davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1940-10-03
coby's partner and. with both sides
vulnerable, you held:
Asa
0643
GAO 1882
&K 76

0643
AQ1O32
&K76
The bidding:
Schenken Jacoby Maier You
IA 40 Pass G.?
Answer-Bid three hearts. Three
small trumps are sufficient to sup
port a suit bid vulnerable at the
two-level. To mention the dia-
monds would just confuse the issue.
Score 100 per cent for three hearts,
so per cent for four hearts, 40 per
cent for three diamonds, 10 per cent
for pass.
Question No. 568.
Today you are Merwin D. Maier's
partner and, with both sides vul-
nesable, you hold:
asa
AQ1032
@AJ6
The bidding:
Jacoby Maier Schenken You
IA 40 Pass co
What do you bid? (Answer to-
morrow
(Released BY the Bell Syndicate Inc)
The Four Aces. will be pleased to
answer letters from readers If
veiope is inciosed with each communi-
cation addressed to the Four Aces, care
Evening star., 1940-10-03

South's takeout double was shaded
as far as high-card strength went,
but his excellent distribution was
sufficient to assure safety. West
'felt sure that a minor-suit contract
would be better than a spade bid,
so began the search for safety by
bidding two diamonds. North very
wisely decided to stay out of the
auction, and East, knowing nothing
about the stronger club suit, also
properly passed.
1t was at this point that the actual
South player passed-where many
players would be unable to let well
enough alone. South suspected that
West had tried psychic diamond
bid but in that case a pass would
lead to fairly large penalty. And
If West really had a diamond suit,
South wanted no part of the hand.
For then the North cards would offer
a very poor fit, and any North-South
contract would probably be badly
beaten.
AS it turned out, West didn't play
the hand particularly we'll and was
set three tricks for penalty of 300
points. But note that South would
have been in quite pickle if he had
disturbed the two-diamond contract.
A double would have been renewed
take-out double, commanding North
to bid. North would probably bid
three clubs and South would prob
ably play the hand eventually AT
three or more heartS-probably dou-
bled, and surely set
n
Yesterday you were Oswald ia
Evening star., 1940-10-03

of The Evening Star. II you desire the
pocket outline of the Four Aces system
quest to the Four Aces, care Of The
Evening Star, a stamped t3-cen). self
addressed, larse-size envelope and YOU
will receive an outline without any
charEe.
Evening star., 1940-10-03
Swiss Loke DweIIers' Duqout Canoes

about the lake, they used boats
which were simply followed out
logs.
We know about those boats be-
cause several of them have been
found. They are on display at
museum in Berne. Switzerland.
Wood usually rots away with the
passing of time The boats of the
Swiss Lake Dwellers kept their
shape only because they became
buried in the sand at the lake bot
tom. There they lay for thousands
of years-until they were dug up in
modern times.
Some tribes of Africa and else
where make dugout boats at the
present day. The logs are followed
out not only with axes and knives
but also with the help Of fire.
For General Interest Section Of your
serapbook.
If you want q free copy Of the
illustrated leafiet STAMPS and
Stamp Collecting" send me = 3
cent stamped, self addressed en-
velope In care Of The Evening
Star.
d~~A @a
More about the SDtss lake
d,uellers and their customs piu
be told BY Uncle Ray In his story
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1940-10-03
Winning Contract
NEW HAT
By THE FOUR ACES.

David Bruce Burnstone. Merwin D.
Maler Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schen-
ken. worlds leadlng team -of-four, in
ventors of the system that has beaten
every other system in existence)
Evening star., 1940-10-03
1~eA. Ra4

More about the SDtss lake
dtUellers and their customs Diu
be told BY Uncle Ray In his story
tomorrow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23

