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Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-04
DISTRICT
REPORT
CONTINUED

Editors Note: Herewith IS a
continuation of the engineers
survey recently submitted to I'm
perial Irrigation District Bond
holders on the physical and eco
nomic condition of the district.
Imperial Valley readers should
realize that the report emb0dies
the opinions of a firm of hired
c0nsuItants who. being human,
are subject to error. We do not
agree with all conclusions voiced
i'm the report, but we believe 1t
comprehensive enough to justify
its publication as means of Civ
ing our readers a comprehensive
view of the district and its prob
lens.
Some irrigation waste will al
ways be a factor because OF fluctu-
ations in demand and the long
time required for water to travel
from the point of diversion through
the canals to the individual farms.
Canal seepage may be somewhat
greater when clearer water is de-
liVered into the canals after the de-
sitting works at Imperial dam are
placed in operation.
Bordering on the area now Hri-
gated in Imperial Valley are other
lands susceptible of irrigation from
the present canal system, and two
large bodies of desert land which
are entitled to services from the
All-American canal project. If these
are developed, more water would,
of course, be needed. The respective
rights of these and of the present
irrigated area are set forth in the
following quotations from the ALL
American canal contract, together
with other priorities to the waters
Of Colorado river.
(There follows in the report a
lengthy description of Imperial
Valleys priority rights to water
Editors NOte.)
We do not believe that there will
be rapid development of either the
East Mesa or the West Mesa, and
that such use as may develop for
many years will be offset by re-
duoti0n in the amount of water
diverted for use within the present
boundaries Of Imperial Irrigation
District. The right to the amount
of water used within the present
boundaries of the district cannot
be questioned; the legal right to
| the diversion of water for service
to lands in Imperial Valley out
side OF The district need not be
| questioned, because there will GER
| tainly be available for many years
| if not i'm perpetuity, enough water
| i'm the Colorado river below Lake
/ Mead to supply all conceivable
demands for irrigation and dOmes-
| tic service.
| AGRICULTURAL
CONDITIONS
Imperial Irrigation District nov
includes 612,658 acres, (accOrdine
! to the records of the AssessOr) oil
ject to assessment. The irrigable
area is deemed by the district Of
ficials to be about $4,000 acres
For operating purposes the district
is divided into six units, to-Wit; Cal
eXico division, Hoitville division
Imperial division, Brawley division
Westmorland division, and Calipa.
| tria division.
! The CaleXico division includes tht
southWesterly part of the valley
The Holtville division covers the
portion east of Alamo river from
the International border to a line
about eighteen miles north, anc
a considerable area west of Alamo
river and south of Holtville
| To be Cnntinnadl
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-04
Famous Sayings -

For 25 years Colonel Lewis Wal
ker begged his friends and neigh
bors to put their money into an
invention he had bought
Walker had money, and put it
into producing the patented article.
His fortune Withered away He in
herited some more money, and sent
that after the first. Still the thing
didn't pay out.
Walker was certain it was a good
thing. He pleaded with everyone he
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-04
Photographs

The U. S. printing office at
Washington, d. C., is the largest
in the wond. It's presses consume
100000 pounds of ink a year.
Visiting cards were introduced To
the United States by French roy
alists who fled France to escape the
revolution.
Fire insurance is said To have
begun shortly after the devastating
London fire of 1906
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-04
DISCRETION CHARGED
IN DIVORCE COMPLAINT

Desertion and Wilful neglect were
charged in divorce complaint
filed Thursday by Matte Eloise
Burns against Floyd Len Burns
They were married Sept. g. 1892
and separated Feb. 7, 1886.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-04
Barbs

The government pays Rockwell
Ketn $1,000 fer p0stOffice murals,
then proceeds TO paint them cut.
Sort of ''plGwing under process
to relieve artistic production,
no doubt.
japanese poets must write on
"War Correspondents at the Front
| for the Empress DoWager's month
| ly poetry contest Though charged
by enemies with having lost their
reason, the japanese are not to
lose their rhyme.
An Irish farm laborer is wearing
skirts and silk stockings in protest
against Women's encrOachment on
mems fashions. His slogan must be
stay as sweet as you were.
Providence College seniors offer
an insurance plan guaranteeing
students additional tries at "flunk-
ed" examinations without payment
of special fees. An effort to ease
Fathers financial burdens?
A Cornell professor advises
sportsman to aid farmers by re-
placing fox-hunting with mice
hunting. Any attempt to eliminate
the baying of hounds will probably
be met with cat-calls.
Hope springs eternal i'm the hu-
man breast. A 102-year-Old New
York ciubwoman still expresses
hope that people will learn to vott
"WithOut regard to party.
Recent statistics show that men
spend as much time taking care
of their faces as women. The only
difference is that one takes off and
| the other puts on
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-04
WILFUL NEGLECT
CHARGED IN SUIT

