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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1948
Page
6
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas reports for the week ending August 28 a seven percent decline from two years earlier in San Antonio department store scales. Houston shows a 26 percent gain, Ft Worth up two percent, while Dallas did not report.
The Fire and Police Civil Service Commission announced the first exams under the new civil service law to fill three sergeant posts and one lieutenant post. Eligible applicants must have two years in the next lower grade. Vacancies for inspector of police and inspector of detectives won't be filled now.
Paris reports Premier designate Robert Schuman abandoned efforts to form a government after four days of talks. De Gaulle followers push for elections, hoping his rightists gain a majority if Parliament rejects a new government. President Auriol turns to Edouard Herriot as possible premier choice despite age.
A Gregg county grand jury letter to state superintendent L A Woods condemns the handling of school funds as unbusinesslike. It cites investigations of irregularities by Gregg county school superintendent Mrs Bertha D Allen linked to the national school lunch program and alleges a legal fund in one common school district.
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