Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1931, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, WASH r~xGTUN, D. C. THURSDAY., DECEMBER 31, T * A3 S0 = RAILSTOLDTOEND | " INTERNAL RIVALRY Eastman Says Competition From Outside Demands Co-operation. Railroads yesterday were called upon o abate the competition with their own ; industry to improve their conditions by | Commissioner Joseph B. Eastman of | the Interstate Commerce Commission | in an address before the American Economic Association. Discussing the theory advanced from some quarters that the competition | from outside transportation agencies | makes it necessary for the carriers to| be freed from some of the regulations under which they operate, the com- missioner said his “mind is open" this, However, he pointed critically to | the “good old days” before railroads were subjected to regulation of rates | and other operative factors, declaring | that they were marked by “evil con- sequences” both to the carriers and | to the public, and that commentators of that time “dilate upon the difficulty | i not the impossibility of avoiding such | consequences without the intervention of public authority Rhodes Scholar GRADUATE AMERICAN U. STUDENT HONORED. ALBERT H. GARRETSON, A graduate student of American Uni- versity, who has been granted & Rhodes scholarship for three years' study abroad. Working on his master’s ce- gree at American University, Garretson | expects to receive the degree in inter- | national law next June and then go to Burdens Other Services. Newer forms of transportation highway and water carriers, pipe line planes and transmission lines he to stay, the speaker said, and “furnish compzliing reasons” for co-operation by the railroads to get away from th competition, which he said is having | for the co-operation | mind exists particular- to passenger traffic,’ he said. “Certainly that service must have dras- | tic treatment. It is impossible to | blame its financial weakness upon pub- lic regulation. Not a soul suggests that any relief can, be obtained from an in- crease in fares, with the possible ex- ception of commutation fares. Yet the earnings are such that it burdens all other forms of service. Clearly, the pooling of traffic and the joint use of facilities in every feasible and reason- able way with a view to the elimina- tion of all unnecessary duplication in service and expense is one remedy | which is indicated “And although the needs may not be | 80 great in the case of freight service, the situation as to less than carload traffic is very like the passenger situa- tion, and there are many opportunities for saving which apply to all freight | traffic. Suggests Co-ordination. | “Co-operation can no doubt be ex- tended with advantage also to research | and experimentation with new kinds of equipment and methods of service and to a greater degree of standardization and better specification in the purchase of equipment, materizl and supplies.” Commissioner Easterman said that the railroads should give thought to the way in which the various transporta- tion agencies might be co-ordinated. The commission at present has a co- ordination study underway on which a report shortly will be made public. Commissioner Eastman also said that his personal belief was that a start should be made in tbe interstate regu- lation of bus and truck operation. It is expected that the forthcoming re- port will also deal with this. Chicago Gains 50,000 in Year. CHICAGO, December 31 (#)—The | Acsociation of Commerce announced that Chicago gained 50,000 ents in 1931, bringing the popula- | tion to about 3,475,000. J. E. Vesley, research director of th~ association, said that Chicago's normal annual growth has been about 65,000. SPECIAL NOTICES. NOTICE _TO STOCKHOLDERS_THE AN- nusl meeting of the stockholders of the Washington Loan and Trust Company for the election of directors and for the pur- | pore of {ransacting such other business as may lawtully come before the stockholders in"keneral meeting will be held at the main office of the company. 