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Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-10-05

mrsenih las. Holmes je napel|
svoj samokres, JAZZ pa sem tudi
segel po svojem oh pogledu ma
to divjo pokveko. Bill je zavit v
nekak plasc ali bolje receno v
crno plahto, IL katere Sc je vi
del lie njegov obraz, toda re ia
je bill tax, da ga ne bi hotel ma
samem srecati. Sc nikdar nj
sem videl obraza, XII bi Sc mu
bila brala TAXA krutost in suro-
vost ze po zunanje.
Njegove maJhne oci so Sc blis-
kale kot ogenj, liza debelih ust-
mic pa so mu strleli zobje, S ka-
terimi je skripal ter Sc nam re-
zal prav po zivinski.
"Ustrelite, kakor nitro Sc ga
ne," je rekel mirno Holmes. BIZ
| Ii smo le Sc "a par streljajev
| oddaljeni, skoro bi bill z roka-
mi dosegli svoj plen. Sc zdaj Sc
mi zdi, kakor bi videl oba pred
seboj pri razsvetljavi nase lu-
si, belokozca z leseno nogo, kl
mas je klel, in pritlikavega pc
klenscka velikimi rumenim1
zobmi, XII SO Sc nam rezali, in
groznim obrazom. Sreca "a mas
da smo ga tako razlocno videli
kajti v tistem hipu je potegni
izpods plahte majhen okroge
konec lesa, podoben ravnilu
ter nameril proti nam. V isten
trenutku smo sprozili samokre
Sc. Omahnil je v stran, nato s.
enkrat vzdihnil, zavpil nekaj
hripavim glasom ter padel ra
krova v reko. Poslednjic sen
videl njegov strasno zugajoc po
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-10-05
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delnice v reko. Sedaj pax je hi-
tela strasansko hitrostjo tik
oh obrezju reke navzdol proti
morju. Resnobno je gledal Jo-
nes in zmajeval z glavo, rekoc:
"Prehitro gre; tezko jo bono
dohiteli." "Moramo, mora
mons je krical Holmes in skri-
pal zobmi. ''Kurite, kurjaci!
Ladja mora vse moci napeti! -
Ceprav zgorimo! Moramo jo
dohiteti!"
z najvecjo hitrostjo smo pluli
"a "Auroro". Ogenj kotlu je
prasketal, mogocni tr il so
skripai in stokali kakor veliko
kovinasto srce. Ostri kljun ma
Sega parnika je REAL THE valo-
We Temze, da je kar sumelo ma
desni in levi. Pri vsakem sunku
strojev sc je zagnala ladja ma
pref kot bi bila ziva. Velika ru-
mena luc ma prednjem delu ma
Sc ladje je obsevala z velikim
utripajocim zarkom pot pred
nami. Videli smo prav pred ma
mi "Auroro" kot crno pike, in
belle pene "a MO SO pricale, ka-
ko lett. Dirjali smo mimo col
nov, parnlkov in trgovskih Ia
dij; nekaj smo jih prehiteli, ne
katerim smo Sc ognili. Nepre-
nehoma smo sisali glasove IL te-
mine, toda kar venomer je div
jala aurora" naprej, mi pa tik
"a MO.
"Premoga, premoga, ljudje
bozji!" je krical Holmes mozem,
XII so I'M eli opraviti stroll
medtem ko mu je puhtela stras'
ma vrocina v obraz. "Treba nam
je vse parne sile, XII Sc sploh da
doseci.'
"Mislim, da Sc il malo pribli.
zuJemo," je pristavil Jones, ne
izpustivsi "Aurore' izpred oci
"Prav gotovo.' sem dejal JAZZ
''se par minut, pa smo skupaj.
Toda v tenn trenutku - je ze
hotela nesreca tako - nam je
prisopihal nasproti tezko oblo
zen parnik, "a MIN pa so plul
privezani trije colni. LIE tenn
da smo nitro krenili stran
smo preprecili veliko nesreco
ker drugace bi bill gotovo trcil
skupaj. Morali smo jadrati O
krog omega tovornega parniks
in ko smo prisli v prejsnjo smer
mas je bila prehitela Aurora
najmanj "a dive S o metroV
Vkljub temi smo jo Sc vedno do
bro videli; megleni mrak .je po
casi izginil in nastala je jasna
zvezdnata noe. Nasi parni ko
til so delovali vso silo in ladja
ze nekaj pohabljena, Sc je tre
sla in pokala oh tenn divjem te
ku. Po bliskovo smo sinili mimi
"Zapadne indijske ladjedelnice'
napravili velik ovinek pri "glo
gokem' Fortu, zdaj je slo cope
naravnost. Tista crna tock
pred nami Sc je videla vedn'
boil razlocno in nazadnje sm
:isto dobro razlocili, da je "Au
rora'. Jones jo je razsvetlil
naso lucjo, da smo lahko razlo
cili posamezne osebe ma krovu
En- clovek je sedel ma zadnjen
koncu ladje in incl ma koleni]
neko crno stvar, cez katero S
je zdaj pa zdaj pripognil. Pole'
MEGA je lezalo ma tleh nekaj or
mega, kakor kaksen novofun
dlandski pes. Mlad clovek je
mel v rokah krmilo in pri rde
Gem svitu parnega kotla sem vi
del stati starega Smitha, XII je
gol do pasu, ma vso moe meta
lopato premog ogenj.
V zacetku morda MISC niti mi
sill, da jih zasledujemo; pozne
je pa, ko smo neprenehoma plu
Ii "a mimi, MISC mogli vec dvo
miti O tenn. Pri "zelenem grlcu
smo bill priblizno le Sc kakl
slL
Evening star., 1944-08-20


