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Show l One case of infantile paralysis . was reported from Salt Lake ( county and one case of tularemia from Uintah county. Two cases , of Rock Mauntain spotted fever , were reported; one from Summit county and one from Uintah county- The State Board of Health is . receiving a great many queries , concerning Rocky Mountain spotted spot-ted fever. This disease is not communicated directly from one person to another so that one may attend afflicted with the disease without fear of catching it. The principal means of conveyance con-veyance to humans is through the bite of ticks. It is believed that these ticks have become infected in-fected originally by sucking the blood of some wild animal which had the disease, but it has been established that ticks can transmit trans-mit the germs to their own offspring off-spring through the eggs and thus keep up the infection for a long time without access to any other source. I Between 3 and 10 days after being bitten by an intected tick the patient notices the first symp- 1940, if received from Colorado and states westward. The salaries given in each case are subject to a retirement deduction of 34 per cent. Associate materials inspector, $3,200 a year, and assistant materials ma-terials inspector, $2,600 a year, United States Maritime Commission. Commis-sion. Applicants must have had experience in the inspection or laboratory testing of materials in the following classifications; paints, chemicals and drugs; lubricating lu-bricating and fuel oils; electrical electri-cal and mechanical supplies and equipment; furniture; textiles; and miscellaneous supplies. Certain Cer-tain college study or experience in connection with the manufacturing manufac-turing of the above-described materials ma-terials may be substituted for part of the prescribed experience. Applicants must not have passed their fifty-fifth birthday. Stationary fireman (high pressure), pres-sure), $1,320 a year, and stationary station-ary fireman (low pressure), $t,-200 $t,-200 a year, Public Buildings Administration, Ad-ministration, Federal Works Agency. Ag-ency. Appointment will be in Washington, D. C, and immedi- ite vicinity only. Applicants must have had experience in firing certain steam boilers, and in the maintenance and repair of the boilers. They must have reached their twentieth but must not have passed their forty-eighth birthday. birth-day. Chemist positions, four grades with salaries ranging from $2,600 to $4,600 a year. Chemical technologist tech-nologist positions, three grades with salaries ranging from $3,200 to $4,600 a year. Applications will be accepted in any specialized toms. These are usually lever, headache, prostration, and a typi-cal typi-cal spotted rash which appears j all over the body. Ticks usual- j ly crawl about the body for several sev-eral hours before getting down to the serious business of feeding. For this reason, it is advisable that those who go out into the mountains should make a careful care-ful search of their bodies twice daily and remove ticks they might have found. Ticks should be removed preferably without touching with the fingers and on no account should they be mashed mash-ed between the fingers. It is possible pos-sible to become infected with the disease in this manner. People whose occupations expose ex-pose them constantly to tick infestation in-festation should be immunized by two doses of the vaccine administered ad-ministered by the family physician. phy-sician. This affords a high percentage per-centage of protection for at least one year. branch of chemistry, except for the assistant chemist position which provides for only six different dif-ferent optional branches. Employment Employ-ment in these positions will be principally in the regional laboratories labor-atories of the Department of Agriculture. Ag-riculture. Completion of a 4-year college course with major study in chemistry or chemical engineering, engin-eering, and certain appropriate experience are required. Appropriate Appro-priate graduate study may be substituted for part of the experience ex-perience (for assistant chemist it may be substituted for the entire en-tire period of experience). Applicants Appli-cants must not have passed their fifty-third birthday. Full information may be obtained ob-tained from the secretary of the United States Civil Service Board of Examiners at the post office or customhouse in any city which has a post office of the first or second class, or from the United States Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C. O Civil Service Examinations The United States Civil Service Ser-vice Commission has announced open competitive examinations ? for the positions listed below. r Applications must be on file with i the commission's Washington pi-fice pi-fice not later than June 24 if received re-ceived from states east of Colo-. Colo-. rado, and not later than June 27, |