Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-12-28 | Page 9 | Save Your Breath' Means Much to Hotel Clerk Locked in Safe

Save lave Your Breath Means Much i iTo To Hotel Clerk Lock Locked d in Safe H- H Mo Most t th of all Salt Lake men U Satur- Satur fas C C. L L. West 29 1476 1476 Westminster hotel the Temple Square desk nue clerk at H was thankful boss Ernest C. C s slier ter hotel manager manag f a near by and not on 1 Mr West was locked in the safe and Mr mer was the only person who knew the B Being ing locked in a vault is nothing new to Kwest West st st. Two years ago he was confined in invault invault invault vault for an hour hI I was wag in only 15 minutes Saturday and I knew w just what to do he said I took deep slow breaths I believe a man could stay alive in there at least a day The mishap occurred when Mr West emerging from the vault with an armful of records kicked at the door Instead of opening farther it clanged shut Bellboys hoped a Jimmy Valentine might be handy but Mr Rossiter was reached quickly and came to the rescue Meanwhile Mrs Charles Stein information clerk shouted words of comfort to Mr West