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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-01
AUGUST.

Aug. Michigan Normal track
stars return for annual reunion.
-Ang. central Specially Sears
men complicatc title fight In City
League with close As victory over
United Stove.
Aug. Clubs batter Merchant
hurlers to win City League contest
by to score.
Aug. 6--lIundred twenty-five turn
out for Nelson stag day at the Wash
tenaw Country Club with Clifford
Goldsmith capturing the first prize.
Aug. Art Sutton blanks Drug
glsts after they get two scratch hits.
as the Searsmen take second place
in the first half of the City League
season.
Aug. S-Mrs. Bruce Cameron wins
Washtenaw Country Club women's
golf tournament, defeating Mrs. c.
P. Mclean In the finals.
Aug. 10--William Butzin and
Ralph With capture Two-Ball Best
Ball Tournament at the Country
Club by defeating Al Vossler and
NJ. p. O'Hara in the semi-finals.
Aug. 12--Harriet takes first hur-
die in n. Y. A. championship play
by shutting out Carleton. to 0.
Aug. 10 Recreation boys win
crown as interpark game cham
pions.
Aug. United Stove wins sec
ond straight and the sixth Of the
season by downing Central Special
ty in close contest. Prospect girls
win interpark championship.
Aug. 15-Apn- Arbor Edwards
Brothers team unleashes Is hit bar
rage to defeat Harriet IS to 3 and
capture the Sixth District n. Y. A,
championship.
Aug. 17-Thirty boats compete 10
first strictly runabout race ever tC
be held on Edison Lake, Belleville
Aug. lS-Title chances dim as
Merchants drop contest to Central
Specially team.
Aug. 19-United stove and Cubs
battle to % tie in seven innings.
Aug. 20-Mrs. Burl Harris makes
hole in one, being the first woman
golfer to perform feat on the Wash
tenaw Country Club course.
Aug. 21--Merchants snap three
game losing ,streak by defeating
Cunninghams. AZ.
Aug. 22-United Stove team loses
second out OF nine starts to the
Cubs, its close challengers for first
In the City League race.
Aug. 24-Don Hochrein, Merl n
Hutton. c. Mason and Joe korbel ad
vance to semi-finals in Washtenaw
Country Club championship play.
Aug. 27-Druggists almost upset
Stovemen. the game ending in a A.
deadlock after a late rally.
Aug. 2S-Cubs combine hitting
and pitching TO subdue Merchants
by II score.
Aug. 30--C. Mason and Don Hoch
rein remain the only two players II
the Washtenaw Country Club play
after surviving the first three
rounds OF the tourney.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-01

win over Birmingham squad in
opening match OF season.
Apr. 2S-Ypsilanti High METERS
defeat Trenton. III in matches
played there.
Apr. 24-Powerful Roosevelt ten
mis- squad sweeps sets with Dun
dee. Gorilla Poggi wins over Rufus
Jones in feature wrestling. match
at the armory. the last one OF the
season.
Apr, 25-Tommy Quinn turns in
one OF the greatest races In his
career as the Normal College dis
lance medley relay team captures
event IN Drake Relays In Des
Moines, Ia.
Apr. 26-Normsl quartet OF run
ners wins two mile event In Drake
Relays. Michigan Normal tennis
squad bows to Wayne, SO In
Matches here.
Apr. 2S-Ypsilanti High baseball
team loses to Dearborn, S-S. and
METERS drop to Adrian. Roosevelt
tennis squad wins from Plymouth
3 TO 2.
Apr. 29--Wayne University nine
upsets Michigan Normal team de-
spite Il hit attack led by Watt
Sierra.
Apr. S0-Roosevelt thinclads de-
feat strong team from Saline but
Ypsilanti High nine loses to Plym'
outh TO 5.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-01

