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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1938
Page
6
A brief, hopeful note from the June 18, 1938 issue urges readers to fill every moment with thoughts of goodness and to carry it into daily tasks. The message emphasizes doing work thoughtfully and letting kindness naturally show in actions.
A Japanese proverb frames Nikko’s beauty amid war’s ruin in Canton as crowds flee bombing and destruction. The piece contrasts tranquil mountains and tombs with burning streets, fallen bricks, and wounded amid a world gone mad.
The National Association of Master Plumbers urges public focus on the rest room as a growing American landmark. John W. Love notes new industries could bloom in Wake with non inflammable, nonwetting seat tech and varied colors like orchid. Imperial Majestic Crown and Royal flush valves highlight luxury styling. Sculptors redesign bowls with Yonic Doric Ins-Doric forms. The piece hints at a coming boom in restroom fashion and mentions gas buggy market competition.
Roy Bird Cook was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from West Virginia University last week. A Weston High School alumnus (1904), Cook, though largely self-educated, is noted as a scholar and collector of rare Confederate history, especially on Stonewall Jackson. He chaired the American Pharmaceutical Association in 1935 and remains active on its committees. Thousands across the country regard him as a gifted artisan and community leader.
West Virginia University honors Roy Bird Cook with a Doctor of Laws degree marking recognition of his unusual abilities as a pharmacist historian author and public speaker. Fellow publisher notes shared pride in the achievement and the honor accorded him.
An Eastern Montana normal school teacher advocates fish fly tying as a full study course. He recalls running such a course once, linking it to geology geography zoology entomology and ornithology. He notes silk wool plant fibers and feathers used in flies hint at chemistry textiles and agriculture and says it sparked a keen outdoors interest in trout fishing.
West Virginia editors note registrars begin rounds as an interim committee studies a permanent one. The proposal would allow registered voters to remain registered unless address changes, reducing repeat registrations and potentially cutting costs while raising questions about accuracy. The piece cites 1936 and 1937 figures, census estimates, and the large school-age population to question registration totals and possible fraud. It references the Wheeling Intelligencer and notes Daniel Boone in the June West Virginia Review.
At June commencement Concord State College conferred a Bachelor of Arts on Jason Raines aged 73. A lifelong educator of one room schools, he earned a standard normal certificate first and then his degree six years later after summer study. He embodies practical wisdom from experience and study, and is praised by the Huntington Herald-Dispatch for his achievement.
In 1936 the circus industry faced its worst year with four shows closed and several rail shows fleeing to Canada while others faced layoffs and debt. Washington lawyer Melvin D. Hildreth, president of the Circus Fans of America, organized rerouting and loans, aiding shows like Robbins, Cole, and Hagenbeck-Wallace. He notes family appeal, scarce grounds, high rents, and a 10 percent admission tax as major pressures alongside labor issues and transport costs. He praises the Ringling circle's resilience and the enduring circus tradition amid the machine age.
The writer argues fascism cannot be reduced to a simple big business plot. Wunderlich shows it created economic equality in Germany at vast human cost, restricting profits and freedoms while compelling state control and persecution, warning against romanticizing fascism.
Dorothy Dix advises a middle aged wife with no children living in a small apartment to reject a likeminded friend's temptations for adulterous outings. She urges focusing on the husband, finding sympathy for his fatigue, and to seek meaningful work or pursuits to banish boredom. The letter and guidance reflect 1930s social norms and warn of damaged reputation and broken home.
A scanned page presents a long list of quiz questions and answers covering geography, history, calendar reform, pensions, securities law, and other topics. It includes queries on Falster, Virginia, the Tar Zoo, the Gregorian calendar, the capital of Nicaragua, presidential veto power, and the Pacific island Hawaii, with some accompanying answers about pensions, the SEC, and mineral hardness.
Westbrook Pegler cites John T. Gibson on American gambling costs, estimating 1933 race wagers in 18 states at 257.6 million dollars and total Irish sweepstakes spending at 21 million. He argues that most betting occurs openly, via bookies and pools, with limited pari mutuel reach, and critiques the lure of a national lottery while noting Ireland’s unique position and cross-border money flows.
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