Student Deferment Test Plan Delayed
Washington April 3 AP A 10 day wait is in prospect for college men who want to apply for the new aptitude test for draft deferment. Selective Service said draft boards will not have the application cards until April 12 and will assign students a test place. Students should apply immediately to their draft boards when cards are distributed April 12. Tests will be on May 26 June 16 and June 30 at schools and colleges to assess continuing deferment suitability. High school graduates can not take the test until college entry. The ETS Princeton N J will receive filled cards by mail.
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Selective Service System
Pation
Aland
Princeton
N. J
Selective Service
Focal Draft Board
Educational Testing Service
Los Angeles Voters Decide Bonds and City Posts
Los Angeles voters turnout about 40 percent in a city election to choose 31 city officials including four Board of Education members. Bond propositions total 40 million dollars for a civic auditorium, music drama center, and slum clearance. City Clerk Walter C. Peterson noted the turnout as average.
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Los Angeles
Board of Education
Walter C. Peterson
Woman Slain in Hollywood Quizzed Lover in Pact
Hollywood April 3 Police investigated Salesman Robert G. Dessauer 29 for killing his 31-year-old lover Libby Bershad in a suicide pact. He said he could not divorce his wife and planned to shoot her then himself but fled after firing four times. A $500 check and new clothing were found in the car.
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Hollywood
Police Today
Robert G. Dessauer
Libby Bershad
North la Brea
Dessauer
Mrs. Bershad
Control of Hospital and School Fees Lifted
The government ended price controls on hospital and education service charges. Price Director Michael V. DiSalle exempted hospital fees for six months from April 9 with ongoing study of costs. Exemption may continue indefinitely but can be withdrawn any time by OPS. private schools face no significant impact on living costs. Printing and binding charges for the Government Printing Office are also exempted. Civilian employment hit a record high for March at 60,179,000 and consumer debt fell by 564 million to 19,529,000,000 since January.
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Office of Price Stabilization
Ops
DiSalle
DiSaile
Census Bureau
Federal Reserve Board
Friendly Dogs Bloodhounds Force Escape to Texas
Leroy Goode, 21, held in Dallas County jail after pleading guilty to transporting a stolen car across state lines. He claimed a pack of friendly bloodhounds at a Georgia prison camp followed him to Texas, hampering his attempt to elude capture and forcing him to abandon the dogs in a deserted church before heading to Fort Worth.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Georgia
Leroy Goode
Iss
Pond
Goode
Thomaston
FBI
Port Manager Heads to Capital for Harbor Talks
Port Manager E. J. Amar travels to Washington D C Thursday to confer with former Senator Sheridan Downey and attend meetings of the executive committee and board of directors of the American Association of Port Authorities, seeking permission from the Harbor Commission and aiming to discuss the title Janis question with association leaders.
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E. J. Amar
Washington, D. C
Sheridan Downey
Washington
Harbor Department
Board of
American Association of Port Authorities
Amar
Harber Commission
Downey
Association
Janis
British austerity warned as harsh year ahead
London reports the government warns Britons life will be harsh and the purchasing power of wages will fall. The fifth annual economic survey by Hugh Gaitskell predicts only modest growth, limited raw material access, and continued import price pressures amid rearmament. A job ads note appears at column end.
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London
Russia
Hugh Gaitskell
Gaitskell
Sir Stafford Cripps
Cripps
Navy Tests Arctic Lightweight Uniform for Cold Seas
The Navy develops its first Arctic uniform a lightweight outfit of 18 pounds using two cloth layers around a sealed insulating chamber to stay warm on deck in icy Arctic waters final tests run on a northern ship likely through mid June. Described by T J Seery head of the clothing branch the suit minimizes wool uses rubber boots with air cushions costs about 130 dollars and includes a cotton undershirt long drawers socks and a nylon fleece jacket and waterproof trousers designed for maximum circulation and warmth.
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Ashington
Navy
Navy Uniform Board
T. J. Seery
Research and Development Board
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Seery
Naval Clothing Depot
Brooklyn
Student Sues UCLA for 5000 Damages in Bon Fire Injury
Los Angeles dated April 20 1941 22 year old student David Kriegier filed suit for 5000 against the University of California at Los Angeles alleging injuries from a home teaming celebration on October 20. He was among four students asked to help policemen keep order and says defendants negligently allowed explosives to be thrown into a bonfire causing head injuries and hearing loss.
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Los Angeles
David Kriegier
University of California At
Skeep
Kriegler
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