davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1939-02-05

mer champions Of the league but not
now players, were visitors at the
meet last Tuesday.
The Executive Committee of the
American Contract Bridge League
has adopted an amendment to the
rules in the matter of changing con-
vertable rating points into master
points which will be formally an
nounced in the next issue of its
organ, the A. C. B. L. Bulletin.
4 X
The Federal Bridge League has
sent invitations to the chief clerks
of all Government departments and
agencies, asking employees under
them to attend the Blood and
Serum Bank Valentine party con-
Quoted under the auspices of the
American Contract Bridge League
at the Wardman Park Hotel on Feb
ruary a. All of the proceeds will
go toward the children's party fund.
Among last weeks winners were
the following:
the La sa!s sh.N.4d Monday r,sd Mst KasS hsg
leen McNutt and w A. Bolinger. second;
Mrs. Thomas Clark and Mrs. c. E. Meiss-
..el At the La Sale Thursday: Ms: H; N
Evans and Mrs e r.. Walton, second;
Mrs. H. G. Gillmor and Samuel keemle.
At the warren; Monday: North
and South, Mrs. T. D. Sheldon and Mrs
Maurice Reddy. nrst; Mrs, C., shafleI
na MS oys5 JACK bsnne snd East
Koch. nrst; Mrs. Harold Young and John
v.1s Us %on.n Am.sn Ns sst Hoa.kns % un and
Ests:s Dr Emily Grexe 'fis hrst. Mrs JAMIE Mason
Miss Maxine Grts. third,
-, At the Wardman Park Hotei: MIS-; e
Touche and Herbert Hodges second: MIS-
AT the University Club Vladimir syesh-
eoSe sY and na M sam w. RSssnf FS ecoad M5s
AT the Cheeks Studio: Treasury De-
partment Recreation Club, Mrs. I. F, Hol-
fombs and MSs snd Dusns ss s5 Ann. ME-
F. Arnold, II. third.
At the Hotel Rooseyslt: North and
sqg @ Nh and kHTz Mrs sas n keT
Miss Paris Keener and Rush Buckley: East
and West Miss Peggy Monroe and Oliver
Mrs. Bernard Rossen. second: Mrs. J. l.
Pa,roti s,. and Mrs ;,i,, Anne e Crimes rim ,hrs
Baker IT, rst Nh! NJ. .n,S and Mrs
q Blue, third
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lombia, Germany, Japan, New
foundland, Switzerland and Tunis
joined the procession in 1919.
Gen. Jozef Benz, revolutionary
soldier. shown on Poland's 25g,
rose red stamp of 1928, embraced
Islam, took the name of Amurath
Pasha and was given commission
in the Turkish Army in 1849 He
died of fever at Aleppo few months
later.
Scott's Monthly Journal for Sep
tember, 1928, said: "Commemora.
tive stamps as means of exploiting
philatelists are losing favor.
Stamp collectors are not as gullible
as heretofore. 1t may be that the
long suffering worm has turned
and we shall see an end to this
sort of thing"
Charles Lamb, the English es-
sayist, mentioned envelopes as nov
elites In 1925. The first manufac-
turer of covers in Great Britain
was a man named Brewer, who be
gan in 1880 to cut them out by
hand In the United States the
pioneer was Edward Maxwell of
Louisville, KY, whose products have
been traced back to 1885.
The first stamp auction ever held
was conducted by John Walter
Scott in New York May %, 1870.
L. D. Shoemaker has been elected
president of the Garfield Perry
Stamp Club, Cleveland.
The Canberra, federal capital,
112p, red brown, stamp of Australia
was competitively designed. Sketches
to the number of 1855 were submit
ted for a $500 prize, finally won by
Ronald Harrison of ElWood, Victoria
The die was engraved b. Waterlow
& Sons, London, and the plates were
made and the stamp printed by A.
j. Mullett, commonwealth stamp
printer, Melbourne. There were four
plates of 80 cliches each. by 10, no
watermark. Booklets of two panes
of eight stamps also were issued.
The new capital was inaugurated
May 8. 1927, but the city still is un-
| finished.
Stamp meetings for ths week are
| listed as follows:
Tuesday evening at 8-Collectors
Club of Washington, Thomson
School. Program, bourse and auc-
ton
Tuesday evening at s;45-Wash-
ington Stamp Club of the Air, Sta
ton VOL. Albert F. Kunze will
present a stamp romance and COM
ment on current philatelic news.
Wednesday evening at 8-Wash-
ington Philatelic Society, Hotel
Carlton. Col. Spencer Cosby, for
mer District Commissioner and
veteran philatelist, will exhibit and
describe a portion of his fine COL
lection of the stamps Of Sicily and
Naples.
Saturday afternoon at 5:30-Na-
tional Federation of Stamp Clubs
broadcast, Station WRC.
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In Local Bridge Circles
Maryland State Tournament Ends Today

