Subscription Rates In The Charleston Gazette 1947
The Charleston Gazette announces daily and Sunday subscription rates for 1947 including one year six months three months and other mail options with a 4% sales tax. The paper notes Associated Press rights and postal details and prints a thought for today about belief and haste represented by a wagon and a missing heel.
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Democratic
Dail Gazette Company Capital Chip of West Virgina
Sundey
Learves
AU Mail
Peraglebrane
Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Maail Powter
West Virginia
Houses for Veterans in Taft-Wasner housing push
A strong bid in Congress to pass the Taft-Ellender-Wasner housing bill aims to provide homes for veterans despite a powerful lobby opposing it. The piece criticizes high building costs, warns of slum elimination provisions, and notes veterans’ payoff versus profiteers and rent interests. The author argues the public favors better housing for veterans and slams lawmakers who block the measure.
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Congress
Washington
Taft
Charleston
Alibi myths in German WWI and WWII defeat claims
The report challenges the popular "stab in the back" myth of WWI blaming civilian pressure for German collapse while noting the army bore heavy Allied blows. It cautions that WWII echoes blame Hitler interfering with generals, arguing professional military excluding political meddling might have altered outcomes.
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Hitler
General Staff
Ignorance Not Bliss Critique of Attlee Socialism
London correspondent Nat Barrows argues that Labour's socialization program fails because ordinary workers lack education on its aims. He says the public, including housewives and workers, are unaware of policy details and resent ongoing privations. He urges simple direct outreach to involve workers, warning secrecy breeds communism.
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Nat Barrows
London
Attlee
Labor
Republicans Face Price Crisis Within Congress
The piece critiques GOP handling of rising prices, urging immediate action over protracted inquiries. Sen Baldwin urges a dedicated price probe while Sen Taft defends a slower economic report. The column argues for direct action to curb high prices and questions the party’s stance amid inflation and Truman policy.
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Congress
Sen. Baldwin
Connecticut
G.O.P
Sen
Taft
Trade Association
New York
Congressional
Baker and the dawn of US daylight bombing in Europe
The article recounts Brig. Gen. Henry H. "Bull" Baker's pivotal role in shaping daylight heavy bomber missions from England, his removal to the Mediterranean amid Army reorganization, and the clash with British views favoring night raids. It notes early US air efforts in 1942, Eaker's leadership, and the evolving Allied strategy during the 1942 campaigns.
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Roosevelt
Gen. Marshall
England
Mediterranean
Baker
Baer
Pearl Harbor
Eaker
Jhm Ralf
Holland
Lvst
Rouen
Luftwaffe
Sth
U. S
Joint Chiefs of
Statt Fs
Baker's Force
RAF
Cagablanca
Truman Withdraws FCC Nominee After Princeton Speech
President Truman, after urging graduates to join government service, withdrew Ray Wakefield, a longtime FCC official, from Senate consideration. Wakefield’s rejection followed his veto of a Houston radio station linked to Rayburn’s nephew and tense conflicts with Taft and Bricker. West Coast anger and GOP maneuvering accompanied the reversal.
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Truman
Washington
Senate
Ray Wakefield
Wakefield
California
Jttorney
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Charles Deany
Downey
Knowland
West
Princeton
Sam Rayburn Rayburn
Robert T. Bartley
Khtn, Inc
Houston
Sam Rayburn
White House
Taft and
Bricker
Ohio
Jyafl
Thous Wakefield
Robert Jones
Lima
Joe Martin
Taft
Hucker
Jones
Trunas Cavinet
Con
Treman
Sen
Con. Jones
Smithereens
Harry Truman
Florida
Pepper
Leslie Biffle
AFL
Bill Green
John L. Lewis
CIO
Phil Murray
Teamsters Union
Dan Tobin
Edward Lyons
Asso. Pepper
Pepner
Les Biffle
Biffle
Lewis
Session Cost in West Virginia Legislature Noted
An intercepted 1947 message comments that a legislature session cost taxpayers only 8,300 dollars, framing the figure as noteworthy for the record. It is signed “Dear Fellows” and “Yours.”
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Fellows
West Virginia
George Sen President Arnold Vickers and Speaker John Amos clash
In the State House and City venues George Sen faces Arnold Vickers and John Amos as key figures in a political tussle. The confrontation unfolds across the State House and City settings with broad implications for local leadership.
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Sen
Arnold Vickers
John Amos
State House
City
Invitation to labor column by Earl Bunting guest
Victor Riesel’s Inside Labor column features guest writer Earl Bunting, president of the National Association of Manufacturers. The piece argues for temperate debate over labor management conflicts and notes a nationwide tour where workers and managers agree that ongoing class strife harms the country and must end.
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Victor Hiesel
Labor
Earl Bunting
National Assoc. of Manufacturers
Victor Riesel
Rajcor
NAM Aims and unity call from Earl Bunting on American strength
Earl Bunting extols the National Association of Manufacturers NAM as pro America and pro growth. He argues for unity against disunifying forces and recounts NAMs long history promoting trade, standardization, worker protections, and domestic industry. He stresses fairness and truth in facing common dangers and reaffirms pride in being American.
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Ony
Stalin
Russia
NAW
Cincinnati
Ohio
United States
NAM
America
NAN
Pries
Department of Commerce
MJAM
Panama Canal
International Trade Organization
State Department
United Nations
Q and A from The Gazette on science and trivia
Reader questions cover volcano heights ocean floor, summer heating, Civil War battles north of the Mason Dixon Line, dog intelligence, kitchen work table height, 18th century book collector Richard Heber, Roman numeral V origin, slowest mammal the sloth, and Portland Oregon grotto at Rocky Butte. Answers give concise facts and historical notes from The Charleston Gazette.
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Bates
Mason and Dixon Line
H. A
Mason and Dixor
WE Yate
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
American Kennel Club
S. B. Aly
Richard Heber
Ward
Portland
Oregon
SP. A
the Nations
Butle
Glorified Hate and Helicopter Mail in News Snippets
A Dorset editor condemns communism as a murder driven faith and praises Father Sheehan for reasoned opposition while noting a minority of open-minded communists like Budentz. Separately, a New York Times snippet reports Los Angeles post offices to receive helicopter mail service, speeding delivery and signaling expansion to other cities.
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Seyneong
Budentz
Tase
Hampshire Review
United Sates Postal Service
Civil Aeronautics Board
Los Angeles
United States
Los Angeles Airways, Inc. S
Wintet
CAB
Post Office Department
New York
Chicago
New York Times
Wallace Faiths and Mysticism Labelled in Roosevelt Era Critique
A fiery letter-writer argues Henry Wallace and New Deal figures flirted with Oriental philosophy and mysticism, accusing Wallace of associations with Nicholas Roerich and prophesying shockwaves through Asia. The piece warns against denying allegations and hints at more revelations to come.
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York
Henry Wallace
Roosevelt
United States
Aim
Asia
Nicholas Hoerich
Roeerich
Louis L. Horch
Department of Commerce
Siberia
Wallace
Ben Gillow
Nicholas Roerich
Bacring Down arthur Bugs Barr 1947 reflections on danger
A fragmentary reminiscence by Arthur Bugs Barr recalls Titanic investigations and historic disasters. The piece laments indifference to danger, the costs of progress, and the stubborn root of mechanical peril across land, sea, and air.
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Bacring
Arthur
Bugs” Barr
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