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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-07-12
Anchor to the Suing

1.-THE head" as Long Jim Barnes
told me years ago, must be the
anchor to the swing" Long Jim is
right, as usual.
THE chin back" matter, advocat
ed by Alex Morrison, even before
the backswing started was first used
by Jerry Travers, then by Walter
Hagen, then by Bobby Jones. They
merely wanted to be sure of this
one detail In advance. Each tilted
his chin back, to the right, just as
the backswing started. And each
kept 1t there until after the ball was
well on its way.
i've found out" Jerry Travers,
winnerLOf five national titles, told
me once, that on an average I
move my head incorrectly about six
times during a round and that
means I've missed at least five
shots"
To let the chin move only an inch
or so towards the line of flight, ahead
OF time, means almost certain trou-
BILE.
You lifted your head on that
one"
How often has every golfer heard
this somber tip from a playing COM
panion? You know?
How can one break up this fault?
In the first place, head lifting is usu-
ally the result of three advance
faults
l. Too much tension.
2. Muddled or befuddled or Door
concentration.
3. Too fast backswing and too
fast a starting downswing.
Mind on the Ball
How can you keep your eye on
the ball when your mind is on some
bunker, pond, out-of-bounds, or 9TH
er trouble on beyond? I've always
believed that keep your mind on
the ball" was a far better slogan
than keep your eye on the ball"
The eye travels with the working of
the mind.
The main trouble with most golf
swings on the average side is the
mind working back of the swing.
This doesn't apply so much to
those who came up as caddies to
be stars, because these golfers have
picked up an instructive method.
They were first imitators. Then
the fundamentals became thorough
ly set-except in big championships
where they also blow up, through
tension and faulty concentration.
One good example was Snead's
opening 81 and his closing 81 in the
recent National Open.
The average golfer has no such
foundation to build on. He must use
his meager resources to the limit
and one of these beyond any doubt
is head action. And back of head
action there must be mind action.
How can l keep my head still?"
In the first place, the main idea
is to think largely of the backswing.
The main idea should be to elm
mate anything beyond the ball it.
self. Never mind the ponds and
the bunkers. The ball has to stop
somewhere.
ASAN - W DC sure
a smooth, unhurried backswing.
Don't be too anxious to hammer the
cover of the ball. Golf balls have
tough covers. Don't be too anxious
to hurry the dOwnswing. A slight
pause at the top will help.
Try to forget all that poisonous
terrain beyond the ball Try to
make yourself keep your head
where it belongs until you think the
ball has landed-somewhere. II
can't land in much worse places
than it usually locates for a habitat,
awaiting the slash of the recovering
niblick.
If the head remains as "anchor
to the swing" the swing can't be
far wrong. But it is an action that
must be watched at every shot. It
can't be taken for granted, for it
won't work that way. You are fight
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-07-12
All the Traffic
Would Bear"

= There was g time in America
when there were no set prices.
Each merchant charged what
he thought "the traffic would
bear" Advertising came to.
the rescue of the consumer.
It led the way to the estab-
lished prices you pay when
you buy anything today.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-07-12
EnthrOned Hero

The muse does not allow the
praise-deserving hero to die; she
enthrones him in the heavens
Horace.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-07-12
Mechanical Sleuths.

Uniformed guards make nightly
inspection rounds in the big govern
ment buildings, but the real senti-
nels of the multi-million dollar struc-
lures are electrical machines. Elab-
crate automatic signal systems,
equipped with buzzers, bells and
lights instantly detect trouble and
flash the alarm.
Most modern of the automatic
watchdogs is the system in the
stately Greco-Roman Federal Re-
serve building on Constitution ave-
nue.. Its electrical controls make a
written record of everything that
goes on, with a special feature
known as the Operators delinquent
system"
II the operator falls asleep or
meets with an accident, red lights
flash all over the building. The de-
vice also tattles on guards who fail
to punch patrol boxes on time.
NOte-All the guards and elevator
operators in the Federal Reserve
building are college students. They
are the handsomest crew in Wash
ington.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-07-12
SS$NM.MI FRsT CHOICE OF MIIuoEs I
- ct WHO HAVE MADE IT WORLDS
80 LARGEST SELLER At Zoe.
Nh >ST. JOSEPH ASPIRIN

