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The Washington times., 1934-12-20

Funeral services were being ar
ranged today for Martin w. Lit
Teton, one of the most widely
known lawyers in the nation, who
figured prominently in some OF
the greatest cases ever heard in
Washington.
Mr.. Littleton, who started life
as railroad trackwalker and
educated himself studying at
night, died last night in Mineola,
New York, at the age of u.
He came to national fame for
his part in the sensational trial
of Harry K. Thaw for the mur-
der of Stanford White back in
1906.
Thaw Trial Method
1t was largely Mr.. Littleton's
method of defense which re-
suited in Thaw being sent to the
insane asylum while the State
was demanding the electric chair,
In Washington, Mr.. Littleton
was summoned to the defense of
Harry F. Sinclair, millionaire oil
man, in the Government cases
against him.
He was also heard in the Cap
ital in defense of former Senator
Truman H. Newberry, charged
with making unwarranted cam
paign expenditures in the 1918
campaign.
With no education other than
one term in school, he worked by
day, studied by night, and was ad-
mitted to the bar at the age of 49,.
Born in Tennessee
Born in a log cabin in Tennes-
see, he was taken by his family to
Texas as a youth. When he was
IS the family returned to it's
former home, but he had a job as
a railroad track walker and re-
fused to leave.
1t was then he determined to be
"a New York lawyer" and less
than 10 years later achieved this
ambition.
Mr.. Littleton is survived by a
widow and a son, Martin w. Little
ton, jr, recently elected district
attorney of Nassau county, New
York.
The Washington times., 1934-12-20
Rurnsey Blamed
Self In Death Ride

The tollowing is the first de.
tailed story of the hunting Gcci-
dent in which Mrs. Charles
Cary RumSey receiUed the in
juries which resulted in her
death. 1t is lDritten exclusively
for The Times by one 1Dho fol.
1owed the hounds tOith Mrs.
Run1Sey ON that tragic Noven1-
Der day.
It will be a long time before
the followers of the Piedmont fox
hounds forget the meet at New
Ford on November IT, 1884. There
were about so in the field, not a
big field as Piedmont fields go,
but numerous enough to cheer
any Masters heart.
The hunting staff, resplendent
in their pink coats, were ready
and eager to cast the hounds at
a given signal from the Master,
DR.. Archibald Cary Randolph.
Among those well mounted for
the chase that day was Mrs.
Charles Cary RumSey, who had ex-
pressed her intention of keeping
fit this winter by hunting, at least
once week, with Piedmont.
Was Warmly Welcomed
She was warmly welcomed by
her old friends who were delighted
to have her out with them again.
She had more or less deserted her
home in Middleburg the last few
years and it was nice to know that
it was to be once again a center
of famed hospitality over the
week-ends.
There was gaiety and laughter
as the hounds led off to the first
covert, the field following behind
DR.. Randolph, when, all of sud-
den, in no time at all it seemed,
the hounds broke and, with the
cry, "Gone away!" there was un.
expected confusion, for, instead Of
starting one fox, the hounds had
Scurried five big red foxes on their
way. An unheard-of thing!
The hounds split, and members
of the field were faced with the
decision of which part of the pack
to follow, all the while heading
down into the big post and rail
fences and high stone walls at
breakneck speed.
Stone Wall Nemesis
Close by Mr.. H. P. Metcalf's re-
Gently completed home, near Up
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perville, there is a stone wall that
proved to be Mrs. Rumsey's meme
sis.
Her horse faltered and then
tried to recover and take it as
best he could. But that best was
to hit it hard with his knees,
which hurled Mrs. RumSey out
of the saddle.
Had the horse decided he could
not make it, there would not
have been a tragic end to that
fall, but he seemed determined to
get over, however scrambling the
fashion, and it was after he had
pulled himself up to the height
of the wall that he lost his
balance, and crashed over upon
Mrs. Rumsey, as she lay on her
side. And that is why her whole
side was so horribly crushed.
Groom Offers Aid
A groom, riding closly behind
her, was the first to offer as.
Sistance. He hailed a farmer,
who was passing in a machine
on the road nearby, and helped
carry her to the rear seat of the
car.
She was taken to the Metcalf
home, but Mrs. Metcalf realized
that she should not be moved by
inexperienced hands, and hastily
withdrew to call the local physi-
clan, DR.. Fred Pochenour and DR..
Mitchell in Washington.
The latter heartily corroborated
Mrs. Metcalf's opinion that she
should remain in the machine
until she could be brought to the
Emergency Hospital.
In Great Pain
DR.. Pochenour accompanied the
patient who was of course in
great pain but oh! so game. ad-
ministering hyperdermics when
necessary.
The short time the machine re-
manned in front Of the Metcalf
home made the pool of blood that
had poured to the ground from
its rear seat all the more Signifi'
cant.
The Washington times., 1934-12-20
DRIVE RESULTS
PLEASE HEADS
Of RED CROSS

