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Evening star., 1941-05-08
Big Fires Are Raging
AT Manchester, Nazi
Flyers Report
Destruction Of Al 900
Tons Of Shipping Is
Claimed by Berlin

Ey the Associated Press.
BERLIN, May 8-German flyers
returning from reconnaissance to-
day reported big fires raging in
Manchester, great English manu-
featuring center, after the Luft-
waite stepped up attacks on British
ports and industry last night.
The Germans claimed total of
IS British planes shot down yester-
day and last night.
The reconnaissance reports filled
out the high commands own ver-
sion of the night of bombing which
had listed attacks on the ports of
Liverpool Hull, Hartlepool Middles-
brough, Bristol and Plymouth.
The scouts added Manchester to
this roll and also told of an attack
with good effect" on wharves at
Barrow In Furness, opposite the
Isle of Man.
Several Hundred Planes Used.
DN.B.. official German news
agency, said several hundred planes
we're employed in each of the attacks
in the first week of May, directed
especially at Liverpool and Glasgow.
The high command referred to
Liverpool and Hull as transit forts
presumably meaning ports of entry
for supplies from the United States)
and said shipping facilities were de-
stroyed and large fires started there
and elsewhere. 1T was the seventh
consecutive night attack for Liver
pool)
Submarines and bombers sank
4l9O0 tons of shipping in the North
Atlantic and near England, the daily
communique said.
A bomber sank 12,000-ton ship
In English waters, it was said. when
CONVOY was attacked. and two
other ships were damaged. The toll
of U-boats in the Atlantic was put
at 29950 tons.
In addition. two transports were
reported badly damaged when at
tackled by bombers in the harbor
Of Tobruk, North Africa.
Dover Damage Claimed.
German long-range artillery, too,
opened up on harbor objectives. and
the high command said damage was
done TO ''War-vital' objectives at
Dover.
The only damage in Germany
reported by the command was in
Bremen, where houses were admit
ted to have been damaged and a
number of civilians killed and in
Jured.
Informed sources said that the
German raids on British ports last
night were favored by good visibility,
that there were large fires and ex-
ploSions in the Liverpool area and
that Hull'S grain mills were particu-
larly affected.
Attack on Tobruk.
Stukas were reported to have
made an effective attack on the
vaterWorks and water diStilling
plant at Tobruk. The distilling
works was said to have been de-
stroyed. Direct hits were declared
to have been scored also on an
sntl-aircraft battery southeast of
Tobruk harbor.
The Germans said Nazi and
italian artillery dispersed heavy
concentrations of British forces in
the Tobruk region yesterday and
British scouts south of Salum re-
treated in the face of German
reconnaissance squads.
Long-range Nazi guns shelled the
port and war essential objectives in
Dover yesterday afternoon, and the
English responded with four shots,
all of which exploded harmlessly in
a field. the Germans said,
Evening star., 1941-05-08
Robert J. Slime Dies;
Was Retired 0ptician

Robert ]. Slime, rs, retired optician
died yesterday at his home, 5616
Thirteenth street NV. In i'll health
for several months, he suffered a
cerebral hemorrhage, members of
the family said.
Until year ago, when he sold the
business, Mr.. Slime conducted an
optical establishment at 1922 Con-
necticut avenue NV He had Op-
Grated at that location for about
10 years.
A native of Dunnville, Ontario,
Mr.. Slime, before coming to WASH
ington in 1918, was in business in
Pittsburgh. Here he was a member
of the Civitan Club, the Masonic
Order, Knights Templar and the
Evening star., 1941-05-08
2 Ships in British Convoy
Reported Torpedoed

