Daily Post - 28.10.1943, Síða 4

Continued from page 3.
Imperial Valley, is an integral
part of. the Boulder system. It
is primarily an 'irrigation and
water-supply source, and its
cost is being repaid to the
government by contract arran-
gement with local governments.
Principal crops which benefit in
the Imperial Valley are alfalfa,
•cantaloupe, lettuce, barley,
■corn, maize and small fruits.
The value of land irrigated
by the Boulder project is now
estimated at $ 150 an acre, as
compared to $ 1 to $ 5 an acre
before the dam was finished.
WATER SUPPLY ASSURED
Another important factor in
the development of Boulder
Dam has been the insuring of
ample water supply to 13 Paci-
fic Coast cities of Southern
California, including Los Ang-
eles. The Colorado River Aque-
• duct carries the water over
mountain and desert for 242
miles through tunnels, conduits
and canals to homes and
industries.
Silt carried by the turbulent
'Colorado aggravatet the flood
danger and clogged the water-
way. Today the great reservo-
irs trap this sediment and free
the flow of the river from
obstruction.
With construction of Boulder
Dam, navigation was opened
along the reaches of Lake Mead,
above the dam, and along the
Colorado below the dam. Previ-
ously shipping was perilous and
uncertain, since the river’s flow
was uneven.
Finally, a great playground
has been opened to the public
above Boulder Dam. In 1940
there were • 600,000 tourists at
Lake Mead, using its camping
and recreational facilities.
Roads have been built, camp
sites erected and streams
stocked with fish. In addition,
the area has been designated
as an official government wild-
life refuge, with hundreds of
thousands of ac’res around
Lake Mead offered as a haven
for animals and birds.
All of these benefits have
been reflected in a tremendous
increase of population and eco-
nomic activities in the region
served by Boulder Dam. From
1930 to 1940 the population of
the metropolitan area of
Southern California jumped 27
percent, while the estimated
growth for the nation as a
D. S. Navy Day
Today is U.S. Navy Day. In
a speech President Roosevelt
disclosed that the United States
Navy now has more than 700
fighting ships and 20,000 naval
planes.
“Our fleet,” the President
said, “is on the offensive with
our gallant Allies in every
quarter of the globe where an
enemy of freedom is to be
found.”
London, Oct. 27th.
In Moscow, the Three Power
Conference is in its ninth day.
The United States, British
and Russian statesmen are al-
ready reported to have reached
decisions on several important
points.
Sports
(Cont. from p. 3.’>
Ottuwha Naval 13 — Iowa
State 12.
Elmhurst 19 — Wheaton 19.
Ulinois Normal 6 — Illinois
Wesleyan 0.
Bunker Hill Naval 32 — Min-
ot Teachers 0.
Colorado College 16 — Color-
ado U. 6.
St. Mary’s Preflight 39 —
California 0.
Washington 27 —- March Fi-
eld 7.
Whitman 12 — Willamette 7.
Michigan 49 — Minnesota 6.
Pittsburg 18 — Bethany 0.
Pennsylvania 33 — Colum-
bia 0.
Penn State 45 — Maryland 0.
Northwestern 13 — Ohio Sta-
te 0.
Camp Davis 27 — Davidson
0.
Virginia Navy 20 — North
Carolina Navy 7.
Indiana 34 — Wisconsin 0.
North Carolina State 7 —
Greenville Arrríy Base 6.
Nebraska 7 — Kansas 6.
Colgate 20 — Cornell 7.
Wanderbilt 40 — Camp
Campbell 14.
Wake Forrest 21 — VMI 0.
Notre Dame 47 — Illinois 0.
whole in the same period was
seven percent. By 1950 it is
estimated that 5,250,000 people
in the region will be served by
power and water from Boiilder
Dam, as compared to 3,800,000
in 1940.
Luftwaffe Pays Hftfer
Diminutive Divideids
Sir Archibald Sinclair, Brit-
ish Air Minister, yesterday re-
vealed that during the four
weeks ending October 25th, no
less than 17,000 tons of high
explosives had been dropped
on Germany by the R.A.F.
alone, as to 160 tons dropped
by the Nazis on Britain in the
same period, so that for every
one ton delivered by the Luft-
waffe, 106 tons had failen on
German soil.
The Minister also said ihat
during September, R.A.F.
bombers had destroyed at least
45 German night fighters.
Yesterday the offensive
against the Germans on the
West Front was kept up by
Allied planes again attacking
an airfield near the great naval
base of Brest on the Atlantic
coast of’France.
In other sweeps, R.A.F. fight-
ers damaged several Nazi loco-
motives in northern France.
Deadiy U. S. War
Invention
Bridgeport, Conn. — The
Remington Arms Company an-
nounced recently that it was
making a new type incendiary
bullet which was the most de-
vastating ever produced for
aerial warfare.
General Henry H. Arnold,
commander of the U.S. Artny
Air Forces, has said that deve-
lopment of the bullet had est-
ablished the 50 caliber machine
gun as the best weapon to date
for airplanes. The Remington
Company said that Army and
Navy gunners had reported
the new bullet caused enemy
planes to burst into ílames.
They reported that U.S. fighter
pilots recently destroyed a
Papanese freighter by dropping
their auxiliary fuel tanks on
the vessel’s deck and then rak-
ing them and the deck with the
incendiaries, causing the ship
to catch fire. The bullet was
described as particularly ef-
fective in exploding self-sealing
fuel tanks, since it spreads a
sheet of fire on contact, igniting
the fuel as it passes through.
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AMERIGAN BROADCASTS
1600—1700: Music of the Op-
era-—Carmen. Negro Spiri-
tuals. Music To Sing With.
1800—1815: News Roundup &
Music.
2200—2400: Spotlight Bands
Program with Richard Hum-
ber. News Roundup & Sports
Page. IBC Parade with the
Army Air Corps Orchestra.
Mail Call with Charles
Boyer, Bob Burns, Carole
Landis. Bandwagon with
Harry Owens & The Royel
Hawaiians.
MOVIES
GAMLA BÍÓ: “LOUISTANA
Purchase”, with Vera Zorina
and Bob Hope.
TJARNARBÍÓ: “This Gun for
Hire”, with Veronica Lake
and Robert Preston.
NÝJA BÍÓ: “You will never
get Rich”, with Fred Astaire
and Rita Hayworth.
AN OMEGA steel wrist watch
marked I. J. lost the 18th of
October. Please return it ';o
Hverfisgata 35 (The Hatshop)
Iigólfsbðð
Hafnarstræti 21.
Underwear, Nightgovvns,
— pretty and inexpensive.
Sealskin Goods,
Silk Stockings,
Lisle Stockings,
— different qualities. —
Cosmetics — Yardleys,
Ponds, and many others.
SLEEPY REPORT. In Oak-
land, Calif., Mr. and Mrs. Leo
W. Gero were reported to have
slept while the rug and floor
blazed under their bed, slept
while the fire apparatus roared
up to the house, while the fire-
men piled in, while they fought
the blaze and put it out, and
left, carefully locking the door
behind them.