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Show Woman Mbyor Resigns CouncilmanX ussed Her Out Boss May Hire Secrtary After One -- Look at Her Beautiful Certificate Br RICHARD KLEINER - . NEA Staff Correspondent : NEW. YORtf fKEAV , Don't ever call a private secretary a stenographer, or vice, versJ Any elf -- respecting private secretary Would bfc Horribly . upset to be : work; say secretaries, is a highly- -, developed ;professi6,h.frhere's .a lot more? to it "than sneed in tyntag and skill in That being so, the' National Secretaries association is going to make the difference official. They're going to certify secretaries. Any girl who has the necand' passes a essary experience rt f iH Inns 4ot urilT Konm A a ' . Professional Secretary.- lap-situn- g. ! . - . carry an impressive collection of miuais Demna : ner. name, onen be "Janette Skidmrire, CPS." for initials example. The degree-typ- e will serve, two piirposes-they- Jl show prospective employers she's good, and thejc3l help build up Jier. ego, too. u just UKe "Certntea ac countants, explains Marion Mu- ' sante, the pretty president of NSA's New York cbapter.'except accountants are certified by the .state. With" as, the association will do the certifying. N ' . The first xam will be given in August, soe says. Any girl can . apply, providing she iff over 21 and meets the experience require ments. She must have four years of work, if she is a high' School graduate, seven if she didn't go to high school or three if she's , a college graduate. The test itself will be a affair.given in two days. It will be given hTmany cities across the country, although the exact dates and sites have; not yet been es , WDiisnea. . The 10,000 members of NSAMn 300 chapters, feel that the. certi fication process will help separate . thtt wheat from the stenographers And a man seeking a secretary will know; after one fitonce at her De - . 12-ho- - ' ur experienced 'and capable. It'll save them time, the girls feel. The exam is being prepared for the association by its Institute for Certifying Professional Secre taries, under the direction bf Dr. Irene Place of the University of PLAINVIEW, Minn... May .11 tated the council, she said, wa Mrs. .Bertha Timm . said her efforts to keep the Lakeside company from movinj Thursday ah resigned as mayor Canning to another town.. ' a councilman cussed her because which" CU.R keep , a desk between boss" and, Employe. Among the subjects wulj be shorthand, grammar, typing, spelling, composition, secretarial office .procedure, accounting business law and business Admin. "V istration. The toughest thing says Miss Musante, who is 'secretary to the president of ah advertising agency, will beM'secretary-typ- e peEsonality." She says that will play" a big par.t in the exam. PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, ..UTAH, MAY FRIDAY, Reserve Clause In Baseball To - - I m I ' . Sh5 said the mayor's duties did not include such things. Mrs. Timm, mother of five bogs, aged 8 to 23, was the first (woman mayor in Plainview his v . tory, ". She was elected 221 votes to 200 in November, 1949. She' said r intended being mayor, But was drafted" into running. "Once in,' however, I decided to do the best I could," she. said. "I worked hard and; despite dissension in thecouhcil. I think I got a lew things, done that have helped the community." council She said' the was "jealous" of her from the start. And they balked at every- -; thing she proposed just because she was a woman and outranked them. She said the cursing, incident climaxed a series" of disputes over civic administration and was f not solely related to the businesstbe- - . De "Not every girl can be a good secretary," she says, "even though She, is highly proficient in office worlt. It takes a certain type of personality to get along with people in an office." v With a twinkle in her eyes, she says that a good secretary. has to be able to keep her' boss on the ' . right track. "Men' see the long range things, she says, "but women have a much better mind for; de tails." Physical attractiveness won'f count toward certification.' The association feels that an ugly girl can be just as efficient as a pretty one., v . r Ha! - ' . . '- . 11 WASHINGTON,. May -- Y.t-sai- d -- U.R Retail food prices rose only slightly in the first two weeks of A'pril. The bureau, of Jabor statistics reported that overall rfood prices of one per rose, only cent during the period, according to an eight city survey. ,This put the bureau's retail food price index at 225.8 per cent of, the 1935-3- 9 base level. The bureau said prices - have remained : "relatively stable" in the last, two months. The index stood at 226. '.'The 'slight April rise was caused by price increases in canned anfresh fruits, vegetables and e.ggs. The increases more than offset, declines in .dairy products, . . pork and "fifth. r , Personal, Income Hits Annual Rate Of $241 Billion Iwo-tent- hs mid-Februa- ORDER SET ASIDE WASHINGTON,, May 1 1 (U.R) The District of Columbia court of (U- Nappeals today, set aside a govern WASHINGTON, May 11 Persona! income of