W7HEN Hitler unloosed his robot bombs
w better known now as buzz bombs
or "doodlebugs"). l was in London where
some of the first ones landed 1t was no fun.
You would see or hear one of the Things
coming through the sky. getting nearer and
nearer You would know it was pure chance
where it would crash. You would recall
what you had seen at places where Others
had crashed, the people who had been living
their normal lives one moment and the next
moment. homeless, injured, dead. You
would hear the motor of the Thing suddenly
cut off, and you would know that within
seconds that particular Thing would have
done its work But until you heard the ex-
plosion you didn't know whether it would
be you or somebody else who would be in
its descending path.
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Birth Of q Name

| SAY that was all, but it wasn't, quite.
For at the moment of explosion Gladys
screamed. 1t wasn't much of a scream.
But the fact that she had screamed at all
filled Gladys with shame. She muttered
abjectly: 1T surprised me. l wasn't ex-
peCting it, that's all
The men in the bar grinned reassurlngly
and in moment Gladys had recovered her
self. "Oh we'll" she said lightly, you know
that song how does it go now? - The
Doodebugs will get you if you don't watch
out.
1t was the first time l had heard the
Things called doodlebugs, though within a
day or two it was universal here and had be-
gun to spread to the United States.
| shall always believe that it was Gladys,
the barmaid, covering her confusion at
having broken the code. who gave them
the name
a
Evening star., 1944-08-20
She Had the Right Idea

GLADYS, the barmaid, was past mistress
of the technique. Tall. dark and friendly -
with that privileged brand of friendliness
which makes the English barmaid the most
inviolate of females - she would discuss
the Hitlerian weapon from any angle, then
turn to another subject as casually as if the
Derby or the nights dinner menu we're of
exactly the same conversational weight.
Evening star., 1944-08-20

