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Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14

is so feet long.
Seventy-Five at Work
Seventy-five mea are employed
By the company in the pile driving
work. Five great pile drivers point
like fingers to the sky-but it takes
seven men TO manage each Of the
machines which were shipped Ov-
erland from San Pedro and assem-
bled at the Imperia. Dam site.
Their downward drive aould shat
ter steel ball as easily as d man
cracks peanut.
The steel and concrete pilin2s
which will 20 down under the ter
rife force of the drivers come to the
company ready to be set in position,
but its Workmen manufacture on
the scene the wood sheeting. sp.k-
ing together three 3x12-inch tim
bers. in the purpose.
Approximately 100000 feet of
this 3ood sheeting already has been
driven along the route where dykes
will form The banks Of the All
American canal IRON the intake TO
station so. Like the sheeting under
the dam itself, this row Of under
ground timbers will serve as a
sunken wall to prevent water from
seeping under the banks and under
mining them.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
$50 M { N
A R { FED
A 7 7 | M {.

It's no easy task TO feed $50 and
aorc hungry workers at a sitting.
nd give them all they want of
olrishing food
But no one. visiting the huge Ma
onal CommiSSary company dining
pom can doubt but that this very
aing is being accomplished.
The manner in which workers in
le camps wait outside the big
-hite building for the signal to en-
n. is not unlike memories Of army
amp days. The most striking dif-
srence is that each patron does not
AIRY his own meSSkit. and inside,
1c tables are clean and neat and
le heavy china ware is SpotleSS.
Foods of ample abundance, sur
risingly good quality, and properly
noked. load down the tables. AT
nc average meal many vegetables
re included so that almost any ap-
elite will be satisfied. In the realms
T meats two or more selections are
ffered. Not unusual is the ap-
earance of select steaks, chops and
hicken.
When necessary. meals are served
two shifts, and for the worker
rho desires to eat a meal on the
1b, bag lunches are prepared.
The cost of three meals a day at
he camp totals s115. a price that
surprisingly equitable considering
ne great expense of obtaining and
5oring food products, and the OBJ
iously heavy overhead of kitchen
nd service help.
Meals are only seldom paid for in
ash. The credit system prevails.
lpon leaving the dining hall, a
hecker notes the workmen's badge
lumber and the account is carried
n the company books.
The camp commisSary is patron
ed by workers from other camps
S well as the MU.W company.
'hough single workmen are the
rincipal customers, it is not un-
sual to see entire families eating
ogether in the dining hall. Visitors
re welcomed and if late for reg
lar meal hours, special tables will
e made up.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
MIRACLES NO
sU RPRISE TO
ANAL HEADS

Miracles are routine to the en-
ineers and other officials of the
Tnited States Bureau of Reclama
ION.
THE arrangement is no different
rom that generally followed on
arge construction work." said r. B.
Williams. chief engineer on the
anal, in discussing the sub-con-
ract under which the National
'ommissary company feeds, clothes
nd houses almost 500 men work
ag on the Morrison Utah winston
ontract section of the All Ameri-
an canal.
"The general contractor" Viii
ans continued. has supervision
+ his camp and the granting of
oncesSions thereon. The space is
. congested between Laguna and
imperial Dams that there is not
pom for opening up any Of this
rea for concession purposes. The
Jurisdiction of the National Com
aissary company is confined ex-
iusively to the camp of Morrison
Ttah- Winston"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
6-YEAR STUDY
ELIMINATED IN
SILT REMOVAL

The desilting plant, designed by
reclamation bureau engineers col
laborating with the research stalls
of the Dorr company, is the result
of six years of field study supple
mented by research development on
both a laboratory and semi-commer-
cial scale. At one point in the pre-
liminary tests, 35 tons of Colorado
river silt were shipped from Yuma
to the Dorr experimental laborator-
les in Westport. Conn, where Tor
several months a classifier treated
and re-treated 100000 gallons OF
water and "a tons of solids day
under consitions anticipated in prac-
tice.
Upon just such tests, $500 miles
from the site of the proposed plant,
were developed the basic engineer
ing factors on which the final de-
sign was made.
Based on these studies. the COM
plete task is estimated to require
about two years to complete.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14

