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Evening star., 1941-05-20

Souths contract was ambitious, 1t
must be admitted, but 1t would nave
been fulfilled if the diamond king
had been located in the East hand
or if the defense had made a not
improbable mistake.
West opened the king of spades,
East playing the encouraging seven.
and South won at once with the
spade ace. A holdup of the spade
ace, South reasoned. was polntless,
since the contract hinged on the
diamond finesse. II it succeeded, no
spade holdup was necessary: If the
finesse failed, West would gain the
lead to run his spades In spite OF
any holdup by South.
Declarer next led a club to dunn
mys king and returned the queen
of diamonds for a finesse. 1t was
at this point that West decided
turnabout was fair play. He simply
refused to win the first diamond
trick with his king.
The play was simple enough, but
the effect was devastating. Declar-
er led another diamond from the
dummy, finessing again for West
had refused the trick without tell
tale hesitation). West accepted the
trick this time-and South was un-
able ever again to get back to his
own hand. Good management en-
abled him to win six tricks-but it's
a pretty sad business when you have
to play carefully to be set only three
tricks!
Note particularly that South
would have made his contract II
West had taken the first diamond
trick The defense could take three
spades and the diamond king, but
South would make game with five
diamonds, three side aces and the
club king.
X X X
Yesterday YOU were Howard
Schenkens partner and, with nei-
ther side vulnerable, YOU held:
A A J 9 8
y K 10 4
cK5
LJ987
The bidding:
schenken Jacoby You Maier
~ Pass 90
Answer - Bid one spade. The
hearts are not strong enough for
double raise. the hand is not quite
strong enough for jump to two
no-trump. and there is no good rea-
son to suppress the spades in any
event.
Score 100 per cent for one spade,
80 per cent for two no-trump. 20
per cent for either two or three
hearts.
Question No. 764.
Today you hold the same hand,
and the bidding continues:
Schenken Jacoby You Maier
~ Pass IA Pass
~ Pass (2
What do you bid? (Ansver to-
morrow
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Tungsten Helped Hitler Prepare for New War

cubic feet of water. The tungsten
itself is nearly as heavy as gold,
about 10 times as heavy as water!
OF all metals, tungsten takes the
most heat to melt. The tempera-
ture must be more than 5000 degrees
F. before it will turn into liquid.
Tungsten steel usually has from
l per cent to per cent of tungsten
in it. 1t is helpful in making tools
and machines which are used in
peace as well as war. Tungsten
finds a place in telegraph keys and
in spark coil points.
The most common use of tung-
stem in everyday life has been in
electric light bulbs. Hundreds Of
millions of such bulbs have been
made and sold. An extremely thin
tungsten wire is placed inside
the bulb: when electricity passes
through it, it glows and we have
electric light.
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serapbookl
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Evening star., 1941-05-20

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Colby, in care Of The Evening
Star. Just say: "Punctuatien,
please.
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Evening star., 1941-05-20
LETTER-OUT

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o Yesterdays LETTER-OUT.
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Evening star., 1941-05-20
Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.

David Bruce Burnstone, Merwln D;
Maler, Oswald Jacoby and Howard
schenken, worlds leading team-of-
four, inventors of the system that
has beaten every other system in
eXistence)
Evening star., 1941-05-20
Turnobout

Turnabout is fair play, according
TO the old adage, and in todays
hand we see West using, as de-
fender, a weapon usually employed
by the declarer:
North. dealer.
East-West vulnerable.
\ 10
= A 10 852
8 O.
%AK83
KoJ3 Ae764
HKJ w q Q 64
4 Ks2
4 j So q q
AAS2
07 3
oAJ 10943
4 10 6
The bidding:
North East South west
~ Pass % Pass
~ Pass INT Pass
2NT Pass Pass Pass
Evening star., 1941-05-20

Spiced with thyme and sage)
Folks say macaroni
Are the very thing >"
(Webster rolls again and groans:
20 death, where are thy sting?D
From Salem: How is RASPUTIN
pronounced, and does the name
have a meaning? G. S.
Answer: The Mad Monks real
name was Grigoryi Efimovich
Rasputin was the name given to
his peasant father whose drunken
ness caused him to be labeled Ras-
putin. meaning the debauchee The
name is pronounced: rahs-POO-
teen.
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Evening star., 1941-05-20

