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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1940
Page
10
The article argues toys should advance a child’s development, balancing challenge with accessibility. From babies learning control with rattles to two year olds using large blocks and push pull toys, emphasis rests on washable, safe materials and age appropriate design. It also notes early books favor small pictures and plays like bath time and kitchen pretend offer growth, ending with a line about the global wheat crop.
Repairs have been made on the motor for the public square drinking fountain. Water output is 100 gallons hourly, 2400 daily, 876000 yearly, totaling 2,628,000 in three years. Minor storm damage reported. telegraph poles down and light snow. Local residents and visitors include Lan Frost, Richard Jones, June Elliott Concert Company, Albert Hill, Dr. McNabb, Morton Barber, John De Schipper, Lindley D Clark, Harold Phelps, Mrs. Walter Addison, and Barbara Addison.
The Civil Service Commission invites applications for six positions with salaries from 1260 to 2300 dollars a year and a 3.14 percent retirement deduction. Posts include transportation tariff examiner with required tariff experience and a horizontal sorting machine operator with three months of work, plus a senior bookkeeping machine operator. Applications from the East Coast must be filed by December 31 and from Colorado and Westward by January 3, 1941, at the Washington office.
A Raleigh North Carolina jury failed to reach a verdict after one juror became trapped in a wash room. After two hours the judge ordered the door removed to free the juror.
The U S Civil Service Commission seeks multilith camera and platemaker operators blueprint and photo stat staff and photographers with experience. Positions offer salaries from 1 260 to 2 000 a year plus 31 retirement deduction for posts in Washington and ordnance and naval establishments nationwide including Hawaii. Immediate openings require trades experience and apprenticeship credits.
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