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Evening star., 1939-06-25

home and party bridge and club
bridge. 1t is filled with well-phrased
philosophy, although she has not
sought to be pedagogic. Instead she
has pointed out great deal of the
psychology to be found in the game.
This does not mean that she treats
of psychic bids. but rather the psy-
chology of understanding.
Miss Gray loves her bridge and
takes it with a marked degree of
seriousness. She has no sympathy
for those who approach it with a
ping pong attitude or a sewing cir
Gle complex, for she says lit carries
with it no allure for the people
who indulge in the light fantastic
for diversion or for those who alb
hor concentrating over set period
of time. as it is much more fun play
ing contract seriously than it is to
the tune of a rhumba'
Those who read this booklet will
not only find it instructive as to the
best method of handling certain sit
uations and certain types of hands,
but will also discover that it may be
very helpful in determining and i'm
proving an attitude of mind toward
the game which almost every player
possesses, either for good or i'll.
Miss Gray might have gone fur
ther in her analysis of "The Human
Side of Bridge" and perhaps she
will do so the next time she lays
down her cards and takes up her
pen. She might have dwelt upon the
efforts of certain ghost-writing COL
umnists who reel off yards of bridge
and unconsciously dehumanize their
output of all pep" personality and
human interest. These writers, like
stage carpenters, construct scene
and then by the introduction of Ger
tain movements and fixed actions
achieve a predetermined purpose
Their production then has all the
appearance of a chemical formula
wherein given ingredients are mixed
together, with the human element
entirely eliminated, for a which,
was-to-b be proved result. Florence
Evening star., 1939-06-25
By Frederick C.. Russell.

