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Show I NEWS OF SALT LAKE CITY IN BRIEF 1 Women to Name Chamber Candidates CANDIDATES for election to the Salt Lake women's chamber of commerce board of governors will be selected by a five-woman committee, com-mittee, Mrs. Anthony C. Lund, president, reported Wednesday. The election is set for March 4. THE SALT LAKE CITY Junior chamber of commerce winter sports committee, of which Donsld M. Jensen Is chairman, met Wednesday Wed-nesday afternoon to check progress of ski meet plans for the 1940 season. sea-son. Included In the program are an Invitational ski Jump meet at Ecker. hill on Sunday, another Jump on the same hill on February 22 and the intermountaln jjownhlll and slalom championships-F. I. S. meet at Alta March 30 and 31. ALMOST unanimous approval of the proposed "four-corner" monument, monu-ment, to be placed at the point where boundaries of Arizona, Colorado. Colo-rado. New Mexico and Utah meet, has been received, Wilbur B. Fo-shay, Fo-shay, secretary of the Sallda, Colo., chamber of commerce, reported Wednesday In a letter to Gus P. Backman, executive secretary of glneer of the bureau, said Wednesday Wednes-day he believes the device some day will be marketed commercially at a price low enough to enable every householder to connect one to his chimney. THE Utah Progressive Labor league Wednesday had Indorsed A. C. Todd, electrical contractor, for chief of police. THE Junior forum of the Utah section, American Society of Civil Engineers, will meet Friday at 6:30 p. m. at the Beau Brummel cafe. ART KELLY, native Salt Laker and former secretary to City Commissioner Com-missioner P. H. Goggln, was back In Salt Lake City Wednesday as district traffic manager for Western" West-ern" Air Express after a five-year absence from the city. GEORGE A. ANDERSON Wednesday was the new president of the Utah Food Brokers' association, asso-ciation, elected at a meeting held In the Alta club. Earl C. Board-man Board-man was reappointed secretary-treasurer secretary-treasurer and Thomas R. Robblns p. m. In the Civic Center, 544 South Main street. Miss Helen L. Wilson, Salt Lake county supervisor for the state department of public welfare, will speak. PROFE SSOR JOSEPH r. SMITH, head of the speech department de-partment of the University of Utah, has been elected first vice president presi-dent of the National Association of Teachers of Speech, it was announced an-nounced Wednesday. MILTON B. TAYLOR, executive secretary of the Utah Education association, addressed the John R. Park chapter of Future Teachers of America Tuesday. THE Speech ArU society will meet Thursday at 4 p. m. in Kingsbury Kings-bury hall on the University of Utah campus, with Ray Owen, former for-mer university debate coach, slated as the principal speaker. THE Salt Lake City United Veterans Vet-erans council will hold its annual meeting Wednesday at 8 p. m. in the Newhouse hotel to elect officers offi-cers and appoint committees. E. D. Potter Is chairman. me sail ijanv i.uy ui,iuu ui commerce. MEMBERS of the Steuben Society So-ciety of America conducted a business busi-ness meeting Tuesday evening In the Newhouse hotel. Plans were made for celebration of Washington's Washing-ton's birthday, February 22. Fred F. Dremann, chairman, was In charge. THE Industrial commission of Utah received 20,028 claims for benefits during December, It was reported Wednesday by C. E. Raf-ferty, Raf-ferty, acting executive director, In a letter to M. Vern Woodhead, assistant secretary of the Salt Lake City chamber of commerce. In the unemployment placement division a total of 1867 Insurance applications, applica-tions, 8038 renewals and 1357 placements place-ments were reported during the month. A DEVICE which utilizes high frequency sound waves to clear smoke-laden air is being perfected at the United States bureau of mines experiment station at the University of Utah campus by Hillary Hil-lary W. St. Clair, assistant metallurgist. metal-lurgist. Dr. R. S. Dean, chief en- was chosen Utah representative to the National Food Brokers' association. asso-ciation. MEMBERS of Antelope Island chapter. International Footprint association, will meet Thursday noon at the Grill cafe, 169 South Main street. Stanley J. Stephenson, Stephen-son, executive secretary of the Utah Manufacturers' association, will speak. ANNUAL meeting of the Apartment Apart-ment House Association of Utah will be held Friday at 8 p. m. in the Newhouse hotel. LA VERNE C. BANE, University of Utah debate coach, has completed com-pleted work for his doctor's degree In education, according to word received from Stanford university. MOTION PICTURES of modern fire fighting methods were witnessed wit-nessed Wednesday afternoon by Salt Lake City firemen at 130 East First South street. The films, shown by Edward L. Smith, will be repeated Thursday. THE Central Council of Social Agencies will meet Thursday at 4 MEMBERS of No. 85 Luncheon club will entertain members of Salt Lake City Elks lodge at a stag party Wednesday at 8 p. m. in the clubhouse, 139 East South Temple street. Ben C. Rich, committee com-mittee chairman, will be In charge. ' THE first Junior forum meeting of the new year for Junior and corporate members of the Utah section, American Society of Civil Engineers, will be held Friday at 6:30 p. m. at the Beau Brummel cafe. George W. Clyde of Logan, new president of Utah chapter, and B. F. Lofgren, assistant to the state engineer, will speak. FEDERAL customs collections in Utah in 1939 were approximately approximate-ly 16 per cent higher than In 1938, according to Mrs. Margaret M. McQuIlkin, collector. MIKE MASAOKA, president of the Japanese-American Citizens' league, addressed members of the League of Western Writers on "Racial Minorities In Utah" at a i meeting Tuesday evening In the 1 Art Barn. Mrs. George B. Met- i calfe, president, was In charge. |
