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Evening star., 1939-02-19
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man with the look Of a born exec
utive leader in his eye.
The stamps of the Netherlands
were watermarked with a post horn
from 1852 to 1864, after which date
plain paper was used until 1926,
when the hop-skip circle markings
were introduced.
During the Bolshevik revolution
in Russia the stamp collection of
Nicholas II disappeared. Where is
it now?
The early stamps of Czecho-Slo-
vakia were printed at the United
Printing Works at Praha.
Simon Bolivar was paid philatelic
homage by Peru in 1924 in connec-
ton with the battle of Ayachucho,
but he was not present at that his
toric engagement.
The Oltre Giuba (Jubaland)
stamps issued by Italy in 1926 and
1926 were consequence of an in
ternational plot-the secret treaty
OF London, signed in 1915, under
which France and Great Britain
pledged themselves to see to it that
italian African frontiers would be
expanded if the allies won the
World War.
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
Tomorrow evening at 8-Wash-
ington Air Mail Society, Hotel La
tayette, Sixteenth street, NV. Sixth
birthday anniversary party. Charles
P. Graddick, superintendent of
Air Mail Service, Post Office De-
partment, guest of honor and princi-
pal speaker.
Tuesday evening at 81 Collectors
Club of Washington. Thomson
School, Twelfth street NV. Exhi-
bltion and auction.
Tuesday evening at 10-Washing-
ton Stamp Club of the Air, Station
VOL. Albert F. Kunze will present
stamp romance and discuss cur
rent philatelic news.
Wednesday evening at 8-Wash-
ington Philatelic Society, Hotel Carl
ton, Sixteenth street NV. Auction
of foreign and domestic stamps and
covers.
Thursday evening at 8-Washing-
ton Philatelic Study Club. Hotel
Washington, Pennsylvania avenue
at Fifteenth street NV. David D.
Caldwell will read a paper on "The
Penny Blacks of Great Britain,
1840." Alden H. Whitney will pre-
side. Exhibition of the first ad-
hesive stamps ever issued.
Friday evening at 8-Viking's s
Crew No. 8, IS Rhode Island avenue
NV. Program and exhibition.
Saturday afternoon at 5-National
Federation of Stamp Clubs, broad
cast, Station WRC.
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By G. Adams Howavd.

Road building plans move ON.
not only designed to make driving
safer. but more pleasant from an
esthetic sense. "Freeway," q new
term for parkway, is the new idea.
It is really . glorified parkway area,
greater in length, but narrower,
along each side Of the highway,
free from dangerous intersections
and public eyesores.
"Freeways" were first heard about
locally when Maryland officials at
tending an American Automobile
Association meeting here, suggested
such q plan for beautifying the
Baltimore Washington boulevard
and other important Maryland
highways.
Such routes were first proposed
q few years ago but very little
progress was made until New York
and Rhode Island passed legislation
enabling their State highway de-
partments to construct them. Among
other States considering legalizing
this type Of road are California,
Connecticut, Massachusetts,, Mary
land and New Jersey.
Definition of Freeway.
A freeway has been described as
"a strip Of public land devoted to
movement, over which the abutting
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Automotive Briefs

A clinic was held last Tuesday
by the j. p. Scott Co. at 1855 Four
teenth street NV. for the purpose
Of acquainting garage owners, ex-
ecutives and managers of the me-
chanical requirements involved in
the coming automobile inspections
for the District. Mr.. Steinhauser
of the Traffic Bureau explained
every detail about these require
ments to those present with q view
toward aDeviating congestion when
inspection starts. Among those
present were Mr.. Lamberton of the
Capital Garage, w. S. Pratt, Dave
Morris and A. Leftwich Sinclair, jr.
w. F. Hufstader, Buck general
sales manager, announces the ap-
pointment of Clarence H. Rey, for
the last four years city sales man
ager at the Buick Detroit zone, as
manager OF the Washington zone.
Mr.. Rey succeeds J. E. Saul, who
has been Washington zone manager
for the last three years.
c. P. (Jack) Turner, manager Of
the Washington, D. c., branch Of
Nash Motor Corp, was host last
Monday to a group Of the company's
Washington, Maryland and Virginia
dealers at a meeting held at the
Ambassador Hotel. Ray Fusseu of
the Nash sales department explained
the details of the spring sales con-
test.
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red, Parnu; 25s plus 25s,, blue,
Tartu, and SOS plus Sos, brown,
Harju. One stamp of each value in
sheets of four, with marginal, in
scriptions, will be available.
