Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-03-16 | Page 2 | Board Allows Patrol Chief Year's Leave

Board Allows Patrol Chief Years Year's leave I I The Thc Utah highway patrol civil il service commission late Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day afternoon granted P P. L. L Dow Dowa a years year's leave lea of absence from his post as highway patrol I ten dent I II I Shortly afterwards aft the office of Gov GO J J. J Bracken cn Lee announced I that Mr Dow ow was an applicant Corthe for Cor forthe forthe the position of director state bureau bureau bureau bu bu- reau of identification and investigation Several applications for the post vacated by Mr Dow including one from Joseph W W. Dudler Carbon county sheriff arc are before the governor governor governor gov gov- his office said The governors governor's gover gover- governors governor's over over- nors nor's office said sald that a a. highway patrol superintendent who superintendent who would be a member of the bureau of identification must managers mana managers must ers must be i named before the Identification office office office of of- fice can bo be filled While there thre has been no confirmation confirmation confirmation con con- from the commission it has been rumored that Sheriff Dudler will get g-et the patrol job lob He was s a R m member of the highway y ay P. P patrol patrol pa pa- trot from Crom 1941 to to 1915 1045 The new commission opened its first meeting meeting- Tuesday at the Newhouse New- New house aCler their appointments by Gov J. J Bracken en Lee Leer Members of the commission are arc Hugh ONcil ONeil Ogden chairman Gomer Peacock I Price LeRay Howell Salt Lake City and Elias Eli s J J. J Strong Salt Lake City former Cormer chairman who remained re- re remained remained re re- as a aa member Mr said the commission planned to finish its business late Wednesday afternoon He said the commission paid tribute to the fine work worl done by the highway patrolmen during the heavy winter storms There has been a a. request for more highway patrolmen but the appropriation to the department is not sufficient to hire more men he pointed out