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Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-12-29
Ruska frOnta.

Dive zpravy z Moskvy mama
cuj1, re je neco pravdy ma ne
meckych tvrzenfch O tom, re
ma vychodnf fronte byla zaha-
jena velka ruska ofensiva. Pr
vn1 zprava oznamuje, re v
prudkem tankovem boji bylo
do ctvrtka zniceno 101 nemec-
kych tankG. Zprava neudava
kde k tomu boji doslo, ale Mem
eli stale hlasf obnoveni velke
ruske ofensivy v zapadnfm Lo-
tySsku. Druha moskevska zpra
va oznamuje, re pc cele delce
fronty v Polsku p1da uz zamr-
fla a snfh docela ztvrdl, coz je
prave druh pocasf, "a ktereho
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-12-29
TichOmOf1.

Valecny department ozna-
mil, re pTi americkem naletu
ma iaponske letecke tovarny v
Maggie nebylo ztraceno ami je-
dine letadlo, ackoli Japonci O.
znamovali, re sestfelili deset.
V sobotu Japonci hlas1 opet oh
ieveni sc americkych BIO mad
Token.
General Macarthur oznamil,
re organisovany odpor Japon-
cH ma ostrovech Leyte a Samar
Jest zlomen a kampan skonce-
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-12-29
Vanoce ma Pacifiku.

Americtf ovjaci, kteTf jsou
posadkou ma Gilbertovych O.
strovech byli prvn1mi, ktef1 sla-
viii vanocni Boz1 bod, vojaci ma
A~leutskych ostrovech budou
posledn1mi.
Dne "a. prosince o z. iodine
rano die chicazskeho casu,
kdyz Sc vanoce roZednily ma
Gilbertovych ostrovech a o IL.
iodine rano ma Filipinach byly
zahajeny oslavy.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-12-29
Vanocni dar pro Churchilla.

Premier Churchill obdrzel
ma vanoce bednicku doutn1kG,
ktera byla skryta pod podla-
hou jisteho holandskeho domu
pc ctyfi leta. V bednicce je
deset doutn1kG, kazdy We zvla-
stn1 sklenene rource.
Jista holandska rodina, jez
vlastn1 tovarnu ma doutn1ky,
poslala je expresem jake vyraz
vdecnosti "a bajecnou praci,
kterou vykonal pro osvobozeni
HOlandska.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-12-29
Ochozene boty beg pTidelu.

Washington (OWD = Pc
schvalenf mfstn1ch pf1delovych
1radG obchodn1ci obuv1 budou
prodat omezene mnozstv1
ochozene obuvi bez pr1delu.
Poole narfzenf, par takovych
bot nesm1 stat vice nez l dollar,
a "a kazdou jednotlivou botu
cena nesm1 byt vetSf SO cent?.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-12-29
Floridska zimni zelenina mi
cena, ovoce poskozeno.

VeSkera 1roda obchodn1ch
zelinafG v oblasti Lake Okee-
chobee byla znicena, kdyz v
Jacksonville, Fla, 16. prosince
temperature klesla ma &c stup-
nj.
Vladnf a statnf sluzba v Lake
land, varujfcl pred prfchodem
mrazG, oznamila dale, re citru
sove stromov1 ma vyss1ch po-
zemc1ch patrne uniklo poSko-
zen1. Nejaka Skoda byla vsak
zpGsobena ma citrusovem ovoci
v n1zinach.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-12-29
ma. Ma Leyte Japonci ztratili

ma. Ma Leyte Japonci z%tratili
100000 muzG.
Pc 5 dn1 "a sebou americke
laboratory bombovaly Clark
letiste u Mainly ma ostrove
,Luzonu. Japonci ztratili tam
pres 400 letadel.
81. japonsky admiral mrtev.
Tokijsky rozhlas hlasil smrt
81. japonskeho admirala v 236
dnech. Rozhlas Poole depese
agentury Domei oznamil, re
zemfel %podadmiral Tomojiro
Kaneoka.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-12-29
Rusove dovedou podnikat nej
prudSf Ofensivy.

pruds1 ofensivy.
Nemci krone zprav O bojich
v Lotyssku tvrd1, re v zapad-
MIN Mad'arsku Rusove v ofen-
sive severne cd Blatenskeho je-
zera dosahli bodu pouze pet
mil cd velkeho uzlu Szekesfe-
hervaru, ktery bran1 pfistupy
cd Budapest k Bratislave a Vi
dni. Moskevske 1redn1 zpravy
oznamujf boje kolem Lucence
a v severovjchodn1m Madar-
sku kde bylo opet dobyto ne
kolik des1tek obc1. Budapest
jest 1plne obkl1ceno a jeff pad
lie bllzky.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-12-29
Pc valce budou vyrabeti
televisi.

