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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-08-25
VISITS OLD HOME

Mr.. and Mrs. B. r. Sales left
Thursday night for Lnychburg,
Va, their old home, for 6 or 8
days vacation with their parents.
Mr.. Sales is an employee of the
Koppers Company. Both are
respected and well-l:ked citizens
of Keystone. We wish for them
pleasant journey and a happy
visit. 80. ......
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-08-25
Fire Sweeps Mine Town

Fire sweeping through the
mining camp OF Proctor (near
Amherstdale) August 18 burn
ed 7 buildings and 8 others had
to be dynamited to check spread
of the flames. The fire started
at abuot 300 am. in the COM
pany store from undetermined
cause. The houses were owned
by the Guyan Eagle coal co.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-08-25
10000 Attend
Lilly Reunion

The gathering of the Lilly
clan and their friends on Flat
Top mountains, Sunday for their
second day of the annual re-
UNION brought an attendance
which many regular attendants
pronouced the largest in the
history of the event. 1t was the
10th annual roundup ard Gen.
Abe Lilly said that the crowd
equalled that of 1898 when ex-
perts ard state police estimated
that 10000 people were present.
All Who saw the multitude of
humanity on the mountains top
and noted the fields Nf Az >
mobiles will not doubt the eSti-
mate. The people were there and
liked the program and enjoyed
the days outing, and were en-
thusiastic in their comments on
he excellent managemet of such
L large activity, and the good be-
havoir maintained and the good
spirits of the vast throng.
Sundays program was we'll
balanced with nurse arI ora
tory, and carried out by Gen.
Lilly the states head master
n the art of presiding and
directing public programs. w..
| The annual sermon was de-
ivcred by the Rev. Karl Lilly, of
Gle l()gers, his theme being:
The Bu,,.ness Df Living"
Addresses were made by Hen
Y G. Galloway, Hugh Ike Shot,
Prof. Vergl Lilly of WVU,
Judge ID. M. Easley, Congress-
IAN JohE Kee, Judge Lewis II.
Miller, and Assistant Secretary
of War Louis A. Johnskn.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-08-25
Mcdowell County Payrollers are
named and Amounts They Get
Given by West Virginia's Boy
Senator; Wins Publicity Fight

....E;t last my fight TO open the
WPA pay roll to public inspec-
ton has been successful. The
people have right to know how
and where their money is spent.
When anyone attempts to hide
public business in secrecy you
will gain by watching that indi-
vidual very closely.
The WPA has taken the posi-
tioE that how they spend money
is no ones business. They waat
us to take only that information
he y desire to give. The adj
Illustrator a d that he would
not make the WPAl project pay
roll public because it would
cause neighbors to gossip"
The publication of the WPA
boss pay roll might cause some
people to gossip, but more like
ly to gasp. 1t is the most reveal
ing waste of public money one
can find. Or WPA pay rolls one
find persons listed as receiving
many times their salaries in pri-
vate employment At long as
the list is kept private no one
can find out. WPA workers can
look ait these pay rolls and see
why they have been fired.
I have always said that many
of the WPA bosses are excellent
men and women. They are deser
wing and capable. My criticism
is not against these individuals
but against those who are on
the payroll who are not capable
and were placed there for polite
al reasons. -.
For time the bosses were
able to convince the workers on
WPA that their friends were
their enemies. Who is the real
friend of the WPA worker? The
mar who works to see that the
money actually goes to relief
workers or the man who talks of
helping the relief worker and
then gives to the bosses the
money that belongs to the men
and women on the projects &?
why are many OF tneSe posse
given wages far in exces of their
worth? For political reasons.
Lists were prepared and circulat-
ed througout the state to county
political leaders for them to pass
on the persons to be given jobs
and the ones to be left idle.
The pay roll of the WPA pro.
ject bosses in w. Va, for May
of this year is astonishing
Thousands of workers had beer
O-
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-08-25

regulation Of industry we still
have ten and a half million I'M
employed. Security means pro-
titable farm prices, yet after
pouring out billions of taxpay-
ers' dollars farm prices are lower,
today than when Mr.. Roosevelt.
set out to raise them. Security
means money in the bank, yet
the New Deals fantastic finan-
cial activities have driven in
terest rates to a poin't where
there is little incentive to save.
Security means preparedness
for future unproductive years,
yet New Deal spending has
hung the shadow OF imitation
above every insurance policy
and pension fund in the land.
The fact that American youth is
DESTROYS of security is the very
reason that it is turning away
from the New Deal.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-08-25
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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-08-25
DatlnK tho Year,