A novice trying to play the game might
avoid mentioning flying bombs at all. But
not Gladys.
had his windows blown in last night |
wonder what that devil Hitler is thinking
about, don't you? That's wo-and six, dear
Have you decided where you are going on
your holiday"
If these had been ordinary bombs l
doubt if there would have been as much
conversation about them. Being new,
they opened new fields of discussion.
Our Nearest Miss
PnorLEss planes? How did they work?
What were they like? Everybody had his
own theory. but gradually the facts became
known and the newspapers began calling
the Things by the less mysterious name of
buzz bombs So did the customers in Gladys
bar. Since there was little more to be said
about them, except that they were or were
not overhead. the conversation turned to
other subjects.
1t was on quite another subject - don't
remember now what it was - when we got
our nearest miss Suddenly the floor seemed
to stir under our feet, the atmosphere
pressed against our eardrums, glasses rat
tied and puffs of dust rose from the corners
where it had accumulated. The explosion
itself was sharp and over in moment That
was all The Thing, as we learned soon after
ward, had struck hundreds of yards away,
and though a mother and child had been
buried in the rubble of their home, we were
unsCathed
Evening star., 1944-08-20
"The Thing" That Flies

| HE one place found in those days
where. after a spell of watching from the
roof, | could regain the calm detachment
which saves nerves from becoming intoler-
ably taut, was the little bar in the base
ment of my hotel Here, in convivial COM
pany, you talked about events around you
as if they were merely matters of current
interest, having no momentary relation to
your own life as we back home might
discuss the World Series
1t was. of course. an attitude rather than
reality. suppose l was about the only
person who came there who had not been
through bombings in earlier war years
Most of the customers had lost friends or
loved ones. They understood very we'll
that high explosives dropping from the
sky can be a very personal matter. |
think, because they did understand it, they
carefully avoided showing any sign of it.
That was the Englshman's instructive
block against Mysteries or panic
Evening star., 1944-08-20

llBBY's pEvltEp NAM It's
truly fine ham cooked.
ground and "deviled" with
choice spices. The thing for
lunch box sandwiches! So thrifty, handy,
and so good. Make sure it s Libby you get.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12

round. A nine-hole golf course, with
natural sand-traps, was completed
recently
Pirg -pcng and billiards equip
ment have been installed in ships
service and in bachelor officers
quarters Badminton and volleyball
courts have been built in the last
year and the two sports vie with
baseball in popularity.
For those less athletically in
clined and who enjoy the comfort
Of g good book, the library is we'll
stocked with the latest editions as
we'll as classics. Movies, shown
nightly, are a perennial favorite.
The Sandy Beach Naval AUX
iliary Air Facility is part of the
Naval Air Center, San Diego, COM
nlanded by Rear Admirsl Elicit
BuckmaSter, USN.
Lieutenant ig r. v. Harris,
USN, is officer n-charge.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12
Inland Sea Navy
Station Grows

Nesting snugly against the
southwestern shore OF the SaltOn
Sea- 20 miles north of Westmorland,
Air Facility is proving an ideal op-
crational training site for fleet sea-
plane units.
Carved from the barren wastes
of surrounding desert country only
a little more than 18 months ago,
the modern, well-equipped base to-
day represents an investment of
S1,574,000.
At its commissioning in October,
1912, the ships company could mus
and men. Today, however, with the
construction of new buildings and
expansion of its services, Sandy
Beach boasts complement of nine
Officers and rs enlisted men.
ADDED QUARTERS
In addition, quarters are avail
able fer another 40 officers and $50
enlisted men who may be attached
to the seaplane base temporarily
for training purposes.
Building construction has kept
pace with the upward swing in per-
sonnel. Starting with only a few
essential structures, the facility now
counts six enlisted barracks, bach
elor officers quarters, operations
tower, assembly and repair shops,
storehGuses, parachute loft, galley,
ships service, theatcr and others,
All are aforementioned and Garth
proof.
Forty miles long and Is miles
wide, Salton Sea is made to order
for seaplane opcrational and tao
tical exercises. Every kind of bomb
ing target Navy fliers arc likely to
encounter in combat has been placed
in the vast inland sea.
Here the airmen practice every
type CT attack which can be expect
ed to destroy Jap ships and men.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12
divisions who make core sampling
of soils their study.
EASILY HANDLED

