Sugar House Bulletin | 1941-05-09 | Page 1 | Local News

sr. ioulS. Needs of munitions workers have led to the introduction of rren-spark shoes and other new types of safety shoes adapted to the use of workers in defense industries. Included among safety shoes ex-i ex-i hibited by St. Louis shoe manufac-! manufac-! turers at the recent sixth annual na-j na-j tional shoe fair in Chicago, the non- spark shoes are put together with brass nails and are so constructed it is said that workers in powder plants and oil fields may wear them without fear that they will throw sparks and perhaps cause fire. Another safety shoe geared to the needs of the day is the non-metallic j electrician's shoes v, hich may be I worn in electrified mines without, it I is claimed, trar:srr:if.ir.g current. I