Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-10-25 | Page 30 | General Sees S. L. Growth

General Sees S. S I. I Growth Predicting the Salt Lake valley vaHey would be the greatest military t tl training ning area in the United States under continued army expansion Major General George A A. White commander of the Forty-first Forty divi- divi son Mn Fort rort Murray Washington left Friday for his home base after an overnight stop in Salt Lake City The Salt Lake valley and the Bear River valley are natural military mili mili- tary tery bases he said Both are far enough inland to discourage attack yet near enough to lively protect the Pacific coast Both will ill grow In proportion to continued military expansion Major General White recalled that he came to Salt Lake City when he was six years of age attended schools took military training under William C C. C Webb and nd was a r reporter porter for The Tribune Tribune Trib Trib- une tine from 1891 to 1903 He lived here until he was 23 years old The group Is returning from Washington D D. D C. C