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Evening star., 1941-10-09
The Killing Lead


opening lead, it's not always a good
idea to finger some card in your
partners suit and then wash your
hands of sponsibility. Your part
ner's bid suggests but does not COM
mand lead; and there are many
situations in which the enterpriSing
player must veto the suggestion in
favor of some more compelling idea.
Today's hand is a case in point:
West dealer.
North-South vulnerable.
AAQ9862
V762
"a
A743 AKJ1o
VA8 G54
q 105 W" IL HKQ763
AA98432 NJ IQ1O7
KQJ1093
AJ962
Ak
The bidding;
West North East South
Pass Pass 10 80
80. 3A Pass ~
Dbl Pass Pass Pass
Vests double was a trifie tenuous.
for Easts third-hand might well
have been a bit on the psychic side
Actually, East'S hand was good
enough for a third-hand bid, but he
would not have opened the hand in
first or second position. But it was
Vests choice of opening lead that
gave him the right to take chances
with cream-puff doubles.
West reasoned that his opponents
couldn't have much in clubs, since
he had a long suit and fair strength.
They couldn't have a good spade fit,
or South would have raised spades
instead of rebidding his hearts. And
Easts opening bid suggested some
control of diamonds. Where was
South going to find 10 tricks aside
from the heart suit? So West de-
cided to open trumps in order to
reduce possible rufflng power in the
dummy.
After West had led the ace of
trump he naturally continued with
his other trump, for dummy's SIN
gleton diamond confirmed his anal
ysis. After that, South found it i'm
possible to make his contract. But
note that South would have made
his contract if West had made the
normal" lead of the diamond ten.
Yesterday you were David Burn
stones partner and, with both sides
vulnerable, you held
AAJ753
V962
NJ65
@Q4
The bidding:
Schenken Burnstone Jacoby You
10 Dbl. Pass "a
Pass "a Pass 90
AnSwer-Bid three spades. Your
hand is not quite good enough for
game bid after your partners
double and raise, but it is substan-
/ TALLY better than your minimum
! holding for a spade response. You
might have had only four small
spades in a completely worthless
hand; your actual holding is enough
more to warrant a try for game.
! Score 100 per cent for three
/ spades, 40 per cent for four spades,
20 per cent for pass.
Question No. 1856.
Today you hold the same hand;
| but the bidding is different:
| Schenken Burnstone Jacoby You
~ Dbl. Pass IA
Pass "a Pass Cd
What do you bid? (Answer to-
morrow
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South American nations ends with d broadcast
Of Haii's history and culture. JatqueS Cameleau-
Antoine, counselor Of the Haitian Legation, is
guest speaker.
WOL, iO;30-InteNiew with Fjghtmen Joe
Louis and Tony ZaIe.
WRt, ti:t5-RepreSenfative Lee Of Okla
homa: Units Behind Our Foreign Policy,
WRc, tt:30-HeiH Of Liberty Rex StOufs
interview series reopens, with Author Carl
Garner, initial quest.
Evening star., 1941-10-09

Mother: Well put our fingers
on our lips like this to remind each
other we must be quiet while the
baby next door is sick"
Son; Wen both be careful, won't
we
Evening star., 1941-10-09

Mother (she has warned child not
to make too much noise): johnnie.
Johnnie-come right home!"
Son: Mamma, don't call so loud"
Mother: Don't tell me what to
do"
The United States Forest Ser
vice is using portable radio trans
mitter smaller than a loaf of bread,
Evening star., 1941-10-09
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POINTS FOR PARENTS
Rv FDYTU THOMAS WALLACE

Consistency, thou art more
than q jeDel-thou art also an
ercellent teacher.
Evening star., 1941-10-09
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Schenken, worlds leading team-of-
four. inventors of the system that
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Evening star., 1941-11-17

