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Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-09
Bv EDWIN A. FITZHUGH

The All-American canal was started yesterday.
Only about $50 persons saw the great Griffith COM
pany Diesel shovel "a cents for its by scoop
ing up twocubc yard bite of earth and rockthe trst
bit of excavation on ditch that will 80 miles from
the Colorado river to the farming lands OF Imperial Val
ley, and will be dug at a cost OF $27OOOOOO
Mark Rose was at the controls when the shovel's
teeth shunted into the rocky bosom OF Pilot Knob
Under his hand the great crane raised It's load OF art
and rock poised in mdar while cameras recorded the
historic event, slowly over waiting truck dump
ed the dirt.
of cheers rolled back from Pilot Knob-Sta-
ton 114O-and the thing that vague dream in the
minds of Imperial Valley pioneers 20 years ago was
becoming reality.
Rose stepped down from the shovel Cliff Round,
master mechanic for the Griffith company took his seat
Bill Hudson, Holtve, assumed the oilers post. The
jaws of the shovel fell again. then took two more bes
and the huge machine nched forward on the path where
tide of water will be flowing over American soil within
four years Building the All American canal had become
a routine job.
At the end of yesterdays fivehour shift 1925 cubic
yards of rock had been moved placing the work ahead
of the estimate that 325 yards an hour would be lifted
On the Job were Charles Tollosin, bulldozer, Fred
Roberts and Jim Johnson sknnng cats on the laern-
al buggies, dirt trucks, and Jack C. King, awaiting
second shift the shovel 1t will be several days be-
fore the second shift goes to work
To the Griffith company yesterdays happening meant
the beginning of job that will net the firm $22680O for
excavation of $4,000 cubic yards of rock and dirt on
schedule of the canal. To Imperial Valley it meant
the beginning of future insured against interference
with vital water supply by foreign interests Coupled
ming of era, when drought will be impossible be-
cause the rivers water will be controlled by the dam
and distributed by canal flowing every foot of its
length over American soil, controlled by Americans
1--WE hollered for 23 years for this thing" said
weathered individual he made his to the station
shortly before work commenced 81 think I'd walk moren
a quarter of mile to see 1t start
His was sentiment of those who watched the great
shovel go into action beathed dust from the first earth
excavated the job took chunks of rock from that first
shovelful trained large and small the ma
cheered the realization
CONTINUED on Page en- Severn
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-09
A HISTORY IN PICTURES

In the offices of the Bureau of Reclamation at
Yuma, Ariz., headquarters for the All American
project, in bookcase off the reception rests
remarkable collection There are more than
dozen albums there made up of several thousand
pictures photographs taken during the last six
years of construction 1t is complete history
of the building of Imperial dam and the All Amer
lean canal than can ever be produced with words.
To the Bureau of Reclamation the P0stPress III
indebted for the use of the pictures which appear
in this edition.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-09

Dec. 21, 192S-Presdent Coolidge signs Boul-
der Canyon Project Act, which included con-
structon of All American canal.
Feb II, 1932-Imperial Valley voters approved
by vote of five to one the All American canal
contract.
Aug 8, 1934-First shoveful of dirt taken up
in construction of the All American canal.
Feb l, 1935-Gates of Boulder dam closed and
Colorado river harnessed for the first time
May 49, 1936-First electricity released from
the Brawley diesel plant of the Imperial Irriga-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-09
Dates Along the Way .

ton district, a forerunner to generating plants
on the All American canal.
Oct. 1S, 1936-DedicatiOn of Imperial dam
Oheadworks of the All American canal by Sec
retary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes.
May "a, 194O-Frst use of the All American
canal when the finished CalexicO section was
called into hasty service to substitute for canals
erased by earthquake.
Oct u, 194O-Receipt of the first water from
the Colorado river through the All American ca
nal now complete.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-09
Looking Back
TO Aug. "a

(When the following story written-Aug.
8, 1934-the All American canal was nothing
than lines ON blueprint. Here is how the begin
ming locked to E. A. Fitzhugh, then reporter,
now managing editor of the POst-Press)
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-09

decades battling for the All American Pictured standing below left right are Evan ewes
o
Ira te Supervisor M Graham Supervisor Dave % engineer and
millions
eta a on Valley
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-23
Miss Beal To Preside
At Librarians Meet

