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were never intended by its
founders, and that are entirely
outside the province Of legiti-
mate government.
The writer objects most en-
phatically to being taxed. as he
is, by a dishonest, constituencies
administration that seems de-
void of all sense of moral prin-
ciple and responsibility, and
whose every act is not only q
negation but destructive Of popu"
lar government, as evidenced by
its shameless efforts to debauch
the electorate by largeSSes from
the taxpayers money. and the
use of public moneys through
the innumerable alphabetical
agencies to buy elections.
When the free and uncor-
rupted exercise Of suffrage is in
terfered with the very springs
of popular government are pol
luted. and the seeds Of its ulti-
mate destruction are sown.
Popular government, sustained
by an incorruptible and uncor"
rupted electorate, is indispens-
able to the preservation Of lib
erty, and any party or admins
tration that hampers with its
proper functioning are traitors
to both. TAXPAYER.
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u. S. No Conqueror

The writer has read several
articles dealing with Americas
"conquests." ! dispute them. In
an exact sense the United States
holds no territory by right of
conquest-although some has
fallen to us because Of war.
What are the facts?
Since we became a nation our
expansion record is:
BY purchase came the ''Louisi-
ana Purchase" 1856, 900 square
miles, from France in 1903.
BY purchase, in 1919, Florida,
from Spain.
BY purchase, Arizona and New
Mexico, in 1853.
BY purchase, Alaska, in 1867,
sold to U. S. A. by Russia.
Porto Rico was coded to the
United States after the war with
Spain-by no means a war Of
conquest.
Texas came into the Union as
a result of her effort to set up
an independent republic. And
because many United States citi-
zens, both on the ground and
outside, aided.
Mexico, in losing the war, lost
to us California. Even this,
which looks much like a war Of
conquest, really was not.
AS to the Philippines; What
other nation has given $4,000
900 for territory under like cir
cumstances? And we're willing
to let them go.
AS to the Hawaiian Islands,
the only conquest there was by
the missionaries who planted in
the inhabitants a desire for CIV
ilized life and free citizenry.
No bloody conquest there.
AS to Liberia in Africa, Uncle
Sam, might, too, have had Afri-
can colonies-but he has none.
The Panama strip is referred
to. Yes, but the United States
gave liberal price for that trop-
ical. disease-bearing, pestilence-
spreading strip Of land. In no
just sense was this a conquest. !"
Neither Germany, nor Italy.
nor Japan can point the finger
at Uncle Sam and say: "You
did what we are doing" We
Americans thank God it will al
ways be so. mo conquest by
arms" No weaker nation ever
feared Uncle Sam and need
never feel fear from him.
FRANK MILLER.
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science-rousing, and that this
rabble-rousing is applauded, dt"
rected and inspected" by Mos
cows official representative in
this country, who seems to have
been present at its premiere with
the Secretary of the United
States Treasury in order to make
sure that the last ounce Of prop
uganda had been wrung from
the filth Of a washington alley
to cast in the faces Of intelligent
citizens more intent on abolish
ing the alley and its miasma
than are these destroyers Of lib
erty among us.
Red batting is the assault on
the philosophy Of communism
the fear Of organized propar
ganda to win us to Communist
philosophy-that man exists but
for the state and has no rights
as an individual. That is indeed
passe, and INDUCED in only by
reactionary tories and fearful
political old maids. But lying
propaganda in which Moscow
takes official interest and di-
reefs through the Little Soviet
of the Writers Project Of the
WPA, using OUR money to pro-
mote IT'S program, is something
else!
The Administration knows
the WPA is a communist organ"
ization-the personnel makes
not the slightest effort to con-
ceal the fact-they talk-in the
offices-of the revolution and
Moscow as Familiarity as Rome Is
mentioned in a Catholic semi"
nary! That is the thing to which
my objection was and Is aimed
OSCAR P. JOHNSON.
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Curling Kidnapping

In kidnapping cases one can
understand and fully sympar
thize with the feelings Of the
parents Of the victim and OF
their willingness to pay money
or do anything to recover their
child alive. But in view OF the
futility of paying ransom in
practically every case Of the
past it would seem that the
time has come for the enact
ment of laws forbidding pay
ment of ransom under heavy
penalties.
Money Is the object of the
criminal, and with that object
removed kidnapping would un.
doubtedly decline, and would
only occur, If at all, when the
motive was revenge for some
real or fancied injury.
1t stands to reason that when
the kidnaper gets the ransom
money he will never return the
victim alive for the simple rear
son that to do so would more
readily lead to his discovery
and capture.
ALEXANDER 8. LANIER.
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Your |. 0.
By SHIRLEY SPENCER

