Maiden Form Brassiere Co. aims for expansion after war
Maiden Form Brassiere Co Inc reports rapid growth since opening in Princeton West Virginia in 1943 with over 200 employees mostly young women. Manager Sam Lauffer cites Employment Service screening and employee welfare programs as keys to success and plans to expand once peace returns.
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Princeton
W. Va
Brassiere Co., Inc
United States Employment Service
Sam Lauffer
Sam Laufer
Relatives in Service Highlight Bluefield Employment Office Staff
Bluefield U S Employment Service staff are noted for many relatives in the armed forces. Manager Mrs Helen B Atkins has a son in the South Pacific for two years, Joe E Walthall has two sons and thirteen nephews serving, Miss Hattie Spangler has three brothers and two nephews, and Miss Lucille Bailey has one nephew in service. Mrs Lillie B Akers hopes the war ends soon as her husband Marker Akers served 32 months with the Seabees and has now returned home honorably discharged.
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Bluefield U. S. Employment Service
Armed Services
Helen B. Atkins
South Pacific
Joe E. Walthall
Hattie Spangler
Lucille Bailey
Lillie B. Akers
Marker Akers
Seabees
War years tone urged to win peace and empower women
A speaker frames postwar aims as long term economic work and asks women to seek good positions. He promises clean, steady jobs with recreation, fair wages, and strong futures under a broad effort to prepare for peace after defeat of Japan.
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Japan
Lauffer
Princeton Firm Seeks Education Backed Applicants from Across States
A Princeton employer announces itself among the largest industries of its kind in the country and invites girls from other communities with a high school education to apply through the United States Employment office at 701 Commerce street, Bluefield, West Virginia. The company plans to stay in Princeton for many more years.
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Princeton
United States
Commerce Street
Bluefield
W. Va
West Virginia
Laufer
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Sunset News
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United States Employment Service Office
Maiden Form Brassiere Company
Wood Processing CO
Bluefield, W. VA
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Consolidated
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