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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1932
Page
6
A June 19, 1932 Charleston Gazette item presents a daily Thought For Today attributing a Yale president to a quote about genius and effort. The note emphasizes work and constructive activity as paths to happiness.
In a tone of public concern the piece contrasts fathers and mothers with the nation’s economic strain. It cites Sen. Robinson and Sen. Harrison complaining about Treasury Secretary Mills and President Hoover over budget estimates, taxes, and balance of the budget, urging accountability and a return to prudent finance.
The piece criticizes President Hoover for shifting blame to Congress over budget deficits. It cites a press story about proposed reductions of 160 to 200 million dollars and notes Senator Robinson’s reaction. It mentions Senator Reed of Pennsylvania and the lack of detailed proposals from the president.
A Beaton based news release from United Business Service argues no current business upturn but notes visible recovery signs. It cites fewer commercial failures and bank suspensions, stabilized deposits, rising bond prices, reduced gold withdrawals, discarded radical measures, narrowing raw material spread, and declares prosperity near. It frames this as campaign year hype.
Arthur Brisbane reviews prohibition debate noting the Republican prohibition plank as a confession of failure. He praises Crosser's bill on mail to Europe by dirigible and imagines swift ocean crossings. Mussolini’s air ambitions and a recent assassination plot are also discussed with cautious, non-gory tone.
A reader argues the Republican platform calls for proper regulation of transportation, rails trucks buses waterways and pipelines. He links lack of action to unemployment and reduced demand, urging Congress to empower the Interstate Commerce Commission, support rail carriers, and favor regulated business growth over Reconstruction Finance Corporation loans.
An intercepted June 18, 1992 message asks Dear Gur if the invitation to the capitol opening was meant to include the Danger marchers, noting potential inclusion of a specific group. The note ends with a sign off Yours.
West Virginia editors hail unity after Parkersburg gathering. Key decisions included naming Charleston as campaign HQ, Bluefield hosting the August judicial convention, and reelections to national posts. Journalists from Huntington to Fairmont praised harmony and predicted a strong fall campaign.
McIntyre writes from New York on June 18 about changes in society and service since crepe hangers. He recalls old access to trains and box offices, the shift in cafe seating, hotel clerks, and credit checks, and muses on retail life and manners with humorous, critical tone. He notes encounters with theater, tailors, and shops, ends with reflections on thawing social norms and a closing jab at the New York beaker.
A compact admonition on privacy and courtesy urges readers to mind their own affairs. It warns against nosiness and the annoyance of others reading or misplacing papers, urging discreet handling and timely tidying of personal materials.
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