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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1949
Page
6
Distribution notes show subscriptions at 7 percent rate amid a state tax shift. Associated Press and Western Union era service details appear with telephony cutoffs and outages noted. June 21, 1949 issue from Charleston West Virginia marks 75 years serving the region.
A Georgia reporter argues lynching harms the Negro race and urges self policing by both races. The piece condemns a recent Irwinton lynching, praises Tuskegee Institute's role, and calls for stronger action against “tough joints” and crime while stressing law’s duty and community responsibility.
Beat From Water Norway leads in electric heating for homes using hydro power. Plans aim to heat three fourths of space with electricity, cutting fuel imports by half as war driven development expands. Norway foresees no fuel use for power, urging electricity as a general heating medium for potential U S expansion.
New York observes a country revival as square dancing blooms in city parks. Thirty five square dance callers work within New York City with crowds swelling toward a million participants. Dan P Publacher and Ralph Tefferteller head park and hotel venues.
A York column probes Alger Hiss and the House Un-American Activities Committee the trial and the probe tensions. It recalls key moments including testimony from Whittaker Chambers and the committee members who debated how to handle Hiss. The piece notes Hiss’s influence on the proceedings and speculates on steps he might have taken differently.
An article recounts behind the scenes maneuvers between the United States, China, and the Soviet Union during late 1948. It notes Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist government wavering on a nonaggression pact with Russia, U S aid pressures, and Moscow's cautious diplomacy as Red forces advance.
In a crowded labor and political panorama, unions face a sweeping postwar agenda with plans for new housing loans for unemployed families, expanded labor needs in electric power and manufacturing, and strategic battles over television control and anti-Communist pressures. CIO and southern agitators probe strategies while leaders push for a broad pension in steel. Broad social shifts emerge as labor, politics, and media power collide.
The Gazette reports on a new union organizing drill led by Joe Belsky involving sons of industrialists and Harvard Yale men. The group plans 60 organizers across eight eastern states Chicago and the West Coast with pay of 35 dollars weekly. The piece also notes CIO anti-communist funding shifts and labor action in various sectors including Teamsters and hotel workers.
A reader replies to a recent contributor about the Crescent shooting, endorsing action to protect children and citizens from fear. The writer urges more aggressive civic action and notes distrust of a church committee’s efforts to address the problem, ending with a local sign-off from South Charleston BC.
Forum letter condemns employers for age bias against workers over 60. It calls for expanding federal old age care, lowering the benefit age to 60, and protests growing discrimination while describing hardships of older workers and a hermit living rough.
A critical opinion piece argues unions harm workers and empower corrupt leaders. It attacks the Wagner Act, Norris La Guardia law, and Taft Hartley, blaming Truman for partisan labor policy and calling for stronger state authority and a shift away from unionism.
A fragmented critique mocks national security talk from the Republican side and the Administration. It satirizes scientific rationales, loyalty as a chemical reaction, and warnings about fermenting uranium while lampooning political rhetoric.
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