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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-12-04
THE TWITCHELLS

THE TWIICHELLS
There is trouble in the home OF
the Elmer TWitchells.
Ceiling trouble.
Elmer is establishing ceilings.
Not that there haven't been cell
ings in the Twitchell residence. The
issue just now is a different kind of
ceiling. The Washington kind. The
prevailing type.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-12-04

the sand back to the falrWays,
where the carpet is green and
smooth.
The National Open champion, al
though always a fine golfer, has
reached the top spot over the harder
way. He has had to fight off the
bitterest type of luck, and found his
path forward and upward largely
through intelligent study in the mat
ter of improvement, and this has
helped to outfit him for helping 9TH
ers and giving sound advice.
4 FeU Methods
Just what does Champion Wood
mean by simpler or more direct
methods?
Gin the first place." Craig said,
II can give you only brief outline
here. I expect to take the matter
up in much greater detail later on.
zone main point is the matter of
how the clubs face comes through
the ball. There was a day in golf
when everything was pronation and
the so-called open face. 1 am now a
firm believer in swinging through
the ball with a squared or closed
face-which simply means keeping
the club face square to the line of
fight.
81 am also firm believer now in
putting the main burden on the
hands, wrists and arms-not the
hips or the body. The less work the
latter do, the better off you are.
"Just watch Byron Nelson, in my
opinion the finest golfer we have
from tee to green. See how simple
his swing looks. 1t seems to be
all hands and arms controlling the
face of the club.
Forced to Improve
Necessity" Craig continued, sis
the mother of many things. In golf
it has become the mother or father
of improvement. I'll tell you about
this part of it. Anywhere from fifty
to a hundred of the worlds finest
playing pros move from Florida to
California, then back across Arizo-
ma, Texas and Louisiana to Florida
again. 1t is a desperate struggle
to break even, even if you win a
few. I've made as much as $4,000
on one of these winter tours, which
left me profit of maybe 5000.
"Then we began to find that par
wasn't nearly good enough. You'd
average par for four rounds and fin
ish tenth or twelfth. We began to
discover that you had to beat par
by six or maybe eight strokes to
win. Naturally, everyone began to
try out certain experiments. None
of us could afford to stand pat on
what we had. We just had to get
better or finish one of these tours
anywhere from S1,50O to $4,000 out
of our pocket.
Zone of the first things l had to
do was improve my putting. There
never was golfer great enough to
win while putting poorly. I did this
by finding more comfortable bal
ance and by going more into the
pendulum idea. My approach puts
frequently keep running three and
four feet by the cup, but I'll take
a chance on holding the next one
coming back.
"Trying for shorter cut to lower
SCORING" Wood said, 1--WE began to
find that one answer was the
squared or shut face. One excep-
lion tn this is Ren HOGAN who takec
a much deeper or fuller swing than
anyone else. Ben weighs only 1876
pounds, so he has to use a much
longer arc to get those big drives
And distance off the tee means a
lot in golf today. You can't keep
using number two irons and number
four woods trying to hit a green
against an opponent using number
five and four irons.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-11
TIME FOR TAXES

Monroe county taxpayers who find it
difficult to understand that tax assessments
and collections this year are no longer on
their DID, slip-shod basis are letting them
selves in for trouble and neglecting a
chance to save tax money
Personal and intangible taxes must be
paid before July Is, while property tax as
sessment books will be closed July 20 and
turned over TO the county commission for
approval and collection.
With the state enforcing collection for
the first time this year, the tax collector
and assessor have no alternative but to fol-
low to the letter instructions handed them
by the comptroller j. M Lee.
Thus by ignoring requests that they
discuss their assessments with the county
before the books go in, the taxpayers are
losing their chance to dicker for minimum
figure, while failure to pay the taxes
promptly will mean penalties and property
seizure.
In the reams of information on the new
tax law coming out of Tallahassee, the
comptroller's office although enumerating
the penalties Of delay, is attempting to
point out to the taxpayers that they can
gain definite advantages by taking a little
interest in the proceedings.
Monroe county previously has based
all tax assessments on rs per cent figure,
with the millage correspondingly high
This year, with property figured ON the
basis Of 100 per cent valuation, the same
millage would be an enormous tax load
Obviously, the millage will not remain the
same under the new system, but just how
much it is cut depends entirely on the tax
payer
The state has no concern in what mill
age figure is adopted by the separate conn
ties, and the taxpayers only chance of
being heard ON the subject is to 60 before
the county commission and the school
board They set the rate, and they will set
it soon.
The Key West tradition of ignoring all
matters concerned with taxes is very likely
to be expensive this year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-11
BALLOON BARRACKS ACCEPTED