NEW YORK, May lPl.-The
1o,263-ton British passenger liner
Ixion and the 5,658-ton Norwegian
freighter Eastern Star were tor
pedoed in a NaZi submarine attack
on a British convoy about $50 miles
east of the Southern tip of Green
land, maritime circles said today.
The vessels were engaged in ferry
ing American supplies to England.
Evening star., 1941-05-08

ington and Mrs. C. w. Carr, wife
of Capt. Carr, Medical Corps, U. S.
NJ, now at Quonsett Point. r. l., and
a son, Robert M. Sine of this city.
Evening star., 1941-05-08

Congressional Country Club.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs
Anna Mccormick Sine; two daugh-
tiers, Mrs. c. Martin Brand of Wash
Evening star., 1941-05-08

Funeral services will be held at
10 am. Saturday at Hysong's funeral
home, 1900 N street NV. Burial will
be private.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-25
Townsend Club Members
Will Attend Convention

Ypsilanti Townsend Club mem
bers are making final arrange
ments to attend the sixth annual
Townsend National Convention in
Buffalo, June 30-July4. Represen-
tatives from this city include Mr..
and Mrs. Charles W. Willetts. Ro-
bert r. Dickerson. Miss Belle
Ross, Miss Bertha and Miss Ruth
Gill, Miss Agnes Renton and Fred
Simons, while Mr.. and Mrs. George
Millage and Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
Young may attend
Friday the Ann Arbor Townsend
Club will entertain members OF
the Townsend Clubs in Michigan
who plan to leave Saturday at a
meeting in Masonic Temple Ann
Arbor, preceded by dinner at O.
clock.
The cayalcade will start Satur-
day morning at o'clock, going
from Ann Arbor to Toledo. to
Cleveland and to Erie, with a
police escort arranged through
those cities. Tuesday morning
there will be breakfast in Hotel
Statler, Buffalo. for the Michigan
clubs.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-25

The American Legion Auxiliary
presented an outdoor dance recital
by Marjorie Backus' pupils. at Le-
land SAnatorium. Tuesday afternoon
from 3 TO 5. Mrs. Manley Roe, re-
tabilitation chairman, arranged this
program for the veterans and other
patients at this hospital. This was
the sixth entertainment the Ypsi-
lsnti Unit has provided for these
patients. There were so who were
able 10 SIT outside 10 see the revue.
and several saw 1t from the win.
dows.
These programs have furnished
many happy hours for the patients
who have shown by many ways how
much they appreciate them.
The following pupils OF Miss
Backus presented the varied num-
bers:
Patricia Cain. Boo Hoo!' Madge
Starr, Suzanne Cakes, Marjorie De-
Nike, The Fawn"; Mary Ann stach.
LEVITT. Shine; Russell Fogg.
Practice Makes Perfect; Donna
May Ehle. III You Knew Susie;
Terry PEBBLES. Vienna March;
Donna PEBBLES, "Lawd You Made
the Night Too Long"
Marlene Moffett. "Hi-Yo Silver;
Nancy Roe, Rosemary Zimba, Donna
May Ehle, Betty June Alber. The
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-25
Six Senators, Twelve
Representatives Will
Address Townsend Club

Washington. June 25-Six sena-
tors and 12 members OF the House
OF Representatives will be Wash
ington's contribution to the gilt
tering array Of acknowledgement
speakers who will be heard by
delegates to the four day Townsend
convention to open June 80 in Buff
falo, N. Y.
The closing session OF this sixth
national parley Of Townsendites
will be the scene OF a symposium
to equal the Lincoln Douglas or
Webster-Haynes debating contests
OF a bygone day. For at that ses-
sion, on the afternoon OF Indepen-
dence Day, July 4, two OF Americas
most able orators will give their
divergent views on the issue every
American is discussing today-iso-
lation or Intervention.
A mass meeting OF an estimated
10000 Townsend delegates will
first hear Sen. Burton X. Wheeler
OF Montana, one OF the leading
spokesman against intervention.
who will take as his subject,
Should the United States become
involved in the present war"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-25
Calendar of Social Events