he never forgets it. Moreover, he Is
lust the kid to see that you DON'T
forget it either. and 1t makes no
difference whether you are his su-
perior officer, a fellow soldier, or
Charley's aunt. He is so phenom-
enal mentally that the Army re-
cards him with such CONSERVATION
that it makes him a sergeant MS
first day in camp. Many time
thereafter it wishes it hadn't, Wnat
with him telling of his betters al
most every time they open their
mouths. 1t is, of course, the sort OF
thing that keeps man staggering on
the brink of disaster and sudden
death. and Roach's camera never
leaves the young man for an instant.
IT it did, Tanks a Million" would
almost certainly collapse for, apart
from the genius sergeant, the
others in the script are straight
of the shelf. They include the
prankster privates. the jealous SER
peant, the befuddled captain and
colonel who lives in a constant
state of semi-apoplexy. There Is
also a girl in Tank a Million"
rather cutish girl who is there mere
" for ornamentation and is not
at all bad at the thing. Her name
Evening star., 1941-11-17
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Stage.
National The Rivals" with
Mary Boland and Bobby Clark:
$3.50 pm.
Screen.
Palace-''Nothing but the Truth"
coming from Bob Hope: IL am,
los, 3:15, $40. 7:30 and $40 pm.
Capitol-"Hot Spot" being the
one B. Cradle and V. Mature are
on: IL am. las, 4:30. tbs and
10 pm. Stage shows: 12:55, $40,
$50 and Oils pm.
Earle-"International Squadron, y
Ronald Reagan in the R. A. r.:
IL am, 1:4O. 4:3O. tbs and 10 pm.
Stage shows: 1855, $40, 6:25 and
9:10 pm.
Keith's-"It Started With Eve y
Deanna Durbin's latest: 11:40 am.
LAO. $40, $40, TAO and s:40 pm
LittIe-"The Stars Look Down,
human drama taut with suspense
IL am, los, 3:15, $40, 7:30 and
$40 pm.
Metropolitan-,iThe Maltese Fal-
con-" mystery, plus some comic
moments: 11:10 am, lis, 800
$50, 7::35 and $40 pm.
CoIumbia-"Week End in Ha-
vana," made musically bright by
Carmen Miranda: 10:45 am, 1885
2:25, Ais, sos, and $50 pm.
Pix-"Tanks a Million" comedy
about the military life: $50, 4:45
6:45, $40 and 1890 pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts; con.
| tinuous from 10 am
Evening star., 1941-11-17

of her before either.
William Tracy, James Gleason,
Noah Beery. jr., are the principal
performers in Roach's quick, slick
charade.
xx
It was a 10-strike, a sort Of
double rich one, when Variety Club
got the team of Abbott and Cos
tello for the thick. black type that
denotes the stars Of the clubs an
nual dinner. The comedians who
have inspired Universal Pictures
with such courage that the studio
dares talk back to Deanna Durbin.
forgot how tired they were to give
the show a flavor Of hilarity 1t never
has had before. Moreover, they re-
ceived noble assistance from Joe
Frisco-the funniest comedian ex-
tant for this departments money
and Wally Brown, the former the
Capitol Theater's comedian this
week, the latter from the Earle. AS
a show, the funny men backed up
by the entire casts of the Capitol
and Earle stage bills created the
finest thing of it's kind in Variety
history.
Life in Hollywood with swimming
pools to roll in is a far cry from the
$50 a week days for Abbott and
Costello, but they haven't forgotten
those other days nor the people in
them Their manager during their
two-day stay in Washington was
Col. James J. Lake, who used to
give them employment in his Gayety
Theater on Ninth street.
The Messrs. Abbott and Costello
are under no illusion concerning
their sudden. spectacular success in
the movies. They still regard them
selves frankly as burlesque comedi-
ans. realize that their popularity is
based upon the use of the same
method and material which they
employed In the days when the next
meal was purely speculative.
Unlike many another player, OF
team, they are not at all disturbed
at the prospect OF running out OF
material. Their years of keeping
burlesque audiences in a constant
condition Of guf1aw supplied then
with enough gags. routines, etc, tc
last them a long lifetime in the
Hollywood climate. Their picture
scripts are only vaguely written
Abbott says. being mostly created
when the camera is running. Ever
they are never quite sure what thu
scene is likely to be. And, what
ever it is, they can always think
of another way to play 1t.
So far, Abbott says. they haven
had much time to think about pic
ture technique. Universal having
found a gold mine in them-ant
vice versa-they have made picture
so rapidly that every one save th'
cameraman is dizzy The though
that they are making possibly tot
many pictures, which frightens 81
many players in the movies. ha
never even occurred to Abbott ant
Costello.
Abbott, who makes = fine spokes
man for the team, does not thinl
| it ever will.
They love to work, remembering
when they didn't.
Evening star., 1941-11-17
Guild Presents
Rivals Here

