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FINNISH GOLD MINE

When lPaavc Nurmi came to the United States for the first timc in 1925, the winter after his great esT Olympic triulnpfs, American promoters trampled on one an ether in their eagerness to book the Phantom Finn for foot races
 This situation was like a sub- way crush the day after Nur1ni's debut in the old Madison Square Garden. More than 5000 persons had been turned away and in- fluential citizens of this and ether countries willingly paid as high as $200 for a single ticket of ad- mission.
 Here was new flow of gold ct the gate. Quite naturally in- ducements were offered to Nu1uni's rep ep.esensatives. The competition was keen and there was no dis position on the part of promot CTS to expect Paavo to travel in anything but first class style.
 All the fuss was somewhat an- moving to Nurmi himself. His re- quirements as to living accommo- dations were simple. He shied away from these impulsive Amer jeans who talked a very fantastic
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ing bread This was built of large, rough logs thatched or covered With a thick roof of mud with an opening in the side. The tents s.re made of thin cotton cloth.
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Waterspout Sucks Up
 Yacht of Australia

SYDNEY, Australia, April 29.-- The crew of the IN. s. w. H." 21- foot racing yacht, narrowly es- capped death when their craft was sucked up by a great waterspout off Sydney Heads
 The yachtsmen, in describing the experience say their boat was caught in the outer, edge of a great column of water which ap- preached them over calm sea, as low black clouds threatened heavy rain.
 The yacht was wlirled around ana hurled upward six feet and then flung down, broken and filled With water. The crew was res cued while clinging to the rem rants. The spout disappeared over the horizon.
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language. Paavo was willing to run as long as he felt all right. That was the only language he k,lew-foot-racin g-and he knew it better than any other runner of his time.
 I do not know how much, if anything, Nurmi profited from his American tours. He was cleared of anything damaging to his anna teur standing when the A. A. U. sifted rumors about him Ger tainly the promoters, in the long run, did not give Paavo any of the best of whatever bargains he may have made. And subsequently, the Finn gave no manifestation of en- toying sudden or even moderate wealth. He merely went back to work in Finland.
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SENATORS BEAT ATHLETICS, TEN
 TO FOUR SCORE
Fifteen Hits Made Off Rube Walberg Including
 Home Run

WASHINGTON, April 29.-Wal- ter Johnson's flashy Washington Senators pushed the subdued AIsh- ing to pledge support to Lewis with 10 to victory. The win vas Hammered out over Rube Wal berg Fifteen hits including a home run to deep center were made. Heinie Manush ratsleii the hcncr from the Washington bat.
 GAMES THURSDAY
 Pacific Coast League Missions g; Seattle 8. Hollywood 4; Portland 13. San Francisco 8; Sacramento 2. Night game.
 Oakland 2; Los Angeles 1. Night game.
 National League Cincinnati T; Pittsburgh 6. St. Louis '; Chicago 12. Brooklyn II; Philadelphia 5. New York Boston. Rain.
 American League Philadelphia 4; Washington 10 Boston 1; New York 5. Chicago 2; Cleveland Il. Detroit 4; St. Louis 5.
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Horse Comes Running
 When Owner Whistles

LEICESTER, England April 29 A sharp blast of a whistle works better than the cry Come on you Potchim!a Boyd Davis, Australian horse owner, has found.
 Potchim, four-year -old, was far behind in a race for the Prince of Wales Plate here when Davis shrill piping was heard The horse lev olled out his head and dashed home a full length ahead of the field.
 Davis explained that the whistle was part of his training proceed ure and that his horses had learn ed to respond to it.
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HIGH SCHOOLS DEFER TRACK AND FIELD
 MEET ONE WEEK

REIMBURSEMENT was made today by Juneau and Douglas high school authorities that the track and field meet that had been arranged by the two institutions for tomorrow at the Baseball Park in this city has been postponed for one week.
 The postponement will give boy and girl athletes of the two schools additional time in which to prac- tice and train for the athletic contests.
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 .ISLANES;|
By ALAN GOULD

