Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1942, Page 30

Winning Contract By THE FOUR ACES. (David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D. Maier. Oswald Jacoby and Howard Schenken. world's leading team-of- four. inventors of the system that has beaten every other eystem in existence.) Bidding the Slam In the final analysis there's only one way to bid a slam: You open | your mouth and say the word “six,” | followed by the suit (or no-trump) | that seems most attractive at the | moment. No slam can be bid un- less one of the two partners goes through these motions. It's really amazing how many players lack the' courage or the | gumption to bid six of anything un- less they have pushed themselves | over the precipice by using one of the four no-trump conventions. Maybe you've seen a youngster on | a diving board, singing out some schoolboy’s rhyme to give him cour- age to jump off. That's exactly what happens when most people use the current slam conventions. In today’s hand, conventions wouldn't have done a bit of good, for aces weren't needed. Instead, one of the players had to use his head and about the same amount of courage that he'd use in swatting a South dealer. Neither side vulnerable, 48 V109632 ‘The bldding: South West 16 East 34 Pass 54 Pass Pass Pass Pass North said he hadn’t bid the cold | slam at hearts because he was afraid | his partner had a losing trump trick as well as a losing spade. As you can see, South had good reason not to go past five, for he had two losing spades. | But North should have realized | that his partner had stopped short | only because of the spade danger. The odds were overwhelming that | South had good enough hearts to solidify the suit, in which case the North 30 TEN CENTS THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATUR’DAY", JANUARY 24, 1942. —By Gluyas Williams CROSS-WORD PUZZLE 1. Interjection. 4. African bird. 8. Wolfhound. 12. Corded cloth. 13. Hebrew month. 14. Trick. . Cloth measure. . Two weeks. . Recreation. . Meadows. | 21. Pronoun. 22. Snakelike fish. 3. Story. 27. To steal from. 29. Limb. 30. Revolving 31. 32. 33. Preposition. To observe. Ethiopian title. VERT! ‘To drag along. ‘ Shade tree. To yield. Symbeol for | sodium. | Note of scale. | . War god. 9. . Assistance. . Nerve. . Former | President. . Confusion. . River in New | 13- York. | 24, . Workers’ [2.& union 26. 10. 11, 17. By. Affection. slam at hearts was safe. But there was another reason for | bidding the slam—even if it couldn’t 1 be made! East and West h:#l con- | firmed the spade suit for & possible | sacrifice. It was a near certainty | that one of them would bid six | spades as a sacrifice against six| hearts. North could be pretty sure that six spades could be set for more than the value of four hearts. * o % x | Yesterday you were Howard Bchenken’s partner and, with nei- ther side vulnerable,“you held: 4Q95 VK83 OAJT32 32 The bidding: Schenken Jacoby You Burnstone 14 Pass 10 Pass 14 Pass [§3) | Answer—Bid one no-trump. This | bid best shows the balanced dis- | tribution, lack of good support for | either black suit, and conveys some assurance of a heart stopper. The | bid is not a strong one, but game | is very unlikely unless your partner can find another unforced bid. Score 100 per cent for one no- trump, 60 per cent for two diamonds. Question No. 978. Today you hold the same hand, | and the bidding continues: Schenken Jacoby You Burnstone 18 Pass 10 14 Pass 2NT Pass ‘What do you bid? (Answer Mon- day.) (Released by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ‘The FPour Aces will be pleased to an- swer letters from readers if a stamped (3-cent). self-addressed envelope is in- closed with each communicatio. ad- dressed to the Four Aces. care of The 1f_you desire the pocket e Four Aces’ system of contract bridge. send with your request to the Four Aces. care of The Evening Btar. s stamped (3-cent). self-addressec large-size envelope and you will receive an outline without any charge. Take My Word for It By FRANK COLBY. Saturday Odds and Ends Everett: I have been instructed to pronounce the word RISE like | the word “rice.” 1s it true that this is the modern pronuncia- tion?—V. Answer—No. The dictionaries of i 1800 tried to popularize it, but, | states the New Webster's, “This (‘rice’ for rise) probably never pre- vailed and is now little heard.” | | Baltimore: Please define and pronounce CLICHE.—O. W. C. | Answer—A cliche (the word is| from the French) is “a trite, over- worked word or phrase.” Say: klee-SHAY. Chicago: Why do we pronounce the first syllable of CHICAGO as “shi” instead of “chi”?—D." B. Answer—Probably because Chi- cago is from the Indian word SHE- KAG-ONG, meaning “wild onion place.” Houston: The radio boys pershtf in putting “Archie” in ARCHI- PELAGO. It's driving me MAD!