Normal trackmen TO victory In ILL
nois Relay Carnival in Champaign,
Ill.
Feb. l6-Ypsiianti Legion team
gains runner-up honors In American
Legion State Bowling Tournament
In Jackson.
Feb. l7-Spectacular Central Spe.
cialty Five upsets hopes OF League
leading LsGdy's. who had piled up a
total OF 10 consecutive victories.
with a "a to 81 upset.
Feb. Michigan Normal thin
clads swamp Wayne University
65is to 29ls In meet In Waterman
Gymnasium. Ann Arbor. Landy's
which clinched the title a week ago,
closes City Basketball League sea-
son with win over fourth place Farm
Bureau five.
Feb. 20-Northern State marks
men win As to 40 victory over the
Hurons in a basketball tilt here In
Ypsilanti High School gymnasium
with Anderson piling up 20 points
for the visitors.
Feb. 2l-Roosevelt natators com
plete unbeaten season by hanging
up victory over Trenton.
Feb. 22-Whitey Had places
third to Allan Tolmich in the 70
yard high hurdles OF the National
Amateur Athletic Union Indoor
championships In New York City
Feb. 24-Ed Gilday with II points
PAGES Huron yearlings to cage vie
tory over Selfrldge Field Flyers. AZ
to 3S.
Feb. 25-U. trackmen win nine
out OF II events to defeat Michigan
Normal and Michigan State College
in triangular meet in East Lansing
Feb. Michigan Normal track
team converts the twenty-first an
nual Michigan State College indoor
carnival into a one-team exhibition
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-01
APRIL

Apr. Normal College baseball
team has first outdoor spring prac-
tice.
Apr. s-Two newcomers. Billy
Raeburn and Gorilla Poedgin fea-
ture wrestling card at Armory with
Billy taking two out OF three falls.
Apr. 1o-Midland Chemical City
A. c. team brushes Central Special
ty cagers. IS to IS in a Michigan
A. A. T.. contest there.
F. Apr. 12-Michigan Normal Col
~legiates all before Midland Chem
zeal City Athletic Club. 81 to 3s in
the battle for the Michigan A.A.U.
title. Flint Junior College cagers
turn back Ypsilanti Celt!cs in
other event IN championship
games.
Apr. 15-Normal College base.
ball team defeats Lawrence Tech.
10 TO 6 in game in Highland Park.
Apr. f7-Lefy PAGER. Pat Riley
win in team match over Nick Bill.
Inns and Walt Miller In wrestling
match AT the arJnory.
Apr. 20-Mrs. C. +. McLain. OF
wsshtenaw Country Club. receives
honor Of having been named on
the women's District Honor Roll.
Apr. 22-Ypsilanti High base
ball team loses opener 10 River
Rouge, 10 2. Ypsilanti METERS
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-01

sl,y names George Muellieh. for
mer Michigan Normal liaesman. "
Ase+stant coach.
Oct. S-Bnl Crouch. "a former
Ypsilanti sandlotter. y,As share IN
ls4l world series <noney.
Oct. 9-Yougs boxers provide
fast. exciting ehtertNnment at mi
tlAl show atS,he Armory.
Oct. l0-fRoosevelt football team
drops TO Belleyille as Npshanti
High gridders lose to Plymouth.
Oct. li-KalamaIoo' pierces Nor
nal line 10 win grid contest, 20.
at College Field. Kalamazoo.
Oct. l6-Huron barriers defeat
Central Michigan College OF Ed
'ucation over their own course by
a is TO 40 score.
Oct. l7-Ypsilanu High school
Braves lose to Dearborn and Roose
welt gridders 10 Milan.
Oct. IS Bowling Green rolls up
eos score over Huron football
team, hut local cross country
team trounccs Bowling Green
men.
Oct. % Normal College Nearl
ings lose as Detroit University
frosh score four touchdQwns. Box
ing matches al Armory prove well
matched. hard fought.
Oct. 2i-Ypsilanu High School
football team wins first game IN
two years by defeating Wayne on
the local field illuminated with a
new lighting system Hurons bow
to heavy Central Michigan Col
leee line and Huron barriers lose
first contest IN l6 years OF duaI
meet competition 70 Notre Dame
Oct. 25-Ypsilanti Hieh Schoo
barriers capture regional title IN
meet In Dearborn.
Oct. 80 Leg injury puts bic
John Grant out OF the Norma
lineup for the remainder of the
gridiron season.
Oct. 31-Ypsilanti High Schoo
Warriors defeat Ecorse grid team
by 26-l2 score in game played
under the lights as Island Park.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-01