Western Electric Co., tovar-
nj spolecnost, podf1zena Bell
Telephone System, oznamlla,
re Dude vyrabeti televisi pro
civiln1 ~spotTebu. Vyroba bu-
de zahajena pc skoncenl val
ky.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-12-29
Valka.
Zapadnf frOnta.
NEMECKY NAPOR


NEMECKY NAPOR
ZVOLNEN.
Nemecka ofensiva ztratila
velmi mnoho ma sve s1le pc pro-
niknut1 pres Belgii ma vzdale-
most az 40 mil. Prvni americka
armada pod 1t. generalem Hold
gesem Sc postavila k odporu.
nasleduj1c denn1ho rozkazu ge-
nerala Eisenhowera,a by tato
hazardnf hra n~epritele byla
zmenena v jeho nejhorsi po-
razku.
Nemecke oddly, mnohdy pro-
vazene vice nez 80 tanky, do
sud pronikajl slabymi misty v
tylu Hodgesdvy armady pres
to, re to must draze platiti a
IDA Sc, re nemecke nejvySSi We
litelstvf sb1ra sflu k novym L.
derGm.
Nektere z nejzufivejsfch bo-
il byly vedeny prave ma sever
MIN krfdle ma vychod cd NAL
medy = ma ceste, kudy sc vail
ly c1safske hordy v srpnu roku
1914.
We zprave z fronty Sc pravf,
re patef nemecke ofensivy je
1cinne lamana a re "a pet dnf
boj1 bylo vyrazeno nejmene
200 nepTatelskych tank1 a ty-
to zpravy dosud nejsou dplne.
Zprava O tom, re Nemci pTi
sve vanocn1 offensive, ktera ma
cas- zastavila zimn1 ofensivu
%spojencG, ztratili mnoho voja-
XII a valecneho materialu, do
sla z hlavn1ho stanu anglicke
2. armady.
Ale zat1m co nabira dechu,
spojenci zfskavajf cas- a cas- je
ddlezitym cinitelem, jezto kaz-
dym dnem pr1pravy generala
Eisenhower Sc zvysujf a sill.
Vseobecne receno, severni
kffdlo drzf Sc pevne, zatim CO
bojem prosl1 americtf vojaci
postupuj1 do posic a situace ma
jiznfm krfdle sc ponekud zlep-
sila, ackoli dosud je nejasnou.
Jasne pocasf umoznilo spo-
jeneckym aeroplanGm podni-
kati dGlezite operace.
DIE jine zpravy z fronty ma
jihozapad cd st. With, ctyri mi
lie v Belgii, ma ceste nemecke
ofensivy, kde americke forma-
ce byly odrfznuty, bylo znice-
no IS nemeckych tankG "a "a
hodiny.
Americka 7. armada dosud
drz1 sve posice v Palatinatu,
ackoli je ostTelovana z nemec-
kych del.
Ma 1seku Kolmar-M ulhouse
v Alsasku francouzska 1. arma
da odrazila proti1toky Mittel-
wihr, pet mil ma severozapad
cd Kolmaru. Francouzi oku-
povali La Chapelle, Sest mil ma
severozapad cd Kolmaru, ale
mesto je prudce ostTelovano.
Ponenahlu vychazejf ma je-
vo podrobnosti nemeckeho pr11
lomu. TAX Sc ukazuje, re ma
cele hranici Lucemburku a Ne
mecka drzel frontu jeden jedi
ny americky pluk. Kdyz byl
napaden nemeckymi divisemi
byli do bOie mObilisOyani ku-
chair, plsafi a vojenska policie
a vysledkem bylo, re pc neko-
lika dennfm prudkem boji sem
tento pluk bez POSI- ubranil
mesto Lucemburk.
Bylo 1fedne oznameno, re
byli v spojeneckem zazemf do
padeni nekolik nemeckych spe-
hi prevlecenych do americ-
kych stejnokroj1ch. Vojensky
soud je odsoudil k smrti, a spe-
hove uz byli popraveni.
Nemecke filmy potvrzuji ne
davna zverstva Nemcii.
Filmy, jez byly nalezeny u
zajateho nemeckeho vojenske-
no fotografa potvrzuj1 nedav-
nou zpravu z fronty O masakru
zajatych Americana nemecky-
mi strojnfmi puskami.
Negativy byly vyvolany a.
merickym signalnfm sborem.
Jsou to obrazky, jez byly foto-
g~rafovany pc masakru a jsou
ma mich americtf mrtvf vojaci,
ktef1 lei tam, kde byli zastre-
leni. DGkazem toho, re nepa-
dli v bitve, je, re nemaj1 u Sc
be zadnych zbran1.
Vsechny mrtvoly byly okra-
deny, v nekterych pf1padech
hv1v i'm SvlnSnnv ! hOtv
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Evening star., 1944-05-23