his line through the transmitter
electrically energizing a really in
the connector switch, removing the
machine ringing from the line and
connecting the calling and called
lines together. Talking battery is
furnished from the connecto1
switch to both lines. When the con
%versation is finished and the calling
and called parties restore the re-
ceiver on the switch hook, all cen
trail office equipment is restored to
normal by the release mechanism
in each switch and is ready for
another call.
The switches we have been
speaking of are of three distinct
types, similar in appearance but
in operation, they have few COM
mon characteristics. The line find
err starts at the signal from the
calling station to step vertically to
the multiple bank level in which
the line appears and then horizon
tally to the calling line terminal
under control of its w relays
and electrically operated stepping
mechanism; this happens before
Dial Tone" is sent back on the
calling line. The selector must be
directed to the proper trunk by
means of dial impulses also the
connector is directed to the called
line under control of the dial i'm.
pulses. All switches consist of a
shaft capable of ten vertical steps
and ten horizontal steps. Brushes
are attached to the shaft for max
ing connection to the lines and
truck circuit sthrough the centra!
office. The shaft and brushes are
directed to the proper line or trunk
terminal by electrically operated
vertical and rotary" magnets.
These magnets are indirectly I'M
der control of the subscribers dial
impulses.
Dials are adjusted to 8 to II
pulses per second and the central
Office dial equipment is adjusted
to respond to dial at this speed.
Contrary to general belief, the
central office equipment is func.
tioning as the dial returns to nor
NAL and not as it is being pulled
why it is important to let the dial
around to the finger stop; that is
return to normal without forcing
%retarding it. If the dial is not
allowed to return to normal at its
own speed, you will reach a wrong
number. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23
Navy Benefits Cited
By Recruiting Officer

Those yound men of Southeastern
North Carolina who enlist now in
the U. S. Navy will have an adj
vantage over those who enlist la
ter in the way of promotions, train
ing, education, a permanent job,
good pay, and financial security in
later years, f. L. Williams, local
recruiting officer, said yesterday.
Once the navy is settled down
and stabilized at the figure nee
essary to maineain it on its ex-
banded basis the speeding up of
training and promotion will OF nee
essity slow down to normalre-
quirements, so those who enlist at
present will be in a more favor
able position to take advantage of
these opportunities, Williams said.
The approved and prospective in
crease in the navy now in the pro-
ess of being acted on by Congress
opens up unparalleled opportunities
Tor yound men who are in position
to take advantage of them, n e
said.
1.-THE prospects now are that the
navy will be doubled in ships and
men in the next two or three years.
This expanded naval organization
will be a permanent and contlnu-
ing project for as long as can be
foreseen, in the light of world con
ditions. In order to meet this ex-
pansion, trained men will be re-
quired.
And these trained men will be
obtained from those now in the
navy and those who enlist in the
navy now and in the immediate
future: The prospects are that pro-
motion will be rapid for it will
be necessary to develop and tram
men to occupy the higher ratings
and these will profit by the IN
creased pay which goes with such
promotion" Williams said. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23
BY r, F, LAMPKIN

When the receiver is removed
from the sWitchhook at the calling
telephone a short-circuit is placed
through the transmitter on the line
extending through the aerial and
underground cable through the
cross connecting frames to the dial
equipment, sending a signal to the
Line Finder switch, which as
the name implies, finds the line, by
stepping vertically and rotary until
the calling line is reached. The
Line Finder picks this line from a
group of 200 lines and returns a
low frequency uninterrupted 'dia'
tone" to the subscriber indicating
that the automatic, equipment is
ready to receive the call. The line
finder Immediately makes the call
ing line buy to incoming calls
and extends the line to the first Sc
lector. The first selector responds
to the first digit dialed, stepping
vertically as many steps as there
r units in the digit dialed ano
automatically moves in a rotary
motion until an idle trunk to a sec.
ond selector is found.
The first, second and third selec-
tors r identical mechanically and
electrically and respond to the first,
second and third digits respective
ly; routing the call to the desired
hundred" and an idle "connec-
switch.
The connector switch responds
to the last two digits of the called
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23
Burney Will Address
St. Johns Gathering

The Mems club of st. Johns
parish will hold its June meeting,
the last meeting for the summer,
in the uarish house, Thursday eve
ming, June II, at 6:15 p. m, with
supper served by the ladies Of the
Woman's Auxiliary.
The guest speaker will be Judge
John J. Burney, who will bring a
message of much importance OF
the men at this darkest" period
of the worlds history.
All of the men of the church and
their guests are urged to attend
this meeting and those who can
attend are requested to let either
Rev. E. W.Halleck or Nathan S.
Haskell, president of the club, OF
their intention to attend. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23

number stepping the brushes verti-
cally to the proper level and ro-
tary to the called terminal. The
principal functions of the connec-
tor switch are to test the called
line fer a busy condition and to re-
turn an interrupted tone Busy
tone" to the calling subscriber if
the line is found busy, if the called
line is found to be idle, the con-
hector completes the connection
and applies matching ringing to the
called line at six-second intervals
and an audible ringing signal to
the calling party until the sub.
scriber answers or the C a is
abandoned by the calling subscrib-
er.
When the called party answers
his telephone, a cross is placed on
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23
n Persons In This District
Receive Social Security Checks