: christendom did not begin TO date
it.. years from the birth Of Christ
until almost $50 A. D., says Golfers
Weekly, when the method &as IN,
PRODUCED by Dionysius Exiguus, Q
learned monk Of Rome.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-08-25
Sen. Holt Reveals
Mcdowell BOSS'Pay

fired for lack of Funds, yet the
salaries of the officials had been
creased. Many statistical studies
of these increases have been
made by me and are available.
They have been printed in the
Congressional Record from time
to time. :. -.
There have been charges in
personnel since May. Some on
the May list may not be now en-
ployed. Some now employed may
not be on the May pay roll. The
people of the county will know
the details and the names and
they Can check accordingly. I
have checked this pay roll with
other pay rolls, and / find in
some instances counties with
more employees and other with
decreases. made a survey some
time ago, and submitted it to
the people of West Virginia. 1t
was not based on this particular
pay roll. :. 49,.
The WPA,. states that they
had 524 administrative employees
charged to administration on
May 1, in w. Va, This list will
show approximately three times
hat many who receive salaries
is excess of $500 a year who are
not charged to administration
but charged to projects. OF
course, there are many, many
more who receive more than the
security wage but who do mt
receive at the rate of 5000.
The chart shows the name,
salary, and county of the WPA
project bosses as shown on the
official pay roll. The list. includes
those charged to projects. These
employees are not listed by the
WPA as administrative en-
ployees. When they say their
administrative cost is 8 or per
cent, they do not include those
charged to projects In w. Va,
the project boss salary is al
most three time as much as the
administrative salary cost. It
is here where the political
favorites of WPA are hidden in
secrecy from the public who pay
the bill. They know their state
ment that the administrative
cost is 8 or q per cent is just
plain bookkeeping trickery. The
May project boss pay roll for
this county follows:
Mcdowell County
$1OO-$15O
James w. Short ....$100.00
VIM. M. Pearman 90
Maston G.. Thomson 10000
Robert H. Urps .......""100.00
Pearl S. Walker, Jr. 10000
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-08-25
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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-08-25

BY the Governor of w. Va.

WHEREAS. the death of
$4,000 persons, 391 of them in
West Virginia, and the injury
of l.ll5,000 others, 1851 of
them iE West Virginia, in motor
vehicle accidents i'm the United
States during the year 1888
focuses attention on the impera-
tive Importance of d.ligent. CO.
operative action to prevent high
way acc dents and to preserve
and protect the lives and pro-
perty of our people; and
WHEREAS, The opening of
the Public Schools of West Vir-
gina early in the month of
September will place more than
475,OO0 children upon and along
! the highways of the state as
pedestrians and in buses and
other means of transportation;
md ...
WHEREAS, The designation and
observance of the week of Sept
ember third to tenth as High
way Safety Week will provide
opportunities for practical ana
lysis of highway safety problems
and for the organization and de-
velopment of coordinated pro-
gram designed for their solu-
ton: :. :. go.
NOW, THEREFORE, Homer
al Holt,. Governor of the State
Of West Virginia, do hereby de-
signate and proclaim the week
Of September third to tenth,
1889, to be STATE HIGHWAY
SAFETY WEEK and in further
ance of the purposes thereof in
vite public officials, school ad-
mfnistraIors, religious, civic
and fraternal organizations and
parents throughout the state
to. -joiE in. the organization of
and to participate in cooperative
programs and activities which
will, during this period of time,
give especial emphasis to the
study, understanding and appli-
cation of practices and measures
coducive to travel safety and to
the prevention of accidents up
on and along the highways of the
state. .....
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, j.
have hereunto set my hand and
caused the Great Seal of the
State to be affixed
(SEAL)
Done at the Capitol in the
City of Charleston, West Virgil
MIA, this the 14th day of August,
in the year of our Lord one thou
sand nine hundred thirty nine
and in the seventy-seventh year
Of the state. T."
HOMER A. HOLT, Governor.
BY the Governor:
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-08-25

VIM. j. Highberger ......150.00
David G.. Herman $4,000
5000 and over
Peter w. Peterson $4,000
Jolly A. Adkins ..........215.OO
Thos P. A,shworth. ..225. 90
Cecil M. Johnson ........22O.O0
Glove printed in the Congress-
ional Record.) =.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-08-25
He Got Bsk IS Cents

