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Evening star., 1936-03-15
COLUMBIA QUINT CHAMP
Beats Cornell, 1927, to Finish
Loop Tits Unbeaten.

ITHACA, N. Y, March IA R.-Co-
lumbia's champion Lions completed
an undefeated season in the Eastern
intercollegiate Basket Ball League to-
night by trouncing Cornell, 80 to 81
1t was Columbia's twelfth straight
victory, setting a new league record
as no team had gone unbeaten since
Harvard joined the circuit in 1884.
Evening star., 1936-03-15

Runs batted in-Powell, Hill f2), Lewis.
Reynolds Kuhel. Cooke, Graham. Miller.
Two-bsse hits-Stone, Graham. Three
1sSs hitEssslsis Sta Home nT.on rYnsah Wash
ington. .. Bases on balls-of Newsom.
1; on Bowers. 8; OF RoEers. 2: of APPLE
Appleton, 2. Hits~off Newsom.. in 8
innings; Of Bowers. in 4 innings; OF
innings: of Appleton, 3 in 3 innings. Hit
by pitcher-By Bowers uewisl; wild
pitch-Bowers. Winning pitcher-Newsom,
!Ormsby and MCGOWAN. Time of game
hours.
Evening star., 1936-03-15
Cards Hold Fast
On Balky Deans
BY the Associated Press.

PRADENTON, Fla, March IA
1t rained most of today, cutting
the st. Louis Cardinals practice to
a brisk l5-minute limbering-up ses-
sion.
President Sam Breadon indi-
Gated there would be no change in
the teams attitude toward the
holdout Dean brothers.
He said Vice President Branch
Rickey's arrival at camp would
have nothing to do with the
Deans"
Evening star., 1936-03-15
Venzke Receives
TopPenn Award
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, March 1.-THE
class of 1915 trophy-regarded
as the highest prize for athletic
ability at the University of Penn
sylvania-was awarded tonight to
Gene Venzke, the Quaker form
fiier and indoor 1,500-meter worlds
record holder.
Presentation of the trophy was
made before Penn's picture runner
left for New York to compete in the
Columbian mile of the Knights Of
Columbus meet tonight.
He is the latest in a long line
of outstanding athletes to be
awarded the trophy. In the past,
such star performers as Trackmen
Billy Carr and Barney Berlinger,
Foot Baller Don Kellett and Basket
Baller Ken Hashagen have received
the trophy.
Evening star., 1936-03-15
HARRIS KIDS COP
IN FIRST TILT, 673
NeWSom, Linke Effective on
SIab-Foe Scores Late
Off Appleton. -
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
Stan CORRESPONDENT Of The Star.

- RLANDO, Fla, March IA
Bucky Harris kindergarten
kids" alias WaShington's
~ 1886 diamond edition, sent
Tom Yawkey's expensive Red Sox to
the cleaners today in muddy, rainy,
but wholly satisfactory inaugural of
the Grapefruit League season.
The score, 6 to 8, hardly did justice
to the superiority which the COM
paratively nondescript Nationals dis
played over the most expensive col
lection of base ball flesh in history.
Never in danger after the game once
was under way, Bucky Harris young
sters coaSted to a coveted triumph that
marked sensational debuts for two new
regulars and three exhibitions of pitch
ing that seemingly heralded the dawn
Of a new day for Washington hurting.
Sock Successive Home Runs.
Jesse HILL, the streak Of creased
lightning procured from New York,
and John Buddy Lewis, 19-year r-old
third baseman, were the hits of the
show when they blasted terrific drives
for successive home runs in a big
second inning that broke the hearts
of Hubtown's warriors.
While their mates were making
seven base hits count. blushing Buck
Newson1, Eddie Linke and Pete Apple
ton bore the pitching burden in a
manner that bordered on midseason
form.
Newsom. looking better than ever
before in his brief. but hectic term in
major league ball, whizzed his fast
ball by the Bostons for three innings
to turn over a 4-to-0 lead to Linke.
The latter, facing only 10 batsmen
during his three-inning term, handed
Appleton the same margin and Pete,
while giving up all the Red Sox runs,
never once failed to play the part of
q winning hurler.
Evening star., 1936-03-15
LEAGUE FRANCHISES OPEN.

