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The Coolidge examiner., 1939-01-26
Rebekah Lodge
Installs Officers

Friday night the Coolidge Re-
bekah Lodge No. 81 installed their
officers for the present term. They
were assisted by Past Noble Grands
of the Florence Lodge including
Frances Steward, Lottie Devine,
leila Graham and Addie Sheperd.
Those of Coolidge assisting were
Lillian Prather, Nora Boone and
Flora Dunnaway. The retiring Noble
Grand, Mrs. c. M. Mangun, was
presented with the jewel of her
office by Mrs. r. ]. Jones with an
appropriate speech in behalf of the
lodge. She also received a Memory
Book from the Lodge presented by
Mrs. Elkins. After the installation
ceremonies refreshments were
served
The following officers wore in
stalled:
Noble Grand-Lucile Ware.
Vice Grand-Rowena King.
Secretary-Elizabeth Davis.
Treasurer-Doris Hamilton.
Warden-Marie MUIR.
Conductor-Eula Elledge.
Chaplain-Myrtle Hamilton.
Musician-Eva Soule.
R. S. Noble Grand-Alma Jones.
L. S. Noble Grand-Cassie McEuen.
r. S. Vice Grand-Nina Runbeck.
L. S. Vice Grand-Dixie Lee Spring
field.
Inside Guardian-Melba Worley.
Outside Guardian-Minnie Nowlin.
The visiting guests from other
lodges were Dugald Steward, Flor
ence, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Smith.
Superior, Mesdames Astrum, Sven
son and Templeton, Casa Grande.
Refreshments were served after
installation honoring those having
birthdays in January.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-01-26
PRESIDENTS BALL JANUARY 18th
Cotton Grading
And CHASING To
Be Demonstrated

K. K. Henness, County Agri-
cultural agent, announced today
that a cotton grading and chasing
school will be held next Saturday,
January %, between the hours of
$50 and $3.50, in the Agricultural
Room of the Coolidge Union High
School.
Present at the meeting will be
Mr.. Sam w. Martin, in charge of
the government cotton CHASING of
flee at FL Paso, and he will explain
the government standards and will
assist local growers in familiariz-
ing themselves with the funda-
mentals of cotton CHASING. One or
more of Mr.. Martins assistants
will also be present to assist in the
demonstrations.
Some three hundred samples Of
various grades and staples OF cotton
will be brought in for grading and
CHASING. Growers are also welcome
to bring samples to the school for
grading.
This meeting has been arranged
thru the efforts OF some one
hundred Pinal County farmers who
belong to Acala cotton improve
ment associations, and who have
during the past year received free
grading and classification of their
cotton.
Since the present loan arrange
ment of the Commodity Credit
Corporation takes into account
grade and staple of cotton and since
a majority of Pinal County farmers
have placed cotton in the govern
ment loan arrangement this school
should prove of wide interest. All
farmers and others interested are
invited.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-01-26
ARIZONA
IN WASHINGTON
By BOB MERKLEY

There Is no other one thing in
Washington so sought after as is
publicity. 1t Is the slender strand
by which men and women inch
their perilous way up the rocky
slopes of political success. You
might be the best worker In the
Capitol; you might toll in your
office until the wee hours of early
morning; but If nobody knows It,
you are sunk.
Look at this matter of the
Senate's having to confirm the
Cabinet appointments made by the
President. Long before the first
rhetorical shot Is fired, 1t may be
known that the confirmation is in
the bag. yet few Senators must
take parting poke at the ap-
pointee. 1t is always good for a
headline, and it makes the folks
back home think their statesman
is putting the old state on the
map. You are right; he is.
There is a Senator from the
middle west who makes periodic
campaigns in behalf of the voteless
residents of the District Of
Columbia. 1t makes wonderful
cause. Nobody can offer really
democratic reason for denying these
good Americans their moral right
to suffrage. The mere fact that 1t
was tried and found impracticable
does not matter. 1t reads good, and
the Senator's own constituents are
expected to overlook the posi-
bility that he may be frittering
away the time which rightfully
belongs to their own causes.
Nor is all publicity-seeking done
by the Members of Congress. 1t
may be practiced by the lowest
government employee. Truly, thous-
ands of Uncle Sans workers are
as unknown as the most isolated
rustic in the nearby Virginia
mountains. They are the plodders
who have never known the dazzling
light of publicity, and would appear
only as bumpkins in its glare. But
up and down the line from the
President to the last char woman,
other thousands are trying to be-
come better known.
1t may mean only simple thing
like having ones initials on the
office copy of an official letter. 1t
may be a bid to a reception, or
election to an office in a society
or club. 1t can be almost anything,
as long as its affords publicity, for
to be in the Nations Capitol with
out it is to be like the poor little
flower in Gray's Elegy born
to blush unseen and waste it's
sweetness on the desert air.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-01-26
Couple Wed At
Ids Temple

