Delegates Back Majority Rule At Democratic Convention
Philadelphia June 22 delegates from West Virginia voted to abandon the two thirds rule for nominating presidential and vice presidential candidates. The vote came after Senator M M Neely of Fairmont urged replacing it with a majority. Detailing past stalemates he cited 1824 NYC balloting and brute force tactics. Bennett Haggerty Koontz and Koontz supported changes to delegate elections.
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Larry Allen
Philadelphia
West Virginia
M. M. Neely
Fairmont
Neely
New York City
Bennett
Hermah Bennett
Charleston
Walter R. Haggerty
Arthur B. Koontz
Gm Koontz
Local Theaters At The Kearse With Mary Fitts
Local listings show Mary Fitts performing at the Virginian in The Princess Comes Agrw with Carele Lombard and Frank MacMur ray. Capitol presents It e Tae Again with Bea then. Rialto features Smal Town Git with Robert Tay lor and Janet Gayner. Greenbrier screens Tom Tyler in the latter show.
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Kearse
Mary Fitts
Virginian
Carele Lombard
Frank MacMurray
Capitol
Bea
Robert Taylor
Jlanet Gayner
Greenbrier
Tom Tyler
Delegation conducts caucus naming convention officers
The delegation reported Dr. Gary Hogg as committeeman and Mrs. Douglas W. Brown as national committeewoman. Neely was chosen chairman by acclamation. Arch W. Paull and others were named to convention committees with Miss Katherine Mahan’s death prompting Clifton Snyder to be called as Fayetteville delegate replacement.
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Gary Hogg
Lewisburg
Douglas W. Brown
Huntington
Neely
Arch W. Paull
Wheeling
John Hoover
Webster Springs
Brown
John R. Pendleton
Princeton
Edith Mohler Sweet
St. Albans
Rose McGraw
Grafton
Minter L. Wilson
Morgantown
Herman Bennett
Charleston
Walter R. Haggerty
Fairmont
Louis A. Johnson
Clarksburg
Rebecca Dayton
Rosby's Rock
William Hart
W. Russell Hicks
George S. Neal
Hogg
Jon FR
Pendleton
Do. E. Mahan
Fayetteville
Katherine Mahan
Clifford Snyder
Mahan
Blazes Extinguished By City Fire Fighters
City firefighters answered several alarms yesterday. A mattress fire from a short circuit in a radio at the Ulysses hotel caused about 20 dollars in damage. A car owned by O A Goff suffered minor damage from a short circuit on Virginia street. A dump fire in Pennsylvania avenue required effort to control. A false alarm from the J Morrison department store occurred when a worker testing repairs triggered the sprinkler system.
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Ulysses Hotel
O A. Goff
Virginia Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
J. Morrison Department Store
Bids Open For Bridge Steel Today In City Office
Bids will be opened at ten o'clock in the office of City Manager M R Mathews for steel for the South Side bridge crossing the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad. Two tons of steel for the main span to be delivered Sunday. Concrete for pier C poured to about 10 feet above pool. Concrete for pier B and pedestals of the north approach expected to be poured tomorrow.
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M. R. Mathews
Ten O'Elock
South Side
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Police Raid Pool Room in Sumner Street Club
State police raided the Colonial billiard parlor on Sumner Street and arrested Arthur McCoy and Lewis Childers on charges of selling up books. They were released on bond for a hearing before Justice Edwin S. Watson. Police confiscated gambling equipment.
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Summere Street
Arthur McCoy
Lewis Childers
Edwin S. Watson
Bankers Meeting Set For June 26 In Hot Springs Va
The West Virginia Bankers association plans its annual convention in Hot Springs Virginia on June 26 and 27 Speakers include Fred L Fox state tax commissioner and Prof E W Kemmerer economist Both will speak June 27 at the banquet A money problems clinic is set for June 28 led by Donald C Rubel of Parrish and company and banking officials M G Shennam and G Fred Berger Also invited are the governors of West Virginia and Virginia per Homer Gebhardt secretary of the state association
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West Virginia Bankers Association
Hot Springs
Fred L., Fox
E. W. Kemmerer
Princeton University
Robert V. Fleming
American Bankers Association
Donald C. Rubel
Parrish and Company
Philadelphia
M. G. Shennam
First National Bank
Wilkes- Barre
G. Fred Berger
Norristown-Penn ‘Trust Company
Norristown
West Virginia
Virginia
Homer Gebhardt
State Association
New West Side Bank Is Sought
The West Side Business Men association discussed organizing a new bank for the West Side. A study committee of Wilbur Stump George Corrie Homer A Duffy and Samuel Sinman was named. The group also debated a new Elk river bridge with sites on Columbia boulevard and Wyoming streets and a recreation playground plan involving WPA supervision. Dale Thomas was named to represent the West Side on the city recreation commission.