9th and 3 2. “T032 Teceive votes for such elec- 5 of 12 o'clock noon at R. GRANT. Treasurer. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE anpual meeting of the stockholders of The Capital Traction Company for the election of & board of directors for the ensuing year and the transaction of such other bus; be brought before the meeting, at the office of the compa sts. n.w., Washington. D. C January 14, Temain open tion between the b and 2 o'clock p.m. on that CHARLES th and M Thursday, m e ‘open from 11 o'clock a.m hoon H. D CRAMPTON. Secretaty OFFICE OF THE FIREMEN'S INSURANC Gompany _of Washingion and Georgetown, | Seventh street and Indiana avenue north: | west. 'The stockholders of Firemen's | Tnaurance . Company of ‘Washington and | Qeorsetown will meet at the cfice on MON- DAY, January 4. 1932, for Durpose of Decting “thirteen’ directors for the cnsuing ear.'Polls open from 11 a.m The polls’w until 12 o'clock ALBERT. W. HOWARD. Secreta E 18 HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE Clared a regular dividend of 3 per cent on fts capital stock of $3.400,000. payable Janu- ary 11, 1932, to the stockholders of record i the close of business on December 31 end of 2 per cent payable to sald stock ate. year. the presentatio of the president and other business a and the polls @'clock p.m. ~ The company_ will be closed to the 18th. both days inclus CORCORAN THOM. FREDERICK P. H. SIDDON: Secretar H_STREET SAVINGS BANK. DIVIDEND NO. 3; { Di ent. | 33 SEVENT) The Board o eeting held as declared of 36.00 per share on sble December record at the 26. 1931 JOHN M DISPOSED OF ALL the copartnership oF GUS EICHBERG. 1 BLE FOR DEBTS elf. 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HELMET WILL AID BLIVP INSPECTIONS Developed by Air Corps for Exploring Interior of Helium Cells. The Army Air Corps has d?\'r!up?d‘ an air helmet, similar to that worn by | decp-sea divers, to permit the inspec- | tion of the interlor of hellum-filled gas cells in Army non-rigid airships, it has been announced here. Operations within the helium ce'ls | are conducted in the same manner as a descent into water, air being fed into the helmet through an air hose. Helium is an inert gas, which, though not pois- cnous, will not' sustain life. A man put into a helium cell would die for lack | of oxygen. Air Fed by Hose. The new helmet, said to be the first used in any Government service, is made of two-ply balloon fabric, and fits over the head, being taped around the wearer's neck with adhesive tape to make it airtight. A window of pyralin gives visibility. The helmet is padded to hold the window away from the face and give a breathing space. Air is fed into the helmet through a half-inch hose, through which air is pumped continuously from outside the gas cell. The exhaust air escapes through a large valved hose into the balloon space. An extra air cylinder is carried by the wearer for safety in case the hose breaks or the air supply fails. A rip panel is provided in the | helmet, so that in case of emergency air may be gotten to the wearer with- out the delay of removing the helmet. Increased Efficiency Expected. Tests have shown there is virtually no limit to the length of time a wearer of cne of these helmets may spend in a helium cell without i1l effects. The use of helmets and the making of inspections land repairs from inside the cells is expected to result in in- creased efficiency and economy In nor- mal operations, and is regarded as an absolute necessity in the case of metal- skinned airships, In which the gas cells | cannot be exhausted readily for in- spection and repair. 