Marriage rites were read We'd
nesday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock for
Miss Fern Hopes and Russell
Gordon Bentley, at the Arizona
temple of the Latter Day Saints
church. John F. Nash performed
the ceremony before the immediate
members of the family and close
friends.
The bride, who wore a gown of
white satin with floor length veil,
is the daughter of Mrs. Bernard
Oxford, of Mesa, formerly Of SAT-
ford. She attended Stafford grade
schools and is a graduate of the
Arizona State Teachers college at
Tempe. Prior to her marriage, she
was a member of the Stafford
teaching staff.
Mr.. Bentley is the son Of Mrs.
Margaret Bentley CT 2425 North
Third street in Phoenix. He is en-
ployed at Coosidge, where the
young couple will make their home.
A reception was given for the
newlyweds Tuesday afternoon in
Stafford. Mrs. oxford and Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. F. Bentley, brother and
sister-in-law of the bridegroom, at
tented from Mesa-Mesa Journal.
Tribune.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-01-26
Certified Old-Age
Insurance Claims
Average $65.63

Old-Age Insurance claims certi-
fled for payment in December
numbered 1924, raising the total
number of claims certified since
the Old-Age Insurance system was
established January 1, 1887, to
266,906, according to word received
here today from Washington by
Manager Harold D. Smith, Of the
Tucson Field Office of the Social
Security Board. The average pay
ment in December was $65.e3. Mr..
Smih said.
"These single cash payments are
now being made to wage earners
who have been employed in cover
ed industrial and commercial oc-
equations since 1886 and who have
reached age 65 since that date; and
to the families or estates of
workers in covered employment
who have died since 1885," Mr..
Smith pointed out. Both types OF
these payments are based on 31a
percent of the workers total earn
ings since 1886"
In Arizona, SO claims were certi-
fled in December for total Of
TO to date. Payments for this
State in December amounted to
$3,271.50, for a total of S28,447.91.
The average payment for Decem-
Der was $65.43.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-01-26
|. 0. 0. F. Lodge
Installs Officers

Tuesday night p w. Hamilton
District Deputy Grand Master, IN
stalled the officers for the coming
year. Mr. Harry Shelter was the
retiring Noble Grand. The newly
elected officers are:
Carl Thompson, Noble Grand.
0. M. King, Vice Grand.
Douglas Dawson, Recording Sec'y.
c. M. Mangun, Jr., Financial
SeC'y.
D. ]. Bryce, Treasurer.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-01-26
Lions Club Meet
To Give Needy
Children Glasses

A number Of children will be
benefited by the meeting held by
the Lions Club Tuesday afternoon.
President Ray Lindemann said that
the Lions Club cleared enough on
the New Years Ball to assure all
needy children who needed glasses
of getting them. This is certainly
a very commendable act on the
part of the Lions Club and one
that brings favorable comment from
everyone.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-01-26
Hon Carl Hayden,
United States Senate.

united states OeHdIo.
MY dear Senator Hayden:
l have received your letter OF
January 4, 1899, requesting informa-
tion regarding the quantity OF
water that would be available for
diversion from the Colorado River
at a point within or without the
State of Arizona above Boulder
Dam for deliver to the ella water
shed.
The project for the diversion Of
water to Arizona from the Colorado
River above Lake Mead would
correspond to the Highline Canal
project which has been advocated
by various interests in the state
of Arizona. A description of several
schemes for this project will be
found in the attached statement
"Plans for Highline Canal in Ari-
zona."
AS mentioned in this statement,
about 100000 acres of land are
irrigable from this development in
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The Coolidge examiner., 1939-01-26
The Low Down
From Hickory Grove

