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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1949
Page
6
A historical note from Charleston West Virginia dated Monday Morning June 27 1842. The issue mentions telegraph and newspaper operations, with a reflective prompt urging unity and peace as two global changes. It references The Associated Press style and local newspaper practices of the era.
Four-H youths from Kanawha county join others at Fort Las for the second club camp of the year. The event mirrors pioneer settlement at Charleston and reflects West Virginia leadership in shifting Four-H focus from production to youth development. Awards last year reached 1400 county youngsters. this year Lincoln Boone Putnam Jackson and Boane counties join exhibitors.
The article notes George W. Perkins of Cold Spring, linked to Theodore Roosevelt and the Bull Moose era, is tapped by President Truman for Assistant Secretary of State, heading the Paris branch of the Economic Cooperation Administration. It contrasts Perkins with past partisan ties and highlights his nonpartisan State Department approach.
UNESCO announces a program to translate Wakening the Arabs and works by Shakespeare, Goethe, Pascal and Cervantes into Arabic. The aim is to unite peoples and combat intellectual apathy among Muslims, challenging the view that reading is limited to the Koran and traditional teachers. The initiative hopes to rouse the historical Arab intellectual tradition.
Scientist C H Mowrer at the University of Timnois investigates how babies learn to talk using birds as subjects. Parrots ravens and magpies have learned to mimic speech when treated kindly but interspecies human conversation remains unlikely. The work aims to reveal language development mechanisms while noting birds’ natural roles and the aesthetic view of their behavior.
The June governors conference in Colorado Springs highlighted Warren G. of California as the leading choice among reporters for the November race. Dewey showed strength in policy roundtables but lagged in personal campaigning, while Stevenson emerged as a steady, likeable figure with strong foreign policy support. Other governors like Youngdahl and Gay McMath drew praise for health and modest public conduct, with Peterson of Nebraska delivering a sober speech but misfiring on grant-in-aid defense.
Formosas resist fragmented by postwar Japan legacy and nationalist influx. Inflation and job losses from mainland refugees heighten unrest. Communist propaganda seeks to exploit discontent while Formosans show cautious opposition and minimal unified action.
Ex secretary Clinton Anderson and successor Charles Brannan faced President Truman after Anderson denied blocking Brannan farm legislation. They discussed gradual adoption of Brannan plan with production payments to maintain farmer prices, testing on three commodities, likely potatoes hogs and wheat. The Senate delays persist as lawmakers probe the plan’s cost and scope.
A brief intercepted message discusses Charleston residents paying to sue and questions how many would visit a free park on Coons Ridge. The note ends with a sign-off to Carl.
A fragment notes Calvert Prescott and Uig cows with a cryptic reference to 4iY marking. Limited readable elements prevent full context or details.
The entry by Mrs A K White 09 Penna Ave W Eccort Abbitt owner W Abbitt Co and pres Charleston Blog Contractors Assog A G A WV Baptist Temple Elks Club married Evelyn D Gardner and Elliott Tr married to Mrs Robert E Sheets June Argitt and Elliott Tr one grandson Roland Elliott Sheet. Pleasant personality known for remembering faces hunting camping and gardening.
The guest column argues the United States needs real progress at home through repeal of Taft Hartley, criticizing political manipulation and urging genuine labor management bargaining. It notes the Berlin blockade and Cold War dynamics while stressing that durable peace requires straightforward negotiations without technocratic overreach.
James Perrillo, president of the Federation of Musicians, warns that Taft-Hartley must go before peace returns to the home front. He cites mass unemployment among musicians displaced by electronic and recorded music, noting 237000 members with only about 7000 earning records and proposing a welfare fund and public performances to support the rest. He recalls a 1997 initiative delivering $1.5 million in free public music annually and argues for a union-made compromise after repeal of Taft-Hartley.
A reader asks about cities with most television sets led by New York Chicago and Los Angeles numbers. Questions cover Oberammergau Passion Play dates and cast sizes. Other items detail legends of leap year proposals, government departments, snake aging myths, fire peddling history, and AB CD Navy ships.
In a readers' letter to the Gazette editors, a citizen voices support for new traffic rules but laments speedups and scarce parking. The writer attacks selfish parking and bus stop blockages, urging more courtesy to ease congestion across business districts.
Westbrook Pegler reports on a summons by a House subcommittee to Andrew Jacobs and the claim that unions, led by long serving presidents, lack democracy. He alleges union corruption harms workers and accuses the Democratic party of enabling racketeers while recalling past legislative battles and witnesses.
Fragments describe Charley DeGaulle in a mock revocation and parade style. The text mentions naming a street La-Clee and references sky rockets band music and megaphones.
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