The Donaldsonville chief., 1919-12-27
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS,
Opportunities to Qualify for Federal
Government Positions.

1
The United States Civil Service
/ iC,onmission- announces that examlna-
| tions for the following positions IN
1.-The government service at New Or
leans will be held on the dates stated
Minor clerk, federal board for voca-
tionaI education, Jan. 10; stenog--
rapher and typewriter, Jan. 20 and
Feb. II; typist- qualified as billing
machine operator, army supply base,
Jan. 6; stockman, naval station, Dec.
so.
Applicants are desired for position
Lof railway mail clerk and the next
examination for this position in New
| Orleans is set for Jan. II.
| Other examinations are announced
as follows: Administrative assistant,
| chief clerk, administrative assistant,
property officer, administrative assis-
| tant, mess officer, administrative as
sistant. pharmacist, Jan. Fl, vacan-
Icies in the public health service
throughout the United States at
$1,000 to $500 a year, with quar-
ters, subsistence and laundry. APP
pointees whose services are satisfac-
tory may be allowed the temporary
increase granted by congress of $40
la month. Both men and women, it
qualified, may enter this examina-
ton, but appointing officers have the
legal right to specify the sex desired
in requesting certifcation of eligi-
bles. For these positions in sthe pub
lie health service male eligibles are
desired
Shipping commissioner, bureau of
navigation, Dec. so, $500.
For the following no written ex-
animation is required; the grade will
be determined by experience and like
considerations; applications may be
filed until date stated: Automatic
sprinkler inspector, Jan. 20, $1200;
gas Inspector, Jan. 20, $500 to
$500; laboratorian qualified in me-
tallography, Jan. IS, navy yard, Phil
|adelphia, $40 per diem; mechanical
engineer in experim entail work, Jan.
10, Naval Academy, Annapolis,
Maryland, S10.80 per diem; intern
ist,, Jan. 20, vacancies at St. Eliza
beth Hospital, Washington, D. c.,
S2500 to $4,000; ordnance engineer,
Jan. 13, $4,000 to $4,000; tank ex-
pert, Jan. IS, ordnance department
lat large, $780, warehouse super
visor, Jan. IS, $4,000 to $1,000.
Sugar sampler examination is an
|nounced for filling vacancies in the
customs service, New Orleans, Jan.
13.
1t is reported from Paris that
Georges CIemenceau, premier and
grand uld man of France, and the
foremost civilian figure in all Europe
during. and since the great war, will
be forced to accept the presidency Of
the French republic upon expiration
of the term of President Poincare.
Clemenceau, it is asserted, will de-
cline the honor; but his friends de-
clare that it will be thrust upon him
despite his objections.
John d. Rockefeller, the billion
are oil 1nagnate, has donated the
sum of S50,00O,0OO to the general
education board for the purpose of
raising the salaries of college pro-
fessorss throughout the United States.
He also donated s5O,o0O, 900 TO the.
Rockefeller foundation to combat.
disease, Both gifts were made as
Christmas presents.
application blanks and necessary
information concerning any of these
places to be filed may be secured
from the Civil Service Commission,
Washington, D. G., or from the Sec
retary, Tenth Civil Service District,
Customhouse, New Orleans, La.
Circulars may be seen at the office
of the Chief.
Pay your poll tax.