Each year the B. S. A, it gets
out a little diary which is a dandy.
The B. S. A, if you don't already
know, it is the Boy Scouts Of
America.
This little diary, it will go in
your vest pocket, if you still have
a vest, and the tax-collector has
not got it. And besides being a
diary, it has more in it than most
any book you pick up. 1t costs Is
cents. Every old SPAWN and his
boy, should have one. And Mama,
it would not hurt her either, to
read it-alsO Sis.
This little diary, it is sort Of a
digest of the B. S. A. Manual. The
Manual, it is the worlds second
best seller-it comes next to the
Bible.
If you have made some good
resolutions for 1889, there is even
aplace in the diary to write 'em
down. And in 2 weeks from now,
you can just squirt into it, and not
have to wrack your head, trying
to remember what it was you re-
solved to do or not to do.
So you see, you need the book,
right off the bat.
Yours, with the low down,
To SEPp A
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-01-26
Senator Hayden Writes
Interesting Letter On
Valley Water Supply
Urge Extension Of
National Housing Act

Pointing to the deplorable condi-
ton of 60 per cent Of American
homes, as revealed in a recent
survey of 100000 dwellings con-
Quoted by the Works Progress Ad-
ministration, the National Retail
Lumber Dealers Association today
urged the extension of Title l Of
the National Housing Act-the
Property Improvement Credit Plan
after its expiration July l.
The need for this legislation,
which enables property owners to
borrow up to $4,000 for the re-
novation and modernization of
homes and business establishments,
is forcibly demonstrated by the
findings of the Government survey
Spencer D. Baldwin, chairman Of
the associations Legislative Com
mittee, declared.
only 40 per cent of the houses
reported on, representing 203 urban
communities, are listed by WPA
as in good condition. Baldwin
said. Sixteen per cent were rated
in the WPA report as unfit for
USE
when Title | was In effect
originally-from the fall of 1884
through April 1937-more than $50
million dollars worth of property
improvements were financed under
the plan. 1t was allowed to expire,
however, and was not reinstated
as an activity of the Federal Hous-
ing Administration until February
of last year. Since then, approx
mately 200 million dollars in
property Improvement work has
resulted through private financial
institutions lending funds under
FILA insurance"
Renewal of the law permitting
FILA to insure these loans is con-
sidered of such vital Importance
to members of the National Retail
Lumber Dealers Association and
the $4,000 lumber and building
material retailers affiliated through
its % regional and state associa-
tions. that it is being made part
of virtually every convention pro-
gram at the annual meetings OF
these groups in all parts of the
country during the first quarter OF
this year.
In stimulating work of this kind
through continuation of Title I,
Baldwin asserted, the Government
not only is contributing to the i'm
provement of American homes,
but also is enabling the expenditure
of funds for materials and labor
in a field where the most good can
be accomplished in relieving I'M
employment and creating spending
power.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-01-26
Senator Hayden gives interesting
information on Highline Canal in
Arizona:
PLANS FOR HIGHLINE CANAL
IN ARIZONA

The Bureau of Reclamation has
not thus far made any investiga
ton of the Highline Canal project
but in 1929 the Arizona Engine
ering Commission, of which Mr.
Porter j. Preston, then superintend
ent of Yuma project was mem
Der made a reconnaissance of the
possibility of diverting water from
the Colorado River for the irriga
ton of lands in the ella Basin.
The most favorable of the several
plans studied proposed the con
struction of high diversion dam
on the Colorado River at a point
about IL miles below Diamond
Creek for the purpose of delivering
water to an area of about 100000
acres of land in the ella Basin be-
low Phoenix, Arizona. In addition
to the construction of the diversion
dam, this development would in
clude a 92-mile tunnel extending
from the Colorado River to the
Bill Williams River, a storage
reservoir on the latter stream to
be formed by the construction OF
a dam at the Box Canyon, a %
mile tunnel extending from this
reservoir to the Bouse Valley, and
a canal and lateral system for the
delivery OF water to the project
area. The water requirements for
this project would consist Of a
diversion of 11,100 cubic feet per
second or 100000 acre-feet per
year.
The total cost of the develop
ment, using unit prices prevailing
at the time Of the reconnaissance,
was estimated at $3.50, 900 with
a possible power credit of $50. $780,
600, leaving s449,S47,OO0 chargeable
to irrigation or a unit cost of about
$225 per acre.
Another plan of development
proposed by the Commission was
the construction of a dam on the
Colorado River at Glenn Canyon
near Lees Ferry. This plan would
REQUIRE the construction of 30
mile tunnel extending from the
Colorado River to the Verde River.
The water requirements Of the pro-
ject would be the same as for the
plan discussed in the preceding
paragraph.
The area proposed for develop
ment by the Arizona Engineering
Commission included a large part
of the SOC, 5000 acre ella project now
being constructed by the Bureau of
Reclamation. While the deduction
of the requirements for the area of
the ella project would reduce the
size of the tunnels and canals and
thus reduce the total cost of the
project, the price per acre probaD-
ly would be higher.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-01-26
Junior Class Play
Thrills Large Crowd

