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Show Engineer T. H. Humpherys Resigns Post To Accept Federal Position T. H. Humpherys, state engineer, resigned his position Monday, with the State of Utah, effective July 28, to accept a position with the Federal Government. The resignation resig-nation was contained in a letter addressed to Governor Herbert B. Maw. Mr. Humpherys, who has served the state in his present position for the past eight years, will become be-come Utah state director of the Public Works Reserve, a nationwide nation-wide project created May 24 by President Roosevelt to plan work projects for post-defense employment. employ-ment. State headquarters for the project will be located in Salt Lake City, according to the letter of resignation. "The position of state director of Public Works Reserve for Utah has been tendered me," the state engineer wrote, "and since it offers of-fers an opportunity to use whatever what-ever knowledge I have gained with respect to projects over the state, and particularly those dealing deal-ing with water, I have decided to accept the offer." "My resignation is hereby submitted, sub-mitted, effective July 28, 1941, or at any date at your pleasure before be-fore that time," he wrote. His new position as state director direc-tor will take him into every community com-munity of the state, where he will supervise the gathering and preparation of information, data and estimates to be used in establishment estab-lishment of "a reservoir of useful public projects", - according to available information. |