States review civil service amid merit system moves
Across the nation states debate merit system changes with Massachusetts reorganizing its civil service and Arkansas repealing its 1937 merit framework. Other states report reforms or rejections, including Alabama setting up a three member board, Michigan removing jobs from civil service, and Connecticut weighing constitutional amendments.
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Gary
Tennessee
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Fish and Game Department
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New York Bans Advocates of Violent Democracy in Civil Service
York signs bill excluding from civil service and public schools anyone who advocates violent overthrow of democracy. He also approves a ban on uniforms resembling official foreign forces, calling it a guard against division along racial lines. Forty Illinois bills seek civil service changes for highway police and large state agencies.
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Civil Service Act
Civil Service Commis
Popular Heroes and Statesmen Outlined in Handle
A fragmentary note describes popular figures sketched and sawn from the interior of a handle, indicating a folk or craftwork motif. The text presents an odd, meditative scene with unnamed voices and symbolic carving.
Daily Cross Word Puzzle Across and Down Clues
Puzzle clues list across and down for a 1959 King Features Syndicate crossword. Includes multiple theme entries and standard crossword structure with definitions and word lengths. Copyright notice credits King Features Syndicate and Lee.
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Daily Cross
King Features Syndicate
Lee
Negro Injured in Hit and Run Near Bee Line Highway
Alex Turner, a Black man from Priceville, was badly hurt Saturday night when struck by a hit and run driver on the Bee Line highway about a mile and a half south of town. His foot was crushed and amputation may be needed. State patrol issued a state wide alarm to locate the car's driver. Turner worked on the Weinman farm.
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Bee Line
Here
Iner
State Highway Patrol
Turner
Priceville
Weinman
Death rate up in Chicago April traffic deaths rise
America's traffic safety record slipped in April due to carelessness by drivers and pedestrians on rural highways. The April death total reached 2,210, down from 2,250 in April 1938, reducing the 17 month trend from a 9 percent improvement to about 2 percent.
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Chicago
America
National Safety Council
Man Held After Son is Found Deceased in D C
Lancaster, D C May 29 A 23 year old cotton mill worker Neal Brown was jailed charged with decapitating his six months old son with a butcher knife A coroner said Brown admitted the killing and expressed a desire to repeat it if he could do it again His 17 year old wife reported he returned home drunk threatened her and an assault on the baby led to the fatal scene at Grice Collins residence Police found the infant head severed beside the weapon The coroner ordered Brown held without bond for the grand jury of general sessions court
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Lancaster
D. C
Neal Brown
F. L. Blackmon
Brown
Sin
H .A. Montgomery
Noah
Grice Collins
Visual Education Program Shown to Be Successful
The city schools visual education program has earned marked success this year with films on travel industry health English history and science. Most subjects were loaned free and films entertained while educating. sound equipment also serves as a public address system for football games and school events.
Local Player Caudill Signs With Opelika Team
Emory Red Caudill will play for the Pepperell team in Opelika this summer and report Tuesday night. A Decatur High School graduate of 1936, he is a catcher who played varsity at Auburn this year and quarterback in high school. The Blue Devil also starred on the local baseball squad last summer and joined Auburn’s A club. He is the son of Mr and Mrs S. E. Caudill.
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Emory
8S. E. Caudill
Police seek pool burglary suspect at Crystal Plunge
Chief W. P. Moore announced officers hunt a burglar who broke into the Crystal Plunge pool commissary Saturday night and stole chewing gum candy and pennies. No clues were left by the intruder. Use Want Ads for buying selling and swapping.
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W. P. Moore
Crystal Plunge Pool
Classified Ads Advertised by Housewife in City Page
The note promotes local classified ads as the house wife's advertising medium with a phone number to call and ask for the Ad Taker. It emphasizes contacting via telephone for placing ads.
Presbyterian general assembly faces multiple issues at Montreat
The 79th general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States met at Montreat North Carolina on May 29 to await committee reports on bills and overtures and prepare to tackle a range of church matters.
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Montreat
N. C
79Th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church In the
United States
Honor Roll Publicized at Gordon-Bibb School
The Gordon-Bibb School ninth month honor roll is announced listing students across senior and junior grades. Names include Sarah Terry Laurette Lavelle Annette Scoggins June Johnson Barbara Langley and many others across first through sixth grades under various teachers.
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Gordon-Bibb
Hagerman
Mrs. Givens
Mitzi Ann Powell
F. W. Sharp
Shirley Ann Jacobs
Marian Y. Chandler
Eugene Town
Robert Charles Hill
James L. Abbott
Irving Golden
William Royer
Raymond Aday
Billy D. Lamon
K. Joe Mitchell
Rena M. McDaniel
James Edward Whittle
Miss Lee
Clarence Aday
Lewis Bethany
Wilbur Lee Couch
Marion Lee Counts
Tommy Fitzpatrick
Sonny Houser
Billy Manly
Eugene Teague
Edna Boyd Conner
Ann Givens
Martha Gean Higdon
Gwendolyn Jones
Betty Pay Julian
Charlotte Langley
Joan Phelps
Louise Self
Darsia Lee Wiggins
Miss Maner
Bobby Archibald
Dan Crane
Charles Henry Davidson
Glynn Halbrooks
Bobby Hartselle
Charles Baxter Howell
Forrest Pate
Clifford Strother
Barbara Curtis
Ruth Sneed
Mary
Allen Spencer
Clem
J. P. Cain
Thomas Glen Counts
Paul Eubanks
John Eyster
Jimmie Forbes
Allen Jones
Charles Jones
Karl Mittwede
Byron Thomas
Martha Abbott
Willodyne Campbell
Bonnie Cantrell
Dean Hargrove
Joann Harrison
Mary Ann Rountree
Marjorie Scroggins
Lois Town
Miss Winton
Delores Street
Cornelius
Margaret Ann Brooks
Lile
John Hamilton
Yvonne the best puffer at party
Yvonne, the next to last of the Dionne quintuplets, outblown her sisters at their fifth birthday party in Callender Ontario. She blew out four candles on her cake while Marie Emilie Cecile also received individual cakes and candles. Marie and Emilie each puffed three and Cecile two.
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Callender
Ont
Yvonne
Marie
Emilie
Cecile
Pendergast Begins Team Behind Bars in Tax Case
Tom Pendergast Kansas City political boss starts a 15 month sentence in Leavenworth after pleading guilty to income tax evasion on 443 550 reported for 1935 and 1936. He received 15000 of the total for influence in Missouri fire insurance rate case settlement. R Emmett O Malley, former state insurance superintendent, to serve a year and a day for income tax evasion on 62 500 paid him in the deal.
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Leavenworth
Kas
Tom Pendergast
Kansas City
Missouri
R. Emmett O'Malley
Vacation Church School Enrollment Opens Strong
The Church of God hosts a two week vacation church school with 8 30 to 10 30 a m sessions and a large enrollment. Rev R B Conner says a good grade of work benefits church and community. Ages 4 to 14 are invited and a final picnic is planned for daily attendees.
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Church of God
R. B. Conner
Limestone County Fair Dates Set by Chamber of Commerce
The Limestone County Fair is officially scheduled for October 4 to 8. R C Martin, secretary, has begun arranging and preparing the catalogue. The chamber of commerce will sponsor the event with agricultural exhibits as the keynote.
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Limestone County
R. C. Martin
Chamber of Commerce
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