5,000 CHILDREN TO GET BICENTENNIAL BUTTONS | | Jewelry Concern Will Present Em- blems to Advertise Event to First Arrivals. As its contribution to the Bicenten- nial Celebration of the birth of George Washington, the Charles Schwartz & jewelry concern began yesterday the free distribution of 5.000 lapel but- tons and pins among the children of Washington The buttons and pins are silver and gold plated and bear = likeness of the Houdon bust of George Washington They had been approved previously by the United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission as an appro- priate advertisement for the Bicenten- nial Representative Erk of Pennsylvania was_invited by the jewelry firm to act s host and present the gifts to the children. No designated group of chil- dren was to receive the pins and but- | tons. the plan being to donate them to the first 5,000 arrivals. CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS. EPISCOPAL. _ Lypiphany Rev. Z. B. Phillips, D. D., LL. D., Rector. New Year’s Eve Watch Night Sexvice—11 P.M. to Midnight Preache o Freeman B New Year’s Day 11:00 AM.—Holy Communion. _ LUTHERAN. The Charming Little C = CHRIST LUTHERAN | (Missotri Synod) 16th and Gallatin Sts. N.W. J. FREDERIC WENCHEL, Pastor New Year’s Eve Service 8to 9 P.M. We Welcome You | PRESBYTERIAN. | New York Avenue Church 13th & H & N. Y. Ave. i Ministers | Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo | Dr Andrew M. Brodie i Watch Night Service New Year's Eve 11:00 P.M.—"Life's Yesterday,” (Dr. Sizod | jump through a cloud, the cameras get- STRUGGLE IN CLOUD AS CHUTES TANGLE Two Finally Land Safely After 6,500-Foot Leap in High Wind. Plunging to what would have been certain death, tangled in the lines of each other’s parachutes while dropping | through & cense cloud, two Army Air Corps sergeants at Chanute Field, Ran- toul, TIL, owe their lives to one of the | most desperate aerial struggles in avia- tion history. Details of the plunge, just received ! by the War Department, probably will | g0 into Air Corps history as one of the | great thrillers of the service. Five enlisted men. including tbe two | sergeants, Levi C. Schneider and Lloyd T. Burval, were making a multiple jump for a newsreel concern. They Were to ting them as they went in and as they emerged. Leap During High Wind. The five jumped from an altitude of 6500 feet in a wind estimated at 50 miles per hour. Burval was second to clear and Schneider third. As they en- tered the cloud, some 1,500 feet thick, after “slippin” their parachutes so0 as to be sure to hit near the center of the cloud bank, Sergt. Schneider was startled to see a pair of Army issue shoes appear through the wooly cloud blanket directly in front of his face. Due to the strong winds, both para- | chutes were oscillating vi-lently, and before the two men had a chance to | slip their parachutes apart Sergt. Bur- vel was thrown through the shroud lines of Sergt. Schneider's parachute, his legs and body tangling in the cords, which wrapped around him. The tangle flattened Schneider’s para- chute, and it began dropping rapidly, dragging Burval down in an even worse tangle of silk, lines and flailing arms and legs. Hole Torn in Panel. As the men struggled, still in the cloud, to tear themselves free, a hole was torn through one panel of Schnei- | der's parachute, causing it to fall still | more rapidly. Both men, however, collected their nerves for the ordeal and began work- | ing methodically to disentapgle them- selves. Sergt. Burval, jammed against the torn canopy of the other’s para- chute, with many silk lines wrapped around his legs, set to work, with the assistance of the man below, though | both parachutes now were oscillating wildly as they dropped through the milky cloud Freeing the shrouds from around his legs one at a time, e finally pushed away. Before the men could separate, however, they were swung together by | the osciilations of their parachutes and tangled again. A second time they worked clear and Burval was able to “slip” his parachute away from that of Schneider's. Schneider’s tc-n_parachute dropped | rapidly, and he pulled away from Bur- val, finally making a hard but safe landing. - The men drifted nearly 10 miles from their jumping point during their struggles The entire struggle occurred in the cloud and none of the movie cameras got & foot of it. Cull)eris;)'n Irked By Challenge of “Minor Shark” Calls Wernher “Yellow, Liar and Big Piece of Beef Steak.” By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 31.