BY SHIRLEY SPENCER
This is a special literary quiz
Score ten for each question.
/. Who created the character
Ephraim Tut?
2. Who created the character
Lawyer Chew?
3. Runnymede was the nom
de plume of whom?
4. Professor Moriarity, the
arch villain, appears in what
series Of stories?
5. Who was the peasant
squire of Don Quixote?
6. What was the name of
Margherita's brother in the
opera Faust?
7. Name the heroine who mar
ried Ivanhoe.
8. Who was the heroine who
lived by the sea immortalized
by Edgar Allan Poe?
8. What was the name OF the
wife Of the wine merchant in
Dickens "a Tale Of Two Cities?'
10. To what country did the
magician remove Aladdin'S pal
ace in Arabian Nights?"
ANSWERS on Page 14)
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to marry her
is destroying
much of the
romance o I
courtShip. II
a man does
n o t think
enough of a
girl to pro-
pose, the girl
should n o t
want him for
q huS b a n d.
Any girl can
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No citizen should object to
paying taxes for the support OF
the government in the exercise
Of its legitimate functions. But
it is another story when the gov.
eminent is forced by those who
happen to be in control Of 1t
into all kinds Of activities that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-06

NOhSO NudIO.
Eyes. T he
m a n might
be a baShful,
a W K W a r d
C h a p who
hasn't 6 o t
the nerve t o
pop the queS-
ton, and it
seems only
fair to give
the lady q
chance. The
man may be
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t h o ugh he
was ne v er
W h q t you
would call q
heavy drink.
er. He plans
to run for
mayor of his
c l W n e X Z
S pr ing. He
may not win
though the
boys in the
E. orty-Second
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make it all
right, but I
d o believe
t h e m a n
should do the
proposing. A
girl might
propose i n
leap year if
she does it in
the spirit of
fun, so that
he C o u ! d
make the &C
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tell If a man is interested in
marriage and she can usually
get him to propose without en-
barrassing herself"
X 4
Miss Ida Schneider, 1894 La
nier Pl. N. w., graphotype oper-
ator:
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Yes. The
man usually
g e t S t h e
break in mar
riage, as he
generally is
the one who
d o e s t h e
choosing. But
If a mate is
selected b y
the woman
t h e chance
for happiness
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q man WHO, Wueu dI INC wy
o himself more headlines and
'sident-excepting Mr.. Roose-
OF course, Jim was the real gov
ernor, while Ma just held the
title.
l was the reporter lucky
enough to be the first to catch
Big Bill in his most famous out
burst-the threat to punch King
George v of England ION the
snoot If he continues to inter-
fere in the affairs of Chicago"
Here you arrive-in that BRIEF
and pungent crack-at the
Thompson political style. A
British-born superintendent OF
the public schools system had
been accused of prescribing his
tory books for the youth Of Chi
cago which gave an alleged pro-
British slant to revolutionary
affairs. To detail that condition
if indeed it eXisted-waS not
the Thompson method. He called
for simplification-and startling
drama. Wherefore the threat
that rang round the world:
III punch him on the snoot If
he dares stick it into Chicago"
When running for mayor .
decade ago-succeSSfully, as 1t
turned out-Big Bill was OPP
posed by DR.. John Dill Robert
son, the commissioner of public
health, a mincy little man who
affected a goatee. 1t was never
the Thompson method to go
into a learned discourse. So he
disdained to merely point out
that a beard harbors germs and
is therefore highly undesirable
on the face of a man deputed to
look after a city's health.
&**
INSTEAD, Big Bill had q
L Stooge with whiskerS like
those of the doctor sit on the
platform. A sign hung over his
head procIaiming that here was
"Dillpickle," Big Bills pet name
for his opponent. In the stooge'S
beard were some soft-boi1ed
eggs, artistically plastered on
the hairs so as to be easily dis
cernible. Along the course Of his
vest were more soft-boiled eggs.
Big Bill would merely gesture
toward the egg-smeared Dill
pickle and yell:
eggs in his beard and eggs
on his vest! If those are his
own ideas Of health and cleanli-
ness while functioning as COM
missioner of public health what
the hell sort Of cleanliness in
government can you expect from
him as mayor of Chicago?"
Another opponent of Big Bill
was Edward R. Ltsinger, a wor-
thy man-God rest his soul
but not by any means a deep
thinker. Thompson, indeed,
wouldn't even deign to enter
into an argument with Ed. In
stead, he bought desert canary
as they call burros in the
great open spaces. Big Bill
fixed up this little ass with a
coat Of many colors, on the
sides of which was embroidered
this invitation in large letters:
Call me Ed"
And Chicago so called the
poor little ass-howling with
glee while doing so. The ami
NAL, fat and contented from the
sweets and sandwiches fed to it
by the MONDAY crowds, would
wander contentedly through the
crowded and hilarious Loop ap-
parently alone, though carefully
shepherded at a distance by a
Thompson heller. Poor Ed Lit
singer didn't even have a don
keys chance.
In this age Of political dull
ness and presumed profundity
we are sorely in need Of a few
Big Bills.
Copyright, 1898, Washington Times
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is much greater because she Is
homogeneous, and if she selects
her own mate there is less OPP
portunity for the severance Of
the marriage"
~
Miss Katherine Howard, 1900
F. st. N. W., stenographer:
Some conditions m & h t
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reluctant to make the pro-
posal due to what he considers
a lack Of interest on the part Of
the girl"
&&k
Mrs. Lea Blumenthal, Phila-
delphia, Pa, housewife, visiting
D. c.:
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ROllin' Along
BIZ ". A. S. DOuaLGs

