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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-03

united continent. not only as
Mexican citizen. The gray
liy 81 this solemn moment de-
mand> hard and clear truth. be-
cause upon il We shall build our
future.
Here are two facts. one of the
past, one OF the present:
An unwi>e policy had drawn an
absurd meridian across America.
Without the exact realization of
what this signified, we made Of the
one continent, two.
Today. "A more human policy
rubS out the absurd meridian and
America IL again one, II RECEIVERS
its true ply siOgnomy: one can say
that America iS reborn.
These two facts convey an eN-
pericnCe which We must take Seri-
Ou>ly because our life il at stake.
/ say that our life II Mt stake. he
cause America could not live with
out liberty. We are like certain
birds that cannot tive when Gagged.
To take our experiences seriously
means that we must utilize them
to strengthen the unity of Amer
lea. day by day. a. we do with n
new born child whom we wish 10
see grow into a strong, kind and
thinking man.
What can we do 10 build up this
strength? In my personal opinion,
this il the most important ques-
ton in our domestic affairs. We,
all the people OF the continent,
need 10 be one people.
Ignoring secondary details we
can affirm that we face two ur-
gent problems: economy and Ian
.guage.
We have peoples In the CONT
nent with rudimentarY economy.
peoples that neither dress nor wear
shoes and who eat only bitter
roots. II is not because they do not
wish 10 eat. hut because OF the
lack OF credit system they can.
not produce. and because they
have no money they cannot buy.
They are men such a. We are hut
they cannot live as we live. The
unity OF America demands that
these men work and produce and
raise their standard OF living be-
cause the more America produces,
the better we Americans live, the
stronger shall our unity be.
As for the language, the vehicle
Of our ideas and our spirit, what
can he done N more than n hundred
million men speak In English, and
more than one hundred million
speak in Spanish, and that much
sgain In PortuguryF: II Is n prob
lem.
All the newspapers ~ the CON
tincnt such as yours should take
mp the task Systematically under
the direction of the Pan American
Union. or under n coordinated
management Of fomenting nm in
tellectual interchange bet cen
those millions and millions of souls
who wish to understand each other
from now on and for always and
who find that language closes the
barriers. Away with selfishness
We need 10 be men OF a united
continent.
Not 10 grasp the meaning ot
this, not 10 help in every way
towards our rapid mutual compre
hcnsion. would mean 90 play M
somewhat 10 two devils, two poor
naughty devils. who want, one from
Europe and one from Asia. {,
change our concept Of life and Il
make Us slaves.
Yours very truly,
VI. \. MENE<DEZ
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-03
U-BOAT DESTROYED

The admiralty communique sale
the NaZi attack on the convoy
started December II when escort
ing craft dropped depth-charges or
a U-boat, which came TO the sur
face and was destroyed by gun
fire, II added:
Later, two Fock-Wulfe planes
approached but were engaged
and driven off by aircraft from
the Audacity.
"On the eighteenth, U-boats
renewed the attack. Escorts
counter-attacked. dropped depth
charges and forced second
U-boat to the surface. Later il
was sunk.
During the afternoon the
Stanley, which helped sink the
second .U-boat, was torpedOed
and sank. Other ships rushed
tO the scene, dropped depth
charges and forced a third
I-bOat To the surface, which
Immediately was rammed and
sunk by II. VI. >. Stork.
. PLANES DOWNED
con December 10 three Fock-
Wulfes approached and immedi-
ately were engaged by aircraft
from the .Audacity. Two Fock-
Wulfes were shot down and
third limped away. Ii probably
did not reach Its base.
During the next few days the
enemy continued U-b0at attacks
and the Audacity was torpedoed
and sunk.
THE remaining U-boats were
hunted rclcntlessly and heavily
depth-charged. As n result. on
December 81 the enemy broke
of the attack
"Libcrstors tbomberS) Joined
the convoy in the final stage
and played n conspicuous part In
compelling the enemy 10 discon-
tinue the attack"
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IN THE NEWS
Continued from Page one)

spending To army life, and believe
me, the demonstration Was mos
reassuring our foes will have
something To- 60 up against wher
thcN 20 up against the spirit oi
our American boys In uniform
They are lighting for their coun-
trN--and they are fighting FOR rs
their mothers. wives. sisters and
sWcctheartS.
And. thanks to Your suggestions
for the formation Of organizations
like ours and the help OF the
Hearst newspapers, We women are
now grouped 50 We can he Of most
effective help in the drive toward
our goal which il victory.
ON behalf Of our members, I
send you every good wish and our
heartfelt appreciation of your eff
forts i'm our behalf.
sincerely.
MRS. FRANK GREENOT GIL.
President. Nomen's Victory
League Of the Fortieth Di-
vision.
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$4,000 NEW CARS

