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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. Washington. D. C". DELAYS TO It I SM. X There were two inside reasons for the slowness of the l\ S. mission to Moscow in sitting down at the conlercnce table with Joe Stalin One was the technical dillieulty of n'?hl across Germany. The oth or was China. The flight from I.ondon to Moscow IS not the easiest thing in the world, -mce about a thousand miles is across enemy territory. The British bombers which make the night use as much of the night as possible ner German territory and also go up to tremendous altitudes. The U. S. mission to Moscow also had to fly sections?three different planes, floivn on different days, with the time of departure kept a dark secret. And the last sections were delayed in London. The Chinese delay of the mission n Moscow occurred before Averill Harriman left Washington, when -t was proposed that China, nearest friendly neighDor to Russia, should others ' ,larrir"an. Stalin and the Hut the state department objected 1 " a 1, r n highly unexpected rea son Appeasement-minded diplo "'ai's 'ns'dt' ?he state department claimed that a Chinese mission to Moscow-would offend Japan. The I nuea States was trying to woo Ja pan away from the Axis, they ar gued and so nothing must be "done way" Japanese fur the wrong In the end. Japan reaffirmed its La,r'n"sh,P in the Axis; but only l r*n .theh "? s- mission to Moscow already had started, also after Nazi victories in Russia seemed on the up grade once again. So the appease ment policy of the state department got nowhere. NOTE? Key to Japanese policy of friendship for the United States or allegiance to Germany always is the barometer of Nazi military suc wUl%ti k l !Cr 1S vvinnine. Japan Will Stick by him; and if the U.S A looks stronger, it is vice versa.' * * * U. S MILITARY ATTACHE Ocn. John Magruder was recently appointed head of the U. S mili tary mission to China in order to when in 8ht t0 Chian? Kai-shek when ne was not permitted to send ? n envoy to the Harriman confer pniHpr" ' v* But General Ma gruder is more famous for another ehapter in his life. anotner ,^he" he was U. S. military at tache to Switzerland in 1938 Ma gruder sent a report to the war de partment on the march of Hitler s Si! InntZh-d f?rCCS l? COnqucr Aus tria In this report he said that Nazi ty and" thatCkS 'vere ?f poor qual broken H many ?f thcm had broken down en route to Vienna. This U. S. military report was immediately picked up by the Brit the who.placed great confidence in the word of a U. S. military attache. Today, Hitler's tanks and armored cars are the model for modern war ? ? ? MRS. ROOSEVELT'S JOB A friend of Mrs. Roosevelt came o see her at the White House to n th FirSt Lady's n?' m the Office of Civilian Defense She was much impressed at Mrs Roosevelt s grasp of the problems' of some oefdhStU: l?Cd at thc boldn^s ; oi some of her plans. So thinking ?f Director LaGuar aia, the friend remonstrated- "If will '",roduco such bold ideas, what i win the mayor say?" Th<"!, ITirSt Lady smiled. "My m-f ' o Sa'd' don 'l th'nk the mayor will say 'No' to me." sn!^Ti iT.Mrs' Ro?scvelt cannot spend full time at her desk in the th'o a"o durinK her absences, the job will be held down by her good friend Mrs Henry Morgenthau wife of the secretary of the treasury! ? ? ? merry-go-round What thc army needs for men in fnn! r" arCaS iS short Pants- The dit torTscrs ?TC to? hot and dim cult to keep clean. British officers observing the maneuvers wo ro shorts and looked cool and swagger. Observed one sccond armv wit ancnt the fact that the war games were held in the "Gajun" (Arc?