INCE my return to Washington number of persons have
~ inquired soctously regarding the health and political
fortunes of my tried and trusted friend Big Bill Thompson
three times mayor of Chicago who when at the top
the local ladder gathered to himself headlines and
newspaper space than any Presden-exceptng Mr. Roose
welt. ~ oorr,. Tim vas the real gov.
Big Bill am pleased to re- emor while just held the
port is in fine fette lean and title
wagon the reporter
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N o. IL 5
proper + o r
the man to
do the pro-
posing, q n d
it a ! W a y 5
makes for a
happier mar.
riage if the
m an thinks
he is the i'm
portant one.
A l S o, t h e
woman does
lnknN hHI tia
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Certainly.
In these days
Of sex equal
ity, W / t h
equal rights
demanded by
W o m e n in
politics, bust
ness and so
cial life, it is
silly to hold
to the old
code under
which ~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-06
Traffic Toll

The list of traffic victims in
the District Of Columbia since
January /, 1888. is graphically
shown by the death watch.
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The Inquiring.
Photographer.
The Washington Times in
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION

Should a girl propose to the
man she is in love with, If he
does not propose to her?
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THE ANSWERS

Miss Elizabeth Crouch, 210-A
Bates st. N. W.:
mo. For q girl to ask a man
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Walter Lauer, 1909 Twenty
first st. N. w., chief yeoman,
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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
From Mem York Daily Ns,ns

should be limited 200 words Names and addresses
the writers will be omitted
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not lose dignity later by the
man blaming her for the mar
riage."
The Washington times., 1938-10-26

Hint to the wise-here's
t0day's WARNER film sched-
ule: EARLE and AMBAS-
SADOR-"Garden Of the
MOOn," with Pat O'Brien,
John Payne and Margaret
Lindsay, plus the Stroud
Twins on the Earle stage.
METROPOLITAN-Jean Ar
thur, James Stewart, Lionel
Barrymore and Edward Ar
mold in you Can't Take 1t
With You" UPTOWN
"FOur Daughters" with the
Lane Sisters. CALVERT
Sonia Henie and Richard
Greene in "My Lucky Star"
PENN and TIVOLI-TyrOne
Power and Norm a Shearer
In Marie AntiOnette."
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Diplomas Necessary

Civil Service Commission has
announced tests for dairyman,
farmers ($1, $500 and junior DIS
($1,5OO), receipt Of applications
open through November %
AS usual, the professional clique
receives It's tribute: "They must
have successfully completed at
least six months in short courses
or one full year in regular attend.
ance, with major study in agri'
culture, at a college or university
of recognized standing" Ap
plicants are allowed to substitute
study for experience, but NOT ex
perience for the required study
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Watch This Box

LITTLE THEATER: Be
cause it's said to be the best
show In years, they've held
over "Life Dances On"
Need we say more?
HIGH ICE CREAM: Any
time HARRY RITNER, GAO,
drops by the office he can
have . slip good for q quart
Of this delectability at any
High Store, one Of which
operates at 915 U st. N. w.
RASSLING: Oh baby-Ed
MeSke vs.. Ernie DuSek and
YvOn Robert tackling Bibber
Mccoy, Turner'S Arena, to-
morrow. Reserved seats will
be awarded for the most un-
usual Federal fact received
by then.
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She's Auntie, N0W

