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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1933
Page
8
The Charleston Gazette carries a June 22 1938 front page with a Mahabharata inspired Thought For Today urging empathy. It notes the paper is published daily and Sunday by The Daily Gazette Company in Charleston West Virginia and includes general mailing and Associated Press information.
A June 1929 killing near International Falls shows brutal enforcement under Prohibition. Border officer Emmett White fired on Henry Virkala after a signal to stop, killing him as Emil Servine assisted. The piece urges West Virginians to vote for the 21st Amendment on June 27 to end the era of alcohol laws.
A prominent Bluefield Democrat Walter V Ross is recommended by Senator Neely for the head of the home law bank to be created by Congress. He visited Charleston to discuss opening plans, with final commission and Washington approval pending.
A reflective essay questions the Supreme Intelligence about human folly during life. It cites Al Capone’s penitentiary sentence for income tax evasion as an example of justice addressing greed and contrived schemes.
The speech attacks income tax avoidance by big international bankers, cites mobs punished under the Volstead Act, and condemns brokers who issue bonds on phantom value. It praises Roosevelt, warns against reactionaries, and notes Europe’s ongoing colonization of the country’s early settlers.
A fragment from a religious journal notes the repeal fight in Indiana is nearly over with professional opposition weakened. It warns that if dry forces fail to mobilize locally the wets may secure enough states to win repeal. A New Jersey celluloid plant recalls Predecessor era restraint and satire ends with a quip about marital harmony and inconvenient situations.
An editorial notes Wheeling West Virginia voters rejected party lines to elect a capable business manager over the incumbent. It frames the result as a triumph of good government, showing independents break party ties when municipal administration proves intolerable. The piece praises citizen resolve and the desire for efficiency in city leadership.
Amid tense politics unions and utilities clash over taxation and rising consumer charges. The piece notes progressives nearly passing a measure but opposition prevailed. A prohibition rally features Dr Mary Harti Armor denouncing liquor linked murders and social harms, urging accountability for dry law supporters.
The piece outlines debates in London and Washington over pegging the dollar and the path of economic recovery, with Roosevelt oppose France and a push by bankers toward a stronger domestic market. It notes John L. Lewis expanding coal miners union rolls and growing labor leverage ahead of anticipated policy moves, while detailing tensions with France and upcoming bankruptcy hearings led by Senator McAdoo. The report cites figures from the Bank of England, the New York Federal Reserve, and the Bank of Manhattan among others.
McIntyre Day By Day sketches a vivid late 19th century Yorkville scene with German shops and beer halls, recalling Broadway landmarks, impressionable exiles, and a gallery of notable names like J P Morgan and Lewis Milestone. Descriptions mix culture, crime fiction cravings, and stage lore in a bustling cross section of New York.
Kirke Simpson surveys Washington Bystander notes on Walter Newton of Minnesota and President Hoover. The piece traces Newton's federal-pay questions, cabinet talks, and political maneuvering around Hoover's inauguration, including patronage tensions and Senate etiquette, with a local item about blueberry sales in Anderson Missouri.
Readers are invited to send questions to The Grette Washington Bureau at 1922 New York Avenue NW Washington DC. The page lists questions on geography and history, with answers published later. It promotes a household measurements bulletin costing five cents and asks readers to return postage.
Arthur Brisbane shares opinions on communism and Bolshevism, discusses atomic science and energy, and notes President Roosevelt sailing amid rough seas as a page 6, part 1 feature. The piece reflects early 20th century views with references to Rose Foster Stoker, science, and politics.
A narrator describes moods of grouchiness and the desire to be left alone, noting ups and downs like a yellow’s high and low. He compares trying to cheer up to a fairy tale princess who cannot sleep, and reflects on ordinary daily annoyances and childish humor.
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