— J. 8. Answer—the common mispro- ' Goddess of | . An aristocrat. | discord. HORIZONTAL. 34. 35. 37. 38. 39. 40. Six. Befits. Carpet. Footlike part. Existence. 5 English river. 41. Greek letter. | 42. Diteh. 44. To analyze grammat- {cally. 47. To unite in TCAL. To ascend. Burden. Roman bronze. 30. Waste cloth. 32. Checked. 33. To regret. 36. Exists. 37. To withdraw. 38. Lavender. 40. Europeans. an effect of consonance, adjustment. . State flower of Utah. . Holland commune, 2 8 s . Colloquial: mother. Hawaiian bird. Mexican coin. To sow. Heraldic: 7. 28. 2. g88% 85% & |SPOUTERS | SEMINAR Let, SHORTAGE [ PLENARY | OSPREY | Letter-Out and it grows. 1htm-cm for underground workers, -Qut for & persom given as urity. Letter-Out for household linen. Letter-Out and an experienced person knows these. Remove one letter from each word and rearrange to spell the word called for in the last column, Print the letter in center column opposite the word from which you have removed it. If you have “Lettered-Out” | correctly he was a Confederate cavalry leader. Answer to Yesterday’s LETTER-OUT. Letter-Out 8) PRICKLES—PICKLER (he'll preserve it). T (0) (R) TRAINING—INGRAIN (fix deeply). MOUSE—EMUS (ostrich-like birds). BERATED—DEBATE (polite argument). (M) STUMBLER—BLUSTER ( talk “hot air”). nunciation is “Archie-puh-LAY- guh.” But it has no sanction. Bet- ter say: AHRK-ee-PELL-uh-goe. Perth Amboy: Does one “sic” a | dog, or “sick” him?—J. C. F. Answer—The proper word is| SICK, which is a dialectal corrup- tion of the word SEEK. Loony Logic Mrs. J. H. M. of Port Arthur ob- serves that in Hollywood they will do anything for publicity. To prove it she sends this clipping from a well known gossip column: “L—, Hollywood’s youngest mother, made her first appearance since the birth of her baby at the streets of Paris Cafe!” Send in your Loony Logics. (It's all in fun.) LAST CALL TODAY for my free GRAMMAR Pamphlet No. 2 that contains 25 common errors in gram- mar and explains in simple, non- technical terms how to correct them. Don’t miss this valuable and in- structive pamphlet. Send a stamped (3-cent), self-addressed envelope to Frank Colby, in case of The Evening Star. Ask for GRAMMAR Pamphlet No. 2. Please make sure your re- turn envelope bears a 3-cent stamp. (Released by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) “Answer to Yesterdoy's Purzle ChlelLizMo[alr olz] ATARTIINAN UNCLE RAY’S CORNER The other day I had a visit with s group of boys and girls, and they asked me questions about the | present World War. I replied wi the questions and now shall tell something about them. “Do you think Stalin will stay on | our side or go with Hitler?” asked Johnny Leuker. 1 think Stalin will stay on our side. Russia so far has done the hardest land fighting against the | Nazi armies. The fighting on the Russo-German front has cost more Jives than all the rest of the war- fare against Hitler. There have been more Russiaf deaths in this war than British, French, American, Belgian, Dutch and Norwegian deaths combined. With such losses after the German attack on Russia, it does not seem likely that Stalin will give two minutes of thought to joining Hitler. “If Hitler dies, do you think Goer- ing will try to be still more power- ful than Hitler?” asked Patsy Mc- Govern. If Hitler dies from disease in the | pext few months, Goering probably will take the top place in the Ger- man government. He is not likely, however, to obtain so much power. Goebbels, Himmler and others In the same crew will want to share the power. Hitler’s death, however, may not be “natural.” -He may be captured by his enemies, either inside or outside Germany. Perhaps a re- volt will sweep him away, and in that case Goering no doubt will go along with him. Another girl in the group, Shirley Marie, was more interested in Japan. “Have the Japanese the third largest navy in the world?” she inquired. “Where do the Japs make all their war vessels and airplanes? What is the name of the Japanese Emperor?” To answer the last question first, I shall give the name of Japan's Emperor or “Mikado.” It is “Hiro- hito,” and is pronounced “HE-ro- HE-to.” He came to the throne 16 years ago. The exact size of Japan’s Navy —A Saturday Talk and Great Britain are about equal in size, and are considered the most powerful in the world. Japan was | rankad third when she entered this Wwar. It is known that many of Japan’s war vessels and planes are made on the island of Honshu, also spelled “Hondo.” That is the main island of the Japanese empire. Other islands also have shipyards apd factories for war purposes. Many parts of Japan have been “fenced off” and people from other countries have not been allowed to see the secret war work going on in those places. If you wish to join the 1942 Uncle Ray Scrapbook Club, send me a self-addressed envelope. 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