It's a girl at the H. E. Muir
phys, the little lady arriving at
$50 a. m. Monday and making
an aunt Of Mrs. May A. Cannon,
the Loans and Currency popula
rette. Mrs. Bill" Shields, recent
L. g. c. bride, was Madrilloned
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NetU RIB Hours

Except Bureau Of Accounts, all
Railroad Retirement Board en-
ployes on November 1 will be on
q new schedule, $3.50 a. m. to 4:30
p. m, with an hour for lunch.
While this means no actual in
crease In working hours, it does
mean that those concerned must
remain around the shop" 80
minutes longer per day Gt's $3.50
to 1890 ON SaturdayO, and
means three hours less per week
that can be spent at home or
elsewhere. NO enthusiasts have
been found.
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Retirement Survey

Blanks, asking full history Of
employees, were circulated Mon
day among General Accounting
emergency folk Civil Service
officials said they were in connec-
ton with the current retirement
survey, announced several days
ago,
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Speaking of Government Workers
WHAT WILL THE JUNE "a ORDERS DO TO YOU?

Eges Srng sng & wRc G0Td1n To-. sTss
being provided By CU Service cOnnissios LaOH MOyer and
Accounting union leader TodGys
questions and Gnswers to1Ow:
happen the employees who fail to pass these non
provides that employees who fail to
P tn; 20 %aTs e . 'cS % report Of nsb s
elusive Of Of any leave he may have % ~ % How
retain the empiOye without provided
OH ho%svsr that the empoye
which would permit his e % aet Vads any 0th I pc @
through the Civil Service methods.
tests and are given Of
A-No We in mind that all Of these employees have
rendered service for at least K months S M prior to
satisfactory service Therefore
considerable reference Schedule and Schedule
e@schedue list under the position.
which be filled without examination Many large groups Of
In hospitals and similar Schedule is list
OF % ns DTonoSd or apuonment by the depart
nent AN Of the positions listed Schedules and win be
continued exempt in schedules which win be issued in an
pOyeteTmninE positions which for other
Ge in mt the An H WHICH a M
one on q parttime intermittent basis.
q. t,.
the rate Of their pay in any way
I'D Noe-The Classification Act of 1928 states employees
holding similar positions must recOe the same While limits
of appropriations tD prevent immediate application of the
Ic It Is expected adjustments forthcoming later
dGteD
o-WU opportunity be given securing
classified retirement fund for the period
already although classified
position?
acquires classified status and has
will be allowed to purchase
will not be obliged to do that
merely take his retirement status from the date he
certified fOr classification.
Q-Has the Commission reached conclusion to whether
military preference benefits will be granted in connection with these
noncompetitive examinations?
A-Ye practice grant military
preference the noncompetitve cassi
ficatOn Of positions
number people have asked whether the employees who
the classified service February will
remain in the positions in which they classified Will that
be the case?
A-NOt When these employees acquire classified
Service status they will the opportunities for reinat
men transfer and promotion other Civil Service empOye
program effect
already poottonGl opportunities
and heter prootiona examinations aH sDH
touch Commission plans for beginning
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BerIeuized

Hired during the war, Interior
mechanical engineers have seen
their duties constantly increase
with the growth Of air-cooling,
but not their pay Now, at
UFWA requests, a reclassification
is to be Berlewized.
The Washington times., 1938-10-26
Sweets for Three

One-pOund boxes Of ORIG
NAL VELATI chocolates
or caramelS today are
awarded to: ALICE BROWN
and MARY LOU COOPER,
AAA, and SYBH BAKER, d.
C. Fairgrounds Supervisor.
Candy will be presented at
either store, Ninth and G
Sts. N. w., or 6O9 Fourteenth
st. N. W.
The Washington times., 1938-10-26
Rs Too Minor, Boys

