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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1917
Page
7
Civil service examinations will be offered in September across a wide range of subjects from bookkeeper to inspector and from electrical and mechanical aid to child welfare. Some lines have open dates, while others list fixed dates such as September 11 and September 18 for various engineering, clerical, and technical roles.
The Texas Senate refused to confirm W. G. Love of Houston and John Wardoof Temple as UT Board of Regents. New appointees will be sent by Acting Governor Hobby for confirmation next Thursday. The body also weighed Dr. A W Fly of Galveston and multiple vacation appointments including Gov Ferguson’s Highway Commission. Judge King’s eligibility sparked a clash between legal opinions before confirmation of other governor appointments. Colonel George W. Brackenridge was confirmed as a regent.
Washington Aug 29 Enlisted men of the national army national guard and regular army will be given every opportunity to fit themselves for commissions This follows a government policy to take no more officers or officer candidates from civil life after the fetony training camps are completed Additional officers will be found from the ranks A plan to establish an officers school at each divisional training camp is nearly decided Rank men who show special qualifications will be sent there with French and British officers on duty as advisers for lecture courses
The Schwartzkopf torpedo Works foundry in Berlin was destroyed by fire on Sunday. Reports suggest a substantial loss of life may have occurred.
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