The Shadow of Terror"
mystery farce in three acts was
presented Tuesday night in the
High School auditorium by cast
selected from the Junior Class,
under the able direction Of Miss
Ruth Miller assisted by Miss
Eugene Brandon. The characters
were we'll chosen and acquitted
themselves in an admirable manner.
The cast of characters was AS
follows: s|W
Peggy Powers, Dorothy Johnson.
Helen Macarthur, Betty Preece.
Julia Van der Vert, Loree
Collins.
Sigmund Van der Vert. Thelan
Kempton.
Steve Wellington, Walter Smith.
Morley Kenwood, Troy Lewis.
Jewel Pennington, June Ham
mond.
Topaz, Patty Cochran.
Emma, Bonnie Patterson.
Pringle, Karl Dunnaway.
Business manager, Mary Gardner,
Rosalee Atkins.
Assistants, Ann Hannah, Grace
Knox.
Stage manager, Horace FennelL
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-01-26
Senators Dislike Visit
Of British King

Senators Reynolds Of North
Carolina, Frazier of North Dakota
and Lundeen Of Minnesota view
the announced visit of England
King and Queen as an effort to
carry favor" with the United
States to induce Americas help to
"save their country" They protest
the United States being drawn into
a program of trying to save the
world.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-01-26

Italy is building marble palace
to house its exhibit at the 1899
California Worlds Fair on Treasure
Island.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-01-26

San Francisco will hold celebra-
ton for week preceding the
opening of the California Worlds
Fair on February Is.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-01-26

The Annual Guest Day" pro-
gram of the Coolidge Woman's
Club met Thursday in the Com
munity Church with Mrs. w. H.
Carls as program chairman and
Mrs. M. N. Ware, president. pre-
siding. The club house Is being used
for Grammar School classes for
the balance Of the school term
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29
Chamberlain Asks
Peace: Warns Foes

BIRMINGHAM, Eng. Jan. %.
OUP) - Prime Minister Neville
Chamberlain told the world tonight
that britain wants peace but IS
taking no chances on aggression by
the relationships and is rapidly
perfecting her ornaments on land,
sea and In the air.
Chamberlain showed impatience
with the relationships for not re-
spending to his efforts for peace.
He said:
Il feel that It is time now that
others should make their contribu-
ton, the result of which would
overflow with benefits for all.
To-day the air is full of rumors
and suspicious which ought not TO
be allowed to persist. For peace
could only be endangered by such
a challenge as was envisaged by the
president OF the United States IN
his New Year message, namely,
demand to dominate the world by
force"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29
Radio Artists to
Delay Strike

NEW YORK, Jan. %. oUP)-Thc
American Federation of Radio Ar
lists agreed today to negotiate with
the American Association of Ad-
vertising Agencies, representing 30
per cent of the sponsors of COM
mercial programs on radio networks,
in an effort to avert a threatened
nationwide strike of 10000 radio
performers,
An announcement of the radio
union said the negotiators would
confer without recess until a con-
clusion has been reached The
negotiations will start Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29
Committee Fears
U.S.Secrets Barred
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agencies in extending aid TO a
French mission planning to spend
s65 900 900 on Americana construct
ed planes.
The president. it was learned,
urged the war, navy and treasury
departments TO assist" the French
representatives Although army Of
ficers frowned on the plan, their
civilian superiors, it was under
stood, permitted the Frenchmen to
inspect equipment which has not
been passed upon by the war de-
partment.
Sen. Bennett Champ Clark, D.,
Mo, who requested the inquiry, said
that he wanted all information
concerning the French purchases
to be made public.
IF it isn't" he said. Il may
introduce a resolution calling upon
the departments involved TO file re-
ports with the senate.
Il am interested in ascertaining
whether the French government is
being permitted to obtain options
on latest-type planes which have
not been made available to our own
army"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29
Hundreds Starving
Amid Ruins Left
By Chilean Quake
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cian RODRIGUEZ Johnson, returned
to Santiago from Conception one
of the large towns hard hit by the
make. and reported the food Sltu-
alton so acute that Armando CoSanl'
United Press staff correspondent
and his assistants. had had nothing
to eat in two days. and that only
minute amounts of drinking water
were available.
Private and military short wave
radio brought reports OF acute
shortages. not only of food ana
water for the survivors, but OF
essential medical materials with
which to treat the injured, and
of serums and vaccines to fight the
danger of epidemic. Thousands OF
bodies still remained under the
debris of ruined buildings. A hot
summer sun haStened natural de-
composition, adding immeasurably
to the threat of epidemic. The
stencil pervaded everywhere.
The government ordered all sur
vivors evacuated from the ruined
cities and towns of south central
Chile as quickly as possible and
concentrated on repairing highways
and railroads so as to bring about
the evacuation as quickly as pos
sible. A constant stream of planes
and trucks moving out of here,
loaded with food, water, and medi-
cal supplies. Planes and trains were
bringing these essentials in from
other South American countries.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29
Naval Committee
Examines Base