Although complete returns from
the annual Red Cross roll call in
the Silver Spring unit of the Mont
gomery County Chapter will not
be available until after Christmas,
officials today expressed belief the
results would far exceed any previ.
GUS years drive.
At a meeting held last night, Of
ficials of the Silver Spring unit
granted permission to a group of
Sligo Park Hills residents to or
ganize an auxiliary unit.
This group will elect it's own
officers, participate in the annual
drives for funds and engage in
other major Red Cross activity.
The next meeting of the unit
will be held at the Silver Spring
Community House, in JesSup
Blair Park, on February 6. A
nominating committee appointed
by the president, Mrs. William
Wright, will present a slate of
officers for election.
The committee: Mrs. Howell
Forsyth, Mrs. H. H. Hewlett,
Mrs. j. B. Mertie, jr., Mr.. j.
Guy Neel, and Mr.. Harry
Trainor.
A short time ago the Silver
Spring Bowling Alley sponsored
a benefit night for the Red
Cross. and collected $40 for the
units chartky fund.
The Washington times., 1934-12-20
REASSESSNENT 7
DELAY VOTED
At PARLEY

ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 20.-The
plan for reaSsessment of all prop,
erty in Maryland next year struck
a snag today when the majority Of
delegates to the annual meeting
Of the Maryland County Commis-
sioners Association voted a delay
in the matter.
Sixteen counties of the % in the
State are represented at the an
nual gathering of commissioners.
In a vote on the question called by
Chairman j. H. C.. Legg, nine
counties voted for delay, four
voted for the reassessment, and
three, including Montgomery and
Prince Georges, declined to vote.
Montgomery Exempt
Montgomery county, it was ex-
planned, is not subject to the
general plan, operating under a
special act passed by the legis-
lature in 1881.
This called for a county re-
assessment, one-fifth of the
county to be reassessed each
year for a period of five years.
The first year this cost $4,000
and in 1888 the act was sus-
pended until 1887, with the pro-
viso that the work might be
resumed next year at the discre-
ton of the commissioners.
New Roads Factor
Those favoring the general re-
assessment point out that since
the last State assessment new
roads have been built, increasing
property values, and a reassess-
ment would bring increased taxes
to the State and counties.
Those opposing the move claim
that it will cost several hundred
thousand dollars and that the
counties can not afford to do this
now.
The meeting also is expected to
consider new taxation proposals.
Many of those attending want the
plan for a State sales tax investi-
gated.
To Study Road Policy
The commissioners also are ex-
pected to receive a report on the
State Roads Commission actiVi-
ties and will seek a settlement Of
policy on future expansion Of the
highway system. State police
matters also will be discussed.
Relief measures will be worked
out, it was said. A growing list of
persons needing aid has been re-
ported in the past few months and
many commissioners feel one of
the first acts of the new Legisla-
ture should be to pass additional
relief measures.
Extension of the State educa
tional system to more adequately
care for increases in enrolment
will be planned. 1t is claimed
there is constantly growing need
for additional school facilities.
The Washington times., 1934-12-20
Liquor Shops Open
Later for HOLIDAYS

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 20.-The
Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Con-
troll Board has announced that
it will keep many of its liquor
stores open until 10 p. m. and
some until II p. m. from Decem-
ber 20 through December 81,
in an effort to prevent a holiday
increase in bootleg sales.
A letter sent to the store
managers explains that, in
adopting this policy, the board
is of the opinion that, at a
number of points in the State,
it will be impossible for the
store personnel to take care of,
during the regular store hours,
the number of customers ex-
pected at the stores for the 10
day period mentioned"
The Washington times., 1934-12-20
Fraternity Sends
Delegation to n. Y.