| fighters to molest them on the first
bombing run, they held their bombs
waited for the clouds to open and
then bombed their targets usually
Among the Fortresses striking in
France, only one group saw German
| fighters and escorting Mustangs
drove these away.
While the main force of the night
armada concentrated on Nazi in
dustrial and communications cities
other formations hit rail functions
lat Orleans and LIE Mans in France
in continuation of a systematic
campaign to paralyze Hitler's west
|ern transport system. Mosquitoes
attacked Ludwigshafen and an air.
field in Belgium, and mines were
laid in enemy waters.
Portsmouth was identified by the
Germans as the principal target Of
their night stabs at Britain, the
Nazis saying they attacked the har.
bor and other installations.
The last heavy Raj attack or
Dortmund, the most easterly city ir
the Ruhr, was the 2,240-ton raid or
May %, 1943, which caused great
devastation.
The Hoesch steel works-second ir
Importance only to vast plants like
Krupp works at Essen-were badly
damaged then. Up to that time
Dortmund had population of 500,.
900 and was one of Germany's CHIEF
centers of heavy industry.
Evening star., 1944-05-23

that the 80 Government witnesses
threw no light on the purpose and
intent in the mind of the accused
when he walked toward the auto
mobile"
II dare say that no one would
challenge the right of a husband to
go to the automobile of another man
to get his wife," Mr.. WEIGH said.
Mr. WEIGH made his plea for a
directed verdict Immediately after
Assistant United States Attorneys
Charles B. Murray and Daniel b.
Maher rested their case against
Miller.
The first witness for Miller was
United States Marshal John B. COL
poys, called out of order as a char
acter witness. Mr.. Colpoys told of
his 10-year friendship with Miller
and of his excellent" reputation in
the community for peace and good
order"
The marshal told the jury that he
began to observe as early as last
summer decline in Miller's appear
ance and manner.
Watched Miller Go Haggard.
Bob Miller was fine looking
man-genial and polite" Mr.. Col
poys said. Then I watched him go
down. I watched him go haggard.
He went down from robust looking
man. He grew thin and lost con-
siderable weight"
At one point Mr. Colpoys began a
sentence by saying, Bob Miller, as
we knew him affectionately-" He
was interrupted by Mr.. Murray, who
objected to such a Characterization
and was sustained by Justice Moore.
The Governments final witness
was Robert Sandberg, Metropolitan
Police Department fingerprint ex-
pert, who testified he found only one
identifiable print on the white en-
velope containing the second gun
which, the Government charges, was
placed on the front seat of the auto
mobile driven by Dr. Lind.
This single print. said Mr.. Sand
Evening star., 1944-05-23

Yale from 1890 to 1892. He served
at the University of Michigan from
1892 to 1911 when he went to Prince
ton with the exception of a short
period, 1894-96, when he was recalled
to Yale.
Developed Many Stars.
In his days at Michigan the coach
developed Ralph Craig, who scored
double in the sprints at the Olym-
pics of 1912; Tom Garrells, high
hurdler and discus thrower; Ralph
Rose, who held the worlds shotput
record and was an Olympic cham
pion, and G. E. Dvorak, who carried
off the pole vault honors in the
1924 Olympics.
In his % years at Princeton, Mr..
Evening star., 1944-05-23