for Women being played at the
Detroit Golf Club.
July 2i-Motor State gives Cen
trail Specially taste Of defeat In
softball and Knox blanks Central
Specially for six innings In hard
ball before yielding hits.
July 22-Merchants hang up
third win by defeating Cunning
hams, thereby furthering their
title chances.
July "a Motor State and Cen
trail Speciality teams continue TO
press Trojan Laundry in softball
league.
July 24-Dale Hansen hurles
United Stove to fourth straight
win.
July 2s- Merchants wallop
American Radiator team. II to 7
in city softball league, thus break
ing a three game losing streak.
July Merchants trample
Cubs, 10 10 5. and edge nearer to
second crown.
July SO-United Stove, Mer-
chants battle to "A tie in gripping
game.
July Sl-Registrations begin at
Normal College for third rally OF
the Alumni Track Club.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-01
NOVEMBER

Nov. 1-Ypsilanti High School
trackmen edge out Niles to gain
cross country title by one point
margin in Glass b.
Nov. Bob Brennan, n fresh
man from Syracuse, y. Y. wins
all college cross country run de
spite rainy weather.
Nov. Wrestling season opens
at Ypsilanu Armory with three
fast bouts.
Nov. 7-Ypsilanti High Cross
Country team captures Twin Val
ley Athletic Association title IN
meet in Wayne. Roosevelt grid
ders lose to Chelsea, 7 to 6.
Nov. s. Normal griddess. bog
ged down by .mud, lose Wayne
10 to 0 in a game played at Key
worth stadium, Hamtramck.
Nov. 10-John Grant and Arthur
Maschke assume roles as co'pilots
OF the Normal freshman basketball
| team.
Nov. 1l-Team names Lowell
Beach. Flint, and Charles Nemeth'
River Rouge, as co captains OF the
Normal football team for 1912.
Nov. 12- Ypsilanti High school
football team bows to Howell
1877.
Nov. L. Athletic toard Of con
troll Of the Normal approved foot
ball awards for %.
Nov. IS Normal College cross
country team wins state champion
ship in meet in Kalamazoo with
Captain Duane Temper leading the
field. -
Nov. 1S-Ypsilanu High football
team bows to Melyindale ID TO H.
Nov. 22-Clough family returns
from a deer hunting trip WIN a
quarry OF a mother hear three
cubs, Jack rabbit, camp doe ana
three bucks.
Nov. Duane Temper. Normal
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-01
SEPTEMBER

Sept. Harold Miller captures
Jim Hume trophy in play at Country
Club.
Sept. 5-United Stove Cubs fight
TO third tie OF the year and fifth for
second half OF the League schedule.
Sept. Chris Mason captures
Washtenaw Country Club title by
defeating Don Hochrein in the
finals.
Sept. Cubs climb to within half
game OF league leaders. United
Stove, as Knox shuts out Specially
men.
Sept. 10-Trojan team clinches
second half softball title by defeat
ing Radiator men. II to 2 Battling
Cubs hang up ninth victory. defeat
CunnInghams
Sept. Limited Stove takes half
game lead in City League as they
hang 80 defeat on Cunningham's
Sept. l2-City League season ends
with Cubs holding title after defeat
ing the Stovemen by one run.
Sept. 14--Sixteen players quality
in the Ed steimle Cup competition
at the Country Club.
Sept. l5-Twenty-two Normal
gridders report for first fall prac-
tice.
Sept. l9-Ypsilan'i High School
Braves make one touchdown as they
lose to Ann Arson, 1875
Sept. 6-Hurons miss two oppor.
tunities, but hold Hope College 10
90 tie as Ypsilanti High gridders
lose to Lincoln Park and Roosevelt
falls TO Flat Rock.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-01
FEBRUARY

