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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1930
Page
6
A slim daily sports column in The Star invites readers to submit local and state sports news for publication. It highlights daily thin coverage across local teams and events, seeking community contributions.
In a double header, the New York Yankees beat the Washington Senators 7 to 1 to split the pair after a 6 to 4 loss in the opener. Babe Ruth hit his 41st homer, and Hadley pitched a complete game for New York.
The council rejected James Mahoney’s $500 eye-injury claim, settling at $100. The claims committee denied former officer John Massie compensation beyond insurance. Water mains work proceeds. hydrants to be installed. paving bills older than 1925 to be written off. a new roadway project and local hiring preferences examined. Police staffing: Jack Bowers named permanent officer amid July convictions tally.
Waite of Richmond and Dr. John Sowers addressed the assemblage. Paxson of Purcellville spoke on Sunday school work and Rev. Fletcher Ford of Upperville discussed education.
The seventy fifth annual session of the Potomac Baptist Association opened at Long Branch Baptist Church Fauquier county. O L Emerick of Purcellville serves as moderator. Officers were elected in a morning business session. Reports covered program ministerial relief and the Virginia Baptist Orphanage. The annual sermon was delivered by Rev H B Jennings of Leesburg.
A two story steel bridge over the Potomac between Oldtown Maryland and Green Spring West Virginia will soon be completed to provide a direct road link for Maryland and West Virginia. The structure now rests in storage awaiting piers and approaches as road officials push for fast completion. Residents seek a continued route west to Winchester and points south via the interstate bridge crossing. Western Maryland highway improvements include a 100000 dollars project to shoulder the national highway in Garrett County from the Pennsylvania line to Keyser, where the Oakland road begins.
On August 6, 1929 John Garland Pollard defeated G. Walter Mapp for the Democratic nomination for governor. The piece lists local nominations for city treasurer, sargent, and clerk of the corporation court, notes the death of Charles R. Hodgson, mentions a party of 365 New York fruit growers visiting, and cites Attorney General Mitchell saying he has full facts on Bishop James Cannon Jr.'s expenditures in the Virginia Anti-Smith campaign.
The Aug 6 1925 item notes a final appeal for funds to fund additional improvements at Memorial Hospital. It also reports the marriage of Miss Eva Knott to Thomas H. Sprint by Rev. Dr. H M Canter, and mentions the Empire Theatre hosting fresh air children from New York, plus Virginia Republicans backing Bascom Slemp for governor over Harry F Byrd.
Fifteen years ago on August 6 1915 the International Shippers Association in Chicago awarded first prize to Virginia apples. E P Creswell of this city wrestled a den of twelve rattlesnakes while berry picking on North Mountain. Winchester Inn's baseball team fell to Shepherdstown 3 to 0 in a close game. Empire Amusement Corporation faced Justice Krebs for showing a film on July 21 believed to corrupt Winchester youth. Rogers Hornsby noted for not dancing or reading to protect his feet and eyes.
The piece notes that money goes further now than before, explaining why dollars take longer to return to the top, and it reflects on the enduring value of currency as prices and demand shift.
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