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Show THE PAVSON CHRONICLE. PAYSON. UTAH 8 'or NOW ABLE 10 SUPPLY YOU WITH ,l!i ALL YOUR tv it i Typewriter rhce 1 COKE OVENS TO OPERATE AGAIN Average Veteran Student Is 26; Former Army Enlisted Man. WASHINGTON. The average veteran in training under the G.I. bill of rights is just past 28 years j)d. He was an enlisted man in the rmy, had previously completed 3.7 pears of high school, and is entitled (o 39 months training under the bill. This was shown by a racent cen-u- s of G.I. students, released by eterans administration. The report showed that while more veter-m- s are studying liberal arts than iny other one course, the favorite ccupational aim of those taking training is that of mechanic. Thirty-eigh- t per cent of the according to the report, are carried, and half of them have wives, children or par-mtThe census, taken on a 1 per :ent sampling of all veterans who entered training before April, 1947, ihowed that 1,825,118 G.I.s are studying in schools of higher learning or other Institutions, and 619.647 are in training. Another 1,049,661 have either finished their training or dropped out. Few Women Students. Not quite 2 per cent of the veterans in training under the G.I. bill are women, although women comprise 2.2 per cent of the total veteran population. And, the report showed, women account for 2.4 per cent of the trainees in schools, but only 0.4 per cent of those in Job training. Most of tha G.I.s in schools are In universities or coUeges 907,554 of them, according to tha study. But 91,000 are In professional or technological schools, 54,700 are in teachers colleges and 72,200 art in Junior colleges. Of those attending other schools, 61,100 are in technical institutes, 99,400 in business schools, 125,100 In elementary or secondary schools, and 413,300 in vocational or trade schools. Engineering Banks High. Following liberal arts as tha mora popular courses among tha veterans in schools ara engineering, crafts and trades, business courses and business administration, flight training, agriculture and medlcina. On the bottom of the popularity list is social work only 3,377 students are studying it under the G.I. bill, according to tha census. Second from the bottom is dancing. Most popular employment objectraintive of veterans iii ing is that of mechanic! and repairmen for motor vehicles and railroads, with 56,764 students. Second is the job of farm manager or foreman, and third and fourth ara mechanics and repairmen in other fields, and managers and officials. At the bottom of the list among those studying on the job Is general woodworking, with airplane mechanics and morticians a closa second and third. RIBBONS n e. in 0 CARBON PAPER 0 TYPE :d s. BRUSHES O ... -s TOUCHTYPE KEYS ). TYPEWRITER PADS COVERS 0. pan 0 03 0 RUBBER STAMPS SALES BOOKS - RECEIPT BOOKS BUSINESS FORMS PRINTED TO FIT YOUR BUSINESS Chronicle Publishing Co. PAYSON, UTAH ing sheds. In The more than 500 surplus beehive coke ovens located near Sunnvside recently purchased by the Kaisei Frazier company are being reconditioned and will be ready to operate again around April 16th or when the coal strike is settled. It is estimated that the peak production, which will he built up from a gradual start, will produce 750 tons per day. GREEN RIVER BRIDGE OPEN TO ALL TRAFFIC former chief of the administration and movement of section the operations and tiainmg division of 15th Air Force Colorado headquarters, Springs, Colo., has been transferred to the Strategic Air Command, Andrew Air Force Base, Washington, D. C. Mamed to the former Sylvia Bills of Payson, Utah, Wilson pent three years at Phillips univeisity. CWO and Mrs. Wil-j- i lived at Colorado Springs. C. Wilsuii, 1047 1.581.000 I'tah produced sheep lbs. of wool for a value of $5,248,000. Each sheep produeed a fleeee that averaged 0 pounds, which sold for tin average price of 40c, a. huh was a very good price. This year tiieie is a slight increase in the number of sheep in the stale, but we will have to wait to leain what the weight of the ileeee end the prices to be paid for 1048 are. Union shearers will reeeive 20e per head for shearing. 25e per head where board is furnished. 