Feb. Normal College trackmen
Yin tri-college meet from Kalama-
90 and Findlay Colleges in Water
gan Gymnasium, Ann Arbor by a
|irge margin.
Feb. 3-sterling Paris. Negro ace
alt miller on the Normal squad. de-
ides TO abandon studies, leaving
he college track standing in jeo-
|ardy.
Feb. 4-Ypsilanti High School ma
|ators win easy victory over Adrian
h evening meet there.
Feb. 5-Bill Suter wins for United
|tove five in City League contest
|ith townships. 1897.
Feb. 6-Farmer Jones and his pig
teal wrestling show at Armory
rom main bout artists. Walter Roxy
hid Bull Montana. In which Roxy
| ms the decision.
I Feb. 7-Roosevelt High School
ktntet snaps losing streak by out
laying and outscorlng Milan team,
b to 20.
Feb. Michigan Norman lnln-
ads defeat Loyola University 50
26 in Waterman Gymnasium.
Feb. 9-Central Specially hockey
ham goes to town" defeats Lin
Fin Park in inter-city meet.
Feb. 10-Landy's continue lead In
+ ity League basketball race by de-
hating United Stove. 81 to 10.
Feb. 1l-Detroit Lions lose 70
Iuto Club cagers 10 benefit contest
Ypsilanti High School gymnasium
raise funds toward the public
kdress system.
YFc5. 12-Johnny squires oinches
l,y League basketball champion
BIZ for Landy quintet with expert
Iioo.ing 10 defeat townships, as 10
Heb. l3-Ypsilanti High School
Basketball quintet sets hot pace, but
Ises 10 Dearborn. 35 to %.
Heb. i4-Last minute pressure
Hls to win and Normals drop bas-
ltball tilt 70 Kalamazoo, 30 to 20.
ITeh. 15-"Whltey' Had PAGES
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-01

flEySr. places tenth M annual
Rational Collegiate cross o,Sntry
run at East Lansing
NOV. Is football players a.
Ypsilanti High school choose Rob
ert Moffett and Nelson Boik as
captains for next year
Nov 26-Dr Lloyd Olds receives
re-appointment as chairman Of the
track. and field committee OF the
National Amateur Athletic Union
Nov e. Wrestlers give rough
exhibition IN weekly matchef al
the Armory. the matches bang
featured by a bout between Mar
tin Levin. 6S5 FOUNDER, and { arl
Pepke.
New asS-NRsilanA Hish >asers
open basketball season with a vic
tory over Bellevllle.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-01
MARCH

Mar. lin a spectacular blanket
finish, Ypsilanti High School swim
ming team captures Class b cham
pionships for the state in the
Trenton High School pool.
Mar. with a late drive, Uni
versity OF Detroit downs Normal
cagers in last game OF the season.
Mar. captain Burman Misenar
ends cage season with but two
points ahead in the individual
scoring over Fritz BENEFITS.
Mar. 6-St. Thomas of Ann Arbor
triumphs over Roosevelt cagers by
single point to eliminate them
from Class c competition in the
district tournament.
Mar. 7-Ypsilanti High School
team overwhelms Belleville gum
tet in first round OF district basket
ball tourney.
Mar. s. Ypsilanti High five
takes measures of Wayne team.
"a to Is TO capture Class b dis
trict championship.
Mar. l0-Normal College cagers
choose Fritz BENEFITS, Lansing,
and Edward Kontrymowicz. Ham
tramck, as co-captains for next
years basketball team.
Mar. 13-Ricardo Cortez defeats
Bull Montana in boxing match at
armory.
Mar. 14-Ypsilanti High School
cagers flash dazzling passing at
tack to defeat BEDFORD in playoffs
in regional basketball tournament
high school gymnasium.
Mar. 15-Normal College thin
clads win tournament in Cleveland.
Strong Dawson five eliminates
Ypsilanti High School from Glass
r basketball tournament regionals.
Mar. 19-Tommy Quinn. Michi-
gan Normal ace. places fourth in
Michigan A. A. U. relays in 'Yost
Field House, Ann Arbor.
Mar. 20-Ann Arbor High de-
feats Lincoln Park cagers in state
quarter finals basketball tourna-
ment in Ypsilanti High School
gymnasium.
Mar. 22-Tommy Quinn, Normal
star, finishes fifth in Bankers
Mile. feature of the annual Chica-
20 Indoor Relays.
Mar 25-Cleary College announ-
ces that It will discontinue base
ball because of lack of interest.
In games in the Michigan A. A. U.
basketball tournament. Ypsilanti
Celtics triumph over General Ma
tors OF Pontiac. Ypsilanti Colleg-
iates win over Pete's Bar of High
land Park and Central Specially
wins from Ann Arbor Argus.
| Mar 26-Cunningham's OF Ypsi-
lanti stage spectacular finish to
win from Briggs Beautyware OF
Detroit in A. A. U. basketball con.
test.
Mar. 27-Central Speciality an
nexes second district tournament
victory as they down Highland
Park Baptists in A. A. U. compe-
tition.
Mar. 2S-Cunningham's topples
Dearborn jewelers. and Ypsilanti
Celtlcs swamp Class B cage op-
ponents from Dearborn in A.A.U.
tournament games.
Mar. 29-Ditzler Color Company
team beats Ypsi Collegiates in
thrilling contest. 43 TO Al to take
Eastern district A.A.U. basketball
championship.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-01