AboUe:: Indians OF Andes Noun
tdins crushing Wolfram ore.
Below:: An Indian tCorking a Zig. y
q primitive machine for taking
tungsten from the po1Cdered ore.
eral other countries dig up little
The name tungsten" came from
the Swedish language. and means
heavy stone" The ore from which
1t usually is obtained is called wolf
ram, and is indeed heavy. A cubic
foot of it weighs more than seven
Evening star., 1941-05-20

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10
Still First
Chicago Hospital Remains
Largest in Nation

CHICAGO. Aug. q. uNS)-
The American Medical ASsocia-
tons annual census of hospitals
today revealed that Chicagos
Cook County retained its place in
1910 AS the largest and most used
hospital in the country.
With the rated capacity of 5000
beds. the survey showed the hos
pital had a total of 81 ,l54 patients.
New York'S Bellevue Hospital was
nearest in point Of size and utili-
zation Of the 6,29l hospitals In the
country.
A general increase in hospitals
and in their use all over the coun-
try was pointed ont by the survey.
The total number of patients adj
mitted 10 hospitals was l00S7 54S.
an increase OF 20S.3 over 1899.
The figures showed that the pro-
portion Of beds in use in general
hospitals rose from 500 per cent
10 73.3 per cent. the first time this
has hcen over 40.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10
JueeIes City's Debt

Two other key men in the
controllers Office are Edward
{. Coughln, who has been with
the city "a years. and Edward
= Riehl who has been with
the city 20 years.
Coughlin juggleS the cityS
huge bonded debt and transaCts
refundIng operations running
into the millions Richi is AN
expert on the actuarial problems
connected with the city'S various
pensions systems and also
directs departmental rcOrgani-
cations Riehl served a. an ac-
countani with the Packard
Motor Car Company for FIVE
years before becoming a public
servant.
Donald J. Sublcttc. who has
been with the city government
80 years would be called d per-
Nouncl director in private in
du>try He - secretary OF the
civil service commission RE
came 10 Detroit from the United
States civil service commission.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10
Biggest Headaches

Left 10 themselves these city
executives could run the city in
definitely on the same routine
basis that it has always been
run.
Their biggest headaches start
when orders come down from
above 40 do the impossible. The
campaign promises that are
ballyhooed from public plat
forms. the grandioSe economy
schemes and governmental re-
organizations which arrive IN The
wake Of every new admniStfa-
ton all these land eventually
on the desks OF the forgotten
men.
Patiently they have 10 COM
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10

The men who are on the firing
line are trained professionals
who have been serving the city
for years in obscure posts and
most of " h o m received their
early training in private BUSH
ness.
These forgotten men are uSu-
ally quiet pluggers - deputies,
first and second assistants, jun
ior executives and variety Of
technical men.
There are about 30 Of these
key men in the Detroit city gov
eminent al present Most Of
them are in middle life. married,
and raising families in moder-
ately WelI-to-do circumstances.
After 20 10 30 years Of continu-
Gus service with the city they
receive on an average about
$500 a year and prospect, Of a
gpOd pension.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10

Council and a large group of
appointed and elected depart
ment heads
These bosses. who are The poll
tician> oui m front. take The
applause or The boo> from The
public. and their terms In office
arc determined hy the amount
OF public acclaim they can draw
ON the other hand. the work
of The forgotten men iS largely
anony NOUS and their only zee
ward for an exceptional piece of
work IS the satisfaction OF doing
a good loh
The spark of ncW idea may
como from some ether r't.. from
p newspaper letter hoN. siig-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10
They're Always on Job

They see that the garbage
trucks make their rounds. lnat
the teacher meets her classes
every morning. that the stree:
cars and buses run. that the
streets are kept lighted, pollced
and cleaned.
Their activities guard the
health Of the city. provide water
and fire protection. inspection
Of food. distribution Of money 10
the poor. maintenance OF parks,
libraries and golf courses
All these services, too nu-
merouS 10 recount, stem from
the great municipal bureaucracy
whore hundreds OF young men
are building careers as profess
Sional public servants
Mayors and cOunclimen come
and 90 and the City Hall Is occs-
Sionally shaken by a great scan
dial, but the forgotten men" 20
right ahead. grinding out their
own brand OF government which
never seems 10 vary much from
ore year 10 the next.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10
Check Power Costs

