Malmquist Tops List of Minneapolis Chief Post
Reynold Malmquist, District Chief of the Minneapolis Fire Department, placed first in both written and oral examination among eight candidates for the post of Chief of the Minneapolis Fire Department. The civil service examinations were the first held by the city since 1913, and were open to only District Chiefs or higher officials. Arthur Spottswood, head of the Fire Prevention Bureau, placed second in the test.
Since the retirement of Chief George S. Lockhart last November, Deputy Chiefs Walter Harrity and Charles Johnson have alternated as head of the Department. Johnson, a non-veteran of military service, did not take the test. Harrity placed seventh in the examination among the other entrants, all of whom were veterans but all of whom agreed to waive veterans’ rights. They took a six-hour written test on one day followed by an oral examination the next, given by seven examiners, among whom were Frank C. McAuliffe, Chief, Chicago Fire Patrol; Chief Paul P. Heinz, New Haven; Chief Wayne E. Swanson, Rockford, Ill., and Ex-Chief Selden R. Allen of Brookline, Mass.
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