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The Washington times., 1932-08-17
By Frances Marion
Contract
Bridge
BY E. v. SHEPARD
Keeping Bidding Alive

heeplng bluolnS AnVo
Suit-over-suit tactics require
bidding to be kept alive If either
a game or a better declaration
appears possible. Do not scorn
a part-game score.
An opening suit bid OF one
may show as low as between
four and five probable tricks,
or it may show almost eight
probable tricks. If the second
bidder passes, endeavor to en-
able your partner to further
display his holdings. Pass if
your honor strength is below
the equal of two kings. Shift
to 1-No Trump if you hold as
good as two kings. Whatever
partner does, your minimum
bidding strength cannot justify
further action on your part, un.
less you shift partners change
of suit back to his first make
because you can better support
it.
Average honor strength juSti-
fieS bidding 2-No TrumpS over
partners suit bid that seems
undesirable to at once support.
Suppose that your partner
makes an opening bid of l.
Spade. His holdings and your
own are depicted below. You
bid 1-No Trump, and he passes.
Probably you will fulfill your
contract.
Partner
AAKe5 8krvo, +76 u952
You
A742 1854 @oIo54 uKe7
Over partners opening bid
Of Heart, the following hand
calls for 2-No Trumps.
AAJ5 1852 AKA uoIos5
Having opened with Heart,
and You having jumped into
2-No Trumps, your partners
proper course is indicated in
each case shown below.
Pass
AIo4 9AKs7 1852 HKJ63
Three Spades
AKQlO7 VAKJe2@6 uAIo4
Three No Trumps-
AK862 3AQJ4 %A94 1J7
Having bid your 2,No Trump
over partners opposing bid
of Heart and he having
shifted to 3-Spades on the sec
ond hand shown above, you
must bid 4Hearts, as that suit
evidently is longer than his
Spades, or her would have
first bid the suit of higher
value.
OF course there is an objec-
ton to bidding 2-No Trumps
upon only two guarded suits,
for fear that your partner may
jump into 3-No Trumps when
both Of you are weak in one
suit. Rather than be caught
that way it is better to bid a
suit, even if your partner is a
bit deceived concerning your
strength. This minimum suit
shift may be made upon av.
erage honor strength, rather
than bid 2-No Trumps with
one very poorly guarded suit.
the suit may be bid upon av.
erage high honors "a, K, O.
for four-card suit, or AK
or A-Q-J for a two suitor or for
a single long suit.
Over your partners opening
bid of Heart, rather than
bid 1-No Trump, bid each hand
shown below as indicated.
"a @2oe6 7P1SsW 1852 +74 uxs7,
AAKJ4 | V74o +Q1O96 us4
Two Clubs
A873 V92 +AK654 o 1864
Two Diamonds
As VQ4 %KJ753 HAe86S
If you hold either four
small cards of partners suit
or three headed by Ace, or K
or @. with better than the
average support Of three
probable tricks, do not shift
into either 1-No Trump or 2.
No Trumps. Either show part
ner a good side or else sup
port his bid. If you support,
The Washington times., 1932-08-17
"BLONDIE OF THEFOLLIES"
An Unusual Romance Of
Life Back-Stase

"BIondis of the FolIies,"
the glomorous picture fe0-
turing Marion Davies, adapted
from Frances MariOn's en-
crossing serial story of the
same name, WiH be shOwn at
Locus Palace Theater, be-
ginning Friday, August I9.
The Washington times., 1932-08-17

line. 1t is in junior sizes,
too, and is $16.50.
For further fashion infOr-
nation. or for names of
stores where You can find
these costumes, write Miss La
vile, enclosing a self addressed.
stamped envelope, or call Dis
trict $3.50, extension 1919.
Evening star., 1932-11-06
Here Are Some Of the Ingenious Methods by Which
the Crooked Gambler Relieves HisVictims of Their
Cash-showing Why Game of Chance Holds No
Chance at All for the Unwary Sucker