Public lighting commission
executives constantly ch OK
their operations against those OF
the private power companies
and boast that they are abreast
or even sometimes ahead Of the
rest of the industry in keeping
costs down.
An inexpensive snapshot X
ray was the hobby of some doc
tors in the health department
and through il was developed a
system for the mass production
of tuberculosis detection.
The application of modern
business machines 10 the job OF
keeping tax records has been
worked out successfully in De-
troit.
Important reductions in the
cost of garbage disposal have
been made through educating
housewives to wrap garbage in
paper so il will burn better in
the incinerator.
The city's election facilities
have been made available for
The use of labor disputants.
Thus a new use has been found
for an old established depart
ment.
The spotting of police officers
at points of high accident fire.
quency is being developed to
fine point through careful COM
pilation Of accident records.
Two-way radio cars have
been put on the streets for bet
ter control of DSR buses and
street rare
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10

service. a special type Of routing
which may approximate taxicab
service.
The Detroit Zoo pioneered in
cageleSS exhibits where wild ami
mails are restrained by almost
invisible concrete pits.
The traffic engineers office is
working on electric speed traps
and mechanical brain" signal
lights and have developed
platoon movement of traffic on
one-way streets, giving motorists
continuous green lights.
Scientific tests have been run
by city employees on street paint.
fire hose and parking meters 10
settle the claims Of rival manu-
faCtuTPTS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10
Purchaser for DSR

Ben iamin J Tobin. who has
been with The CITY 10 years and
Kenneth A MERCER who has
served il years. are the TWO
sparkpugs of one OF The cIt} 8
youngest departments : b e
auditor generals department.
Tobln Is 10 and left an cNccu-
tive position with a candy
manufacturing company 20 Ioin
the city MERCER is "a and was
formerly employed by the De
trolt Edison Company.
In the DSR Emil r Hclfrich
is responsible for purchasing apd
maintaining all equipment, IN
GLIDING street cars. buses,
tracks. wires and all the rest
He has been with the depart.
ment since IL was established
and came here from a traction
company IN Denver. Colo, where
me- began aS a linemdn.
William : Bullock j. in
charge of DSR operations which
includes making schedules and
routes and employing the thou
sands OF street car and coach
men. Bullock'S service with the
system dates way back TO the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10

private ownership days Of the
DUR.
In tho department Of public
works. there is Jan Schmeddlng
IN charge OF streets. % years Of
service, Carl D. Warner IN
charge OF alleys. Is years. and
Forrest r.. Weber IN charge Of
sewers. - years.
In the purchasing department
winch is headed by a frequently
changed political appoiniee Don
r. Tromblcy is the guiding hand
He Is IS. started his career with
Dodge Brothers Motor Company
and has served the city p years.
Miss Lois r. illicit IS in
charge of the case workers IN
the welfare department and her
Is years of service date back TO
the days before the depression
when most people had never
even heard Of public welfare.
She also ha, been social
worker tor several large Detroit
hospitals
The man who carries the ball
in the assessor $ department Is
Thomas VI. Corcoran who Is -
and has served the city "a years.
This listing is by no means
complete. but some of the other
forgotten men ot the ciH'Eov-
eminent and their years of Serv-
ice include
Eugene Dciml treasury t43
years.: William II. Floody city
plan commission - years.
Charles c Ludy building de-
pariment "a years. Oakley r.
DGStln. elections t27 years
Charles r. McGrcw. housing
1.-TWO years.: Harry c. Koch
traffic engineering rs years.
Stewart llockStcr. motor trans
port division - years.; j. !.
ConSidine, parks and recreation
20 years. Claude f. Smith,
forestry - ycarSl.-
Arthur ". Lorenzo. street
lighting 90 years. Thomas W.
JcnordS. street lighting tl5
years.. Hal +. Smith, water de-
partmem 70 years. Edward NJ
Lane. Board of Education p
years. zDr Joseph c. Molncr.
Board of Health Il years. and
Ralph a. Ulveling libraries IS
years..
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10
City's Forgotten Men
Keep Complex Wheels
OF Service Turning
By JAMES INGLIs