Yplan Post number 2s2 American Legion o'clock, Legion
Huron Temple Pyhian Sisters, special meeting,
o'clock X. p Hall. Candidates will be ballotted
THURSDAY
American Legion Auxiliary. o'clock, Legion home
Tackman Circle Society Lutheran Church
Mrs. Harvey Earl Lansing. Meet home Of Mrs Title
Tackman at $3.50 a. m.
Temple
B. Bunco Club O'Clock home OF Mrs William Heater with
Mrs. Commodore Bensnger. hostess.
Washtenaw Women Golfers golf luncheon and bridge Guest
Day, Washtenaw Country Club
Study Club o'clock H Munger Mrs
Throne assisting hostess
Society Lutheran Church. 1880
home Mrs Theodore Daschner.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-25
Pupils of Miss Backus Give
Recital For Leland Patients

Little Girl"; Marjorie DeNike, doll
Dance; Joan Bauer. My River
Home; Grant Patterson, Delphine
McDougall, Cay Nineties," med
ley; Madge Starr, The Golden
Wedding; Joan Yeatman. Mary
Ann Stachlewitz, Donna PEBBLES,
"Crosstown": Joy Faily. Joy Wal.
tiers. Why Did | Kiss That Girl;
Grant Patterson, patriotic medley:
and Ernestine Powers. The Wood
en- Soldier and the China DOLL;
Miss Backus, Gold and Silver
Valse."
Joan Backus. Mary Alice WILDER,
"Hittin' the Highway; Donna Pee
bles, Mary Ann Stachlewitz, Nancy
Patterson, "Pizzicati": Ernestine
Powers, The Wedding OF the
Painted DOLL; Joan Bauer, DELPHI
inc McDougall. Charlotte Smith,
Patricia Cain. Betty Jean Gardner.
"Bsruska": Suzanne Cakes. Kan.
sriska"; Nancy Roe. In Our Little
Wooden Shoes; Ernestine Powers.
Claudine Frye. Delphine McDous-
ALL Betty Edison, Marlene Moffett,
Joan Bauer. Russell Fogg. Nanny
Bong; Mary Ann Stachlewitz,
Donna PEBBLES, Chinatown; Bar.
bara Harrison. Joan Kingsbury.
"Shenanigans"; Madge Starr.
"Schon Rosmarin"; and Joan Yeat-
man, Miss America medley.
All dances were those presented
by Miss Backus' pupils for the
third annual dance revue for the
benefit Of the Girls Drum and Bugle
Corps.
At the close OF the program Miss
Bsckus and her accompanist. her
mother, Mrs. Lee Backus we're pre-.
sented corsages by Mrs. Roe from
the Auxiliary in appreciation OF
their fine cooperation and generos.
ity in making this delightful enter.
tainment possible.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-25
Degree Conferred
by Phoenix Lodge

The Master Mason degree was
conferred on one candidate and an
nouncements were made at the spe-
cial Communication OF Phoenix
Lodge, number 10. r. and A. NJ.
Tuesday evening in the Masonic
Temple lodge room.
The lecture for the degree was
given by Hugh Dinsdale. past mas
ter. and the charge to the candidate
was given by Iba Bassett, past mas
ter.
Frank Jackson, worshipful mas
ter, announced that during the
months OF July and August. only
regular communications will be
held.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-25
Marriage Announced


Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Wilcox, Ross.
bach Drive, announce the marriage
OF their daughter, Jean, to Donald
Chadwick, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Chadwick, Prospect st.
The ceremony took place at Napo-
leon. Ohio, during the holidays.
Mrs. George Olds, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Hubbard. Hartford,
Mich, Mr.. and Mrs. l. NJ. Armstrong
and Mr.. and Mrs. D. s. Armstrong,
Lima, O., and Mrs. Herbert Kieger,
Beverly Hills Cal, have been visit
ing Prof. and Mrs. Lloyd Odds. Miss
Joan Odds was graduated from the
Normal College Monday and will
teach first grade in Mt. Clemens
next year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray fowler, who
have been staying with Mrs. Tow
ler's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
D. Priest, are now living in a home
in Ypsilanti.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Sangster,
Duluth, Mr.. and Mrs. James Hamil.
ton. Detroit, and Mr.. and Mrs. Don.
aid Lowell, Denton, we're guests OF
Mrs. Alex A. Sangster Monday.
Misses Doris and Marjory Mill
man left Monday on a few days
motor trip to Kentucky and south
ern Indiana.
Miss Lucille Alban Is leaving Sun.
day on a motor trip to California.
She will visit her sister, Gertrude,
while there.
Miss Kathryn McKillen is in De-
troit visiting Miss Marion Squiers.
Mrs. Susan Feuerstein and daugh-
ter, Miss Emma Feuerstein. have
moved from Ala Perrin st. to 1915
Washtenaw Ave.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Jungquest,
Hillsdale, have moved to Ala Perrin
rs
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Hennis. Lancaster.
O., is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Ferd Lane
Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Van Patten,
Coldwater. were in Ypsilanti Satur-
day to attend the graduation OF
their daughter, Wanda Van Patten,
Miss Van Patten will continue EN-.
ployment at Central Specially Com
pany where she has been en-
ployed during the school year
DR.. Charles Pillsbury, accompsn-
led by his family, is at Base Lake,
fishing.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-25
SChaner Circle to
Picnic on July IS

A picnic for July Is at Prospect
Park was planned by members Of
the Schaner Circle OF the Dorcas
Society OF the Lutheran Church at
their meeting Tuesday evening at
the home OF Mrs. Harold Sander
son. This will be the only circle
gathering in July. Members will
bring table service, sandwiches. and
a dish TO pass. Mrs. Harry Skillman.
secretary. presided at the business
meeting in the absence OF the pres.
ident. Mrs. Jerome Cheesman.
Table games were played with
prizes going 10 Mrs. Belle Knaggs,
Mrs. Charles Hartman. Mrs. Lillian
Root and Mrs. L. H. Tyler.
Delicious strawberry shortcske
topped with whipped cream was
served.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-25
Oakville News
BOY SERIOUSLY INJURED
BY IRATE CHERRY DIVINE

BY IRATE CHERRY OWNER
Oakville, Mich. June 25-Thsd
Federsr. Maybee, has been remand
ed to jail in Monroe pending the
condition OF the six year old son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Gerhart
whom Mr.. Federer injured when
he was caught stealing cherries.
When Mr.. Federer saw three
boys stealing his cherries Thurs
day afternoon he loaded a shot
gun and seriously injured the boy
who was rushed to Monroe Hospi-
tai.
The sheriff from Monroe was
called and reported that Mr.. FEEDER
err met him with the gun. Then
the state police were called and
they arrested Mr.. Federer and took
him to Jail. Mr.. Federer is about
IS or 20 years old.
Mr.. and Mrs Edward Knapp and
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Williams
and grandson Allen McBroom, De-
troit. and Marie Binger, OF the Up
slant State Hosoital stan, were
guests Wednesday afternoon at
the homes OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Burget and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Helzerman.
Arthur Strauh and daughter An
nibel and sons Dale and Arnold, OF
near Maybee land Mr.. and Mrs.
Journey Brabant and daughter
Gladys, and sons, Sammie and
Milton, were Sunday guests at the
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. William Bra.
bant in honor OF Fathers Day.
Gilbert Darling. William Bra
bant and Eugene Enders attended
a milk meeting at Flat Rock Fri.
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Journey Brabant
were Monroe visitors Tuesday
forenoon.
Francis Pidd has returned to her
home in Dexter after spending a
week with her aunt, Mrs. Charles
Barnsdale.
John Little, Jackson, was 4
guest Friday at the home of Lloyd
Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. William Bra
bant and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Downing Mr.. Downing is critical.
ly dill with heart trouble.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Helzerman
spent Sunday at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Johnson. Clark
son, and Norman Johnson returned
home with them to spend the sum.
mer.
Mrs. lone Darling and son Elm
spent Friday night at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Debbs, Fern
dale. and Saturday Mrs. Debbs &C.
compenied them to Litchheld and
spent the week end with their par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Gran
dali.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Barnsdale
and sons, Robert, James and Nor
man, were Sunday guests at the
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Proc
tor and in the evening they attend.
ed the county Sunday School Con.
vention at Willow Run.
Joan Lentz, the little daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Lentz, is
again confined in st. Joseph Hos
pital. Ann Arbor.
Mrs. Fay Helzerman and Fred
rick were in Milan Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred HelxerraAr
and Norman Johnson we're In Ann
Arbor Monday.
Stanley Krysowski. Rawsonvills
Rd.. was guest Friday forenoon
at the Dziedziak home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Northrup
and Mrs. Sarah Prince, near Willis.
spent Tuesday evening at the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Helzerman
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-25
PRESENTING ANSWERS