divisions who make core sampling
of soils their study.
EASILY HANDLED
The new split-tube sampler can
be handled by two men, is driven
into the ground fairly easily and
saves q great deal of time, besides
giving the district laboratory an
excellent sample of each foot of
soil. Considering the fact that on
some farms they take as many as
40 to 80 samples from designated
spots at frequent intervals, this
sampler is of great value.
The laboratory studies samples
from these designated farms ana
selected spots on the farms for
saline content from one foot up to
16 feet, most tests going no deepe.
than five feet.
On one farm the laboratory found
that in one year the salt content
was dropped 81 per cent by recon-
mended crop practice and water
use, second year there was no
appreciable change and in the
third year it had dropped total
of per cent from the original
test. However, until crop data and
water use data for the farms is
collected and combined with the
salinity tests, no definite recon-
mendations can be made by the
laboratory, Mr.. Rice said.
Salinity tests of water carried in
the various drains in the county
are also made. Metering stations
are maintained by the irrigation
district (after their installation in
February 1943) and samples are
tested once a week. Meters are also
maintained on the Alamo and New
rivers at the Mexican boundary
and the laboratory obtains the salt
content report on the All-American
canal from the United States De-
partment of Agriculture from month
to month from their station on the
Colorado river.
ACCURACY CHECKED
During the past 12-month period
the salt content carry-off has been
accurately checked. The amount OF
salt that came in with the water
through the All-American canal
was 2,465,000 tons. The meter sta
tions located on the rivers at Salt
on Sea accounted for 2,098,000 tons
or representing that Is per cent re-
manned on the lands in the valley.
The Mexican boundary stations
showed $4,000 tons came in those
drain waters.
Salton Sea is increasing in sat
content. but not alarmingly. In
1907 the salt content was 35 of
one per cent and in 1918 the salt
content was 81 of one per cent,
according to a report made by H.
T. Cory. then consulting engineer
of the California Development COM
pany. Tests since the Ell Centre
laboratory was established show
that in 1910 the salt content was
BAT per cent, in 1941 3.64 per cent
and in 1912 was 367 per cent.
Ocean water tests approximately
3.5 per cent salt and the Great
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12
Hay Industry
Leaps Ahead

The growth of the hay industry
in Imperial Valley is shown in the
fact that from 1903 cars billed out
of the valley in 1912, the loadings
jumped to 3237 in 1943.
The 1912 crop shipment had
value OF $275,546 placed on it,
which would indicate that last
year the value went over a half
million dollars in this crop alone
Alfalfa acreageS were expected
to increase this year due to the
crop rotation of lands that grew
flax during 1943. A SO per cent re-
duction in flax acreage from 144000
to approximately $4,000 acres, much
of which will be planted to alfalfa,
will give this crop a large boost this
year.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12

turning out skilled pilots, gunnerS
and bombardiers.
TAKES CHARGE
Lieutenant Colonel T. J. Nc
Quade. a veteran marine flier, was
the first officer to arrive on July
IA, 1912. With no quarters or office,
he operated" from Ell Centre. Six
weeks later, still with no quarters
available, the first enlisted men ar
rived. They, too, were quartered in
town. Preparation for the coming
of active squadrcEs and station
administration was accomplished
from a partially completed BOO,
the only usable building on the
station at the time.
Active flight operations began
Dec. %, 1912 Today there are five
active squadrons in training. Other
station organizations include head
quarters squadron and the guard
detachment.
Primarily designed to prepare
squadrons for active combat duty,
the station also is training bonn
bardicrS and aerial gunnerS for
duty with combat groups through
bombing and gunnery school locat-
ed at the station.
OLD-TIMEE COMES
lieutenant Colonel Karl E. Voel-
ter, another "old-timer' with 26
years lying experience behind him,
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12

