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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1933
Page
4
The item provides a historical newspaper masthead and pricing details from a 1933 issue, noting publication daily and Sunday and listing carrier and subscription rates. It includes the paper’s motto First in West Virginia and a quoted thought for today by Henry Van Dyke about college men as conservers of tradition.
A historical letter condemns Prohibition era killings in Alderson and Hinton West Virginia. It recounts Harry Brown’s crippling shooting on April 19 1925 and Guy Meadows’s backshot death on March 20 1924 by federal officers. The piece questions state tolerance for such brutality under the law.
Senator Neely’s nomination of D H Stephenson for administrator under the national recovery act is endorsed by diverse parties. Stephenson’s long record in farming timber business and banking in Clay and Kanawha counties highlighted his honesty, duty, and public service.
The piece lauds Homer Stephenson for his long service and relief efforts during the Hoover era and praises Senator Neely for directing over three billion in recovery funds to West Virginia. It notes Stephenson’s personal aid work, criticizes the mask craze, and mentions a cartoonish shift in public mood as hope returns for better times.
Editorial notes predict a statewide repeal majority for the eighteenth amendment, with Tuckson county also favoring repeal. The piece argues prohibition harms more than it helps, urging voters to consider overall outcomes and opposing poll taxes for women, referencing Randolph Enterprise.
State Senator George Beneke of Wheeling challenged the warden’s claim that not more than 100 liquor law violators were imprisoned. He argued the jail holds many more offenders tied to prohibition, noting about 20 percent of inmates may be there for liquor law violations. He cited nationwide prison trends amid Prohibition and predicted strong opposition to saloon rights as West Virginia votes in 1994 on stricter controls.
Washington dispatch notes President Roosevelt plans to employ inflationary tools to sustain the economy amid a seasonal July August downturn. He rejects currency stabilization and orders federal agencies to accelerate spending on public works and recovery programs. Moley travels to London to align delegation while lobbyists flood Washington as agencies push relief and financing.
An intercepted message discusses asserting the state will be guided by the wets and claims the wets will not do any slow action. It includes taunts about attacking the reader and mentions West Virginia in a charged political context.
June 25 New York diary recounts visits to Westchester Stage Coach Inn and Prospect Park amateur ball game with Harry Silvey. Vivid vignettes include Brandy, Bradi, and a parade of names, theaters, travels, and odd anecdotes from a bustling city day with humorous and uncanny details.
Washington observers report a heated judicial debate as the judiciary committee considers a broad survey of federal judicial conduct and bankruptcy methods. Chairman Hintton W. Sumners warns public confidence in federal judges is at a historic low, while lawmakers mull possible reforms and vetting power remains unsettled.
A fragment discusses family dining schedules and summer leeway, urging fairness and shared duties. It notes a fifty fifty arrangement, mothers taking vacations, and husbands adjusting return times. The piece then shifts to a Utah note about Norma Ellison and Flor Ellison graduating from the University of Utah.
A 1920s era questions and answers feature from The Gazettet offers a set of trivia covering world capitals kingship and antiquity. It includes queries on Jungfrau Verdun and Bubastis with an invitation to obtain a bulletin on cat care from The Gazette. The page lists names of architects of the United States Capitol and details about diplomatic ranks and government printing.
Arthur Brisbane surveys a London conference flurry over Roosevelt and Chamberlain with labor and conservative voices weighing Roosevelt as chancellor of the exchequer if prices rise. He notes Bohr’s complementarity term and a local Ontario court puzzling over a blind bug suit before ending with Harvard rowing nostalgia.
The narrator recalls apple packing season memories from youth. He details building a solid work bench with iron supports and a stripper system, the skill of box making, and the smell of apples, pausing on how those skills shaped his life and could still be used today.
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