thrown directly over an eight-inch space will
show the numbers they are made for every time
the button is pressed. When the juice is not
on, the dice are perfectly fair"
There must be quite market for this sort
OF thing-the catalog devotes two whole pages
to its money making power
This catalog, profusely illustrated, Is . most
Informative booklet-an irradiating memorial
to the International Guild Of Sharpshooting-
published, naturally, only for the eyes Of the
gambling gentry. And, after perusing its high
ly diverting pages, one is struck with the fact
that the creators of loaded dice, and other I'M
plements Of crooked dealing, take . becoming
pride in their work. They even brag about it.
Crooked dice, marked cards. magnetized
wheels are not restricted to urban communities.
They are used to the good advantage and great
gain of their owners on Main street, Center
vile, as well as Broadway-or wherever else
gamblers gather for the heecings, large and
small And they are as easily purchased ldirect
from the manufacturer) as q revolver or q
quart Of whisky.
There are many methods of corrupting the
morals, but enhancing the value, of q pair of
transparent dice. One Of the most common
is this:
The dice are steamed and softened. They
are then fitted into a wise, where they are per-
mitted to COOL When removed, the dice will
possess slightly videned surfaces on the sides
which received the pressure and as result,
are prone to top on those widened surfaces.
THE alteration is precise, minute. invisible
! even to the tutored eye-and disastrously
efficient.
Transparent dice created originally SO
that skeptical players might be assured that
they were not loaded" or "dled"-yet, they
are as easily doctored as opaque bone" dice.
Transparent dice are loaded SO expertly that
It Is literally impossible to detect that fact
unless they are melted down and the filling
Evening star., 1932-11-06

removed It is impossible to distinguished them
from fair dice. They are accurate in every de-
tail, as to weight and measurement.
While dice are the most commonly employed
instruments for cheating, there are any number
of other methods and devices which enjoy
nationwide popularity. Marked or trimmed
cards probably rank second.
Worthy Of mention is deck Of cards the
backs Of which give no indication whatever of
being marked. Yet, when viewed through a
transparent composition, resembling celluloid,
the number of each card is startlngiy visible.
With each deck comes eyeshade inno-
cent-looking and just like any other eyeshade.
The only difference is that it is made of this
mysterious stuff and, to read his opponents
hand all the vearer has to do is tilt his head
the least bit and feast his eyes.
A IL playing cards have highly decorated
backs, and many ways Of marking them
have been devised. minute square is filed
In to denote An ace the spoke is taken
out Of . wheel i. petal is added to
flower :. all depending upon the system
In some instances, certain cards are trimmed
the smallest fraction and are easily isolated by
the practiced touch of the professional gambler.
Dealing boxes, originated to make unfair
dealing impossible, are adjusted so that only
one card may be drawn from them at a time.
They get around this by filing the opening just
enough to permit the passage Of another card.
Any accomplished gambler is able to stack
a deck of cards before your eyes without being
detected Give him brand-new deck few
seconds, and he will be in a position to turn
them up, one by one. as he calls them off
Inasmuch as the odds so heavily against
the player and IN favor Of the 'house.-about
seven to one-roulette wheels have more Of a
tendency to honesty than is generally supposed.
Yet, greedy operators, catering to a noodle
headed clientele cannot resist the temptation
to rig them up with electrical control
Evening star., 1932-11-06
Farm Study

A N investigation to determine just how land
in use by farmers should be utilized to
their best interests is to be undertaken IN
Georgia and Minnesota by local officials aided
by experts Of the Department Of Agriculture.
BeSet by tax delinquency in rural areas, by
the need for readjustments in local govern
ments, and by the need for new forest and
farm land policies, interested agencies In the
two States had asked the National Land Use
Planning Committee to associate with them
in an effort to outline sound land use program.
In approving such cooperation, the national
committee explained that all Federal and State
agencies in any way involved in the problems
will be utilized to gather the necessary facts,
analyze them, and suggest what changes ought
to be made.
Physical classification Of the farm lands Of
the United States according to relative produc-
tiyity and adaptabiity for certain crops is now
step nearer reality, the national committee
announced In accepting a report OF a technical
committee headed by DR.. C. F. Marbut. in
charge Of the soil survey Of the Bureau Of
Chemistry and Soils, Department Of Agriculture.
DR.. Marbut's committee outlined a practicable
method Of classifying farm lands on the basis
Of physical factors already known for most =
the cultivable area Of the country. DR.. Marbut
reported that work in progress since May has
resulted in the classification Of the farm lands
In MaryiaAo, OelaWaTe, New Jersey ana part
Of Pennsylvania Carried ON Jointly by State
and Federal scientists, this land classification
Is done In such detail that the rating is carried
down to 40-acre tracts. The plan contemplates
eventually classifying the land areas Of the
whole United States.
Changes In existing policies governing public
ranges in Western States were recommended By
. technical committee under the charmanship
Of Dr.. J. T. Jardine, chief OF the Ofhce q
Experiment. Stations Of the Department Of AgTt-
culture Approval Of and possible legislative
action on these changes will be considered ut
. later meeting
The problems Of foreclosed farms and farmers.
q subnarginal areas, Of policies Of public g.
q1sitiou of land, Of credit and Of TAXATION ID
relation to land use also received attention at
the sessions Of the Land Use Committee this
week. Technical committees Of specialists nom
many parts Of the country submitted progress
reports on these problems.
Evening star., 1932-11-06
ODDS THAT CAN'T BE BEATEN
BY EDW ARD p. MULROONEY,
Commissioner of Police,
City of Neu York.