A large delegation from the
Washington Chapter of the
Alpha Phi Pi Fraternity, Alpha
Epsilon, will leave Saturday for
New York to attend the three.
day annual convention of the
fraternity which opens Sunday in
the Park Central Hotel.
The group will be headed by
William Gorewitz, 1923 Thir,
teenth st. N. w., chancellor of
the local chapter. Ben Michel.
son, 1865 Hamilton st. N. w.. is
grand historian of the star fra
ternity.
The Washington times., 1934-12-20
LIONS CLUB SPEAKER

Charitable activities occupied
the weekly meeting of the Wash
ington Lions Club in the Hotel
Mayflower yesterday. Mrs. Ida
Hurst Clifford, Of the American
Foundation for the Blind, gave a
d demonstration of the talking book
machine.
The Washington times., 1934-12-20
LONDON MARKET

LONDON, Dec. 20 G.NS).
Stocks closed dull on the London
exchange today.
British funds and Kaffir Gold
Mining shares we're firmer. Trans
atlantic stocks were neglected,
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BIRTHS AND MARRIAGES

, Ambrose Stewart 90. and Elsie Cot
ton, 2411 Aunger Place.
William Glenn, 90, 1924 Ninetes =
port Place.
John BIaloek, IS, so1 St, and
Cathleen c. Carpenter, 20, 24O Brlant
ROCKVILLE, Md, Dec. 10 (spect.l,
The following marriage licenses were
issued here today by the Clerk of the
Circuit Court for Montgomery County:
Robert Miles Hodge. "a. and jamie
Nd; William Hughes Rosser, "a, and
Jessie Catherine Broyles, Is. both Of
Banco, Va.
DEATHS
James q. Roberts, rs, Garfield Hos
Mary G. Ward. rs. B Quincy Place,
N E.
Gertrude 8. Rusgles, rs. 1919 rhir-
Benjamin Perry. a. Gallinger Hos
pital.
Marsarst E; shpley Il. 71s zacken-
Phillip E. Caulfield. 81. Georgetown
Francis Summers ss. Emergency
Michael B. Moran. So. Gallinger Hos
s. B. Frank an Wright. 81 44o4 Sixteenth
Theresa A; Gallagher. ST. 1888 Mon.
,Antonia Tasciotti. 5s. Casualty Hos
Elizabeth Tarring. 81 735 New Jsr-
sey Ave. n W.
George W. Rabbit, 50. s13 Hamilton
st. n. w ~"
Josephine watt, So. 1901 Massaehu.
setts Ave. n. w
Roland T. Carroll, ~, Emsrrercv
Hospital.
=. Charles F. Kelly, 4s. 2s2s MyrtI.
st. n. E.
sam Elahos, An, Casualty Hospital.
N. W. OF
g. Gecrgianna c. Jordan. 10. 72o Sixth
ST. n. W.
Elleott o. Brown. ~, FreedmenS
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LICENSED TO MARRY

James Grey, a, 466 l St., and Mary
L. Dodd 80, 466 1 St. N. W.
William P. Novel;, rs. Shady Side,
Md, and Alice C. MacGregor, 10,
Hyattsvile, Md.
John D. Hunter, %. 2217 N St..
and Esse A. Ayers, 20. sos Rhode
Island Ave
Joseph S. soffer, IS, S2s Howard st.,
and Eva NJ. Tate, 27, 115 V st.
Lee N. Ross, 81, 1919 Forty-first St.,
and Luranda Boddie. IS. 1907 Wiscon-
sin Ave.
Hardy L. Pearce. 81, Anson, Texas
and Marion E. Flick, %, $40 Seventh
st. N E.
Charles E. Boteler, 80, 7715 Alaska
Ave, and Rena B. Findley, "a. Knox
willie, Tenn.
John f. Fleming, 25, s185 Twenty
fourth st. N. E, and Margaret S.
Newer %, 1920 Twelfth ST.
Henry R. Stone, Is. 24S Fourteenth
st. n E. and Grace E. Rowe. II, sos
E. Capitol St.
James r. Underwood, "a, 3S2 Four
teenth ST. and Lula V. Profit 2s,
Sl1 Alabama Ave.
lsom Peace, "a, and Alma Hilton,
"a both Of Landrum, s. C.
Richard H. Taylor, 50. Beaverdam,
Va; and Mamie e. Mitchell, rs, Dos
well, Va.
The Washington times., 1934-12-20
EUGENE r. BLACK