EneOmpassed Truth
Truth lies within a little and
certain compass, but error is inn
mense. -Bolingbroke.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-07-12
WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL r. PARTON

consolidated Features-WNU ServfceD
NEW YORK.-Some people don't
know when they are well off.
Karl Ulmanis was a milk man al
Lincoln, Neb., for five years, and
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-07-12
London Is Ready for Sky Raids
And Business Goes On as Usual

precautions have become streGmtined
to meet the emergency. The cinema is
popular, and the populace has learned
to carry gas masks at all times.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-07-12

VIC yCdi ., diia
d o / n 6 q ! !
right, before
he went back
to Latvia, to
be president
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Vocational Traininq
For Defense 10 Start

Plans for national defense train
ing in Washington high and voca-
tional schools are being rushed and
classes should start next Monday,
L. j. Cantrell, assistant superin-
tendent of schools, said today.
The persons who will receive spe-
cial vocational training suited to de-
tense needs will fall into two groups,
Mr.. Cantrell explained. The first
will be comprised Of individuals now
employed in local industries, and the
second of individuals on relief rolls.
The former will attend evening
classes and the latter will study on q
full daytime basis.
For those now working" he said,
"the evening courses will be In the
nature of 'refresher.' We expect
the courses to last eight weeks In
both groups, although we will ex-
tend the period If it is found neces-
sary."
Machine and mill work, pattern
making, architectural and mechan-
ical drafting and sheet metal work.
ing will be among the subjects.
The following schools will be used:
Mckinley, Central and Armstrong
high schools and Chamberlain, Alb
bot and Phelps vocational schools.
Teachers are ready, Mr.. Cantrell
announced, and there Is capacity for
1,402 students. Funds will be pro-
vided by the recent congressional
appropriation for defense training.
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Hull Says Bu||itt
Is Flying 10 U. 5.
For Consultation
Question Of Recognizing
French Committee in
London Is Raised

William c. Bullitt, American AM
bassador to France, is returning to
the United States by transatlantic
plane for consultation, Secretary Of
State Hull announced today.
The Secretary said the question Of
whether or not Mr.. Bullitt would go
back to France later would be dis
cussed after the Ambassadors ar
rival here.
The possibility that Mr.. Bullitt
would not resume his post with the
French government gave rise to
speculation that the United States
might give consideration to possible
recognition of a French National
Committee set up in London to direct
continued resistance to Germany.
Staff Remains at Vichy.
For the time being. however, there
was no change in relations with the
government of Marshal Petain at
Vichy, where an American Embassy
staff remains. Mr. Bulntt was
understood to have left Vichy prin-
cipally because of difficulty in COM
municating with Washington.
Communications between WASH
ington and France and other coun-
tries invaded by, Germany now are
routed through Berlin and encoun-
ter considerable delay, officials said.
= hry Huh indicated at, bis .press
conference that American diplo-
matte missions in Belgium, the
Netherlands, Norway and Luxem-
bourg are being withdrawn in ac-
cordance with German demand
that foreign diplomatic missions
leave those occupied countries by
today. Any future diplomatic
questions with those countries must
be handled through Berlin.
Plans of Others in Doubt.
Mr.. Hull said that because Of de-
lays in communications he had
not been informed of the definite
plans of Ambassador John Cudahy
in Brussels, Minister George A..
Gordon at The Hague and Mrs.
Florence J. Hartman, Minister to
Norway. Mrs. Hartman was be-
lieved to be in Sweden, however,
and Mr.. Gordon and Mr.. Cudahy,
who also is Minister to Luxembourg,
were presumed to be arranging to
return to the United States.
American consular establishments
in the invaded countries will con-
tinue to function, Mr.. Hull pointed
out, and many members Of the
Embassy and Legation staffs will
remain as consular employees.
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Army Lets Contract
For 627 Light Tanks
Costing $11,000,000
American Cor & Foundry
Firm Will Manufacture
12-Ton War Machines
BY FRED H. MORHART, Jr.