RALEIGH, Oct. 22.-R-Mlss
Marjorie Beal, president OF the
Southeastern Library assoclatloi'
left for Savannah, Ca, today to pre-
side at the 18th biennial convention
Of the organization, which opens to
morrow.
"We expect an unusually fine con-
vention." said Miss Beal, who Is Sec
rotary of the North Carolina Library
commission.
Miss Essae M. Culver of Louisiana,
president of the American Library
association, will be one of the fea-
tured speakers, along with DR.. Ed
win Embree, president of the Julius
Rosenwald fund, and John Adams
Lowe of Rochester, N. Y.
Other speakers will include: Hoyt
Calvin Of Alabama, who will be-
come librarian at Charlotte Novem-
Der 1; Frederic Melcher, editor of
Publishers Weekly; Miss Eunice
Coston of Atlanta; Miss Emma
Louise Wills Of the University of
Alabama; Willard Jones of Presby-
terian college, Clinton, S.. c.; Miss
Fanny D. Hinton and Miss Virginia
McJenkins, both of Atlanta; Miss
Estellene Walker of Knoxville,
Tenn, and Miss Ellen Perry of
G%reenville, S. c.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-23
Knox Expresses Hope
Nation Will Harden

NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-R-Sec-
rotary of Navy Frank Knox today
told a battalion of midshipmen That
my daily prayer is that the en-
tire nation will have found itself
in time, will harden itself and
make itself safe from attack"
Knox, speaking aboard the train
ing ship Illinois during an inspec-
ton tour of naval defenses in the
metropolitan area, told the stu
dents I'VE face an hour of men
ace, for there is a huge world
wide contest going on between ma
ticns that have hardened them
selves against nations that have
grown Soft"
Describing himself as a student
of naval matters, he warned fu-
ture ensigns that "only a nation
that is strong is safe"
The secretary vas piped aboard
the vessel in a colorful ceremony
on the Hudson river.
He was greeted by Capt. John
J. London, commanding officer of
the U. S. Naval Reserve Midship-
mems school here. After shaking
hands with 80 officers he reviewed
the battalion and inspected ship
equipment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-23
PRICE CHISELINC
. PROBE IS BEGUN
$ Bottlenecks' Hamperlng
Defense Program TO
Be Broken Up

WASHINGTON. Oct. o. R -
A broad investigation OF aliegeo
ssprice chiseling'' on materials lol
the defense construction program
was announced today.
Chairman Wheeler D-MonO dis
closed that a senate interstate COM
merce subcommittee, with the CO.
operation of the national defense
commission and the department OF
Justice, would scrutinlze the PRICE
field carefully and also inquire lnlo
the reasons for any "~bottlenecks
that might develop to hamper Tie
defense program. ,
This investigation Will be oroao
enough to 90 into any phase OF the
defense program, but particular at
tention will be paid to reports maj
ext~ortionate prices have been
charged to the government IN some
instances," the Montana senator
told reporters.
I'VE don't want the same thing
to take place that happened dur
ing the last war, when there were
charges and counter charges tnat
some people were taking advan-
tage of the war to build up great
fortunes.
This is not going to be any
witch hunt though, and nobody
who is cooperating with the gov
eminent on a fair basis will have
any reason to be afraid of t."
Wheeler mentioned as a likely
subject of investigation what Re
said were recent increases in the
price of lumber. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-23
MEXICO REJECTS
JAP OIL BIDS
Concession Is Cancelled
And Scrap Iron Sales
To Be Halted
By the Associated Press

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 22.-Mexlco IS
turning down japanese bids for her
oil and scrap iron as a contribution
to Western Hemisphere solidarity,
high government officials declared
today.
President Cardenas has decided to
cancel a large oil concession granted
last week to japanese interests IN
Mexico, and a $500 900 offer by Jap
anese agents for Mexican scrap
has been rejected, these officials
said, because Of Japanese-American
tension in the Pacific.
concrete demonstration that Mexico
is prepared to collaborate with the
United States and other American
republics to safeguard the Western
Hemisphere against any danger
from abroad.
These sources gave no indication
when cancellation of the oil conceS-
sion to the Tokyo-controlled Vara-
cruzana company for exploiting 247,-
900 acres in Vera Cruz state would
become official.
The deal will be voided as uncon-
s%titutional, a government spokesman
said, because a constitutional amend
ment prohibiting such concessions,
sponsored by President Cardenas
after appropriation Of foreign-owned
oil properties in 1898, was ratified
recently by a majority of the state
legislatures, although it has not yet
been promulgated.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-23
More Students Enroll
In Language Courses