* an) section of Louisiana, "450,000 fine and a" ,ooking for Evarige Attention. Mr. Tom Dewey: The falfv in 1h n0t Sh?W Up VCry help fully in the maneuver area. In some did m-.kWnS J0"' orKanizations did make an effort to provide the faln'S? . .bath'"g and laundry f?ii !i ' ln general the U.S O fell down on the job. It should have men ? prc,aJ arrangements for the j men in this backwoods region. *T*HERE are three major factors * in competitive spurt ? apart from such superior physical assets as speed and power. As some sporting philosopher once remarked ? "the race may not be to me swiii -nor ine bottle to the strong but that is where to look Usually ? but not always. For the three major factors referred to play a big part in naming the winner, no mat ter what the sport. These three lead in); elements are rorm ? iccnnique cirantland Rice and Tactics. They are the bis winners, where so many are so well matched on the physical side. They write most of the head lines. And they are the least understood by the vast majority of those who play various games. \\ luit They Arc Just what is Form ? what is Tech nique and what are Tactics? I put the matter up to P. Hal Sims, bridge player and golfer, who has put in much careful thought along these lines through 40 years of competi tive effort. "Form," says Mr. Sims, "is real ly style ? the correct physical way of doing things. It is the popular current style, which often changes as new champions come along with different ways of playing games. "Technique is the best mathemat ical execution of form. I should say that technique is eliminating as much as you can the margin of er ror. It demands that you give more consideration to the percentage side. "Tactics is the handling or direc tion of form and technique together. "Many times the failure to ob serve technique puts on added pres sure. All the mistakes you make increase pressure. In bridge for example the first mistake you make in bidding or playing the hand will increase the pressure enormously. The same is true in golf, which opens with the tee shot. If you miss this stroke, you wade right out in the middle of increasing pressure. ? ? * The Many Angles "I have always thought," P. Hal continued, "that Walter Hagen was always a master of technique and tactics. Hagen's angle is this ? a golfer plants his tee shot into the rough, partially stymied by a tree. In place of accepting the penalty he has incurred by a bad shot, he tries to save himself by some miracle attempt. The odds against this at tempt may be 10 or 15 to 1. If he would play out safely and then gam ble on one pitch and one putt, the odds would be much less. And the penalty much lighter. "How many average golfers will you see trying to play a wooden club from the rough. You'll see it often. They merely move from one trouble to deeper trouble, as a rule. By using the right technique they might still get a 4 on the hole or almost surely a 5. But overlook ing the percentage matter complete ly, they wind up with a 6 or a 7. Most golfers could take away 8 or 10 strokes from their average rounds by using better technique. ? ? ? The Case of Conn "When Billy Conn met Joe Louis, Conn's boxing form was brilliant. "His foot action and his hand ac tion was all that any one could ask. He made you think of style ? just as Jim Corbett oncc did. "But Conn's technique in the thir teenth round suddenly blew >ip. He had taken the lead because he kept moving around, giving Louis a shift ing target. But in the thirteenth round he suddenly turned flat-footed and began exchanging punches with a much better puncher. "Many will tell you Conn became flat-footed through the body pun ishment he had taken in earlier rounds. I don't agree with this for the simple reason in the twelfth round Conn was at his best, swarm ing all over Louis. It was this round that made him so badly overconfi dent that he forgot all about tech nique and tactics. Tie overlooked Old Man Mathematics or Old Man Percentage completely. You couldn't blame him (oo much for this. It was the first time he had ever been within two or three rounds of a heavyweight champion ship. He lacked at this point the coolness and the experience needed to carry along a winning plan, which he actually had. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL Hv HANOI. D L Ll'NDQl'IST. D D. Dr. in of The Moody Bible Inslitu.? of CMCMO. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson subjects and Scripture text* se lected .ind copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. THE HOLY SPIRIT OUR HELPER LESSON TEXT- John 3:5-8: Acts 1:8; Ro mans 8 : 26-28: Galatinns 5:22-26. GOLDEN TEXT? As many as are led by the Spirit of God. they arc the sons of God.? Romans 8:14. s UN DAY CHOOL Lesson for October 19 Nothing could bo more practical or blessed for and in the life and service of the believer than an understanding of the person and work of the Holy Spirit; yet it is a subject concerning which most Christians are woefully ignorant. Before taking up the "work of the Spirit as it appears in our lesson, , we should understand that the Holy Spirit is a person, not an influence which may exert itself upon a serv ice, or a power which a man may obtain and use. He? the Spirit? is one of the Trinity, with the at tributes of a person, doing the work of a person and always referred to as a person in S< ripture. (When ?i1' ?'?, u?ed ?' lhc Holy Spirit in the A.V. it will be found to be cor- ' rectcd to "him" in the R.V.) thc-ii does this divine person no. The work of creation was His as one of the Godhead. He regen erates, He teaches. He comforts. He leads. He calls and qualifies Chris 1 tian workers. He is the divine I author of the Bible. These and many other things He does, this One who indwells the believer as the ever-present Guide and Counselor. I he Christian is I. Born of the Spirit (John 3:5-8). J he new birth is indispensable to , entrance into the kingdom of God. We either enter that way or we do not enter at all. I.efs be clear' about that. "Ye must be born again" is not the edict of a church or the I plea of a preacher; it is the plain statement of our Lord Himself (v. 5). Tlie Holy Spirit is indispensable to regeneration. We must be born of the Spirit. How it takes place we can no more explain than the coming I or going of the wind, but just as the power of the wind is known to us by clear evidence, so the regen- 1 erating power of the Spirit, myste rious though it be in operation, is known to us by the evidences of re deeming grace in a man's life (Acts 1K"[>?wered by fe Spirit Spiritual birth calls for service for Christ. For that we must have the power of the Holy Spirit. A man may do many ordinary things in the strength of his own body and mind (although even these ought be,undcr the Spirit's con trol), but when he comes to wit nessing for Christ, teaching or cGod> Word, he must have Holy Spirit power or he is ut terly ineffective. 8:^28)DireC'Cd ^ thC Spir" (Kom" i The guidance of the Holy Spirit, I especially in the matter of prayer : is stressed in these verses, but they ! i are a part of a longer passage deal- ' | ing with the indwelling, enabling, ! and guiding power of the Holy! of ml inea?h T 9"14)- Every detail | pf life in the home, at business or 1 in social relations should be in con- i scious submission to His leading 1 It is in the realm of the spiritual, I however that we find ourselves ' showl'% ilnfirm (V' 26)' and ,his shows itself especially in prayer? i we know not how to pray as we ' Christ Thr." ,he Spirit in the Christian makes intercession. How Thc, Practi?l meaning ot ? Words scerns to be , that the divine Spirit, by His im ! which h lnf1ucnce in the saint's soul, which becomes as it were the organ | of his own address to the Father j ?fCth?S ? rightness of the essence Moule). Prayer " (H- c" G 22-26) Wa,lting the SPirit (Gal. 5: Being born again of the Spirit thaw * & thp SPirit- " ^ right that (as v. 25 puts it) "if wc live by C c. Sp,rit. let us also walk by the sP'rit. The works of the ficsh horrible in their wickedness and Just, are listed in the verses preced ing (w. 19-21), and then by strikes contrast we have the fruit of the Spirit in the life of the Christian Note the distinction; Work is some thing we produce; fruit is snm? thing that grows. S SOmc Walking in the Spirit the Chri. fan finds in his life the inward ThrcCS ?f love. joy, and peace These then express themselves out wardly m longsuffering, kindness goodness, faithfulness meekness' ?and self-control. The Spirit-filled A damp cloth placed arnund a head o( lettuce will keep it (:csh and crisp. ? ? ? It the beaten e?s are mixed with milk that is sli'Jitlv warm when makinc custard- the cus tard will not be watery. ? m ? When bakinc candied sweet po tatoes turn them frequently to per mit even browning. ? ? ? Meats cooked at low tempera tures not only save fuel, but they arc not overcooked. nn