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La gaceta., 1936-04-11

Ell paisaje era agreste y ac-
cidentado, como 10 es toda la
region aragonesa
De entire Ia verde espesuIo
del monte, surgian los caprisho-
sos picachos de una pedregosa
colina, Y al pie de esta brotaba
un claro manantial, cuyas a.
guas iban a buscar la llanura
La gaceta., 1936-04-11
BOOKLYN LIE GANO A
LOS YANKIS

New York, Abril 11.-Des :
pues de haber sido mantenidos
sin hits durante siete innings
por Lefty Gomez y Walter
Browns, los Dodgers batearon
La gaceta., 1936-04-11

Ell aire del campo y ell e.
jercicio de la GAIA, lie robuste-
ceran'', pensaba don Telesforo,
Porque 81 no renunciaba al
'prop6sito de hacer ode su sobri-
nqAun buen cazador.
luis sonreia tristemente O.
yehdole.
Por SUI Custo hubiera CONT
Ruado en- Madrid pero no Sc
at&aEi6 a contrariar@( mas
tempo al bondadoSo anciano.
Despues de TODD, Sque lie re-
tenia a 81 en- la corte?
- ig1RSaba.
Era N Is beranza de ago IN
def DO que no acertaba a ex-
Q#di6, pues, a los deseos de
su tio, porque en- verdad no te-
La gaceta., 1936-04-11

hits, carreras, errores y bate
rfas del .juego:
Phillies:
200 100 00O-Sc .11h lie
Washington:
OBJ Ole 00x-11c 11h lie
Ba;erias.-Por los Phillies
Pezzullo y Berarand, pitdaers,
~ Grace y Atwood, catchers.
.Por Ell Washington: Linke, y
-DeShong, pitchers, y Bolton y
Miles, catchers.
La gaceta., 1936-04-11

amor.
Luis seguia amanda a Rosa
H.. liza amaba mas que nun
cal
La gaceta., 1936-04-11

VictOrianc Manteiga, Editor
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14

What IS the appearance of typi-
cal field headquarters for large
construction company?
If you're driving to Yuma from
the west. glance down and to your
right a few hundred feet before
you come to the Colorado river
bridge. and you will have the an
swer. There is headquarters for
the w. T. Callahan Construction
company and Gunther & Shirley,
contractors on the All American
Canal. 1t couldn't be anything but
what it is, you would know II
you've ever seen many such field
headquarters.
A tidy little group Of buildings,
one very obviously the general Of
flee. another as obviously the ma
chine shop, is enclosed within a
high fence. From here is direct
ed the operation of excavating 40
100000 cubic yards of dirt and
rock, but mostly dirt. 1t is the Of
flee, for quite a few months, any
way. of men who 60 about the
world on similar jobs, making their
homes and their headquarters
where contracts dictate.
The office is air cooled, compact
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
BONES
TURNED UP ON
SAND DUNE JOB

Monsters of an unidentified type,
probably dinosaurs, ranged Imper-
ial Valley in prehistoric times,
leaving behind only their bones as
proof of their existence.
Almost perfectly preserved speci-
mems of these bones have been
found by workmen, employed by the
w. E. Callahan Construction com
pany in cutting the All American
canal through the sand hills. At
no other place along the route Of
the canal have they been found in
sucn gooc shape.
The explanation for the bones
under the sand hills is believed by
Bruce Gentry, Callahan engineer, to
be that the sand hills formed an an
cient beach line when the now I'm
perial Valley was a large inland
sea. The monsters, dying on the
beach, probably sank in the sand
and were preserved for ages in skel-
eton form.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
VET R ANS
SERVE ON
BIG CANAL
Record of Service
Behind Chiefs
For Firm