Switzerland has issued nine
stamps to publicize the Swiss Ma
tional Exposition e. Zurich. The
values are: ten cents, gray violet
and vermillion, representatives of
various trades with federal shield
20 cent, carmine and vermilnon,
poet reading to an audience with
Swiss coat of arms; 80 cents, blue,
gray and red, Bernina Mountains.
Each denomination has been print
ed with separate German, French
and Italian inscriptions.
Following the pattern of the
stamps of earlier reigns, the new
LeeWard Island set for King George
vi is loyal to an old but still pleas
ing pattern. The denominations
and colors are: Ap, brown; lsp,
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Autonotive Hints

Rough treatment of the car Is
certain to be followed by trouble,
even If the latter is a long while
manifesting itself. says Frederick c.
Russell, automotive authority. I
was reminded of this by a recent
case in which all went well until
the driver got on the open road and
started to roll. He was quite sur
prised to find that the car would
not 60 over SIS, no matter how he
handled it. The situation was as
If some one were shutting off the
fuel supply at that top speed.
Careful inspection revealed that
the front end, in going through a
violent series of ups and downs.
bent the fuel line so that only
enough gasoline could get through
to power the car to the SIS limit.
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series is being revised. A profile
of King Gustave V, facing right,
will be shown on the S, 10, IS, 20,
25, 30, IS, 40 and Score values:
the three crowns of the countrys
coat of arms on the 60, IS, 100, lis,
120 and 145-ore.
The new airmails of Uruguay
show the Negro River Dam. Values
include: &c, blue green; 68c, bright
yellow; 75c, light violet; Up, blue;
1P, red; 1P, brown, and 1882, car
mine.
According to the Bell Syndicate
the Republic of Panama will bring
out is postage and six airmail
stamps to commemorate the 25th
anniversary of the Panama Canal.
Finland's annual Red Cross
stamps show the battlefield of Sol
1erno. The denominations are:
I'm plus lp, 1.5Om plus Tsp, Pm
plus 20p and 3.50m plus 35p.
Philip H. Ward, father of Philip
Il. Ward, jr., well-known in ma
tional philatelic circles, died on
Monday last, aged 90.
Sanford Ballard Dole was the
first, last and only President of Ha-
wali. His portrait appeared on the
25-cent blue stamp issued ut Hon.
olulu IN 1904 handsome, bearded
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VAR d ISI Nlj'DSl

green; 1p, carmine; 112p, red brown;
Up, blue gray; 212p, ultramarine;
3p, bistre; 6p, red violet; 1sh, green
and dark green; 2sh, red violet and
black on blue: Ssh, carmine and
green on yellow; Josh, red and green
on green, and l pound, black and
red on red.
Official advices from Stockholm
indicate that the postal authorities
OF Sweden will release a commem-
orative for the bicentenary of the
Royal Academy of Science in June.
Meanwhile, the regular postage
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Mixed Party team, which won high
score for the evenings session in
Section A, was reduced to Section B
in the percentage rating by reason
Of the high scores made by the sew
eral teams in the latter section. The
Mixed Party team stood first in the
second section.
A new game of bridge which is in
reality merely the same old game
brought to an approach to 100 per
cent perfection in playing, is pre-
sented in C. B. Pennebaker' S
Tournament Bridgehands," the first
issue Of which came out last week.
Instead Of playing it with actual
cards you play it with a pencil,
writing down the bids on the hands
indicated and marking of the plays
as you would make them. Then you
turn a page-each issue is in a sort
Of magazine form and there you
read and learn how the particular
hand you have been experimenting
with was handled by one of the
country's ranking experts in q title
competition at a national tourna-
ment.
The hands were selected by Will
liam E. McKenney, and the first one
presented was played by Prank E
Bubna, partner with Mrs. Harry
Funk. in winning the national open
pair championship last December at
Cleveland. The contract called for
the making of five clubs, which Mr..
Bubna describes in detail, and if
you find you bid and played the
hand as he did you may record
yourself with a perfect score. The
hands given are most entertaining
and instructive and the analyses are
lucid and colorful. The new game
should be an absorbing pastime for
those who like to figure out bridge
possibilities with pencil and without
the disturbing influence of partners,
adversaries or kbitzers.
Recognizing that not all PLAYERS
can compete In master point tour
naments. the Executive Committee
of the Governors of the American
Contract Bridge League have de-
cided to extend the national rating
plan so that it will be possible for
a duplicate player to win a master
point and never compete outside his
own local duplicate. In accordance
with the recent decision, announce
ment is made that any member of
the league having on record 500
national rating points, none of
which has been converted into ma
tional master points through the
winning of master. points in tour
nament competition, may receive
credit on the books of the league for
one full master point and four con-
vertible master points, instead of
having them all stand merely as
convertible points.