lights. one each for every one of the
battery of 70 Dorr CHARTERS that
take the deposited silt out OF the
basins. When the machines are
in operation, green lights will burn.
If, by any chance, one should cut
out, the red light flashes on and
the operator knows exactly which
machine has stopped. A system of
loud horns also will be installed to
give warning when any one of the
machines fails.
Gigantic Arms
Twelve Clarifiers will be set in
each of the six settling basins of the
desilting plant. Each Clarifier is
like an airplane propeller, 125 feet
from tip to tip. In the center is the
motor which turns the arms" in
slow circles. The machines re-
yolye once in 16 minutes. On the
under side Of the arms are tilted
blades, like pillow shares, that gath
er up silt and move it toward the
center.
At the base of each machine will
be an opening INTO an Underground
disposal system. Silt gathered by
the machines is automatically
forced down into the main tunnel,
where it is flushed out through
drain pipes and discharged into the
sluiceWay, which carries it off to
the river again.
Such scraper machines are not
new. They have been used for 20
years at chemical, metallurgival
and industrial plants both in this
country and in Europe. Their use
is common in sewage treatment and
water publication. Never, however,
have they been used on such a
grand scale as in the All American
plant.
The machines will require a min
imum of attention They are es-
pecially designed to run six months
at a stretch on a single application
of lubricants. The blades. which
pIow up silt, will lower or raise
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14

BIcdL Jl CT al ( III JOl Ioii
portant jobs Of all is that of driv-
ing the piling which sill safeguard
Imperial Dam from undermining.
The contractors will sink huge con-
crete and steel shafts that make the
foundation for the desiltins works.
and will hammer down the wood
sheeting under either bank Of the
canal down TO station 50. to pre-
vent seepage under the canal.
Three Protective Rows
Under Imperial Dam will run
three rows of sheeting. Approx
mately 2.750,O00 feet of wood sheet
piling. varying in length from 20
to 30 feet will 90 under what Is
to be the dam and desilting works.
One line of this wood sheet pilin2
will be driven across the river at
the uppermost edge Of the dam.
Two roXs Of the steel sheet pill
ing will be set to 20 feet below
the river bottom.
The purpose Of the plllns under
the dam is TO prevent undermining
of the dam by seepage, rather than
to serve as a foundation. The cen
ter of the dam-or part over which
the river will pour, will be Of the
floating wier type, requiring no
bedrock foundation.
The protective piling will be driv-
en- across the river bed after water
has ben diverted by Golfer dams
and the present river bed is dry.
Approximately 1000 pieces o. steel
sheet piling will be driven into the
job Each is about 40 feet long
and all togther they weigh about
five and a half million pounds, or
about SO pounds TO the foot. There
will be more than three quarters Of a
million feet Of steel sheeting in
the Golfer dam.
Most imposing in appearance are
the great concrete pilings,, strongly
reinforced with steel, which will be
hammered doKn 10 form the foun-
dation for the desilting works APP
proximately $500 of them will be
used Each weighs eight tons, and
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
HOUSEWIVES
HEADACHE IN
SUPPLY BILL

Here's a general idea of how
much food a family of nearly $50
consumes in months time.
This family is fed by +. j. Mac
Donald of the National Commits
sary company at Imperial dam
site.
2500 dozen eggs, 1900 gallons
milk. ton butter, 1900 pounds
potatoes, 4500 pounds sugar,
10000 pounds flour, 500 pounds
coffee. 500 pounds beans, 600
pounds cereal, 5000 pounds beef,
2500 pounds pork, 500 pounds
veal. 500 pounds ham, 1900
pounds bacon. 500 pounds VEIN
rrs. 1000 pounds sausage, 300
pounds cold meats. 600 pounds
chicken. 500 pounds fish.
How about this for a grocery
bins
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
CEMETERIES MOVED

Three old cemeteries have been
moved to new locations by the
reclamation service to make way
for canal construction and to pre-
vent their Submergence.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14

themselves automatically so as to
handle any short periods OF over
loading without requiring the at
tention of an operator. Strangely
enough. the handling of eight billion
gallons of water daily will be accom-
plished at a power expenditure that
will not exceed 378 horsepower.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
No Between-MeaI
SnackS on Canal

Talk about meals at all hours,
how does Ibis schedule appear?
It's followed at the M-U-W camp,
under supervision of J. F. Mac
Donald.
Breakfast: 4, 5. 6, Z, 8 a. IN.
Luncheon: IL, 1910, l.
Dinner: 2:10, $3.50, $40, 800
and 1900 pm
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
Roots of Steel and Wood Will
Tie Imperial Dam to RiVer Bed
MONSTER PiLINCS SET
INTO SILT TO HOLD
STRUCTURE ~ PLACE
Protective Rows to Prevent Seepage, Forestall
Danger of Undermining to Diversion
Works and All American