Final rites will be held Friday,
in Atlanta, Ga, for Eugene R.
Black, governor of the Sixth Dis.
trict Federal Reserve Bank of At
lanta and until his recent resigna.
tion, governor of the Federal Re.
serve Board of the United States.
The funeral services will be held
at the First Baptist Church of
Atlanta, Ga.
The South mourns the death of
one of its most prominent sons.
Mr.. Blacks death from a heart at.
tack, was a shock to financial cir.
cles and to a great host of friends
throughout the Nation.
Governor Black was chosen by
President Roosevelt, from among
the Nations bankers, as guide for
the Federal Reserve Board
through the trying financial
period that followed the national
bank holiday.
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DIED

SMITH, AARON Ton wednesday De.
cember 10, 1884. at his residence,
Berwyn. Md. AARON T. SMITH, beloved
husband of Bertha K. Smith.
-, Funeral from St. Johns EPISCOPAL
church. Beltsville. Md, on Friday, De-
cemoer Fl, 1884, at 10 a. m.
nterment, church cemetery.
SULLIVAN. PATRICK JOsEPH-on Tues.
day morning, December Is. 1884, at
george S WASHINGTON University Hospital,
PATRICK JOSEPH SULLIVAN. the be.
Keni Remains resting at his late residence. 1912
. Funeral on Friday morning. December
21. 1884 at o O'Clock. from his late resi-
dence 1412 .Twenty-ninth St. N. w. thence
to Holy Trinity Catholic Church. Thirty
sixth and N Streets Northwest. where
requiem mass will be offered at $50
o'clock for the repose of his soul
Relatives and friends are invited to at
Interment will follow in Mount olivet
Cemetery.
Services by Chambers
VAN NESS. HERBERT M.-suddenlv on
Tuesday, December is. 1884. at his
residence. 1923 Maryland Ave N. F..
HERBERT NJ. VAN NESS. beloved hus.
band of Mary A. Van Ness (nee Sexton).
Funeral from his late residence on Fri.
day. December 21 at q A.. M thence 70
the Holy Name Church. where mass will
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend.
The Washington times., 1934-12-20
C. w. LOCKWOOD

Private funeral rites for Chester
Walter Lockwood, 40, Washington
clubman and manager of the
banking firm of Hemphill Noyes
& Co., were held this afternoon.
Burial will be at his birthplace,
Troy, N. Y.
Mr.. Lockwood died yesterday at
his home, 2422 Tracy Pl. N. W.
Mr.. Lockwood came to Washing
ton as a boy and was educated at
Friends and st. Albans schools
here. After serving as an ensign
in the Naval Reserves during the
war, he returned to Washington
and entered the banking and in
vestment business.
He was a life member of the
Sons of the Revolution, and a
member of the Chevy Chase Club,
Burning Tree Club, Wallestin
Manor Club of Maryland, EN-
bassy Club, Harvard Club of New
York, Church of the Covenant,
and former president of the
Ticker Club.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Marjorie Adams Lockwood; a
daughter. Anne Lockwood, and a
brother. H. w. Lockwood of Lake
Saranac, N. Y.
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MRS. .RUMSEYS
BURIAL TODAY
IN n. !,

