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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1927
Page
1
Berlin radio announced the first official welcome to Chamberlin by the German government as two aviators push toward Europe. Dr Koon of the German Air Armister noted the signal from Elbsfield, with Dr Och adding commentary on the flight.
In Louisville and across eastern Kentucky, the Red Cross ramps up relief and rehabilitation after the Mississippi flood and Kentucky storm. Officials report about 135,000 affected, 99 deaths, and up to 20,000 unemployed as aid trains and centers organize supplies, shelter, and medical care for victims along the Big Sandy and Licking rivers.
Uncertainty marked the mood of lawmakers as they prepared for the extraordinary session. Governors Gore's program may be advanced quickly by the house, while the senate appears cooler. Appointments and financing for the capital project dominate debate as Republicans and Democrats weigh limits and methods.
New York reports June 4 that the Red Cross liner Bylvia is ready to depart for Halifax with a monoplant and crew aboard. Several aviators including Mun geeser Coll and Cyrus cniewer Feilet are listed, as the journey aims toward the northern mining regions. The ship will stop at the Channel Heed and Fort Aux Banques before Halifax, with the Penguin plane plant in New Jersey providing support.
Senator Cecil B. Highland said the sentiment among West Virginians favors a bond issue to fund the state capitol completion. He reported a largely supportive response from citizens and predicted the extraordinary session would last no more than two weeks. Senate President M. Z White was in town but declined to comment on progress.
Hallanan backs a five year direct levy to fund four to five year Capitol construction, arguing against Highland’s bond plan and noting the state’s total taxpayer burden would be small. The debate centers on timing and method of securing five to six million dollars for the project.
West Virginia leaders and industrial voices argue the Interstate Commerce Commission has hampered progress for decades. They cite a 20 cent freight-rate boost for lake cargo that benefits Pittsburgh and eastern Ohio at the expense of coal districts in West Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee. Critics say the panel’s actions over 15 years have steadily widened regional disparities and threaten local development.
The American aviator Charles A. Lindbergh departed Cherbourg aboard the Memphis at 4:30 PM, greeted by cheering crowds and French officials. In Parisian receptions his voyage is celebrated, while Washington plans a formal postflight welcome by President Coolidge, with ceremonies at the memorial grounds and a tailor-made homecoming in New York aboard the Spirit of St Louis.
Fort Monroe Virginia June 4 aboard U S Mayflower Hampton Roads the mightiest armada ever sailed under the United States paraded past President Coolidge. Admiral Hughes watched from the Mayflower as a hundred warships moved past in a grand review signaling possible scrapping of ships amid looming general arms conference.
London June 4 visibility over the sea at this end of the America to Europe air route improved. An air ministry forecast at 11 p.m. said an anti cyclone centered off the southern British Isles was moving into the Atlantic. Temperature moderate with winds north to northwest about 15 mph at sea level and 20 mph at 2000 feet. Following morning mists on the West coast, visibility this evening improved to four to eight miles.
Chicago mayor William Hite Thompson travels to Washington to present recommendations for flood control as a national responsibility and a presidential conference on flood control, during the three day Flood control conference session.
At Crasee Lake a school picnic turned tragic when a boat carrying Dannemora Bligh School juniors and seniors capsized near shore. Miss Alice Donic, a teacher, grabbed the keel and was rescued, revived by pulmotors after her students sank. Two brothers on shore swam to the craft and saved her, but five students perished.
The state’s tax suit against Governor Len Small over about 31 million dollars in allegedly withheld taxes closed in Springfield Illinois. Judge Ink Oy Burch approved a settlement where Small pays 650 thousand dollars and costs, with the state absolving him of pocketing state funds. The arrangement also relieves Small from receiving interest on funds he deposited as state treasurer in 1917, which were reinvested by a friend in loans at a high rate while the state earned a four percent figure.
Clarence Chamberlin, tonight crossing the Atlantic, quit the jewelry business years ago to pursue aviation. A veteran of wartime service, he and his wife have flown extensively and set endurance records with Bert Acosta. Known for skill and daring, he flew the Bellanca and Columbia thousands of miles, planning further transatlantic progress as the page ends.
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