Evening Star Newspaper, January 10, 1942, Page 30

Winni;\g Contract By THE FOUR ACES. vid Bruce Burnstone. R O g g enken, world's “ieading _team four, inventors of the s ‘beatem every other avatem existence.) A Brilliant End-Play South’s failure to draw trumps had North biting his nails, but South | turned out to be perfectly correct. South dealer. East-West vulnerable. aQ5 vJio8 0KT632 SA108 4109762 N ©AS +E P 4QJ91732 8 xJ Q 854 ‘The bidding: | South West Fast 19 24 Pass 30 Pass Pass e Pass Pass West led the queén of clubs, North winning with the ace. The jack of hearts was returned, West win- ning with the heart ace. West led s low club, East put up the king and south ruffed. At this point. South decided. he could not afford to draw trumps. 1t seemed likely to him that West | had the diamond ace for his vul-| nerable overcall (South didn't know | about the freakish distribution). If West had three diamonds headed | by the ace he would have two sure | diamond tricks. In that case, for| South to draw two more rounds of trumps. leaving himself with only one trump, would surely result in loss of control. | Hence South abandoned trumps and led a low diamond. West gleetully ruffed and returned the ten of spades, hoping to set up a; spade trick for his partner. | Things looked pretty black for South. He had already lost two tricks and it looked as though he would surely have to lose two! diamond tricks to East. There was | only one forlorn hope and South decided to play for it. He won with dummy’s queen of | apades and returned a low diamond without even drawing another round | of trumps. North gnashed his teeth, | but relaxed when South won with | the queen. South now ran the ace; and king of spades and North again held his breath—especially when a diamond was discarded from dummy instead of the more natural club. | South then led a low trump to dummy and returned the club, dis- earding a diamond from his hand. West had to win and return a black card, allowing dummy to ruff while South discarded the last losing diamond! { ok ow o Yest..iay you were Oswald Ja- eoby’s partner and. with both sides vulnerable, you held: | AAIBAT 4 ©A1087 *QJ5 The bidding Jacoby Schenken You 14 Pass 36 “h Pass 45 44 Pass 2 Answer—Bid five hearts. Your partner has made one slam try. so a contract of flve must be safe with vour fine hand. This bid indicates the heart ace (a falsehood), but | you have the spade ace instead | and vour singleton heart gives you | the control you are trving to depict. Score 100 per cent for five hearts, ! 60 per cent for five spades, 40 per | cent for pass. | Question No. 966. i ‘Today vou hold the same hand | and the bidding continues: | Jacoby Schenken You Maier 14 Pass 36 Pass e Pass 40 Pass 48 Pass 59 Pass | 5e Pass ) What do you bid? (Answer Mon- day. | (Relsazed by the Bell Syndieate. Ine) | The Pour Aces will be plcased to an- | @we: letters from readers if a stamped a (3-cent). self-addressed envelope 13 in- | elosed with each commurication ad- | OVERCOAT OFF THE —By Gluyas Williams EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, CROSS-WORD PUZZLE HORIZONTAL. 1Crude metal |21 To cleave 4Part of | 22 Printer's infinitive measure | 6American |23 Book of | inventor Psalms 11 To spoil 26 Goddess of 13Kind of the dawn lizard 29 Desire 15 Because 31 Container | 16 Spirit of the 33 Brother of | air Odin | 18 Burden 34 Article 18 Constella- 35 Poiconous tion . snake VERTI 1 Precious | 9French river stone 110 Girl's name 2To demolith 12 Colloquial: | 3 Two ends father 4Latin: earth 14 Paid notice 5 Window 17 Heraldic built out device from a wall | 20 Goddess of GBecomdes 0 the harvest ;3;}:; With | 2¢ Persian king 7 King of |25 Female ruff 27 Egg-shaped Bashan 8 To govern 28 Withered 1 SWEATER SPOUTERS ORDEALS 2 3 4 texsor || 5 ACOLYTE | ressed to the Pour Aces care of The g Star. If you desire the pocket outiine of the Pour Aces' system of contract bridge. send wiih vour request 1o the r The Evenine e an eutline without any caarge. Take My Word for It By FRANK COLBY. | ] Saturday Roundelay | Pocatello: Please define and pro- | nounce the word SVELTE.—D. B Answer: The word is from the Prench. It means “slender, lissom.” Bay “svelt.” | Pomona: Please give me the word that means “fear of cats."—L. C. R. Answer: FELINOPHOBIA. pro- | nounced “fe-LY-noe-FOE-bee-uh.” Los Angeles: “Please pronounl:e‘ DUODENAL.—C. L. S. Answer: Say “DYOO-oh-DEE-n"." Rocky Ford: I told my daughter | that her husband should “take good care of hisself.” She insists there is no such word as “hisself.” What about it?—Mrs. R. E. P. Answer: She is correct. The prop- er word is “himself.” Port Chester: How should one pro- nounce the word CACHE?—F. A. W., Answer: Pronounce it as you do the word CASH. | Seattle: Please explain and pro-‘ nounce the word SMORGASBORD. 