Thts $ IS prcbaS,y as apprcp- rite time as any We have known fer international athletic auChori- ties To quit kidding themselves ahout the sancity and purity of amateur -p3rt
 The apparent attempt to make the greas Paavo Nu1uni the goat at tls nshast cf European pro- rnotelS, oLarg-ng him wish pro- 1essionali9zn, will ret remedy con- ditions t;.a. have existed in many countries.
 If the international federation whole-heartedly ds5ired to "clean house" in advance of the Olympics, it would firgt be obliged to disci- pline cl.l5 promoters and then wipe he slascs clean and most of the SIT alent in every leading ma i-l.
 This is rot b ray there are TO rel ta13n-pu-e performers in tr. ok and field sports, but 2lt- sids of Inc cclle2es the athletes wso do not benefit in one way or another from theAr regulations are few ard far roc5ween.
 If Hey do met accept money the 4ar athletes receives favors in caer wsg5 CT are helped to capitalize their repusations in a legitimate way
 What harm is there in it, af- ter al, so long as an athlete gives the best efforts in him in competition?
 If eyes and ears can be shut and where the haired boys are concerned, why not admit the facts of semi-professionalism op- enly and have a new deal all around in athletics? Better to have heresy than hypocrisy
 You never hear of a polo play CTS amateur standing being ques- tioned. Why? Because this great sport has no old-fashioned rules or technical requirements other than that the player must have a horse and be a genuine horseman
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Would Rival Monte Carlo
 at British Shore Towns

LONDON, April 29.-Agitation for gambling casinos at British South Coast resorts has grown epace this winter with increasing effort to keep tourists and their money in Britain.
 Dr. W. Harris, nerve specialist, gave the movement impetus with suggestion that halls where "holi- day makers can have a flutter, '' would be a good thing for Brit isa people and help reduce taxa tion of the coast towns.
 The authorities of several cities are in favor of casinos, to enable English resorts to compete with Deauville and Monte Carlo.
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OW. GRAPPLER GETS FIRST
 TIN EAR FROM HANDBALI

SEATTLE, April 29. -- George Wildcat" Wilson, All American football halfback at the University of Washington a few years ago and now a full-fledged wrestler has collected his first tin" ear.
 But he didn't get 1t in grap- bling fracaS Jimmy Phelan head grid coach at Washington gave 1t to him.
 They were playing handball when one of Jimny's rebounds socked George in the ear.
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Police are looking for thief who stole six tonbStenes at Fort Smith, Ark.
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WRESTLER TO
 STRUT STUFF

Roy Anderson, worlds heavy weight champion at 1855 pounds will demonstrate the latest and most effective holds in wrestling at o'clock Saturday night, at the Elks Hall, just prior to the start ing of the American Legion Aux Hilary Annual May Day dance.
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ORGANIsT TURNS JAILER
 AFTER F YEARS AT KEYS

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, April 2s.-The coming of the "talkies' has caused H. A. Wormald to de- sert the keys of his pipe organ for the keys of the municipal jail.
 For IT years before becoming jailer here, Wormald was a muSi- clan in various branches of the show business.
 Once he played caliopes with circuses and carnivalS Later he played the drums in a Wilkes Barre, Pa, orchestra, which claims credit for originating trick sound effects.
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Children Are Charming

Russian children are charming
 with men whom they almost uni
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Shine at Long Distances.


T7HE flying Films, including Lehti-
i nen. Virtanen. Iso-Hollo and LOU
kola, likely will have things all
their own way at 5000 and 10000
meters.
The marathon is always a big gamble
but such sturdy foreigners as Paul de
Bruyn of Germany. Juan Carlos Zabala
and Jose Ribas of Argentina. besides
the Firms and japanese with unpro-
nounceable names, likely will prove too
much for the American entries, so far,
including Jimmy Henigan Of Boston and
Hans Oldag of Buffalo. Oldag may be
our best bet.
American high hurdlers look in
vincible now. led by such world rec
ord breakers as Percy Beard and Jack
Keller. The foreign contingent will be
harder to beat over the 400meter low
hurdles, with Lord "Davey" Burghley
of England defending the championship.
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thus far has offered no haven for
the Indian who ran wild on the
gridiron and created world sensa-
ton after the Stockholm meet by
being disqualified as a professional.
You will recollect that after Jim
had returned from Sweden with the
decathlon and pentathlon trophies.
it was disclosed that he had played
professional base ball down in North
Carolina.
In vain Thorpe protested that he
had played ball in the Summer only
through his love for the game and
that his salary barely paid his liv-
ing expenses. The A. A. U. held an
investigation and returned the
Thorpe prizes. with an apology to
Sweden and the Olympic Associa-
ton.
After that Thorpe played profess
sional base ball with New York and
Boston in the National League. Now
he dreams of other days, over where
the mountains meet the sea by the
Pacific.
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DOUBLES TOURNEY
TO Be HELD HERE
Mid-AtIantic Championships
Will Start at Columbia
Club on June %.