Not many years ago, when stories
reached this country about the British bal
loon barrages there was some skeptieism
about the usefulness of the cumbersome gas
bags as a defense against airplanes.
When the war began the British put
their barrages into service. Not long after
the combat began there were reports of bal
looms on ships in convoy and, finally, came
news that Germany had adopted the bal
loon barrage as a defense measure against
raiders.
The United States, busily engaged in
an about defense effort, has not overlooked
the ballons. The War Department is get
ting ready to secure 5000 ballons, which
will sooon make protecting web around
the Panama Canal, Hawaii and vital con-
tinental industrial areas
The balloons, trailing thousands of
wire cables, keep attacking bomhers at q
high level, adversely affecting their bonn
ing accuracy. Dive hombers can hardly
operate in areas protected by the barrages
and successful dive bombing attack must
be preceded by fighter planes to shoot the
balloons to the ground.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-11
INCOME UP ELEVEN BILLIONS

We are somewhat intrigued by the
prediction that the national income for
1871 will be about Sill 600, 100000 more
than the STA, 000,O00,000 recorded last
year.
This is interesting, even to half-back-
ed economist, and more than interesting to
the citizens who expect to share some of the
extra dollars that are floating around.
The economic experts say that the
American farmer will receive, upon the
basis of the present outlook, a cash farm
income of about $1O,60O, 100000, or about
ten per cent more than in 1910. Moreover,
the 1941 income will have greater buying
power than the $11 ,221 100000 that the
farmers received in 1929.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-11

ers that We're around when the
boys floated off to Cuba and the
Philippines But funny situation
humor IS in the saddle and moth
ing funny happens that isn't
given the green light for general
circulation.
The army cartoonists are sur
prisingly good The one from the
Fort Niagara Drum showing an
rate bandmaster. shouting at a
rookie, playing the drums plenty
hot and in the groove, Il don't
care if Krupa does play it that
way, you're in the army now, is
national magazine stuff.
Another, from the Army Times,
shows q befuddled trainee dash
ing about after taps and moaning
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-11

WILL always seek the truth and print 1t
without fear and without favor; never be
afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right;
always fight fer progress never be the or
gan or the mouthpiece Of any person, clique,
faction or class; always do its utmost for the
public welfare; never tolerate corruption or
Injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue,
commend good done by individual or organ
ization; tolerant Of others rights, views and
opinions; print only news that win elevate
and not contaminate the reader; never com
promise with principle
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-11

Bros. q Barnum and Bailey's cir
Gus. Their fisst assignment was
to tame the company's toughest
sergeant
| Then there was the scornful
alvice of Corp. Chester Fails to
a rookie who flinched every time
he pulled the trigger in rifle
practice: Stop trying to dodge
that bullet, soldier 1t comes out
the front end, not the back.
Fort Dix, n. j., likes the story
of the go nurses who had to don
gas masks and walk through the
gas chamber. The boys expected
them to come out trembling, but
almost to a woman they pulled
off their masks to complain,
Gosh, doesn't that leave your
hair mess"
At Fort Bliss, one of the favor
ties is about the private (name
WITHHELD who psas on leave and
wired headquarters: Arriving
Ell Paso, $50 p. m. Have CT truck
pick me up. The telegram, now
in the camp files, bears the pen
cilled notation: mo action TAX
en-.
The Camp Custer News adds
the story of the trainee who was
operating a message station on
maneuvers in Tennessee. 1t was
Missouri weather, the News re-
ports, and along came "a junior
cloudburst". The trainee, seeking
shelter, spied tent, ducked in
and started wringing out his
clothes only to glance up and
find himself face to face with
the Major General.
There also was Pvt. Steve Ko-
watch who bumped off to Nash
vile on leave, went to hotel
and demanded the softest bed
they had in the place He got it,
for 81, found it was SO. soft he
couldn't get to sleep and spent
the night on the floor.
The Dispatch Cat Camp Rob
erts, Calif.) tells of a private
who had been in camp month,
he went to barracks, undressed
YEARLY and rolled into bed. One
night, when his bunkmate was
alongside, he said: Say, Soldier,
if we ever do have an easy day,
remind me to stay up and hear
taps, will your"
Then there was the private on
KIP, who, asked by the cookie
if he had ever had any" expert
ence peeling potatoes, said: "Sure,
l paid out a night club check that
way once,
The stock jokes run to such
things as: "Sergeant-'W Where is
the balance of your gun?' Rookie
- tell you, Sarge, this is all
they gave me-"
And the one about the farmer
who complained to the comman-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-11

