Subscription Rates and Masthead for Charleston Gazette 1942
The Charleston Gazette Independent Democratic Newspaper lists daily and Sunday editions with carrier and mail options. Rates show one year subscriptions in state at 1.40 and out of state at 1.50 plus 2 percent sales tax. all mail subs paid in advance. The notice notes AP affiliation and national ad reps and includes a daily Thought for Today.
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Charleston Gazette Independent Democratic
Daily Gazette
Capital City
West Virginie
West Virginia
Navy's Battleships Outdated in Modern War Opinion
A columnist argues that aircraft carriers and shore based planes have surpassed battleships. He cites Midway and Pearl Harbor, cites Bismarck and English Channel events, and says taxpayers should fund modern navies with destroyers submarines and planes rather than aging battleships.
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Pearl Harbor
China Sea
English Channel
Don Juan
Hollywood
Aleutians Rise in Strategic Spotlight and History
The Aleutian Islands, once quiet, are now front and center after the Dutch Harbor bombing. Visionaries like General Billy Mitchell foresaw their value as air bases for defense and offense. Discovered by Vitus Bering in 1728 and part of the 1867 Alaska Purchase from Russia, the barren archipelago hosts volcanoes and about 2,000 residents and sits on a vital air route to Vladivostok and Japan.
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Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Siberia
Dutch Harbor
Billy Mitchell
Aigska
Aleutians
Vitus Bering
Lo Bering Strait
Alaska Purchase
Russia
United States
Vladivostok
Japan
Seward
Islands
Arehi
Vicinus
Cean
Marle
Office of Facts and Figures
MagLesh
Textual fragment on wartime propaganda and morale
The passage describes German shortwave chatter about a second front and Dunkirk, Nazi ridicule of American life, and Allied reactions. It notes American isolationist critics and press responses, with references to figures like MagLesh and E. Cavch Quisting and a Prague radio broadcast.
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Geveral
Ptt
After World War I many ex soldiers turned to crime
In a briefer note the piece discusses postwar crime among veterans, blaming Prohibition and profiteers for hardship. It notes many ex soldiers fell into crime out of poverty after war service and unemployment, with few reformers remaining and a drift into graft, murder, and crime as population pressures grew.
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OS Angeles
Rime Jale United
Gros Dibel
Chicago
France
Howe
Fife
Draft age debate stalls as Congress fears election headaches
In 1942 Washington, leaders push to lower draft age to 18 but Congress resists amid election-year concerns. Military argues 18–21 yearolds best fighters and pilots. officials warn of head aches from mass inductions and married men. President delays action while nickel coin issue swirls.
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Selective Service
War Man Pawser Board
Congress
Flear Allen
Nate
Fruhysteus
Ain Edatieat
Heo
Sal Mac
New York
Chiral
Intercepted Message Near Harleston Virginia Report
Intercepted message dated Jue 18 from the United States concerns George Irvin C Wildman Magi C and P Tel Co at Harleston West Virginia.
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George Irvin C
Wildman, Magi. C
Unknown Abilities and Economic Duty in Postwar Debate
The text records a discussion featuring A. Johnston of the United States Chamber of Commerce, focusing on postwar economic policy. Johnston warns that production stoppages could trigger artificial demand and asks how to replace wartime output. He stresses private enterprise and social responsibilities to maintain employment after the war.
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Chamber of Commerce
Wis Tielag
Johnston
Baltimore
Cores
Sven Wilh
Industrial comeback hinges on new cooperation postwar
Raymond Clapper reports the chamber president outlines five reasons the US can meet postwar demand. He cites vast plant capacity and raw materials, a large skilled workforce, and a looming backlog of needs. A new government management labor agriculture partnership is urged to organize this power and avoid repeating past economic strains.
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Chamber of Commerce
Johnston
Jahar
Readers Forum Letter on Democracy and Race
A readers forum letter argues true democracy has not appeared globally and that bold views alienate minorities. It asserts courage in expressing conviction and predicts broader tolerance only after victory, signed by Pathe Lawson Hawkins, Camp Educational Adviser.
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Lawson W. Hawkins
Gasoline rationing urged despite gasoline surplus claims
A fragment discusses rationing gas and rubber, arguing against fuel limits while noting a Middle West surplus and high rubber stocks. It critiques Washington officials, cites wartime needs, and references a Berlin press communique on Tripartite power victories.
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Washington
United States
Middle West
Brazil
Fair Enough By Westbrook Pegler
Westbrook Pegler argues that white newspapers are fair to Negroes and avoid overstating news to prevent trouble. He says Negro papers misrepresent races, demand bias in juries, and often exacerbate tensions by sharp color distinctions and activism.
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Fair
Westbrook Pegler
A Critique of Negro Press Tone
The piece argues hostile tone in some Negro publications hurts race relations by portraying whites negatively while asserting the white press is friendlier to Negroes. It claims Negro journalism lacks experience but cites no anti Negro paragraphs in New York papers over the past decade.
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Associated Press
Smail Brewer & Kent, Inc
Park Avenue
New York City
Michigan Ave
Chicago
Boylston
St. Boston
Pacific Coast
George D. Clozeine
Charleston
W. Va
de Pal
Charles Deweny
New York
Sovernment
Sucide Congress
Inman Dewey
Gazette
New. York
Baering Down On The News By Bugs Baer
A comic column by Arthur Bugs Baer from 1942 recounts past quips on Chinese policy and Japan, noting playful misattributions about Li Hung Chang and Porcelain birds nest origins. The piece humorously recalls 1936 predictions that war with Japan would come in five years.
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Baering
Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Li Hung Chang
Gallagher
San Francisco
Walter
Ruby Foo
Japan
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