First Woman Named U S Employment Service Manager in West Virginia
Mrs. Helen B. Atkins, manager of the Bluefield USES office at 701 Commerce street, is the first woman named manager of a USES office in the state. She began work in 1933, became interviewer in 1935, and was promoted to manager on February 1, 1943. She notes the service offers job counselling, veteran and handicapped services, and labor market information to aid workers and employers.
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Helen B. Atkins
Bluefield
United States Employment Service
Commerce Street
West Virginia
Atkins
WMC
Williamson
Beaver High School
Bluefield Business College
National
Ager
Navy
Pacific War Theater
Philippine Sea Frontier
International Association of Public Employment Service Workers
Young Woman's Club
United States Employment War Manpower Commission Service
W. Va
Pearl Harbor
War Plant Now Located St. Clair War Plant
Hardwood Products Inc. began as Home Construction Co. in Virginia in 1942 and renamed in 1943. It produced 212,763 pallets for the Army and Navy from 1942 to 1944, built a saw mill, and in 1944 secured a contract for 2,400,000 pins, scaling to about 1,000,000 pins monthly. The St. Clair plant covers 25,000 sq ft on 40 acres with 125 workers on two shifts, relying on War Manpower assistance for labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardwoods Products, Inc
Virginia
Home Construction Co
Hardwood Products, Inc
Army
Navy
United States
St. Clair
Veterans with 125 points visit USES offices
Two war veterans discharged under the Army points system visited the United States Employment Service office for consultation with Joe E. Walthall. Corporal Ralph W. Akers and Set. Walter R. Burnop each had 125 points, with extensive combat service and multiple decorations including Silver Star and Purple Heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
United States Employment Service Office
Joe E. Walthall
Ralph W. Akers
Knob Street
Princeton
New River- Pocahonta Coal Company
Air Force
Pearl Harbor
Walter R. Burnop
Route 1
Bluefield
Tunisia
Man versus nature and a covert voyage tale
Report contrasts man made pumps with trees lifting water to 300 feet high. It notes Admiral Chester W. Nimitz traveled to Pearl Harbor incognito as Mr Wainwright in civilian clothes to evade Japanese agents seeking his secret reports.
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Chester W. Nimitz
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Mr. Wainwright
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Mrs. Atkins
Palets
U. S
War Manpower Commission
Welatub
Dante
Florence
Scala
Verona
Man VS. Nature
Bluefield Hardware Co
United States Employment Service (War Manpower Commission
United States Employment Office
Bluefield, W. VA
Office OF the
Coal & Coke Co
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