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Melva Bonwell 1909 - 1981

Melva Bonwell of Garner, Hancock County, Iowa was born on May 10, 1909, and died at age 72 years old in December 1981.

Melva Bonwell
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Garner, Hancock County, Iowa 50438
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In 1909, in the year that Melva Bonwell was born, the New York Times published the first movie review. It was a report on D.W. Griffith's movie "Pippa Passes" also called "The Song of Conscience", a silent film. The review said that this work was moving away from "lurid material that attracted the wrath of censors and concerned citizens and toward more respectable ends. The movie was the story of a young female factory worker, on her day off, wandering and singing - thus changing the hearts of those around her towards good.
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In 1924, Melva was just 15 years old when J. Edgar Hoover, at the age of 29, was appointed the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation by Calvin Coolidge (which later became the Federal Bureau of Investigation). The Bureau had approximately 650 employees, including 441 Special Agents. A former employee of the Justice Department, Hoover accepted his new position on the proviso that the bureau was to be completely divorced from politics and that the director report only to the attorney general.
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Bonwell, Elise (Feb 7, 1917 - Sep 20, 2006) Bonwell, Vincent (Sep 6, 1903 - Oct 23, 1968) Bonwell, Margaret (Jan 2, 1915 - Feb 18, 1999) Bonwell, William (Sep 15, 1980 - May 20, 2006) Bonwell, Raymond (Dec 3, 1911 - Jun 3, 1993) Bonwell, Nina (Sep 1, 1922 - Sep 29, 1999) Bonwell, Robert (May 12, 1931 - Feb 26, 1988) Bonwell, Lester (Oct 2, 1896 - Apr 1987) Bonwell, Gregory (Jan 30, 1951 - Aug 26, 2004) Bonwell, Ella (Mar 23, 1888 - Oct 1967)
Bonwell, Lee (Oct 12, 1925 - Jul 22, 1986) Bonwell, Robert (Aug 12, 1928 - Mar 16, 1990) Bonwell, Ruth (Apr 11, 1902 - Feb 1987) Bonwell, Lola (Feb 14, 1898 - May 5, 1981) Bonwell, Charles (Sep 2, 1889 - Jun 1974) Bonwell, Earl (Mar 14, 1884 - Jul 1970) Bonwell, Riley (Sep 15, 1926 - Mar 6, 1992) Bonwell, Norma (Sep 20, 1926 - Apr 24, 2005) Bonwell, Jeanette (May 30, 1926 - Dec 17, 2006) Bonwell, David (Jun 10, 1919 - Dec 6, 2002)
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