Beckley notes and curiosities of city life and aviation
City observer Harold M. Biff and Percy Mankin describe local quirks from chalk-marking on cars using a broomstick device to a notable Regal lily display. Captain Roy Pixler and Genevieve Pixler discuss wartime aviation, while a traveling grizzly bear entertains Waterdale crowds and a blind accordionist draws attention on Beckley Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Mankin
Park Avenue
CG. G. Wood
Wood
Negro Democratic League forms in West Virginia
A release from the Negro Democratic League of West Virginia notes Negro citizens mobilizing for political action this fall after the May 10 state primary. E L Powell of Charleston and E L James of Institute were named alternates-at-large to the national convention as organizers push Democratic gains among Black voters in the mountain state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Publicity
Negro Democratic League of
West Virginia
Charleston
Democratic Party
E. L. Powell
E. L. James
Institute
Mountain
J. J.K. Wells
Beckley
League of West Virginia
Fhenezer and Mt Zion Baptist Services And Federation Anniversary
The Fhenezer Baptist church hosts morning and evening services led by Rev 1. Re Rob inson with a 3 pm Rainbow Glee Club rally. Mt Zion Baptist in Resaco holds a 3 pm choir rally featuring choirs quartets and glee clubs. The West Virginia State Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs marks its 25th anniversary by dedicating Booker T. Washington home site at Malden with Dr. Carter G. Woodson and Dr. John W. Davis as speakers and a 6 pm reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fhenezer Baptist
Re Robinson
Rainbow Glee Club
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Resaco
West Virginia State Pederalinm of
Colored Women's Clubs
Booker T. Washington
Malden
Carster G. Woodson
John W. Davis
Federation
Ghar
Big Grizzly Set to Swim at Waterdale Pond
Waterdale swimming pond in Sprague hosted by the Buoy Scouts Troop 64 will feature a 450-pound grizzly exhibit. The Troop offers 225.00 reward to anyone who can stay in the water for up to five minutes with the bear without being submerged. Demonstrations are scheduled at 2 PM and 5 PM, with additional races and wrestling events advertised. The bear belongs to L. O. Morton of Lrnteey, Oty, who runs animal exhibits at beaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterdale
Sprague
L. O. Morton
Lrnteey
Oty
Local Social Notes From Pemberton And Nearby Areas
Pemberton and Mabscott communities share visitors and family news including Anna Canterbury visiting relatives, Mrs. Daniel C. Conk of Oreana, and Timadey Newsome. Widespread guest lists feature the Walker and Moore families, Veda Avers, and babies born to Lillybronk parents. Georgia fish and game fees reach 85228 for 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sim
Eek Anna
Canterbury
Daniel C. Conk
Oreana
N. 1
Suinders and Son
N.L. Jr
Bob
Tea Bair
Beckley
Eugene Newsome Timadey
WM. Moore Stil Cane Finues
B.D. Parker
George Walker
Mabscott
Veda Avers
Lowell Lilly
Coa) City
Bill Hensley
Montgomery
W. M. Moore
Mel. Conady
Honeeverto
Nazis Seek Nordic Unity Under German Fascism
Berlin reports a push by Adolf Hitler to rally Nordic Europe around the Nazi banner. National socialist groups form in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands, aiming to unite Germanic and Scandinavian peoples against Slavic and Latin nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Holland
England
Hanover
Versailles
Dutch National Socialist Workers Party
Hague
Adalbert Smit
E. Ridder van Rap
Flanders
Verband van Dietsche National Solidaristen
Jeaders
Doris van Severen
Wies Moens
Belgium
Wilhelm Kube
Fioe
Tiss Kuhbe
Poland
Jugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Russia
France
Nordic
Hitler gains European foothold as Heimwehr leader defects
The article notes a major shift as Walter Pfrimer, head of Austria's Heimwehr, hands his forces to the Nazi regime. A quoted official claims that any opposition to Germany's historical mission is a romantic foolish notion, signaling a significant foreign victory for Hitler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Walther Pfrimer
Austria
Heimwehr
Kube
German Bottles Produced Drop in Postwar Years
The annual Gerresheimer Glass report shows Germany now makes 100 million bottles yearly, down from 700 million before the war, with a drop attributed to higher taxes on bottled drinks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Duesseldorf
Germany
Gerresheimer Glass Company
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Harold M. Biff
Elizabeth Peck
South Oakwood Avenue
Cora Street
Beck-ley Hotel
Beckley Hotel
Oklahoma
Roy Pixler
Alps
Genevieve Pixler
Pixler
Samuel
Phora Smith
Murray
Reed
Chicago
Alfalfa Bui" Murray
Alfred E. Smith
James A. Reed
Missouri
Edward §. Villmoara
Negro Club
Leston
Sallie W Stewart
National Association
Addie W. Hun
Womens Internaional League For Peace
Phil Conley
The
West Virginia Review
Laura Martin
Audrey Turner
Harrison Martin
North Beckley
Carbon
Fannie Watson
Alice Owens
Gladys Chambers
A. L. Peck
Laura Huth
Naomi Hall
Eddie Newsome
Charles White
Detroit
Newt Wheeler
Helen
Rev. Woodson
Lester
Jensie Johnson
Martinsville
Price Reynolds
J. M. Grandison
Elmora Grandison
Helen Rakes
Earl Bannister
C. Clark
Harold Callahan
Hinton
J. C. Bigony
Bellepoint
Sarah Swift
Scarbra
J. C. Swift
Besoco
Esther
June Peters
Mary Peters
Deversburg
Ner Nome
East Beckley, W. Va
A.C. Harvey
Nadine
Anna Kuhn
Mary
Nellie Dillon
Guthrie Moore
Margarite Adams
Helen and
Eve Ivn Parley
Betty Lou Snyder
Hose Faye
Juanita Metcalf
Betty Jo Murray
Deloris Jackson
Dortha ‘Teubert
Margaret Darlington
Wanda Gwinn
Rosemary Gwinn
Julia Trene Gregory
Wanda
Hazel White
Elizabeth Lavder
Alberta
Lucy White
Mary Mulechay
Jean Archer
Irene Greska
Janice Meadows
Margaret \ipperman
Ruby Meadows
Genevieve Meadows
Glenna White
Louise Starvey
June
Nadine Harvey
Everette Riner
Archie Riner
Ray Miller
Albert Gregore
Andree Adams
Kr T Donis Meadeaws
Marvin and
Carlyle Harvey
Irene Gresco
Charlotte Ann Angle
Joan
Jettie Arch
Bettylou Snyder
Martha Williams
Abi
Tartha Teucert
Elizabeth Snyder
Annie Kuhn
Audra Wilburn
Jon Dillon
Chine Wilburn
Nellie Burdiss
Enola Ashbey
Anna Fern
Pemberton, W. Va
Etta Anderson
Don Atkins
Lillybronk
Kiser
This
HC. Caves
Crab Orchard
Roanoke
Hazel Caves
Georgia Department of Pame and Fish
Pard
Elbert Hubbard
Dr. Powers
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