WASHINGTON. Jan. %. CUP)-
The house naval affairs committee
flew to the Marine base at Guam
tico. Va, today to examine maps
and other data relating to pro-
posed defense developments on the
island of Guam and strengthening
of air and naval bases.
The committee recessed its hear
ings ON a bill to authorize defense
bases until Tuesday. when Chair
man Carl Vinson, D., Ga, will call
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Charles Edison to discuss the Guam
project. He will appear at the re-
quest of Republicans who contend
that the administration should eX-
plain in detail its future plans for
the tiny Pacific island, located
only 1900 miles from Japan's MAIN
land
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29

one OF the important factors IN
maintaining its efficiency during
the post war lag in building, will
replace Sir Thomas Inskip in the
vital cabinet post of minister for
coordination of defense.
Inskip primarily is a lawyer, ana
the defense program under his di-
rection has been the target Of fiery
criticism from those who contend
ed its pace has been too slow. He
will be retained in the cabinet as
secretary for the dominions, post
held temporarily by Malcolm Mac
Donald in addition 10 his job as
colonial secretary, which he re-
tains.
Mac Donald was relieved OF the
dominions post so that, as colonial
secretary, he could concentrate on
the troublesome Palestine problem
and the impending Jewish : Arab
conference in London.
The appointment of Lord Chat
field was timed to coincide with
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29
Nationalist Push
Enemies to Border
In Victory Drive
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inforce exhausted border guards
and prevent a stampede by scores
of thousands of starving, terror
lied refugees, fleeing before the
Nationalist army.
Refugees were pouring through
the snow-covered Pyrenees passes,
i'll clad. without food, and desper-
ate for aid. At some frontier towns
they surged back and forth few
feet from the frontier. awaiting
their chance for safety, shelter and
food.
A battalion of African riflemen
arrived at Perthus. Cerbere and
Brats de Mollo. an infantry bat
talon arrived at Tour Carol, an
other at Bourg- Madame.
Two hundred soldiers and 500
women and children were permit
ted to cross at PerthuS this morn
ing.
At Cerebere, authorities reported
hungry, panic stricken throng
of women and children who had
spent days in the shelter of the
international railroad tunnel, after
trying TO flee into Franch by high
ways which were blocked by French
mobile guards.
At Brats de Mollo, 1000 soldiers
were admitted
More than 10000 refugees we're
reported in the Puigcerda region
alone, many of them soldiers. They
were camped along the roads.
which were knee deep in icy sluSh,
and lashed by intermittent snow
storms. 1t was said the refugees
had had no food for days.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29
Collision Dents
Canadian Ship

SAN PEDRO, Jan. %. (UP)-The
Canadian destroyer Ottawa, flag
ship of a squadron of four destroy
ers en- route to the West Indies,
today rammed into a pier in Los
Angeles harbor, denting her bow.
A hasty check disclosed that
three plates high on the Starboard
side were badly dented. The acci-
dent occurred during a heavy wind
which swept over southern Cali
fornia today.
The Ottawa was accompanied
into the outer harbor by the de-
stroyers Restigouche, Frazer, and
st. Laurent.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29
Townsend Sure of
Favorable Action

FRESNO, Cal, Jan. 90 tUP)-
DR.. Francis E. Townsend, leader
of the Townsend old age pension
movement, expressed confidence to-
day the plan would be passed by
the current congress.
The elderly pension advocate,
here to address a gathering of Fres-
no Townsend clubs. said sentiment
for the proposal was sweeping the
country like a whirlwind and like
a whirlwind it cannot be stopped"