THURSDAY. June %, has been set
as the date for the opening of the
Mid-Atlantic Doubles Tournament
which this year was awarded to the
Columbia Country Club courts here.
The tourney comes to Washington once
every four years. the Capital alternat-
ing with Baltimore, Richmond and
Norfolk.
The final, barring inclement weather,
will be played Sunday, June &c.
The Mid-Atlantic event here becomes
one of the high lights of the local ten
mis- campaign Victory is accompanied
by some national importance. as the
winning team will represent this section
| in the National Doubles Tournament at
Boston.
Netmen Of the Capital have played
a prominent part in past Mid-Atlantic
Journeys and may be expected to have
a major role again. Eddie Yeomans
and Bud Marley, both of this city, won
the title last year and as a result have
one leg on the cup. Bob ConSidine and
| Tom Mangin have two legs and need
only one more to become permanent
possessors of the trophy. Billy and Ed
have leg upon the cup.
| Entries will close at 6 pm. on Mon
day, June 90 with c. Arthur Slater of
the Columbia Country Club. Entry
blanks must be accompanied With the
I entrance fee of SO per team.
The Mid-Atlantic event is one Of the
| few tennis Journeys held here requiring
the winner team to win three out OF
| five sets from first round to final play.
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SENDEL ADVANCES
IN DELAWARE PLAY
Shore. Carlisle and Hunt Elm
mated in State Tennis
Title Tourney.

WILMINGTON, Del, June 14-Fred-
w erico Sendel, who scored two vic
tories here yesterday. was the only
netman from Washington D. c., to adj
vance to the third round Of the Della
ware State tennis championships.
Three Washingtonians were defeated,
while Pat Deck. who won by default
over L. Kebacof of the University Of
Pennsylvania, did not play his second
round match yesterday.
Sendel defeated William O'Loughlin
Of the University of Pittsburgh, 81,
1913. and then won second-round
match from Bertram Weltens of the
University of Texas, 6-3. IS.
Frank Shore. James M. Carlisle and
Gilbert A. Hunt, jr, were eliminated in
the first round. Shore bowed to We'll
tens, 2-6, 6-3, 60: Hunt was de-
feated by Henry Holden Of Rice In
stitute. IS, GO, and Carlisle de-
faulted to Carl Scheulikhardt Of
Columbia
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Near-Sig htedness Aids Batter
Paul Waner, Disagreeing With Hornsby, Declares
@'Hitting Heart Is Not Essential.

choke hitting). II the third base
men or any Of the other infielders
give me large hole to hit through
always try to do 1t. The same way
with the outfielders that play me
away from the lines. The secret of
place hitting Is not trying to hit
hard, but to sacrifice distance for
accuracy.
Il am guess hitter and some
times let two strikes go by If I
haven't got what want to hit. A
pitcher nearly always throws his
best delivery in a pinch when it
might mean the game. I know
whether he Is a fast ball or curve
ball pitcher and can almost tell
what will have to hit
Lots Of practice ard confidence
in yourself means that you have
great chance to become a hitter"
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Olympic Finance
Situation Is Bad

DETROIT, June IA (P).-George w.
Graves, chairman Of the American
Olympic Finance Committee. which
has the responsibility for transport
ing, equipping, lodging and feeding
American contestants in the Tenth
Olympiad is frankly pessimistic.
With the Olympic games just
around the corner, receipts amount
to about $4,000, approximately Is
per cent Of the sum required to
finance American representation of
full strength.
1T is almost certain some Of our
teams will have to be cut in size"
he says. but We are going to keep
on trying for money to the last
minute"
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NAVY CAMP PLEASED
WITH WORK OF CREW
Bladesmen in Fine Spirits and
Making Good Progres-Hope
to Repeat 1881 Win.

] ANNAPOLIS, Md. June 14-Despite
none too encouraging press reports
| from Poughkeepsie, scene of the annual
| championship regatta. the Naval Acad-
envy crew is declared by Comdr. j. L.
Hall. jr., graduate manager of athletics,
as making progress.
Lieut.. Comdr. William G. Greenman
today wired the athletic department
that the Navy camp was in fine shape
that the spirit of the bladesman is high
and marked improvement being noted
in the work of the varsity crew.
Navy won the championship a year
ago and is out to repeat. especially in
view of the OlympicS. Capt. John D.
Wilcox, IT,, director of athletics
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CHANCES ARE SLIM
IN LONGER EVENTS
Prospects for Americans in
Classic Marathon Seem
to Be Very Dark.
BY ALAN GOULD,

