Rail Yard Link Project Moves Forward in Gilbert Area
Gilbert yards and a connecting link from Justice to Gilbert advance with Boxley Brothers of Orange New Jersey winning the contract. The plan, part of a multi‑railway development begun in 1928, will employ about 200 workers and creates a six‑track yard with two bridges and large excavation work connecting Norfolk Western Virginian C and O and Logan division lines.
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Gilbert and
Wharncliffe
Mingo County
Gilbert Yards
Justice
Gilbert
Virginian Railway
Norfolk and Western
Logan Division
Chesapeake and Ohio
Boxley Brothers
Orange
N. J
Devon
F. C. Sammons Company
Huntington
F. C. Sammons
F. W. Robertson
Boxans
Virginian
Norfolk’ and Western
Norfolk
Virginia
The
Virginian and Western
Interstate Commerce Commission
Itmann
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Norfolk and Western Railway
Mullens
West Gilbert
Mann
Buchanan
Hurley
Grundy
Buchanan County
Rail expansion across Wharncliffe and Devon counties
The report details an extensive construction program in Wharncliffe and Devon, including a new tunnel near Wharncliffe for a railway line. A Big Sandy and Cumberland line and a Guyandot and Tug River line were built, with the latter diverging at Wharncliffe to Gilbert. The Virginian built a westward branch from Elmore to Gilbert to connect with the Norfolk and Western and Chesapeake and Ohio networks.
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Ssed
Wharncliffe
Devon
Big Sandy
Cumberland
Guyandot
Elmore
Gilbert
Norfolk and Western
Chesapeake and Ohio
Heat Wave Lays Heavy Toll Across Nation
A brutal heat wave haunts much of the country with about 74 deaths and rising crop losses. Chicago reports 6 fatalities from 97 degree heat, with total deaths over 100 including prostration and drownings. Record highs emerge in Bartlesville, Phillipsburg, Longview, and other Kansas towns as storms offer brief relief.
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Plains
C. A. Donnel
Chicago
Midwest
Pennsylvania
Southwest
Cotton Belt
Bartletsville
Okla
Phillipsburg
Kans
Longview
Texas
Kansas
Fort Scott
Independence
Subscriptions Ensure Clarksburg Team's League Stay
Twelve backers pledge 200 dollars each to fund salaries for the ailing Clarksburg Middle Atlantic basketball club, securing its continued league play. The AP notes the US sent France over 2.385 million dollars in farm machinery in 1931.
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Associated Press
Clarksburg
W. Va
Factions to be seated with half votes at county convention
The Republican county committee decided to seat delegates from both factions in the Town district mass convention and grant each delegate half a vote at the county convention next Monday. Judge W Maxwell said this split will evenly divide Town district delegates between Nugh A Dunn and CG R Harless amid a harmonious committee meeting.
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Republican County Committee
W. Maxwell
Esterday
Maxwell
Nugh A. Dunn
Dentist Dr Riffe Moves Office to Home Quarters
Dr William T Riffe local dentist announces relocation of his practice to an apartment in his residence at 271 West Neville Street The remodeled quarters include a waiting room laboratory and operating room The former office was in the Central building on Heber Street above the Women’s Shop.
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William T. Riffe
West Neville Street
Dr. Riffe
Heber Street
Occidental Engineer Crosses Arabian Peninsula Coast to Coast
An American engineer surveying a Hedjaz highway route is described as the second living Occidental to travel from coast to coast across the Arabian peninsula.
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Kingdom of
Hedjaz
Arabian Peninsula
Increase in hog output in West Virginia farms
West Virginia pig production rises this year, led by more sows bred and a 9 percent higher spring pig crop than 1931. Total hogs on farms January 1, 1932 estimated at 176,000, with an average litter of 6.9. US and regional figures show mixed gains and losses, including 3 percent fewer sows farrowed nationwide and a 10.3 percent drop in the Corn Belt. Local notes cite community visits and picnics among residents.
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West Virginia
Howard M. Gore
State Department of Agriculture
Thomas F. McDonough
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Post Office
United States
Atlantic
West North Central
Iowa
South Dakota
Kansas
Missouri
East North Central
Wisconsin
North Central
Corn Belt
Far Western
North Atlantic
South Atlantic States
South Central
Trail candidate Trail seeks observation in Washington hospital
Grover Trail, Republican candidate for prosecuting attorney, travels to Washington D C for observation and treatment at Walter Reed hospital. He says his health has been impaired for some time but is not serious and expects a few weeks of care to restore his usual health.
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Grover
Hospital Notes on Friday Admissions and Examinations
Beauregard area hospital notes list Friday admissions and exams for children and adults. Cases include Mickey Clifton seven, Bettie Butler six, Bobby Butler six, Dicky Prillaman four, Wanda Blake seven, and many adults such as Francis Comer 32 and C L Gillespie 44 with injuries or examinations. Several patients from Beckley Cherrydale Lillybrook and Crumpler receive treatment for trauma and other conditions.
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Mickey Clifton
J. B. Clifton
Beckley
Bettie Butler
Charles B. Butler
Cherrydale
Bobby Butler
Katie Meggross
Tams
Francis Comer
Mabscott
Hamlett
Babcock, Coal and Coke Company
Rose Funeral Home
Nina Garbett
Earl Garbett
Lillybrook
Thelma Shackleford
R. A. Shackleford
Winding Gulf
T. R. Carney
Sullivan
Zora Mitchem
A. H. Mitchem
Crumpler
Mary A. Mason
Glen Rogers
Agnes Sanger
Raleigh
Hampton Thomas
Sophia Store Clerk
A. B. McClure
Railways offer special rates to attract automobile tourists
South African railways announce four bids to draw auto tourists by offering special car transport for vacations. Return trips are free of charge, with cars carried to vacation headquaters and back, as part of a broad promotion to boost traffic from motorists.
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South Attican
Glass Bill Taken Up in Senate on Prohibition Substitute
In Washington on July 16 Senator Glass led an 87 to 21 Senate vote to take up a substitute for the prohibition amendment. The plan would repeal the eighteenth and permit state control of liquor with federal protection for dry states. Norris urged sending the measure to judiciary, but was ruled out of order. Ratification would require two thirds in Congress and three fourths of states. The item notes three new highways under construction in the Ye men region.
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Associated Press
Washington
Glass
Senate
Norris
Neb
Judiciary Committee
Curtis
House
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