Base ball teams desiring a franchise
in the Washington Church League are
requested to contact ]. Minister at
Atlantic 55l3 or Forrest Burgess at
Adams 1894.
Evening star., 1936-03-15
Homers Hit Inside Park.

WHACklNG drive all out OF pro-
Nv portion to his compact little
frame, Jesse planted the ball in the
flower bed near the left field fence and
raced around the bags far ahead OF
Skinny Graham's peg.
Young Lewis, strike out victim on
his first trip to the plate, wasted no
time following suit. Buddy picked out
a Bowers curve and raped it into
right field, so far that even the speedy
Mel Almada and Rog Cramer could
not reach it in time to make Lewis
slide into home after his tour of the
bases.
Newsom. meanwhile, was turning
back to Sox with two hits during his
term in the box. He also gave up a
walk, but when Buck wanted to bear
down the Bosox hardly got a glimpse
Of the ball. Blushing Buck registered
four strikeouts, his victims including
Cramer, Jimmy FoXx and Almada.
Linke was waved into the box by
Manager Harris in the fourth frame
and, If anything, Ed was better than
Newsom. He retired the first seven
men in row, gave up a single to
Dusty Cooke, then bore down to retire
Graham and Foxx on infield rollers
to end his stretch on the hill
Reynolds Gets Telling Hit.
ROWERS, steadying after the first
two frames, managed to escape
without further damage and left the
game midway to Rogers, southpaw
The left-hander, former University
of Alabama athletic star up from the
Southern Association, also stopped the
Nationals until the seventh, when an
error, a base on balls and Carl Rey-
nolds' big bat served to manufacture
two more runs
Powell started the run un-making by
rapping a roller to Dib Williams, who
replaced Joe Cronin at shortstop. Dib
so hurried his throw that FoXx was
unable to grab the high heave and
Jake scooted for second on the miscue.
Cecil Travis drew q pass.
Here Reynolds, replacing Johnny
Stone against the left-handed Rogers,
stalked to the plate and pushed a sin
gle to center, scoring Powell and send
ing Travis to third. Cecil scored on
Joey Kuhel's infield out.
Get to Appleton in Eighth.
"A PPLETON, who took up the Wash
ington pitching in the Boston sew
enth, was of to a brilliant start. He
whitfield Cronin to begin the frame,
tossed out Oscar Melillo and struck out
the hard-hitting Johnny Kroner. But
1t was q different story in the next
frame.
Catcher George (SkeetS) Dickey,
brother Of the Yanks' backstop, opened
with single. Rogers followed with
another single of Appleton, who then
temporarily lost control and walked
Almada, filling the bases.
Cooke wasn't capable of. taking the
cue, but Dusty's roller to Kuhel, fore
ing Armada at second, scored Dickey
and sent Rogers to third. A moment
later Graham, only man in the game
to get two hits, slapped q two-baser
past Kuhel to count Rogers and send
Cooke to third. Dusty scored on Bing
Miller's grounder to Bobby Estalella,
but Appleton ended it all by tossing
out williams.
Evening star., 1936-03-15
Mats "Icen Game Early.


DESPITE hard, steady rain that
- did not let up until midway Of
the game, 1000 excited natives and
out-of- -towners turned out for the fray,
which was iced in the first two innings
through the medium of the Griffith
A. C.'s timely hits.
Hill and Alvin (Jake) Powell in
stalled in new batting positions for the
Nationals combined to give Newson a
10 lead in the first inning. Hill, walk
Ing to open the game, moved up On
Buddy Myers infield out, and raced
home when Powell slashed wicked
single to left field to suggest that Har-
ris' naming of him as cleanup" hit
ter was not without its points.
1t was not until two were out in the
second inning that Washington carved
out its big lead from the offerings of
young Stewart Bowers, right
who won two out Of three American
League starts in 1885. NewSon. in
person. started the ball a-rolling by
singing sharply TO center field and
Hill promptly took the cue.
Evening star., 1936-03-15