This extension will greatly en-
hance the value of the rating point
plan not only to the affiliated clubs
but to the players as well. A place
on the master point list may now
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addition to the four regular postage
issues already listed.

A special souvenir label showing
a facsimile of the Atlantic City
penny post stamp has been prepared
for the AteX show at the Cotton
Manor Hotel, Atlantic City, March
"a to 26. Copies at 10 cents each
may be had from Charles Buck
stein, 1929 Atlantic avenue, Atlantic
City. Send self addressed, stamped
envelope with remittance.
Estonias 1889 Red Cross set re-
produces the provincial coat of arms
designs, with the inscription Car
itas." The official list is: los plus
los, green, Viljandi; 15s plus l5s,
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be gained by a player in his own
local duplicate.
Morris Ellis of New York, who has
long been recognized as one of the
outstanding bridge players of the
country, has been declared the
greatest winner of master points
for the year 1898. BY reason of this
distinction, his name will be in
scribed on the trophy presented to
the league by William E. McKenney,
its secretary. The trophy IS Of
fered annually to the player who
makes the best record during the
calendar year. Charles H. Goren
of Philadelphia was the first to win
this honor. Mr.. Ellis won the ma
tional masters pair championship
last summer at Asbury Park, N. j.,
playing with Sherman Stearns as
his partner. Other points won by
him represent victories in impor-
tant events, including the Southern
pairs In which he played with Phil
AbramSohn.
Among last weeks winners were
the following:
M: and MIS-: v. s. Athey. tirst: Mr.. .i and
Mls. z j. Aocn: second: Mrs. Mary Gold
sIins asss nrs sna HFs I'm Myers third east and
firss: Mrs. Katherine Fenton and MI
HSdses a6s second Miss Shirley Schwartz and
A. Dearing for third.
Treasury Recreation Assoc;a+;on ~
Cheeks studio-H. Z. Garner and Ralph
W,',eh TWonche; 1!st; Miss Louise May Jones and
Hoesen and G. Il. Patnode. third T van
Roosevelt Hotel-,North and south, Ralph
Fannie Pan! Samuel and Mrs. Rose Robins. sec:
third third ca east @ and vest Miss Ihelma Good
Mrs. Marx Daniels and Mrs. Scott c.
Dawson, third.
The La salle--Monday. Mrs. Hazel Loftin
and Charles Edssrton SECOND; ' BiiI InFss Rey.
av1I. The L. L. sNalleTTSuisd.y NIi Mrs Alma E.
ROSE Ro6ins and Mrs ca9ence hFzi zinm.s ms
second: James A. Dearing and Bill Rey-
nolds. third
and south. Mis-. Gilbert and MS. | Gibson. st a
first: Mrs. Oliver Hoyem and Mrs Catharine
I1dball second; east and west Mrs. John
Harold Young and John Ponneiiy second.
William Parker and l. R: Watson. second;
Mr.: and Mrs. George Ward. third; east
and west. Mrs J: H. Lemon and Mrs. W. B.
Van Deventer. first; w. B. Van Deventer
Brett and Mrs; R; A; RidgeTay. third.
and DR.. c. c. Mcdonnell irst: r. /. SVEN
M son and George Laleser. SECOND; R. E.
Fairfax, HotelLTuesday Mrs. Charles
Kavanaush and William Salisbury, first
James Sourilas and Mrs. John Coffee, see.
ond; Mrs, Oliver Hoyem and Miss Edna
Mertons third
Fairfax Hotel-wednesday Mrs. John
Coffee and James Sourilas. hrst; Mrs. VII
liam Breau and Charles Edserton second;
Mrs. I; NJ. Clarke and Mrs Alma Byrne.
Fairfax-.-:Friday., north and south, Mr..
4 g; Campbell, second: Mrs. n: T. n
Ro5inson ROE 1ol, and J. D. Moshershed, third; east
Shepard. nrst: Mr.. and Mrs L. v Crane.
second; 3. L. Bono and Mrs. c. M. Hall
third.
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"a COnoCs WOA40 tI1eu 10 70 1oU1
hearts.
With a certain distribution and
proper timing It Is possible to set
this contract, but the probabilities
are not strong enough to deter South
from making the bid Of four hearts.