Charging wilful neglect, Sinah
Garcia filed a suit for divorce
against Evaresto Garcia. They were
married in Sydney, Mont, Oct. 81
1885 and separa;ed Nov. /, 1896
She asked the court for permission
to resume use of her maiden name,
Sinah EnleS.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-04
COUNCIL PROBES
LICENSE PROPOSAL

Ell Centro's city council is investi-
eating a proposition :or collecting
a license from itinerant truck
drivers, and a plan for obtaining for
the city more of the tax collected
On liquor licenses. mis- additional
sum is sought because of the cost
Of police work occasioned by drink
mo
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-04

Creel could pass
for eX-King Al
fonso. Captain
Achmed Adbullah
is a runner-up
for George Arliss
in expert hand
ling of a mon
ocle.
Goody, goody de-
partment: Lynn
Fontaine cheWs
gum, too What
the theatre needs
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-04
Hints on Etiquette

1t is only when a woman definite
ly has been invited to the theatef
or to dinner that a man assumes
all the expense.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-04
The Grab Baa
One-Minute Test

/. Who is foreign minister of
France?
2. How many states in the Unit
ed States are named after presi-
dents?
3. Which is longer. a meter or
yard?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-04
TOday's Horoscope

Many persons whose birthday &C.
ours today are known for their sim
cere generosity. They make loyal
lifelong friends.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-04
Words of Wisdom

A man who finds no satisfaction
in himself seeks in vain for it else
where -Rochefoucauld.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-04
New York Day by Day
Thoughts
w YORK Feb. q

NEW YORK. Feb. : Thoughts
while strolling: For exquisite phras-
ing that sounds so casual, my vote
to Ellen Glasgow. In a fog George
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-04
One-Minute Test Answers

/ Yyon Delbos, a member of the
Radical-Socialist party.
2. Only one. Washington.
3. A meter Is 1897 inches. A
yard Is 36 inches
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-04
thoughts for the Day -

Who shall separate from the love of Christ? Shall
tribuations. distress. prosecutions. or famine
nakedneSs. or peril. sword2-Romans $50
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-04

YOU haven't read ALL the NEWS
until you READ the ADS.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-04

The likeness of Thomas Jeffer-
son will appear on the new five
cent pieces soon to be minted. Thus,
in a jiffy the jitney becomes a
ieffV
The Washington times., 1938-03-01
''Obey or Be Crushed,
.Goering Tells Czechs
RY PIERRE ]. HUss

BERLIN March l I.NS.).-A sharp warning to Czecho-
soaka to honor the rights of Germans within it's borders
sounded By Field Marshal Hermann Wilhelm Goering
The Washington times., 1938-03-01
Pine TO CHOOSE
WOMAN AIDE

A woman prosecutor will grace
the offices of the United States
Attorney here for the first time
in several years.
This report was confirmed to.
day by United States Attorney
David A. Pine, who was, confirmed
by the Senate yesterday. : Pine
frankly admitted his intention of
appointing a woman aide.
No appointment have been
made, Pine said, adding that he
has not had sufficient oppor-
tunity to go over the entire list of
eligible Portias. He declined to
coment on the identity of those
who are under consideration.
When the new appointment is
made, Pine indicated, the ap-
pointee will probably be assigned
to civil cases in which the Govern
ment is a party. These cases are
greatly on the increase, especially
in the Municipal Court, where dis
putes between the Government
over rent of buildings here are
constantly arising.
Several weeks will transpire be.
fore the appointment is made,
Pine indicated.
The Washington times., 1938-03-01
CONTINUED from Page u

