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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1934
Page
6
The Senate confirmed Rexford Tugwell as undersecretary of agriculture amid strong debate. Critics attacked his views while praising his farm background and readiness, contrasted with earlier quarrels over Dr. Klein and the insistence on a “dirt farmer” for positions like the federal reserve board.
The piece contrasts Tugwell with Campbell, arguing Tugwell earned his post despite accusations he was a brainy reformer. It cites a rosy Congressional Record view by John W Flannagan praising America as self sustaining with surpluses to spare yet a need to reduce excess.
W. C. Given Waitman, WV state banking commissioner for 15 months, has been named vice president of a major Cleveland bank. He guided West Virginia through a banking crisis with fewer casualties and authored the debenture plan now used in state banks. His move will be regretted by bankers and citizens alike.
The Coal Valley News reports a new strict push by the state tax office in Charleston with 24 field agents collecting delinquent taxes on license, gross sales, consumers tax, and marble machine games. A dealer was jailed for failing to collect the consumers tax. many businesses rush to license amid enforcement.
The Roane County Reporter notes Bruce Barton’s antiwar ad in Fortune urging world peace with Lusitania figures and compares war messaging. It also lists scrambled advertising slogans tied to brands from National Funeral Directors to Haviland China and Pennsy Road, highlighting marketing history.
A Washington roundup notes friction between Herbert Hoover and Henry Fletcher, praises Key Pittman’s brisk treaty work, cites Cordell Hull pushing payments in kind to Britain, and hints at a Roosevelt administration shift. Mrs. Roosevelt tours West Virginia and Harry Woodring's possible reassignment are mentioned as undercurrents of the era.
In New York on June 18 the columnist notes Harry Richman and Eddie Leonard captivate Broadway crowds with compelling stage presence. The piece compares Richman’s masculine delivery to Nora Bayes, comments on Parisian cafe influence, and recalls Lardner’s reserved offstage demeanor and substantial life insurance.
The item jokes about rain in nations and hints at a marine conference with Landon. It questions England borrowing money to build ships while New York City praises the navy after a busy month of sailors drilling at inexpensive rates.
Washington closes in on Harry Flood Byrd as he breaks silence to explain his shift on the Tugwell undersecretary of agriculture nomination. The Virginia senator, up for reelection, had claimed to be the chamber’s most silent member, a stance seen in context of his anticipated presidential prospects and Roosevelt era politics.
Readers are invited to send questions to The Gaselle Washington Bureau for a fact quiz. Sample questions cover rivers, historical figures, orthography, biblical books, inventions, languages, and athletic venues. The column mixes trivia with explanations and references to the Magna Carta and the 1934 World’s Fair bulletin.
The piece blames Congress for vast spending and notes President Roosevelt holds broad power after adjournment. It highlights a cold blooded organized crime case: Isadore Gutman and two associates slain after hi jacking a truck, their bodies found in Gutman’s car with eyes and mouths taped and bound.
The article discusses synesthesia where senses mix, giving colors to sounds. A pianist from a musical family at age 11 experiences color visions with keys and tones, with color associations varying by note and instrument. Some cases describe photisms like clouds before the eyes, and composers’ works linked to specific colors.
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