BY the Associated Press.
N YEW YORK, March 14.-In a
nj race that was travesty on
" the stopwatch but a triumph
A in strategy, Glenn Cunning
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14

had TO be moved 30 miles fvcn
the nearest railway bafoce work
could gat under way. The mach
inery was shipped to California
by r2il from Mississippi river prof
Co.'S. Driving through despite tne
intense heat of summer, the Levi
Chambers crew hauled parts o.
their machinery in 50-ton trucks
and trailers over the shifting de-
CT lands. When the last loaa
reached the desert camp assembly
work began and the giant drag
lines took SHAPE. Flowing a-soss
desert. digging cut trucks sunk
hub deep defying the long clou5-
less days Of burning sun, was just
"part of the job" to TIE Lewis
Chambers crew. They'd braved
similar hardsaips before. in mos
quito-infssted Florida back coun-
try, in the swampS of the Missis-
sippi.
General Equipment" On tn
I 2Wis-Ch' mbers job Is headed D.
three dragiine5. The "5 w, the
largest Ct th9 trio, carries a 100
r5ot boom with a bucket thai
acoor5 uc seven cubic yards q
Garth at each bite. 1t is equip
ped with a $50 horsepower Fair
banks Morse diesel engine that
swings the mighty boom and Iug-
nishes power for the bucket. Ths
two other Graglines ere equippei
with 4 yard and 212 yard buckets,
Cno is a Monaghan, pow
cred By a l50 horse power Atlas
Imperial engine; the other, 81
Lytus-Erie. is operated by la0
horsepower Caterpillar. Both a.
diaseE.
Tho large machine IS = walker"
tCCatinued on Page 3; Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
CANAL. WORK
FURTHER Ed BY
SAND FL E AS

SIND ilea5' have sC.vcd one
serious problem for tho Lewis
Chambers company on their All
American canal contract.
Soft desert sand near the scenes
O. operations caused real incon-
Voniencc when trucks OF au5t5
driven by officials frequently be-
came STUCK. Autos were unable
to drive even close to the drag
lines without being mircd, Unless
they were equipped with unusu5l-
II large tires to provide greater
surface and prevent sinking.
A modified form of midget
racer" proved the solution. Three
sand fleas' were constructed in
the Lewis Chambers machine
snCp ps They are M0dCl n FoydS
stripped down TO lite moe than
the chassis. No tenders, nc body
a remnant OF a wind shield, one
seat in front md a wooden plat
fern on bacE The tires are over
size balloons.
If yCI'rc looking for a thrill
that m>kcs stunt Lying and mo-
torcyC.c racing lock like pastime5
for a knitting circle, just try
whipping over the sand dunes ii
one Ct these abbreviated, ale2h-
aniCal comaLS Your hair will
be whita when it's over, with SAND
if not from fear. And can these
Lewis Chambers boys drive!
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
E:XPE:RIE Need
nae NJ ON l.. {.
OFFICIAL. LIST

C1fic Is of the LcWis-Chambera
company nc udc j. HGmpden
Lewis, p:asia ant; Jonn T. Cham
BEES. -prasidcnt; George F.. VII
liams, treasurer, and B. M. IrY-
ing. secretary.
President lewis is a veteran Of
years OF service il construction
work with the government along
the Mississippi river and with pEl-
vate contractors. Vice-President
Chambers, also a man Of long
experience, supervised installation
Of equipment and organization OF
the All American contract He is
in general charge of the work.
Irving supervised the contracts
for purchasing materials and sup
plies and is in general charge of
the clerical work in connection
with the canal contract.
On the grounds, the field office
is under the supervision of G. c.
Campbcll, field manager, assisted
by Mrs. p. Edwards, field office
manager c. a. Colon, field super
intendent in charge of actual op-
crations has had extensive .eX-
periencc in structural steel opera
tionS and heavy construction, be-
sides considerable experience in
excavation. Paul Dickman, mas
ter mechanic, is responsible for
maintenance G., equipment.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
FIR M s BABY
IS MAMMO n
EARTH BRIDGE

