State Manpower Chief Urges Full Production in WV
Andrew Edmiston WV state manpower director appeals to all workers to keep up full production until Japan is defeated. He cites 13 000 workers with 2 500 more needed in key industries and predicts months of continued demand after V J Day. He outlines three goals: sustain war production, prevent unemployment, and support national transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Andrew Edmiston
West Virginia
J. Day
WMC
New Industry Opens in Bluefield Virginia Textile Plant
Mansure Textiles Incorporated opened a new plant in Bluefield Virginia in January 1945 with two workers. The facility now runs two shifts employing 15 people as machinery — once installed — will boost production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansure Textiles, Incorporated
Bluefield
Virginia
Area Director Praises Support for War Manpower Program
War Manpower Commission Area Director Mrs Helen K Turner of Beckley commends workers and employers in Bluefield and nearby for their cooperation with employment stabilization rules. The Bluefield USES office credits voluntary labor and management support for a strong wartime record in Southern West Virginia's coal region.
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Bluefield
United States Employment Service
Helen K. Turner
Beckley
War Manpower Commission
West Virginia
Turner
WMC Area TV
Fayette
Boone
Raleigh
Wyoming
Summers
Greenbrier
Monroe
Pocahontas
Mercer
Mingo
McDowell
Logan
Hinton
Oak Hill
Lewisburg
Welch
Williamson
Furniture trimmings plant plans 175 new hires in Bluefield
The firm, a maker of upholstery trimmings and fringes, aims to expand to 175 workers, with most positions filled by women. It operates three plants including Bluefield Virginia, Chicago, and Philadelphia, and hires through the Bluefield U S Employment Service office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bates Manufacturing Company
Lewistown
Maine
E. L. Mansure Company
Chicago
Philadelphia
C. F. Arnold
Bluefield
Virginia
Record: Blue Field Office places 13,144 workers since Pearl Harbor
The Blue Field office of the United States Employment Service reports 13,144 total placements in 3 1/2 years since Pearl Harbor. Local industries received 8,444 placements, mostly in coal mining, while 4,700 went to other areas, many to states. In early 1944 the pace nears a new record. 1944 totals show 1,132 locally and 961 out of state in four months. Also notes marsh buggies, originally for bayous, now refined to float and cross deserts and swamps.
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Maryland
West Virginia
North Carolina
District of Columbia
NYA
Turner
State Budget Department
Charleston
State Department of Unemployment Compensation
West Virginia Employment Service
Mannington
Greenbrier College
Lewisburg
New River State College
New River Tech
Montgomery
Bluefield
United States Employment Service
Pearl Harbor
Helen B. Atkins
Bayous
Louisiana
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Edmiston
State Management Labor Committee
Commerce Street
Bluefield, W. Va
Frank
Bluefield Avenue
United States
Ter
Mason & Hanger Co
Radford Ordnance Works
Radford, Virginia
Chamber OF Commerce Office
Princeton, W. Va
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