Veterans in construction work su-
pervise the Callahan Gunther =
Shirley dirt excavation job on the
All-Amer:can Canal. As they do
most other phases o. the canal
work. Major L. D. Crawford VICE
president. is general construction
superintendent Of the All Amerl-
can Canal.
The Callahan company's force Of
key men. for instance. IS made up
c. men with many years Of service
to their credit on company records.
V. II. Gray. 4 positive. competent.
typical construction man, has l6
years of experience with the Cal
lahsn company behind his position
of superintendent on the canal
contract. In his hands rests actual
supervision Of work and construc-
ton details on the Job itself, where
he is resident. Tom Townsend, a
former Z. S. Naval Academy man,
and c. p. Wait are assistant SUI
peTintendents.
Others on the Callahan field Of
flee staff are A. L. Patton. account
ing chief, and T. O. Marty, his
assistant. S. D. Gromer, timekeep-
er: Bruce Gentry, engineer: Earle
A. Rosenfield, drafting engineer;
and William H. Ross is in charge
of storehouse and shop operations,
whose staff includes J. NJ. Stroud,
his assistant. and other able mem
-F IL ~
Gus HClmberg. diesel expert, is
in charge c. the engine main.e-
nance department.
Miss Claire Wilmon IS the secre-
t2ry Of the field office.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
BIGGEST DIRT
MOVING OUTFIT
RIGHT AT HOME

Organized about 25 years ago, the
w. e. Callahan Construction COM
pany runs true TO form IN It's con
tract for common excavation on the
All American Canal-it is the larg-
est dirt moving firm in the world
moving the largest contracted
stretch of dirt on the All American
Canal.
The company's dirt excavation
operations, however, do not form lts
entire list Of achievements. II mas
engaged in practically every form
of construction work since its Or
ganization.
Operating from main offices III 81.
Louis and Dallas under the presl.
dency of w. z. Callahan, and Paul
Crate. vice president, the company
has engaged in such jobs as drain
age and flood control work IN the
Lower Rio Grande Valley OF Texas,
flood control levees on the MlsSls-
sippi river. the Madden Dam at
Panama, which was four years IN
construction. and five years on
large sewer Job in st Louis. Be
sides these, numerous lesser Jopb
have been undertaken and fulfilled
by the company in levees, letties,
highways, irrigation projects and
similar work.
In addition 10 the All American
Canal, the company is engaged at
present In tunnel and dam work on
the Casper -Alcova Dam in Wyom-
ina and in construction of a large
ship and barge canal near Utica
N "
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
JOB HEADQUART TERS!
For Most Typical Example
SEE CALLAHAN SECTOR

and neat. 1t contains the offices
Of the general superintendent and
vice-prssident, Major L. D. Craw-
ford. the resident superintendent,
V. H. Gray, the engineers office,
drafting room, accountants office,
records. files and all other details
necessary to the job.
The machine shop is a revelation
in efficiency, There are facilities
for servicing and repairing the
huge equipment used by the COM
pany in It's contract, and for car
ing for minor details as we'll. The
store house and machine shop are
manned by permanent crew OF
men, all experts in their line.
There IS no more typical head
quarters On the job.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14

The w. E. Callahan Construction
company, with which Gunther g.
Shirley associated, won the contract
with bid OF s4,S59,578 on Schedules
l to 6. inclusive, calling for excava-
ton of 100000 cubic yards Of
common dirt and rock.
More than 20 miles of the eX-
cavation has been accomplished by
the Callahan crews and by Boyce
6; Igo. sub-contracting all OF Sched-
ule 3. The Boyce-Igo sub-ccntrac ct
was instrumental in bringing onto
the job the third OF the four largest
draglines in existence.
Between units Of Callahan'S No. 4
secticn was the Griffith company'S
rock excavation contract at Pilot
Knob. known by the engineers as
Schedule 7. The Griffith company
was awarded the ro.k excavation
JOB there on = bid of S226.800. This
work has been completed.
Callahan Gunther Shirley bids
were taken, along with others. at
reclamation bureau offices in Yuma
June T. 1884. The second lowest bid
on this stretch of the canal was
$5,064,00o.o0 The Callahan bid eff
fected a saving of approximately
$2o4, 10000 to the taxpayers of I'm
perial county. Work got under way
Dec. 9. 1884, near Laguna Dam, and
Dec. Is near Pilot Knob. The start
of work near Laguna Dam was the
occasion for a great celebration of
Imperial Valley, attended by the
governor and other state. county
and Imperial Irrigation District dig
nitaries.
Under the contract With the gov
ernment, the firm has until Feb.
81, 1888, 10 complete its job. The
completion date is 1890 calendar
days from the date of official no.
tice to proceed. or June %, 1884.
The Callahan excavation, however,
proba bly, will be completed late in
1887, company officials estimated.
The stretch Of canal route in
cluded under the company's con-
tract runs from a point near La
guna Dam through the famous sand
hills.
Over the stretch OF its contract,
the Callahan-Gunther- Shirley COM
bine has to meet and overcome
problems found nowhere else on
the canal project. The success with
which has been done is demonstrat-
cd in the progress made to date.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
CANAL WILL BE
25O FEET WIDE
AT UPPER END