Detroit, June 25-INS The
government today was to present
its answers to S6 defense motions
asking that testimony OF all but two
of the prosecutions So witnesses
be stricken from the trial record of
Frank D. Mckay and II others fac
ing charges on a 100000 liquor
mail fraud
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-25
KILLED IN ACCIDENT

Constantine, June 20 Henry
Verburg, Kalamazoo. was killed
when a truck in which he was
riding crashed into the home Of
Mrs. Nellie Lcng and pushed tbs
building six inches off its founda.
ton. Frank w. Waterman, IS,
Kalamazoo, driver, was held on a
negligent-homicide charge.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-25
FIREMAN sUCcUMes

Grand Rapids, June 25-AP--In.
juries suffered while fighting a
warehouse blaze Sunday were fatal
Tuesday TO John A. Roskamp. 40.
Grand Rapids fireman. He was the
second city fireman to be killed on
duty in the last three months. Sur.
vivors include an infant son born
"a hours before the fatal accident.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-25
Nine Initiated by
Odd Fellow Lodge

Ypsilanti Lodge. number 54S,
l.O.O.F., entertained visitors from
Dearborn Lodge at their weekly
meeting at Odd Fellow Hall. Tues.
day evening. A large number OF
members and visitors were present
and a class of nine candidates was
initiated by the visiting team. II
is expected that the local lodge will
have another class for initiation in
the near future. 1t was decided TO
omit the regular meeting next Tues.
day on account OF the Fourth cele.
bration.
Lunch was served after the meet
ing by the committee, Edward
fowler, Jay Cazier, Wilbur Clancy
and Henry Lawrence, Jr.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-25
THWART SUICIDE

Manistee, June rs Police Mon
day thwarted an attempt by Alice
Jensen, 22. to jump into the MANS.
tee River, and found note she had
written. telling OF an unhappy love
affair.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-25
ASSETS SOLD Al AucrloN

lonia, June 25-AP-Final assets
OF the defunct National Bank Of
lonia were sold at auction Tues.
day. Notes and other assets with
a face value OF approximately SIS.
900 were sold TO Edward Simon,
Buffalo. for 1851.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-25

Mr.. and Mrs. William Hamlet
2o7 Maple St. are parents OF a son
born Tuesday in Boyer Memorial
Hospital. The baby weighed six
pounds. nine ounces.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-25
ATTENTION
CITY SUBSCRIBERS