was being carried on between his
wife. Mrs. Marguerite Miller, anc
DR.. Lind until about July IL of last
year. Mr.. WEIGH asserted the asso.
citation between the two had &C.
tually been going on for four Oh
five years.
The attorney then traced the de-
cline of Miller as result of his
anxiety and his unsuccessful efforts
to break the relationship.
He pleaded with Lind" Mr.
Welch said, land because the rela-
tionship did not cease he went tc
DR.. Overholser (Dr. Winifred Over
holser, superintendent of St. Eliza
beth's Hospital, where DR.. Lind was
senior medical officer, and pleaded
with him for Lind to terminate the
relationship He pleaded with hel
and she promised repeatedly she
would"
During this period, Mr.. Welch
said, Miller lighted candles in his
Office and prayed for hours.
"He paced the floor hour upon
hour crying out in supplication tc
his God to help him." Mr.. Welch
told the jury. HE brooded at his
Office window as he overlooked the
Courthouse-the scene of lifetime
of his work and efforts"
Judges Noticed Decline.
Miller's decline was so appreciable
his attorney said, that it was noticed
by the judges before whom he prac-
ticed, one of whom finally advised
him to 60 away and rest for awhile
Accordingly, he took a trip to Flor
ida, Mr.. WEIGH said, but the TRIP
did him no good.
"He was worse when he came
back" the attorney said.
The day of the murder, according
to Mr. WEIGH, Miller knew his wife
was going to meet DR.. Lind at Wood.
ward & Lothrop'S. He went to the
store, the attorney said, to look fol
her and later searched for her or
the street. His first act, after she
got into DR.. Lind's car, was to at
tempt to persuade her to get out
Mr.. Welch said.
He didn't address himself tc
Lind" the attorney declared. "He
never spoke to Lind that day. His
whole conversation and physical
struggle were to prevail on her tt
get out of Lind's car. He commanded
her to leave"
Reached for Gun"
At this point, Mr.. WEIGH said, DR.
Lind turned to Mrs. Miller and said
"Stay where you are" and ther
told Miller he would shoot him. Mr.
WEIGH contended that DR.. Line
reached for the gun on the seal
when Miller pulled his own gun ou'
of his pocket and shot him.
In arguing for a directed verdict
Mr.. WEIGH pointed out that the
"confounding and confusing set of
circumstances" presented in the
Government case was sufficient te
prove reasonable doubt" as to how
the shooting occurred and whether
there was any generalization on the
part of the accused.
Nobody, unless bereft of his
senses, could say on his oath that
he had no doubt in his mind that
Lamar Johnson was telling the
truth" Mr.. Johnson, the Govern
ment's principal witness, testified
he had seen Miller place white en-
velope containing a second gun or
the seat of the automobile next tc
DR.. Lind's body.
Mr.. WEIGH said the testimony OF
Mr.. johnson was absolutely refuteo
and overwhelmingly condemned" by
the testimony of other Government
witnesses.
What Lamar johnson said hap
pened at that car never happened,
Miller's attorney declared.
The defense counsel maintained
Evening star., 1944-05-23

Lightnings, Tunderbolts and Mus
tangs.
In all the night and daylight at
tacks, some 1.700 heavy bombers,
300 fighters and 500 miscellaneous
types were estimated to have borne
the equivalent of an American divi-
sion of $1,000 men deep inside Hit
ler's invasion fortress.
The first crack of dawn brought
out the day attackers. While the
American heavy bombers were un-
loading their deadly cargoes on a
wide assortment of installations fig
uring Importantly in the Germans
plans to combat the impending
invasion, many of the Mustangs
Lightnings and Thunderbolts in the
unusually strong fighter escort prob
ably swooped low to shoot up other
objectives.
Still other fighters-RAF Mus
tangs - carried out supporting
sweeps ranging over miles of enemy
held territory to strafe targets of
opportunity in a continuation of
the new phase of the western air
war carried out by low-hying Amer
lean and British fighter planes.
These latest attacks brought to
about $4,000 tons the total weight of
explosives dropped by Allied air.
craft flying from both Britain and
Italy during the last five days.
The German radio reported furi-
GUS battles between the German Air
Force and American raiders attack
ing targets in France today but
made no mention Immediately of
sky fights over Germany itself. The
RATS massive night bombing fleet
ran into stiff opposition from the
Nazis over both Dortmund and
Brunswick.
The first Fortress crews back
from Germany said fax was light.
Finding the target overcast and no
Evening star., 1944-05-23
Miller
Continued From First Page. J