Mrs. Mary Hartman Rumsey,
chairman of the NRA consumers
advisory board and society leader,
will be buried today at Arden, N.
Y, where the funeral cortege
went yesterday after Mrs. Frank.
lin D. Roosevelt, high Government
officials and society figures paid
their last respects at services in
st. Thomas Episcopal Church.
Secretary of Labor Perkins plans
to attend the rites in Arden, her
office said.
Mrs. Rumsey, widowed philan.
thropist and sportswoman, died
Tuesday from pneumonia that
followed her injury month ago,
when her horse fell on her while
she was riding to the hounds near
Middleburg, Va.
Rev. C. Ernest Smith, DID,,
conducted the Episcopal service
at the church, which was filled
with flowers from members Of Of
ficialdom and society.
Mrs. Rumsey's three children,
NIldI lCO Nd1 y 1OuII4SCy, oA OLloOA1
Hartman Rumsey and Mary
Averill Rumsey, followed the
casket of their mother as it was
carried out Of church. Her two
brothers. w. Averill Hartman
and Roland Hartman, both of
New York, and her two sisters,
Mrs. w. Plunkett Stewart, of
Unionville, Pa, and Mrs. Robert
L. Gerry, of New York, walked
behind the three children.
After Mrs. Rumsey's family
came members of the household
staff of her estate near Middle
burg, Va, her Georgetown home,
and her home on Sands Point.
Long Island. Then followed Mrs.
Roosevelt. Miss Perkins and the
other notableS.
The Washington times., 1934-12-20
B. FRANK WRIGHT


Final rites for B. Frank Wright,
81, the undertaken. were held this
afternoon at his residence, 4404
Sixteenth st. N. w. Burial was
in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Mr.. Wright died Monday at
his home after a lingering i'll
ness. He was co-partner in the
undertaking firm of John Wright
and Company. A native Wash
ingtonian, a member of Hamline
M. E. Church, a Knight Templar,
member of the Washington
Lodge of Elks, the Washington
Board Of Trade, and the Mary
land and District of Columbia
Funeral Directors Association.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Effie Wright, and two brothers,
John and Lawrence Wright.
MRS. LILLE STEWART
Funeral services were held this
afternoon for Mrs. Lille Sewall
Stewart, 78, at her residence,
1712 P Street N. w. Mrs. Stew
art was the widow of Col. Will
liam F.. Stewart. Burial was in
Arlington National Cemetery.
Mrs. Stewart died in her home
Monday. A native of Elkton, Md,
she has lived here for Is years. A
son, Major Frederick F. Stewart,
and a daughter, Miss Florence P.
Stewart, both of WASHINGTON. sur-
vive.
The Washington times., 1934-12-20
BIRTHS

Patsy and Mary Cecero, girl.
Waldo R. and Eliz. H. Cooper. girl.
John and Marion Enrietto,' girl.
stuart H. and Ruth NJ. Herring, boy.
Harold I. and Francisco NJ. Hst-
finger, boy.
Arnold L. and Ruth Nelson, boy.
Oscar w. and Thelma ]. Smith, boy.
Charles b. and Sarah ]. Swartz, boy.
Charles D. and Mary X. Wright, boy.
The Washington times., 1934-12-20

KABTSCH. CURT Con Tuesday, Decem-
ber IS. 1884. CURT c. KABISCH. hus'
band of Lettie j. Kabisch (nee Ward).
Remains resting at the W W. Chambers
Co. Southeast funeral home. 517 Eleventh
st. s. E.
morning December 21. 1884, at II
o'clock from the W. W Chambers Co.
s. E funeral home. 517 Eleventh St. S. E.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend.
Interment will follow in Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1934-12-20

GRIMES, HENRY NAYLOR-On Thurs
day, December 90. 1884. at his residence.
North Keys Md. HENRY NAYLOR
GRIMES. beloved husband of Cora Lee
Grimes and father of Dorothy and Ray
mond Grimes.
Remains resting at Richie Brothers
funeral home Upper Marlboro, Md.
Funeral from the above funeral home on
Saturday, December %. at l p. m, thence
to Cedarville, Md. where services will be
conducted at p. m. at Cedarville Church.
Interment in the church cemetery.
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cember 10, 1884. at Sibley Memorlsl u
Hospital, JULIA M. STRIPPY. the beloved
wife of Edward strippy and mother Of
Ruth V. Strippy and sister of Francis S.
Meagher.
Remains resting at the W W. Chambers
Company funeral home, Fourteenth and
Chaplin Streets Northwest
Notice of funeral services and interment
hereafter.
The Washington times., 1934-12-20