The Ypsilanti Daily Press
wishes all subscriber to re-
ceive their papers regularly
and promptly. In case OF poor
or non-delivery OF the Daily
Press Phone the Press once
at 40 before s p. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-25
Fine Points in Bridge
Nv SHEPARD BARCLAY

the occasion. She calculated that.
IL South had the club ] with his
four shown by the bidding. he
would have played 1t instead OF
the X. SO her husband had 1t. as q
singleton now. Hence lead Of the
club Q would drop it and set up
the dummy's 10. Lead Of heart.
apparently the natural lead. would
enable South to ruff out the last
heart and lead a club. II she let
the J win this. her husband would
be end-played. obliged to lead q
red card and furnish run and
discard. II. however, she won 1t,
overtaking the ]. she would set up
the 10.
Only one lead remained-the
right one-a small club. Mr..
Hazen won 1t with the J and had
a heart left for exit. declarer ruff
fing. Now there was no way for
South to avoid losing the setting
trick to the club Q.
A bit OF study will show you
that. II Mr. Hazen had returned
his diamond A to the third trick.
the declarer would have been able
to time the play so that he could
have wound up with the combina-
ton end-play which he later
strained to develop in vain.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-25
At Brldqe Luncheon

Mrs. Thomas V. Dutton attended
a bridge luncheon Tuesday given
by Mrs. Thomas Stephens at the
Detroit Golf Club.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-25
Club Entertained
by Mrs. Helzernan

Old Tyne Pedro Club was enter
tanned Tuesday evening by Mrs.
Edward Helzerman. Prizes for pedro
went to Mrs. Joseph Ely, Mrs. Hell.
German, Mrs. Edward Block and
Mrs Christopher Arend.
The club will meet again July S
with Mrs. Nelson Clough.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Watson and
son. Thomas. are residing at 420
n. Washington st.
c. VI. Rooney has left for Houston.
Tex, where he will visit Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Richardson and daugh.
ter, Patsy.
Miss Elizabeth Everitt. Crosse
Pointe, is spending a few weeks
with her mother, Mrs. George Luck
ing. Miss Everitt expects to enter
University OF Michigan summer
school.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-25
Methodist Class
Guests at Picnic

Miss Maude Carpenter, Mrs.
Amanda Dubois. Mrs. Alice Spals-
bury and Miss Rose Fewings were
hostesses for the Methodist Bust.
ness and Professional Women's
Bible Glass for a picnic at Miss Car
pepters home. Tuesday evening.
After having supper Mrs. Pearl
Woods presided at brief business
meeting. An invitation was accept.
ed from Mrs. G. H. Munger to meet
at her home for the July meeting.
twenty-five were present.
James Corbett and Robert Smell
left Tuesday morning for a motor
trip to California. James will stop
over with friends at Santa Barbara
and other points. The boys will re-
turn in about a month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Blacken-
burg and daughter, Anne. are leav-
ing Wednesday for a short visit at
the home OF Mrs. Blackenburgs par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Burmeister,
Waukesha. Wisconsin.
Mrs. Ella McNaughton. who has
been visiting her daughter, Mrs
Avis Martell Kenosha, will arrive
today to visit her son, r. w. Nc
Naughton.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-25
SEE THROUGH HIS PLAN

SEE THROUGH HIS PLAN
MUCH OF the very finest de-
Tense comes from detecting what
the declarer Is likely to try, and
then keeping him from doing II.
Sometimes this requires the keen
est Of card-reading by both part
ners. combined with perfect CO.
operation between them at vari-
Gus stages of the journey through
the hand. II either makes any
thing but the exactly right move
at any critical spot, then all the
rest Of the good work is waited.
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Pass a. Pass 90
Here was an extremely tight
hand OF the kind duplicate tour
nament players love. with Lee
Hazen, national individual mas
tiers champion. in the East and his
wife In the West beating skillful
work by South.
The diamond X was followed by
a small one to the J. and the FIRST
crisis vas at hand. II Mr.. Hazen
now led his diamond A, the de-
tense which developed would have
been impossible. as will be shown
later. Instead, he returned the
heart 2 to the Q. and South also
took his heart A. then led to the
spade K ,nd ruffed dummy's last
diamond. The spade A dropped the
defenders last trumps, and a club
10 the X lost to the A.
Risht hare Mrs Hs5Ar -n.. ~