Air Industry Booms but Jobs in It Are No Pushovers
Los Angeles April 3. Aircraft employment rises from 60 000 to 82 190 in seven major Southern California plants with a peak around 183 000 by August. Companies hire about 700 daily. half of applicants are rejected after tests and interviews. Lockheed uses psychological profiles to screen applicants, while Otis tests, temperament assessments, dexterity drills, and spatial relation tasks gauge fit. Apprentices start at 20.40 weekly, average earnings near 80 cents hourly. Many trainees take night classes. housing near plants remains scarce, prompting long commutes and carpooling among workers.
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Paul Harrison
NEA Service
Los Angeles
California
Lockheed
Douglas
Vega
Eastern States amateur titleholders ascend to masters
The winners Louis Swerdlove and Harry Atkin, now masters, are poised to compete with national top players. In today’s hand Atkin opened with clubs, dummy led a low spade to win the queen and ten, and a sequence of diamonds and trumps yielded a five odd top score on the board. Only a few pairs reached four spades with no extra trick.
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Louis Swerdlove
Harry Atkin
Atkin
West
South
North
Modern Etiquette Q Questions on Weddings
A column answers common social questions about wedding day propriety. It notes that a groom seeing the bride before the ceremony is not improper, treats who should receive guests at a dance, and advises against perfumed correspondence paper as poor taste.
Silk trade ratio in historical yardage records
A fragment notes a price standard stating that to provide a pound of silk, about nine pounds of coarse material were required, reflecting a harsh exchange rate in historical textile markets and the racial context underlying labor values.
Spring salad with mint and French dressing
A spring salad combines chopped mint leaves with French dressing served over tomatoes, lettuce, and cucumbers for freshness. For silver care without polish, rub with toothpaste on a soft cloth to clean and polish the ware. A marble doorstep can be whitened by mixing quicklime with skim milk and applying as a whitener.
Balance sense organ and Hall of Fame location facts
The inner ear controls balance. Cooperstown, New York houses the Baseball Hall of Fame. Nerve impulses reach the brain in about one thousandth of a second. The Battle of Saratoga occurred in New York in October 1777. A prototype is a model from which others are copied.
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Baseball Hall of Fame
New York State
Cooperstown
New York
Saratoga
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