went down Mrs. Callan saw that
she had her work cut out fer her.
There were six trumps held by
the adversaries, two of them the
king and TO- Where did they lie!
The bidding had not indicated. She
won the first trick with the ace of
spades in her own hand and led the
queen of hearts. West, of course,
did not cover and the seven fell
from East's hand. That was bit
Illuminating for it shows that East
must also hold the 10, since she
would have played a smaller one If
she had it and surely West would
have covered the queen If he had
the 10. So declarer then led the
jack of hearts and when East did
play the 10 it showed that West still
had the king and one trump. Some
way she must get rid of losing
spade; If clubs broke three-three
she could do it, but they probably
would not. If West held three
diamonds, however, the situation
would clear up.
The diamonds were led and Mrs.
Callan discarded one losing spade;
then the ace of clubs and a small
one to her king of that suit. The
jack dropped from West and she
then had a clear reading of Vests
hand at the opening, four hearts,
four spades, three diamonds and
two clubs The start of the "stran-
Cling operation began when de-
clarer led the third club. If West
trumped she would let him have
the trick. win the next one no mat
ter what he led, take out his re-
naming trump, win with the king
of spades and discard her remaining
losing spade on the queen of clubs.
But West refused to trump and in
stead discarded spade. Mrs. CAL
Ian then led the fourth club and
allowed the 10 in Easts hand to
hold the trick and throw off her last
spade.
Each player then held two cards,
North the ace of hearts and small
spade, East the nine and eight of
diamonds, South the nine and eight
! VI llCdl 10 dllI WCol VIC hAIlS dllo
one small heart East could only
lead a diamond and South could
only trump with the eight; West
could then undertrump or trump his
king and be overtrumped by the ace
in dummy and North's six of spades
would be trumped by Souths nine
of hearts. In any event the king of
trumps was "strangled" and the six
heart contract was made.
! X
The Shufflin and the Fairchance
teams. two newly organized four
somes, have taken the lead in the
second half of the season team of
four duplicate games being played
by the Federal Bridge League at
the Wardman Park Hotel. Some
of the members of both teams have
played heretofore in these matches,
but not in the foursomes as now
constituted. Under ruling made
by the Executive Committee of the
league their percentage averages
figure the same as if they had
played in all games instead of
those of the second half only.
The percentages, together with
number of games won and lost, but
not including the most recent play
are as follows:
Evening star., 1939-02-05

North as dealer, with 5ia tricks
plus. had more than enough for one
no trump, but being a strict book
player, believed she did not have
quite enough for 2 no trump, SO she
compromised by bidding one club to
await response from her partner.
To keep the bidding open Mrs. Cal
Ian called one heart. When West
passed, North jumped to four no
trump and South showed the ace
of spades by bidding five spades.
North in her turn bid six hearts.
North's four no trump bid was some
what optimistic in view of the fact,
that she was seeking a slam, al
though five no trump could be made.
When South bid five spades North
thought six hearts looked safest.
West made the proper lead of the
queen of spades, and when dummy
Evening star., 1939-02-05
Bv G. Adams H0zvard.

With a gigantic defense program
facing Congress two important roles
are presented which will play i'm
portant factors In future mobiliza-
ton and defense. They are ade-
quate highway systems and eff
ciently equipped automobile fac
tories.
The highways along with the
railroads are needed for rushing
men and ornaments to desired 10
cations. No one at the present time
can forecast just what point will be
the advantageous one, therefore
systems must be worked out that
will prove adequate in all sections
of the country. The American Road
Builders Association and the United
States Bureau of Public Roads are
awakened to all eventualitles and
have plans well in hand.
Government and State appropria-
tions are needed for this work and
should be secured. If the roads
should never be needed as a part OF
national defense, they will at all
times prove beneficial to residents
of cities and farms alike and will be
a source of assistance to economic
prosperity. Employment and sales
of materials for road ventures fal.
where they do the most good.
Few parts of the American indus
trial machine would have such ar
important role in mobilization fol
war as the automobile factories. &C.
cording to a study by the North
American Newspaper Alliance. More
than usual attention was given
Therefore, to the recent sessions Of
the Society of Automotive Engineers
that were devoted to national de-
fense I'VE are fortunate in oul
problems Of military transportation,
Maj. Gen. Henry Gibbins, quarter
master general of the Army, told the
S. A. E., in being able to turn fol
resources of equipment to the great
est automotive industry by far o1
any country, and for technical ad-
vice and assistance to the worlds
finest body of automotive engineer.
and executives. We are the envy o1
all other countries in these respects.
Evening star., 1939-02-05