season with win over Rochester
team.
May 2s-Boys and girls OF junior
division in city schools enjoy an
nual field day in Recreation Park.
Cubs hang up sixth win in City
League by defeating Merchants. II
TO 2.
May 30-Mlchigan Normal de-
teats Central State Teachers Bear
cats by score OF ~ to in baseball
here.
May 3i-Normal retains A.A.u.
track. field championship as team
balance proves deciding factor in
contests here.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-01
OCTOBER

Oct. president John Munson
announces appointment OF Ray
Stiles as Normal College varsity
cage coach.
Oct. Roosevelt gridders lose
to Romulus, 10 to s, and Ypsilant
High Braves lose TO Birmingham.
10 to o.
Oct. 4-Normal gamers tie score
with Illinois State Normal Unit
versity amid a steady downpour
on me Illinois I'D
Oct 7-Bowllng Green Univor-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-01

Ypsilanti took its place curing the
past year in important sports events
and closed its books on excellent
records In nearly every division.
Chronology for the year shows
lively interest in recreational &C
tiyities and a wholesome participa-
ton In them
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-01
R.AA.F COUNTS 10000

Melbourne. Australia up The
selection board of the Royal Aus
traAan Air Force has accepted the
200,000ih volunteer for the air serv-
Ice. Part are trained as pilots and
Che others as ground men.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-01
HOOVER TO RESCUE

Red Wing. MINI. Jan. up -
When the towboat Franklin d
Roosevelt went ON the rocks In the
Mississippi River near here. the
towboat He bert Hoover came
along 10 Pull II Off.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04

The seed crushing pin-t of the
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04
THREE RADIO STATIONS

In the city there are three radio
stations that gives the McXcaij
territory widespread coyeraee,
Another claim to fame OF MeXi-
cali is that the city furnishes d
large number of the field workers
for Imperial Valley vegetable and
melon growers. Each day hundreds
of "nuestros amigos del sur" take
advantage o. their crossing cards
and enter the United states to Till
the fields
Crossing cards are also used by
the thousands of MeXicali citizens
who cross the line TO do their shop
ping in Calexico and other valley
cities. A great many of the stores
cater extensively TO the MeX,caN
tra,.- employing clerks ard shop
gi' proficient II the Spanish .an-
! &c.
me constans .atcy;;......:::g,iaa ol
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04
MexicaIi Living Symbol O. Good Neighbor Policy

son than to climb the grade.
South of MeXicali, in what might
be called the interior of Baja Cali
fornia, are many wierd formations
and strange natural upheavals
which, when properly exploited, will
make the territory one riYalling
the Yellowstone National Park in
fame.
The Northern District of Baja
California is old in frontier history,
but young as a modem community.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04
Bojo California
Served by City

Nestled just across the intCrna-
tional border from CaleXico. south
ernmost of Imperial Valley cities,
is Mexicah. business terminus of
the Mexicali valley and capital of
the northern district of Lower Cali
fornia, Mexico.
Within the city limits of the bor-
der metropolis live almost half Of
the $4,000 inhabitants OF the 1000
cultivated square miles Of the McXi-
cali valley. In fact. it is the only
town of considerable size in the
continuation of Imperial Valley be-
low the border that makes up the
valley of MeXicai.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04