sented in the case. And later.
when the case is ended, these
listeners have a chance to win
valuable prizes.
To the radio listeners VINO write
the best analysis of the evidence,
either to convict or acquit Baron
Won Blau, a free trip, 26 days, to
Bermuda, the Bahamas, Jamaica,
by way of Canada's historic and
romantic Montreal, will be pre-
sented.
All for ju.S 600 words or less.
The trip is the first prize, made
possible through the Canadian
National Steamship Line for The
Washington Times and Radio Sta
ton VOL for best verdicts sub
mitted by Jurors" after hearing
all evidence in the thrilling case.
PRIZES EITHER WAY
The best verdict of mot guilty"
giving, in less than 600 words
WHY you believe the Baron mot
guilty." will win you this free
round trip! So will the best YER
dict of Guilty! You MUST NOT
BE SWAYED BY THE PRIZES
This competition, which will be
judged by three of the Capitals
most prominent and experienced
judges, is an exercise in citizen.
ship! You win your prizes for
EXERCISING YOUR DUTY AS
A JUROR-just exactly as you
would if you were a REAL juror
and this were a REAL trial, in,
stead of a purely fictional murder.
That is why the FIRST PRIZE is
EQUAL for EITHER VERDICT!
The round-trip tickets will be
on either the Lady Somers or the
Lady Rodney from Montreal to
Jamaica. THE Trial of Baron
Won Blau" will end on the air on
March IL. You will then have
one full week in which to send in
The Washington times., 1938-03-01

wonder II tnaC HaCnaWay IeCCer
has her disturbed?
SEEKS WILTON ON STAND
Tonight understand Mr.. Neu-
decker is going to try to get Will
ton on the stand to tell what he
knows. I don't envy Neudecker
his job-but he has a way of get
ting a witress he wants to testify
when a lot of other people fail.
I asked him if he had heard
any rumors about the Baron'S de.
fenSe-but he smiled that engag.
ing smile of his and said:
I'm prosecuting this case
not reporting i'll"
But there is one brilliant young
criminal defender in this town
who 1 know would give his eye
teeth to beat Neudecker on a case
He tried his first case against the
successful proSecutor-and Neu.
decker won it. And it doesn't sit
well with any lawyer to have his
first case go by the boards. He's
been cunning for Neudecker's
scalp, of courSe-ever since. And
I have a strong hunch HE will de-
fend the Baron Won Blau!
The Washington times., 1938-03-01
Won Blau Trial Goes
On AirAgain Tonight

your "verdicts." There will then
be one week devoted to judging
the "verdicts"-and the result Of
the vote of the jury and the
solution of the mystery will be
broadcast on Sunday, March a.
AIR TRIP TO NEW YORK
The winners of the second
prizes, both for guilty and mot
guilty" verdicts, will be the guests
of the Eastern Air Lines, in a
round-trip flight to New York in
one of the big, new luxury all
liners.
These are the grand prizes for
the best and second best "ver
diets" of guilty" and mot guilty
Then the Washington Times
and VOL will offer a number of
special prizes which will be dis
tributed to persons whose "ver-
diets" were deemed very close to
the winning verdict" Among the
prizes which will be given for
these supplementary "verdicts'
are:
A General Electric model F.
65B, six-tube, two-band, 1888
radio presented by General Elec-
trio Supply Company.
A mans or woman'S Bulova
wrist watch, 17-jewel movement,
yellow gold case, presented by
Castelberg's jewelers..
A Philco table model radio,
presented by Georges Radio
Company.
A $25 savings account pre-
sented by the Morris Plan
Bank.
Remember that you do not have
to have any knowledge of law to
win these or one of the dozens Of
lesser prizes which are to be an.
nounced daily in The washington
Times! You do not have to be
able to WRITE well. This is a
simple test of your jury capacity
The Washington times., 1938-03-01
NGzis NeG7
Showdown

