One Million Homes Planned For 1948 Declared
J C Borden president of Citizens' Coal and Supply argues 1948 should see one million homes. He outlines factors for success, contrasts private and public housing, and questions who should pay who should receive homes and whether one or two homes are needed. He warns government housing could reduce private construction and raise costs.
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J. C. Borden
Citizens'Coal and Supply Company
Bluefield Avenue
Pearls Street
Borden
Seouch
Taft-Ellender-Wagner
New Automatic Warm Air Register Introduced
The Plumbing and Heating Industries Bureau announces a new automatic warm air register for heating systems. It opens and closes based on room heat needs. After four screws attach to the stackhead, a dial sets room temperature from 65 to 82 degrees.
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Plumbing and Heating Industries Bureau
Your Telephone Is Indispensable In Modern Life
The piece extols the telephone as a vital tool in commerce, transportation, and daily life. It highlights round the clock service by Bluefield Telephone and notes its role in sickness or emergencies as well as personal connections and social obligations.
Materials Shortages Curtail Production
Production of plumbing and heating equipment could rise from 30 to 50 percent if manufacturers can obtain the required steel and iron. Representative manufacturers reported in response to a query from Domestic Engineering. Plumbing and heating equipment is essential to health. manufacturers call for adequate allocation of iron and steel to these industries.
Glazed Vitreous China Lavatories Hit High Heat
Varied clays form modern vitreous china lavatories fired at intense heat to yield glossy hard surfaces resistant to acids.
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China
One Lighting Fixture Is Made To Function For Several Jobs
A GE farm lighting tip shows a portable two lamp fluorescent fixture on chains with an extension cord. It moves between farm buildings, suspends above workbenches, and can be used over a sewing area or laundry when not in use.
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General Electric
Goodykoontz Drug Store at Bland and South streets
Goodykoontz Drug Store on Bland and South streets offers complete drug services with a trained pharmacist, patent medicines, sundries, baby supplies, first aid items, cosmetics, stationery, magazines, tobacco, and a popular fountain service frequented by both young people and adults.
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Goodykoontz Drug Store
Bland
South Streets
Goodykoontz
Timber workers strike links in three states demand raise
Linking timber workers in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Maryland, they won a wage raise demand but refused to return to work until customers of the firms paid 20 percent more for timber.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Decorative kitchen fixtures flood market postwar surplus
Thornhill Tinning and Plumbing reports freed from wartime shortages as chromium plated brass goods return to prewar quality. Faucets showers strainers and waste controls available now with replacements for war time substitutes. Owners urged to update old china handles with metal for safety and durability.
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Thornhill Tinning and Plumbing Company
Bluefield Avenue
Origin and control of rats in early America
The origin of rats remains uncertain but they are believed to have been brought to the United States on trading ships in the sixteenth century. Authorities advise reducing rat presence in homes by protecting garbage with galvanized steel cans and rat proof covers.
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United States
Warlick Kitchens Offer Modern Efficient Design
Warlick promises a modern kitchen with white wall and floor cabinets plenty of storage and large working surfaces. A kitchen aider with one piece top expands work space while better range and refrigerator positions improve organization and ease of use. Cleanup is easier with gleaming white enamel surfaces and fewer crevices.
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Warlick Purniture
Warlick
Franklin Dairy Store Popular Visit Franklin Dairy Ice Cream Parlor
Franklin Dairy Store at 200 Princeton Avenue offers Furnas ice cream in vanilla chocolate and strawberry flavors. Friends gather for a cool malted drink or dish of ice cream in a relaxing setting and options to take ice cream home.
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Franklin Dairy
Princeton Avenue
Frank‘s
Franklin’s
Met Egest Et
Enjoy Better Living With Radiant Sunny Warmth booklet
A new free booklet titled Enjoy Better Living With Radiant Sunny Warmth outlines invisible heating methods using baseboards around room perimeters and other radiant heating developments. Available from The Institute of Boiler and Radiator Manufacturers at 60 East 34th Street, New York 17, New York.
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Institute of Boiler and Radiator Manufacturers
East Ae. Street
New York
Newark
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Bluefield Supply Co
Bowling League
Law & Commerce Bldg
Mercer County
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Falls City Beer
J. G. Hunt Distributing Company
Bluefield Ave
UTT
Refrigeration Co., Inc
P. O. Box
Bluefield, W. VA
Forest City
Tye BY
Adam
Angrist Men's Shop
College Ave
Bluefield
Mercer Coal CO
Franklin Dairy Store
Princeton Ave
Home Office Supply Company
Commerce Street
Bluefield Telephone
Welch
Beckiey
Your Water Company
West Virginia Water Service Co
West Virginia Business College
Ene Aah
Appalachian
Seba
Rey M
Yew XO
Austin’s
College Avenue
Bluefield Cleaners
Bluefield, Va
Insulating Co., Inc
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Beresford Realty CO
Coal and Coke Building
Virginia
Tri-City Traction Company
Citizens Lag Ptc .E
Carter Floor Sanding and Tile Co
Dial
Platwick
Bluefield Telephone Co
EASLT
Gallion Electric
Thornhill Tinning & Plumbing Company
A. J. Martin
Optometrist
Coa and Coke
Nat'l Bank Bldg
Jimmy
Norfolk & Western
RADIO
Radio Phonograph
Bluefield Hardware GO
Bluefield, West Virginia
Tire & Tread Company
Raleigh St
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance CO
D. E. Templeton
L. & C. Building
H. CG. Grews Mill - Work CO
Crawford
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