Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Wuxuu si dhaqso ah u saaxiiboobay Van Lear Black, oo ah milyaneer Mareykan ah oo daabaca "The Baltimore Sun" oo fasax ku joogay London. Black wuxuu u shaqaaleysiiyay inuu noqdo caawiyihiisa gaarka ah, MacColl wuxuu la socday safar 200,000 oo mayl ah oo uu ku maray Yurub, Afrika iyo Dutch East Indies isagoo saaran diyaarad Fokker ah oo uu Black ka soo kiraystay KLM. Markii uu ku soo laabtay Mareykanka bishii Sebtember 1927, Black wuxuu MacColl u soo bandhigay shaqo "The Baltimore Sun" oo ah weriye degmo, oo uu aqbalay. Wuxuu laba sano ka warbixiyey Baltimore, waqtigaas oo uu la kulmay xaaskiisa, Helen, oo uu la yeelan doono laba carruur ah. Waxa uu ku soo laabtay England 1929-kii, waxa uuna ka mid noqday "The Daily Telegraph", halkaas oo uu ka warbixiyay dhacdooyinka ka dhacay gudaha iyo dibadaba, oo ay ku jiraan
Xilka qaadista George VI, arooska Zog I ee Albania iyo Dagaalkii Sokeeye ee Isbaanishka, iyadoo MacColl uu ka mid ahaa suxufiyiintii ugu horreeyay ee soo gala Madrid ka dib markii ay ku dhacday Franco bishii Maarso 1939.