Henderson sand that approx
mately $4,000 new automobiles
will be available for emergency
uses While The war lasts, IN con-
tra>t 10 the 4i69,351 made in
1870. There arc about 10000 new
CATS IN The hands OF dealers at
the prcscn, time
He revealed that "Some kind OF
financing plan would he devised
for automobile dealers which
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-03
; U-Bodts Sunk
inConvoy Battle

Continued from Page One)
merchant ships totaling $1,000
tons were lost.
Commander 4. j. Walker,
senior officer commanding the
convoy, has been awarded the
II. y. u.
THE Audscity formerly was
the German vessel Hanover,
which was intercepted and
taken as prize In March. 1910"
Scene of the battle was not
disclosed by the admiralty.
Examination Of German claims
the encounter. however
showed it probably was the same
in which the Germans
claimed to have sunk British
aircraft carrier in an attack on
a convoy in the Atlantic. and in
which the British admitted loss
Of an auxiliary vessel which was
being used as an aircraft carrier.
The Stanley formerly was the
United States destroyer Bailey.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-03

Sincerely.
NOE PERLMAN.
{ hartman, Legislative Committee.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-03
MAY DIVERT TROOPS

In event that the long range
plan of conquest IS adopted. OBJ
servers predicted that Japan would
divert lis land forces toward the
Singapore theater and main
tam on the Philippines only suf-
nclcnt troops to keep Macarthur
hemmcd in.
Reduction Of the invading le-
gionS on the Philippines would be
made possible StratcgiStS OK
planned because Japan now con-
trolls virtually the entire island
The aggreSSorS completed their
process Of overwhelming every
thing bat the battle SCARED men
OF Macarthur when the navy evac-
uated Us Cavtc base and the army
from the Manila area
permitting the JapS 20 raise their
sun flag over the capital city
CaNte. however. was made use
los, for immediate Japanese mill
tarv operations. The navy said
"All industrial and supply IA
cilitieS. including fuel, were de-
stroNed"
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i. 5. May Seize
Civilians Autos

Continued from Page One)
the owners would be amply paid
for them.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-03
RommeI' S Army
Cutoff; He Must
Fight or Give Up
British Snap the Trap
at Aeedsbia; Capture
a General al Bardia
BY W. r. SAPPHIRE


CAIRO, Jan. 3 Shattered rem
'nantS OF Gen. Erwin RommelS
mechanical divisions were re-
ported trapped around Agedabia
today as British imperial troops
counted 5000 prisoners In the
fallen Axis stronghold Of Bardia,
including Major General Schmidt
chief administrative staff officer
of the NaZi Afrikakorps.
Rommel'S forces were said TO be
cut off completely from escape
into Tripolitania and will have 10
stand or surrender where they
are.
Rommers tank forces were
Ihemmed in after British imperial
troops completed reoccupation of
the Libyan port of Bardia, near
the Egyptian border, and cleared
out the last important pocket of
Axis resistance in that area.
DAWN ATTACK LAUNCHED
South African troops supported
by British tank units. Stormed
lBardIa yesterday after reducing
the outer defenSes in general
lattack which began at dawn
Wednesday morning.
British casualties in the entire
Bardia operations were 80 killed
and 800 wounded In addition
l.150 British prisoners were lib
Grated from Bardia lalS
"a British radio broadcast
heard by CHS said Italy had
been using submarines in an
effort 10 keep Bardia supplied
since the stronghold was cut off
BY the British westward adj
vance }
Meanwhile the British Middle
East command announced 209a
Axis planes had been shot dowr
or destroyed on the ground IN
this theater of war during l9il."
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SHIPS MOVED

All ships and personnel were re-
moved except those in charge of
nearby Canacao Hospital where
the wounded were left.
Manila was seized only by lad
vance elements OF The Jap army
according 10 The war department.
1T il reported" the war de-
partment explained. that these
troops were limited 10 sire
necessary for police duties and
maintenance OF order"
Military experts concluded that
after "a DAYS Of valiantly StallinC
NIppon's inyaders and their pincel
movement aimed ~ Manila. Mac
Arthur chose 10 permit Japan 5
southern units 10 grab the city
rather than subject il 10 further
NIolcFt bOmbngS and the ravageS
of battle within lbs streets. Manila
va, captured 40 3 p m January
q thc uVenfy-,cVcnth day ~ tho
war.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-03

