Southwest Virginia Plans To Advertise On a Large Scale
Wytheville Va January 22 The Board of Directors of Southwestern Virginia Inc commissions Secretary Irving Lewis and the new permanent body to carry out a year long program including advertising and personal solicitation in distant territory to attract manufacturing plants to Southwest Virginia A quarter page national circulation ad will launch the campaign with data on water power sites and railroad facilities A follow up system will provide data and access to a trained expert Norfolk and Western Railway allocates two pages of timetable space to present facts and the section’s advantages for new plants aimed at boosting production with minimal overload costs
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Irving Lewis
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Southwestern Virginia, Inc
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Norfolk and Western Railway
Southwestern
Mayor Disputes Pennsylvania Ownership of Rail Lines
In testimony on service and rates, Mayor Tyler argued the public would suffer and claimed the Virginian would be blocked if the Norfolk and Western were taken over. He asserted the Norfolk and Western is an arm of the Pennsylvania system and faced cross examination challenges over the Pennsylvania stock ownership. He maintained the move aimed to reduce competition.
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Owas
Norfol
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Fragmented OCR Note Speaks of Fort and Shipment Prep
Partial readable lines describe Fort and shipments of furniture engines and related items. The text is garbled, with missing names and dates, but indicates preparation for shipping under some high level plan.
West Virginians Protest N and W Lease of Virginian
In Washington on January 12 hearings before the LG C continued over the Norfolk and Western Railroad’s plan to lease the Virginian system. West Virginia and Norfolk citizens including former governor W A McCorkle and Norfolk Mayor Tyler voiced objections, arguing the consolidation would eliminate rail competition.
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Norfolk ‘and Western Railroad
LG. C
West Virginia
Norfolk
W.A. McCorkle
Tyler
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