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West Side
Columbia Boulevard
Wyoming Streets
7. C. Garner
WPA
Dale Thomas
Charged With Cutting Two Men Held to Jury
Elzy Rhodes and John Anderson were held to the grand jury after arraignments before Judge Cyrus W. Hall in municipal court. Rhodes is charged with cutting Robie Hunt on Washington street Saturday night while Anderson faces a cutting charge against Fred Copenhauer at the city dump on Patrick street Saturday. Samuel Jarvin was sentenced to six months in county jail and fined $50 for carrying a revolver without a license.
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Elzy Rhodes
John Anderson
Cyrus W. Hall
Rhodes
Robie Hunt
Washington Street
Anderson
Fred Copenhauer
Patrick Street
Samuel Jarvin
Dr Robertson's Father Dies at Walkerton Ontario
Norman Robertson father of Dr H L Robertson of Charleston died Sunday at his home in Walkerton Ontario Canada. Dr Robertson was called there recently and will remain until after funeral services today. Survivors include son Dr F N Robertson of Vancouver and daughter Mrs Stewart McGuire of Richmond Virginia.
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Norman Robertson
H. L. Robertson
Charleston
Walkerton
Ontario
Canada
Robertson
F. N. Robertson
Vancouver
Stewart McGuire
Richmond
Funeral services for Irene Teel Ratliff set for today
Funeral services for Irene Teel Ratliff 20 of 500 Shrewsbury street will be held at Bartlett funeral chapel at two o'clock today for drowning at Lower Falls of Coal River. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park. She lived with her sister Mrs B M Greathour.
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Irene Teel Ratliff
Shrewsbury Street
Lower Falls
Coal River
Bartlett Funeral Chapel
Sunset Memorial Park
B. M. Greathoure
O. J. Penrod Dismissed From Police Department
The city police chief W. A. Tully announced the discharge of O. J. Penrod from the police department for the good of the service. No successor is expected to be named before July.
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O. J. Penrod
W. A. Tully
Miss Rump Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Miss Rump daughter of the governor has been taken home here after a two week treatment at Billings hospital of the University of Chicago.
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Will Empeth Rump
Billings Hospital
University of Chicago
Too Old to Fall in Love at 41 Says Dor Dix
Dorothy Dix answers a reader’s question about an older romance. The adviser argues that age 41 is a ripe time for true passion and marriage, noting maturity deepens emotion while youth sparks only passing fancies. The reply endorses marrying the partner and ignoring friends’ cautions.
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Miss Eve
Tennyson
Locksley Hall
Veterans' Checks Issued In One Day Over Million
The central state paying bureau mailed out cashing bonus bonds through the post office totaling over one million dollars in a single day. Postmaster J W Singleton announced the $4,222,756 total in checks mailed to date and 16,685 veterans have received checks.
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West Virginia
Central State
J. W. Singleton
Maj Turner Speaks At Kiwanis Dinner
Maj Francis W. Turner, head of the state welfare department, was the principal speaker at the Kiwanis club dinner at the Daniel Boone hotel during Kiwanis night tied to the national Kiwanis convention in Washington. Dr Claude B. Smith chaired the local event.
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Francis W. Turner
State Welfare Department
Daniel Boone Hotel
Washington, D.C
Claude B. Smith
Wyandotte Cleans Everything with Wranvorrs
Wyandotte advertises Wranvorrs a cleaning powder for porcelain refrigerators enameled ranges bathrooms tile walls and floors polished metal wash basins pots and pans. It claims faster thorough cleaning and a surface that stays clean longer with less dirt buildup and promises a 10 cent trial.
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