GREENSBORO, Oct. 21.-R-
Registration for language courses
at the Woman's College of the uni
versity of North Carolina reflects
recent world developments, Off
Gals pointed out today.
The growing interest in South
America has meant a 81 per cent
increase in the number of students
who chose to study Spanish as
their first year language and a de-
creas of 20 per cent in the number
OF freshmen taking French as COM
pared with last year.
The college also is offering for
the first time an extension course
in Spanish in which 20 students
are enrolled. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-23
Gill Urges Americans
To Learn How To Toll

CICINNATI, Ohio, Oct. 22.-LR-
Americans, said Edwin Gill, North
Carolina paroles commissioner, pos
sibly have come to place too much
emphasis on Jefferson's life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness" and
not enough on Winston Churchill's,
blood, sweat and tears"
He told delegates attending the
American Prison Congress yesterday
that 1--WE should learn there is no
liberty without discipline, and no
true happiness without a sense of
integrity"
Gill said he was satisfied that
many persons were in prison today
because when they confronted the
great crisis of their lives, they
were not prepared to meet it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-23

Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe"
was published in 1719 and stamped
him as n of the first realist writ
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-23
Southern To Purchase
$4,000 Tons Of Rail

NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-R-South.
ern railway is buying $4,000 tons
of steel rail for laying in 194l,
Ernest E. Norris, president, said
today.
Lumber and textile shipments
have been in heavy volume, Nor
ris added, but freight carloadings
are running slightly below
years levels. He explained this as
due principally to smaller :hip.
ments of coal following heavy
stocking up in anticipation of high.
er minimum prices which went in
to effect Oct. l. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-23
Mixed Trends Noted
On Tobacco Markets

RALEIGH, Oct. 22.-R-Mixed
trends in prices were marked up
yesterday on the New Fright and
Middle tobacco belts, a federal
state marketing report said.
Bulk of the weed sold at the fol-
lowing prices:
Middle belt:
Orange leaf-good 1880, fair
2O.50, low 1880, CON m on IL;
orange smoking leaf-good 26, fan
"a, low 20, common "A; lemon cut
ters-fair 80, low 81; lemon Tugs
choice 80, fine 20, good 26, fair 20,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-23
British Navy Units
Gather At Gibraltar

ALGECIRAS, Spain, Oct. %
R)-The British navy assembled
a formidable flotilla in Gibraltar
harbor today. Three battleships, a
cruiser and four destroyers rode
at anchor while five patrol boats
were seen p%atrolling the nearoy
waters.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-23
Lloyd George
Is Reported Ailing

LONDON, Oct. 22.-CP-T h e
British Press association reported
today that David Lloyd George,
World war prime minister, is "suf-
fering from a chill"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-23
RALEIGH
BRIEFS
Star-News Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
nv HENRY AVERILL

RALEIGH, Oct. %. The Fed
eral Wage and Hour Division
headed in the Carolinas by Major
A. L. Fletcher, lost no opportunity
to do a bit of propaganda work IN
connection with its news releases
regarding distribution by the At
Ilantic Coast Line railroad OF some
$3.50. 900 in back wages found due
6 1859 maintenance-of-way employ
ees for noncompliance with the
law.
Commenting on the pay-off at
his office in Washington, Colonel
Fleming Wage-Hour administra'
tori pointed out that merchants in
this section should Immediately
feel the effects of the back wage
PAYMENTS, read the general story.
In Raleigh the Carolina division
prepared ''fo1os" for the lead ar
ticle-one for each section of the
road on which the payments were
to be made. In each OF these
''folos" Major Fletcher was quoted
as declaring:
merchants along this section OF
the main line, and the branches
feeding it, should Immediately feel
the effects of these payments in
an increased volume of business.
The fact that in the future these
employees will receive minimum
wages almost fifty per cent higher
than before the railroad came into
compliance with the act, will also
prove a permanent source of high
er income to them
There was a decrease of at least
one in the squirrel population OF
Capitol Square Monday. Your re-
porter saw a very large, and very
triumphant cat carrying off one OF
the bushy-tailed animals she had
ambushed and captured.
well, I can't blame the cat"
remarked a bystander who saw it,
Il like squirrel meat, too"
Your reporter recently bought an
automobile Cor rather agreed to
share title to it with a finance
company. 1t is just a little auto
III the low priced field selling for
well under a thousand dollars.
Now the company is circulari-
ling him in an effort to sell S275.75
worth accessories. It's almost as
bad as the days when cars were
sold on the FOB. Detroit with
out engine" basis.
The accessories were listed
throughout a long, pretty pamph-
let. but your reporter was so in
trigued he sat down and gathered
them all together in one list.
Here's what's offered:
Radiator grille cover, S1.75; fen
Ger lamps $1,000; vacuum coWl an
tenna $1,000; license plate guard
S2.75: Fender and grille guard
SLIGO; fog lamps Sl3.75; radiator
insect screen S1.50; fender guides
$3.50: license plate frames S1.50;
de luxe running boards $780,;
chrome wheel trim rings S8.75;
outside rear view mirror S1.95;
spot light S17.0O; custom hub caps
s10.25; radio S46. so; de luxe steer
ing wheel S14.50: direction indica-
tor $3.50; weather master $3.50;
automatic battery filler S4.95; oval
rear view mirror $3.50; vanity mir
ror S1.OO; oil filter s7.25; ventilator
dust filter S1.25; and sleeper kit
s17.25.
Until finding out how many
things are not on the car, your
correspondent was reasonably sat-
isfied with it. Now that it seems
everything listed ought to be put
on it, the darn thing looks practi-
cally stripped. a
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-20