Magnitude Of the All-American
canal project is amply demonstrat-
ed III dimensions Of the canals 30
mile stretch contracted by the w.
Z. Callahan Construction Company
and Gunther 81 Shirley.
On the upper end Of the contract.
near Laguna Dam, the canal will be
100 feet wide on the bottom $50 feet
wide at water surface, and Il feet
deep. About half of the Callahan
sector follows these specifications
approximately.
The other half will be approx
mately 1870 feet wide at the bottom,
1876 feet wide at water surface, and
the depth Of the water will be l61A
feet.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
MISS WIEMON
ONE OF FIVE
CANAL WOMEN

The women have a hand i'm
building the All American canal
at least five of them do, cX-
elusive of the United states Rec
lamation Bureau offices.
One is Claire Wilmon, attract
i've secretary, stenographer and
telephone girl who answers the
phone when you call the w. L.
Callahan Construction company
office near Yuma.
Miss Wilmon is working on her
first field job on assignment out
of the Dallas office of the com
pany, and the fact that her sex is
distinctly in the minority on the
Dig canal construction job does
not daunt her in the least. It's
an interesting job, she says.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14

Below are scenes 3Ome length the w. E. Callahan
company and Gunther Shirley contract the
All canal They O closeup of one OF the huge
dragineS This the largest manufactured and carries
fifteen cubic yards of common earth at ope
alton (2) arge oragne and CIV draghnes al
pushing canal into the dunes from the east @ A
first unloading assembling of the first big
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
Callahan's Mechanical Monsters CheavingI
80 Miles of Waterway Thru Earth, Rock

Callahan ragne Twenty-Five thirty freight used
transporting the of the big machine N remarkable
view completed canal Station 1885, about 312 miles
Here shown four of the big dragnes
chewing through desert between Pilot Knob and the
sand Photos and B. courtesy Bureau of Reclamation
photos and 5, COURTESY, Imperial Irrigation district
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
30 RIP
THRU DESERT
ON THIS JOB
Callahan Gunther Shirley in Process of
Digging Longest Single Stretch
Of Canal

Experts in a firm that has handled much more
common excavation than any other construction company
in the United States digging the longest single stretch
of the All American canal-30 miles of i-hrough some
of the picturesque desert terrain ravesed by the
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
CHINA'S WALL
is NO LONGER
ONLY WONDER

There was time" said Bruce
Gentry, engineer for the w. E.
Callahan Construction company,
when they said the Great Wall
of China was the only man made
thing that could be seen from the
moon, if there were human be-
ings there, and if they had tele-
scopes.
Now we must add the All Am
erican canal. Those supposition-
al beings could see the rivers, of
course, and the canal would look
like a river to them"
Evening star., 1936-03-12