The roots Of Imperial Dam will be Of steel and wood
hammered down into the bed of the trucuent Colorado
river by the great pile drivers Of ubcontractors under
the Utah-Winston companies All parts Of the
great proiect are important but among the most i'm
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
Red Green Lights TO
Flash Control Signal
For DesiIting Works
Sirens Will Tell of Stoppage After Purifiers Placed
In Operation; One Man Can Keep Entire
System Under Control

In 1910 when complete operation of the All American
canal system is slated to start will sit In con-
troll at Imperial Dam and operate the key mechanism
of the giant desilting plant.
Before him will be simple system Of red and green
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-05
BANKHEAD DEFENDS
CREDITS ON COTTON

Washington, May 25.-(AP)-Sena-
tor Bankhead, Democrat, Alabama
defended the American Cotton Coop
erative Association today in a minor
ity report on Senate investigation
into expenditures by the Federal gov
eminent for cotton cooperatives.
Senator Mcclellan, Tennessee, Dem
ocrat, and Townsend, Republican,
Delaware, filed the majority report
last month,
Senator Townsend said he support
ed neither the majority nor minority
reports, explaining he had signed the
majority report only to enable it to be
published. He said he had not at
tended the hearings.
The Alabaman wrote:
at does not appear, as stated, that
capital loans to the American Cotton
Cooperative Association and it's af-
filiates have been recklessly or wan
tonly made, or that those whom the
President has entrusted with respon-
sibility for the affairs of the Farm
Credit Association have been recreant
to their trust"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-05
LabOrHend
To Support
Roosevelt

Washington, May 5.-(AP)-Presi-
dent William Green of the American
Federation of Labor, declared today
for the reelection of President Roose-
welt
Addressing the convention of the
National Women's Trade Union Lea
que, he sadi:
1--WE have been inspired and thrill
ed by the leadership destiny he has
given us. We want to continue It."
Reporters inquired subsequently IL
he had meant advocacy Of the re-
election of Roosevelt Green assented.
In his speech, the labor leader
spoke of slaughter" Of NRA wage
and hour standards by industry since
the Supreme Court invalidated that
New Deal agency. He commended prin-
ciples of that extraordinary law
would be restored in legislation.
The NRA and social security pro-
gram were praised by him.
1--WE can't" he said, afford to
make any change in the leadership Of
this great forward movement"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-05
Mussolini Speaks After ST.
renes and Bells Call Ma
ton into Great
Celebration
HALF THE POPULACE
SPRINGS INTO LINE
Second Time Since Italy's
War With Ethiopia Start
ed That National Adunata
Has Been Ordered by Die
tator; First Occasion Was
Last October 2

Rome, May 5 (AP)-Pre-
mier Mussolini declared to-
night ''the war is over" and
Ethiopia is Italian"
II Duce spoke after sirenes
and bells in Rome summoned
the citizens to celebration of the
news that Adds Ababa had
fallen.
The summons was to the long-ex-
pected adunata, or national mass
meeting, called to symbolic Italy's
victory over Ethiopia.
In response to the tocsin, half the
population of Italy sprang to military
and semi-military formation.
1t was the second time since Italy's
war with Ethiopia started that II
Duce called on the people to march
in military formation to public plazas
and listen to his radio commands.
The first occasion was October 2,
1885. Speaking to 100000 soldiers,
blackshirts and members of organiza-
tions gathered in military formation
in the 1929 cities, towns and villages
of the kingdom he shouted a warning
that Italians would push into Ethio-
pia.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-05
ECONOMIC |MPASSE
AIDING COMMUNISM
New Deal Created Pros
perity Can't Last With
Trade Throttled
BY LESLIE EICHEL
Central Press Staff Writer

LEADING FINANCIERS are max
ing a determined effort to have the
Republican party declare for lower
tariffs and removal of other trade and
currency barriers. Republican chiefs,
however, are up in the air over upset
ting Republican tradition.
Big financial interests-particula
international bankers-are nervous
over the present tendencies of world
security markets.
The Wall Street Journal puts these
fears into a nutshell by asserting, en-
formed opinion leaned to the belief
that world stock markets are reflect
ing fears that world economic re-
covery cannot go much further unless
leading countries cut through the pre-
sent tangle of political and financial
problems"
Spread of political instability in Eu-
rope is looked for. The chief cause of
this instability is economic dislocation
Unless freer interchange of trade and
currency is brought about among the
countries of the world, international
bankers fear that Europe may go
completely communistic. Even the
relationships cannot survive the eco
CONTINUED on Page Three.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-05
GAINS FOR GRAHAM
LIKELY THIS WEEK
His Supporters Predict Best
Week He Has Had Dur
ing Campaign
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
We The Sir Walter Hotel,
= 4 G. RASE[ VCRVII,I

