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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1940
Page
5
H C Crews heads Bluefield mill work firm at 12 Bluefield Avenue expanding after May opening. The plant makes cabinets window and door frames stair work mantles with modern equipment and a skilled crew. Crews brings decades of experience and offers cement cinderblocks plaster sand lime and related building materials.
Federal Judge grants permanent injunction against Alta Hosiery mill Terra Alta for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act. The company allegedly paid 40 cents per hour to 20 workers, failed to pay overtime, kept inadequate wage records, and shipped interstate goods in violation of the act. Beverly R. Worrell, regional attorney, announced the ruling.
The Little French Beauty Academy in the Coal and Coke Building Bluefield West Virginia opens a new cosmetic department staffed by state licensed cosmetologists led by Hazel Somers Mathews. The display features exclusive Beauty shop lines trial sizes at 25 cents and a Christmas gifts range from 25 cents to $5.00.
D. E. Templeton of Jefferson Standard Life Insurance advocates a college education as the best gift for a boy. He argues education sharpens the mind and raises earning potential, noting only 23 of 1 000 boys graduate due to lack of funds and urging parents to support higher learning.
The advertorial urges readers to investigate the Jefferson Standard Educator Plan claiming it guarantees funds are ready when a son is ready for college, highlighting the plan as a financial tool for education funding.
London reports the War Office issued its 100th casualty list, totaling 55 363 British Army losses. Names detail prisoners 32 219 killed in action 4 749 wounded 15 225 missing 1 502 and died 1 668.
War Secretary Anthony Eden announced that 44,000 British soldiers had been taken or were missing. The latest list shows 960 prisoners, 38 killed, 39 wounded, and 45 additional casualties.
Charleston December 2. No fires were reported last week keeping the statewide fall season total at 391 fires ending this period. State Forester Dan B. Griffin called it the first fire free week in the official season in 10 years.
The Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce along with Mayors Snyder and Creasy welcome new residents to the twin cities Bluefield West Virginia and Bluefield Virginia. The newcomers include Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Goble from Huntsville Alabama, Mrs. M. E. King from Farmville Virginia, Mrs. F. G. Taylor from Oakwood Virginia, Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Lucas from Charleston West Virginia, and Rev. and Mrs. E. A. Shugart from Wytheville Virginia.
Ed Shumate of Shumate Radio Service touts the Philco 788-T eight band long range receiver with round the world reception. The 11-tube superheterodyne promises easy short wave tuning and worldwide broadcasts, alongside Westinghouse appliances and other electronics at the Bland street store.
In Moundsville West Virginia three former caddies Orville Ray Gene Ray and Howard Falkner were held for grand jury action on charges of conspiring to assault Ralph Mercer golf pro at the Moundsville Country club The ages of the Ray brothers are 19 and 20 and Falkner is 17 An amateur boxer the trio faces imminent legal proceedings Also a separate note reports that thirty eight thousand people use England indoor ice skating rinks each winter in normal times.
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