ening gun and can hear threatening
words" just before Mr.. WEIGH
made his opening statement to the
jury Justice Ben Moore overruled
a defense motion for directed ver-
dict of not guilty. In arguing the
motion Mr.. WEIGH admitted his
client had deliberately fired the
shots that killed DR.. Lind, but de-
MED the shooting was premeditated.
Addressing the jury, Mr.. Welch
characterized Miller as a man
whose mind was crazed from weeks
and weeks of incessant torture" He
said Miller did not discover that an
unlawful and illegal relationship
Evening star., 1944-05-23

berg, belonged neither to Miller nor
to DR.. Lind. 1t was checked against
the fingerprint files Of the Federal
Bureau Of Investigation and also
was compared with prints Of other
persons who might possibly have
Evening star., 1944-05-23

Fitzpatrick instructed Ben Hedges,
high jumper; Charlie Scarlett, Walt
Gahagan, Hudder Dawson. Chick
Summerill and Haskell Derby.
Evening star., 1944-05-23

ADMITTED TO SUPREME COURT-Dr. H. Shul (right)
who in Congress 40 becomes member of the
high court bar in with his Judge Samuel Shu
Qeft) Shus Stroudsburg Pa and Dr. Shul
physician we'll lawyer is the oldest admitted
to practice in the Supreme Court Associated Photo
Evening star., 1944-05-23

had contact with the envelope, out
has never been identified.
The two puns--the one taken from
Evening star., 1944-05-23
Keene Fitzpatrick,
Famous Track Coach,
Dies at Age Of 79
BY the Associated Press.


PRINCETON, N. j., May 23.-
Keene Fitzpatrick, 79-year-old for
mer track coach, whose pupils in
cluded Amos Alonzo Stagg and
Archie M. Hahn, died yesterday at
his home here.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick. for whom a
Princeton University athletic field
and field house had been named, re-
tired in 1882 after having been
Princeton track coach and trainer
of the football team since 1910. Be-
fore coming to Princeton he was
track coach at Yale and the Uni
versity of Michigan.
At Princeton he coached William
r. Bonthron, an outstanding miller
in the d-1930s, while at Yale he
trained Mr.. Stagg, who later became
football coach at the University of
Chicago and the College of the Pa
cific. At Michigan he coached Mr.
Hahn to become an Olympic
sprinter.
At Princeton 20 Years.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick was well known for
his work on the football field, where
he was q trainer and kicking coach,
but he attained his greatest repu-
tation as a teacher of track ath-
letes.
1t was this position that he held
at Princeton for % years of his
coaching career.
Born on Christmas Day, 1864, in
Natick, Mass, Mr.. Fitzpatrick began
his running at Natick High School.
He subsequently competed in meets
throughout New England.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick served as coach at
Evening star., 1944-05-23
THE EVENING STAR Washington, D C. - 4
= - - - uespAy ~, <2-s

Miller and the one found On ~.
seat - contained no ident,n.h,.
prints, the expert said.
Evening star., 1944-05-23
Raids

Continued From First Page.)
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06

transformed into verdunt favmlanGS
producing 10000 carloads Of agri-
cultural products with a value ap-
proximating s35,OOO,OOO annually.
Until 1900 settlers made little at
tempt to conquer the Imperial VAL
ley bounded on the east by the tur-
bulent waters of the Colorado river
and shifting sand dunes, and guard
ed on the northwest and south by
the sentinel domeS and granite walls
Of the Chocolate mountains.
First to Explore
The first known white man to ex-
plore this region was Melchoir Diaz.
who came here in 1540 in search for
the Seven Cities Of Cibola He
had been with Francisco Vasquez
de Coronado and had separated
from the group with a small band
Of men and had travelled to the
mouth Of the Colorado River. Later
he went to the Gila River, crossed
the Colorado River and explored the
Imperial Valley. His quest for gold
failed.
For the next 200 years there is
no record Of explorations in this
region. However, in 1774, Captain
Juan DeAnZa, who later started the
first colony in California in the
San Francisco Bay region, estab-
lished a route from the present site
Of Yuma, Arizona, to the mission at
San Gabriel. The name Of El Ca
mino Del Diablo Highway Of the
Devil was given to this route which
led through the tortuous desert.
During the early l8O0's such well
known fur trappers as Kit Carson,
James o Pattie, Thomas Farnham
Smith, Jedediah Smith. William
Wolfskill visited the region in search
Of furs.
Kearney Crosses Desert
Not until 1876, however, when
Colonel Phillip Kearney marched
across the desert for the purpose of
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06
Sand Dunes, Sahara
OF America, Has
Interesting Past