CITY OF NeU FORK.
There is no truer, if hackneyed,
saying than:
"A fool and his money are soon
parted"
The public has been repeatedly
warned against that undesirable
element of the populace which lives
BY its so-called wits. Yet there are
still-and undoubtedly always will
be-those who daily fall into the
nimble hands of crooked gamblers
and bunko men of every deScrip-
ton.
II you MUST gamble, don't
gamble with strangers, or persons
of short or chance acquaintance.
Wherever men, women and money
gather together, there do the
sharpShooters swarm as flies to the
sugar bowl
Cards are marked.
Dice are loaded
Wheels are magnetiZed.
Remember:
THE ODDS ARE AGAINST YOU.
Evening star., 1932-11-06

These dice, giren an appearance Of dis
tortion by the photographer, simply eS-
aggrate the ray in mhich dice are dis
forfed in a uice.
Delving through police files, there seems 70
be no end to the list Of crooked gambling D.
vices.
And the suckers-there are plenty Of them.
They've quit buying Brooklyn Bridge and
eilded bars Of pigiron. Today they draw out
their savings to keep our overabundance Of
professionally crooked gamblers in checkered
suits and diamonds.
It is hard to believe-but not long ago at
"fair" not far removed from the towering sky
line of Manhattan, policeman caught and
arrested q man who was doing q land-ofhce
business with three walnut sheels and pea
Evening star., 1932-11-06

ANY an otherwise perfectly ration
al man, who is good to his wife
and loves his children, has gone
overheard with his bank roll be-
cause the spring water trans
parency of a pair of dice con-
Evening star., 1932-11-06
Questions Free

Patient: do you mako Q charge II aGk
. question. doctor?"
Doc: mo. Only answer"
The Washington times., 1932-02-15

Automobiles for Sale
The Washington times., 1932-02-15
Automobiles
FORD

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NEUMEYER MOTOR CO. INC.
Used Car Dept, 202l 18th St. n, W.
FORD TUDOR sEDAN-Latest Model
Looks almost new. Al condition through
out will 20 quickly at this price Low
Nv Mr.. MAY. NAH. 1901.
FORD 1891 Tudor Sedan, Why pay full
price for q new Ford When you can buy
car like this at this amazingly low price
S340 Biggest value IN town See for your
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1926 l4th st, n, W Potomac 0772
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cellent condition and a bargain for some
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1926 14th St. n ". Potomac O772
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The Washington times., 1932-02-15
Automobiles
HUDSON

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$40 down Sl3 pei mo. Excellent trans.
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aUDsON 1880 Straight y 4.DOOr Sedan
This beautiful slightly used car has been
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A smooth. economical motor Priced at
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HUPMoBILE Sedan tust overhauled. 2
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La SALE
NASH

NASH SEDAN 1e9s--s5O. 645 Nd. Ave.
N E. Lin. 01TR
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GRAHAM

GRAHAM 1890 Sport Roadster y wire
wheels. trunk rack We guarantee this
car to he good as new in appearance and
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Automobiles
Automobiles for Sale

I26 Automobiles ior Sale
BARGAINS IN Used CARS
LEE D. BUTLER, 18th q 2ts. N. W
GOOD USED CARS
NOLAN MOTOR CO. iii 18th Sc. y. w:
REAL BUYS IN USED CARS -
Lustine. Nicholson Motor 20. hZatIe. NO
cHEVROLETS & FORDS-
All types. Before you buy
any used car, be sure ana
inspect our bargains; guar
antee to save you money or
your deposit refunded.
Mandell Chevrolet Co.
18th & Good Hope Rd. S. E.
Atlantic 44OO
The Washington times., 1932-02-15
GRAHAM.PAIGE

GRAHAM.PAIGE 1880 S27 De Luxe
Coupe. $3.50 down $40 per mo. Cost
over SO 800 Like new new tires Guar"
anteed. Warrington Motor Co.. 2035 l7th
n. w. Pot 0044.
GRAHAM-PAIGE 1920. 4.Door Sedan, This
:, car is equipped with 4.speed transmits
II you want to save at least 500 on
dependahle used car, buy this Graham to-
~ GRAHAM MOTOR SALES. INC.
1928 14th St. n Potomac 0772
Evening star., 1932-03-06
CATHOLIC ALUMNAE
PARLEY MARCH 19
Eleventh Session Of District Inter
national Chapter to Hear
Mgr. Pace.