The Daily Alaska Empire has the largest paid circulation of any Al aska newspaper.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-20
AMERICA IN WAR ' FEATURED NOW
 IN SUPERB FILM
'Ramparts We W atch' Opens Tonight, Capi-
 fol Theatre


 Widely heralded as "a new kind of motion picture for new kind Of world The March of Times first feature production, ''The Ram parts We Watch which will be shown at the Capitol Theatre to- night, is unique not only because of it's totally different story and technique, but because it contains a new kind of cast-the most un- usual ever assembled for motion picture.
 To achieve complete realism for this breathtaking story of typical Americans living through the most dramatic period in modern history the turbulent years from 1914 to the present-The March of Time used a casting method which no movie producer dared to attempt. Of the cast of more than 1,400, in- cluding 73 speaking parts, not, one had ever appeared before a movie camera.
 Typical of this cross-section of the American people who comprise the "Ramparts" cast is Clarence
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-20

Warner Stowen, who plays tht part of the kindly, wise, old Con- gressman John Lawton. Lecturer sales executive. and teacher Stow ell fought in the Spanish-American War, was Lieutenant Colonel in the World War.
 Hired originally as wardrobe au- thenticator for the film, Marguerite Boynton Brown was found to be ideal for the role of Mrs. Bensinger, wife of the German professor whose life is shattered in the war by his internment as an enemy alien. An- other housewife and mother, Myra Archibald, plays Mrs Averill who loses her son in the Lafayette Els cadrille.
 Julia Kent, who portrays Mrs Kovacs, found that her screen role exactly paralleled her experience in the war when her husband was killed, just as he is in "The Ram parts" In the role of the German professor was pr. Alfredo U. Wyss, Swiss scientist and biologist, who also re-enacted some of his own life in the World War.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-20
COME TO FREE SHOW SATURDAY,
 CHILDREN URGED

All children on Gastineau Chan mel are invited by Santa Claus, the Elks Lodge and Manager Charle; Beale of the Capitol Theatre tC attend the free show and Christ mas party at 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Capitol.
 Gifts will be distributed to every boy and girl attending. Santa helpers at the lodge hall have pre- pared 975 special packages Of candy for the matinee.
 Each child attending is asked to bring along a can of food, which can be used in the Christmas bas- kets which the Elks distribute to needy families each year at this Every boy and girl is in vited, however, whether or not he can bring a can of food
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-20
''BUCK BENNY RIDES AGAIN"
 10TH CENTURY
Western Comedy with All Trimmings, Gay Girls,
 Songs in Feature

All's chaos on the Western plains as two-fisted ten-fingered Jack Benny, phantom rider of Fred AL len and lone ranger of the Seven Delicious Flavors. bites off more than he can chew and comes to rue it in Buck Benny Rides Again" ziggy saga of the West which opens tonight at the 20th Century Theatre.
 It's love in bloom which drives Jack to forsake his penthouse for Q ponmel and Maxwell for a mus tsng-love for lovely Ellen Drew who dre.Ns a line between Western he-men and all the rest of man. kind when 1t comes to love Jack gees West to prove himself worthy, and before he's through it's the deer and the antelope who are locking for new homes.
 The gay proceedings are en- livened with comedy and dancing Dy ROcneSter, song Dy Vlrglnla Dale and Lillian Cornell, swing by Phil Harris, beauty by the Merriel Ab- Dctt Dancers, and more comedy by Andy Devine, and the bear, Car michael, well-known in Arctic cir cles. There is also a cute coyote who makes his motion picture de- but in this gripping epic of the whining of the West. Mark Sand rich, responsible for most of the previous Jack Benny motion pie t,ire hits. directed Buck Benny Rides Again"
 Some of the song hits introduced are Drums in the Night" Say It Over Again" My, My" and My Kind O Country"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-20