BY FRED H. MORHART, Jr.
The Army has let q $11,000, 900
contract for 627 light, swift tanks, it
was disclosed today. N'7S '''
The order, it was said. is an impor-
tant part Of the Army's speed-up
mechanisation program. It went to
the American Car & Foundry Co.
and was described as the largest
peace-time order for light tanks the
War Department has ever placed.
Bids were asked and opened at the
Rock Island (Ill.) Arsenal. The work
is expected to be done at the foun-
dry company's Berwick (Pa) plant.
The tanks will weigh approxi-
mately IL tons each and carry q
37-millimeter anti-tank gun, four
30-caliber machine guns and one
45-caliber sub-machine gun.
Top speed Of the tanks in this
class has not been revealed by the
War Department. Some estimates
range as high as IS miles. an hour
on rough ground.
Negotiations for the tank con-
tracts have been under way for some
time. It was reported that final
agreement was reached Saturday
and that the War Department closed
the contract today.
The Army is understood to have
approximately 5000 tanks Of all
kinds available or on order. An
additional 5000 tanks are expected
to be provided In the new $S,000,-
000, 900 defense program now before
Congress.
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Semipro Boil Teams
Open II Journeys

NEW YORK, July 15.-The Cana
dian semipro baseball champion
ship and II State tournaments, al
leading up to the National Semi
pro Congress tourney at Wichita
Kans., next month, open this week
Eleven other State tournaments be
gan last week.
The Canadian championship
starts Wednesday at New Water
ford, Nova Scotia. Starting date
for the State events area Monda,
at St. Louis, Mo-; Vandergrift. Pa
and Peoria, ILL.,: Tuesday at Hart
ford, Conn; Wednesday at Whining
ton, Del; Trenton, N. j., and Spring.
field, Ohio; Thursday at Worland
Wyo.; Friday at Pageland, S. Cl
Saturday at Burlington, VT, ani
Sunday at Preston, Idaho.
Evening star., 1940-07-15
hazi Economic Demands
On Costa Rica Reported
By the Associated Press,

0y tQc ASSOClSGeQ FIS68.
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, July 15.-
Diplomatic sources yesterday said
economic demands on Costa Rica
we're contained in the recent Ger
man communication requesting that
no action against Germany be taken
at the American Ministers Confer
ence at Havana Saturday.
The German note about the con-
ference was transmitted to four
other Central American countries by
DR.. Otto Reinebeck, German Min
lister.
Diplomatic circles here, however
were unable to say whether the de-
mands reported made to Costa Rica
were included In the other notes.
In addition to observing that any
action at the Havana Conference af-
fecting Costa Rica's neutrality would
be "disadvantageous," the German
communication was quoted In Dip
lomatic circles as saying:
!. Frozen deposits in the Costa
Rican National Bank intended fol
exporters in Germany should be
made available to the Reich, pos
sibly to maintain In German ships
and crews In refuge in Costa Ricau
ports.
2. The treatment accorded Ger
man naval units refuged in the port
of Punta Arenas Is not as salts
factory as that accorded Allied
naval units there.
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Russia Is Reported
Moving Army Eastward

SHANGHAI, July 15.-Reliable
travellers arriving here from Europe
via Vladivostok, reported today that
they saw more than 80 Soviet Rus
sian troop trains, complete with
tanks and artillery, moving east
ward.
This report was linked here with
the recent disclosure that Japanese
dominated Manchukuo protested to
Russia July 9 regarding recurrent
incidents along the Manchukuo-
Siberia border.
These incidents allegedly included
Soviet encroachments on Man
chukuoan territory and the kidnap-
ing of Manchukuoan officials.
The report also was linked with
recent Japanese press assertions that
Russia, Britain and the United
States were engaged In a gigantic
triple plot to disturb Far-Eastern
affairs,
Evening star., 1940-07-15
10 Business Leaders
To Advise on Defense
Price StabiIization
Henderson Announces
Executives Who May
Act as Advisors

