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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1951
Page
6
The Charleston Gazette marks 78 years serving West Virginia. A misprinted date line notes June 28 195, with a Thought For Today crediting K H T and a stylized saying on effort and result.
Editorial denounces the two month MacArthur ouster hearings as wasted political theater. It argues Republicans and Democrats used the process for partisan advantage, achieving little beyond restating known facts and delaying serious congressional work.
The quote from Humpty Dumpty about words is reflected in contemporary figures who seem both real and remarkable like Carroll’s characters. The world shows individuals shaping language and meaning with deliberate, personal power.
The piece reflects on the persistent battle against insects and the constant annoyance they cause. It notes chemical insecticides and screens reduce but do not end pest problems and suggests future efforts may continue until humanity or insects prevail. The implication invites a cautious, determined approach to problem solving.
The Pravda weekly urges cancelling a Stalin prize awarded to composer Herman Zhukovsky for an opera now deemed unrepresentative of life on a collective farm. Americans face hard censorship in arts while some Pulitzer winners in the US vent anger at social and cultural conditions. Russian leaders may fear even mild criticism.
The Charleston Gazette reports Juan Doe, 17, from New York's Little San Juan, testifying before a crime investigation panel on how he became a heroin and marijuana user. He explains his descent from smoking free cigarettes to heroin injections, his theft of his mother's jewelry to fund drugs, and his current treatment at Lexington Narcotics Hospital. His testimony is expected to drive harsher penalties for drug peddlers targeting youths.
GOP leaders stage backstage maneuvers to move McCarthy onto the Senate Rules Committee by creating a vacancy on the policy group. McCarthy accepts the rules post to block a Maryland election report and faces a whitewash risk amid related investigations.
Inside labor circles in recent days debate swirls around Tom Dewey and Senator Taft as potential Republicans for the presidency. A Warren administration tilt grows if GOP splits deepen, while Taft weighs campaign risks to his wife’s health. Elsewhere, labor leaders protest Soviet anti Semitic actions in Milan and Bucharest amid rising tensions.
Westbrook Pegler reports a Midland gathering of Red-Baiters in a Wilkinson Foster Building basement. Attendees include Robert B. Stripling and James H. Steedman former House committee investigators who attacked Alger Hiss and communism, with editors Dick Fowler and Milo Palmer among locals.
In a sweeping summary of recent reports, the spread of anti Jewish sentiment in the Soviet Union is detailed. References include remarks by Walter Bedell Smith and Edmund Stevens about Jews being removed from influential posts and barred from foreign service training.
Washington notes honor for Marriner S. Eccles as he ends 17 years as Federal Reserve governor. The piece praises his Keynesian belief in government as stabilizer, cites Reed and Harrison, and reflects on Eccles’s Utah background, Mormon faith, and impact on postwar economic policy.
Obituary notes John KB Page a Cis War veteran dies at 26 Pennsylvania Ave. Fire destroys Dr. D. Ray residence at 513 Wyoming St. An informal reception honors Rev. Travers Eugene Stout at Dr. Charles O Grady home. State prohibition commissioner successor named. Beta Theta Pi opens state convention in Sulphur Springs. National items include Byrnes criticizing Coolidge economy and Neely clashing with Whiteford. Foreign items mention Cailaux Paris program and mercenary troops.
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