Show rio grande worker takes post with government jacy jack lofts accepts po 10 botlon in defense transportation por tation office jack lofts 31 secretary to calel chi f mechanical officer W H Rag 0 ot of the rio luo grande railroad ralli oad company denver lias has been office nia manager nager of tile the mechanical anical divis division fon of the office 0 of defense transportation and assumed his duties monday august 3 at washington D C he was given a leave of absence by the rio grande tor for the duration of tile the war T the I 1 is bureau to which loftis was appointed and to which is advisor will wl I 1 I 1 supervise tile the mechanical phase of railroad railroads war d traffic attic throughout the na I 1 loril ican ic c an nn his first rio grande set vice with a section gang at provo while on summer vacation front from the east salt lake high school later later he worked in the signal department at t provo then was a claim clerk and secretary to the division engineer at Salt Lake city then became car distributor at helper from 1934 to 1937 before serving as Sage Sago secretary ne was secretary to Assis siant general manager L IF wilson loftis Is the son of J D lottis conductor on the rio grandes marysvale Marys vale branch and Is a nephew of J R lofts acting superintendent in of the salt lake division I 1 succeeding loftis s joe west torm forn rely irely steno clerk in berb office but more recently rs secretary to pueblo division superintendent perin E W deuel |