How to Get a Government Job Through Civil Service
Advice for job seekers on securing federal civil-service positions. Explains examinations, filing, and eligibility. Notes waiting times, register of eligibles, and preference for veterans and spouses of disabled veterans. Gives practical tips and state and local merit systems context.
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Uncle Sam
United States Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
Civil Service Commission
Washington
California
Texas
Louisiana
Oregon
Tom Bean Boy Dies Of Injuries In Army Service
Jay E. Maddox 24 of Tom Bean died at Fort Benning Georgia from injuries suffered in a motor vehicle crash Saturday. He served in the eighty third field artillery as a truck driver. The funeral will be Thursday at 4 p.m. at the Tom Bean Baptist Church. He was born September 2 1916 and survived by his parents and two brothers.
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Tom
Maddox
Jack Maddox
Tom Bean
Henry
Chick) Maddox
Los Angeles
Calif
Congress Votes Profits Tax Measure
Congress quickly enacted a compromise excess profits tax bill targeting corporate profits at 25 to 50 percent and adding a 3.1 percent normal corporate income tax. The measure passed the House and Senate and heads to the White House, with projected revenue of about 500 million dollars the first year and roughly 1 billion annually thereafter.
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Washington
Congress
White House
House
Senate
No Red Tape in Texas for Refugee Children
Texas fronts no legal barriers for war refugee children. Attorney General Mann rules minors brought to Texas to escape war hazards are exempt from $1,000 bond posting in applicable cases. Opinion follows inquiry from Violet Greenhill, Child Welfare Division chief, about legal formalities.
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Austin
Europe
Texas
Mann
Violet S. Greenhill
Stores Robbery Ended When Operator Fights Back
In Shreveport Louisiana Mrs. A. M. Regan, a grocery operator, wrestled with an armed would be robber who shouted for cash. The pistol fired wounding the culprit in the hand. the man fled but was later arrested at his home. The girl claimed to be from Sherman Texas and the male accomplice was from Shreveport.
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Shreveport
A. M. Regan
Will T. Prudhomme
Sherman
Texas
Post Office Peeve Over Abbreviated State Names
A quip about post office errors from misread state abbreviations. Md and Ind, Pa and Va causing misdelivery. towns like Oxford and Washington cited in both states, with notes on how handwriting and abbreviations create confusion in mail routing.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Post Office
Maryland
Ind
Indiana
Cole
Calif
Miss
Minn
Oxford
Lucerne
Ludlow
Independence
Colo
Utica
Stanton
Christmas cards sale offers wide Sun selection
The Sun promotes Christmas cards with a large assortment. Prices range from 50 cents to 25 dollars per hundred for engraved high grade cards, with name printed options and a representative available to call.
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the Sun
Conversation Sparks About Dinner and Plans
A domestic exchange shows Mr and Mrs debating meal timing. The husband grumbles about waiting for dinner while the wife insists on ten minutes for her hair to be brushed before accompanying him out.
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Mrs
Wanted Ads and Auto Finance Offers in Local Issue
Want ads for sale or trade include fresh milch cow a good horse and stamp supplies from Sun office flowers. Auto loan offerings cover new and used cars with low rates and quick service from S H Montgomery Agency and Auto Finance Company led by F W Creager. additional listings note a Jersey cow and two cheap mares plus a Fordson tractor and a V 8 pickup from Manning and Meador Hardware and Farmall Tractors.
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Joe Johnson
S. H. Montgomery Agency
Manning and Meador
Anti-Trust Suit Filed Against Oil Firms
The Justice Department filed an anti trust suit in federal court against 22 major oil companies and the American Petroleum Institute to halt price fixing and restrict production. The action seeks an injunction and the dissolution of the institute to prevent disruption of defense programs. Potatoes to roast?
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Washington
Justice Department
Federal District Court
Comempanies
American Petroleum Institute
Institute
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By Lyle M. Spencer
Tom Bean Boy
United States
Stetson “Stratoliner
Big Brother
T. W. Ayres & Son
Carter
PEEVE
Sun Office
Haile
Sun
Star Credit Company
Grayson County State Bank
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager, Mgr
Kidans Company
Atlanta
Georgia
K. Wolens
Ernest Lilley
Denison, Texas
Act Today
Rte Cen Seines Id
Manning & Meador
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