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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1950
Page
6
A fragment from a 1950 Charleston West Virginia newspaper notes its long history of 77 years and its subscription and Associated Press news rights. It mentions the paper’s motto, reprint rights, and a Thought For Today about family values and social virtues.
A 1950 voter turnout analysis argues that public participation shapes elections more than money or party machines. It notes 1948 WV turnout fell 15.9 percent despite population gains and questions why millions abstain, urging broad base suffrage and full ballot use by citizens.
North Dakota’s William Lemke, longtime congressman and 1936 Union Party presidential nominee, failed to win any state while polling 118,000 in Massachusetts. He kept his House seat to preserve seniority, then returned to the Republicans with isolationist leanings.
June 19 report outlines attributes for a GOP leader who could defeat Truman in 1952. Victor Johnson, head of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, endorses R. Johnson as a rising figure and urges Republicans to win Senate seats to support a future White House bid. Johnson toured the West as an aerial gumshoe, praising a candidate capable of emotional appeal, clear issues, and concrete programs.
A column recalls critics of scientists involved with the atomic program and the Cold War era. The piece names figures from politics media and science, notes FBI and espionage concerns, and questions who remains silent as arrests and confessions emerge.
Washington diary notes reveal Sen. McCarthy sought full Larsen testimony in the Amerasia case while fellow Republicans pressed, recorded, and pressured the witness. Larsen describes secret interviews with Wherry Ferguson and Lodge, and hints at dictaphone surveillance and phone interruptions during McCarthy’s questions.
Intercepted note dated June 3 1950 from Eugene A Carter AFL chieftain to Gene urging voters aligned with the AFT to go to the registration office and cast ballots on election day. The brief missive underscores mobilization for the registration and voting process.
The piece details labor chiefs planning a new political force, aiming to realign Dems and Reps by building a Labor Party. Rogge seeks labor support for a Progressive revival around Henry Wallace and others, while unions push to split from major parties and form a nationwide labor federation.
A serialized Q and A item asks how many families are served by rural mail routes totaling 8 192 544 as of June 30 1999. It also covers questions on Dickens and his silence with Catherine Hogarth and Georgina Hogarth, energy in a pint of ice cream at 588 calories, presumption of innocence in different courts, ocean levels, gravitational pull and mountain range effects, and the use of fans in churches to drive away flies.
A reader quiz presents questions and answers on topics from botany to religion and birds. It includes facts about why pine needles stay green, Utah religious history, and the love birds’ classification with concise explanations.
Alfred Ackermann's London study debunks Nero fiddling while Rome burned, noting the fiddle's later origin. He links bagpipes to ancient Rome via tibia utricularis evidence in Nero's era, while contrasting lutes with Nero's disliked image. The piece reflects on changing customs from 64 A.D. to modern times.
Westbrook Pegler critiques postwar Republican missteps and party fragmentation. He warns elder Republicans contemplate supporting nominal or Democratic allies to gain influence, condemns expansion of federal education spending, and highlights alleged parallels to Marxist and Hitlerian tactics within party factions.
A humorous column recalls a Republican spy tailing Truman and mocks GOP moves. The piece riffs on Harry Truman’s parade in St Louis, a talking horse of satire, and includes playful jibes about party candidates and political antics.
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