Just hefoSs Tie opening Of the sps-
stal session. 81 QonGress In November.
1887. Vice.preSaeni Garner arriving
In ST. Louis from San. Antonio. en-
route to WashiHston. made bee line
e for . barber skkp. 49, -
For IS minul6s, ne ,viesLPressdspi
relaxed for . have al Shs hands of
Dexter Daytas 1nioo station barbar
who has had oafner In M chair four
OF The eight tities 10 recent years be
has stopped tn.t Louis.
A. he ieft he barber shop. be
handed the Neo shine boy / quar-.
Thank you, suh." smiled hs BOY.
That's . QussteS." setnindsd Gar
! =. s.tsasi.a...ss. I s;. -
Well. want soma shanss.s CIR,
nsr demanded.
He got back 10 cents.
Evening star., 1939-07-12
Will Unfold Singh's S
Deadly Cobra Hold,
Says Thompson
Grip That Has Revived
Come Here Held Easy
By D. G. OId-timer

Wrestling is coming back. 1t has
surpassed miniature golf, fly casting
and long walks in the park as an
evening pastime, and gradually is
overtaking that neW-fangled apple
splitting business of archery. And
all because Mani Singh, dun
colored Hindu, invented what he
calls cobra hold
Everybody wants to break the
cobra hold. Col. Walter Gray, the
old Roman of row 3, led the grand
march last week, climbing into the
ring at Turner's Arena to prove
that Singh's hold was a fake and
that the Hindu was an even bigger
fakir. But after two-minute strug-
gle recess was declared while they
dug Col. Gray out of the carpet
and restored him to his seat.
Tomorrow night Steve Thompson,
burly taxicab jockey, will try his
hand-or hands-at the task.
Thompson has been following wres-
tling for Is years. He was around
when they were building up Rob
Roy Mackey's bear for a title shot
at Hackenschmidt. He was present
when Promoter Joe Turner broke
in as a skinny, 145-pound jitterbug
He claims to know his mat holds,
and if he doesn't it's because he
hasn't paid attention. Thompson
says the cobra will be soft pickings
for his deft maneuvering.
There has been some discussion
concerning the widely publicized
hold, which bears a striking resem-
blance to an ordinary neck lock
Some observers say it is a neck lock,
but that Singh has improved on it
by crossing his fingers, muttering
"Oomph" and holding his breath
Others say it is a strangle hold with
dash of bitters, er. filters. Others
merely call it a fake and let 1t go
at that.
There will be the usual prelims,
with the show starting at $3.50.
Evening star., 1939-07-12
# CHE E s #

schedule of the 40th annual con-
gress of the American Chess Fed
Grafton, that starts next Monday
at Hotel George Washington, in
New York, for a special tourna-
ment to decide supremacy among
national feminine aces.
The exact purse for the champion
woman player has not been an
nounced. N. May Karff was victor
last year in Boston. However, she
may not compete this summer as
she plans to attend the Interna-
tional Chess Congress at Buenos
Aires in August and vie for interna-
tional chess honors. There she
again will meet Vera Menchik (now
Mrs. R. H. S. Stevenson, woman
world champion.
"Staunton Pattern" Chessmen.
When you say Genuine Staun-
ton" chessmen, then you mean the
product of certain London, Eng
land, manufacturer of chess sup
plies! That is the court decision
that has been handed down as a
result of the lawsuit against Chess
Magazine, published at Sutton
Coldfield, England.
1t means nothing in the United
States, however, and we have
plenty of good chess products of
various makes.
Evening star., 1939-07-12
P. g. Victor Would Play
Montgomery Champ