If autoniotive engineers were to
rest on the laurels and declare q
moratorium on new developments
for a few years we shouldn't be too
ready to accuse them Of taking life
easy. They never make an improve
ment without incurring headache,
and that goes for the simplest Of
changes. Classic example of the
moment Is the overheatfhg which
has been experienced by one of the
new jobs. The situation developed
because of the very change which
was made to prevent overheating.
Since the hose connection between
the engine and top of radiator was
longer than usual, engineers decided
to guard against having the. hose
collapse. Remedy was simple enough
They would insert a reinforcement
in the form of a metal coil. This
had been used as remedy in many
cases where the lower hosing COL
lapsed, SO it was bound to work. But
overheating followed in so many
cases an investigation was necessary
What they found was that when the
hosing heated it expanded, allowing
the reinforcement to suck into the
top of the radiator and jam there.
That encouraged water to go out the
overflow; finally overheating.
The remedy is to put simple
clamp around the outside of the
hose so that the reinforcement can't
slip out of position.
MOtOrdOm at Full Speed.
Your television receiver for the
automobile isn't ready, but the in
dustry has an interesting stop-gap
in the new portable battery radios
which you can enjoy while riding,
yet take along with you on boat
train trip Best connoisseur OF
automobiles is the taxicab owner
operator who tries different makes
and puts them to real service
Talk it over with him and get the
lowdown on performance, service
costs and bugs" And expect
some dramatic developments in the
industry looking toward mergers :.
w. C. Durant, past master at merg-
ing motors, is reported to be actively
working toward consolidating four
of the large and highly regarded
independents into one strong organ
ization Consensus is that it
can't be done, but stranger things
have happened Which is one
of the reasons newspapers are de-
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olive branch crossed with an ar
row, the name Virginia in raised
letters about the edge and the value
indicated in both Roman and Arabic
numerals. Denominations varied
from cents to SITS.
For identification the discs were
sent to the Virginia Historical So
ciety. The new owner was in
formed that they were revenue
stamps of the Revolutionary War
period, used shortly thereafter.
Hiram E. Deats of Pennington, N.
j., COrroborated this information
and added the fact that the stamps
were current between 1918 and 1916.
They were listed in Scott's Spe-
cialized United States Catalogue.
The center of each stamp
showed small hole, resulting from
the discs having been strung upon
a thread"
Add to the list of railroad stamps
four denominations produced by
Bulgaria. The values and subjects
are: IL, yellow green, 10Th century
locomotive: 81, red brown, modern
locomotive; Al, red orange, modern
engine crossing high arched bridge,
and IL, gray blue, King Boris in an
engine cab.
Joseph M. Hale and Charles A..
Emerson, 165 fremont street,
Boston, have published the second
edition of their Handbook of Naval
Postmarks," listing and pricing all
naval markings from 1908 to 1899.
Robson Lowe. Ltd. of London
has purchased the general collec-
ton of John Aspinwall, Newburgh,
N. Y.
Edgar Mohrmann, well-knoWn
German stamp dealer, had been re-
ported in the philatelic press as
confined in a concentration camp.
Now comes authoritative word to
the effect that the story is not true
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
This evening at 10:15, Washing
ton Stamp Club of the Air, Station
VOL. Mr.. Kunze will present a
stamp romance and comment on
current philatelic news.
Tomorrow evening at 8, Capital
Precancel Club, room 6, Thomson
School, Twelfth street NV. Pro-
gram and bourse.
Tuesday evening at 8, Collectors
Club of Washington. Thomson
School. Address by DR.. John A.
Buchness of Baltimore on the
stamps of Lithuania, illustrated with
selected specimens. Greeting from
Carl Einstein, president of the ORR
ole Philatelic Society. Election of
officers.
Wednesday evening at 8, Wash
ington Philatelic Society, Jefferson
room, Hotel Mayflower, Connecticut
avenue N w. Representative Frank
H. Buck of California guest of hon
or. Program in charge of j. Mi
chael Brown. Exhibition of South
American stamps. Bourse.
Friday afternoon, probably about
| 2 o'clock, annual sale of stamps,
covers and coins offered at auction
by the Division of Dead Letters and
Dead Parcel Post, Post ONCE De-
partment, Thomson School. Total
of 18l lots. Catalogues by applica-
ton to division Office, Post Office
Department Building, Pennsylvania
avenue at Twelfth street NV.
Friday evening at 8. Vikings Crew
Hobby Club, IS Rhode Island ave-
! nue. NV.
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endeavoring to secure blocks of
four of the primary issues of all
listed countries. He already has
multiple specimens of the first
stamps of Great Britain, Brazil,
Argentine Republic, Venezuela. Mo-
dena, Roman States, Spain, Siam,
Panama and many others. His mint
block of 18 Penny Blacks is of par
ticular interest in America because
it carries part of the margin in
which the British postal authori-
ties advised the public to be care
full about moistening the cement"
when applying the adhesives to
covers.
The Post Office Department In
formation Bureau on Wednesday re-
leased a photograph of the work.
ing model for the 3-cent Panama
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voting more space to motor matters
these days Proving once again
that things tend to run in cycles is
the new attention being paid to the
increase in car thefts Dormant
for some time, the auto theft racket
now is going into high gear, due
largely to travel-conscious youths
swiping cars for transcontinental
jaunts to the world fairs.
Mechanic Joe Speaking:
There is no need to become
alarmed when the windshield wiper
ceases functioning. The fact that
both Of them go bad at the same
time indicates that the trouble is
with the suction source rather than
with the wipers themselves. So lift
the hood and trace the flexible rub
ber hosing from the wipers back to
the connection with the copper tube
that enters the intake manifold
Remove the rubber hose, cut off a
little less than an inch of it and
put it back on the copper tube
Chances are that the old end sucked
inward and checked suction to the
wipers.
Two Warnings for Two.
One of the saddest mistakes in
driving is to sound the horn just
once when overtaking two cars in
succession. There should be a Sec
ond toot for the second cars driver
1t is unsafe to assume that one toot
is enough for both drivers because
the first man in line assumes the
early and more distant warning
doesn't concern him. He may also
be a bit deaf. Very likely he is in.
attentive. Give him a special, po-
lite warning and be doubly sure
that he knows what you are about
to do.
Right Lane Wrong.
In touring, one way to avoid in:
curing the displeasure of natives
is to pull into the right-hand lane
when stopping for a red light at ar
intersection. In many localities II
Is permissible to make right
turn on red and if your car i!
stopped in this lane the natives art
going to get disturbed over it.
have seen this happen so often
make it a practice to seek the LIANT
next to the right-hand one. Ir
cases where there are three lanes il
one direction the center one is mos
practical. because if you stop in tn.
left-hand lane you may have tt
pause while the driver ahead o.
Evening star., 1939-06-25
In Local Bridge Circles
Johnson.Kibler Pair Win Big June Game
Bv Frank B. LOrd.