Miguel Angel Menendez
San Francisco. Calf, Dec. 80. 1871
Dear Mr.. Hearst:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-03

654 NOrth La Jolla,
Los Angeles, Cal.
nee 26. 1851.
Mr.. William Randolph Hearst
san simeon, Can't
Dear Mr.. Hearst:
H HAVE watFhrd with a great
deal ~ interest tho successful
progress of the Hearst publ
cations since April, 1906 ! sold my
first Hearst newspaper, the Los
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rounds,
Evening star., 1942-12-20

The declarer on this deal was
Mrs. Katherine Fenton in the North
position. 1t was played at the Cap
ital City Chess Club. The contract
was six no-trump. Somewhere in
the rounds of bidding South had
called three clubs over bid of two
hearts and this together with his
showing of three aces had induced
Mrs. Fenton to bid a small slam
in no-trump. Instead of leading a
club in which suit North had indi-
Gated weakness, East laid down a
small heart. He was apparently
afraid to open a club from his king
and two because of the three-club
bid South had made and thought
he might be leading into the ace
queen. His heart king was always
safe and with club lead would
have netted the side two additional
tricks and set the declarer two
tricks.
Mrs. Fenton won the first heart
trick and continued the suit until
the king fell. Then everything was
easy and the contact was made
certain when the spade flnesse
worked and the diamonds broke SC
that declarer won the fourth trick
in that suit
1t would have been much easier
and great deal safer to have bic
a small slam in hearts, but the
small slam in no-trump counted
more and gave Mrs. Fenton tor
on the board, for no other player
bid six no-trump and only one
Evening star., 1942-12-20
With the Chess Players
Local Events and activities Unusual
Problems
Problems
Bv Paul J. Miller.

Milton Paul and H. Burdge-the
Ventnor City kleiner meister who
is now living here-have scored
victory each in the current four
cornered play for the championship
of Federal Chess Club. Neither one
has lost a game and when they met
last Tuesday in the new game quar-
ters at Clifton Terrace their cau-
tious tactics led to an adjournment.
Emile Skraly, runnerup in the
1912 District championship. and
Charles Karson, club titlist, have
lost game each and chalked up
no victories. Burdge might have q
slight advantage over Paul, but let
us wait and see what happens.
Leaning against the club wall Is
q beautiful, artistic certificate that
lists the names of Federal cham
pions One reads the names of
Harry Siller, 1910 titnst; Edmund
Nash, 1941, and Charles Karson,
1912. Ample space with indicated
years awaits names of future cham
pions. At the bottom of the mount
W oScp44AAOAlldl oil al UlSUlC UlSIloD,
king and knight symbol. Mrs. R.
Powelson of East Englewood, N. j.,
presented the gold and silver art
plaque" to the club. Her husband,
Bob Powelson, used to be one of the
spark plugs Of the organization.
On an occasional table are copies
OF the popular Chess Review Maya
zine with a note appended to call
the chance spectators attention to
the fact that Washington chess re-
ceives national mention, that Fed
eral Chess Club and Washington
Chess Divan enjoy the spotlight.
When I. A. Horowitz, editor and
international master, played here he
drew two games, lost 16. Heinz
Steinbach. son Of DR.. Arnold Stein
bach, founder of the Federal Chess
Club, essayed the following game
against the visiting expert:
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Bv Frank B, Lord.

