The Omaha guide., 1943-04-17

drafting and blue pr nj work IS Of
fered to a limited number of young
women at the Lincoln Resident
Center.
Industrial Sewing: Work exper-
fence and training in the operation
Of factory type power Sewing e.
quipment is offered to young wo-
men in the Lincoln Resident Cen
ter. This training cables girls to
qualify for jobs with war produc-
ton garment manufacturers in D.
maha and Lincoln.
Length of training period: Youth
are assigned to the shops for 100
hours a month. Ordinarily a youth
is able to get a job in a wal prod.
uction plant after approximately
three months of work experience
and training.
Under the National Youth Admin.
jstration War Production Training
Program the resident youth are
scheduled for training not to ex,
coed s hours a day. No charge is
made for the training. For the
production work which is carried
on in the shops for local, state and
federal agencies, and the armed
services, each youth is compensat.
ed on the following basis:
Hours of Work and Earnings
1. Local youth working in shops
$4,000 per month.
2. Local youth who take their
meals at a resident center, $22.4O
per month.
8. Resident youth-board, room
medical expenses, laundry, plus
$1,000 per month.
Living Accommodations for Girls:
Young women live in a comfort
ably furnished resident house at
1916 H Street, Lincoln and in a
newly constructed dormitory at
the Kearney Resident Center. The
Resident in Lincoln houses SO
young women and the dormitocy
at Kearney houses 100 girls.
Living Accommodations for Boys:
Young men are housed in dormit-
cries located on the campuses of
the resident centers at Bellevue
and Kearney.
Meals: NYA dining rooms are
located in the main dormitories of
each of the centers. Good food
and enough food is essential to
good work. You get it at all Of
the centers.
Youths Personal Property: --
Youth must furnish their own
dress clothes and any personal be-
longings they want in their rooms.
Work uniforms are furnished
youth in the shops.
Employment Oppt rtrnities: Piaca
ment of youth in war industry is
handled by the United States En-
ployment Service. After a youth
successfully completes his training
he may be placed locally or trans
ferred to a War Production train
ing center in Clinton, Iowa, ST.
PAUL. Minnesota, Seattle, Washing
ton or some other location. Trans
p~ortation costs are paid by the Ma
tional Youth Administration when
a youth receives a transfer to an
other state. Every effort is made
to place youth in Nebraska.
Social Life and Church Activ-
ity: All youth who live at the War
Production Resident Center may
attend the church of their choice.
Each resident center plans a pro.
gram of recreation including soc
ial activities and physical educa
ton. The resident center youth
council assists in planning the 1e
creation program at all centers.
Health Program: Adequate heal
tn facilities and doctors are avail
able. A nurse is on duty at TIE
all times. The Lincoln center is
very near all necessary medica.
facilities.
Counseling and Guidance: Eacf
youth is interviewed when he en-
tiers the center. A complete record
Of his educational background
We : experience ara other d0la 1.
compiled. A complete file is KEEP
of the youths work record, worl
attitude, disciplinary problems anC
other essential information that
will be of help in recommending
the youth for private employment
Youth who find it necessary tx
be absent from the project mus
have a permit from the youth per
sonnet representative Or the sup
ervisor.
Location of Nebraska War Pro
duction Centers:
J.. Lincoln Resident Center fol
| Young Women-1245 H st., Lin
coin, Nebraska. (a) War Produc
ton Training Center, machine
| mechanical drafting 2241 Y Street
Lincoln, Nebraska.
b) War Production Training cen