Playing almost alright Airing
and Paul Fber from behind in the first section the
Washington Bridge
Wednesday night The
played
154 which behind A.
Perkins In the finals however Mrs johnson Mr. Kber
their beating them points total 357h
stenbeg and Mr. Perkins led in the initial heat finished
ond in the finals with of $50
ended third with Elliott Lake
front the finished fourth
w. Corley
a total of 325h for the sessions.
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This hand was played by Mrs.
Katherine Cotter with James Guy
as her partner at the Cheeks studio.
Mrs. Cotter, having five plus honor
tricks, did not think the distribu-
ton right for a two-bid and so
called one diamond. Mr.. Guy re-
sponded with spade, and from
that the bidding progressed to in
clude all suits, until Mrs. Cotter
called five clubs, which her partner
raised to six. That should have
been the contract, but East, having
misinterpreted her partners original
response in spades, bid six no.
trump. South was troubled for a
lead and decided to lay down the
two of clubs. With the dummy in
view, it was now plain to the de-
clarer that she had made her un-
dertaking very difficult by bidding
six no-trump instead of stopping
at six clubs. which contract would
have been quite easy She resolved
then to take all possible chances,
and saw that if certain hands held
certain cards and all the possible
illnesses worked she could still make
her contract. Three clubs were
played. Then the jack of spades
was led. Fortunately, South had
the ace and was obliged to play it.
He next played heart and this
gave declarer one free fnesse. An
other club to the king in dummy
enabled her to discard the seven
of hearts Then came the neces-
sity for another finesse. She led
the 10 of hearts; if East covered
with the queen everything would
be right in that suit, as her eight
would then be good; If East refused
to cover. she would be obliged to
guess. The 10 held the trick. Then
it was necessary to flnesse a dia-
mond. This, too, was successful
and enabled the declarer to make
her six no-trump contract. She
had taken every chance presented
and found the cards correctly
placed. In duplicate that would
have meant high on the board. In
rubber bridge it made little differ
ence whether the slam was in no.
trump or clubs, but for peace Of
mind and the conservation of nerv-
Gus energy the suit declaration
would have been better.
"The Human Side of Bridge" that's
what we have been SO long talking
about, for surely it must have a
pronounced human side, otherwise
it would not afford the appeal which
it does to the millions who play the
game as an agreeable pastime and
means of social enjoyment. Now
comes Miss Elsie Gray with a dis
QUESTION upon the subject in a
little booklet which is most enter
tanning and instructive. Miss Gray
evidently has not written it for
financial gain, but rather to put into
concrete form some of the thoughts
that have come to her as the result
of her experiences in playing both
Evening star., 1939-06-25
Among last weeks winners were
the following:

tIlc lOllOWlIlS.
At the Hotel Roosevslt.ssetion i Mrs.
Anne Grimes m.1y and William Ghesks
Thelma Goodstein. second: Miss shirles
Schwartz and DR.. Alfred H; Richwine.
snd h5d ohs seeSn Mis- FIRST D0sa Mss
Mrs. j. B. Grees GUSTS. third.
At the American Association of Uni
Hess s and aRd Mrs. As Runs noTsi Rsmos
Isabel Du Bois. third.
Wardman Park Hotel-Mrs Daisy Mott
more. first; DR.. A. j. steinbers and A. l.
Westrich. second; Herbert Hodges and A.
J. strombergsr. third. r
South Mrs Harold Young .nn. and .ra Tor
MI Arthur John PetsT; Evan, 1g MRS Eas nd bes.S Wss
nrst; H. G., Campbell and Miss Mabel
Tobin second.
day Waiter Bolinser and S, G. Perkman.
dt Tdbal I0 lied With I'M Miss sns Kathleen e % MeNutt
Ms wTish S1ss. j. "a
with Mrs. Slower and Nine Faure:
s1 MFs siF1f ws% 'sn1 s Dsn snd
At the wardman PARK HotelwFedersl
Snyder: frst, ella; Mrs Alma Byrne and
Miss Mabel Tobin, second 121; Mr.. and
Mrs Roy Astleford, third. 1907. and
Isaac H. York and Katherine Hope Keegan,
Al the Fairfax Hotel-ruesday. Mrs.
6. g. Bradley and John Donnelly. frst
Mrs. Charles Kavanaugh and Mrs c. M
Hall. second; Mrs. L. D.. johnson and Mrs.
Russell Belt third Wednesday, Mrs. Dora
Schwartz and John Donnelly nrst; Mrs.
Harold Young and James Sourilas. sec
9nd Mrs .,,l r s,,to Owens p. and md Mrs Mrs. Ida
Steinbere. first; C. B. Pennebaker and
Clarence Edelson. second; Mrs Catharine
Tidball and Col u B GRAY. third
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Tol1 LGa l:t1:Seof9S }H}sLlEl tCElS
de Balzac, novelist, and Claude
Bernard, physiologist. The values
and colors are 40c plus 10c, orange;
70c plus 10c, brown; 9Oc plus l0c,
orchid, and 2.25fr plus Csc, blue.
Vatican City has issued four
stamps representing the corona
ton of Pope Plus XII. enthroned
in March. The design represents
Evening star., 1939-06-25