—The Grand Duchess Marfe of Russia went searching last night for “a slice of | American life,” and she just missed finding it raw at the Lenz-Culbertson bridge match. Up to peek behind the screen that guards four players, she was only two hops behind a knockdown and dragout verbal battle between Ely Culbertson, her one-time countryman, and Sir Der- rick Wernher. “How thrilling!” said the duchess with wide eyes as she was told that Sir Derrick called Culbertson: “Yellow, liar, coward!” That Mrs. Culbertson said to Sir Der- rick: “Cad.” That Culbertson said to Sir Derrick: Yellow, liar, big piece of beefsteak! Wwill you fight?” Like a veteran fight fan. the duchess | made inquiries about comparative sizes | —Sir Derrick, 250 pounds, 6 feet 3 inches; Culbertson, 140 pounds, 5 feet | 10 inches. “How absolutely thrilling!” she ex- claimed. Sir Derrick, vice president of the| American Bridge League, D. 8. L. from the Royal Flying Corps, son of & South | African diamond merchant, one time | assistant lexicographer for the Literary | Digest, came to the match with George | Reith, declared Culbertson enemy, and | Sidney Lenz. Lenz introduced the two about the ’presx room. In walked Culbertso) | Cordial greetings were exchanged I | sir Derrick said casually: “I have! decided to accept the challen made last July, Culbertson.” | | “Y remember no challenge,” said Cul- | bertson, “Besides I do not play with minor sharks.” “I am ready to put up $2.000 against | your $5,000,” said the Englishman “I'll bet you $500 you haven't $2,000 i said Culbertson, “And who brought you | here to make a scene, to rattle me five | minutes before the start of my match | with Lenz? Get out of here! 1If you are not a coward you will wait for me outside!” “It's a deliberate plot!"” declared Mrs Culbertson, who walked in at the middle of the argument.” Sir Derrick left the room. Lieut | Alfred M. Gruenther, chief referee of the match, asked Culbertson to begin the play. “Not until that yellow coward leaves sald Culbzrtson “He is gone,” said Gruenther “I'll look for myself,” said Culbertson stanping out of the room. In the hall- way of the suite he ran into Lenz “Sidney, what do you mean by bring- ing that fellow up here to rattle me> Was it to get my goat?” “I had nothing to do with it pro- tested Lenz. “But he is my friend, and | since you put it thet way, I invite him now as my guest.” Unknown to Culbertson, Sir Derrick was in an anteroom. He left shortly | afterward. Will Rogers ge you | SHANGHAI—Trouble with me I been in China too long. If I had only stayed a couple of days I would have had a hetter idea of China. ‘The mcre folks you talk to, the more you see and the less you know. Al- ways dcdge the “expert who has lived in China and knows How the Cont ! to Culbertson Accept Only Challenges at Own Weight. BY ELY CULBERTSON. NEW YORK, Decémber 31.—After registering slight losses on two succes- sive evenings we returned to our winning ways lust night in our 150-rubber match with Sidney 8. Lenz and his part- ner to determine the com parative merits of the ap- proach-forcing and official systems of contract bidding Our net gain in points was one of the largest made in any eession, al- though the hands were far {rom spectacular, while interesting from the standpoint of the student of the game. The next to the last rubber of the evening was featured by the making of a slam contract by Jo after our oppo- nents had scored one game and had a partial score on the second. We Jater won the rubber which gave us & new high score for the match, The final score last night was 20,220 points in our favor. This was a gain of 3,900 points during the session. There vet r'main 30 rubbers to be plaved. We won five of the eight rubbrs plaved One of the 333,000 contract bridge players who have challenged me to & match since this tournament began ar- rived at the Waldorf-Astoria last night just, b-fore the start of the game. ‘Will Keep Within Weight. If his bridge game were one-half 50 impressive as his welght, it would be ponderous in deed. and in presenting & challenge on behalf of & team-of-four. which he said he had gathered together. he made more or less of a scene. S0 impressive was his size physically that I immediately