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Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
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E. E. Kiefer, NYA field youth personnel supervisor, visited El Centro on Friday to arrange recruitment of youths for war industry training at resident centers in San Diego, Sacramento, San Luis Obispo, and Richmond. Training includes skills like riveting, welding, and shipfitting, with frequent placements after 6 weeks to 3 months. Youths receive $10/month plus room, board, medical care, and uniforms.
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E. E. Kiefer, field youth personnel supervisor for NYA, was in El Centro Friday making arrangements to take over the recruiting of youths interested in obtaining training in war work industry.
Kiefer expects to be at the U. S. employment office at 540 State street in El Centro about twice a month to interview boys and girls who wish to enter the resident training centers for training. The centers for girls are in San Diego and Sacramento and those for boys at San Luis Obispo and Richmond.
At the girls' training centers aircraft sheet metal riveting, electric assembly, forge work, machine shop and welding are taught. Boys are instructed in shipfitting, welding, machine shop, radio, and wood work.
Placements are very frequent from these centers, Kiefer said, after six weeks to three months of training.
Youths are paid $10 a month and room, board and medical care as well as uniforms are furnished during the training period.
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El Centro
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Friday
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placements are very frequent from these centers after six weeks to three months of training. youths are paid $10 a month and room, board and medical care as well as uniforms are furnished during the training period.
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E. E. Kiefer, field youth personnel supervisor for NYA, was in El Centro Friday making arrangements to take over the recruiting of youths interested in obtaining training in war work industry. Kiefer expects to be at the U. S. employment office at 540 State street in El Centro about twice a month to interview boys and girls who wish to enter the resident training centers for training. The centers for girls are in San Diego and Sacramento and those for boys at San Luis Obispo and Richmond. At the girls' training centers aircraft sheet metal riveting, electric assembly, forge work, machine shop and welding are taught. Boys are instructed in shipfitting, welding, machine shop, radio, and wood work.