Raleigh, May 5.-The managers
and supporters of Lieutenant Cover
nor A. H. (Sandy) Graham in his
campaign for the Democratic nomi-
nation for governor are predicting
that he will make a better showing
this week than at any time so far,
en- the grounds that the Democrats
Of the State who are opposed to DR..
Ralph W. Mcdonald of Winston
Salem are at last waking up to the
fact that Graham is the only candid
ate who can defeat Mcdonald in a
second primary. They maintain that
most of Graham's supporters are
moderate liberals who will not vote
for Clyde r. Hoey because he is too
closely linked with the present ad-
mnistration and the old machine
with the result that in a second pri-
mary in which Hoey and Mcdonald
were the candidates, most of the Ora
ham hackers would vote for Melon
aid But in a second primary between
Graham and Mcdonald, even though
the former college professor might
run ahead of the field in the first
primary, Graham would win because
he woul gdet at least 80 per cent OF
the Hoey vote, the Graham force.
contend.
The Hoey supporters, although be-
i4,
(COntinued on Page Three.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-05
House Journal Cited to
Show He Did Favor
Measure, Despite Per-
sistent Denials
GRAHAM AND HOEY
DENOUNCE CLAIMS
Graham Even Hotter About
Ii Than Hoey, Who First
Dug Up the Issue; After
All, 1t Was Spite Bill ORR
grating in House; McDon-
aid Style BLATANT"
Daily Dispatch Bure@W.
In The Sir Walter Hotel,


Raleigh, May 5.-More political
smoke is being generated here over
the fact that DR.. Ralph w. McDon-
aid voted for the bill to impose the
sales tax on hotel meals and rooms,
as we'll as to increase the license tax
on hotels, than over anything that has
yet developed during the precent CUB
ernatorial campaign. The cloud of
smoke became thicker and hotter to-
day as a result of DR.. McDonald's
statement in which he denied Sup
porting" this bill but in which he did
not deny voting for the bill, and the
sizzling rejoinders made to his state
ment by Clyde r. Hoey and Sandy
Graham. Both Hoey and Graham
pointed out that page 1888 of the
House Journal for 1885 shows that
DR.. Mcdonald voted for the passage
of House Bill 1860, to impose the sales
tax on hotel rooms and meals when
the bill came up for second reading,
((Onttnuod on Page Sky
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-05
Refused To Leave on Ord
ers of Secretary Hull I'm
til Legation Drove
Off Bandits
EMPEROR FLEEING
AS EMPIRE FALLS
Large Force of Italians Oc-
cupies Capital City of Adj
dis Ababa; Foreigners
Hope They Will Be Able
To Restore Order; Rioting
Has Been In Progress

Washington, May 5 (AP)-
The American Legation in Adj
dis Ababa, which was evacuat-
ed early today by Minister Cor
nelius Van H. Engert and his
staff, has been reoccupied fol-
lowing the occupation of the
Ethiopian capital by the Ital-
ians, the State Department was
notified this afternoon.
Washington, May 5 (AP)-
Americas fighting envoy, Cor
nelius Van H. Engert, and the
little band who had braved the
dangers Of massacre to defend
the United States Legation in
Adds Ababa were safely eva
cuated today.
Word that the defenders had left
the building which for four days had
been menaced by savage Ethiopian
bandits bent on loot and murder, was
flaShed mere by way OF LOnOOn.
No details were available beyond
the terse cable:
III. S. Legation safely evacuated.
1t was assumed that Minister En-
CERT, his wife and the other occupants
of the poorly fortified Legation had
been taken to the stout British COM
pound, some three miles away.
Secretary Hull last night sent an
urgent plea to Engert to accept
British offer to convoy him to the com
pound. But at that time he said he
would hold on while longer in hopes
of saving the Legation and the Anne
rican wireless station from destruc-
ton.
From Djibouti, French Somaliland,
(CO.Itinued on Page Sikh
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-05
FEW UNDERSTAND
NEW TAX MEASURE
Will Be Fine Thing for
Experts to Argue and
Charge Big Fees
By CHARLES Z. STEWART
Central Press Staff Writer

Washington, May 5.-The Senate FL
nance Committee now is wrestling
with the tax bill recently passed by
the House of Representatives.
It is safe bet that not dozen men
in Washington understand that bill.
There are members of the House
committee, which framed it, who ad-
nit that they do not understand it,
There are others who certainly do
not understand it, although they do
not admit It. The Treasury Depart
ment, which inspired it, cannot ex-
plain it comprehensively. In part it Is
mathe'natically so complicated that it
has to be expressed in terms of To-
garithms. Even astronomers confess
that logarithms are pulling
AS finally adopted, the program as
suredly will be a glorious thing, how
ever, for legal tax experts to fight
(Coutinued ON Pnvo Threal
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-05
Roosevelt Easy Winner
In Primary In Maryland
Over Anti New Deal Foe
Italy To Protect
Interest OF i. S.