Tho LcWis-Char,bers ccmpany'S
Z hv" l. ~" Chambers Bride. The
mere fact that il teethed on Mis-
.i.s rpi river mud. learned to wad-
die ca shifting river silt and grew
~ arid mSc cquitoE and muck. does
u dctract frc~' the fact that it's
1!'H n t2hy io the Lewis-C Chambers
rev.
Chatting with c. C. Cam bell in
he ccmnanv'S CaleXico offices or
0asring the tina of dav with @. A.
-clin. CIT 1T the field office. will
Inevitably lead to some mention of
he Bridge And flicker of pride
7lways crosses their faces when
hey mention it--right down the
line to the grease covered oilers
.hat man the draelines.
1t Moves Dirt
What is 1t? The Bridge, putting
it badly is means of conveying
cxcsvated earth from one place to
another in an incredibly short
lcn2th OF time. 1t Is used on jobs
where earth must be carried far
ther away from the scene of dig
ging than the booms of the drag
lines can swing it. The Lewis
Chambers company was ready to
use it on the All American canal
JOB, but found it unneeded.
Briefly, the Bridge is = loy steel
Continued on Page 8; Col ID
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14

purpose OF ellBdBHl5 III NApaAooiPPi
river levee construction. AT this
time the giant Mississippi flood
control program was just getting
under Way. LcWis-Chambers was
cae or the first companies to equip
4jth vonste- naehi0es modern
enough to cope with the new con-
ditiCns.
Checked Floods
The company rayed a. impor-
tprt part during the entire pro-
gram that lasted rntll 1894, Their
machines helped build the strong
levc0s that rev hold the Big
Muddy in check.
During those six years the vcuns
company gre'u o'tleklv 70 man
hoc1". 1t made rapid strides in in
c. easing its equipment and ex-
t-ndinr operations, The company
~ioht ncW Is hsrdlin7 projects IN
WIDELY scrar7'ed sec'i1n~ OF th1
-,atic- -. crTfcc.''a Ford and
louisiana Its equipment is the
ret nodern and powerful that
money can bnv built TO handle
faNefV CO.I's'lN 'lNAIl' " ~ W - -
hqndling ioh. hnavy concrete or
-'r'tctu~e buldi"" "roirct.
Becide~ thr All american car Il
rroiect IN California. the Lewis
CI9n,h-~r co~11nnv h1e nm impre7-
We lirt o. jcr7 completed or IN
he process &C conplation. Con-
fr7cts irclilde iAe Atlantic -Gulf
-rlo canal in Florida and the
revo,l Sorre' e'-P1von oag levees in
T3o-,isl9na. Irc'rded IN the Mis-
gls-irri rivc~ lavrc vow 'verc such
oc-,racfs - 1i,o Ts7conia Circle
,ovcos +, sortheast5~n Arkansas.
tho Shipland lNven IN Mississippi
md tao Morg1aza-Noy Tc~a5 lcvee
IN Louisiana,
spcci -cuia- Project
One OF the 'nor' specta"ul1r
-rciects was rart Of 'Ic aIaantic
-'o-ioa Sh.2 canal. Octooer "a.
1885, the company vas awarded
,~,,t~act7 10 t'-'o rn'1l.c'' v7~ds near
Ccala. FL. 10 bo comrleted in eight
~c9;ne' time. T7o~ these c7ntra"ts
sle cc-Y-s,1v nic".d rccr'" 1000
tCca dnrcd on PaEc 6: Col. .
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
F ASSURE IMPERIAL VALLEY OF OUR PLEASURE

Builders, not only of a large sec
tion of the All American canal, but
the Atlantic-Gulf ship canal in
Florida and miles of levees along
the Mississippi river bottoms. Pho
to shows the famous Chambers
Bridge, monster dirt moving mach
inc, pride of the Lewis-Chambers
mechanical fleet. Conditions made
its use unnecessary on the All
American.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14

and soft earth has taken a sky
ride in the buckets ef the Lewis
Chambers draglines Where the
sand once was is a yaWning grand
canyon, the All American canal.
The Lewis Chambers contract in
the All American Project begins
at the western edge Of the sand
hills at Station 1860 and extends
l8 miles to Station 2740. The
country IS flat, not and barren,
except for a smattering Of dlscro
bushes and low sand dunes. Into
this desolate region, Lewis Cham
bers sent three mechanical nIor-
sters-draglines - accompanied by
a crack crew Of their most skill
ful construction men.
Heavy Hauling Job
Hundreds of tons of machinery
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
Excavation Work
Begun July 5, 1885

