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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1927
Page
4
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Manila reports stevedore strikes at Cavite Navy Yard prompt a labor detail to unload supplies from the steamer President Taft for American forces. The U S S Henderson arrived at Cavite to load provisions intended for 5000 marines for two months and is set to sail for China on Friday.
A discussion at the Pennsylvania State Bankers Association in Pittsburgh urges bankers to help society by promoting proper wills and trusts for widows. Emphasizing clear terms, the article notes many estates dissipate after a husband’s death without trusts, and urges bankers to encourage men to provide for their wives.
The article describes smaller redesigned U S currency with reduced dimensions to fit hands and purses, noting fewer designs per bill. A proposal in the American Bankers Association calls for making all paper money types resemble each other except for seals to cut counterfeiting and ease use. Denomination restrictions are also suggested.
The piece discusses the Japanese Foreign Office’s stance on China and the unpredictability of Chinese actions, noting past vanishing moves and possible misreads by foreign powers. It then shifts to weather, reporting March to May temperatures near normal to up to two degrees above, with regional deviations and frost in spring, and ending with a reflection on weather as a restless, familiar constant.
Bluefield reports Miss Carrie Broadwater 45 of Norton died after a car crash near Big Stone Gap Virginia while Miss Nancy Hamilton was seriously injured as the vehicle skidded off a road and plunged 150 feet. In Clarksburg officials say Fred Bonner a farmer on the Salem Sedalia road has evaded arrest for a long time.
A sprig of ivy from Stratford on Avon was planted yesterday by the Bethany College senior class as part of their class day program. Forrest H. Kirkpatrick of Shelby C is the class president who led the planting. Herman Paf ton of New Castle Pa delivered the class history while William Robinson of Milford Del read the clay s. Donald Salmon of Buffalo N Y presented the cap and gown.
New York City spent 1600 dollars to clean 100 tons of waste paper and confetti tossed from windows during Col Lindbergh's welcome on Monday. Over 2000 street workers labored overtime to restore the streets after the paper snow storm despite police caution that throwing papers from windows was illegal.
Charles A. Lindbergh was given a solid gold pass by the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues in New York. The first of its kind, the lifetime pass grants admission to any park under organized baseball regulation and never expires.
In Lisbon on June 15 two men, one Portuguese and one Brazilian, were arrested aboard the steamship Alcantra at Brazilian authorities request. They were found with pistols near the former president Barnardez's cabin after arriving on the steamship Bage from Rio de Janeiro. The pair left the Bage at Bahia, Brazil, and boarded the Alcantra.
Massachusetts orchards suffered about 15000 dollars in deer damage last year. The United States Biological Survey seeks deer control methods in New England as claims against the state for reimbursement proceed.
The three power naval conference among the United States Great Britain and Japan opens June twentieth to decide limits or reductions on cruisers destroyers and submarines. Outcomes expected to shape world disarmament and a broader league of nations effort.
In a street voice chronicle, the piece chronicles Charles Lindbergh’s historic solo nonstop flight from New York to Paris. It celebrates the nerve, loneliness, and global reaction as thousands rally around the achievement, while recognizing the personal cost to the pilot’s mother and the immense isolation of the voyage. The narrative captures public awe, disbelief, and hopeful belief that the feat marks a defining moment in aviation history.
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