Leon Henderson, member Of the
National Defense Advisory Conmis-
sion in charge Of industrial price
stabilization problems, declared to-
day 10 business executives had signi-
fed their willingness to act as his
advisors.
Mr.. Henderson said that those
called for service with the commits
sion will be asked Ito advise on
problems related to prices as they
are affected by taxation. cost re-
quirements, amortization and depre-
citation policies as we'll as methods
Of financing increased plant and
facility purchases"
The 10, members Of the Controllers
Institute of America, who will serve
without pay if accepted, are:
E. r. Baines, vice president and
controller Of the Underwood Elliott
Fisher Co., New York: Stanley w.
Duhig. vice president and treasurer
Of the Shell Union Oil Corp, New
York; F.. Eakin. vice president and
controller of the A. E. Staley Manu-
featuring Co., Decatur, ILL.,; Robert
E. Frederickson, secretary and treas
urer Of the Symington-G Gould Corp,
Rochester. N. Y; H. H. Hollinger,
controller of the Firestone Tire &
Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio; Charles C.
Jarchow, controller of the American
Steel Foundries. Chicago: L. p. Nc
Donald. vice president of the Warner
& Swacey Co., Cleveland; Roscoe
Seybold, vice president and con-
troller of the Westinghouse Electric
81 Manufacturing Co., Pittsburgh: !:
II. T. Warshow, controller 'ef the
National Lead Co., New York, and
Harry H. Weinstock, auditor Of the
| New York Times.
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Bridge Blocks Boot, Boys Want
pop. SO Tracks Are Torn Up

up with the War Department, which
controls all inland waterways. What
he suspected was true-drawbridges
on navigable waters must be opened
on request. He requested passage
at 10:30 am. and 1880 pm. yester-
day. The Douglas family had de-
cided to take q trip to Bear Noun
tain for refreshments.
Promptly at the appointed hour.
the Dottie bore down on the draw
bridge and found 1t open. A section
crew OF 80 had removed 240 feet Of
track under supervision of division
engineer, his assistant, a superin-
tendent Of bridges and buildings and
Ia member Of the roads legal de-
partment.
The gang quickly replaced the
track-and stood by for three hours
until the Dottie made her return
passage from Bear Mountadn.
Mr.. Douglas predicted the gang
would be back.
my vacation starts Saturday"
said Mr.. Douglas, "and I plan to do
q lot Of cruising. I suggest they
keep . section gang handy ut the
drawbridse."
The New York Centrals legal rep
resentative had mo comment"
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Yachts Five-Week Search
For Amelia Earhart Fails
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROANOKE, Va, July 15.-A i've
week search by the yacht Yankee
for Amelia Earhart Putnam in
remote Gilbert and Ellice Islands Of
the South Pacific has failed to
produce q trace of the flyer.
The Yankee, under Capt. Irving
Johnson, out of Gloucester, Mass,
cruised two weeks through the Ellice
group and spent three weeks in
Gilbert atolls along the lonely 2,550-
mile stretch of ocean between New
Guinea and tiny Rowland Island.
A Roanoke resident aboard, DR..
Raymond A. Dillon, said in his latest
letter here that Eve have found
absolutely no trace Of Amelia and
are positive that she, cannot be
living on some desert island In either
of these groups"
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Nv the Associated Press.

PEEKSKILL, N. r. July lo.-t
cost the New York Central Railroad
about $500 and required the re-
movalLtwice in one day-of 4 tons
Of the roads main line track, but
Ray Douglas youngsters got their
soda pop and sandwiches.
Mr.. Douglas, q New York City
building superintendent, owns q
22-foot cabin cruiser named Dottie,
which he moors in q nearby inlet at
the foot Of his summer cottage.
The inlet Is on the east side OF
the Hudson River, while Bear
Mountain rises from the western
bank with plenty Of soda stands
and eating places.
It seems, however, that Mr.. Doug
las inlet is blocked at the mouth by
a low and long-unused drawbridge
over which run some OF the New
York Centrars fastest trains. Until
eight years ago the drawbridge was
opened regularly for the benefit OF
sand barges, but that 1afnc ceased.
30 the railroad built solid rails across
the bridge. The Dottie couldn't get
under It by 4 foot at low tide.
Do Mr.. Douglas took the matter
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Melville Stones Daughter
Returns Italian Decorations