East Of HoltVille enroute to Yuma
lie countless acres Of shifting sand
dunes - sometimes the surface is
slightly rippled by the wind, othe.
times furious gales blow the sand
into innumerable weird and grotes-
que formations.
Known as the Sahara Of America.
the sand dunes offered an impregr 4
able barrier To early day settlers
for developing the land. Today the
solitary vastness is the scene III
many gay parties and picnics.
Evidences Of the old plank road
constructe7 IN 1915 for automobile
travel Cle. The desert are seen to-
gay along the highway. The lum-
per for the first road was furnished
by san Diego. The first road was
made Of 2Xl2 planks nailed to cross
ties making a track rs inches wide
for each wheel. Later this was
changed TO heavy cross ties which
made rough corduroy roadway.
Hollywood, too, has made use of
the Sahara OF America for it was
here that most OF the desert motion
pictures OF Beau GeSt" and Under
Two Flags" We're filmed.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06
Romantic Drama of Old West
Revived in Epic Escabadc

All the color and romance Of the
epic story Of the reclaiming Of the
desert was relived during the IN
ternatlonal Cavalcade Of Imperial
Valley, a historical drama. presented
annually at the natural amphithea-
ter at CaleXico
Untn the war when it was de-
cided to dispense with the annual
pageant, thousands Of pec7le came
70 CaleXico to witness the fascinat-
ing story.
Hundreds Of costumed men. wo-
men, and children took part III ii.
AI types OF horsedraWn coaches
wagons, prairie schooners. and
treighters were used To make the
presentation more Ifelike and Real
Ihe CaValcade tod the story Of
the conQuering Of the desert and
o1 the building "a a great agri-
culture empire III dramatized tbe
powerful story behind the bringing
ot water from the Colrado river
10 Imperial Valley.
some Of the spectators watching
the extravaganza were those Who
actually settled iii the desert. They
made comments ana suggestions
tAat would make thc presentation a
true perturbation of the desert
story The script Was accordinpIv
changed to make a true picture
Note dDirector
Zen dc Dici, motion picture di-
rector came down from Hollywood
to direct the pageant. He also DE-
plcted the part Of Capt. Juan Bau-
llsta de ANA, the conqueror. III
the pageant.
Another interesting sidelight was
The famous de ANA Ride. Modern
caballeros retraced the trail of Cant
Jaun Bautista de ANA, when he
explored the Valley in l774. The
pand rode l40 miles Oh horseback
across the desert To Riverside. Un-
ooubtedly the phantom Of Can't
ce ANA rode with them al thev
travelled across the desert
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06
Aura Of History,
Romance Around
Barbara Worth

An aura of history and romance
surrounds the well known Barbara
Worth hotel, mecca Of thousands Of
servicemen today.
1t was named after the gracious
heroine Of Harold Bell Wrights ia
nous novel, The Winning Of Bar
bara Worth" which familiarized
thousands with the story Of the early
desert.
Upon the walls Of the lobby is
the cycloramic story Of the reclama-
lion Of the Colorado Desert as told
in the novel. The story is done in
oils and is the work Of two well
known artists Of Chicago, Luvena
Buchanan and Edward VySekal To
make the pictures real they lived
on the Cesert for weeks before start
ing their sketches They also had
many Of the original characters Of
the novel pose for the murals. The
murals depict in vivid detail the
conquest of the desert.
Harold Bell Wright dedicated his
novel to w. F. Holt, who is recog-
nized as Jefferson Worth" the
banker hero Of the tale Mr.. Holt
returned the authors compliment
by naming the hotel he built in
1915, the Barbara WORTH" heroine
of the novel.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06
Giant SaguarOs

n group Of the worlds tallest
Gacu' the giant saguaro, IL found IA
imperial Valley The Imperial SEN
LlheL the oldest living thing H
imperial county, has y denutv
eherlit especially appointed as
guard This is the only cactus III
The world 20 protected The Tn II
perla4 Sentinel is located near
Imperial Dam.