der that he wanted his son sent
home right away because he was
getting soft from easy work and
too much loafing.
That. in one form or another.
has been used in nearly every
camp. American Legionnaires
will tell you that it, like many
others, was just as good "a years
ago. But so were lot of those
being told today by some of our
highest paid comedians of radio,
stage and screen.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-11
SOLDIER

1 WASHINGTON, July ll.--our
army in training may be as Sc
rious as all get-out, but it has
its lighter side, too.
I've been blowing through
scores OF army camp papers
dailies, weeklies and monthlies
everything from imimeographed
four shelters to profit-making,
printed dailies, with paid adver-
Using. And can report that
most he-said she said he said
jokes are the same old Joe Mill
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-11
SOLDIER CAMOUFLACED HIS TENT.
Army Lite Serious But 1t Has It's Lighter Side, Too
AND THEN UNABLE TO LOCATE IT
HIS TENT


Feature Service Writer
to a lieutenant 4 know it's after
taps, sir, but / camouflaged my
tent and now can't find it,.
The Hickam Highlights, from
Hawaii, and The Jungle Cat, pub
location of the 18th Engineers in
Panama, have cartoonists who
have caught the spirit of the
tropics, Most of their cartoons
are sultry and although not too
shocking for some of the sophis-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-11
GENERAL LEAR PREPARING FULL SYot
oRx Associated Pressl

e WASHINGTON July ll.-Lieut. Gen. Ben Lear. who
drew down the wrath Of the nations
members of the United States Senate when he punished
battalion because the soldiers "yoohooed" girls on
golf course today preparing full
department. As
Congressman Paul KildaY. Texas Democrat. and Con.
W. r. Nore Democrat of Arkansas. sought
gressicnal investigation of the incident
General Lear said have ordered the troops TO
match back to their when of the soldiers whisiled
and called to girls dressed in 81 9rts golf
Of the soldiers said have called general who
was the in civilian clothes,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-11
Today's Horoscope

Today gives refined tastes and
considerable talent There is a
restless and rather domineering
tendency in the early hours,
with a propensity to assert au-
thority, which trait dirninishes as
the day advances. A proper adj
mixture of this trait may prove
of advantage.
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for family newspaper.
In the funny situation depart
ment:
The Dixie Camp Blanding)
reports that the 124th Infantry
was delighted when Pvts. Thorn
as w Arseneau and Arvel Adk-
ms Joined up, The men had been
animal trainers with Ringing
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-11
AS familiar as the Coliseum in Ron

twas the American Express Company to
American tourists. There they cashed their
checks or left their baggage to roam over
Italy BY MussoIini's order the once fa-
miIiar name has been changed to Amer
ricana Espresso S. A. H. The company has
mot a single American empl0ye in all Italy.
II Il about time the United States American
lied America, and let some Of our idealism
be transformed into realism. We are al
WAYS chanting "God Bless America and
never do anything about i've mustn't
leave ii all to God.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-11

Hitler will continue his aggressions
until there are no more worlds to conquer
unless ne is stopped in his tracks. Were
he.a student Of history he would quit right
now.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-11

, After listening to Prime Minister
tChiirchiIl's radio address, we have slight
suspicion that he has small opinion of one
Bento Mussolini, sometimes referred to as
II Duce.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-11
When conscription was mf

