Word: norfolkers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Virginia Country Club at Richmond was the next opponent. The Southerners lost all the singles matches, but managed to gain one point as the result of a victory over Whitbeck and Cummings in doubles. The following day at the Norfolk Country Club in Norfolk another complete whitewash was chalked...
...left New York on Jan. 18. Her engines broke down at Philadelphia. On the way to Norfolk, the crew set fire to the forecastle trying to keep themselves warm. At Havana, the vessel was held for debts. At Kingston (Jamaica), a new firebox had to be installed. At Colon (Canal Zone), the Secretary General of the Association quarreled with the captain and fired him. There also the chief engineer obtained a lien on the vessel for unpaid wages. Also, the chief steward was arrested for shooting a woman there in 1914. On the return journey, the boat collided with...
...Virginian consist of a single line running from Norfolk back into the coal territory in the hills. It slopes so steadily seaward that cars loaded with coal (about 90% of its traffic) can coast downhill without need of much fuel...
...while other rail groups "claimed" the Virginian, the Pennsylvania went out and took it. This was done by the leasing of the Virginian to the Norfolk & Western, which is in turn controlled and largely owned by the Pennsylvania...
...School at Norfolk for marines trained to serve aboard ships in the Atlantic and Caribbean, there is a reading room. On its tables are The New York Times Boston Transcript, Norfolk Virginian Pilot and last, but by no means least, TIME. Reading TIME saves time and adds to the efficiency of a marine. . . . We use the daily newspapers for local gosup, and TIME for personal information Louis ESTELL FAGAN...