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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1941
Page
6
A Sunday Morning note from June 29 1941 praises calmly minded behavior over loud contention. It asserts a huffy person brings better influence than securing minor wins and likens calm actions to lighting a candle.
A public speech declares the city’s pride in its valley and state but condemns the lack of hospital facilities. The speaker urges a planned, constructed and operated community hospital to ensure Safeguarded medical care for all, vowing to press the issue until it is achieved.
Axis firm employees in the United States received their weekly wages on schedule due to a general license from Secretary Morgenthau, allowing withdrawals to meet payrolls until July 15 though licenses for each company would follow. The piece also recalls Stalin's appeasement moves toward Hitler and notes army morale efforts like home-dine and dance programs for draftees, plus a wartime debate over a trackless tank proposal.
A Charleston medical survey warns that the influx from naval ordnance plant expansions will outpace current hospital capacity. The study finds 1,192 beds available vs 2,555 needed for normal demand and argues for a fully equipped community hospital or expanded public facility to care for charity patients and all in the district.
An obituary for sailors lost at sea in the war effort. The piece notes the U boat U-9 sinking near New Hampshire and many other ships sunk by Nazi submarines west of the British Isles. It honors crews who perished for the cause and asks readers to remember them and say a prayer.
The Philadelphia Record cites oil supply fears from labor and business clashes over pipelines. It notes Roosevelt and Ickes warning of East shortages if tankers shift to Britain and argues for immediate use of tank cars or new pipelines despite railroad and pipeline lobbying.
George Maj Shawhan serving as recruiting officer in Charleston West Virginia is noted in this brief report. The piece highlights his official role and locality without additional context or details.
Shanghai residents live on a daily bowl of rice swept from dirty streets. Homeless scavengers follow cargoes along the waterfront and pounce on spilled grains. When rice boats fail to arrive, they search river debris for edibles. About 2,500 derelicts are picked up monthly.
The University of Rochester awarded an honorary Doctor of Science to Dr. George Washington Carver, director of Tuskegee’s agricultural research, though he could not attend due to illness. The piece notes his age, origins, and stature as a leading mycologist.
The dialogue recounts a couple, Joe Turp and his wife Ethel, debating a movie plot in which a persistent suitor stalks a heroine. Ethel criticizes the trope, noting its lack of realism and the girl’s patience with unwanted attention. They recall similar incidents with Billy Hogan and neighborhood fiancés, ending with a quip about pops. Page 3 tease.
Cartoonish 1941 column about war headlines and public mood. The author jokes on fear and disbelief while noting Europe’s crisis and America’s reluctant stance, expressing Niagara faith and a belief that the nation did not start the trouble.
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