When CONSUMPTION was made COM
pulsory, one Of the inducements used by
the government was that it was for only
one. year, now the Administration propa-
ganAists are starting to urge two-year
term. II seems that one can find sincerity
except in the dictionary! a
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-11

Strikes, when they are not justified,
are. doomed to failure Besides too many of
them viii turn the people against labor,
whose support it needs, Strike an attitude
and let it go at that.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-11

Ponce de Leon only set foot on the soil
of Florida, it was the Chambers of Com
merce that discovered it 400 years later,
and now thousands are visiting it every
year
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-11

Even the Japanese, according to re-
ports are beginning to wonder what a
world-conquering Hitler might have in
mind about the Far East.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-11

Dispatches state that Foreign Minister
Quo of China has returned to his country.
Is he relative q Status Quo we hear so
much about? Anyway this fills up some
space asa
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-11
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

Water and Sewerage
3 More Hotels and Apartments.
3. Beach and Bathing Pavilion.
q Airports-Land and Sea.
5 Consolidation II County and city Gov
( ssnments.
B. A Modern Cit, Hospital
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-11

Il Germany happens to win quick,
decisive victory over Russia, the chances
Tor prolonged world war will be ominous.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-11

Self-confidence is what enables fell
low in the bleachers to Judge q play so
much better than the umpire on the field
Evening star., 1941-07-27

clerk of the Montgomery County
Circuit Court and two children spent
the week at Beverly Beach. Mr..
Woodfleld was with them part Of
the week.
Mrs. Ann Stewart of Connecticut.
formerly of Rockville, is at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Wootton,
Rockville, for the remainder Of the
summer.
Mrs. Murray Hamilton and her
two children and Mrs. Hamilton's
sister, Miss Bessie Brewer, will re-
turn to Rockville tomorrow from a
stay at Atlantic City.
Miss Mary Lyddane is spending
some time visiting relatives in WASH
ington.
Mrs. Harry A. Dawson entertained
at bridge in her home in Rockville
Tuesday afternoon. Her guests in
cluded Mrs. Lulu Bell, Mrs. John L..
Brunett, Mrs. r. Hazel Cashell, Mrs.
Edward S. Dawson, Mrs. John Daw-
son, Mrs. William Hill, Mrs. Charles
G. Holland, Mrs George NJ. Hunter,
Mrs. Rose Dawson, Mrs. William B..
Mobley, Miss Alverda Kingdom, Mrs.
Richard Steele, Mrs. William Read
ing and Mrs. Joseph T. White.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard T. Welsh
and Miss Anne Bouic have been
! soiourning at White SULPHUR
Springs, w. Va.
Evening star., 1941-07-27
Vacation Visits
Take Gaithersburg
Residents AWAY

GAITHERSBURG, Md, July 26.-
Mrs Clyde Griffith and her brother
Mr.. Ralph Etchison, visited Mrs
Griffith's daughter, Miss Alice Grif-
fifth, at Kamp Kahlert Sunday. Miss
Griffith is a councillor there. Miss
Kathleen McBain. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. David McBain, is at the
camp for a month.
Mr.. and Mrs George Marshall
and their daughter, Jane, spent the
week In Pokomoke City, Md, with
Mrs. George Marshall, sr
Mr.. and Mrs. Rodney McCathran,
their three children. and Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Smith were at Ocean
City for the week.
Miss Leona Briggs has returned
from trip to Denver with Mr. and
Mrs. Stacey Belt Of Rockville. They
were guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Claude
Belt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Mullican and
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Ausherman
spent the week at Colonial Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ora Hostetter and
Mr.. and Mrs. Brawner Harding are
at Beverly Beach.
The Brotherhood Bible class Of
Epworth Church gave watermelon
party Tuesday.
Miss Nancy Cross is visiting in
SunburV. Pa.
Evening star., 1941-07-27
Social Notes
fStauntOn