18.120.000 GARDEN The new Green River bridge lo- Prices at the shearing sheds and cated at Green River City, Emery large corrals will vary from 30c lu to 42c, depending upon the sei all traffic, including heavy trucks. os and supplies furnished: bags, The bridge is 600 feet long, built etc. wranglers, of reinforced concrete and steel resting on several concrete piers. WATER CONDITIONS Work on the new bridge started NORMAL OR NEAR NORMAL 20 months ago when overloaded With stories of drouth ringing trucks collapsed the old bridge. in our oars from other sections at times by Although hampered cold weather and high water the and especially the west coast it work progressed without any is gratifying to read the headserious delays and only minor ac- lines in our local papers as the final snow surveys for the curcidents. rent water season are made SHEEP SHEARING UNDERWAY known. Sheep are on the move. The SPECIAL $10.00 COYOTE first main stop will be the shear- - BOUNTY PAID ON PUPS ONLY v-- New U.P. Director Warrant Officer Samuel Chief Spotlighting Utah stu-lent- a, n : Arts, Mechanics Lure Most G.I.s ) WE ARE FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1948 You can save 'z and more by Buying in Bulk at Christensens ii As rn incentive toward increased activity in the taking of preda-tury- SEEDS (Down Stairs) How's Your Radiator? EXPERT RADIATOR s, the predatory animal con-tiboard, working with the state department of agriculture, have offered a bonus on the bounty being paid on coyote pups. For the months of April, May, and June the Board will pay on coyote pups only a bounty of $10.00 per animal. The pups offered for bounty must have been born. The regular bounty of $6.00 will be paid on mature animals. A leeent release in this column gave the impression that the county on all coyotes had been raised to This was in error. $10.00 $10.00. payment for coyote pups until the end of June, 1048; $6.00 on mature animals. ol REPAIRING CLEANING FLUSHING GENERAL REPAIRING Trucks Tractor Machinery All Work Guaranteed J. The Navy is now using form REIF CHRIS fitting zipped bags for short-terpieservation of its aircraft. The contender requires only 30 man- Phone 238. William C. Mullendore, of Los hours to adjust and duhumidify Rear of Fireslalion on Utah Angeles, president of the South- as compared to 120 Poullry Alleyway ern California Edison Company formerly needed for preparing and a widely known business plans for storage and readying economist, has been elected a them for service again. director of Union Pacific man-hou- rs Farm Mechanization Boosts Production to Record Level OMAHA NEB. Americana are harvesting 20 million more acre today than they did in 1940, although there ara three million fewer people doing it, and on 200,000 fewer farm. mechanization of farms la largely responsible for this feat, Joseph A. Hoban, merchandise manager of B. F. Goodrich company, told members of Midwest Im plement Dealers association. He cited the fact that tha natloni tractor population had doubled, from one million to two million, Just since Fast-growin- g 1940: Praising "the farmtrg and other way Americas food producers had come through to ease tragic condition in many lands," Hoban cited th following estimates on the nation's 1947 exports of foodstuffs 392 million bushels of wheat, flv times the amount exported in 1939; 88 million bushel of corn, compared to 32 million In 1939, and 128 million pounds of meat products, against 193 million in 1939. The farm market offered "the biggest sales opportunity" for industry in 1947, Hoban said, adding that "there is no question that this market is going forward at as great or even greater pace in 1948. Hoban said that all tractors now and that made are rubber-tirechanging all a farm's rolling stock from steel to rubber tires produced an average saving of 24 working days and 675 gallons of gasoline per year, for each 150 acres worked. r- ffew old or sign sign... $till tops m sew ee I d, Today youll find two signs of top service along highways in 88 sign, and Utah and Idaho. Theres the familiar Vico-Pcbrand-ne"Utoco sign thats replacing it. This new theres the sign . . . oval, with the flaming torch of service and the single is easier to see and identify. Its part of a word "UTOCO p Who Millionaire Backed 'Death Yalley Scotty Dead HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. -- The man who grubstaked Death Valley Scotty for 30 year died recently. Albert Mussey Johnson, 72, former president and chairman of the board of the National Life Insurance company of Chicago, built Walter E. dollar desert castle. Scotty, legend had It, owned a secret desert mine from which he took gold as he chose, but in 1941 a lawsuit revealed that Scottys wealth was a myth, that he owned no mine, never sold a dimes worth of gold and didn't own the castle he occupied. Tve lent him considerable money over a long time and he hai paid me back in laughs, Johnson once said. Scotts n w ... great postwar improvement program designed to bring you even better products and station facilities along the road. These together with expert, courteproducts and facilities await you under both new sign and ous, personalized service old . . . to assure you more pleasant driving and longer car life. top-notc- h TUNE INI UTAH OIL REFINING The GUY LOMBARDO COMPANY Producer! and Marketer! of Higheit Quality Petroleum Product! 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