Ground was broken by the Lew
is-Chambers company on its canal
project July 5th, 1885. The COM
pany bid $505, 5,50610 for three Of
four schedules, in a combination
bid in which Mittry Bros, Con-
struction company Of Los Angeles
bid $3.50, 400 for the fourth sche-
duke. The LewiS-Chambers bid
amounted TO .0649 cents per cubic
yard,
July 25, 1888 is the contract date
for completion. Present progress
indicates work probably will be
completed during the summer Of
1887
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14

operators at key points.
If the CaleXico office wants to
communicate with the home head
quarters, a lever is pulled and the
machine goes into action. A key
atter is punched, which indicates
the Los Angeles operator is say
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14

The giant manmade river pushes its way farther and
farther, day by day. This remarkable photograph,
taken from an arplane by Spence Air photos of Los
Angeles, shows several miles Of the All American can
al section built by Lews-Chambers Construction com
pany Facing west the picture shows the contractors
pushing the canal eastward, at point near Midway
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14

The teletype machine at the
Calexicc end is housed in a box
like covering. It has a typewriter
keyboard. Messages sent or re-
cciVed are recorded en- paper, like
a Typewriter. Machines operate
through the telephone system with
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
Across the Barren Desert Wastes

Highway 80 The black line running dagonally
the center of the photo is the former Caexco
road The line in the upper right hand corner is the
newly completed highway. The small break in the
canal the top is Power Drop No 3, where there
will be difference of more than "a feet in the level
of the canal. The lower pictures show Lewis
Chambers dragnes eating their way through the
desert sands. Their work is nearly half completed.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
TElETYpES Link LEWIS CHAMBERS OFFICES

ing, Number, Please The send
er then writes on the keyboard
what number he wishes to call in
New Orleans and in a few mo-
ment5 he gets the signal to go
ahGad.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14

10 insure swift and efficient
sommunication between the head
5ffices of LeWis-Chambers Con-
strucJiCI company in New Orleans,
Gnd the field office. located in the
L Anza hotel, CaleXico, a tele-
tYpe sEstem is used.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
sLeqvis> Chambers
. Half Thru With
18>Mile Project
Over 800, 900 Yards of Sand, Soil Take
Sky Ride in Buckets of Firms
Huge Draglines

Eight million yards of earth to be moved. Eighteen
miles of canal TO be built That the job that faced
the LeWis-Chambers Construction company July Fifth
1885 Today nearly half of that tremendous task has
been completed. Over 100000 wards Of desert sand
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
COMPANY WON
SPURS IN BATTLES
WITH BIG MUDDY

The Lews-Chambers Construction company, Inc,
made its debut and its spurs in the battle of the Mis-
sissssppi not a Civil War battle, but modern one oil
tawnv water and mud as fierce wartime.
The company organized in 1923, for The express
Smyrna times., 1936-01-16
r. E.. WILSON AS
COUNTY AGENT
CONTINUED from Page One)

sent to grape growers, in addition
to visiting a number of fruit farms
on specific problems of disease and
insect control and other cultural
questions Three vineyard spray
ing demonstrations for the control
of black rot were conducted in Co
operation with DR.. T. F. Manns,
plant pathologist of the Delaware
experiment station. The crop and
livestock control program of the
Agricultural Adjustment Admins
tration occupied the majority of
the county agents time through
assisting wheat and corn growers
with their allotment contracts, ar
ranging and conducting community
meetings, and cooperating with
these crop control associations in
acreage compliance work, also in
the preparation of news releases
for the press throughout the year.
The work in connection with the
Farm Credit Administration in
cluded the placing of so emergency
crop production loans totaling 81
225, and cooperating with the Del
aware Production Credit Associa-
ton and the Federal Land Bank of
Baltimore in assisting farmers to
obtain agricultural credit. In the
program for the improvement of
the pasture and hay situation in
Kent county surveys indicated that
during the past year 336 acres Of
wheat clover, 555 acres of alfalfa,
and 1886 acres of scarlet clover
were sown, making a total of 1927
acres for these three legumes in adj
ldition to several hundred acres
which were seeded to lespedeza and
other pasture and soil improve
ment crops. In performing these
various activities the Kent County
Agent received during the past
year 6,120 office and telephone
calls, mailed 2,610 personal letters
and over 10000 mimeographed let
ters, visited 24S farms, held 81
meetings with a total attendance
of 1918 farmers, and Travelled over
5000 miles.
Smyrna times., 1936-01-16