Washington, May 5.-(AP)-The
United States has received assur-
ances from the Italian government
that lives and property of foreign
ers in Adds Ababa would be pro-
tected, according to the rules of
war, as soon as Italian forces Oc-
cupy the city.
This was learned today shortly
after word from London that a
large force of Italian troops had
entered Adds A!baba. Earlier,
Americas fighting envoy, Cor
nelius Van HI. Engert and the lit
tie band which STAYED off attacks
of Ethiopian bandits had been
evacuated safely to the British
Legation.
The Italian assurances were
given the American Embassy in
Rome in response to an inquiry
from Secretary Hull.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-05
Resting Place OF Big
Meteor Near Winston
Sought By Residents

Winston-Salem, May 5. - (AP)-
Residents of this section were trying
to trace the resting place of a
meteor believed to have fallen near
here early this morning.
At nearby Lexington many people
reported being awakened abut 3 a.
m. by heavy explosion and flash in
the sky northeast of Lexington and
railroad employees said they had seen
what appeared to be a meteor across
the city from northeast to southeast.
Windows were ratified in many
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-05
RAWSHED BODY Of
CHILD DISCOVERED
Girl, z, Had Been Assaulted
and Killed Near Home
In Maine City

Waterville, Maine, May SLAP
The ravished body Of Mary Proulx, z,
missing since Sunday. was found to-
day in a clump of alder bushes on the
banks of the Messalonskee stream.
The child had been bound and gag.
ged and apparently died of strangula-
ton.
Circumstances of the Staying were
virtually the same as those in the I'M
solved Staying last October of Annie
K knights, IL, school girl of nearby
Continued on Page Six)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-05
Earl Galloway Fatally Hurt
and Nearly All of the 35
Occupants of Vehicle
Are Injured
BROTHER OF CHILD
KILLED is DRIVER
Report Says He Was Trying
to Light Cigarette While
Truck Was Going Down
Hill; Lost Control and
Crashed into Tree; Many
of Children in Hospital

Carthage, May 5-(AP)-Ear! Cal
laway, 10, was fatally injured and II
other school children were hurt today
when a Moore county school bus
wrecked on the High Falls-Carthage
road six miles from here.
Sheriff C. j. Mcdonald said an in
vestigation was under way to deter
mine the cause of the accident.
Eight children were taken to the
hospital for treatment of injuries.
Nine children were hurt slightly,
but released after emergency treat
.nent.
Sheriff Mcdonald said he under
stood Roy Galloway, 16, was driving
the bus, substituting for his brother,
Rotert, the regular driver. The child
killed was a brother of the driver.
The sheriff said he had heard a re-
port that a witness of the wreck, a
Mr.. Crabtree, said the driver of the
bus was trying to light a cigarette as
the vehicle was going downhill. The
boy lost control and the bus jumped
across a side road and sideSwiped a
tree. he said.
No time for an inquest had been set
this afternoon.
All children live in the vicinity in
which the accident occurred
At the Moore county hospital at
Pinehurst, where the injured chill
dren were taken, nurses said it was
not thought any were seriously in
iured, though several were painfully
hurt.
One nurse said she understood
there were about 35 children in the
bus and practically every one suf-
fered bruises and cuts"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-05
President Has Five-to-One
Lead Over Colonel Henry
Breckenridge In
Balloting
MORE PRIMARIES IN
WEST BEING HELD
Complicated Tickets Fight
for Support on California,
While Roosevelt Is Unop-
posed in South Dakota;
Republican Fight Is Over
Delegates There
(By the Associated Press.)

Returns from the Maryland presi-
Dental primary gave President Roose
welt today a better than five-to-one
margin over Colonel Henry Brecken-
ridge, foe of the New Deal, and as
sured the chief executive the States
16 votes in the Democratic National
Convention.
AS the count of votes in Maryland
was being completed, primaries were
being held in California and South
Dakota.
In the Republican party in the
coast states there is contest be-
tween an uninstructed slate of can
didates and a slate pledged to Cover
nor ALT M. Landon, Of Kansas.
On the Democratic side voters had
a choice among a slate picked by
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