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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1927
Page
6
Italian aviation authorities prepare Centocelle camp for possible Bellanca Columbia arrival. Night service and searchlights to be tested. log shows 6:05 a.m. start and multiple mid Atlantic progress points. Denison Readies Town Celebration for Chamberlin Flight Start.
W. Cawthorn a colored man was fined in city police court for speeding and reckless driving following a Pulaski Street crash with a car driven by Harry A. Goodykoontz. Goodykoontz’s wife and child were injured. Cawthorn’s license was suspended for sixty days. He noted an appeal.
Men of the First Christian Church will hold a mass meeting this afternoon at 2 30 p m in the church. F E Smith of the United Christian Missionary Society will speak and Dr I Osgood of Chuchow China will recount thrilling medical missionary adventures.
At Manford University in California on June 4, Stanford students began professional pallbearing to help Palo Alto undertakers. Pay reaches 2.50 per trip from the undertaker rooms with short duties, rarely a funeral trip, and a dollar extra for preaching or riding the hearse. rules are few, mainly not smiling while carrying.
Buses depart Binefield Union Bus terminal for Tavewell Lebanon Abinedon and Bristol at 8 00 am with connections to Matooka Beckley Bristol and Johnson City. Additional times include 6 20 am 9 30 am 150 am 2m Hp m 1 00 pm 8 45 pm and 6 45 am 10 am 1 30 pm 6 pm. Schedule subject to change without notice.
Reports from Roxana and Elsie coal areas describe families wading mud for clothing and salvage as damage nears $1 million. Water flooded towns several feet deep, railroads washed out, livestock carcasses spread across open ground while health officials assume control of sanitary conditions.
The Red Cross ordered all chapters in Kentucky to raise funds for flood relief along the Kentucky Licking and Sandy rivers.
In Fort Worth Texas three young men Marvin Johnson 24 Kearney Wright 21 and Harry Corby 21 were killed when a plane piloted by Johnson went into a tail spin from about 600 feet bursting into flames after a gasoline tank exploded. Owner George Bischof had warned Johnson and removed engine parts to prevent flight.
Guadalajara dispatches report Javier Ding arrested for shooting and killing American coal merchant Arthur Brewer. Embassy and consulate have not received word of the incident, which press dispatches place on Wednesday. No representations expected from Washington unless instructed.
The Columbia York to Halifax leg started with head winds and the travelers showed early speed gains near Nova Scotia. Levine, financier and secret passenger, matched Chamberlin as their plane neared Ireland, with wives awaiting news and a growing public intrigue.
Grantsburg Wisconsin reports that John Brickeon 40 shot and killed Lester Anderson 27 a railroad telegrapher, then went to his ex wives home and killed her in front of their seven year old son before shooting himself.
After boarding the cruiser Lindbergh, escorted by Commander Bagley, toured his quarters and thanked the crowd. He climbed the bridge as the Memphis moved out, amid boats, guards, and cheering Harbor crowds. Cap tain Lindbergh expressed hope for the Bellanca Columbia's trans Atlantic flight starting from New York.
William H. Snyder, longtime Hollywood High principal, says graduates show little eagerness to pursue film careers. Questionnaires reveal only 1 percent plan college after graduation as students witness Hollywood film industry up close and face unlikely fame and hardship.
Lindbergh returns from his epochal flight aboard the Memphis to Washington with a grand reception. A 2000-strong parade will form behind the aviator from Peace Monument to the monument grounds as Coolidge watches from a special stand. Army navy air marine and guard units will march, with Mrs Lindbergh and officials in attendance.
Memphis reports Captain Lindbergh aboard the Lincoln or Lindy leaving Cherbourg after a farewell reception. The statement that the homeward voyage is the best part of the adventure reflects the celebrated aviator's mood as the ship departed.
Snyder and assistants cooperate in a movie search at Hollywood High School. Students balance acting with studies as some undergraduates already work in pictures. They miss weeks for filming and return to complete their school work after projects end.
Washington June 4 The government acts on breeder complaints about high mortality among goldfish shipped in cans by express toward private bowls The bureau of fisheries has begun a serious scientific investigation and already has some results to announce
San Francisco on June 4 John Drew a renowned international stage actor rallied today from a fever attack that had worried his attendants. Dr Lawrence Hoffman the actor's physician said Mr Drew is much better today. The report notes attention to fashion details in the era with mention of lace trimmings for spring lingerie.
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