Published Every Thursday Morning, by
r. ID. HOFFECKER. Proprietor.
Founded by Robert ID. Hoffecker. July 3.
1854. Editor and Proprietor until Feb
ruary 10. 1907.
Smyrna times., 1936-01-16
see a boon to business and are
happy over the outlook.
WASHINGTON COLLEGE HALL
S23, 900 Given For a New Building
to BE Named "HodsOn Hall'

u
to Be Named "Hodson Hall'
Announcement was made Mon
day by President Gilbert Wilcox
Mead of Washington College, Ches-
tertown, Md, of a gift of $685. 900
to the college to be applied towards
the construction and equipment of
a student social hall and dining
room on the campus of the Shore
college. The gift is grant from
the trustees of the Holden Trust,
an educational foundation estab-
lished some years ago by the late
Colonel Clarence Hodson, of New
York, to which has been added a
substantial sum by Mrs. Hodson in
memory of her late husband. Col
onel Hodson was a member of the
board of visitors and governors of
Washington College at the time of
his death in 1929. The new build
ing is to be known as "Hodson
Hall and will contain the college
dining hall and kitchen in addition
to providing space for student or
ganization offices, game rooms
bowling alleys, and other social
facilities. 1t is estimated that the
total cost will approximate $40,-
900.
Smyrna times., 1936-01-16
Our Dairy Industry

Dairying is the most I'M
portant agricultural industry
in the United States and Della
ware is enjoying its share
along with other states. In
recent years, sales of dairy
products have amounted to
about 25 per cent of the cash
income of all agriculture. And
in 1884, the cash income from
dairying was higher than the
combined cash income from
wheat and cotton. 1t was al
most as high as the combined
cash income from hogs, cattle
and calves, a part of which is
represented by daily cattle. AS
the Middletown Transcript
says:
1T is an interesting fact
that American dairy farmers
have ben among the most pro-
gressive Of all farm groups in
forming and supporting coop
erative organizations. In the
great eastern area, for exam
pie, dairy farmers are served
by a pioneer coop, the Dairy
mems League Co : operative
Association, Inc. In other
areas, large and strong dairy
co-operatives are helping to
bring better times to the
farmer. The pre-eminent
place of dairying in the agri-
cultural set-up is not entirely
due, Of course, to the success
of dairy co-operatives but
those organizations have done
and are doing a mighty i'm
portant work in behalf o.
their members and the public
at large"
Smyrna times., 1936-01-16
CHICKEN THIEVES IN COURT
Three Negroes, Two of Whom Con
fessed, Held in $500 Bail Each

William Waters, David Grimes
and Lorn Budd, all Negroes, were
arraigned Friday before Magis-
trate w. D. Burton at Dover, on
the charge of larceny of two bar
rels of dressed chickens consigned
to Richardson and Robbins from a
freight car at the Dover r. R. Sta
ton. Waters and Grimes admitted
the theft but Budd pleaded not
guilty. All three were held in $500
bail for the February term of court
and in default were committed to
Kent County jail.
Smyrna times., 1936-01-16
Want Service Restored

One Of our citizens in a
communication published in
another column wants the old
Fire Bell on the Fire Hall re-
stored to usefulness. Not only
does he see the necessity of it
in an emergency when the
town current "is off" by rea-
son of some breakdown, but
he would like to see the fire
bell use the old code system
of informing the public as to
the location of the fires
whether in town or out and il
in town the designated dis
trict. Smyrna firemen once
had a code system cf this kline
in effect but it was abandoned
No doubt many citizens O.
Smyrna would like the sys
tenn restored and it is to b'
hoped that our volunteer fir
company can see their way t.
do it.