THE Rivals" new theater
Guild production Of the Richard
Brinsley Sheridan comedy.
opens a weeks engagement
tonight at the National Theater.
There will be matinees Wednes-
day and Saturday.
The cast is headed by Mary
Boland, as Mrs. Malaprop;
Bobby Clark and Walter Hamp-
den. Others are Helen Ford,
Haila Stoddard, Donald Burr,
Philip Bourneuf, Robert Wall
stem. Raymond johnson, Horace
Sinclair. Owen Coll and Walt
Draper.
Evening star., 1941-11-17
With Laughton

Florence Bates has been signed for
the role OF Mama Ruau' In R-K-O-
Radios The Tuttles of Tahiti" star
ring vehicle for Charles Laughton.
Miss Bates has just finished a
part in Mexican Spitfire at Sea"
Recent appearances include The
Chocolate Soldier" Kathleen" and
Love Crazy"
Evening star., 1941-11-17
Sarong Costume
For Kissing
Under Water!
nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
HOLLYWOOD.
Tyrone Power and Gene 1ierney
tried and tried, but they just couldn't
kiss under water.
They're both excellent swimmers,
but when the Son Of Fury" script
demanded that they dive into a pool
from opposite sides and kiss while
swimming they were never able to
come closer than a few inches.
A few rehearsals rehearsals for
kissingD finally brought the swim
mers to a point of contact.
Reason, they didn't get it right off
was because Gene and Power were
wearing sarongs, which aren't
streamlined like swimming suits and
weigh more. They dol
Evening star., 1941-11-17
Bravery Wins

Completely recovered from
broken back, Jean Fitzgerald, re-
Gently signed TO term contract at
Warner Bros. will make her motion
picture debut in "Juke Girl" Ann
Sheridan Donald Reagan Richard
Whorf starrer. When the blond
newcomer took a screen test two
months ago, she concealed the fact
that her back was in brace as a re-
suit of a fall from a cliff which had
broken it six months before. She
disclosed her condition after she had
won her contract. and Warmers
withheld any casting assignment un-
til she was completely recovered.
Evening star., 1941-11-17

a mildly divert
ing sort Of thing,
q u i C k, punchy
and built around
a rather good
idea.
The character
which Tanks a
Million" under
takes to prove
very funny is a
draftee y e S,
another draftee
who is blessed
with a photo
graphic MEM
ory. once ne
raodc q thing
Evening star., 1941-11-17

Hal Roach Tries His Hand
At Streamlined Comedy
New Type at Pix Is Diverting;
Abbott and Costello Add Test
To Variety Clubs Big Show
By JAY CARMODY.

celuloidia
doubt SO do YOU that it impossible
thai when tryt too o minutes dismal.
what Roach done but remned comedy made terse
sort of featuee Tanks Million" dis
at Researchers in the
" ' ~
Evening star., 1941-11-17
Local Drama Groups
, Civic Performs a Minor Miracle
To Get a Comedy on Stage
Bv HARRY MACARTHUR.

would some passing note OF
performed last by the Washington
Whipping Goodbye shape in time
open it four summary closing of Robert Adreys
Rock really of those minor miracles OF the neate
the OF
Evening star., 1941-07-07
Approves and COmmends
Secretary Knox's Speech.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
It would seem to me that Secretary
of the Navy Knox should be looked Slpon
as a hero, instead of being censured and
investigated or threatened. for the speech
he made in Boston at the meeting of
State Governors. Secretary Knox prac-
tically said that we should go into the
war now.
When we realize that this country,
in all of its experiences, in common
with England, and nearly all other
democracies, never begins to commence
to get ready to start to prepare until
after We are in a war; that Bernard
Baruch was not appointed by President
Wilson to be chairman of the War
Industries Board until after We had been
in the World War IL months-then We
must be realists, and realize that We
will do now exactly as We have done in
the past, and that the sooner We get
into the war. the sooner we will prepare
to keep from being beaten, and the
longer We stay out, the surer we are
that We will be pleasing Hitler, and
allowing him to conquer one country
after another, until 1t is our turn.
VIM. D. LILLY.
Evening star., 1941-07-07
Russian Communications

