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Show HUGH V. WENTZ CANDIDATE FOR NOMINATION Hugh Vern Wentz announces his candidacy for the nomination as District Attorney on the Republican Re-publican ticket in the Fourth Judicial Ju-dicial district of Utah. This district dis-trict includes Utah, Wasatch, Uintah, Uin-tah, and Duchesne counties. Mr. Wentz has his law practice, with headquarters in Provo, a native son of Orem, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray V. Wentz. Mr. Wentz attended B. Y. U., where he distinguished himself in forensics and in newspaper activities. activi-ties. Later he attended the University Uni-versity of Chicago, where he obtained ob-tained his Ph. B. degree, and also received his Doctor of Laws degree de-gree from the University of Chicago Chi-cago law school. He passed his bar examinations and was admitted to practice law in the state of Illinois. Illi-nois. Later he came back home to Utah, passed the Utah bar examinations, exam-inations, and was admitted to practice law in Utah. He has been successful in his law practice and has his law offices at 75 East Center street, Provo. He has been urged by friends for some time to place his name for the nomination, and finally has agreed to file his application, which was done in Salt Lake City, Tuesday, July 9th. "Correction of criminal tendencies, tenden-cies, and the prosecution of cases in a fair and judicial manner are rather to be the objectives of the district attorney's office than the mere conviction of cases, which so often is taken as the criterion of success in this office. No district attorney election should be based solely on a political viewpoint, but the voters should, in order to se- |