Salt Lake tests nearly 20 per cent.
being held at a consistent level,
evaporation takes care of the Wate"
drainage into the Salton Sea, M.
Rice pointed out.
DRAINAGE METHODS
In commenting upon practices to
reduce the water table levels ans
thereby the salt content of the
soils, Mr.. Rice said surface drain
age IS not as successful as tile
drains have proved to be. Tests on
fields that have tile drainage have
shown that so tons of salt per acre
foot have been carried off one
farm, while surface drainage on
another farm, when flooding and
keeping flooded, carried off only
three tons per acre foot of water
drained OF course more water was
being carried and this may make
considerable difference, he pointed
out
On a rice cropped farm he found
one tile ran SO tons per acre foot
drained off and another one 40
tons, and drains on other fields
ran only IL tons, he commented,
but this too depended upon the
crops, soils and farming opera
tions. Surface drains checked on
another farm ran 2.87 tons per
acre foot of field waste.
Since the alkali reclamation
problem in the valley is principally
question of removing the alkali
salts from the soil to a depth
usually occupied by plant roots,
and since tests have indicated that
this is possible the agricultural
outlook in the valley continues to
improve.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12
District Directs
Intensive Study
70 Beat Problems

Solution Of Imperial Valleys greatest problems, The
rising OF the water table and salt content of the soil, is
being attacked by scientists and progress being reported
in studies.
The Imperial Irrigation District laboratory, under the
direction of John T. Rice engineer and chemist since its
inception three years ago has not yet assembled all the
data far recorded to make definite statement of
but the fact that the problem is under attack with
the intent of solving good to residents of the val
ley
Results of his studies together with findings of his
assistant chemist Russell Texler and other employees tie
directly with the studies and reports of the federal soil
conservation district laboratory headed by William Fox,
soil conservaonst that drainage not only the number
problem of the farmers in Imperial Valley but also
of the best solutions thus far advanced to hang
the saline impregnation of the soils.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12

OFFERS CHALLENGE
Imperial Valley farming with its
diversity of crops and soils, to say
nothing of it's climatic conditions,
challenges therefore not only the
farmer but also the scientist. Us
ing methods recommended by the
soil salinity laboratory at River
side, Mr.. Rice and his assistant
have been able to advance several
theories and make tentative recon-
mendations.
Cd Where tile and open drain
age exists, it has been found that
the salinity content of the soils
have been reduced.
Co That the proper use of wa
ter is an important factor because
the improper use results in an ac-
emulation of salt in the soils.
(3) That the use of water tc
bleach or wash the land and drive
the salt down beyond root zones
requires proper facilities and pro-
cedures following applications of
water, or by capillary attraction the
> salt impregnation will again rise.
7 "a That rice growing itself is
no cure. But because of the water
used and the proper drainage in
stalled on rice fields, some relief
will be noted, but continuous prac-
tice of keeping the salt down must
be followed
(5) Leaching of the soil is a
good practice on salt impregnated
land The best results are found
by teaching for long periods of
time, but here again drains mus.
be on the land for the most sue
cessful teaching results.
FACTS UNCOVERED
While the amount of land unfit
for cultivation is not extensive in
comparison to total acreage, it is
known that alkali exists where the
water table rises to soil surface
levels and it is the rising of the
water table and the resultant con-
tinuing impregnation of the soils
that the scientists are studying and
fighting.
Recognition of deep and lateral
drains as one of the best methods
of combating alkalizing of the
soils or continued salt impregnation
by rising water tables. the Impe-
rial Irrigation district has installed
and is maintaining 1,205.26 miles of
drains in the valley.
The size and extent of this ire
mendous valley girdling drainage
system can be Visualized better
when one realizes that the 407.I5
miles of big drains and 1871 miles
of lateral drains are equal to the
mileage to Ell Paso, Texas, and
back or would reach to Seattle,
Washington.
To make studies of the salinity
content of the soils the irrigation
district through the inventive gen.
iOuS of Wade Cook of Imperial and
the district machine shop there, a
split-tube core sampler has been
made that has attracted statewide
attention of various soil research
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12
Citrus Fruits
Add 10 Main
Valley Income.