registered & vow to play any bridge games hereafter only with teams of my own weight, and naturally when the weight of an opponent ap- proximates us a team-of-four plavers to one physical balance would be even what- ever the mental balanc> might be The gentleman, no doubt, was anx- fous to gain a little publicity and were it not for the time and place of his seeking it. I would have no particular quarrel with him, for there has been a person here and there who has gath- ered the idea that I am not averse to publicity myself. Perhaps they are right. Publicity seekers, however, should vend something worthy of the ballyhoo Ballvhoo and ponderous weight or size mean nothing and challenges do not prove one's skill at the bridge table. Inference From Bid. The first rubber of the evening eave an opoortunity for me to dr: \ery beautiful inference from my wife'’s re- sponse to mv opening bid of one dia- mond. The hand was LENZ (NORTH). Ely Culbertson. MRS CULBERTSON (EAST). 5K Q1T H-KQJ9752 D—Q CULBERTSON (WEST). 5542 H—A D-AJ10932 C—K Q5 Cc—10 9 LIGGETT (SOUTH) 5—A6 | H—10 8 6 | D765 4 C-A432 [ I was the dealer and Mr. Lenz passed my opening bid of one diamond. Jo immediately bid four hearts. I knew that she did not have three honor- tricks in her hand, for if she had she would have made a forcing take-out of two hearts. A direct game bid in| hearts over my opening bid shows a | long heart suit and about eight tricks in all, because my partner had no right | to expect more than two tricks in my hand when vulnerable, even although I had bid. Of course, I also knew through the four-heart bid that she held at least one diamond In the play, five were made. Liggett opened the sce of spades and of course | the ace of clubs could ot be shut out. Bid Puzzles Lenz. 1t is hard to make a good player use a weak system of bidding. This was disclosed on the second hand of the second rubber of the evening when Liggett, having a perfect two invitation bid under the official system. opened simply with one spade. A contract of six spades was reached, which was de- feated one trick. When Lenz noticed the cards played by his partner, cou- pled with the jump from two spades to six spades he remarked: “Gee, Lig, what system are we playing?” The hand was LENZ (NORTH). S—A 8 6 H—A 4 2 D—J 10 8 c=g8 7 32 CULBERTSON MRS. CULBERTSON | (WEST). (EAST). S—4 H—8 7 D—AQ9753 C—Q1094 LIGGETT (SOUTH) 5—Q J 10 9 5 H-KQJ 63 D.—None C—A K 8 The contract was set one trick through perfect discarding by the de- fense. Every good bridge player early learns that the most important thing about finesses is to learn to avoid them. The player who takes unnecessary finesse | usually loses, and rightly so. Shocks Kibitzers. However, on_hand No. 696, the first hand of the 117th rubber. T shocked the honorable referee and all the kibitzers with eyes glued to the apertures in the scren, by taking a finesse, apparently unnecessarily, because I needed another entry into the dummy in order to play | through the doubler. The hand was LENZ (NORTH). 5S—Q987412 H—9 4 D—9 17 c—Q83 CULBERTSON. MRS. CULBERT- (WEST). SON (EAST). 8—K 105 H—10 8 2 D—10 6 2 C—A 1097 C. The bidding: SOUTH. WEST. 1notrump Pass Pass 3notrump Pass Double Pass Pass My three no trump rebid was some- what shaded, byt was justified because NORTH. EAST, 1 heart 2 no trump Pass | Pass | Pass | T held three hearts, the suit bid by my artner. In the play, I was able to read the recise distribution of the south band, due to the double and the open- ing lead of the spade seven, which I| China.” The last man that knew Chins was Confucius, and he died feeling that he was becoming a little confused sbou ‘em. 1l be fourth best. In order to p?:;‘ g-fr:igh the doubling hand, after losing to the ueén, I finessed the spade jack, holding in my CULBERTSON PLUS REACHES 20.220 | |Neutral Experts Believe Lead | Is Too Great for Lenz BY SIDNEY S. LENZ. | NEW YORK, December 31—We to Overcome. estants See It Lenz Charges Culbertson With Overconservative Bidding. could not keep up the improved work of the previous session and last night we lost five rubbers out of eight played, | adding 3,900 points to our total minus score, which now amounts to 20,220 points, My By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 31.