Relatives and friends are invited to attend
Interment will follow in Cedar Hill
Cemetery
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DEAN, ANN CELESTE-Suddenly on
Wednesday. December 10. 1884, at Chill.
dren's Hospital ANN CELESTE DEAN.
the beloved daughter of Joseph S. and
Eva Dean. Remains resting at the W. W.
Chambers Co. Southeast funeral home. 517
Eleventh St. S. E.
Funeral services will be held on Sat.
urday morning, December %. 1884, at 10
O'Clock from the w. W. Chambers Co.
Southeast funeral home, 517 Eleventh st
F
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Interment will follow in Salem. Va.
Services by W. W. Chambers Company
Southeast funeral home
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Close by Mr.. H. P. Metcalf's re-
Gently completed home, near Up
Evening star., 1934-06-20

Keep your efficiency up your temper down,
vour appearance neat and unruf1ed with these
cooling propositions from our Mems Wear Shop.
Come in, and in just few minutes show
YOU how to keep cool all Summer.
Evening star., 1934-06-20

A very special group
that would sell for
$l3.95 and $l6.95!
Every one is a genuine
Mallinson all silk chif-
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cool models for late
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-22
Personals

Mr.. and Mrs. William Ray Adams
will leave Saturday to spend
Thanksgiving with their daughter,
Mrs. Louis McClenren, and Mr.. Nc
Clennen in Cambridge, Mass. The
Adams other daughter, Jane, who
is enrolled at Wheeler School, Provi-
dence, r. L, will join the group. The
following weekend the party will
attend the Army Navy football
game.
Mr. and Mrs. j. S. Pearson have
returned from Detroit, Mich. Their
daughter, Miss Peggy Pearson, who
has been visiting Miss Dorothy Sib-
ley in Detroit, will return tomorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Allen
Moore, who have returned from
trip through the south, are at home
at l East Thirty-siXth street.
Miss Clara Meyer is visiting in
New York
Mr.. and Mrs. Ian Joyce will motor
to Chicago to join friends this week
end and will attend the Wisconsin,
Minnesota football game at Madi-
son, Wis. Mr. and Mrs Joyce for
merly lived in Minnesota.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold T. Ames will
have Mrs. Ames' parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. G. FetroW, Chicago, as their
Thanksgiving guests.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-22
Education
in Nursing
Voted Aid
White Cross Center Will
Provide Funds for
Scholarships.

White Cross center of the Meth
odist hospital will sponsor one or
more scholarship loans for students
in the hospital school of nursing, it
was decided yesterday at meet
ing of the executive board in the
nurses residence.
The scholarships will become
permanent endowments providing
tuition for many young women
throughout the years.
Mrs. Felix T. McWhirter, honor
airy president was named to repre-
sent the center on the advisory
committee Of the school of nursing
and Mrs. Brandt c. Downey and
Mrs. H. w. Krause we're appointed
to arrange for greeting cards from
the White Cross to appear on
breakfast trays of all patients
Christmas morning.
Miss Fannie r. Forth, Superin-
tendent OF nurses and principal Of
the school, and DR.. John G. Ben
son, superintendent of the hospital,
spoke at the meeting. Mrs. Charles
T. Coy, social service chairman.
outlined work done in connection
with the Baby Memorial board. Mrs.
w. c. Hartinger presided. Office
and guild presidents made monthly
reports.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-22
Solution to PreUiOuS
Contract Problem
BY w. f. NTKENNEY
Secretary. American bridge League


DLAY contract safely. Quite often
J. in bridge We have to make a
safety play. TOday's hand carries
out this thought. Not a difficult
hand 10 make. but it was surpriS-
ing the number of pairs who failed
10 make their contract.
Easts opening lead was the nine
of spades. which declarer won in
dummy with the ace. Declarer' S
next play was the jack of clubs from
dummy.
West refused to cover. playing the
eight. declarer played the four, and
East won with the ace. East then
leo the queen of spades, which
dummy won with the king.
Before making the next play. let's
take inventory. Declarer has lost a
club. II the trumpS break. he then
has only two diamond losers. But
suppose the trumps don't break-he
would have a trump loser and. if
West holds the four hearts, two dia-
mCnd losers.
Declarer sees that the danger of
the hand lies in the fact that West
might get IN with the fourth heart.
He plays the ace Of hearts nom
dummy and. when the nine drops
from the East hand. he is warned
that he may find bad distribution
in trump.