser, the novelist, is awarded the Award of Merit from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, with $1,000. The honor, established in 1942, cited his courage and integrity in portraying real human beings and America. The piece notes Dreiser’s influential works, including Jennie Gerhardt, Sister Carrie, and An American Tragedy, and places him among Chicago’s notable contributions to American culture.
A fragment notes a wartime radio incident with a letter to Al and a remark about would-be comedians on the airwaves. The text hints at surprise but offers no clear event or outcome. The readable line references an audience or broadcaster context and a dated wartime setting.
A brief note from Al M. Cramer of the War Food Administration in Charleston signs off with the closing Yours, indicating ongoing wartime food program communications and official correspondence.
A mid June critique warns that after July 1 the USES and unions will force male civilians over 17 into essential work if they quit nonessential jobs, threaten arrests, and curb employment freedom. The piece denounces Roosevelt era policy as dictatorial, legal only by drift, and urges a sit down strike to resist.
Cartoon-like Groaner exposes political hypocritical talk and half baked platforms. The piece mocks candidates for vague pledges and poor argument quality, comparing vegetarian and meat eater stances.
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