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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1927
Page
1
A reader describes the Elke building under construction as a future city landmark with an exterior and interior to rival any in the region. Interwoven pieces reflect on urban change, a stray kitten in a doorway prompts sympathy, and social debates on dress, class, and postwar attitudes surface as community life unfolds.
In Charleston W Va June 11 funds to build a capitol dominate legislative attention in both chambers. The senate backed a 5 million dollar bond issue payable in 30 years while the house drafted and defeated a levy measure. Debate featured calls for a popular vote on the bond and amendments shifting funding sources. The house bill moved to a three cent levy with additional transfers proposed, while another proposal for a five cent levy failed to gain support for a referendum. Speaker Keatley cleared the way for immediate passage by suspending the three day rule as the measure advanced.
Bluefield Mayor A J Stewart designates Tuesday June 14 as a municipal holiday to honor the national flag. Citizens are urged to display colors and participate in flag observances.
In Paris near L Action Francaise offices, clashes between royalists, communists, and police left about thirty injured as Leon Daudet barricaded himself to avoid a five month sentence. Canes and blackjacks sparked the violence, with twenty arrests and no serious injuries reported.
Pittsburgh June 1 Facing a heresy trial before the Pittsburgh synod of the Memorial church Mr Smith resigned as a minister. The synod will not act on the resignation and the trial remains set for Rochester next week. He cites willful nonappearance June 13.
A severe storm swept northwestern Hocking county flooding homes in Logan to five feet. Reports of three drownings were false, but central Ohio suffered one death as a boy was killed by lightning near Columbus. Crops suffered significant damage across the region.
Joplin Missouri June 11 Dr Charles W Mayo surgeon and Mayo Clinic founder says over eating is wrong with the American people and many of them are digging their graves with their teeth.
Crowds gathered at Union Station to greet Mrs. Lindbergh, mother of aviation hero Charles Lindbergh. She left Mt. Washington near Baltimore by motor and arrived in Washington. In Dupont Circle she stood on the temporary White House steps flanked by Lt. Francie Grayling and Ike Hoover.
Washington reports Lindbergh’s air mail voyage celebrated by the post office department. A balcony sign reads Lindy is an air mail boy and wagons carry air mail telegrams. Forty eight pigeons are released and Coolidge awards the flying cross as a dog draws cheers from the White House crowd.
A beaming Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh greeted her son at Washington Navy Yard amid throngs and a presidential tribute after Charles Lindbergh returned aboard the Memphis. She rode in an open car through crowded streets, receiving flowers as thousands cheered Lindbergh and the president lauded his feat.
Washington reported the state department would begin talks with France on a possible treaty outlawing war between the two nations. Colonel Lindbergh described his May trip to France Belgium and London and relayed the French and European plea for peace to the American people. Briand had proposed outlawing war on April 6.
Jefferson City Mo June 11 A plot to blow up the east wall of the Missouri penitentiary was uncovered by officials through convict leader Riley Davis who surrendered nitroglycerine and details. About 150 inmates were said involved and plans included raiding Jefferson City and stealing cars after the attack. Davis’s mother in Lawton Okla urged him to divulge the plan.
Auburn, June 11. Magic rather than fish headlines a local tale as Alabama Polytechnical football coach Boozer Pitts recounts landing a five foot four inch bald eagle hooked by Pitts’ fishing line mid air. The captured bird was delivered to the zoology department for study.
Thousands line streets to greet Charles A. Lindbergh as he returns from his Atlantic flight. He receives the Distinguished Flying Cross from the President and speaks briefly of friendship between nations. Lindbergh keeps calm amid cheers, riding with his mother aboard a White House motorcade to Dupont Circle residence.
Chauncey Yellow Robe, a Sioux chieftain and school disciplinarian, said President Coolidge will be adopted into the Sioux tribe in the Black Hills this summer if occasion permits. He notes the tribe, like others, is eager to see the president.
New York June 11 Officials in Lindbergh’s departure city welcome word from Washington that Col Charles Lindbergh will fly to New York Monday in a naval seaplane rather than his Spirit of St Louis The landing will be in the harbor to avoid mob scenes and ensure a safe welcome The arrival is anticipated after his Washington greeting with millions expected to line the march and trains carrying visitors from New Jersey Pennsylvania and New England
In New York on June 11 police dispersed a hostile parade of 300 plus demonstrators from many nations who faced water, paper clips, and debris from nearby buildings as they protested before the British consulate. Julia 8. Poyntz was briefly detained during a labor speech and later released to continue speaking from a nearby building.
Orders have been issued for the withdrawal from Nicaragua of all forces landed from the United States naval squadron here during the recent civil warfare. One aviation squadron also will be withdrawn. It is rumored President Adolfo Diaz may travel to the United States to seek a loan for his government.
Charles Lindbergh arrived in Washington and delivered a goodwill message to millions of radio listeners. He conveyed a French offer of peace to America as the State Department signaled willingness to negotiate with France toward a treaty outlawing war.
The Bluefield led effort succeeded in extending U S Route 19 from Pittsburgh to Tallahassee. The corridor now reaches from Erie in the north to the Gulf of Mexico in the south, passing through Bluefield, Bristol, and the Clinch valley, with Asheville and Georgia landmarks along the way.
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