in 1925 and he taught at Johns Hop
kins University while supervising work
of the hospital institute.
In 1911 DR.. Wilmer was made
lieutenant in the Medical Reserve
Corps of the United States Army and
was a major in the corps when the
United States entered the war. He
was placed in charge of the medical
research laboratory of the Air SerV-
ice at Mineola, Long Island. At the
time of his death he was brigadier
general.
While there DR.. Wilmer pioneered
in the practice of testing eyes Of
would-be flyers to learn whether they
could stand the strain of air service.
Subsequently he was made surgeon
in charge of the medical research
laboratories of the A. E. F. in France.
For this service he was awarded
the Distinguished Service Medal on
March II, 1919, and, on August 4.
1924, the French Government made
him commander in the Legion Of
Honor.
Member of Many Societies.
DR.. Wilmer was a member of the
Life Extension Institute, of the Board
of Directors of the National Commit
tee for the Prevention of Blindness,
of the Advisory Committee for Pre-
vention of Hereditary Blindness. a fell
low of the American College of Sur
geons, member of the National Insti-
tute of Social Science, of the Com
mittee on Mental Hygiene, A. A. A. s.;
Washington Academy Of Sciences,
Medical Society of the District of Co.
lumbia, Southern Medical Society,
Army and Navy Air Service ASsocia-
ton, Medical Air Service Association,
American Ophtha-nlological Society,
Mount Sinai Hospital Alumni Associa-
tion, Medical Association of the Uni.
versity of Virginia, Association Of
Evening star., 1936-03-12

Military Surgeons Of the United
States, Washington Chapter, Univer-
sity of Virginia Alumni Association;
Baltimore City Medica. Society. So
ciety of the Cincinnati, Society OF
American Wars, American Legion,
Military Order of the World War,
Alpha Omega Alpha. Delta Psi, Phi
Beta Kappa, oxford Ophthalmological
Society, Hungarian Ophthalrnological
Society, Chicago Ophthalmological So
ciety and the Saranac Medical Society.
. DR.. Wilmer, an Episcopalian, was a
member of the chapter or board oi
trustees of Washington Cathedral, be-
ginning in 1915. Only recently ne hao
remarked that he had not been absent
from any meeting save one in 10 years
Through him there came to the Cathe-
dral foundation a gift of several
hundred thousand dollars. A patient
asking for a list of the good causes
in which he was interested, was told;
"The Cathedral is nearest my heart. v
The suggestion resulted in one Of the
largest endowments the foundation has
received.
f, Included among his honorary awards
was that of angelo Secchi Academy oi
Science, given by Georgetown Uni
verSity.
DR.. Wilmer was a member Of the
following clubs: Cosmos, Metropolitan
Chevy Chase, Blue Ridge Country Club
Elk Ridge Hunt Club, Colonnade, of the
University of Virginia, and the Union
Interalliee of Paris.
He had contributed frequently to
medical journals. ~
Evening star., 1936-03-12
COURT CONF F|RMS
REYNOLDS PACT
Baltimore Decree Ratifies
Compromise Sanctioned
by Carolina Tribunal.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, March 12.-Circuit
Court Judge Eli Frank ratified and
confirmed" today the family settle
ment" dividing the estate of the late
Zachary Smith Reynolds among his
heirs without litigation.
A decree handed down by Judge
Frank approved compromise the
North Carolina courts had agreed upon
to dispose Of the s25,o00. 900 estate Of
the deceased youngest son of the late
r. J. Reynolds, who accumulated a
fortune In tobacco.
The decree also held that a will
executed by Smith Reynolds was In
effective and void. North Carolina at
torneys had contended at a hearing
before Judge Frank that Reynolds, who
died before he was 81, was incapable
Of making a will.
The compromise ratified by Judge
Frank calls for the following diyi-
sion Of Smith Reynolds estate:
To Christopher Smith Reynolds,
child of his second wife, Mrs. Eliza
beth Holman Reynolds, former Broad
way torch" singer, 25 per cent.
To Anne Cannon Reynolds, I'd,
daughter of his first wife. 371s per
cent.
To his brother and two sisters, for
the purpose of creating charitable
trusts. 371A per cent.
The settlement provides also that
Libby Holman Reynolds shall receive
S750000.
Judge Frank also ratified the State
of North Carolina's claim for $2,000,-
900 in inheritance taxes.
Evening star., 1936-03-12
DC. COORDINATION.
GROUP SUGGESTED.
Ramspeck Favors Body OF
Citizens and Congressman
to Solve Problems.