Associated Press Sports Editor.
n YEW YORK, June 14.-For
M the first time in 20 years
Y of international athletic
rivalry the United States,
on it's most productive track and
field soil, has a chance to sweep
the Olympic foot races up to and
including the 1,500-meter run.
The factors making this possible in
clude not only the California climate
and numerical superiority of the native
forces over sharply curtailed foreign
entries, but, mainly, the phenomenal
development OF such American stars as
Ben Eastman and Gene Venzke at the
so-called middle distances.
Two Threats Fade.
MOREOVER, the disbarment of
1V1 Frances worldrecord breaker,
Jules Ladoumegue. has removed
one of the chief threats to these Amer
lean youngsters.
With or without Nurmi as a rival,
there is little if any prospect that the
United States will develop winner in
the long -OSIdllCe lIUlll lllS o,UOU-
meter steeplechase to the classic mara
thOn.
The native and adopted sons. how
ever, will have no GlibiS if they fail
to come through in the more spec
tacular gallops.
The prodigality of our youthful speed
kings seems little short of amazing. If
Frank Wykoff and George Simpson,
two prime favorites. do not round into
their best form. for example, we have
two smashing newcomers to rely on in
Bob Kiesel. the California sophomore
and Ralph Metcalfe, the Marquette
Negro.
Metcalfe Proves Likely.
ONCE we opened this discussion with
- a size-up of the sprint outlook, Met
calfe has raced the 900 in better
than world record time, and must be
considered now as a potential winner of
the Olympic 200-meter dash, in which
he also has eclipsed the official mark,
along with Eddie TOlan, another dusky
flyer.
Percy Williams. the Canadian ace
will likely give any one a real tussle
before he yields the double crown he
won at the last OlympicS, but We would
not hesitate to pick either Emmett Top
Pine or Bob KieSel in the absence or
inability of Wykof, to take Will
1iams in the 100 meters.
Only some qualifying mishap or
severe slump. it appears. can menace
the chances of Ben Eastman scoring
double triumph at 400 to 800 meters.
Gene VenZke is the best American bet
IN the 1900. though rather heavy
burden OF proof will rest upon him.
His logical running mates are Pen"
Hallowell of Harvard and either Frank
Nordell of New York University or Henry
Brocksmith Of Indiana. His foreign
foes appear, chiefly, Harri Larva and
Lauri Lehtinen Of Finland and R. H.
Thomas of England.
Beyond the 1900. all that can be said
for American chances is that Joe Nc
Cluskey will be a real contender for
3O0O-meter steeplechase honCrs and
that Leo Lermond may place in the
5000 meters.
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BY the Associated Press.

by tIlc hSSOCldLeO fTeSS.
ITTSBURGH, June 11.-Paul
- Waner, leading major league
hitter, says all good batsmen
are nearsighted
The senior member Of the Pitts
burgh base ball firm of Waner 81
Waner disagrees with Rogers Horns
by, Cubs manager, that good hit
ter must have a hitting heart"
Waner, who mastered the technique
of batting by slamming corncobs
with broomstick handles in the wide
open spaces of his native Ada, Okla,
believes hitting instinct" Is the an
swer to the question.
Good eyesight Is all important"
Waner declared Il have no proof,
but it is almost certain all good hit
tiers are nearsighted. They can see
best at close range, which enables
them to follow the ball better from
the pitcher to the plate.
big Poison" revealed some OF the
secrets of his batting success.
Il always have been a place hit
ter, which makes it necessary for me
to hit the ball low, either on the
ground or on line. This Is done
more successfully by gripping the
bat well up on the handle (called
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SPEEDY TRACK COACH
Phillips of Butler Made Good Time
Over Various Distances.

Now that the country is getting track
minded" with the Olympics nearing,
HoCsier friends Of Herman Phillips,
Butler coach, recall his unusual YER
satility as a runner
Phillips who placed fifth in the 400
meters in the 1923 Olympics. has the
following extraordinary performances
in events from 100 yards to six miles
to his credit:
100 yards 98 seconds; 200 yards,
2l3; 440 Ala running START; half
mile, 1884; mile. 4:20.6; two miles
1868; six miles, BOAT.
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Should Win All Olympic Running Races Including Meters

Co'ndr. Hall and Lieut.. Comdr. Harvey
E. Overesch will leave Wednesday for
Camp Ingram, Nays quarters on the
banks of the Hudson.
Rear Admiral Thomas o. Hart In
also expected to join the contingent at
the camp for the races.
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K0S0WSKY BEATS STAIR