Ingredients for the Nectar of the
Gods grow in Imperial Valley.
Grapefruit, oranges, and lemons
are among the crops which every
year swell the grand total of agri-
cultural products sent frcm the
desert to the markets Of the United
States.
In 1943 a total of 1,023 carloads
of grapefruit left the valley. Orange
shipments totaled lot carloads.
Lemon shipments totaled nine car
loads. The shipments Of grapefruit
a year age were 1859, oranges
totaled 1876 carloads, and lemons
eight carloads.
The grapefruit, oranges, and
lemons grown in the valley have
excellent quality and are valued fer
their high juice content. The juice
is sweet and packed with the good
ness derived from sunshine and
coed soil
Imperial Valley citrus present
familiar sight in markets through
out the United States where they
are recognized as the best that
may be bought.
Grapefruit acreage totaled 3,4l1,
orange 667, and lemon 62.
A new phase began in the grape
fruit industry in the valley this
year with the opening of grape
fruit canning plant at the Imperial
Valley Grapefruit Growers packing
shed in FL Centro.
Machinery and equipment were
installed after a room was built
over an unused loading platform.
Henceforth grapefruit juice, a
valuable by-product, will be pro-
duced in the area where it is grown.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12

The inland seas placid waters pro-
vide excellent conditions for in
struction in take-offS and landings.
In addition to its seaplane facili-
ties, Sandy Beach has two clay
surfaced landing strips.
RECREATION STRESSED
Because of its isolated position,
recreation plays major role in the
life OF the inhabitants of Sandy
Beach, Recreation and athletic fa-
cilltles have expanded in ratio with
other projects.
Swimming in Salton Sea is a pop
ular form of relaxation the year
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12

was made executive officer Feb. %,
1943. He was made commanding Of
ficer of the station when McQuade
was transferred to combat duty.
Members of the enlisted reserve
arrived at the station in Decem-
ber, 1943, and many of the enlisted
personnel are being made available
for combat duty because the ma
rine women are taking their places
at the station.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12

The 1913 Squash acreage was
l,35l, the Imperial Irrigation dis
trict crcp report showed.
Shipments of summer squash to
the coast markets by truck had
an approximate total of 1888
crates and lugs last year. In adj
dition there were IL carloads of
banana squash sent to market,
County Agricultural Commissioner
B. A. Harrigan said.
Valley soil is we'll adapted to
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12
CITY WITHIN A CITY

IORAIN, Ohio, March It. lUP)--
The federal housing project in
Lorain functions as a tiny city
within a city" Housing 200 units,
the project-built especially for war
workers in the area-iS actually a
community in itself. The project
includes, besides the living quar-
ters, large recreation center, a
children'S nursery, two spacious
Fairgrounds, wading pool for use
of children in the summer, and
enough available ground for the
upkeep of victory gardens.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12
AUTHORS SKIN BINDS BOOK

The Boston Authenaeum once
exhibited a book bound in the skin
Of its author, a notorious highway
man. The book was published in
1897 and is titled Narrative of the
Life Of James Allen, Alias George
Walton, Being His Deathbed Con-
feSsion to the Warden of Massa-
chusetts State Prison"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12
WAR WORKERS LEAVE COAST

SAN FRANCISCO, March IL.
CUP)-A recent survey of Kaiser
shipyards and other Bay area war
industries showed 10000 war work
ers were leaving Richmond each
month. An estimated 525 families
are leaving each week by automo-
bile for their homes in Minnesota,
wisconsin. Michigan, Mississippi,
Kansas. Illinois and Texas.