also a booklet edition of the same
in the form of miniature sheets.
Salvador will have a set of three
airmail stamps for the Golden Gate
Exposition at San Francisco.
The Id airmail stamp of New
Zealand was withdrawn from sale
on December 81 and will not be re-
placed.
In 1909 the Buerau of Engraving
and Printing prepared design for
the Alaska Yukon commemorative
representing a polar bear on cake
of ice. 1t was rejected, perhaps for
Evening star., 1939-02-05

Last Tuesday night "a boards
were played in Sections A and B,
and 1S in Section C. The winners
were Section A, Substitutes. II
boards; Arlington. 16 boards Sec
ton B. P. w. A., 1612 boards; Coast
Survey, 13 boards. Section c, Pegh,
1872 boards, and Climbers, 1o12
boards.
Ned Brooks and A. B. Gait, for
Evening star., 1939-02-05

geological or geographical reasons.
But 30 years later Greenland has
made use of the same idea, very ap-
propriately indeed.
New members of the Washington
Philatelic Society include: Harry
Lofland. Arlington, Va; Miss Eliza
beth Priscilla Tweksbury, Washing
ton; W. H. Jopling, Minas, Brazil;
Edmond S. Mcconnell, Scarbor-
ough-on- Hudson, N. Y, and Lee F..
Reid, Detroit.
The African section of the Henry
w. Roth collection will be sold by
Eugene Klein, 200 South Thirteenth
street, Philadelphia, Monday and
Tuesday, March 13 and IA. Cat
alogues on application.
Half of the money needed for
Post Office Department building at
the New York Worlds Fair is avail
able; the other half must be found
Immediately, if the structure is to
be raised.
DR.. Charles P. Steinmetz, General
Electric Co. wizard was an en-
thusiastic stamp collector during
most of his lifetime. He barred no
country from his albums, but con-
fessed a preference for the issues OF
the German States.
Arthur T. Burger, director Of the
BOYS Club of Boston. was a visitor
in Washington last week. He has
three boys stamp clubs and one
girls stamp club under his super
vision.
The first Nobel Peace Prize was
shared by Henri Dunant, founder
of the International Red Cross
movement 1859. His portrait ap-
pears on the 3Oc Pro Juventute
stamp of Switzerland issued in
1928.
Jesse Grant, son of President U. s.
Grant, was a stamp collector in his
boyhood.
B. ]. Losing, in his Civil War
in America reports: I'm less than
a fortnight after the Presidents
proclamation went forth, April Is
1861, the post Offices were made gay
with letter envelopes, bearing every
kind of device, in brilliant colors
illustrative of love of country and
hatred of rebellion. The use OF
these became passion. 1t was a
phenomenon of the times. Not less
than 1000 different kinds Of Union
envelopes were produced in the
course of a few weeks. Sets o1
them now find careful depository
in the cabinets of the curious"
Parcel post stamps OF France and
colonies are not listed in SCOTS
Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue
because none of the revenue derived
from their sale and use finds Its
way to the post office.
The contract for the manufacture
OF stamped envelopes and news
paper wrappers was awarded to the
International Envelope Corp. of New
York for the four-year period, jan
uary l, 1929, to December 81, 1882
Italy was the first country to issue
airpost stamps. The date was 1917
During the following year, the
United States, Austria and Hungary
brought out airmail adhesives. Co.
Evening star., 1939-02-05
By Frank B. Lord.
me concluding event Of the three