Representative Ramspeck, Democrat,
of Georgia, last night proposed ap-
pointment of representative group"
OF Washington citizens to negotiate
mutual understanding agreement"
with a committee of Congress.
Ramspeck's proposal was made fol-
lowing an address before the City Fire
Fighters Association in which he said
he hoped ''the very bad feeling OF an
tagonism existing between the people
here and Congress" would not react
unfavorably against legislation in
which they may be interested.
Pointing to his seven years in Con-
gress, the Representative said the feel
ing between Congress and the people
Of Washington has continued to grow
worse.
THE lump sum has been going down
every year since came here" he said.
Referring to propaganda" about
members of Congress and parking
tickets, Ramspeck said mot 10 per cent
of the members of Congress abuse
traffic regulations" @....
Washington newspapers and people
generally, he continued, "have right
to give us hell if they want to. but
they can't expect to get everything
they ask if they take that attitude :"
Ramspeck said that he had been
unable as chairman of the House
Civil Service Committee to put
through Congress good bills" desired
by Federal employees because of the
friction between the people and his
associates.
"All this fighting by newspapers
and citizens associations" he added,
sis building up more and more an
tagonism toward Federal employees and
toward the people of the District.
This is all very unfortunate. I'd per-
sonally like to see better conditions
exist" .-.
The speaker said responsibility for
the situation rests equally with news.
papers and citizens associations.
Some Of these citizens associa-
tionS are using unfortunate methods
in trying to remedy what they regard
as wrongs. They heap criticism on
Congress.
They forget you can't get any,
where by cuSSing. The best way
would be to appoint representative
committees for both sides, let them
sit down. talk this whole thing out,
and get fair decision"
Evening star., 1936-03-12

one daughter, Mrs. Russell E Sard,
and several grandchildren. ...
Building steadily toward an out
standing career, DR.. Wilmer reached
his greatest fame in the decade be-
tween 1925 and 1884 when, as head
of the Wilmer Ophthalmological- In
stitute at Johns Hopkins Hospital in
Baltimore, he ministered to such dis
tinguished patients as King Prajadhi-
pok of Siam and Booth Harrington.
Returned Here in 1884.
The institute, a $4,000, 600 tribute
to the beloved physician from former
patients, was believed to be the worlds
most complete institution of its kind.
Seeking its benefits came the great
and lowly from all over the world,
united in the common misfortune of
fading eyesight.
Among his most faithful patients
were school teachers of the city,
whom he had befriended individually
and as a group on several occasions.
Mrs. Wilmer, formerly Miss Re Lewis
Smith of Pennsylvania, was a school
teacher before her marriage to the
young physician in October, 1891.
In addition to those named above,
DR.. Winners list of friends and pa
tients included such celebrities as for
mer President Theodore Roosevelt,
Viscount Gray of Fallodon and Sir
Auckland Geddes, former British AM
bassador to the United States, and
Charles A. Lindbergh.
In 1884 DR.. Wilmer returned to
Washington to carry on private prac-
tice in association with DR.. Benjamin
RoneS at 1910 I street.
Born in Virginia During War.
DR.. Wilmer was born in Powhatan
: County, Va, August 26, 1868, a son of
Richard Hooker and Margaret w. Will
mer. He received his preparatory
education at Episcopal High School in
Alexandria and obtained his NJ D. de-
gree at the University of Virginia in
1885. He studied subsequently at New
York Polytechnic Hospital and in sew
eral European hospitals.
Georgetown conferred an IL. D. de-
gree upon him in 1919. Honorary de-
grees followed from Princeton and
New York Universities.
He began his active medical career
IN New York City in 1887. Two years
later he became an inferno at Mount
Sinai Hospital, later being associated
with New York Polytechnic and Belle
vue Hospital
At the same time he maintained a
practice in this city, lasting until 1925.
In 1906 he became a professor of
ophthalmology at Georgetown Uni
Versity, continuing his work there
until 1925. At the same time he was
connected with Episcopal Eye, Ear,
Nose and Throat Hospital in this city.
Was Medical Reserve Officer.
DR.. Wilmer became director of the
Wilmer Ophthalmologica Institute at
Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore
Evening star., 1936-03-12
REFRIGERATOR SALES UP.