VNIE wheels of huge city government are grinding
away TODAY largely through a small unsng group
of forgotten men'-the minor civil service career men
With the exception large automobile firms the
city of $4,000 employees physical assets OF over
$500 S35OO000O0 the largest bus
ness Detroit
complex industry devoted TO satisfying human needs
soup the homeless mendcan brass band or
cage full of monkeys children the park Titan or
Rembrandt for folks the
employs nearly every OF skilled hand found IN the
many phases private scientists doctors attorneys
accountants public utility executives cooks scrub women
aborers- few
Contrary popular belief these municipal services are
not directed by politicians.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10
Offer $500 Prize

There Is a FIRST prize Of 500
available 10 any outsider tany
>pcrSon living outside lIoughton.
ewCcnaw. BaraCa or OntOna-
Eson countless and a total prize
fund of 81 600
The "horSclcSS derby in Ia
wccnaw l. going down IN fishing
annals AZ Americas Official
Lake Trout Trolling Derby, and
by tho end Of the contest in mid
August il should have attracted
10000 sport fishermen and
women
Probably the heaviest Michi-
gan representation In the derby
off KeWeenaw comes from De-
troit. with scores Of fun-ScckerS
travelling north for week-endS
and weekly trips The iaunt. IN
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10

and adopted II pronto. Then
came shorts and flashy dud> and
host Of specially equipped
boats with pilots IN captain :
caps.
It's Fashionable sport now
and The only fishing you can
enjoy without trucking along
tons Of duillc and gear Boats
are available AZ every port and
each Is equipped with rods, reels
lines and lures.
Premier attraction in the lake
trout trolling fad of northern
Michigan is the Lake Superior
Trout Trolling Derby, now IN
full swing off the kewecnaw Pc
ninSula. II is modelled after the
famous salmon dcrbies of Ore
con. and It's management j. a
v1iv o, me Mann "metropoli-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10

promise the public promises Of
their Superiors with the cold
hard facts Of reality as they
know them.
The controllers office is The
mayors right hand in all mat
tiers concerning finances. budg-
cts. pensions and departmental
reorganizationS.
David V. Addy who is 43
years Old. ,tatted in this depart
ment AS an office boy al the age
Of IS. has served in IT for II
years. and now holds the all
important position Of budget
director.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10
Their Profession

Government j. a profession
for these men. Generally they
keep up on The trade Journal, ot
their particular ACTIVITY They
travel 10 national conventions
every year and compare notes
with government exports from
other cities Who aIe following
tire same lire
The reason these men are not
better known 20 tho public rs
that they are outrankcd by a
great numhor of bosses the
mayor. tho ntne n'cuhcrs ~ the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10
Some Credit Grabbers

II is not easy TO assess the
credit for all these developments,
but II is safe bet that the Job
of making them work is being
carried out by the forgotten
men.
Politicians frequently will grab
ideas such as these and run for
a touchdown with only a brief
word of thanks for the unknown
soldier who developed the plan
and saw it through 10 success.
The civil service career men
keep the government anchored
In place and give continuity 10
a business that Is constantly
changing BOSSES
The men in the top places may
be good. bad or Indifferent. but
these obscure lieutenantS take
pride in keeping the machinery
running regardless.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10

gc>tion from "A nonSalaricd city
commissioner. or from a depart
mental employe
An obscure white collar cN-
cculNc in the city service will
star, tinkcrinc with IL and per-
hap> in a few months or years
an important new Improvement
I'm municipal service Will be eS-
t8blShod
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10
Fishermens Derby Offers 81 900 in Prizes;
10000 Expected to Compete
By ARTHUR JuNTUNEN