The Federal Bridge League con-
cluded the first half of its season
team -of-four matches on Tuesday
night at the Wardman Park Hotel
with the Hamlin foursome retain
ing, by a comfortable margin, the
place at the top of the list which
it had held for eight successive
sessions. The only others to gain
first position temporarily were the
Skyrockets team and the Navy
team. Each remained in leadership
for one week only. The former
dropped to second place, which it
held continuously thereafter, while
the latter, after six sessions, finally
fell to the second division, where it
ended at the head of that section
in tie with the new team.
The first of the three sectional
play games will be held next
Tuesday evening, the second on
January and the last and final one
on January IL. In the interim the
monthly master point pair game
will occur on December %. Nom
member pairs will be permitted to
take part in this game.
President George Kathan an
nounced on Tuesday that the an
nual meeting of the league will be
held on January IL, Immediately
preceding the last Of the playoff
contests. Officers for the ensuing
year will be elected. Hereafter the
positions of secretary and treasurer,
which have been held jointly by one
person, will be divided and a men,
| ber will be chosen for each.
Beginning on January 10 the
league will start the second half of
its team-of- flour series. They will
continue for 10 weeks, ending in
May, following which a series of
summer pair games will be played.
Results of the play on Tuesday
night were:
Section 1-Cascades won II out
of "a boards. Roy Thurteu and
Mrs. Ruth Kavanaugh, Cascades,
we're high pair North and South
with 1l01a match points. and John
Darsey and C. B. Austin, Cascades,
were high East and West with 101 u
points.
Section 2-Navy team won 1917
boards out of a. c. F.. Kneipp and
S. Matlack, Justice, were high pair
North and South with 97i2 points
and J. J. Peters and L. Schermer-
horn, Navy, were high East and
West with "a points.
Section 3-The Beginners and the
Scotties were tied. each winning 16
out of "a boards. Mr.. and Mrs. Meg
aral. Beginners, were high pair
North and South with 80 points and
Mrs. w. H. Gorton and Mr.. Standi-
ford were high East and West with
30 points.
The following is the percentage
standing of the several teams at the
end of the first half of the series:
Evening star., 1942-12-20
By Edmond Henderer.

We have recently not met many
people whose hobbies are related to
their work. A notable exception
Is Mrs. Robert c. Valentine, whose
work and hobbies are both in the
restaurant field.
The basis for her hobby was
founded in 1885, when she took a
course in food management" at
a hotel training school. AS part
Of her course she had to visit sew
eral restaurants, eat there and then
write criticism of the food, service,
management, decorations, etc. She
was allowed her choice of eating
places.
To supplement her material on
the course, Mrs. Valentine asked if
she could keep a copy of the menu
from each place visited. In the
case OF those having book matches
carrying their own advertisement,
she also saved the matches.
At first she kept only those items
related to her school course, but
being very much interested in the
subject she began to ask for menus
from all good eating places she
visited.
A few years ago a book was pub
lished which listed recommended
restaurants all over the country.
OF course, Mrs. Valentine bought a
copy and started visiting the places
mentioned. On a couple of long
vacation trips and numerous short
jaunts she has eaten at many res
taurants both on and off the rec
commended list and always asked
for a copy of the menu. Almost all
have obliged her. Some, especially
the better-known ones, take her
name and address and mail the
menu directly to her later.
Some places have very elaborate
and costly menus and there are a
good many such in Mrs. Valentines
collection. AS happens with every
collector, people have brought her
Evening star., 1942-12-20
By X. r. Taynton.

If you haven't reserved that
Christmas pup yet, this is probably
your last chance to do so-and
please consider, when you are look
ing at a cute, playful, little puppy,
how big he is going to be when full
grown.
If you live in an apartment or a
row house, Great Dane or Saint
Bernard is not for you. If your
chief sport is listening to the radio
or going to the theater, you had
better consider some breed other
than a sporting dog or hound. If
there is an aged person in the house,
or some one who is not very firm
on his feet because of extreme youth
Evening star., 1942-12-20
In Local Bridge Circles

other called the small slam in
hearts. 1t was the timidity and
the wrong lead on the part of the
adversaries that brought success to
the no-trump bid.
In the Gays when contract was In
its infancy, being developed from
auction, and those who subsequently
became experts at the game were
devising systems for playing it and
formulating conventions of bidding.
Thomas N. Winslow, lawyer and
mathematician who died last week
at his home in New Jersey, had
large following among Washington
players. The principles which he
enunciated were never as widely
publicized and advertised as those
of some others, but they formed
the basis for successful playing
which possessed a high degree of
merit and which still are practiced
by many good players.
Mr.. Winslow was one of the first
students of contract to devise pre-
else point system of counting the
value of hands and develop a bid
ding convention to indicate such
values. The framework of his bids
and responses was so foreign to the
popular bidding system of 10 or IL
years ago that his system was re-
jected by the rising experts as "too
artificial" Later, however, he found
himself on the reactionary side
when he became sharply critical OF
the bidding conventions for indi-
eating aces and kings. 1t was his
contention that the partners ex-
changing such information by arti-
fetal bids might as well expose their
aces and kings or call them out.
Mr.. Winslow's mathematical
method of counting hand values
won praise for its precision and
simplicity. He counted one and
one-half points for aces, one point
for kings, one-half for queens and
one-quarter for jacks. From the
total number of points in the COM
bined hands he subtracted five to
arrive at the number of odd tricks
the hands could win, adding one
trick for combined trump suits Of
eight cards and two for nine card
trump tricks.
In almost any game Of rubber or
duplicate bridge there are still local
players who successfully put into
practice the theories that he ad-
vanced. In the bridge libraries Of
many of them there will be found
his works on the game, including
THE Logic of Contract Precision
Contract" Common Sense Con-
tract" and Bridge Science" and
any and all of them are we'll worth
studying by the ambitious bridge
player.
The last game of the first half
of the National Press Clubs season
series will be played at the club
rooms on Monday night. The Sec
ond half, which will continue on
alternate Monday evenings for
seven sessions, will start the first
week in January.
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Chessp0urri.

