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• were various construction projects. including the development of recreational facilities."'' The NYA established a Resident Work Experience Camp on the grounds of the county infirmary (Portage Manor), where its enrollees were taught vocational skills with real projects arranged with the city and private businesses. Still remaining in South Bend is the NYA workshop building in Bendix Park, constructed by WPA workers in 1939.'" With the boom in American manufacturing just prior to World War II, employment opportunities increased. The WPA gradually became unnecessary. In its last years, WPA was touted by the government for its defense programs. Probably the largest one in chiefly airport and highway improvements. Locally, such projects included further improvements at Bendix Field and additional paving and widening of US20. The WPA office in South Bend closed in July 1940, and remaining projects were administered out of Fort Wayne. America's entry into the war at the end of 1941 ended the matter. The WPA and most other New Deal programs 1--"; "The Program in Operation," Hopkins Papers, Container 35. NYA Circulars, Etc., FDR Library; "Conservation Report," 1939, 816. See Betty Lindley and Ernest K. Lindley, A New Deal for Youth: The Story of the National Youth Administration (New York: Viking Press, 1938). 14. "Work Starts on NYA Building in Bendix Park." South Bend Tribune, 20 July 1938; "NYA Playground and Workshop for Youth,". • South Bend Tribune, 19 January 1940; "Construction begins Soon at Infirmary," South Bend Tribune, 14 November 1940; "Buildings Spring Up on Site of NYA Resident Work Experience Camp," South Bend Tribune, 11 February 1941. Indiana was the ammunition plant at Charlestown, but numerous • local and state projects also gathered under the defense banner. chiefly airport and highway improvements. Locally, such projects included further improvements at Bendix Field and additional paving and widening of US20. The WPA office in South Bend closed in July 1940, and remaining projects were administered out of Fort Wayne. America's entry into the war at the end of 1941 ended the matter. The WPA and most other New Deal programs 1--"; "The Program in Operation," Hopkins Papers, Container 35. NYA Circulars, Etc., FDR Library; "Conservation Report," 1939, 816. See Betty Lindley and Ernest K. Lindley, A New Deal for Youth: The Story of the National Youth Administration (New York: Viking Press, 1938). 14. "Work Starts on NYA Building in Bendix Park." South Bend Tribune, 20 July 1938; "NYA Playground and Workshop for Youth,". • South Bend Tribune, 19 January 1940; "Construction begins Soon at Infirmary," South Bend Tribune, 14 November 1940; "Buildings Spring Up on Site of NYA Resident Work Experience Camp," South Bend Tribune, 11 February 1941.