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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1937
Page
6
A brief morning advertisement line quotes a maxim about truth overcoming darkness. The note frames truth as a force that defeats evil when applied, urging readers to live by honest words in daily life. A small historical newspaper context is implied by the date and publication name.
Barton J. Hendrick, author of The Lees of Virginia, releases a new book titled The Portrait of the Republic. Atlantic Monthly Press, Little Brown, and the Atlantic Monthly Company publish the biography, tracing the Constitution’s crises from Washington to Roosevelt with Hendrick’s noted fidelity. The review praises the work as a vital aid to study and a compelling character study.
General Burlew, a central figure in Charleston's social and racial life for 65 years, died yesterday surrounded by friends. He championed the arts, building the Barlew Opera House and attracting top actors, despite opposition, earning wide respect for his fairness and humor.
A Republican and loyal party advisor, General Burlew was admired by both Roosevelts and viewed as a sincere supporter of their aims. He contributed to Charleston’s commercial, social, and intellectual life and left the city as a strong, lovable figure. He passed away wearing the dress of his friends.
The Fayette Tribune notes a shift in editors news toward human beings and away from movements. Readers demand more personal stories and closer ties between newspapermen and readers, restoring a long overlooked human angle in reporting.
The Jackson Sun notes hitchhiking wanes as a veteran traveler with about 60,000 miles across 41 states reports rides harder to obtain. Speed, he says, turns hitchhiking into a dying art while the Interstate Commerce Commission considers barring rides from trucks under the Motor Carrier Act. The Sun contends limiting thumbing could curb robberies and keep youths at home.
The state health department will seek to improve sanitary conditions in West Virginia tourist resorts. Inspectors will send recommendations to resort owners to qualify for health department approval. Inspections will cover swimming pools and aim to bolster recreation and attract visitors, with proposed laws likely to govern adherence to health directives.
A Clarkeburg Telegram excerpt extols Frank Buck as a jungle explorer who captures wild animals and popularizes safety. It compares reckless motorists to jungle beasts, urging respect for traffic rules to prevent injuries and deaths on American roads.
In remarks from the Wheeling News Register the editorialist argues that vast parts of the United States remain unsettled. Citing a December plane crash on a Utah peak and long searches, the piece asserts that the west is largely undeveloped and that much territory will be settled only with time. The Roosevelt highway through Pennsylvania is described as passing through wild, unchanged lands, with deer fatalities cited to illustrate cautionary progress.
Pennsylvania passes a $40 per store tax forcing hundreds of grocery closures and about 1000 jobs at risk while vacant properties rise. The shift spares West Virginia with a lower levy but raises prices and questions about fair trade. Local reactions cited from Parkeraburg Sentinel.
Washington story mocks the Roosevelt Morgenthau tax probe as a farce. It argues patriots overreact to local tax costs while enjoying tax breaks themselves. The piece notes two price abatements on a menu and questions congressional deals, urging transparency and equal explanations from all lawmakers.
Last week's income tax collections came in late but higher than expected. The budget faces a surplus, with a 70 percent rise over the same period last year. The piece likens the tax drive to a Benner chariot race on a treadmill and praises Morgenstern as a top treasury figure.
The essay questions democracy and civilization facing population decline. It cites British statistician Hogben noting fertility dips threaten maintaining current population levels. If birth and death rates stay flat, Britain could halve in a century. continued declines could shrink to one tenth, risking civilizational collapse. The author links the issue to economic stress and calls for tomorrow’s proposed solutions.
New York remembers Bud Kelland and Grantland Rice as top fiction and sports writers, with Kelland deflecting fame for Mr. Deeds Goes To Town. The piece highlights Harry Wills, Cab Calloway, Morehouse, Miriam Hopkins, and a cane trend that faded after Easter.
A garbled Q and A list presents trivia from rivers to empires. It asks about Falmouth at a river mouth, naval ranks, India’s capital, citizenship, and Gounod. It includes Lusitania sinking dates, cat gestation, US WWI losses, etching, and early auto trends. The mixed quiz blends historical facts with disjointed phrasing and partial answers.
Daily Washington Merry Go Round reports that Bob Wagner's low cost housing bill stalls again as Treasury and White House clash over funding. Despite presidential support and tweaks, the plan remains blocked in committee with insiders betting a Treasury backed expansion of Public Works may replace it.
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