The eleventh annual conference Of
the District Chapter of the Interna-
tional Federation Of Catholic Alumnae
will be held March 10 at the willard
Hotel Miss Elizabeth Doian will
preside.
Right Rev. Mgr Edward A. Pace,
spiritual director of the organization,
will be one of the principal speakers
Representative Mary T. Norton Of New
Jersey, chairman of the House Dis
trict Committee; Mrs. Philip A. Brenna
of Brooklyn, president of the fedora
ton, and DR.. Margaret Nicholson of
Washington also are included rs
speakers.
Reports for work accomplished dur
ing the past year will be given by Mrs
T D. Mccarthy, Ways and Means Com
mittee; Mrs. J. D. Sullivan, Depart
ment of Literature: Miss Agnes Quinn,
Department of Education Mrs. George
T. Thomaides, Bureau of Music; Miss
Mary O'Brien, Bulletin; Miss Cath
crime Mcmahon. First Saturday Com
munion; Miss Margaret M. Cotter,
Autographed Books: Mrs. Rieman M
Chesley Bureau of the Blind; Miss
Evening star., 1932-03-06
FRENCH IDENTIFY
WORLD WAR DEAD
BattIefieIds Yielding Bodies of
Soldiers Long Listed
as Missing.

| BY the Associated Press
AMIENS, France, March 5.-The bat
! tIefields of France are slowly yielding
up the bodies Of some of the many
thousands of soldiers still marked miss
| ing" on the Army rolls.
! With infinite care French author1-
ties year after year have continued their
! search throughout what was once no
mans land, recovering bodies and so
| far as possible making definite identi-
| fications.
There are still 100000 French soldiers
! of whom no trace has been found and
| whose bodies are sought. OF British
soldiers there are 10000 whose bodies
still are missing. The American Graves
Registration Service has 1880 names of
missing still upon its rolls. In 1880, 81
| bodies of American soldiers were recov-
cred and identified.
During 1880 about 10000 French SOL
dier dead were recovered, As per cent
being identified. There were approx
mately 1000 bodies of British soldiers
found, of which about 20 per cent were
identified All have been removed to
war cemeteries.
Verdun. the Somme and the Meuse
battle areas are now being searchd
thoroughly by the French ministry of
pensions. and frequently the war Is
brought back vividly by the publication
in the French press of pathetically mea-
ger details by which identiflcations may
be effected.
A ring "in the form of serpent" or
with the initials "B. p; button with
peculiar marking, or the fragment of a
letter on which names still can be de-
ciphered-all these are carefully gath
cred together and held for reference.
A typical description published re-
Gently read:
"A body on which was found silver
medal wit hthe INSCRIPTION Virgo Car
MEL 1O-franc gold pece and s.
franc silver piece"
Another read:
"a soldier with an identity disk on
which can be seen the last letters Of a
name-Y-and the first name Antoine,
Glass of 1907, recruited at Tulle"
Authorities Of all of the armies which
fought over the fields of France are
cooperating in carrying on the work Of
identification,
Evening star., 1932-03-06
PARTIES IN ILLINOIS
IN BITTER FIGHTS
Democrats and Republicans
in Contests for Leadership
Within Factions.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March 5-Bitter fac.
tional fights within the ranks of both
major political parties flaming from ole
feuds and intensified by newer rival
ries, mark the Illinois primary cam
paign which goes into its final drive
tomorrow.
Overshadowing the Democratic gu
bernatorial contest is the struggle for
State organization leadership between
Mayor Anton j. Cermak of Chicago and
National Committeeman Michael L.
Igoe. Both were lieutensnts of the late
George E. Brennan, rot many years
boss" of the party in Illinois. On his
death each sought to succeed him.
Leadership at Stake.
Igoe himself is a candidate for the
governorship, which carries with it a
vast amount Of State patronage in Cook
County, Cer1nak's stronghold, while the
Chicago mayor is sponsoring Probate
Judge Henry Horner for the Office. With
Brennan's place as undisputed leader of
Illinois Democracy as the spoilS for the
victor. these rivals are waging a rough
and ready battle whose effects may be
felt in future national councils of the
party.
There are six other Democratic can
didates, including Bruce Campbell of
East St. Louis. whose support is prin-
cipally State.
Neither Melvin A. Traylor nor Sen
ator James Hamilton Lewis have thus
far taken part in the controversy.
Len Small Runs Again.
Len Small, whose once powerful ma
chine was defeated by the Republican
organization headed by the incumbent
Governor, Louis L. Emmerson, Is at
tempting q political comeback as the
partys nominee for Governor.
Opposing him is Omer Custer of
Galesburg, who has the support of
Emmerson.
Two other former Emmerson adher-
entS also are candidates, Attorney Cen
eral Oscar Carlstrom, who claims En-
merson had agreed to back him in this
years race, ond William Malone, who
resigned as chairman of the State Tax
Commission early in the present ad-
rainistration, charging the Governor
prevented him from working out vari-
Gus reforms.
The primary election date is April IL.
Evening star., 1932-03-06

