The federal Government in Canada has donated machinery worth $60,000 for a new ORT institution to train war workers, it was announced here today by Louis Fitch, president of the Canadian ORT Organization. The new vocational training school, located in Montreal, will open soon with an annual capacity of about 600 trainees, men and women, who will be employed in war factories upon completing the short-term courses in mechanical trades.
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