—In & rage, as she expressed it' for the first | time during the match, Mrs. Ely Cul- bertson had a large share in causing the lead of her side in the contract | bridge match to be greater than ever today. She and her husband won five of | eight rubbers played at the sixteenth ' sesson ending this morning after a turbulent scene before & card was dealt The plus of the Culbertson side in- creased 3.900 to the total of 20,220 The total points became 107385 for Culbertson and 87.165 for Lenz, lhel rubbers 68 for Culbertson and 52 for Lenz. There are 30 rubbers left to play in the 150-rubber match. In the opin- { jon of neutral experts it is impossible for Lenz to catch up. Mrs. Culbertson’s anger was due to what she regarded as a deliberate at- tempt to excite her husband. Englishman Causes Stir. Sir Derrick Wernher, an Englishman | who has lived in New York for some | years and has played as a member of the Knickerbocker Whist Club's team of four, appeared at the Waldorf and was introduced by Lenz In the press room along with George Reith, another New York expert, who has been one of Culbertson’s sharp critics. Culbertson came in & few moments before the match was due to start. | Wernher accepted on the spot a chal- for a slam bid. On the following hand | lenge he said Culbertson had made to we bid only three no trump | him last July. Culbertson jokingly : : | asked why the delay. One word led NORIUHALENZ). | to another. Pinally Culbertson refused to play Lenz unless Wernher left the suite. Wernher left after play started. Mrs. Culbertson expressed her opin- fon freely as to the reason for the in- cident and Lenz disavowed the intention of disturbing Culbertson. Mrs. Culbertson Makes Slam. Superior cards, bidding and play! helped the Culbertsons. Mrs. Culbert- | son’ succeeded at one little slam and | {wo hands later in the same rubber made a squeeze play that produced game at four hearts and rubber ' Here is Mrs. Culbertson’s slam hand, No. 711: usual ref- eree, Mr Rogan, was unable to be present and Har- ris M. Crist, man- aging editor of tne Brooklyn Eagle, was kind _enougi to take his place. After having doubled my new partner, Comdr. Liggett, unsuccess- fully four times Tuesday _evening, our opponents re- newed their efforts in the following hand. which was the first played: North, Lenz—Spades, 8 2: hearts, 9 4, 2; diamonds, queen, 5; clubs, 7.5, 3. West, Culbertson—Spades, queen, 9, 6, 5; hearts, jack, 10; diamonds, ace 4, 3; clubs, ace Mrs. Culbertson—Spades, jack s. ace, king, 8 3; diamonds, 10, 8, 7, 6: clubs, king. queen, jack, 6 South, Liggett—Spades. ace, king, 10, 4, 3: hearts queen, 7; diamonds, king 2. clubs, 10,9, 4, 2 Mrs. Culbertson was the dealer and bid one heart, which my partner over- called with one spade, and Ely prompt- ly doubled. The hand was set two tricks only, for a loss of 200 points, which we could hardly bemoan, consid- | ering that our opponents could easily | have made a game at no trump or at diamonds. | Sidney S. Lenz. Wrong Time for Slam Bid. After losing the first rubber our side selected the wrong time, unfortunately, D.—-J C—AQ109864 WEST EAST (MRS, (CULBERTSON) CULBERTSON). 5—Q 10 8 7 SOUTH (LIGGETT). LENZ (NORTH). S.—9 6 5 H-—Q 5 Bk Qiloteits 2 c=T"8 CULBERTSON MRS. CULBERTSON (WEST) (EAST) DEALER. §—AK J10 8 8-1 H—10 17 H—HKJS8 D—4 D—AJ | C—A Q10 6 5 97432]| Cc—K | LIGGETT (SOUTH). | | | | Laydown for Six No Trump. As can be seen, the heart finesse, as well as the diamond finesse, worked, and it was a lay-down for six no trump. Immediatelv afterward the following hand was dealt NORTH (LENZ). S—A 86 H—A 42 D—J 10 8 c—81732 WEST EAST (MRS, (CULBERTSON). CULBERTSON). S.—4 S—K 132 H—8 17 H—10 9 5 D—A Q97 D 642 C—Q 10 9 4 c—J 6 SOUTH (LIGGETT). S—Q J 1095 H-KQJ63 D.