Americans hit ah ' annual rate, of $24 1,300,- 000,000 in March. The commerce denar'tmpnt r- Dorted the Marrh rate va an in crease of $1,200,000,0(10 over Feb ry ruary, wage ana salary payments showed a $2,000,000,000 rise dur ine March, the. 13th month in a Titanium was' discovered by an row in which such iems rose. Michigan. English clergyman 'in 1791 and More than a third of th Marrh . It will embrace all field of named by, a German scientist increase was accounted for by in secretarial work, except how" to some years later. " creases in tne government civ- -. ment order that required the Idaho Power Co. to carry 'government power on two high voltage transmission lines from its hydroelectric project On the Snake river in south central Idaho. . . : off $200,000,000 from Febru-- J ary but still $1,100,000,000 jabdve the rate for all f last year. ex-ma- yor . '. $30-a-ye- situs? , . ing. Denies Aceuisation ."We were discussing' the emof a policeman,"y Mrs. V ' ployment "I,'"5.',Uj:v 4 ' I ... iTimm said "I hired a policeman ".. f " Z. on a temporary basis. The couik, - " . cil accused me of hiring him on ' ' , " permanent; basis. I denied this i and they accused me of making i false statements. RESCUE SURVIVORS Rescuers, braving strong waves on sUppery ."Then I was accused out, right was pilings off beach of Lake Michigan at Evanston. Ill, reach helping , in the cbuncilrmeeting, which hands to survivors of small Navy cra.lt that capsized during salvage open to the public." Mrs. Timm said she heard some operation. A Navy diver, on the lake, bottom, and three sailors drowned In the tragedy. They were trying to raise Navy jet plane of the words before,; iutj'never Vwi that crashed 350 yards off shore, drowning its pilot, f; V at a public, meeting.- - . She said they were unprintable. One of the incidents that irri !fll "; '' y- .1 " i :'f'-- ' -- Pet Rat Found Gnawing Face, Arms Of SevensMonth - Old Baby In Her Crib - Jackson . Memorial hospital where doctors administered a serum and placed her under pxygen. .Attendants said she was in serious condition 'but was expected to survive. "It looked, as if the rat .went all over her. face t and arms nibbling at her," Pa- -, tricia's father said. "She looked as if somebody had taken a. nail and hit her all " over with it." Mrs. Rowe was outside the MIAMI, Fla... May 11 (U.R) Mrs. ' Elizabeth Rowe rushed to'- - the crib of her screaming baby and found a large white rat which ,had been a household pet savagely gnawing the face and arms .of the girl. ; The mother snatched the eight-inc- h rodent from the baby's face and killed; it, but not before "little Patricia Lee had been' horribly bitten, The .child was taken to seven-month-o- ilian and military payroll, Farm income during March was at an annual rate of $18,700,000,-00- 0, -- The company, employs about 1200 persons in this village of 1525 population, was faced with a refuse disposal problem, she said. "I contacted .an engineer and he worked out an answer to the . said. problem," the JJLrt: Timm, who helps her husband, Clarence, run a combination bowling alley -- restaurant,, said she was glad to be rid of - went with the the bickering that' mayor's Job. ar "And I won't miss the salary, either," she said. all-ma- le . '. Prices Xevel Off in April she-neve- - . . Investigated WASHINGTON' May 11- (U.R- )me nouse monopolies subcommittee voted Thursday to Investi gate baseball a "reserve clause.1' The" reserve clause: in player contracts gives a baseball club an option on the player's service in the future after the contract, ex pires.. He cannot play elsewhere unless grSnted a .waiver. Chairman Emanuel Celler. D N. the committee investi gation also will cover ' profes sional football' and basketball, and possibly other sport,: He said the inquiry probably will .start early in June, after the subcommittee begins hearings on the defense mobilization program and ob concert bureatis. Celler said the subcommittee will investigate agreements be tween the two major leagues and minor, leagues in this country,. Mexico, Canada and Puerto Rico, He said they all respect --each other's reserve clauses. He said the New York circuit court of appeals ruled in the case MARION MUSANTE: "Women of Danny Gardella, "formerly of have a much better mind for the New .York Giants, that the reserve clause keeps players in details." . ''peonage." "The player is in enforced idle ness,' deprived of his livelihood clause if he does by the rese-not chose to sign another contract with the; same club, Celler said. - '' out n ' to-te-st, - 1951 11, " -- ld ; . ' talking with hoyse yesterdaywhen another a neighbor Char-maydaughter, sister" found. her baby on her back : in! '.the lying blood-soakcrib. "Mommy! Mommy! PaXri-eia- 's bleeding to death." Charmayne; screamed. flavid Rowe had taken the rat from ita had cage td play with it and - back. forgotten tctv put it- had alBut Mrs. Rowe said it tame" been "perfectly ways .and nobody knew why it suddenly turned vicious. " ne ed Two-year-o- ld MOTHER'S DAY SPECIAL! D0M7 WORRY ABOUT THEM! 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