DETROlTERS seeking respite from city heat in Mchgan
~ land along the aif-condtoned of Lake
superior this spectacular Summer
that prominence attractions FLORIDA
Lake trout trolling they call IT, which the
0,tng on MismeNcept there tsrpons chilly
Lake Superior.
Upper Michigan which knows much OF depression expects
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10

healthy harvest Of dollars result Of the lake
trout trolling boomS for the the
"outnfeed waters stacks to thrills for
children.
cleaning lures Lake Superior this
for the taken
a handful of bright and oreSighted visitors
sudden in popularity be
that discovered trolling
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10

the northernmoSt tip Of Michi-
gan and the northern end OF
Highway CS-4l AT Fort wilkins
leads through historic and
scenic spots along newly-paved
highways.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10
Experimental Work

MANY such experiments have
cropped up n The city govern
ment IN recent years and some
others are still on the fire
pSR executives arc working
on nlans for lacinrv-tn-hnnr bus
Evening star., 1941-06-30
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles z. Trdce1Oell.

AT last mourning dove has fown
to the ledge of the small elevated feed
ing station by the dining room window.
This is the first time that dove has
ever eaten anywhere except on the
ground in our yard.
The bird flew to the roof of the small
houselike feeder.
The question was: Would he fly away
or would he drop down to the feeding
ledge, or rim?
A dove strikes an observer as a some
what clumsy bird In truth, he is as
agile as any. Though bulky, he is no
longer than jay. Blue jays come to the
feeder at all hours of the day. Their
approach is always threefold, first to
the roof, then out into the rhodo-
dendrons, then onto the ledge.
*x X
The dove used the usual approach OF
most of the songsters.
Letting himself go off the roof, he
simply turned in the air and lit on the
ledge.
There he was, for the first time in
the history of the yard.
1t is always a red-letter day. in bird
feeding, when some new creature comes
to a particular feeding station.
There is as much interest in this as
If totally new species had arrived
n
The dove was not content to eat from
the rim.
He walked bodily onto the floor,
sampling the seed as .le went.
At close range it is possible to see
what a really fine bird this is.
At distance, it invariably strikes the
observer as rather too much of a good
thing, some way or other.
That is, the bird makes no particular
appeal, but seems somewhat on the
coarse side.
Close at hand the dove is seen for what
it is, really beautiful bird, certainly on
the mild-appearing side, with beautiful
feathers and an odd spikelike tail
This straight tail does not seem to
belong to the bird, for the rest of him
is extremely solid.
The coloration at close range is mar
velously like that of tortoise. No Won
der the bird was named popularity the
turtle dove.
r 4
The head of the dove is well turned
on the small side. with a soft, intelligent
eye. There is nothing here of the glare
of the hawk or the gleam of the jay.
1t must be from the dove'e eyes that
it got the descriptive so often applied
to it of the gentle dove"
Otherwise. there is notlstng particularly
gentle about the bird.
1t can take care of itself in any COM
pany. Probably hawk might master
it, but few other birds 1t often runs
blue jays away from feeding stations.
Today was to be no exception.
No sooner was the dove eating away
Evening star., 1941-06-30
rumors of doodle-bugs, devices fo

rumors of doodle-bugs, devices for
locating buried treasure, wrote the
Treasury for a mineral rod to use
for that purpose. The reply he got
was most discouraging. 1t seems that
the Treasury itself, by an odd coinci-
dence, wants the same thing-some
means of locating hidden wealth, for
what reason only one guess is
allowed.
There the matter rests. Those who
would like to bet on the Arkansas
gentleman's chances of success can
be accommodated at a snappy mil
lion to one, and in order to round
out the book, those wanting to back
the Treasury in its hunt for hidden,
hitherto untaXed resources can get
down at the dull but safe odds of
one to a million.
Evening star., 1941-06-30

Into its ma1U it sucks each ne1D-borr
day,
And Nth remorSeleSs thorough
ness, it drains
Each Uttal minute from Times
foDing UeinS,
Nor UuSteS q single moment In
delay.
Nothing its grim efficiency can stay,
Till, sdted to repletion, Nth the
dusk;
Out OF its maU 1t spe,Ds the empty
huSk;
The phile its countless spawn have
sped aWay
To flood the Uaiting markets OF
the earth,
On highways Of the land, the air,
the sea.
Here mind and matter, in the fac
toryS lUomb,
To neW life pere transmuted-
gtUen birth;
And to nlGchinery'S droning thren.
ody,
The day passed into its ete-nsa
tomb.
4, ALFRED I. TooYE.