Government Printing unionists,
seeking redress for the lad who
was suspended for washing his
hands too long, have received q
hint from the Pompous Domain
that they're wasting time with
negligible matters, that settlement
of such minor affairs would "Set a
precedent" obviously unwanted
Meanwhile, compulsory over
time has caused cash-loss to many
night school studentS-who find
they can't attend paid-for classes.
Cooper to Talk
Tonight: Lyle Cooper, Labor
Relations Board, discusses Labor
in Modern Economic Society" be
fore Federal Workers Schools
Forum, 532 Seventeenth N. W., 8.
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The betting odds are running
for him at 13 to 5 to become the
first one-man championship tri-
umvirate, with only a scant few in
sisting that another pugilistic up
set is about to be perpetrated.
This minority gives Ambers a
chance to break one Of the most
amazing records ever compiled.
RELENTLESS ATTACK
Armstrong has knocked out 35
of his last 38 opponents and
against Ambers will be attempt
ing to take the lightweight title
within 10 months Of the time be
became featherweight ruler by
knocking out Petey Sarron and
within three months Of his ascend
ing the welter throne on decision
over Barney Ross.
Into the ring again, the little
negro from st. Louis and Los
Angeles will bring the most relent-
less attack and the fastest pace
displayed in the smaller divisions
in years, along with a good punch
and the ability to take it.
Against that Ambers will offer
a jumping jack style Of bouncing
all over the premises, accurate but
weak hitting with both hands,
speed, smart boxing and a fighting
heart that would do for a whole
pen full Of lions.
SETS KILLING PACE
Hence, most followers expect a
free-for-all for six or seven rounds,
then gradually an Armstrong vic.
tory like all the rest. The cumula-
tive effects of dozens Of punches
and the pace he sets kills off his
opponents finally and quite def
nitely.
He is one Of the most devastat.
ing glove-throwers boxing has pro
duced, a savage little man in the
heat Of battle as he stalks his
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prey, drooling from the mouth,
blasting from all angles and ever
lastingly banging away until
finally there is no prey.
Outside the ring he dabbles in
poetry, and is as quiet, sedate and
proper in his manner and as me-
ticulous in his speech as a pro-
fessor lecturing before a women's
club. Well, almost, anyhow.
He is amazingly genteel for a ring
killer, a high school graduate
and well read. His real name is
Henry Jackson and he is Is.
ANIRERS DETERMINED
Ambers has no time for poetry
and such. The little Italian, born
Luigi DAmbrosio in upstate New
York "a years ago, is interested
in just one thing at the moment
staying lightweight champion rs
long as possible.
He won the title the hard way.
beating Tony Canzoneri, one of
the rings immortais, in May of
last year. To be sure, Canzoneri
was about washed up, but to Am
berS that triumph still stands as
the greatest moment Of his life.
And one of the most prepoSsesS-
ing things about him is his grim
determination to keep that cham
pionShip. ALI he has to do this
time is beat the most most
critics say is invincible against
all comers within is pounds of
his weight. Ambers will scale
just under 1876 and Armstrong
about 132.
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Women Split
$5,OOORace
Track Bet

CHICAGO, Aug. 8 GNSO.-A
woman who seldom bets and an
other who plays lunches turned
out today to be the topnotch
handicappers at Washington Park
Race Track.
Mrs. Doris r. Ward and Jessie
L. MacBath, each doped six first
place winners in the first seven
races of Saturdays program and
split $4,000.
The prize had accumulated by
default at the rate of $1,000 day,
beginning when the park opened
last Monday.
The handicappers invested only
10 cents in a program.
Crushing through the park
gates in unprecedented numbers,
even crossword puzzle fans went
dopester. On Saturday $4,000
tried their luck.
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MICKEY PACKS
FOR TRIP WEST

DETROIT, Aug. 8 GNS0.
DepoSed Detroit Tiger Manager
Mickey Cochrane today put base
ball aSide-temporarily, at least
to rest"
Mickey revealed to his press
box friends yesterday he had no
definite plans for the future other
than to spend some time in the
outdoors fishing and summing him.
self.
He visited the Tiger club house
yesterday for the last time, say
ing good-by to his former charges
and good friends.
Saying good-by to his successor
and former coach, Del Baker.
Mickey'S eyes miSted bit.
what happened Mike?" asked
Baker.
"Just one of those things, I
guess" said Cochrane.
ut was a surprise to me, l"
Baker continued. II had gone
home-and they called me back
to the park"
Big surprise to me too," and
Mickey grinned ruefully.
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Precinct No. One
Outshoots No. Two

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa, Aug. 8.
The pistol marksmen of No. l
precinct, Washington, D. c., de-
feated those of No. 2 precinct by
1,066 to 1854 in a match here
yesterday.
Stewart was the best rapid-fire
marksmen and was third in the
time firing. McMahill finished
second in the national matches.