sTAUNTON. Va, July 26.-Mr
Morriss Randolph, jr., OF Staunton
is In Washington, the guest for
several days of his cousin, Repre-
sentative Jennings Randolph Of
West Virginia.
Mr.. Porter McCray has left for
Washington, where he has accepted
a position with the State Depart
ment, Division of Cultural Relations
Among the Americas.
Col. w. B. Tuttle, U. s. A., and
Mrs. Tuttle have as their house guest
in their quarters at Staunton Mil
itary Academy, Mrs Henry Sheldon
Of Old Greenwich, Conn.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Woodward
Hoover, who have been guests for
a month of Mrs. Hoover's mother,
Mrs. F. Percival 10th, returned this
week to their home in Coral Gables,
Fla
Mai. John English Nelson, U. S. A.,
has arrived from Fort Devens, Mass,
to join Mrs Nelson at the home of
her parents, DR.. and Mrs. L. Wilson
Jarman.
Mr. and Mrs. J. j. Tracy of Wash
ington are spending some time with
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Fix at their
home near Staunton.
Mrs ]. H. Craig, Mrs. Bert Sheets,
Mrs. c. A. Prestwood and Miss
Myrtle Farrar have returned from
Washington, where they were guests
for several days of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. L. Highland.
Miss Maize Hodge OF Washington
is spending a few days with Mr..
Evening star., 1941-07-27
Damascus Group
Spending Week
In Florida

DAMASCUS, Md, July 26.-Mrs.
Grover M. Stanley, Miss Gertrude
Stanley, Mrs. sVivia Burdette and
Miss Doris A. Boyer are spending
a week at Miami, Fla.
Members of the local Boy Scout
troop will leave tomorrow for a
week at Camp Roosevelt, near
Chesapeake Beach. They include
Alton Boyer, Eddie Jewell, Sammie
Jewell, Dewey Wade Beall, Robert
Mullinix, Bruce Benson, Lee Cline,
Raymond Stull, Russell Oden. Dee
Wynn, and Walter Lee Watkins.
Mr.. E. G. Jewell and Mr.. Maurice
Talbert Riggs left yesterday for the
Pacific Coast. They expect to be
gone a month.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Deets Warfield
and Mrs. Roger w. Burdette spent
several days this week at ocean
City, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Hoyle of
Gaithersburg were dinner guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Green Tues
day.
Mrs. Elsie Purdum, of Aberdeen,
Md, is visiting Mrs John A. Greene
Miss Maize Mullinix, a student
nurse at Union Memorial Hospital,
Baltimore. is spending her vacation
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Mullinix
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Boyer
are spending a week with DR.. and
Mrs. George M. Boyer at their cot
tage at Beverly Beach.
Evening star., 1941-07-27
Falls Church
Social Set
Active
Mrs. Roy Blough,
The L. NJ. Lucases
Entertain

FALLS CHURCH. Va. July 26.-
Mrs. A. l.. Anderson returned yes
terday from Schenectady, N. Y,
where she visited her daughter,
Mrs. David Hambrick.
Mrs. Roy S. Blough entertained
at luncheon yesterday. Her guests
included Mrs. Howard Middleton,
Mrs. s. Parry Grubb, Mrs. Atherton
w. Mears, Mrs. Albert r. Miller,
Mrs. F. T. Moore, Mrs. Edward Vos-
bury and Mrs. Albert Ware.
Capt. and Mrs. Frederick Jones
have gone to Williamsburg and
Virginia Beach and will sail from
Norfolk for Boston to visit rela-
tives in the North.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rollo Smith and
their daughter, Miss Rosalind Smith,
have returned from Kitty Hawk,
N. c.
DR.. and Mrs. L. M. Lucas were
hosts at dinner last evening. Guests
were Col. and Mrs, John r. Lewis
and Mr.. and Mrs. Lance Sukert
of Washington and Mr.. and Mrs
Albert White of Leesburg. Dr.. and
Mrs. Lucas will leave the end OF
the month for Coldwater, Mich, to
visit his parents, Mr., and Mrs
Alex Lucas. Later they will be
guests of Mrs. A. V. Smith at her
cottage on Lake Huron before re-
turning to Falls Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. D. White left by
automobile for San Francisco to
visit the formers mother. They
will 60 to Seattle and Vancouver
before returning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Rose are
giving a house party in their Falls
Church home. Their guests are