—None Clubs—A K 5 Our opponents passed throughout. Liggett opened the bidding with one | spade and when I raised him to two spades he immediately went to six spades. His bid was far from being a | bad gamble, although it could hardly be called conservative. He knew, of | course, from my raise that I must have | the ace of king of spades, besides an- other ace If the outside ace was in hearts, that | would make the heart suit solid. If I| held the ace of diamonds he could throw off his losing club on it. Therefore, everything for the success of the contract depended on my holding the ace of spades and making the spade | finesse. With the king of spades in West | hand the slam could have been made, | provided the king were not protected three times. In spite of this lost op- portunfty, we won the second rubber. Ely Over Ely Culbertson over-conservative hand: S—Q 4 3 2 H—9 6 4 3 2 D—8 7 6 3 C.—None. The bidding: East one club: South | | pass; West two spades: North pass: | | East three hearts: South pass: West | three spades: North pass; East three | no trump: South pass: West six clubs; | all pass. Liggett lod the three of dia- monds. Mrs. Culbertson took all the tricks. 53 Executes Squeeze Play. The squeeze play was on hand 713, as follows: LENZ (NORTH). S—K Q 10 9 2 H—10 8 7 DK 4 Cc—865 CULBERTSON (WEST), DEALER. S—A 4 MRS. CULBERTSON (EAST). LIGGETT (SOUTH). Jonservative. suddenly on the West, one no trump; two hearts; south, | north, pass; The bidding: north, pass; east, pass; west, three hearts east, four hearts; all pass. Early this morning at & friendly con- ference between Lenz and Culbertson it was decided not to have a session Saturday afternoon, as originally plan- ned. There will be four more sessions, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Pri- day nights. became tollowing LENZ (NORTH). CULBERTSON (WEST). MRS. CULBERT- SON (EAST). s—Q 10 3 H—AKJ106 D.—10 72 C.—A 10 (SOUTH) passed. Ely bid one spade, which I overcalled with two clubs, holding practically nothing, which might have influenced his later bidding. Mrs. Cul- bertson, however, made a forcing bid of three hearts, Showing & very strong nand. Ely correctly responded with four diamonds, and his partner went | to_four spades, closing the bidding. and | _ElV might have been afraid of losing two club tricks, but I do not think his reasoning was correct. He had a five- card spads sult and two sure outside tricks, and of course he knew that his partner had strong hearts, but as this is usually not sufficient for a forcing bid, it was a practical certainty that Mrs. Culbertson held something in against the hand were the ace, queen | clubs, which actually was the case. of hearts and the ace, queen of dia- | The odds were certainly in favor of a monds, and I thus made by contract of | possible slam on this hand and should, three no trump doubled. ktheremrc, have been bid. (Copyright, 1931, by Ely Culbertson.) (Copyright, 1931.) LIGGETT was the dealer own hand ‘the king, trey and in the dummy the ace, jack. This was to provide for the contingency of an additional entry in the dummy hand As & result, the only tricks to make New Year’s Day Dinner Connecticut Ave. at Porter St. Phone CL. 6900 SERVED FROM 12:30 TO 8:30 Blue Point Oyster Cocktail Casaba Melon Celery en Branche Green Olives Salted Almonds Green Turtle. 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Notes for sale; on detached all- FOR INDIGESTION brick, new and modern homes near 16th St. ex- L. W. GROOMES, High-Grade 1st Mortg. coran Gallery of Art on New Year day, the exhibit itseif including 154 oil paintings and 19 works in sculpture The exhibition is under the auspices of the Society of Washington Artists and will be the forty-firsc exhibition of its kind here. The collection will be on view from 2 to 5 o'clock daily until January 31, inclusive. Roy Clark. secretary of the Society Washington Artists, today an- nounced that the winners of the bronze medals offered in four classes would form a part of the exhibition. It is said to be one of the” best showings of local talent in_years. The bronze medal for best portrait was awarded to a painting entitled “Louise.” by May Ashton. A paint- “Cathedal at Taxoo,” by Mary G. Riley, was awarded the prize in the landscape class. 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