Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-03-22 | Page 16 | Ogden Board Trims Mayor's Field to Four Prospects

Ogden Board Trims Trims' Mayors Mayor's Field To Four Prospects Special to The Telegram OGDEN Commissioners Harold Har Har- old L. L Welch and William WilHam D. D Wood Jr In closed session conferences have eliminated all but four of ot a dozen persons recommended ed or aspiring to appointment as mayor to succeed Private Kent S. S Bram- Bram welt vell whose abrupt resignation and army anny induction and rumors and reports figuring Jn in inthe n I the resignation precipitated an Investigation tion by the Utah attorney attorney ney g generals general's office The commissioners declined to Identify the four tour prospects ts under consideration Meanwhile the investigation n tion otJe of ot Je reports concerning pinball an and slot machine operations and of ot dictaphone recordings 8 playing a role in the resignation moved forward with investigators outside of ot the attorney generals generals general's gen gen- eral's erat's office completing the ease case Original inv investigators investigators-C. C. C. C N. N ott Ot- Ot t en and George 3 J. Ross assistant assistant assist assist- ant attorneys general were general were in injured injured injured in- in Monday in tn an automobile accident near Farmington and it t was necessary to replace them Attorney cy G General Grover A. A Giles said he was unable to replace the investigators from among as as- as He did not disclose the Identity of at the replacement ti