With the first-half series COM
pleted and all indications pointing
to a bristling second half in the
Prince Georges County League, off,
cials of the circuit are anxious to
negotiate with the Montgomery
County League for play-of be-
tween the two champions at the
end of the season.
AS Secretary Jack Shapiro of
Prince Georges pointed out this
morning, such a series would in
crease an already feverish interest
in sandlot baseball in the two coun-
ties. and might lead to a State
wide championship series.
At any rate, Shapiro wants to
discuss the matter with the rival
organization, and can be reached at
Hillside 0772. or will communicate
with Montgomery officials If sup
piled with information concerning
their whereabouts.
Evening star., 1939-07-12
Players Find No. "a
Terrific Hurdle in
Western Golf
Only 81 Of 200 Get Par
On OkIohomu Hole; 68
By Stewart Leeds
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 12.-The
boys in the Western amateur golf
tournament went out to the country
club to finish qualifying trials today
wishing they could use picks, shov-
els and snow-shoes to help them
over the 14th hump.
Nearly 200 shotmakers, including
most of the Nations top-ranking
performers, fired the first volley in
the 36-hole tests yesterday and only
81 negotiated No. IA in regulation
figures.
The difficult 14th is a 4-par, 408-
yard hole with a fairway as straight
as a string and nearly as narrow. A
water filled ditch protects the green
on the front and the surrounding
territory is covered with tangled
shubbery that would make Tarzan
hunt a detour.
Sevens Are Frequent.
Sevens were not uncommon, skies
were frequent, and the only birdie
went to an unknown local lad who
wound up with an 85.
One of the few for whom the hole
held little terror was Verne "Spec"
Stewart of Albuquerque, 7-time
champion of New Mexico, who led at
the halfway station by firing 2
under-par 68.
A semifinalist last year, Stewart
unleashed some of the longest tee
shots of the opening round and fin-
ished with five brides, clipping a
stroke off par on each nine.
Pushing Stewart were Gus More
land of Peoria, ILL.,, Western cham
pion in 1882; Walter Emery of
Tulsa, former national collegiate
title holder, and j. c. Hamilton, un-
heralded youngster from Oklahoma
City. All had SOS.
Schumacher Gets Par.
Only player to break even with
par was Don Schumacher, husky
Dallas sharpshooter, whose 10 put
him a stroke ahead Of Ted Gwin,
University of Oklahoma freshman
from Tulsa; Don Kennedy of STAN
ford University, Art Doering of Chi
cago and Lester Slattery of st. Louis.
Reynolds Smith, Dallas: Ed King
sley, Salt Lake City; Jack Munger,
Dallas; Frank Steidle, Hot Springs,
Ark, and Bill O'Neal, Pasadena,
Calf, we're grouped at 72.
The group which required 73
strokes included Robert Brownell,
Washington, D. c.: Tom Cooley,
Kankakee, Ill; Alex Welsh. Rock
ford. ILL.,; Larry Moller, Quincy, ILL.,,
and Harry Todd, Dallas.
Evening star., 1939-07-12
Canoe Aces 10 Invade
For Middle States
Regatta Sunday
Hovens, fitting Crown
Defender, Tops Array
OfCopitoI ToIent
BY MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr,

American Canoe Association pad
dlers hailing from New York, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania converge
on the Potomac Sunday to stage
the annual regatta of the Middle
States Division off Washington Ca
noe Club. sponsors of the show, be-
ginning at 10 am.
An array of stars outshining a
Hollywood premiere will be on hand.
assuring stiff competition and maybe
some new records for the books of
American canoeing.
There will be that duet who are
national champions in the tandem
single-blad event, Stanley Cimo-
kowski and Frank Krick of Cacawa
Canoe Club in Philadelphia. And
Harold Bruins Of the Yonkers club
in New York, who was runner
up to Ernie Riedel in the last
Olympic tryouts, but was defeated
by w. c. C.'s Ebby Trilling last
year.
Reidel, considered the best single
and double blade paddler in the
United States will not enter, as
he is in the hospital.
Howard Woodward, topnotch sin
gle blade star of Philadelphia, is
expected. as well as the four-man
double blade team from Yonkers,
Bruins. Schaeffer, Balko and Lysak,
holders of the national title in that
class.
All eyes will be peeled on the
canoe fitting event, normally just
gag-provoker on regatta programs.
Young Bill Havens. jr., of the local
club holds the national crown in
fitting. He's going to find it tough
Shedding to keep it atop his head
when he meets Adolph Springle of
the Viking Canoe Club, Hacken-
sack, N. j. Springle is champion
tilter of the Atlantic division.
Veteran Harry Pop" Knight, Ken
Romjue, Trilling and Havens are
expected to provide Washington
Canoe Club with winning tallies.
Knight, 1924 Olympics entrant, with
Is years of continuous padding be-
hind him, is training the crew.
Evening star., 1939-07-12

when the weather permits fishing.
The day before that record haul 10
had been taken. Many more were
hooked, Of course, and the air is full
OF stories Of lost battles, fish that got
away, etc.
Blues also have returned
there and catches are running
as well as before the fish
temporarily deserted Ocean
City.
High boat recently had IS, and
20 is a small catch. There is not
much size to them. though, with the
average around or 3 pounds.
Shippers there say the ocean is
alive with the fighters.
Vernon and Royal Kiser and R. B.
Olsen of 1882 Biltmore street NV.
flshed with Capt. Ed Thornton of
Chincoteague and had an unusually
large catch for that section. In
five hours of fishing, about Is miles
of the coast, they caught 200 as
sorted porgies, sea base and trout
with a total weight of 400 pounds.
Condensed Fishing Reports.
Point Pleasant and Braille NJ-Good
catches Of so to 100 pound tuna here TROLL
ing. Outlook very good
wildwood Crest. N. j.: Capt Robert G.
Pierpont--Sea bass and -porgies taken in
great numbers. Average 80 to 100 fish per
person.
bass and rock made past few days. Outlook
Swami Point; Capt. Leo Bruette. Middle
River. Md.-Early morning and late after
noon trolling good. Rock striking now;
sparrows Point. Md; Capt. Louis r.
Markel-Fair catches of to 10 pound rock
being taken. Trolling improving regularly.
Shady Side. Md; Capt. Robert E: Lee
Taking 20 to so rock and 40 to $50 hard
head per trip. Looks good. Hardhead also
Broomes Island. Nd: Capt H. c. Elliott
Catching plenty Of hardhead and few
soiomons. Nd; Capt. Harry Woodburn-.-
Outlook good for sea trout: Large rock
school now OF Cedar Point. Catching some
trolling.
Evening star., 1939-07-12
LAY A. Tourney So Keen That Shu Trouble Is Wiped Off Books
Straight Off the Tee