Imonth to a little more than $41.20
per month. No annuitant ever re-
ceives less than $1,000 per month.
The average monthly payment OF
old-age and survivors insurance in
this area during the first five
months OF 1910 was about 1912.
Jeffrey said that in the Whining
ton area there were is insured
workers who died this year after
having worked in covered employ
ment for a sufficient length of time
to entitle their dependents to bene-
fits.
If an insured worker dies, leav-
ing survivors who are entitled to
benefits, monthly payments will
20 to his children until they are
16 Us if still in school) and to his
widow, regardless of age, as long
as his children under 10 are in her
care and she remains unmarried.
Under such circumstances the
widow with young children in her
care receives t~hree-fourths the
amount of her husbands primary
insurance benefit, and each Of his
minor children receives one-half
of his primary insurance benefit.
Jeffrey called attention to the
fact that total payments to a fami-
ly are limited to twice the work
ers primary insurance genefit, or
80 per cent of his average monthly
pay and must not exceed $500
per month.
In addition to the monthly pay
ments to retired workers, their
aged wives, their minor children,
and to widows and children Of de-
ceased workers, in the Wilmington
area 16 survivors Of insured work.
ers who died this year have re-
ceived lump-sum death payments
under provisions of the revised So
cial Security Art. These payments
range from $50 to little more than
S154.26.
Jeffrey explained that where the
insured wage earne dies and leaves
no survivors entitled to monthly
benefits, a lump-sum payment will
be made to the widow or widower
or children or parents of the de-
ceased. If no one of the above
mentioned relatives is living, a pay
ment to cover burial expenses will
be made to the person who paid
such expenses. The death payment
to a person who has pair burial ex-
penses will be the amount of such
expenses not in excess Of six times
the primary benefit. For instance,
if it is found that a deceased work.
er's primary insurance amounts to
$40 the maximum payment would
be $50.
Jeffrey emphasized the fact that
he and members of his staff are
glad to assist claimants in filing
their applications for benefits AMI
in securing whatever proof they
may need in connection with their
claims for old-age and survivors
insurance. The Wilmington office is
located at 101 Customhouse Bldg.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23
Miss Mason Announces
Home Club Schedule

Miss Ann Mason, county home
demonstration agent, yesterday an
nounced her schedule for meetings
to be held Monday morning for
the purpose of discussing with 4
H club boys and girls the plans
for camps and short courses at
N. c. State college this summer.
She will also sign any family
who will qualify for a mattress.
The meetings, each of which will
be from 10 to II o'clock, will be
as follows:
Monday, Wrightsboro clubhouse;
Tuesday, Castle Haynes Home De-
monstration clubhouse; Wednes.
day, Masonboro clubhouse; Thurs.
day, Winter Park schoolhouse; Fri.
day, Bradley's Creek school; Sat.
urday, home agents office at the
customshouse. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23
Migratory Workers
Station Here Closed

An interrogation station, estab-
lished for the purpose of directing
migratory workers who came from
the sout, has been closed after
having been in service for about
a week, the Wilmington officer of
the North Carolina State employ
ment service reported yesterday.
The station, located at Powell S
Service station on the highway
west Of the city, served the potato
growers in the central and north
ern coastal areas of the state by
sending the workers to the localit-
les where they were most need
ed. 8
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23
PRINCESS STREET
WORK COMPLETED
Third And Princess Intersec.
ton To Be Repaved By
State Forces

Improvement work on Princess
from Front to Fifth, including all
intersections, with the exception Of
Third and Princess, which will be
undertaken by the state highway
and public works commission, has
been completed by the contractor,
F. D. Cline, of Raleigh, James
E. L. Wade, commissioner of pub
lie works, announced yesterday.
The section on Princess fl o m
Front to Fifth will be repened
Monday for the use of the. public.
Other sections completed yester-
day included 18th to 18th on Prin-
cess and on 18th to the north side
of the Market street intersection.
Effective Monday, Commissioner
Wade said, cleaning up operations
and hand ironing processes will
begin on Princess from Front to
18th, and north on 18th from Prin-
cess to Market, completing tn e
contract with Cline.
The state highway and public
works commission has lifted ties
and tracks at the intersection OF
Ninth and Market streets and
south on 18th from the north side
of the 18th and Market street in.
tersection. This section will be lat
er filled in with rock and paved
with asphalt.
1.-THE department of public works
expresses appreciation to the gen.
eral public for its fine spirit OF
cooperation while the paving work
has been underway and expresses
the hope that the completed pro-
iect will justify the inconvenience
to which they were put" Com
ro;ccionor Wade cold q
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23