An ancient proverb says: THE
gates of Russia are wide to those who
enter, but narrow to those who would
go out" Certainly the Germans by
this time must be aware of the diff
culties of moving their heavy ma
chinery of war over the arterial
highways of the land they have in
vaded. A clue to the condition Of
Russian communications may be
found in the fact that of 1855. 900
kilometers of constructed roads" in
the Soviet Union only 221 500 kilo-
meters are built roads" The state
of the ordinary paths of travel is
suggested by the phrase natural
gravel roads" designation synony-
nous with practically unsurfaced." :"
Nevin o. Winter, in book written
nearly thirty years ago, explained:
Roads are few and far between. In
some places. as between Moscow and
Kharkov, there is fairly well-kept
highway =. Between the large
cities there are roads laid out on gen.
erous lines by the military power.
They stretch out in broad, white
lines across boundless plains, wide
enough for half dozen teams to
pass =. But many of the roads once
constructed so we'll are in a bad state
of preservation. From Warsaw to
st. Petersburg, then Moscow, Kiev
and Warsaw, there is a fair road for
automobiling, and in the Crimea will
be found the best roads of ALL"
The BolShevik government spas
medically attempted to improve the
communications system which 1t
seized when it drove out Kerensky
in October, 1918; but more than good
resolutions were needed for the de-
velopment of traffic facilities equal
to the need of so vast a country. A
plan for double-tracking the Trans
Siberian Railroad from Omsk to Chita
has been largely executed. For the
rest, the rail lines remain approx
mately what they were in the days of
Nicholas II. One circuit" includes
Moscow, Kursk, Kiev, Sevastopol and
Odessa; another Moscow, Rostov,
Grozny, Baku and Batumi; still a
third, Moscow, Cork, Kazan, Perm,
Sverdlovsk, Orenburg and several
towns in Turkestan. The length of
"exploited" railways in the U. S. S. r.
in 1922 was $1,000 kilometers; in
1898 an increase to $1,000 kilometers
was reported. These figures are Sig
Evening star., 1941-07-07
An About-Fuce

It is not at all likely that the
American Youth Congress, often
charged with being a Communist
controlled organization, will be able
in the future to exert much in
fluence on the thinking of American
youth or on any other segment of
this country's population. AS a sup
posed American organizat ton, it has
been rather thoroughly discredited
by its own activities since the day
when it was receiving friendly pats
on the back by influential elders.
Nevertheless, for the sake of the
record, it is interesting to take note
of the about-face which the con-
gress has done with respect to the
war in Europe.
Until recently, so far as the con-
gress was concerned, it was a strictly
imperialistic conflict, a struggle in
which this country had no legitimate
interest and from which it should
remain strictly aloof. Those who
expressed the belief that it was in
our own interest to aid the British
were summarily dismissed as war
mongers, and the congress went on
record as opposed to such aid in any
way, shape or form.
But now, with the German attack
on Soviet Russia, the Youth Congress
has had change of heart. No
longer is it an imperialistic war, of
which we should wash our hands. At
its annual convention in Phila-
delphia last week the congress for
the first time took note of the danger
of complete isolation of America"
and adopted a resolution pledging
"our cooperation with the people
of Britain and the Soviet Union who
are fighting to end the Hitler threat
Of world conquest"
1t hardly seems necessary to
elaborate on the significance of this
turn about. Once again, the activi-
ties of the American Youth Congress
speak for themselves.
Evening star., 1941-07-07

Council, I am vitally interested in
everything that effects the welfare of
our city and the Government employe
Since an investigation is being con-
Quoted, those conducting it might do
well to investigate some of the major
sources of crime. Gambling is an
excellent illustration. This vice every
year is responsible for a number of
murders. suicides. thefts ana embezzle-
ments. What is being done to aid the
police in enforcing gambling laws?
Certainly, the general public does not
lend its fullhearted cooperation.
The newspapers publish racing infor-
nation and one Washington radio station
broadcasts racing reports the entire
afternoon every day in the week This
program is referred to around town as
the Numbers Special because of the
large audience of numbers players who
listen to the broadcast. If Congress is
interested in doing something to curb
crime in the District of Columbia it
certainly should investigate any and all
public institutions that aid or abet the
instigation or continuance of vice In
any form.
ARCHIE c. EDWARDS,
Chairman, Federal Employees Council.
Evening star., 1941-07-07
Memher nf the Assnciated Press.
The 'Gestupo' Squad

