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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1929
Page
2
A remit letter urges honoring Cyrus Hall McCormick, grandson of Ulster immigrants, noting his Virginia upbringing and his invention of the reaper that spurred an agricultural revolution. The Washington Post reports on the advocacy amid national origin immigration discussions.
The text traces a family’s migration to America and settlement in Virginia with cheap mountain land. It notes three sons building farms, a blacksmithing ethic producing a great benefaction, and credits Virginians for governance principles while highlighting Scotch Irish settlers in the Appalachian valleys shaping democracy. A statue to McCormick would honor these pioneers.
Hobart Hamilton and Cornell Hamilton aged 9 and 10 were paroled by Judge James A. Strother in West Virginia after a prior indefinite term in the state reform school. The boys were accused of drowning 9-year-old Raymond Colley in Dry Ford River after a quarrel. Parole requires obedience to parents, staying home at night, and avoiding mischief.
Will J. French, director of the state department of industrial relations, reports to Governor Young that nearly 3,000 Filipinos arrived at the San Francisco port in five months with additional entries through Los Angeles and Seattle. Social and health conditions are the main problems cited.
Cris Stocker suffered severe arm burns when a kettle of paraffin wax and turpentine ignited at the home of Earl Zimmerman's. The scene had been extinguished before Stocker attempted to carry out the kettle. A similar paraffin accident last week killed Mrs. Margaret Mae Braithwaite in Indiana.
Culpeper Virginia July 23 George Papp a 85 year old farm hand shot Mrs. A F Rohrback 25 in the thigh after she rejected his attentions. She was treated by a local physician and is not believed to be in serious danger. Papp fled but was later arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon.
Washington report notes a rise in air mail transport, nearly 6000 pounds more than May after adjusting for one day less than May and an added five Sundays. The advance reflects improved efficiency in air courier services.
Preliminary figures show a new record with 598 254 pounds for June and a daily average of 19 775 pounds. May totals rose to 87am with an increase of 5 783 pounds. Daily mileage climbed from 36 334 in May to 38 689 in June due to extra trips on multiple routes.
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