NEW YORK, March IL Pl.-Ac-
cording to members Of the refrigerator
division of the Electrical Manufacture
ers' Association, sales increases made
in January were exceeded last month
by many of the manufacturers. In
January the industry showed o 2s
per cent gain.
Evening star., 1936-03-12

'Barrows Have Air Tires.
Wheelbarrows with pneumatic rub
her tires are being used ON plantations
Id Africa and have greatly increased
the efficiency Of the workers.
Evening star., 1936-03-12
Wilmer

Continued From First Page.)
The Redwood gazette., 1936-08-13
AIRLINE WALLER
WINS THIRD IN
ESSAY CONTEST

Competing with 1000. Minneso-
ia high school students between
the ages of IA and 18 years, Airline
Waller, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. w. Waller. of Redwood Falls
was awarded third place in the
essay contest on ''What the Statue
of Liberty Means to the American
People" conducted by the Lad
les auxiliary, to the Veterans of
Foreign Wars. Lorayne Kolb of
Belgrade won first place and Hell
en- Fleming of Chisholm was the
second place winner.
The state winners will be given
medals, silver for the first and
second awards and bronze for the
third, all bearing replicas of the
statue of Liberty. The contest is
a national one, $4,000 students
having submitted essays through
out the United States.
The winning essays in the state
contest will be entered in the
national contest and the entrant
winning the national award will
take part in the ceremonies at the
Statue of Liberty on Bedloe Is
land in New York Harbor COM
memorating the presentation of
the statue to the United States by
France. Following the observance
the national winner will be given
a trip to France with $100 for ex-
penses and a gold medal. The
second place winner will receive
$50.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-08-13
FALL NUTRITION
PLANS COMPLETE

Plans for fall work in nutrition
projects were completed at the
August meeting of the Home and
Community committees, held
Tuesday at the home of Mrs.
John Eichten at Wanda with Mrs.
Otto Flom of Delhi presiding.
The program, which will be
carried out under the direction of
the extension division of the Uni
versity of Minnesota, will include
one lesson each month for FIVE
months, beginning in September.
The local leadership plan viii be
used.
Subjects are jams and jellies;
salads for all seasons; milk and
cheese; meat cookery according to
the cut and meals from the cellar.
The following chairmen are re-
organizing their groups for the
new work period: Mrs. Herbert
Winn, Sheridan; Mrs. Ewald Lau,
Springdale; Mrs. John Eichten,
Willow Lake; Mrs. John Morgan,
Underwood; Mrs. c. L. Tompkins,
Paxton; Mrs. Ray Tompkins,
Sherman; Mrs. Earl Bliss, Delhi;
Mrs. William Hosken, Homer;
Mrs. Robert Bellig, New Avon;
Mrs. Earl Bolle, Lamberton; Mrs.
j. L. Slaymaker, Three Lakes;
Mrs. William Eide, Swedes Forest;
Mrs. Lee Neuschwander, Redwood
Falls; Mrs. Ed Michigan, Gales
and Mrs. Henry Sickman, Vesta.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-08-13
Ladies' Tourney
Scheduled. Friday

First Ladies' day Of the year
will be held at the Redwood Falls
Golf club Friday when about SO
members are expected to engage
in tournament.
Qualifying scores will be hand
ed in Thursday to the tournament
committee which is headed by
Mrs. o. G. Austbo and includes
Mrs. Glen Strand, Miss Margie
Nash and Mrs. T. o. Johnson.
High and low players will then
be paired in two-ball foursomes to
tee off at 4:30 p. m. Friday after
noon. Following the play, high
scorers viii treat those with low
tallies to lunch, to be served in
the club house.
This event precedes several
others, members of the tourna-
ment committee said. Unusual
types of tournaments are planned
to arouse the interest of Redwood
Falls women in the sport.