VIENNA, March QN.SO.
Three was crowd in very grim
sense today as armed police and
soldiers patrolled the streets of
Graz, stronghold of Austrian n
NaziS, to break up any gathering
Of more than that number.
An air of cracking electric ten
sion hung over the whole Prov.
ince of Styria, and the showdown
may come today if DR.. Arthur
Seyss-Inquart, pro-Nazi minister OF
the interior, goes to Graz, as it is
reported he will.
MARCH BALKED
In his official capacity, Seyys.
1nquart was largely responsible for
sending police and airplanes to
Graz Sunday, reaking up a
threatened march Of $4,000 Styr-
ian Nazis. But how long he can
hold his Nazi friends in check was
a grove problem.
Members of the Fatherland
Front, supporters of Chancellor
Kurt SchuSchnigg and Austria's S
only legal political party, planned
counter demonstrations through.
out the week, climaxed by a Ger.
man way" celebration Sunday at
Linz, where Seyss-Inquart will
speak.
ORDERS DEFIED
Defiance of government orders
continued rampant in Graz. IL
legal swaStikas are seen on a large
minority Of the men. The Hitler
salute, likewise banned, is as COM
mon as the Fatherland Fronts
greeting of "GrueSS Gott!"
Schools are closed in Styria
pending outcome of the crisis, and
trade is at a Standstill.
The Washington times., 1938-03-01
One Dead, 13 Hurt
AS Home Is Burned

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, March
1 U.N.S.) One man was burned
to death and 13 others persons
seven members of one family-in.
jured today when fire swept the
home of Kiva Lichtenthal, win,
dow cleaning executive.
Morris Lichtenthal, 81, died
when trapped in a bedroom. The
injured included Lichtenthal, his
wife, two other sons and three
daughters. Four firemen were
overcome and two neighbors In
jured In rescue work.
The Washington times., 1938-03-01

course, reveal what had brought
on the apparent testineSs.
It might have been directed at
Mrs Larkin for going beyond what
questions Mr.. Neudecker might
have asked her, or it might have
been tilt between the distin-
guiShed foreman and the special
prosecutor, both of whom under
took their duties in the face of
heavy burdens of personal and
professional work. Mr.. Neudecker
went Immediately to his office in
the Investment Building after the
proceedings, and Representative
Case hurried back to his desk in
the House Office Building.
Or-again-it might have been
I who was the target.
BARON LANGUISHES
OF one thing you may be sure.
The web of circumstances is en-
meshing the once Suave party host
who now languiShes in his cell
and according to all reports it is
real languishing. He is no longer
being supplied with the delicacies
his palate craves-he has run out
of the long cigarettes and is ac-
cepting any kind the guards, police
officers or jail hangers-on are of,
fering him. And he has aged per.
ceptibly during the last week.
Ruby, still under the doctors
care, could not appear before the
| jury last night. And wonder just
how much it is fatigue and how
much it is put on! She worked
on this case with me for months
and never caved at all. Now-Sud'
denIy-shs Is unavailable" ]
The Washington times., 1938-03-01
Missing Boys
Dad to Pay
Continued from Page y


York city and a close friend OF
the Levines, entered the case with
an offer to act as an intermediary
Through newspapers and radio
the boys father. Attorney Murray
Levine. appealed to the kidnaper
for some word or sign and prom
iSed:
"You will be safe in dealing
with me. The Federal authori-
ties and police have promised
not to interfere
81 stand ready to do any.
think and everything" Posner
said. II can say that if anyone
desires to get in touch with me,
he may do so with a sense OF
freedom and security"
PHONE VIGIL FAILS
Until late last night, Levine,
his wife Minnie, and their 10-year'
old daughter Helen kept vigil be
side the telephone, waiting for a
message that apparently did not
come.
Meanwhile New Rochelle police
reported they knew nothing of the
supposed kidnapping until they
read it in the papers.
Originally Levine reported his
boy missing and the. customary
eight-State teletype alarm was
been sent out. Some seven hours
later, the attorney called police
and without explanation asked
that the alarm be cancelled.
The police assumed the boy had
been found or returned home.
The Washington times., 1938-03-01
JAPANESE SHOTS
IN BRITISH ZONE
STIR BITTERNESS
Chinese Civilian Fired
On in Settlement