Cops Jewish Community Center
Hand Ball Championship.
Defeating Abe Stair in the final
round, 21-20 and 21-18, Jack Kosowskv.
125-pound amateur wrestling champion
of Washington, yesterday won the an
nual Jewish Community Center hand
ball title.
Fifty-four competed in the tourney.
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Doping the Olympic Winners

principal conenders for Olympic track honors at Los
Angeles American and foreign, appear as follows:
III Indicates prospective 10inner.
EVENT. AMERICAN coNTENDERs FOREIGN coNTENOERS
100 meters (x) TOPPING, Tolan. Williams (C)
Wykof or KieSel.
200 meters cy5 Metcafe Tolan Reid (GB), Williams
Simpson &C., Koernig 60.
400 meters Eastman v. Ramplng (GB)
williams. - .
300 meters (x Eastman Genung, Hampson (GB) Martin
Rosner. (Fr) Wilson Co.
$500 Venzke Hallowell, (Fin), Thomas
Nordel. tGB).
5000 meters Leo Lermond Brock (x) Lehnen virtanen
smith -Holo (Fin).
10000 meters Gregory Chamberlain 1x Iso-Holo (Fin)
Lehtinen Fin) Zabala
ca.
Marathon Oldag Henigan. (x De Bruyn g.,
Marttlen Fin, Zabala
ca, Yahagi ID.
1000 M steepe McCluskey George (x Loukola (Fin).
Lermond
ITO M hurdles (x) Beard Keller WennStrom IS, SjoS
Sailing tedt (Fin)
400 m hurdles Beatty Burke Meeks 1x1 Facel nt)
ghley (GB), Peters,
50.
Legend-(A) Argentine Co Canada; GB) Great Britain;
Germany; err France; Fln Finland; 90 Japan; ut)
Italy, (S) Sweden
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COLLEGIAN IS SIGNED.

Ralph Hewitt of Lawrence. Mass,
captain of the Columbia University
foot ball team last Fall, has been
signed by the Springfield, Mass, base
ball club Of the Eastern League.
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POLYGLOT PUBLICATION

Olympic Rules Printed in Four
Different Languages.
Fifty thousand copies Of the rules
governing the Olympic games, In four
languages, English, German, French and
Spanish, have been printed and dis
tributed to the competing nations.
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New York funds In Montreal, 3l37.so
discount at 81 900.
Montreal funds in New York. $3.50
premium at $1,000.
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1881 COLD RAID
DESCRIBED

Tracing the hectic economic,
cycle the Federal Reserve Board
described in its annual report to-
day, the most tremendous raid
ever made on the currency Of
any country when the United
States lost $725, 900, 900 in gold
in the six weeks preceding Oc-
tober 81. 1881.
Suspension of the gold stand
ard in England not only had
tended to immobilize foreign bal
ances still held in London. but
to cause European banks to con-
vert large portions of their for
eign funds into gold.
In the final two months OF the
year the gold stocks of the coun-
try increased as a result of ship
ments from Canada, Latin-Amer-
lea and the Far East, which had
never ceased even during large
exports to Europe.
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CARRIER CREDIT
IS ASSURED

NEW YORK, June II QNS0 :.
The Railroad Credit Corporation,
in cooperation with the Recon
struction Finance Corporation and
the Interstate Commerce CommiS-
sion, is prepared during the cur
rent year to meet the fixed
charges of all carriers eligible for
loans under the Railroad Credit
Corporation plan, E. G. Buckland,
president of the corporation,
stated today.
He also added that the Railroad
Credit Corporation would be in a
position during the year to as
sumo $50, 100000 in advances to
roads unable to meet their fixed
charges and which did not have
collateral adequate to obtain a
loan from the Reconstruction Fl
nance Corporation. Buckland eS-
timated that aid amounting to
$100,000,00O would be necessary
for the needy roads to meet their
interest payments.
The Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, he said, is expected
to take care of the balance,
amounting to $40,OOO,000.
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Company to Build
Foreign Highways

The Mcdonald international
Corporation. with executive Of
fices in New York, has been
formed as a construction and
development company to carry
out highway and other contract
work abroad, particularly through
the introduction of American en-
gineering practice in the con-
Struction of country roads.
William P. Mcdonald, head Of
the William P. Mcdonald Con-
struction Company and subsidi-
aries now engaged in carrying
out an extensive program Of
highway and other construction
in the United States and Canada,
is president of the new interna-
tional company.