Salt Lake Telegram | 1946-12-28 | Page 3 | Births Make Record; Total Nears 6600

CITY BRIEFS Births Make Record; Total Nears 6600 will aervfl In like capacity at Of den. Mar nes Slat Meets Next meetlnf of Marine Corpa league wOl be Jan. 13 In the Labor La-bor temple, 151 2nd Eaat, accord Ing to D F. Terrell, local commandant com-mandant I Thereafter meetings will be the aecond Monday of each month. Salt Lake City's previous record of 6100 births in one year, 1943, was smashed Dec. 5 and the new record still is climbing, Mrs. Lillian Lil-lian Larsen, office manager at city board of vital atatistics, disclosed dis-closed Saturday. Books were closed for the year Saturday with a total of 6343 blrtha Indexed . Mrs. Larsen said that birth certificates received, but still unlndexed. Indicated that the official compilation for the year will ahow a new record of approximately 6607 births. Lake City schools Tuesday, according ac-cording to Leslie Nelson, president. presi-dent. Salt Lake Teachers' Assn. Return dead line Is Jan. 8. U. Enrollment Swells Enrollment at University of Utah Is expected to be swelled by another 600 students for winter quarter, officials said Saturday, revealing that the school la attempting at-tempting to obtain additional space at Fort Douglas. Fall quarter enrollment en-rollment was 8638, highest In the school's history. Depots Merged Tooele ordnance depot and Og-den Og-den arsenal have been merged under un-der command of Col. Willis R. Slaughter, former commanding officer of Ogden arsenal, It was announced Saturday. Col. George Kltzmlller, former head of Tooele depot, will remain there as execu-tlve execu-tlve officer and Col Leo Helnti