Tn the area served by the VIII
mington office of the Social Sc
curity board, IA persons are recelv-
ing monthly payments of old-age
or survivors insurance. or these
REGIMENTS At are insured workers
who have reached the age OF %
and who have retired from regu-
lar employment in business or IN
d1strv. Some six of these annult-
ants have wives who are IS years
old or over, and they too are re-
ceiving monthly payments OF old
age insurance. There are four chill
dren of annuitants (retired work.
ers) who are receiving monthly
payments, while II children OF In
sured workers who died this year
also receive monthly benefits. WI
dows receiving survivors monthly
benefits number five.
This statement was made yes
terday by George W. Jeffrey, man
ager of the Wilmington office OF
the Social Security board, which
serves the counties of Bladen,
Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus,
Craven, Jones, New Hanover, On
slow. Pamlico and Fender.
Jeffrey explained that a man
who has worked in a factory or a
store or in some other industrial or
business oncer since the old-age
insurance system went into ope-
ration, and has ualified for bene-
fits, may claim a payment upon
reaching age 65. When an insur-
ed worker reaches age IS and be-
gins receiving old-age insurance
payments, additional benefits may
20 his wife if she is 65 or when
she reaches age IS. Each of his
children also may receive monthly
payments if they are under Is (1S
if still in school.)
Monthly payments to the wife Of
an annuitant amount to one-half
of his own monthly benefit. The
monthly payment to each of his
minor children is also one-half OF
his monthly benefit. The amount
of monthly insurance payments
which any member of the workers
family may receive depends upon
the amount of the workers W
insurance genefit. If the claimants
primary insurance benefit is $50 per
month, then his wife will get SIS
per month. That means s45 per
month for the couple. =.
Suppose another retired worker
receives $3.50 a month, and his
two minor children get $15.25 a
piece. That amounts to $4,000 per
month which this family receives
under the old-age insurance system.
Jeffrey pointed out that pay
ments Of old-age and survivors in
surance are made without regard
to the needs of the recipient.
Monthly benefits come to the work.
er or to his family as a matter of
right because of wage earnings in
covered employment.
Payments Of old-age and survi-
vors insurance in the Wilmington
area range all the way from SO a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23

ADVERTISEMENT
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23
Heavier War Weopo,,
Are Planned Byu ,

WASHINGTON, June .,
d daS t WAR s department disclose. ID
chine guns of World war -V,V9D ma,
oelng converted into heayiar 's's
ons adaptable for use agajns, 4sa3'
and low-hying airplanes tanks
cooled oad s sypss. are sno, 'so.ealtbrs r.,.,
ally used successfully hv ~ of':p,
can forces near the c,oa ny Amer.
World war, They are beinp - :" 'A'
ed at Rock Island, H., arser Ysa's7,
.5o-calibre air-colled gums W., .ial lqlo
er ranger and harder hittipg .oas'
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23
ADVERTISEMENT
Juice Recipe
for Rheumatic Pain

If you suffer from rheumatic or
neuritis pain, try this simple, ineY
pensive, home recipe. Get a pack
age of Ru-Ex Compound, mix it
with a quart of water, add the
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23

Editors Note: At the request
of the Star-News, r.. F. Lamp
kin, wire chief of the Raleigh
district office of the Southern
Bell Telephone company pre-
pared the following explanation
of what happens W h e n you
make a call over your dial
telephone.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23
DR.. Mebane To Address
Bradley's Creek Club

DR.. W. c. Mebane, Jr., will ad-
dress the Bradley's Creek Service
club at its regular meeting Mon
day night, to be held at 8 o'clock
at the home of Miss Rosa Lee
Brown.
All members are urged to at
tend and visitors will be cordially
received. q
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23
EXTENDED