The concluding event Of the three
day tournament of the Maryland
State contract bridge championships
is being played today at the Hotel
Belvedere In Baltimore under the
auspices of the Maryland Bridge
League and the Women's Bridge
League and sponsored by the Amer
lean Contract Bridge League.
The match is for the team of four
championship and the Baltimore
News-Pos Trophy The tournament
has been in session since Friday
with women's pair, mixed pair and
open pair championships at stake,
in addition to the team of four con-
test. Last years winners of the
event we're the Philadelphia four
some Of Mrs. R. c. Young. Charles
H. Goren, c. j. Solomon and j. B.
Crawford, who will play to defend
their title today. There will be two
sessions, one this morning and the
second starting late this afternoon.
The Maryland State tournament
has established itself as a major
event of the bridge calendar, and
has grown in popularity and impor-
tance each year, attracting nation
ally rated players from many cities.
Washington players have always
taken a prominent part in the
matches and this year their repre-
sentation was larger than that of any
other city with the exception of Bal
timore. Announcement Of the VIM
ners will be made next week. The
tournament is being directed by Rus
sci j. Baldwin, assisted by Col. Rob-
ert j. Gill. president of the Mary
land League. Mrs. James r. Brewer,
jr., is chairman of the Reception
Committee
The next big event in which
Washington players will participate
will be the Virginia State masters
championship games to be held at
Norfolk on February 10. Following
that will come the Eastern cham
pionships to be held In New York,
February 26 to March S. This is to
be one Of the classic events of the
bridge year.
Sitting West and playing the deal
given below with South the declarer
at six hearts, wouldn't yous be will
ing to wager the hole in the last
doughnut in mothers pantry, or in
deed anything of value. that you
would make that king of hearts, pro-
tected by three other cards of that
suit and dummy having only three
to the ace? The probabilities are
that you would If you had never been
up against the strange play as
executed by Mrs. Catherine Callan
52l2 Stanford street, Chevy Chase
in rubber game at her home.
You would lose your wager, for
Mrs. Callan demonstrated that the
king of trumps could be as effec-
lively strangled as If the card were
a monarch in real life and faced a
revolutionary mob, rope in hand,
This was the deal:
Evening star., 1939-02-05

DR.. Charles P. Steinmetz, General
Electric Co. wizard was an en-
thusiastic stamp collector during
most of his lifetime He barred no
country from his albums, but con-
fessed preference for the issues OF
the German States.
Evening star., 1939-02-05

Half of the money needed for
Post Office Department building at
the New York Worlds Fair is avail
able; the other half must be found
Immediately, if the structure is to
be raised.
Evening star., 1939-02-05

Arthur T. Burger, director of the
Boys Club of Boston. was a visitor
in Washington last week. He has
three boys stamp clubs and one
girls stamp club under his super
vision.
Evening star., 1939-02-05

The first Nobel Peace Prize was
shared by Henri Dunant, founder
of the International Red Cross
movement 1859. His portrait ap-
pears on the 3Oc Pro Juventute
stamp of Switzerland issued In
1928.
Evening star., 1939-02-05

Jesse Grant, son of President U. S.
Grant, was a stamp collector in his
boyhood.
Evening star., 1939-02-05

A bronze tablet has been set up
at Dundee, Scotland, in honor of
James Chalmers as "the inventor
OF the postage stamp" but the
claims advanced in his name will
Evening star., 1939-02-05

The African section of the Henry
W. Roth collection will be sold by
Eugene Klein, 200 South Thirteenth
street, Philadelphia, Monday and
Tuesday, March 13 and IA. Cat
alogues on application.
Evening star., 1939-02-05

Italy was the first country to issue
airpost stamps. The date was 1917.
During the following year, the
United States, Austria and Hungary
brought out airmail adhesives. Co.
Evening star., 1939-02-05

Parcel post stamps of France and
colonies are not listed in SCOTS
Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue
because none of the revenue derived
from their sale and use finds its
way to the post offlce.
Evening star., 1939-02-05

The Philatelic Division, Financial
Branch, Canadian Post Office De-
partment, reports sales in amount
of s132 $50 for the fiscal year ended
March 81, 1885,
Evening star., 1939-02-05

The contract for the manufacture
OF stamped envelopes and news
paper wrappers was awarded to the
International Envelope Corp. of New
York for the four-year period, jan
uary l, 1929, to December 81, 1882.
Evening star., 1939-08-29
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

There was time when Sweden
was under the power of Denmark.
Queen Margaret of Denmark be-
came the ruler after she had sent
an army to Sweden to help the
Swedes drive out German invaders.
The next century and half was
q time of sorrow in Sweden. There
was warfare in which SWedes and
Danes and Germans took part. Some
of the Swedish mobiles favored Dan
ish rule. but most of the people
wanted their country to be free.
In the year 1920 a young man
stepped on the scene and started to
bring about change. He was the
son of a noble Swedish family and
had been taken to Denmark and
held as prisoner. He Is known in
history as GuStavus Vasa.
Escaping from his captors, Gus
tavus tthen "a years old made his
way back to Sweden. For eight
months he wandered around his ma
tive land, talking to the people and
telling them they ought to rise in
revolt.
For . time he met with little sue
cess. but there came day of change.
Eishty-two Swedish mobiles, bishops
and other well-known persons were
called to Stockholm, judged guilty
of treason, and put to death by the
Danes.
Gustavus had just left valley
where he had talked with people in
and around certain village. Learn
Evening star., 1939-08-29
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.
The Psychic Almost Worked