jail for attempted housebreaking. He
was arrested, police said, when they
found him attempting to enter a house
in the $500 block of Woodley place
early this week. The officers were
brought to the scene by burglar alarm
Thornton was identified by William
NJ. Sinclair, teller of the bank, as the
man who handed him note asking for
bank unless it was forthcoming Sin
clair said Thornton snatched $100 bill
and fed.
Evening star., 1932-03-06
336 CLOSED BANKS PUT
ON AID ELIGIBLE LIST
$27e 900, 900 Deposits Represented
by Institutions Controller Com
mends to Finance Board.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
J. w. Pole, controller of the currency
has Informed the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation that under exist
ing State laws there are 1886 closed
banks in the country which can be as
sisted by the corporation.
These banks have deposits totaling
SITS, 100000. The receivers for them
have $23, 900, 900 available in cash. The
estimated values of the free assets
owned by the banks total $4,000, 900
Pole has expressed the opinion that
loans OF approximately 100000 from
the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
would release approximately $4,000, 600
in frozen deposits.
Evening star., 1932-03-06

On March 10 the sixth Goethe eve
ming Of the German Literary Society
will take place at Miss Schade's home,
1929 Rhode Island avenue DR.. Edward
H. Sehrt, professor of German at George
Washington University, will be the prin-
cipal speaker, on The Personality of
Goethe"
Evening star., 1932-03-06
PLANS TOURIST BUREAU

The Salvation Army will open an
information bureau for the accommoda-
ton of Bicentennial visitors Wednes-
day at its Social Service Bureau, 1t was
announced yesterday by Brig. J. g.
MCGEE, territorial secretary.
An exhibit showing Salvation Army
activities during the World War, its
fresh air work among children, flood
relief and industrial work will also be
on display.
Evening star., 1932-03-06

ference. There will be also the draw
ing for one Summer school scholar
ship for a sister from one Of the af-
filiated schools
The election of a new Executive
Board will take place, all elections
being for a two-year period.
Evening star., 1932-03-06

TIME Tooth anniversary of the death
| of Goethe, German poet, is being
observed by literary circles, uni
L. versities, private schools and
clubs
Miss Anita Schade, founder and
president of the German Literary So
ciety and member of the Goethe So
ciety of America, will lecture over the
radio this week on the poet.
Evening star., 1932-03-06

Gertrude McNally, Legislative Bureau,
and Miss Alice r. Lucas, historian.
The subject of the annual essay for
all local parochial schools. conducted
under the auspices of the federation.
is George Washington and Religion" ="
Two prizes will be awarded at this con-
Evening star., 1932-03-06

1t is from the Anglo-Saxon language
that we derive the words which are ex-
pressive of earliest and dearest connec-
tions, and of the strongest and most
loving feelings of our nature. The
words, father, mother, husband, wife
brother, sister, son, daughter, eighbor
child, home, kindred, friends, house
hearth, fireside, etc.
Evening star., 1932-03-06
MAN HELD IN BANK THEFT
PUT UNDER $4,000 BOND
Prisoner Also Given 24O Days in
Jail on Attempted Housebreak-
ing Charge.

Accused of holding up teller of the
Franklin National Bank February 26 by
threatening to blow up the building
with bottle of nitroglycerine Edward
Thornton, colored, 30, was brought to
Police Court yesterday on a charge of
robbery. He was remanded to the grand
jury under $4,000 bond after pleading
not guilty before Judge. John P. Nc
Mahon.
In addition, Judge Mcmahon SEN
fenced Thornton to serve 240 days In