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THSDU?Li:ntV3 noooooOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCCOCC; . - : ... , f 11 , f ' . f t ? . SELLING TOBACCO IN o o o o n N 1 y if.- o o o o () o o o o "World's Foremost Tobacco Confer ) O O. '3 3 O O o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o General Average for All Markets in Eastern North Carolina BriGht Belt (Government Figures) to October 1 ..... . . q It Will Pay You To Take Advantage Of The , J toc J PerlOOPoundsl .$41.0 6 O Farmer's Tobacco Already Sold Has Averaged Well Over the $ 41.00 Ceiling. 2 I ODacCO W Hi DC ooiu yjii uuy rii 1 ivai is profitable: duohness Average For Week Ending- October 7th.- fl2 J Lj Better Prices Being Paid In Kinston Daily! Your o o do o d o od d o 6 o oooooooooo o o o op oo ouoooooooooooooo boooooooooooooooodoooooooooooooooooooooooco Open Competitive Examination . FOB THE POSITION OF: CLERK Office of Price Administration and War Manpower Commission. SALARIES range from $900 to $1440 A YEAR, Plus Overtime Pay OVERTIME PAY: The standard Federal work-week of 48 hours in clude! 8 hours of overtime. For the position described in this Re cruiting Circular, the increase in compensation for overtime am ounts on an annual basis to $300 except that the amount of over time pay must not exceed 25 per . cent of the dosic salary. ' For duty at O.P.A Rationing Boards, and War Manpower Com mission, Selective Service Boards in the state of North Carolina. DUTIES: Under immediate sup ervision to perform simple, rou tina clerical work of a general or miscellaneous character, and to perform related work as assigned. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: rVnnnntitnr will hp rated On the basis of a general clerical test on a scale oi xuu. ixwo sampie ques- tions axe available.) About 1 1-2 hours will be required for this ex amination. Competitors who fail to qualify in the assembled examination for the higher salar ied positions may be rated eligible for lower salaried positions. Ap plicants will be notified when to report lor me exuiuuinu. CITIZENSHIP, AGE AND PHY SICAL REQUIREMENTS: 1. Applicants must be citizens oi or owe allegiance to the United States. Foreign-born must fur nish proof of citizenship. 2. Applicants must have reached their I6th birthday. 3. Applicants must be physically capable of perfo.ming the duties of the position and be free from such defects or diseases as would constitute employment hazards to themselves or would endanger their fellow employees at others. Persons with physical handicaps which they believe will not pre- icfartn-v Derform- V tilt U1CH - v.-. ance of the duties of this position . -- 1 . . TVio Httor- are invuea io apyj. . mination as to whether an appoin tee meets the physical require- ments lor uie i to be filled will be the responsibil ity of the appointing officer. GENERAL INFORMATION: 1 In appointments in tne execu tive branch of the Government, 'veterans preference is granted to j:..u.. mpmnprs oi nonoraoiy u.s.-- -- the armea iorces ui States, including members of the Women's Reserves of the V. b. wa vy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard; members of the Women s Army Corps created by Public Law 110, approved July 1, 1943. The widows of honorably dischar ged deceased veterans, and wives of certain honorably discharged disabled veterans are also entitled to consideration for preference benefits. 2. The agency requesting lists of eligibles has the legal right to specify the sex desired. 3. Appointments will be known as War Service appointments. Such appointments generally will be for the duration of the war and in no ca; a wiii extt-ud liioro than 6 months beyond the end of the war. brought to Justice after he had forged and cashed six different checks, using social security cards in each instance as identification. Another report says that a group of five boys used this precarious method of securing money. They obtained checks, in various ways, and used their own social security cards as identification. , The fact that these boys landed in jail was of little solance to the banks and the merchants who cashed their checks, for it was the payer in each case who was left to bear the loss. 1 'nkl RAGLAN SHOULDER $17.95 - $22.50 Double-breasted Coat, Navy inspired (12-20 Size) THE CHESTERFIELD Tailored perfectly enough for your most business-like duties-yet with a "dress-up" touch in the velvet collar. Needle point - Camel, Tweed.-Wide select" Ion of Colors and Sizes. V Two-piece Misses Silk Dresses The Newest Material as Low as $9.95 Jacob Tlurvitz v. "Outfitter For The Whole Family" Wallace A . . 4. Preference will be given in certification to eligibles residing in the area to be served by the estabiiaiunent in which the va cancy occurs. 5. Vacancies in similar positions may be filled, as they occur, from eligibles secu.ed as a result of this examination. Applicants should state in their applications the lowest salay they are willing to accept. . 6. All salaries are subject to a 5 per cent deduction for retire ment purposes. 