BY the Associated Press.
WOODSTOCK, VT, July 15.-Mrs.
Elizabeth Stone Goodridge an
nounced yesterday she had returned
to Italy, through the italian Am
bassador in Washington, the deco
rations given her late father, Mel
vile E. Stone, by King Victor
Emanuel.
Il feel that this would be my ia
ther's wish If he were alive, mas
much as he returned his German
decorations during the World War,
she said.
Mr.. Stone retired In 1921 after
serving more than a quarter OF q
century as general manager OF the
Associated Press. He died in 1929.
Evening star., 1940-07-15
0verton ,iasRaIaEs:
OF Congress Foes Of
Higher Gas Tax Here
Senotor Also Opposed
To Diversion Of Levy
For Other Purposes

Senator Overton, Democrat, of
Louisiana today joined the ranks OF
members of Congress opposed to an
increase In the District gasoline tax
from to cents a gallon.
He took the same position as Rep
resentative Dirksen, Republican, OF
Illinois, who Saturday declared a
raise in the tax Is unnecessary at
this time.
Sees All Revenue Needed.
As chairman of the Senate Ap-
propriations Subcommittee which
handles the District supply bill,
Senator Overton said he had learned
the existing 2-cent tax is producing
all the revenue needed by the mu-
nicipal government to finance its
highway program.
Senator Overton also declared he
would oppose any attempt to divert
the use Of the gasoline tan for other
purposes, pointing out that 1t would
result in the loss to the District of
s. .000, 900 or more year in Federal
highway aid.
In addition, he said, he seriously
doubted whether an increase in the
gas tax here would lead Maryland
or Virginia to make improvements
in the highways in those States
leading into the city.
improvements in those States, +"
he declared, will come with the
demand Of the people"
Governors Asked to Testify.
Cows. OConor of Maryland and
Price of Virginia have been invited
to testify before special subcom-
mittee Of the House District Com.
mittee when it begins hearings Au-
gust 6 on q bill to raise the tax to
3 cents q gallon Representative
Poage, Democrat, of Texas, the sub
committee chairman, said he invited
the two Governors to get assurances
from them that If Congress in
creases the local gas tax they will
take steps to improve the roads in
the areas surrounding Washington.
Although additional revenue may
be needed in the future to carry
out an extensive program Of Capt.
tai improvements here, Senator
Overton said the gasoline tax should
not be tapped for that purpose. The
money, he declared, should come
from some other source and perhaps
through imposition Of q sales tax.
Evening star., 1940-07-15

age. After graduation from the
Alton. Ill, High School he attended
ShurtleR College.
Wadlow suffered his injury July 4.
A brace worn on his ankle chafed
and infection set in. He was confined
in his hotel rather than a hospital
His condition had become grave yes
terday.
Family Of Normal Stature.
Father, mother. two sisters and
two brothers all are Of normal
stature. Robert weighed 81a pound,
at birth, February 20, 1918. By the
time Robert reached young man.
hood the elder Wadlow's shoulders
came only to his sons hips.
Scientists classified him as ar
"acromegalic type" designating 9
person whose growth has been alb.
normal because Of overactivity ol
the pituitary. lying at the base oi
the brain.
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Maj. Regnier Is Named
Stimson's Aide de Camp

Secretary Of War Stimson today
designated Maj. Eugene A: Regnier,
cavalry, as his aide de camp. Maj.
Regnier has been an instructor ut
Fort Riley. Kansas.
When Col. Stimson was Governor
General Of the Philippine Islands
from 1927 to 1929, he had the cavalry
officer as his aide. He served in the
same position when Mr.. Stimson was
Secretary Of State under President
Hoover.
Maj. Regnier ACCOMPANIED secre-
tary Stimson in 1890 to the London
Naval Conference and in 1882 to the
Geneva Disarmament Conference.
A native Of Concordia, Kans., he
was commissioned in 1917 In the
Army. HIS is a graduate of the
Command and General Staff School
a cavalry school. and the Ecole
d'Application de Cavaleria at
Saumur, France.