1 —W. OD. | Answer: The word is Swedish for | 43 African | 37 Cautious | 42 Globular | 46 To ring 38 Ocean | 53 Japanese 39 Land | coin measure 40 Note of icale | 41Plant thit | 38 Black wood dies afte | 60 Japanese flowering | measure | 61 Spirit of river avarice 45 Moccasin 63 Picturesque 47 Guilty | 65 To obstruct person | 66 Exclamation 50 Interjecton 52 Dickens character CAL. 20 Stinging insect 30 Fresh-wizer porpoise 32 Hindu princess 36 Dry mass 87 Queen of the 44 Pronoun fairies 50 Archaic: the 48 Unimagi:a- 62 Periodic tive dis- windstorm course 64 Negative !mm-om fo: an usher. 1 Letter-Out anc they're new shoots on 2 a piant. | Letter-Out te mend. 3 ter-Out _ard businosemen dou't like to sm. 4 |Letter-Ont snt yeull find ®. s Remove one letter from each word and resrrange to spell the word called for in the last column. Print the letter m center eolumn opposite the word from which vou have removed it. If you have ‘“Lettered-Out” correctly you'll be tired. Letter-Out Answer to Yesterday's LETTER-OUT. (B) BURGESS—SURGES (sea does it). (O INDORSE—RINSED (cleaned). 10) MORTISE—MITERS (headdresses of the Popes). (N) BUNTED—DEBUT (first appearance: . (E) OUSTER—ROUTS (puts the enemy ta flight). hors d'oeuvres or appetizers. Pro- nounce it “SMER-goess-bord.” Johnstown: Is there such a word as UNSANITARY?—M. A. Answer: Yes: it means the same | as INSANTTARY. The words are interchangeable. Loony Logic H. B. of St. Loujs contributes what he calls a “wacky warning,” found in a local newspaper: “Don't waken baby for tood unless he demands it!” | (Send in your Loony Logics. It's all in fun. NEW WORD QUIZ GAME. Just out. my new Werd Quix, a fascinating question-and-answer game based on the pronunciation, origin, spelling and meaning of familiar words. See if you can stump the experts in your family or at parties. Ideal for classroom use and for club meetings. Ask for your free copy teday. Send a stamped (3-cent), self-addressed envelope to Frank Celby, in care of The Evening Star. Ask for Word Quiz. Please make sure that you" return envelope bears a 3-cent stamp. (Release: by the Bell Syndicate, Ine.) Manchu'ia is expected to ship 50,- 000,000 bu:hels of cereals to Japan in the coning year. Answer to Yesterdav’s Puzzie UNCLE RAY’S CORNER Questions about early railway trains appear in the following let- | ter: | “Dear Uncle Ray: “I have been notified by a friend | that you are giving wonderful in- | formation to people who ask you| for it. 1 need all the information I can get on these topics: “What was the first successful train to run on this continent? | “How were the first trains re- | ceived by the people? “1 would appreciate it very much 1t vou would give me facts about those topics. “Yours truly, ! “LOTTIE BIELINSKI" 1 am glad that Lottie's friend spoke 30 well of information re- ceived from me. I try to be helpful 30 readers. In some Iater month in this new year, 1 think we shall have several articles ahout early railway trains. 1 believe there is widespread in- terest in this subject, and articles mav be of value in the study of “trensportation” at school The first railway trains were not built on this side of the Atlantic. An English inventor named Richard Trevithick produced a locomotive 138 years ago. It would run, but not very weli. In 1813, another English- man produced the pioneer locomo® tive known as “Puffing Billy.” Still later came the great work of George Stephenson. Claims about “the first success” on this continent have been made for several trains. In 1828 a railroad of a sort was/| built near Boston. It was only 3 miles long, and the cars were pulled by horses. At first the cars were —A Saturday Talk Priend ¢ Charleston” was built for that -ailway. In the summer of 1831 the famous “DeWitt Clinton™ made its maiden trip in the State of New York. People of that time looked on the train: with interest, but many persons vere afraid to ride on them. Op: man declared that men were not meant to travel so fast! When a pioneer train made an average s>eed of 10 miles an hour, it was dong well It you wish to join the 1842 Scrapbook loaded with granite rock, not with passengers. The South Carolina railread opened & steam-power line two years later. A locometive called the “Bast Boys end Girls, Reod the Junior Star Every Sundey THE SPIRIT Trad:mark 4pliee Por U. & Patent Offies TR | 1's Go! THE MUSIC'S HOT/, On,DINKY !! THERES SOME- ONE HERE O SEE YOU.. SPUNKIE HEY'! WHAT GOES ON HERE SET GON' OUT OF THERE, TRAMP...OR WHO EVER WELL, TL...ITSA LITTLE KID? HEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOWG HERE, KD HEY! WAKE UPY S o3 MUTT AND JEFF WE GOT SOME HUSKY SAILORS IN OUR NAVY, H, JEFF? YEH, THENAVY SURE MAKES A HE-MAN OUTTA You' I CAN SEE YOU'RE AN OLD-TIMER AT SATURDAY, JANUARY (Flyis' Jenwny alse’ flies every Sunday i 10, 1942. (Keep up with The Spirit's -‘. on crime in The Sundey Star'’s eemic book.) (Osky's adventures are & regular feature of The Sunday Star’s celored comies.) NO,SIR! NOT TLL YOU TELL US OH, SUCH A BAD, BAD DREAM! AXIS AD PONERS..THEY CHASE ME...AGAIN... I RN, AND RUN.. I DID NOT MEAN TO FALL ASLEEP...I.WO... WHO ? GOT TATTOOED ON YOUR CHEST