WASHINGTON, June %, ,
The house completed con. n :
action today on le~gisla>ioa lona
ing for two years from IT,, sa'and
present 3 - per cent ipta,... The
on land bank loans. Rates
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-19
Snead, McSpaden
Tie for Firstin
Canadian Open

TORORNTOs Aug, 19. (UP) -
Defending champion Harold (Jug)
McSpaden of Winchester, Mass,
and Sammy Snead of Shawnee -on
Delaware, Pa, shoot for the Ca
madam open golf championship and
the 81 900 first prize that goes with
it. in an l8-hole playoff today.
McSpaden,, VINO won the title for
the first time at st. John, N. b.,
last year, shot a 73 and SO in the
36-hole final Saturday to post a
72-hole aggregate of 28l which
Snead, who paced the field with a
first round 81 and an even better
&C in the second round. failed to
better. Snead, who won the title
in. 1888, slumped to rs in the morn
ing round and turned in a 73 in
the afternoon, just missing the
title when a 20-foot putt on the
18th green trimmed the cup.
Ray Mangrum of Oakmont, Pa,
finished with a 283 for third po-
sition and $400 prize money while
Ralph Guldhal was fourth with
284 which made him $500 richer
Stan Horne, Montreal and Bob
Gray, Toronto tied for Canadian
honors with 288.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-19
BENCHW ARMING
by Burdettt Kinne
-Posf-Press Sports Editor
--Post-Press Sports Editor

the group.
Centers Sherwood and Barrigar
looked good in B squad games but
or Gary unless they show re-
markable Improvement.
Up from the B backfield are
Cswalt, Alarcon, Hester. Thanner
Rhodes, Ritter, Kimberling and
Rex. Best are OSwalt for his
passing, Alarcon for his running
Thanner, Rhodes, Hester and Rit-
ter for blocking and ball carrying.
Alarcon and Oswalt were the best
looking B squad backs last season
and made up scoring combination
that brought long list of victories
to the Eighties. Their effectiveness
this season as varsity material
however, will depend upon whether
they can stand the gaff against
heavier opponents Neither will top
the lao pound mark when the
season opens.
AS a whole, however, the 1910
Spartan squad will present a better
group of athletes than the 1899
team and should extend the De-
Tending Champion Calexico Bull
dogs come championship playoff
time.
The going will not be easy for
Holt, however, because the valley
high school league is a tough one
to step into and teaching foot
ballers a new system offtimes re-
quires more than a single season.
The new mentor comes to El Gen.
tro with an outstanding record and
with coed ecommendations. He
turned out long list of champion
ship teams at Colorado's Grand
Junction high school and came up
with three state championships.
So the football fans and the
Monday Morning quarterbacks are
preparing to wave a victory flag
this season. Notwithstanding the
fact the redoubtable Ed Covington
of Calexico is still grooming foot
ball machines down border city
way. His record is three cham
in three years.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-19
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Kentucky Swimmer
Dominates Meet

PORTLAND. ORE. Aug. 19. -
CUP - Kentucky today offered a
new national figure. Is year old
Mary Ryan of Louisville, who won
three events and set three new
national records in the AAU
Women's swimming and diving
championships here.
Miss Ryan completed her domi-
nation of the national champion
ships by winning the $50 yard
freestyle in the new record time
of II minutes 264 seconds. She
previously had won the mile and
the 440 yard freestyle. both in rec
ord time. Little Miss Ryan was
robbed of another record, however,
because the regulation number of
16 timers did not clock her wren
she padded the first half mile of
her mile event in IL minutes
3l.5 seconds.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-19
l.. A. LIVESTOCK

Los ANGELES, Aug. 1S CUP -
Hogs, aslealbe 2O00, mostly steady
with last Friday: bulk medium
choice 165-220 ID. light 7.25- 80: /:
lO-2O7 lbs. topped at It's, some
held higher; over and underweig
6.25-6.75; packing sows 4.75-560
Cattle, saleable 1900, steady to
strong; medium quality light fed
steers S.10-9.35, load held for 10.
with smaisl lots light steers and
mixed yearling held above 1880
common steers IT'S down; Mexican
7.25; two loads sI9 Id. feeder steers
s.25; fed heifers $40. some unsold I:
common down; common medium
cows G-6.75, few Z; Gamers and
cutters 4.25-5.50, few 5.75; bulls g.
5O-7.50. Calves .saleable $50, slow.
steady; few vealers topped at ~;
others IL down.