the actual crowning of the Holy
Father on the balcony of St. Peters
in Rome. Denominations are Csc
green; 75c, red; 8Oc, purple, and
1.25L, blue.
President Roosevelt's stamps have
not yet been placed on exhibition
! at the New York Worlds Fair. The
sign announcing them still hangs
in the Communications Building
but that is all.
Copies of the Post Office Depart
ment's junior booklet on United
States stamps, illustrated, now may
be purchased at the philatelic
agency and in the philatelic ex-
hibition room. The price is 10 cents
! Philip SimmS Warren will act as
chairman of the Washington Com
mittee for the Fifth American
Philatelic Congress, Hotel Tray
more, Atlantic City, November "a
to q.
Collectors interested in Canal
Zone stamps should write to C. H
Calhoun, director of posts, Balboa
Heights, C. T., for copies of the
fourth edition of an official pam
phlet listing all permanent, pro-
visional and temporary issues with
complete philatelic data on each.
Laurie F.. Hess, 1907 Kanawha
street NV, tells the following story:
"A recent private sale of the effects
of the estate of a maiden lady
whose father had served on the
staff of Gen. Robert E. Lee occa-
stoned one of those finds which
one hears about but rarely en-
counters.
Certain ancestors from France
had come to this country, bringing
with them what was at the time
of the first republic a small fortune
in paper money. That currency
was placed for sale, an inconspicu-
GUS package in a miscellaneous ar
ray of objects grouped on little
| IdUicS anu pTlCeQ at lew cents
each. Neatly bound with a pape,
strap after the manner of bankers
today, obviously cherished, pre-.
served for many years, the packet
now passed into the hands of 9
stranger for pittance. The pur.
chaser dropped it into his pocket
for future examination. When he
had opportunity to sort over the
contents he discovered tucked anG
bound in with the bank notes an
other packet made of the torn END
of an old envelope bearing the sea-
of the Commonwealth of Virginia
and containing nine paper discs
about Ia inches In diameter. They
bore the embossed symbol Of a
Evening star., 1939-06-25

Canal commemorative, scheduled
for first-day distribution August
Is. Portraits of President Theodore
Roosevelt and Gen. George w.
Goethals are features of the design.
Four national celebrities are COM
memorated in a series of semi
postal stamps recently brought out
by France. They are Pierre Puvis
de Chavannes, mural painter;
Claude DebuSsY. composer: Honore
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every chance offered, as well as to
have the illnesses. attempted prove
successful. If they do, the contract
may be made. but in playing rubber
bridge the contract that offers the
biggest score with the minimum of
chance is the one generally pre-
ferred.
What we are endeavoring to point
out is illustrated in the following
deal, East and West vulnerable and
East dealer:
ASA
vQJ53
<J8754
+65
K1O87 ~ NJ Al
-p1o, WE xnNoa
4 K l043 &AQ98
AAQs632
v642
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Philip Simms Warren will act as
chairman of the Washington Com
mittee for the Fifth American
Philatelic Congress, Hotel Tray
more, Atlantic City, November "a
to 27.
Evening star., 1939-06-25

Copies of the Post Office Depart
ment's Junior booklet on United
States stamps, illustrated, now may
be purchased at the philatelic
agency and in the philatelic ex-
hibition room. The price is 10 cents
Evening star., 1939-06-25

A new policy in collecting has
been developed by Philip H. Ward,
5r., of Philadelphia, who now is
Evening star., 1939-06-25

The American Contract Bridge
League has announced that its next
annual winter tournament will be
held at the William Penn Hotel in
Pittsburgh during the week begin
ming December 3. The 1898 tourna-
ment was held at Cleveland.
Evening star., 1939-06-25

President Roosevelt's stamps have
not yet been placed on exhibition
at the New York Worlds Fair. The
sign announcing them still hangs
in the Communications Building
but that is all.
Evening star., 1939-06-25

Mr.. Russell ,Dill anSUer questions
regarding the safe care and opera.
tion of your car Just address him
hin, care of The Sunday Star and
inclose stamped, self-addressed en-
uelope for personal reply.
Evening star., 1939-06-25

