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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1930
Page
6
The Star delivers daily local and state sporting news with columns on daily action. Readers gain quick summaries of games standings and notable performances from area teams and athletes.
Indians win both games of a doubleheader from the New York Yankees, holding off late rallies to take the second contest 10 to 8. Detroit beats Washington as Hayworth and McManus pace a sharp hitting day while Brown’s Sorrell and Hoyt contribute on the mound. Browns top Senators to push into sixth place as Cubs, Giants split in a double bill with Paris-like scoring feats.
Baltimore July 23 William H. Dix second mate of a tank barge confessed to police that he shot and killed his wife Leah Dix after finding her with another man in a rooming house. Dix said the other man fled after the first shot and Dix carried the unclothed body to their second floor room where they had lived since February.
Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and his wife Mrs Helen Hawley McCallum will stay in South America for church work until December. They will sail from Madeira after arriving on the Arlanza and plans include conferences in Brazil with church officers through November.
In Huron Ohio on July 23 William Frederick Martin 26 of Pontiac Michigan an air mail pilot for Thompson Aeronautical Corporation was killed when his plane crashed two miles west of Huron. He was en route from Cleveland to Pontiac the craft crushed in the cockpit there was no fire and no gasoline odor parachute found in its bag Jack Parker of Sandusky airport speculated the pilot dumped fuel to prevent mail ignition.
About one third of Durant residents attend Sunday school regularly. Prance seeks to promote touring by airplane via a government committee.
William J. Grove of M J Grove Lime Co appeals to the Public Service Commission after a Monocacy river bridge collapse near the Baltimore and Ohio tracks killed three and injured eight. He notes the highway bridge over the rails carries seven ton loads and requests immediate strengthening.
London reports a rare summer cold spell with Hampstead Heath thermometers at 45 degrees and ground temperatures near freezing. The phenomenon contrasts with the heat wave gripping the United States.
The Star discusses husbands keeping house during wives vacations and a man who pretended to be the goats in a liquor trial for a woman, for which both were fined for conspiracy. Virginia reports 2304 divorces last year and Bremen’s maiden Atlantic crossing in 17 hours 42 minutes.
Statement of the financial condition for Union Bank of Winchester Frederick County Virginia as of June 30 1930 shows total assets 704271.41 and deposits 529? No. The balance sheet lists assets cash items and exchanges cash and due from banks totaling 704271.41 with liabilities including capital stock 40000 undivided profits 14862.54 dividends unpaid 3134.25 deposits 120837.85 time certificates 108600.00 and bills payable 70000. The statement is sworn by Cashier Chas J Summers before Notary Lawrence C Hollis on July 19 1930.
The Winchester Tennis Club and Winchester Golf Club teams tied four matches with Mount Jackson in Mt. Jackson. Nelson Page defeated Hutchinson 7 5 6 4, Bosserman lost to Barnes 3 6 6 3 6 2, Green fell to Bird 6 2 6 3, Edmonds beat Whissler 6 1 6 0, and Ridgely White beat Frank Whissler 6 4 6 4. Glaize beat Shannon, with a Winchester Bosserman partner loss to Whissler Barnes. Whistler Walker beat White Edmonds in doubles. The local squad misses Shields, Baker, and Page in some matches. a police judge in McPherson Kas fined himself $1 for overparking and warned himself.
A mix of local items includes a Columbus soldier visiting after Lee's surrender at Appomattox, a marriage of Irene Walters to Harry Miller, and Senator Mapp backing short term notes for road funds. Virginia politics feature Byrd urging road spending, while Alabama reported 7.105 million dollars in gasoline taxes for 1929. Sidewalk Socials are the city’s yard party trend.
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