Sam Factor, H. Hahlbohm, L. j.
Isaacs and E. Nicholson are the
pacemakers in Chicago's champion
ship. John o. Hoy and Elliott E.
Stearns are tied for the Cleveland
title. Judge B. C. jenkins Of the
Gary, Ind, Superior Court, is the
1912 Indiana champion. Reuben
Fine Of Washington has annexed the
Divan's title. British ex-cham-
pion William E. Napier had moved
from Washington to Philadelphia );
the Capitals loss is the City of
Brotherly Loves gain. Local inter-
high matches, says John Rast, begin
around January IS. Chess Primer
in Verse" is a special feature on
Page 257 of the Christmas edition
of Chess Review Magazine-clever,
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Sfcilian Defense,

In the Federal's sectional tour
neys Altman defeated Korvick,
Perkins trimmed Burch In section
Al. The playof1 appears to be
between Howard Shelton, Dallas
Burch, Howard Altman, with pos
sibilities for M. Pollock, Pvt. Suss-
man and William Levine.
Rast won from Bronfin in AZ
matches. the play-off starting
Tuesday, 8 pm. at 2431 Fourteenth
street NV. The leaders will be
Col. L. S. Morey, DR.. Weiss, Ger
aid Steinberg, John Rast, Richard
Stilwell and H. Fox.
In B-1 matches Hogan outplayed
Larson. Loeb has scored Al, G..
s. Thomas and j. F. Brisebois, 80
each. The latter will contest two
games for second place. In B-2
play Donald McClenon is the win
ner, SILLY. Nipping his heels are
Oertel and Mrs. Shelton, 3-3 each,
with L. Pickett, 80, and one game
to play.
In section No. 1 Of the G group
T. Dixon leads 41t-1. Schaaf and
Floyd are vying for second place.
In section No. 2 c. r. Jones downed
c. j. Wright. Mrs. j. Hurvitz and
j. e. Pottle, with Al scores, have
qualified for the finals.
The Virginia Chapter of the Fed
eral Chess Club meets every Friday
evening at members homes. Re
Gently Capt. Pollock's sextet defeat
ed Capt. Allman's team, ST.. The
lineup and individual score:
Evening star., 1942-12-20

William Cheeks, with the approval
Of the American Contract Bridge
League which sponsors the event, has
been selected to conduct the North
ern Virginia tournament usually
held In Alexandria. 1t will occur on
January IL, 13 and IA, and Capt.
Russell j, Baldwin will act as tour
nament director The dates have
been arranged so as not to conflict
Evening star., 1942-12-20

with the Pennsylvania State tour
nament which is to be held during
the first week of January at Harris
burg and the Norfolk city tour
nament which is also scheduled for
the first week on the new year. The
meet has heretofore been supervised
by Lewis Tubbs, who organized it.
but inasmuch as he has entered the
naval service he will not be able to
participate this year and Mr.. Cheeks
has been chosen in his stead. The
Baltimore Bridge League has an
nounced its tournament for the first
week in February.
Success in slam bidding Is not
always attained by reason of the
distribution of the cards, nor by the
skill of players in reaching the con-
tract. Often slam is made which
would not be made except for the
timidity of the adversaries and the
failure of the opening leader to make
the correct opening lead. The fol-
lowing deal is an example.
Evening star., 1942-12-20

Euen though the United States Is aoar Nth Japan
American collectors need not apologize for being interested
the stamps that provocative contry
These envelopes sow cancellations OF period the
postal systems OF Yokohama and Nagasa largely
hands of English speaking officials upper erannpe
there the date "Septenber $780,
marks MAY 2" and MAY H. 1881" Star Staff Photo.
Evening star., 1942-12-20

School, Twelfth and L street NV.
Annual Christmas party, with pro-
gram, exhibition, donation auction,
bourse and other features. Grown
ups are asked to bring canned
goods, articles of clothing, etc., for
distribution to the poor; boys and
girls are invited to bring albums to
show and duplicate stamps to trade.