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Show Large Group Reported ' Enrolled In Dixie National Defense Classes "We now have enrolled in National Na-tional defense classes 6S people," states Rodney Ashby. who supervises super-vises this work at the college. He reports that 22 men have been placed in permanent employment during the year, many of these in California in the defense industries. in-dustries. Mr. Ashby also reports that the accumulative enrollment for the past eight months is 121 people. He states, "At the present time, we have available for students, from ages 21 to 45, the following classes: Aircraft sheet metal work, auto mechanics, drafting and blue print reading. "We are receiving very successful suc-cessful placement from each of these classes, and I should like to encourage those who are not now employed full time, to take part-time instruction, and others to take full-time instruction leading lead-ing toward employment in the national na-tional defense industries. "Last week several hundred boys made application for examination exam-ination as mechanics or learners for Hill Field civil service employment. em-ployment. These boys will receive $50 per month if and when they pass their examinations and come up for placement. In the near future, there will be another announcement an-nouncement of examinations given for apprentices in the mechanics industries. Men who have had six months of training in vocational voca-tional school, or a year's training train-ing in a regular mechanics class. will be eligible for this examination, examin-ation, and if selected will receive $110 per month as a beginning wage. 'Those who have had mechanical mechan-ical training and are eligible for this should arrange for these examinations, ex-aminations, because Utah will not be able to provide money for men in the ammunition industry, located lo-cated near Ogden, Utah." Mr. Ashby also advises those who are interested to take this test, as there will not be another test until probably June or July, to fill up the required number for these industries. |