Thought for Today Good natures worth more than wealth
Quote reflecting on the value of good natures over knowledge money and honor. Attribution K. H. T. appears as part of a daily Thought for Today in The Charleston Gazette dated Thursday June 23 1955. The brief item emphasizes kindness as essential to those who possess it and to companions in daily life.
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Charleston Gazette
West Virginia
K. H.T
the Gazette
Westbrook Pegler
U.S.A
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pegler
Hades
Roosevelt
Truman
Nettie
W. Va
Astor
Harvey O’connor
FDR
Congress
O'Connor
Averell Harriman
People
Today
Ray Moley
Brain Trust
Moley
Harriman
Newsweek
Henry Luce
Morey
Editorials Charleston Firemen Pay Cut Injustice Claim
Charleston editorials argue against hourly pay under new law citing 72 hour weeks and low salaries. They defend firemen’s conditions, warn of misallocated funds, and note the department’s Class III rating and need for 34 to 18 more staff.
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Charleston
U.S
Firemen deserve fair hours and pay, not cutbacks
The Little Summit plan to add 18 men to reach a 60 hour week for firemen would still leave them underpaid compared to city policemen on 40 hours. If paid hourly, rates would be below the lowest street laborer. Supporters argue firemen work 24 hours, face danger, and recall the Woolworth fire deaths of March 4, 1949 when seven firefighters lost their lives.
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Copenhaver
Charleston
Woolworth
Capitol St
When Will Public Be Considered
Atlantic Greyhound Corp. drivers have been on strike in southern West Virginia for over two months, affecting more people than any public service dispute in memory. Little settlement progress occurred in six weeks, and despite two weeks of talks, little seems resolved. The public suffers from ongoing delays and inconvenience, and both sides are urged to move toward a settlement.
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Atlantic Greyhound Corp
West Virginia
Readers' Forum praises public parks in Charleston plan
A letter from William H. Krants of Boston urges the Charleston metropolitan area to build publicly owned parks and four swimming pools at municipal expense, stressing youth needs and broad community benefit. A second letter from Woodrow Bailes of Nettie West Virginia defends Roosevelt era recovery and criticizes Westbrook Pegler.
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the Gazette
Charleston
Ihs
Boston
William H. Krants
Inez Robb on Molotov Sees Modern Art as Ugly
Inez Robb writes from San Francisco that Molotov was baffled by modern abstract art at the Met. He rejects a collage-like work titled String Composition 50 as non art. Robb argues art should move both heart and mind and mocks works of mud and chocolate syrup.
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San Francisco
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Molotov
Kritz Kreisler
Jack Benny
Joe
Lily
London
Auto Union targets Davy Crockett in campaign clash
Victor Riesel reports that the United Auto Workers accuse Davy Crockett of political manipulation and mythmaking as they fear the frontier hero could become a 1956 campaign symbol. They cite education chief Brendan Sexton blasting Crockett as a false hero and warn of labor unrest if the tale reshapes public opinion.
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Brendan Sexton
United Auto Workers Union
Sexton
Detroit
Davy Crockett
Auto Union
Reuther
Guy Nunn
Gop
Wiat
Crockett
Democratic Party
Union
Washington
Labor
Ike Eisenhower
Robert Montgomery
Coonskin
Walter Reuther
Prescott Bush Wealth Question Stirs Senate Debate
Drew Pearson reports that Senator Prescott Bush faces scrutiny over a secret expense fund and large corporate ties. Bush argues salaries should not be too low and implies wealth plays a role in serving, while colleagues challenge his view and reveal past directorships with major firms.
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Washington
Prescott Bush
Connecticut
Sen. Bush
Wall Street
Senate
Sen’ Bush
William Purtell
Sen
Bush
GOP
Purtell
Congress
House
Purteil
Columbia Broadcasting
Vanadium Corp. of America
Prudential Insurance
U. S. Guarantee Co
Simmons Corp. Rockbestos Products
Pennsylvania Water and Power
Langer
North Dakota
Senator Williams
Delaware
Roosevelt and the Astors clash over economic royalists traits
The piece recalls Franklin D Roosevelt's ties with the rich and the term economic royalists. It quotes Vincent Astor questioning motives behind Roosevelt's policies and notes Astor’s defense of privacy while detailing his yacht Nourmahal use and postwar media ventures with Averell Harriman.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore
Franklin
Mauretania
Vincent Astor
F. D. Roosevelt
Astor
Vincent
Roosevelt
Mr. Astor
State Road Commission buys land for license plant
The State Road Commission paid 32000 dollars for land near the State Capitol to build a plant manufacturing automobile licenses. The Charleston Senators hold eight wins and fourteen losses in the Tri-State League, placing them at the cellar. Lindbergh’s newborn son weighs seven and three quarters pounds, with speculation naming Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. Graf Zeppelin buoyancy from heat frees it from Hamburg mooring. crew and pilot reach Berlin while the captain flies on to follow.
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Gazette
State Road Commission
State Capitol
Charleston Senaltors
Tri-State League
National
America
Charles A. Lindbergh
Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr
Hamburg
Germany
Berlin
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Inez Robb
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Pablo Picasso
Victor Riesel
Auto Workers Union
Davy Crocktt
CIO
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Davy
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Drew Pearson
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Nourmahal
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Pegier
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