participate in the parades and other
cXtrayaganzaS staged in Imperial
Valley MeXiCah baseball teams
cross the line to play local clubs.
IN practically every action taken
by the Mcxicans the friendly feel
mg towards the y S. IS expressed
SHARED WATER
For many rcars both farmers
frCm NCXicali and Imperial valley,
shared irrigatiO.4 wafer flowing from
the Colorado river via the canal
system running almost entirely
through Mexico. Good relations be-
tween the two valleys were Gostercd
by Imperial ana MeXiCali water
officials for the many years that
they cooperated in maintaining the
intricate network of canals.
With the completion of the All
American canal, that brings water
to Imperial Valley by a route en-
tirely within the United States, a
bit of the Mexican American con
tact may be lost but leaders unhes-
itatingly predict that the Coco
Ncighbor Policy will be continued
The MeXicali Valleys potentl2
tourist lure. as we'll as anticipated
agricultural and industrial develop
mcnt south of the border, IS eN-
pected in days 10 come to MAKE
this area one of the most lrcQlentet
, in the west
Thinl" inhabited al present, Bal.
California has many attractions ion
the tourist, in addition to the Gull
of California and It's abundant game
fish. With the opening up OF high
ways, already planned, the WholC
area will be thrown open for great
er expansion.
Among the outstanding scenic
attractions of the region may bt
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04
NAME CARRIES LURE

Since the openlng of roads into
the Imperial Valley, making MeXi-
cali accessible TO visitors from the
United states, the mere name. Mex
icali. has intrigued thousands of
the curious to venture out beyond
the limits of Imperial county and
into the picturesque thorouehfares
and surrounding TERRITORY of the
border city A fairly large industry
has been built up by business wary
Mexican merchants III selling curios
and souvenirs of the land of MeXi-
co ShawlS. sIlverwora. Scrapes and
Gather goods are bat a few Of the
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04
ANGLERS PARADISE

San Felipe is the port that at
tracts most sea anglers. Dcnizens
of the deep ranging from minnoWs
to sCaly monsters are dragged in
ccssantly from the blue by those
making the trip. There are totoaba.
corbina. cabrilla and cabeicuchc tina,
fill tackends of CaIs returning from
a fishing trip to the gulf town.
Breweries, flour mills, retail shops,
radio stations also take their place
among the important businesses in
McXiCai.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04

,be r.a..- from Baja California
3nG ...aA Vale" is bringing
ab.r o understanding of each
af.l. .t coald not be possible in
2f. .. say The Good Ncighbor
Pc. clearly c.iucnced in the
ra..a.- r,tUceu The two valleys.
o-...'. ol ,ae government south
Ct =. oorGcr have taken a great
d.. q. initiative to promote good
fee4.. between the United States
and N.N,cl by extending hospitality
To- a-.uu- conventions from the
S,5t.~ and IN other ways showing
tier nu.ab8slH intentions. Singers.
da.re.S ANA horsemcn are sent to
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04

listed the Cantu grade. steepl3
climbing stretc.I oil highway be-
tween Mexicali and town named
Alaska on the road to Tiajuana.
The grade. according to travellers
who have seen both, is as twisting
and as rugged-and as beautiful
as Chinas famous Burma road.
lis construction was a marvel of
cngincering skill, and it has at
tractcd numerous motorists who
make the journey for no other rea-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04
RECIPROCAL TRADE

Bat commerce is not all heading
III the southern direction. In re-
l":n for finished materials, the
NitXlc3nS yearly send huge amounts
Of raw materials across the border.
CotIon-although much of it is
uned IL MeXicali-makes up one
# the chief export crops. Some
wheat IS sent 10 American mills to be
turned into uCur And in the last
wear Or SO another American crop.
,Ueav boctS has been tested IN
the yalley and within the near flu
,u.c thee vii. probably be tons of
ne saaaY producing vegetables sent
,nvCagh MeXlcaN for processing IN
factories on t..e northern side Of
lie bogde.
Cotton IS by fay the main crop
-roWn IL the MexicaN valley. In
iq4I the"e were approximately l30-
eco acre of the whlte-fibrc produc-
m crop planted there The esti-
mated increase in acreage for 1912
IS expected to brine the total up
nearly 10 10000
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04

things purchased by Americans en-
,cring tie city Tor a brief stay.
The trade between Mexico and
jho United States threueh the McXl-
cali por. Of entry has not been made
up entirely of cVrlos international
traffic Of goods Of all kinds has
been Quilt up. Practically all mach
merry uScd III the MeXlcali valley
has been brought in from the U. S
Cars. tractors and innumerablc
varieties OF other equipmen;
used by city cWc.iers and farmers
alike has been imported directly
from American factories.