Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-03-25 | Page 11 | --

War Correspondent Pays Visit " To Old Cronies in Salt Lake Lloyd Lehrbas. who the last three years traveled 50,000 miles through 21 countries covering war news for the Associated Press, Monday was in Salt Lake City, where years ago he confessedly was "elephant editor" for Tha Telegram. The title derived, he explained, not from the tin of hi stories or hi own size but from the material ma-terial he covered: Princess Alice, when she waa about to become a young mother. His latest war reporting was from Poland during the German Invasion, his name appearing on many Associated Press stories last September. He has been In the United States since December, on leave until tha next foreign powder pow-der keg blows up, when he will be on hi way again. A native of Montpelier, Idaho, he left Salt Lake City about 1915 after working: for The Salt Lake Tribune, Th Telegram and the old Salt Lake Herald. ' Three year ago Mr. Lehrbas was' sent .by The Associated Press to Shanghai to cover the outbreak of hostilities between China and Japan. When the European crisis arose, he flew by commercial air routea from Hong Kong to Rome, making In six days a trip that requires re-quires ix week by water. Without contending that he I an expert at power politics, Mr. Lehrbas expressed the - opinion I that, while peace probably will not l come immediately, neither will ther be a total war.-' war.-' "It would involve too great a lose of lit on both sides." he said. 'Visiting relatives and friends here and at Pocatello. he will be in Salt Lak City for couple L of day.