FORESTER |5 BACK
"Kinky" Bayers Finds States Boosting Alaska
 for Unemployed

Capt. "Kinky" Bayers, back in Juneau with his boat Forester after several weeks in Seattle is con- tent today with the belief he really told those guys off" in Seattle when he ran into the Outside's sucker campaign for wouldbe Al aska workmen.
 Bayers said: T went up to a bulletin board in front of big employment office and there was sign saying for S2 you could have information relative to job in the Alaska Juneau. I tore that down. I also tore down another sign advertising steerage fares to Alaska and one declaring Alaska's defense program needs workers"
 Invited to a meeting of ship owners, Bayers was asked to talk T didn't paint very nice pie ture of Alaska, Kinky said, but a lot of people won't be disap- pointed anyway by coming up for jobs and finding out the facts in- stead"
 Seattle was interesting to Bay CTS, but Lake Union was too much
 T tied up at Pier 9 first and then went into Lake Union" Bay CTS said but in about as many nights there were three holdups, shootings and general fracases so I moved back down to the day The ferryboats weren't so bad
 Coming back with Bayers was Helge Nielsen and Bob Dalton.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-20
REED |S
 SURPRISED AT
 DINNER PARTY

Twelve girl friends of Miss Betty Reed surprised her with a dinner party last evening in cele- bration of her seventeenth birth day.
 The affair was held at the West Twelfth Street home of Mrs. Harcy Stonehouse, with Mrs. Olav Eikland assisting.
 Many of those present were class mates in school since Kindergarten and the dinner hour was spent reminiscing. The honoree was pre- sented with a nurses watch by those present.
 Included in the guest list were Misses Maydelle George, Betty Rice, Betty Nordling, Verna Mae Gruber, Isabel Parsons. Doris McEachran, Ruth Talmage, Marjorie Shell, Sylvia and Shirley Davis. Mildred Render and Dorothy Tors.
 
 WHY SUFFER with your feet? Phone 648. Chiropodist pr. Stoves.
 adv The Daily Alaska Empire has the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-20
MRS. w. c. GRAHAM,
 ENDS VISIT IN CITY

Mrs. w. c. Graham. was the houseguest of Mrs. Fred Crowell during last week. She returned to her home at Gull Cove on the motorship Estebeth.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-20
Guardsmen Will Hold Semi-FormaI
 Dance Tomorrow

First social affair of the Juneau National Guard company will be the dance to be given tomorrow evening in the Elks ballroom.
 The dance will be semi-formal, and Guardsmen will be resplendent in uniforms, according to Captain William Walther Dancing will begin at 10 o'clock, with Lillian Uggen and her orchestra providing the music.
 Proceeds from the dance will in- i itite company fund for the pur- pose of buying food and specia uniforms not provided by the gov ernment
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-20
Reservations End
 On Monday for Ski
 Club Dinner Dance

Only a limited number of reses- vations are available for the Jul neau Ski Club dinner dance to be held New Years eve in the Goid Room of the Baranof Hotel, and all planning to attend are urged to make reservations immediately Tickets are now on sale at the Baranof desk.
 An annual affair. the dinner promises to be one of the highlights of the holiday season, and will be- gin at 9::30 o'clock.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-20

designed by Ronson. Dainty girls like nice gloves and those shown. top. are perfect to wear with tailored suits and sports coats They were de- signed by Natascha. and have pigtex backs com bined with kaywool palms. and will keep the hands warm in the coldest weather. This pair is in nat ural color. but these gloves also come in black . and chocolate
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-20

If you haven't finished your Christmas shopping, above are three suggestions for gifts that lady would like. At the left is a delightful lounging robe made of off-white wool twill. tailored but feminine, with saddle pocket with large block initials appliqued on in navy braid. Gnny Snms Is the model. sophisticate would enjoy the com hination compact and cigaret lighter right below.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-20
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM OF 5ALVATI0h ARMY
 SCHEDULED TONIGHT

The annual Christmas program of the Salvation Army will be held at .7:30 o'clock this evening at the Salvation Army Hall
 Boys and girls of the Sunday School will present a program de- picting the nativity. The public is invited to attend.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-20
Solution Of Yesterdays Puzzle

$. Beginner: vari-
 ant 3. Brazilian money O. English school I. Male deer 2. Err 8. Mark of a blow
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-20

The Daily Alaska Empire has the