Kiwanis Club Edges In On Regional Civic Roles
Kiwanis International regional representative H Kean urged the Bluefield Kiwanis club to back high caliber candidates and cut government costs. He outlined a tour visiting Matoaka Princeton Beckley and Mullens clubs. The meeting honored Spiller Hicks moving to Richmond and announced a director will be elected next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Kean
Kiwanis International
Kiwanis Club
West Virginian
Kean
West Virginia
Bluefield
Spiller Hicks
Richmond
Hicke
Hicks
Eddie Ruehl
Terry Brown
Claud Taylor
P. L. Alexander
W. A. Pankey
Princeton Kiwanis
Shawnee
Interclubd Relations Committee
Seaport
R. H. Crowell
D. Payne
W. W. Walker
Frank Booth
Wolf Creek
Rotary, Lions and Kiwanis Clubs
Kiwanis
Boy Scouts Committee
C. A. Lilly
Stanley W. Om
Harry C. Weller
T. L. Brown
M. F. Stewart
B. B. le Noir
Evans Omar
Thomas H. Scott
Westginia
A. B. Maeon
Huntington
C. L. Jeffries
Leap Year Bride Delights Reporter in Dining Setback
Cherry Pixon, a 19 year old wife, enjoys a luncheon with Max Pearson from the News staff and queries Dan Lips’s potential as a fiction writer. Pearson offers a car for Cherry to drive to help her gain independence, while Cherry debates appearances and duties, recalling Pinky the kitten awaiting care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry Pixon
Wamnt
Inents
Dan Illips
Dan
Cherry
Dixie Shannon
Max Pearson
Comey
Seres
Pearson
Cherry Helps Dan Toward a First Fiction Endeavor
Cherry discusses Max Pearson's offer to loan her roadster and hints Dan can write. Dan struggles to finish a taxi driver story, reading it aloud and later discarding the manuscript as Cherry urges progress. The scene ends with Cherry summoned downstairs and a cliffhanger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan
Cherry
Dixie
Gus
Underworld
Pearson
Cami
Phillips
Downstaire
Roosevelt Smith Rift Grows as Convention Nears
The Democratic fight tightens over the two thirds rule with Alfred E. Smith and Maryland Governor Ritchie favored for permanent chair. Shouse signals Roosevelt gains if state delegations support him while Borah backs Hoover opposition sparks third party talk and Hull may head the resolutions committee. Massachusetts backs Smith though many Roosevelt supporters in key states persist in backing Roosevelt. Ennis says the governor and delegation will arrive Friday to prepare for the opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jouett Shouse
Democratic Executive Committee
Alfred E. Smith
Ritchie
Maryland
Shouse
Walsh
Montana
Roosevelt
Convention
Washington
William E. Borah
Idaho
President Hoover
Hull
Tennessee
Senate
Resolutions Committee
Massachusetts
Smith
Farley
Robert B. Ennis
Hsapa Et Ritchie
Bate Aréay
Mrs Irene Thornton Dies After Long Illness in Bluefield
Mrs Irene M Thornton 59 wife of Charles W Thornton prominent Bluefield resident died at 8 33 last night at home 2012 Jefferson St after years of declining health She had been bedfast six weeks after returning from Richmond Va where she spent eight days at St Luke Hospital Cancer was the cause Funeral plans not set She leaves husband seven children and many relatives a Mercer County native born January 2 1873 Concord College graduate taught in Athens public schools before marriage She was active in College Avenue Baptist church Eastem Star White Shrine American Legion auxiliary and other groups
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene M. Thornton
Charles W. Thornton
Bluefield
Thornton
Jefferson Street
Richmond
St. Luke's Hospital
Mrs. Thornton
College Avenue
Concord College
Eddie L. Wellman
Aileen
Loraine Thornton
Clyde Thornton
Hilda Thornton
Marshall College
Huntington
Earl W. Thornton
United States Navy
Norfolk
J. H. Epperly
East Radford
Robert Hasley
Fort Gay
W. Va
John
Hoover and Sanders Hold Shore Talk
President Hoover said he would not participate in the forthcoming campaign to devote full attention to his duties. Joseph Scott, who nominated Hoover for reelection, stayed overnight and talked with the president. White House discussions also touched on the Chicago convention and the national committee's plan to run the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Scott
Los Angeles
Hoover
Chicago
White House
Scott
Walter R. Edge
France
Snell
Sandere
National Committee
United States
Balm trial starts in breach action against Hutton
Myrtle St Pierre testified in Los Angeles describing her introduction to David Hutton before he wed Aimee Semple McPherson. The trial seeks 200000 in a breach of promise suit as Mrs Hutton rests ill at Palms and the case is postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Myrtle St. Pierre
David Hutton
Aimee Semple McPherson
Palms
Rumetex Promised To Heal Chronic Rheumatism
Rheumatic sufferers are urged not to lose hope as Rumetex is marketed as a uric acid solvent and eliminant for rheumatism gout lumbago neuritis arthritis and allied affections. It promises blood purification without opiates or heart and stomach harm and offers a large bottle for 85 cents at multiple area drugstores in Bluefield Fairview Athens and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rumetex
Goodykoontz Drug
Fairview Pharmacy
Bluefield
East End
Goody's
EB. H. Jennings
Athens
W. Va
Hales
W.va
Bride Jean Bowie Wed at Grace Church Escort by Brother
Miss Jean Lavarack Bowie of New York married Reverend Theodore Hubsard Evans of Amherst Virginia at Grace Church. Her father Reverend Walter Russell Bowie officiated, with her brother Beverly Bowie escorting her to the altar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Lavarack Bowie
New York
Grace Church
Beverly
Walter Russell Bowie
Theodore Hubsard Evans
Ameherst
Counsel Defends Prohibition Plan
The article argues over whether Congress should prohibit or regulate alcohol nationwide. Prohibitionists seek federal prohibition or at least uniform regulation, while moderates favor regulation to avoid conflicting laws. It asserts states retain rights to continue prohibition and to block outside shipments, and that Congress would act if the public supports repeal with four-fifths of Americans backing a reasonable substitute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Chicago
Coun
Debate Over Eighteenth Amendment Repeal Divides Cabinet
Cabinet members clash over repeal and modification of the eighteenth amendment. Mille argues for targeted reform to curb evils while preserving federal power. Brown denies favoring repeal and stresses clear language. Mills outlines a plan returning initiative to states and maintaining federal authority to support dry states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plank
Brown
Mille
Borah
Senate
Treasury
Mills
Congress
Auto Thief Targeted 1929 Tudor Ford Sedan
Clayton Sweet of 1812 Vineyard Street reported a 1929 model Tudor Ford sedan stolen from his garage early last night. Police across neighboring cities were given the description and asked to help locate the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Sweet
Vineyard Street
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Kiwantans
Franklin H. Kean
Max
Parson
Agan
Pinky
Mercer Garage
Scott & Raleigh Sts
Desoto
Plymouth
Mercer
DeSoto Motor Corporation
America
Chrysler Motors
Desoto America
Detroit
Michigan
Mag
Sanders
Borah Wii
Sunny South
U.s.royal
Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory
Ford Cuerne
Greham
Bluefield, W. VA
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