SHANGHAI, March 1 U.N.S).
British-Japanese relations received
a fresh blow today when a ia
panese. soldier shot a Chinese
civilian inside the British defense
sector of the International Settle
ment.
Japanese military authorities
said the Chinese stole some wire
inside the Japanese defense area
and refused to halt at sentry's
order. Instead, he climbed through
barbed wire into the British sec
ton.
INQUIRY ORDERED
Brigadier General Telfer-Smol-
lett, British commander, ordered
an investigation.
This latest alleged incident of
Japanese invasion" Of the Inter-
national Settlement followed a
series in which American Marine
officers turned back japanese SOL
diers who sought to enter the
United States defense zone.
Japan'S wide drive for posses
sion Of THE Lunghai railway be-
came three-pronged menace to-
day as new push on the ShanSi.
ShenSi border brought about the
fall Of Chungtu.
25O,OOO TRAPPED
More than 250,00O Chinese
were reported trapped in an elbow
Of the Yellow River. Part Of
the retreating Chinese crossed the
stream into ShenSi, and the re-
mainder fell back toward the
southwest.
In an attempt to break the dead
lock in Shantung province, the
japanese sent numerous reinforce
ments to Pengpu, on the TrientSin-
Marking railroad. Chinese author
tiles, announcing recapture Of
Ishui, 80 miles west of Tsingtao,
claimed, however, that the Japa-
neSe offensive had been halted.
Close on the heels of the bomb
ing Of a British Imperial AirwayS
plane, another international Incl
dent threatened today when Amer.
leans and other foreigners were
warned to quit Chengchow, at the
junction of the Lunghai and
Peiping- -Kankow railway routes.
The Washington times., 1938-03-01
10000 CIGARS STOLEN

Ten thousand cigars, enough to
satisfy the average cigar smoker
for a decade, were in the hands
of a gang of thieves today.
The Washington times., 1938-03-01
BROOKS SEEKS FUNDS

Designation of Harold A. Brooks,
vice president and commercial
manager of the Potomac Electric
Power Company, as chairman Of
the Community Chest group solici.
tation unit for the eleventh annual
campaign of the agency, was an
The Washington times., 1938-03-01
United Air Lines
Cuts Pacific Fare

Reduction in airline rates be-
tween here and the Pacific North
west was announced yesterday by
United Air Lines. The new rates
become effective today and are
aimed to approximate first class
train fare.
The Washington times., 1938-03-01

wonder if that Hathaway letter
has her disturbed?
The Washington times., 1938-03-01
SPIES CLIENTS
PLAIN SUCKERS
ARMY DECLARES
Available Information
Not Worth Buying

Q.N.S). High ranking officials
of the War Department told
international News Service today
that if any foreign powers bought
so-called military secrets" from
alleged spies arrested in New York
during the past few days. those
powers were suckers"
Department chiefs presumably
have been advised of the con-
tents of all documents found in
connection with the arrests. To
day, they said those involved
could not have discovered any
valuable military secrets.
ROUND UP TO CONTINUE
The War Department was
clearly anxious for authorities to
run to earth all members of the
alleged ring, but would not COM
ment officially on their reported
actiities.
There is, said the experts, pre-
cious little military information"
at all available to individuals such
as those involved in the New York
arrests, which may not be had by
anyone for the asking.
The real military secrets, it was
pointed out, generally involve de-
tense or offense tactics, and these
are locked in the minds of few
extremely high ranking military
officials.
PLANS CHANGED OFTEN
Moreover, the Department STRAIT
egists went on, these tactics
change very frequently, and are
not at all static. Thus, they
added, what might be a defense
plan for a certain location today,
even if obtained by a foreign
power, would be valueless after q
comparatively brief lapse Of time,
because it would have been aban-
doned for a new and improved
program.
AS for reports that the War
Department might feel compelled
to move its Panama Canal fortifi-
cations because of sale of any
military secrets" officials said
most of the canal fortification
locales are public knowledge.
GOOD PEACE INSURANCE
1--WE think, as matter of
fact, that it is a good thing for
foreign powers to know we have
a battery of 16-inch guns 10
Gated at this or that spot said
one veteran of years service in
the department. when any
power realizes that this or that
location is protected by these
guns, it will be very leary indeed
of attacking at that point"
The same authority pointed out
that most of the guns were Of the
disappearing type, and when at
rest were protected by virtually
bomb-proof mounds.
Generally speaking, this applies
to all Of the heavily concentrated
Notifications of this country, it
was pointed out.
AIR DATA OF LITTLE AID
In the case Of airplane conStruc-
tion details, it was pointed out
that knowledge of the construction
by no means enables the nation &C
quiring that information to build
planes just like them. Most for
eign countries have not been able
to keep up with America in air
plane design and performance
even when provided with plans Of
commercial machines.
Finally, in the case of communi-
cation codes, it was pointed out
that 1t is routine to abandon old
codes and adopt new ones at fre-
quent intervals.