according to George Diffenbaugh,
the club pro, represents a new
amateur competitive record for the
River Road layout. The best part
OF 1t was he knew just what he had
to do-and did it, for the lanky
Rodgers Forge representative with
the grooved swing was a shot back
of Jimmy Stevens and John Farrell
starting the last round.
His answer was a Wo-under-par
68 10 come with a winning rush as
Farrell faded completely with
flnal-round IS and Stevens, who
finished second, dropped back to IA.
That Greiner gent proved last year
that he was the hottest piece Of
links machinery in this sector by
winning the Mid-Atlantic senior,
and the Maryland amateur and
Junior titles. He seems to be on
the way again, after his failure to
qualify in defense Of his Mid-At-
lantic crown last month at Chevy
Chase.
His last-round SO came from a IS
and 33, including 4, S finish on
the first nine, which gives you an
idea how hot he was. He bagged
six brides in SO holes.
Stevens, who won the District
junior championship last week,
hung on all right, but couldn't
match the closing charge Of Greiner.
who succeeds Bobby Browneu
as the association junior champ.
Jimmy's 71-74-145 tied Brownell's
winning score of 1888.
David (Scotty) Ross of Capital
scored 75-73-148 to win the IT.
and-under class by stroke from
Earl Skinker of Columbia, who
started with sizzling hot first-nine
80 and cooled of in the afternoon
for a total Of 149.
Today at Beaver Dam a big field
Of guys and gals are playing in
the first mixed foursome of the
| season put on by the Maryland
State Golf Association. Each con.
testant must have a handicap card.
Mrs. Max Taylor, wife of one Of
the top amateurs at Manor, today
holds the Schlosser Trophy. Tall
Mrs. Taylor won the first tourney
for the cup with card Of
99-94-36-157, breaking a first
round deadlock with Mrs. Harvey
j. Cooper. Second place went to
Mrs. D. M. Mcpherson with
01-109-48-162, while Mrs. Cooper
won third place on the draw after
tie at net 1853 with Mrs. j. w.
Cramer.
Mrs. L. G. Pray won the gross
award with 86-85-171, and the
putting prize for SO holes went to
Mrs. John R. Daily with 65. On the
inside nine Mrs. John Meyer won
the net prize with 45-12-33, while
the gross award went to Mrs. R. E.
Jones with 43.
Evening star., 1939-07-12
BY PAUL J. MILLER.

A midmonthly rapid transit tour
ney will be conducted by the Social
Chess Divan at 1886 Eye street NV
tonight at 8 o'clock. Visitors are
welcome for the 10-second tourna-
ment and plain "skittles."
Norval P. Wigginton says that the
recent chess picnic luncheon was
such a success that another will
be held this coming Sunday at
Hains Point. Bring your equip
ment. The chess-playing public is
welcome.
(P. S.-Wigginton was reported in
this column as recovering from a
motor accident. The truth is that
he took dive off his apartment
balcony to prevent young Jimmy
Wigginton from a serious fall The
child was unhurt.
Eaton's Lecture TOPS"
Speaking for an hour and 40 min
utes on Introduction to Problems"
recently at the Social Chess Lounge,
Vincent L. Eaton entertained an en-
thusiastic audience by narrating the
development OF problem composing
art, the extent of its progress and
the value of problem study to the
average player.
Mr.. Eaton is problem editor of
Chess Review Magazine of New
York City.
In his discussion he touched on
the technical aspects of his hobby,
but gave more time to actual DEM
onstration of about 20 problems
that were representative of the
types and themes of original COM
position.
Any problemist of past contests
in The Evening Star may receive
copy of the Chess Player, news
tabloid, by sending 10 cents for
postage and handling to the chess
editor.
Provision will be made in the