Osborne and Maureen O'Brien are
notable exceptions to this rule. They
are not ghost writer's and appreciate
the fact that bridge has a human
side.
Evening star., 1939-06-25

Add to the list of railroad stamps
four denominations produced by
Bulgaria. The values and subjects
are: IL, yellow green, 10Th century
locomotive: IL, red brown, modern
locomotive; Al, red orange, modern
engine crossing high arched bridge,
and IL, gray blue, King Boris in an
engine cab.
Evening star., 1939-06-25

There are times when the bidding
has been a bit unorthodox that the
declarer will discover after the
dummy is spread that she is in
the wrong contract. That is, that
the declaration would be much
easier to fulfill in another contract
than in the one made In such in
stances it is necessary to employ
the utmost skill and also to take
Evening star., 1939-09-08
Food Profiteers

The sharp and unWarranted rise
in food prices during the past few
days may be viewed with utmost
placidity by Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace, but to housewives and
salaried workers throughout the
Nation it is cause for very real
concern.
Mr.. Wallace is well supplied with
ammunition to defend his belief that
the farmer should receive more for
his products. His statistics show
that prices now being received by
the farmer for farm products, despite
the recent increases, are still well
below the average for the five-year
period preceding the World War,
while the cost of living index is some
forty per cent higher. These figures,
of course, do not take into account
the more than generous subsidies
which have been appropriated for
the farmer and which presumably
will be paid out during the coming
year despite the improvement in
prices.
Ordinarily, price increases follow a
scarcity or anticipated scarcity of
commodities, but that is not true at
this time. There are large surpluses
both in this country and abroad of
basic commodities, and even though
the war in Europe may result in
greatly increased exports from the
United States there is no reason to
believe there will be anything in
the nature of food shortage.
That being the case, it follows that
the present mounting price level is
artificial in nature. Somewhere
along the line between producer and
consumer some one is taking ad-
vantage of the war abroad to arbi-
trarily boost prices, and many
consumers are facilitating that un-
worthy effort by stocking up" on
basic commodities.
The evidences of deliberate food
profiteering already have brought
expressions of concern from the
White House, which is referring
complaints to the Department of
Justice for investigation. It is to be
hoped these protests will be given
every consideration and that the
Attorney General will take vigorous
action against price manipulators.
If the necessary statutory authority
to curb profiteering does not. exist,
that can be corrected in special
session of Congress, and the notion
that higher prices, whether justified
or not, are good for the farmer
should not be permitted to stand in
the way of erecting safeguards
against the exploitation of the rest
of the people.
Evening star., 1939-09-08

associations: Police and fire protec-
ton, expansion of public health ia
cilities, financial relationship of the
local and Federal governments, park
extensions and improvement OF the
physical plant of the school system.
Important as these are, the campaign
to increase the safety facilities of the
city's streets is equally vital. 1t
reaches every person and affects
every home. 1t is a matter which
logically comes within the province
of the organizations representing
the only voice the voteless citizens of
Washington have in their local gov
ernment. The joining of these citi-
zens, in all sections of the city, with
other business and professional
groups which already have offered
their assistance would be most
welcome.
Evening star., 1939-09-08
District Citizens

This week marks the beginning of
new year for the Districts one
democratic institution, the associa-
tions of organized citizens. Among
the many questions of general inter-
est which confront the associations
as they resume their meetings is one
which undoubtedly will become the
source of much debate. It relates to
the pedestrian protection regulations
which were introduced during the
winter, but which we're not rigidly
enforced until about the time the
citizens were disbanding for the
summer.
The result of the recent months of
enforcement of these rules, through
the aid of the educational campaign
which brought them about, tends
to narrow the problem to one phase
which has been neglected save in a
few isolated cases. This is the mat
ter of providing for a timing system
of traffic lights which will give pc
destrians a greater measure of safety.
When the Traffic Advisory Council
last winter recommended the adop-
ton of pedestrian regulation, one of
the principal suggestions Of its safety
program was for guarantee of ade-
quate safety for those afoot through
a better method of signaling at in
tersectionS.
The present system of lights was
planned and installed in a period
when authority to control foot traf-
fic was lacking. The continuance of
the system in connection with the
present regulations has been the
basic cause of most objections to the
rules by individual citizens.
There are, of course, many other
problems of utmost Importance to
Washington on the agenda Of the