II the distribution were such as to
give East the ace Of clubs and the
king Of hearts, once guarded, and
West the ace Of spades, the contract
cannot be made. Once In the lead
with the ace OF clubs East would 60
through declarer's king-small Of
spades and later win with the king
Of diamonds, making four tricks in
all.
The other adverse contingency
would be for West to hold four dia-
monds with the ace Of spades and
lead either q winning or q losing
club. In view Of the strong heart
bid. however, West Is not warranted
in thinking that East may have the
guarded king Of trumps. II these
two possibilities are eliminated
South will make four hearts even
with East holding the guarded king
of that suit. With East holding
the ace of spades, or with West
having both the missing aces
the contract is likewise safe.
There are only three trumps, one
Of them the king, outside the North
and South hands, and if that card is
singleton in either of the adverse
hands the contract cannot be de-
feated, for South can then discard
his losing cards on the diamonds in
dummy. If the heart king is q
singleton, West must make both of
his aces In the first two leads or
South will have q small slam.
AS soon as South gets in the lead
with either of his kings, he must
lead the queen Of hearts and
whether or not East covers he must
60 up with the ace. If the king
falls, well and good; if West retains
IT there can be no harm for after
taking it he must lead into Souths
hand. If East still holds it, South
must lead diamonds, trusting for a
three-three break in that suite,
which would enable him to discard
one spade and West trumps the
fourth diamond. If West, holding
the two black aces, should under
lead the club, South. upon winning
with the king, should return the
club, hoping TO force out the ace OF
spades on Vests next lead. II West
should originally lead q singleton
diamond 1t would do the defenders
no good, even If East holds the
guarded king Of hearts, for South
could then discard q losing spade
before East could use his trump.
The Federal Bridge League can
celed its regular team of four game
which was to have been held last
Tuesday evening at Wardman Park
Hotel. and In its stead conducted an
open pair game for the benefit of
the blood bank fund. Persons not
members Of the league were permit
ted to participate. The North and
South winners In section l were Mr..
and Mrs. C. B. Austin, first; Miss
L. A. Ellinger and G. M. Richards,
second: Max Kessler and L. Fruitan.
third; East and West, Mr.. and Mrs.
r. c. Bowker, first; Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed. Mounds, second; Rush Buckley
and R. Aukshun, third. In section
the winners were: George Hill
and w. Fewell, first; Mrs. Karl w.
Greene and Miss La Foy. second:
Mrs. p. E. Golden and Mrs. NJ. E.
Myers, third.
The complete standing of the
league teams in the season series is
as follows:
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The deal should be played with
the South hand as declarer at four
hearts regardless of whether or not
the side Is vulnerable. The contract
should be reached either by an open
ing bid Of one heart and an overcall
by North with two diamonds, where
upon South should bid three hearts,
and then North four, or North may
jump the opening bid at first op-
portunity to three hearts and South.
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FIGHT Fire With Beer

VIENNA lP.-When fire broke
out IN brewery at Naabeck fremen
found the water hydrants frozen
and put out the blaze with beer.
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In Local Bridge Circles
Eastern Championships Open Next Sunday
By Frank B. Lord.

By Frank B. Lord.
The next big event on the bridge
calendar will be the Eastern cham
pionships, conducted by the Knicker-
booker Whist Club, under the spon-
sorship Of the American Contract
Bridge League, at the New Yorker
Hotel In New York, beginning next
Sunday and concluding on March Is.
It win be the 18th in the Eastern list
and master points will be awarded
in all events.
The Eastern is the only national
tournament held in New York City,
and William E. McKenney, secretary
Of the league, has especially re-
quested that the Washington players
be represented by q large delega-
ton in order to promote q reciprocal
spirit which will prompt metropoh-
tan fans to Participate in tourna-
ments within the Washington area
and because Washington has been
given the presidency Of the league.
The mixed team-of-four cham
pionship will inaugurate the week of
bridge in two sessions on Sunday.
The pair championship for the
Julian Goldman trophy, which has
been in play for the past 10 years, is
picked to be the most popular event
OF the series. The match will take
place In four sessions-two quail
flying rounds on. Thursday and Fri
day, with semi-finals and finals ON
Sunday afternoon and evening,
March S.
The Eastern team-o of -four cham
pionship for the Curt H. Reisinger
trophy will start Monday evening,
with a second qualifying round the
next evening. The first knockout
will occur Wednesday evening with
16 teams at play. and successive
knockouts of team against team will
be held Thursday and Friday after
moons, with finals between the two
surviving teams scheduled for Sat-
urday afternoon and evening.
