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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1931
Page
4
The June 29 1931 Charleston Gazette Independent Democratic Newspaper prints a column on money as legal tender and credit. It argues government inaction harms workers and urges practical economic fixes and civic duty in West Virginia. It closes with a quip about Mayor DeVan and a Waterloo reference.
The governor faced pressure to avoid politicizing the Public Safety Department and chose Colonel Osborn, a trusted military man, to lead. The piece urges state police to become a reliable, incorruptible force akin to Canada’s Royal Mounted Police, praising Osborn’s potential to elevate standards and earn public gratitude.
Will Rogers argues that while foreign debts and US gold influence world mood, the real trap is domestic wealth concentration. He notes the US holds about 45 percent of world gold yet faces calls for restraint, warning that internal inequity fuels international resentment and may complicate monetary policy. The piece stresses congressional oversight and prudent gold retention amid global pressures.
Editors list prominent potential candidates for the Democratic nomination in West Virginia. Names include Judge J. G. Sump Elking J Alfren Taylor John J. Cornwell Ned Smith A J Wilkin Clyde B Johnson Louis A Johnson Lynn Horner Jos Smith Finley Dumap Gray Silver Andy Edmiston A C Herold Witcher McCullough John L Hatfield Charles Hodges. The piece notes growing interest as May primaries approach and discusses voter influence and party strategy across counties. It also covers coal industry concerns on smoke legislation and the role of research and public education in coal and power sectors. It cites a Charleston column on house of delegates candidacies and the effect of special interests in primaries. It ends with West Virginia school population data and calls for quality education nationwide.
Sir Frederick D Connors proposes a scheme where two Americans pay $100,000 to become tiger hunting heroes in India. He would supply elephants and a madrasah permit while the Americans shoot tigers from atop elephants and display skins, a plan framed as benefiting natives despite its commercial hype.
A fragmented note dated Lune 29 3932 mentions a deputy or officer spotting light at Capitol and Washington streets near Charleston West Virginia. It references Mayor R DeVan and a warning about multiple reckless duties.
The diary entry from New York on June 28 mixes domestic scenes with social observations. It mentions Mike and Alice Hogg, Elizabeth, Betsy Dreke, Sadie Murray, and the Cornwells, along with a street theater, a Sherry Netherland dinner, and travel in Harlem. The piece also touches on Harlem gambling rings and policy rack exposure, as well as curiosities about seals, trainers, and Gramercy Park.
The Washington Bystander recalls Warren G Harding as gentle, entrusted by Hoover to heal a fractured nation. Hoover frames Harding’s presidency as restoring domestic normalcy, unifying the Republican Party, and seeking gentleness and vision in leadership.
A travel through hard times and frugal living advises prudent spending. It warns that friendship and loans blur lines between help and risk, urging decisive refusals when funds are unavailable.
Readers are invited to submit questions to The Gazette Washington Bureau for fact checks. A long list of sample questions covers history geography and science with answers noting Mussolini capital of Louisiana kentucky’s meaning and counterfeiting bureau.
The article extols summer outdoor training in good air with fresh foods and minimal crowding. It explains cerebellum driven coordination in batting, eye muscle links, and balance as key to athletic skill, noting practical exercises and pamphlets by Dr Slendining offered for ten cents each.
A personal plea condemns pity and superiority as harming self respect. The speaker rejects sympathy, warns that listening to others’ concerns erodes dignity, and argues pity makes others feel powerful while degrading the speaker. The passage urges self reliance and exposes frustration with condescending behavior.
An unclear OCR snippet mentions Charles CG Dower Ambaxeadort Grant Britain and Nor macy with phrases about belts on feet and plowing corn on a hillside. It also references Clarksburg and Temems ber, an old-timer, and a business capitalized at one hundred thousand, giving few readable facts.
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