The -Four Aces lead d-directing dou-
BILE OF three-no- trump contract
calls for the first suit bid by dummy,
but at the same time the man on
lead is allowed to use his own judg-
ment, which Oswald Jacoby did
with good results in one of the early
matches of the Team of -Four cham
pionship at Asbury Park, N. j.
North, dealer
Neither side vulnerable.
A 1913
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Mr.. Jacoby. Howard Schenken
1852 N AKQJ4
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= 10 e
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The bidding:
North East South West
- Pass ~ Pass
IA Pass INT Pass
3NT Dbl. Pass Pass
Pass
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ing of the happening at Stockholm,
200 men of the valley joined together
and sent messengers to the young
man who had visited them. The
messengers travelled so miles on
skis to catch up with him and call
him back.
On his return the 200 chose him
as their leader. An army was raised
and 1t quickly grew to $4,000 men
Evening star., 1939-08-29

What do you lead?
Answer-Your correct lead is your
fourth best diamond (the siX) De-
clarer undoubtedly has very long
club suit and you want to attack
Immediately in the suit most likely
to develop tricks for you.
Score 100 per cent for six of dia-
monds. 70 per cent for the deuce,
nine or eight of diamonds tthe
fourth-best lead is standard; why
confuse your partner?D; so per cent
for six of spades, o for any other
lead.
Question No. 224.
You and your partner (MerWin
Maier) are vulnerable; the oppo-
nents are not. You hold:
Evening star., 1939-08-29

IlE DluulllS ID qullC lIllEI tsllflR.
Mr Schenken's failure to overcall
with his solid suit was due to the
fact that he knew it was likely
North would dive into no trump, in
which case he (Schenken) would
have the lead However, North
fooled him, and instead made
fancy bid of one spade South then
bid no trump, and when North
jumped to three, Mr.. Schenken
promptly doubled, hoping his part
ner would read that he wanted a
spade lead-not a diamond.
Mr.. Jacoby thought over his lead
carefully, reasoning as follows: "One
or both of my opponents are pre-
pared for clubs obviously. The heart
bid is surely honest Therefore,
either the diamond or the spade
bid has been a fake / have the
king-jack of diamonds; therefore
my partner cannot be very strong
in that suit and is obviously doub-
ling for a spade lead"
Hence Mr.. Jacoby led the seven
of spades and the hand was defeated
one trick, whereas a lead of any
other suit would have given declarer
his contract.
X X X X
You were Oswald Jacoby's partner
yesterday and held:
a J 98 63
VA 6 5
<Q98 62
The bidding:
6chenken You Maier Jacoby
= Pass - Pass
2NT Pass 81 Pass
3NT Pass Pass Pass
Evening star., 1939-08-29
Young Man Led Freedom Fiqh,

In three years Gustavus led the way
to victory. The Danes were driven
out and Sweden became 4 free ma
ton. Gustavus Vasa was crowned
King and he held the throne until
his death at the age Of 81.
Gustavus Vasa is honored as q
great hero of the Swedish nation,
and statues of him stand today in
many places. He holds much the
same place in Sweden as George
Washington holds in the United
States.
Among his grandsons was one who
became another hero in Sweden's
history. The grandson was known
as Gustavus Adolphus.
Gustavus Adolphus was a learned
man and could speak eight Ian
guages. He also proved to be a skill
full general when he led Sweden's
Army into battle during wars of re-
ligion. He was killed in battle
which the Swedish Army won in
Germany.
II you want = free copy Of the
illustrated leadet "Your Body at
Work" send me &c stamped re-
turn envelope in care Of The
Evening Star.
| I~eA @d
Tomorrow: Odd Customs Of
SDeden.
Glacier County chief., 1939-12-15
White House Maintains
Traditions I39 Years Old

WASHINGTON - Santa Claus
makes his 18th visit to the White
House this Christmas. carrying on a
tradition started December 25. 1900,
when Kris Kringle called on little
Savannah, granddaughter of Presi-
dent John Adams from Massachu-
sets
The White House in those days
was in an unfinished state and the
great barnlike rooms were only
scantily furnished, providing great
contrast to the beautifully appointed
mansion of today. Yet the same
joyous spirit prevailed on that
Christmas morning, more than a
century and quarter ago, as that
found in the White House this Yule.
tide.
From early years of our country.
Presidents have set aside the heavy
burden of state and made merry
Christmas day with their families.