The statement by Acting Chairman
Hebert of the House subcommittee
investigating the Police Department,
that the so-called "gestapo" squad
should be absolutely destroyed
raises a question which seems to
alton during the committees hear
ings.
1t is not entirely clear whether
Representative Hebert'S criticism
was directed to the personnel of
this particular undercover squad or
whether he is opposed to the main
tenance of any such group in the
department. 1t would seem, however,
that the latter is the case.
In that event, there naturally
arises the question of how the Police
Department is to keep a check on its
membership. Unfortunately, expert
ence has shown that small minority
of policemen are unworthy of the
trust that is reposed in them. No
matter how trustworthy the great
majority, there are always a few
who prove to be faithleSS, and who
can be bought up" by the criminal
element. Certainly, the best interests
of the Police Department and the
best interests of the community as
a whole make it imperative that
there be some means of detecting
and roofing out this minority. And
If the squad maintained by the de-
partment for that purpose-a squad
whose members necessarily have to
remain unknown to those who might
be under SuSpicion-is to be "abSo-
lutely destroyed" how is it proposed
to rid the department of undesirable
men who worm their way into the
police force?
From the specific testimony which
has been submitted to the committee,
1t appears that the undercover squad
In three years has investigated four
members of the department, two of
whom subsequently were dismissed
for taking graft" from gamblers.
That, on it's face, does not appear to
Justify the charge that the squad
Is "a spying outfit" which has de-
moralized the whole department.
However, even though there may be
some merit to the claims as to the
demoralizing effect of the squad as
It is now set up, it does not follow
that a properly chosen and properly
supervised squad of this sort should
have an adverse effect on police
morale. Certainly, the evil effects
will be far greater if the alternative
Is to be the Inauguration of a sys-
tenn under which there is to be no
effective method of detecting dis
honest police officers and protecting
the department and the community
from their orale-destroying activi-
ties
Evening star., 1941-07-07

nif1cant when 1t is remembered that
the area Of the Soviet Union Is
s,os5,72s square miles; the popula-
tion 165,847,1O0.
But the disabilities of Russia per-
haps may be substantial aids to the
Red armies in their defensive opera
tions., Communications that were
inadequate in seasons of peace are
a present help" in time of strife.
The whole result of Hitler's attack
upon his erstwhile partner may be
decided by what efficiency the Ger
mans can show in the quick con-
structlon OF gates" adequate to their
purpose.
Evening star., 1941-07-07
Minerals From Alaska

Under plans recently completed
the Geological Survey will devote
particular attention, in it's field work
In Alaska this summer, to a search
for strategic minerals. Alaska has
vast mineral resources, so far but
partly developed, and there is every
reason to believe that a careful re-
eonnaiSSance will reveal the exist
ence of many deposits hitherto un-
known. Since the United States to-
day Is largely dependent upon for
eign countries for its supplies of
many minerals vital to American in
dustry, the decision of the Geological
Survey to intensity its search for
Alaskan sources of strategic metals
and minerals will be welcomed as a
move to strengthen hemisphere de-
fense.
The major objective will be search
for tin, nickel, chrome, tungsten, an
timony and quicksilver. At the pres
cnt time, East Asia is our principal
supplier of tin. Deposits of tin ore
are known to exist in two areas in
Alaska. One is in the western part
Of Seward Peninsula and the other
In the Hot Springs district of Central
Alaska The Investigations of the
Geological Survey this summer
should go far to determine the
quantity of tin that Alaska could
supply, if imports from the Far East
should be cut off or drastically re-
duced.
Nickel, chrome, quicksilver, anti
mony and tungsten are also to be
found in Alaska. Further recon-
naissance, however, is required to
show the extent of the deposits of
these strategic minerals and their
location. There is need also for
topographic surveys, to facilitate the
investigation of the mineral re-
sources of the territory and their
commercial development.
The emergency facing the United
States as a result of the threat of
Axis aggression has greatly in
creased the Importance of Alaska
both as a bastion of Western Hemi-
sphere defense and as a potential
source of strategic materials. 1t Is
clearly the part OF wisdom, there