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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1942
Page
3
The National Safety Council doubts that bans on new cars and tire rationing will reduce crashes. Sidney Williams cites five risk factors including older cars, worn tires, uneconomical spare parts, rising wartime transport, and blackouts. He warns against complacency and urges stronger safety efforts.
A free three month training program for applicants seeking supervisory ordnance inspector roles in the Cleveland ordnance district will be conducted at Case School of Applied Science. Led by Lieut. Col. H. M. Reedall, the course mirrors the training of about 20,000 civilian inspectors already in ordnance service. Successful candidates earn 28 dollars weekly during training and may be recommended for the civil service junior inspector post at 1,620 dollars annually after completion. Applicants 18 to 35 with college credit and a two year commitment may apply via U S Civil Service Commission branch offices in post offices.
The state civil service commission will hold examinations for seven positions in Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati and Toledo on January 29 and 30. Posts include nurse and orthopedic nurse at the bureau of unemployment compensation physical therapist and physical therapy supervisor at the department of public welfare social investigator at Hamilton County Tuberculosis hospital superintendent at Franklin County Memorial Building and physician at state hospitals. Applications and bulletins with full details are available at the county auditor and state commission offices. Deadline to file is January 23.
Army engineers at Camp Stewart Georgia unearthed cannon balls once used by General Kerman during the Civil War while digging for a span over the Pee Dee river at Cheraw South Carolina.
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