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Show .Spotlighting UTAH 1 n forma I ion On ('-. I. Training Howard H. ( luiulei'sen, .'Italic Director of trades, Industries and distributive education, emphasizes empha-sizes that Utah is prepared to offer of-fer vocational training coverini'. a broad field under the O. I. Hill of Rights. Tralning-nn-tlie-jnb, mentioned in a previous column, is but one phase of the program. Approved schools will oiler: (1) Pre-employment courses, oay or evening. (2) Part-time courses for the benefit of those already employed. employ-ed. (3) Courses of related and technical subjects supplementing supplement-ing tralning-on-the-job. High school or college credit may be obtained if desired. Hours and length of courses will depend de-pend on the needs of the trainees. Special Courses Offered Specialists from the schools will work with advisory committees, com-mittees, composed of representatives representa-tives of employer and employee groups, to design and fit all training to the current, as well as the long range, needs of industry in-dustry and the veteran. The type of courses offered, as well as the number trained in differ-I differ-I ent trades, will be decided by I such committees. The driving throught behind vocational training in Utah, both for the G, 1 1, veteran and for the civilian trainee, is to work closely with industry and labor, find out their needs, and then offer a service that will help solve their problems prob-lems and' afford continued upgrading up-grading and progress. To Give Statewide Information Citizens throughout the state, aware of the great value of tourist travel, will be gratified to learn that statewide information informa-tion will be dissominated from the Bureau of Information at Temple Square. It is well known that most persons who come to Utah see Temple Square, whether wheth-er they see anything else or not, and too frequently that is about the only thing they stop to see. Sensing their strategic position, . President David A. Smith, of the Temple Square Mission, in col- laboration with the State De-: De-: partment of Publicity and Industrial In-dustrial Development, has agreed . that travel information and . recommendations on a statewide , basis will be volunteered by those I working with him. All guides t and attendants are enthusias-. enthusias-. tically cooperating in this movement. move-ment. Industry Goes To Logan Efforts on the part of the new industries committee, Logan chamber of commerce and others, oth-ers, has resulted in bringing a big brass foundry to that city. The Indiana firm establishing the plant has secured a seven-acre seven-acre tract with a railroad spur and when completed, the industry indus-try will employ 50 men, all whom will be recruited locally. Big "43" Season Seen Anticipating that "46" will be the biggest tourist season in history, his-tory, the Union Pacific, according accord-ing to W. P. Rogers, manager of the Utah Parks Company will spend one million dollars renovating reno-vating the company's lodges and tourist camps at Bryce, Zion and the North Rim, and in the purchase pur-chase of new' transpot tation equipment. The improvements call for. new furniture, private baths in all cabins and many other changes. At this writing, hotels,- camps and cafes in Southern Utah parks cannot cope with the crowds. U. P. accommodations ac-commodations at Bryce and the North Rim will remain open until un-til October 15th, Zion indefinitely. indefinite-ly. Easterners To Arrive Ed Tyng, travel editor of the New York Sun in his column headed "Travel Talk" this week declared the minute eastern motorists get tires, they will visit the far west for their vacations. According to National surveys, Editor Tyng says 84.5 per cent will come by automobile and pointed put that 60 per cent won't even wait for a new car. He says 57,000,000 wheels are still traveling on tires made before Pearl Harbor and that motor , (traffic into and out of Canada ' and Mexico from the U. S. has jumped four times since V-J Day.' |