The women's championship for
the Mrs. Stuyversant Wainwright
Cup will be played on Tuesday and
Wednesday afternoons. The contest
for the non-masters' event for the
trophy offered by Mrs. Hermann
Libermen will be held Saturday
afternoon and evening. Master
points will be awarded in this
event for the first time.
*&%
The annual Old Dominion bridge
tournament, which is scheduled to
occur on March 81 and April l and 2
at the George Mason Hotel in Alex
andria, viii be held this year for the
first time under the sanction of the
newly organized North American
Bridge Association. Richard E.
Needham Of Greenville, Pa, one of
the organizers and promoters of the
association, will act as tournament
director.
The program is announced as fol-
lows:
March 81, afternoon, women's
pair championship for the Edith
Swanson Trophy.
March 81, evening. mixed pair
championship for the Stockvis
Trophy.
April /. afternoon and evening,
open pair championship for the
Richmond News-Leader Trophy.
April 2. in two sessions, open
team Of four championship, for the
Schwarzchild Trophy.
, y
A reader of The Star has asked
us to discuss the proper bidding and
the play of the North and South
hands given below. Both sides are
vulnerable and East is dealer and
passes. The hands are:
North.
A84
vA752
= K j 1913
= Q5
South.
4 K6
voJ 10 e42
= Asa
= K6
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Greeted by Otho Larkn phatelc agent Post Office
Departme et) Rolln Flower stamp editor OF Buffalo
EUening Nes center) Adolph Steeg of United
States steps and eouers gboth vice presidents the
guen by friends at the Hotel Harrington Monday Those
present included Mrs Catherine Mannng
DdUd D. CadDeU Gerard Ten Eyck Beeckdn Albert F.
Kunse Star Photo
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An unusual incident occurred at
the last regular meeting whereby the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-01
Close Decisions

EALLIBILITY of the human eye
in determining the outcome of
close finishes in horse races was
pointed out recently by Gene Camp
bell, member of the New York rae
ing commission staff, when he stat
ed that 10 dead heats were run in
the United States in 1895 and 264 in
1898.
Four years ago the placing of
horses was judged by the human
eye. In 1888 they were placed by
instantaneous cameras. This wide
divergence means that the old time
judges gave the wrong decision an
overwhelming number of times.
That should give the sports fan
food for thought. If expert judges,
with years of experience, knowledge
and track lore behind them, can be
wrong so much of the time, the av-
erage spectator shouldn't take his
own decisions too seriously.
Close decisions aren't limited to
the race track. In football, track,
tennis-any sport you care to name
questions arise as to the judges
decision. eve wuz robbed" is one
of Americas most over-used state
ments.
1t might be well to remember that
though officials are prone to err, they
are much closer to the scene of ac-
ton than the spectator and their de-
cisions, ninety-nine times out of q
hundred, are as accurate as is hui
manly possible.
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house be put in order so the Western
conference can refuse to play any
of the 'play-for-pay" group when
schedules are being considered.
In his own words: ct is mani
testify unfair competition for
school which may have boys actual
ly working their way through school
In legitimate way asked to meet
boys who are subsisting on a regu-
lar salary as is the case in some
sections"
On the heels of this meeting came
the announcement from Ann ArbOr
that so University of Michigan ath-
letes, representing every varsity
sport, strongly advocated play-for-
pay policy in the Big Ten. The ath-
letes, in letter to the campus news
paper, claimed there is a great deal
of ignorance "Of the conditions un-
der which members of the univer-
Sity teams are forced to live; the
difficulties they face in financing
their education, and the sacrifices
they make for their college"
This letter fully Endorsed a recent
editorial appearing in the college
paper which called for three meals
a day for football players, tuition
scholarships for all athletes, and &C
ton through the Big Ten athletic or
ganization to provide for standard
rules of subsidization for all schools
of the conference.
Contrary as they may seem, the
opinions of both students and Off
Gals have something in common
The students want open, above
board subsidization. The officials
want none of it. But they both
want an end to the present under
handed system. 1t is unlikely that
much regard will be paid to the
undergraduate requests. Most coll
lege boys are apt to overshoot the
mark in attempting to win their
point.
Never has there been a more log
ical time for schools throughout the
nation to solve once and for all the
question of paid players. Not even
the most optimistic can find any
thing to be proud of under the pres
ent system. 1t teaches youthful ath-
letes that the only crime is in being
caught and that clever cheating
pays good dividends.
Regardless of the outcome, any
change will be an advantage over
the present hip-pocket system of
proselytizing and subsidization.