7. Appointments in the Federal service are made in accordance with W;ir Manpower Commission policies, directives, regulations, and employment stabilization plans. This means generally that persons employed in certain activities or occupations may De required to obtain statements of availability from their employers or from the United States Employ ment Service before they can be appointed. An offer of Federal appointments will be accompanied by instructions as to what steps the person must take to secure necessary clearance. Statements of availability should not be se cured until an offer- of appoint ment is received. Applications are not desired from persons al ready using their highest skills in war work or from persons em ployed in critical positions in es sential activities. HOW TO APPLY 1. Applicants must file the forms and material listed below, all pro perly executed with the Director, Fourth United States Civil Ser vice Region, Nissen Building, Winston-Salem 3, North Carolina. a. Application uara rorm suuu ABC. b. Form 14 with the evidence it calls for, if applicants desire to claim preference because of mili tary or naval service, or as th wife or widow of an enlisted man or veteran. 2. The necessary forms may be obtained from: a. Regional Director, Fourth United States Civil Service Reg ion, Nissen Building, Winston-Salem 3, North Carolina; or b. Secretary, Board of United States Civil Service Examiners at the local Post Office. If there is no Board of Examiners, forms may be obtained from the Post master. THE EXACT TITLE OF THE EXAMINATION, AS GIVEN AT THE HEAD OF THIS ANNOUN CEMENT, SHOULD BE STATED IN THE APPLICATION FORM. to include that report number Every new member of an In dustrial plant or commercial concern should make sure that his employer has seen his social security account card and has made a note or the social security number shown thereon. Men and women who ar employed in can ning factories during thecannlng season and work for part of the year on farm;young people holding their jobs in business or industry and in fact nevery one who has a job that is covered under the so cial security act has a right to expect that the wages they have earned during the past three month will be included in their employers next quarterly payroll report to the government. But unless the employer knows the social security number of each emDlovee.he will not be aoie to in his The law requires that each employer who is subject to the social security act,shall make m quarterly payroll tax return to the federal government The report for the third quarter of 1943 must be mailed to the bureau revenue on or before the last day of Oct. This tax return or wage report will give the name, the social security account number and the amount of wages ' paid to each employee during the preceding quarter-that Is. July. AueuBt and September. The Information given by the em ployer in his report is transmitted to the social security board and is used by that agency in setting up its wage record system, Mr. A vera, manager of the Wilmington office of the social security Doaro, explained. He also said that acc uracy is the most Important be cause benefits payable, later on to the worker or to his survivor are based upon the wage record that is kept for the worker by the social security board. Modest men of merit have no chance in competition with modern know-all and tell-all types. VPB LsichsslJatfensI PULFuGQD Driva . Aamt tkof I WASHINGTON, D. ClUit" M. Dear, Chairman tithe New aper Polpwoed Committee, tt ports to Donald Nelson, WPB Chair sunen the plans for an Intensive press campaign to Increase Um prod action of pulpwood, Following the patten of last yenrt i Na tional Scrap Drive, more than L900 weekly ewsptpen win be uked to cooperate la the orgulsatlosi of local committed la SI pulpweod prodaemf states. Social Security Cards Nil as Identification Officials of the Social Security Board today issued a warning to banks, stores, and other business concerns who have occasion to cash checks for the public, regerd ing the acceptance of social sec urity cards as personal identifica tion. It has been learned that in various cities, throughout the country, blank checks which were stolen from business houses have been filled out and cashed, on the strength of a social security card as Identification. , One thief was Oi Milininiw i y - ; . , . .. .,; . i ,. rrr : : ) " I- C - - J .. - 'life 1 ) 7 Each PJayor Do 'Hio-tjuCJo UGGD Jf The Wsi'Bonds yon bay now will buy yoa the best of everything la post-war years. PT roar share Of taxes trfedlvVbe- ' onnae onr country needs the mon- ' oy they provide to win the war :. Faithfully obterve rationing roles, to conserve material affected by shortage. Cooperate with our Government's price and wage atablisatlon pro- rmuti mma yon help local business and industry keep prices down! , : ' In basketball a team tt as strong as Its weaket irUyer, ' In war a nation depends on Its people for teamwork which makes eh of us a vital player. " Take the danger ' of a rising cost of living'. YOU stave It off by putting every cent yon can In War Stamps - War Bonds by" baying only what you tneedt bnt permit yourself to squander dollars demanding conwamyr! goods for which there are no materials to pare, and YOU become a direct Ofause of rising prices which can make the nation's conpmy rock, : Think before yon make your next purchase make this your buy-word ; P "1 kit 'mm4kimJL
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