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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1927
Page
2
McDowell County Bank honored checks from Merchants and Miners yesterday easing depositors fears. Citizens cashed small denomination notes as the bank’s standing improved under banking commissioner scrutiny amid local financial strain.
Marriage licenses issued to Roy Tolar and Blanche Hall, George Timoscic and Sophia Kohanko, William Abbott and Maggie, Bartley and Bessie Hryden, Alien and Estelle, with details noting race for some pairs. An inquest into the Shannon Branch mine disaster that killed eight on May 13 will be held June 14 with state mine chief R. M. Lambie attending. A colored man Rufus Sutton was shot and wounded, naming the shooter who used the alias Braue. Australian coal operator G. M. Hindmarch from Sydney visits Welch for mine inspections.
McDowell high school athletic coaches send three players to summer school. Eddy Welch coach Shughron Gary and North Fork pilot Rel will attend. Shughron heads to Morgantown for studies at state university then conceives Bachelor of Science. Eddy enrolls at Concord for education then returns weekends to play with Welch Senators. Coach Wartel heads home to Buffalo and will attend a coaching course at Syracuse University next week.
Mrs. Jennie B. Payne departs Thursday night on No. 3 to Chicago to join her daughter Bernice and travel to Los Angeles for a summer with Payne sisters. En route they will tour Colorado Springs Denver Salt Lake City and Yellow Stone National Park for a week before continuing with Mr and Mrs Raymond Jones and ...
A string of residents share summer plans and travels. Several injured in auto accidents recover, while others visit relatives in Glade Springs Virginia Roanoke and Sylvatus. Observations include Mrs Belcher and family heading to Glade Springs and Anne Hopkins departing for college and Yonkers for the summer.
Buck Lloyd is named manager of the Welch baseball club after Pete Vandenburg resigns as pilot. Lloyd, recently with Winston-Salem's Piedmont league and former Poca-Bramwell standout, has impressed fans by winning his first Welch start and is expected to lead the team to many victories. Vandenburg, popular with fans, steps down to focus on playing.
A sharp Life magazine quote contrasts what a drink does to a man with what a man will do for a drink, underscoring the compelling pull of alcohol and its moral questions.
Lindbergh was greeted as a hero in London with a 500 strong tribute by the American Society and others. Sir Samuel Hoare praised the aviator as a symbol of youth and progress while Lindbergh lauded Wrights and other pioneers. Churchill, British leaders, and the public expressed admiration for his transatlantic flight and hoped for a future return.
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Washington June 1 Great Britain and its nationals have waived claims against the United States for seizure and detention of ships during World War I. The disclosure came as the two nations reached an agreement to settle war damages claims and related issues.
A vaudeville line features a salesman saying a cotton blanket is marked all wool to deceive moths, illustrating stage humor about mislabeling and consumer trust. The banter dramatizes a consumer interaction with a joke punchline.
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