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Evening star., 1943-08-23
4 10 9 6 4
o A K Q J 8
4 A 10 9

When North went from two no.
trump back to three spades. suit
South had bid secondarily and then
had not rebid. it was clear to South
that North must hold at least four
spades. With eight trumps in the
combined hands, and with South's
hand strong outside, spades ap-
peared TO be the best spot for the
hand. Of course, South did not
anticipate finding four such weak
spades in dummy.
West opened the deuce of clubs
and the contract was not difficult
one to make. Dummy's three and
Easts king were played. South win
ming with the ace South then
played three high diamonds. dis
carding both of dummy's remaining
clubs, and then led the nine Of clubs.
West played low on this, though
1t would not have mattered par
ticularly if he had played the queen.
When West played low. South dis
cardeds heart from dummy and
the nine won the trick. South then
led the 10 of clubs and trumped it
with dummy's spade seven.
There was nothing to it now. The
spade three was led from dummy
and East won 1t with the queen.
East shifted to the king of hearts,
which dummy's ace won. Another
spade lead from dummy fell to
Vests ace and now there was only
the high trump out, the remainder
of Souths hand being solid. The
only tricks South lost were the
three high trumps.
II was the only game contract
North-South could have made. At
no-trump, the defenders would have
won the same three spade tricks
and could have established either
two clubs or two hearts to 90 with
them.
Saturday you were Theodore
Liehtneris partner and, with both
sides vulnerable, you held:
3 A
0s5 532
b9754
Ak JS6
The bidding
Lightner. Jacoby. You. Schenkeri
Ia Pass % Pass
20 Pass 90
Answer-Pass. True. your partner
has shown strong hand-he has
Evening star., 1943-08-23

reversed" (bid a lower-ranking suit
first, then a higher-ranking suit
But your hand is so weak that not
even this sign of strength gives you
hope for game, and since you can
support diamonds, the safest course
is to pass at once.
Score 100 per cent for pass, 40
per cent for three clubs.
Question No. lao.
Today you are Oswald Jacoby S
partner and, with your opponents
vulnerable, you hold.
4 9 6 3
%
Q @ 10 IS 3
= x J75
The bidding
Schenken. Jacoby. Lightner. You.
Ia % "a 20
What do you bid? Answer to-
morrow
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Points for Parents
1t is permissible to set the stage
to force them.

Mother-Shall we sing, tell stories
or just talk while We wash dishes
tonight?
Daughter - Let's talk mother.
There's something I want to ask you.
Evening star., 1943-08-23

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BY EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE

Mother-Sit down here, Mary.
want to talk to you, and I'm sure
there is something you should be
telling which you have not. Isn't
that so?
Evening star., 1943-08-23

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forced TO continue until he fell
exhausted, If not unconscious.
The fast and passionate music
played at such occasions was re-
ferred to as q "tarantella." di-
minutive of the name Taranto.
And even now the tarantella Is a
recognized form of musical compo-
sition--a lively folk dance in the
Neapolitan manner.
Although Taranto and Toronto
Canada are pronounced almost
identically, there is no kinship in
the names. Toronto is an Indian
word meaning "a meeting place"
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13
Survey Reveals
Rentd|Cdpd(ity

FLINT. Jan. -. Capacity occu.
patton of present dwelling units n
the city would provide housing &C.
Communications for 81 600 additiona
persons. the federal bureau of cen
SuS reported in a survey.
OF the city'S estimated 1S00t
houses and apartments. only 645
are vacant or this number only
A5S units are available for rent.
Filling these units 10 a capacity
Of thrce-fourthS persons to a room
would provide accommodations foI
more than 81 600 additional per-
sons, the survey showed. Further
the survey reported. approximately
900 bedrooms in occupied dwell
ingS were not being used for sleep.
ing purposes. a.#.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13
Heart Attack Fatal

BAY CITY Jan 12.-Thc sud
den death last night of Simon
knopp Gardner. 90. was due 10
heart attack, according 10 Coroner
Raphael {. StapiSh Gardner died
m his room az the Forest City
Hotel.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13

CAPTAIN BUTLER ACCEPTED the leuer that
y Josiah Potter offered. After careful examination of
the outside OF the rayowon paper Captain agreed that
meant for Melissa Captain then opened it-hr,t
Clauong at Potter, who appeared wholly unnterestcd
Iven So Captain explained. she don't read very good"
The leuer from Whit Livingston. II told of the
100 tract he had arranged for told OF his broken
ankle and OF his eagcrness keueford and
Melissa.
Slowly and carefully Captain folded the letter the
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13

presence of Potter completely forgotten At length Mr.
Potter said the only thing that he could say. NO bad
news trust"
Captain came out of it, bad? Couldn't be worse.
guess She's been icd" There long silence Finally
Captain said wsulIy q do wish that you'd tell her -"
"Nhv should tell herr
We'll if was tell her, chances in the first place
that she wouldn't believe it,
You have the letter.
"Slrtn haye And she amt gon' t see IT, This here's
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13

a cruel letter. Tan't fit for woman-let alone girl y
After few drinks of brandy. Potter agreed break
the Melissa, and that evening sitting in the crowd
ed tavern he said loudly: BY the by. Captain Butler,
man up north who claimed he'd come from Kettle
ford-Whit Livingston, his was"
Melissa, coming up with tray OF todSeS, stopped in
her tracks. Only her father watching her.
Ensign Lord commented, We'll, if Whit's made a
pitch, I'll bet he's got him good land He's enough
of the other kind know what that looks like" And
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13
HAD KNOWN IT

After a while he slept and MARY
sat there looking at HIM.
~ have known" Mary thought,
"Since the second year we were
married. What a pity he
couldn't have told me long ago!
why didn't I know he needed Ia
tell me? The years, she
thought, "'the locustS lath
eaten"
And her eyes filled with tears.
She hadn't told him She knew
for fear of inluring the man hC
saw when he looked into hel
mind as into "A looking glass tho
good man hc had always been ir
her estimation The good man, in.
decd. that he was.
1T il odd" Mary Bishop
thought, looking into his tran
quil face. that under the
ether ne never even mentioned
her"
Tomorrow short story: THE
Extra Woman" ny Isabel John
Ston.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13
Help Win War official u. =. Ebefemse Agents

IHe TREASURY DEPARTMENT OF
APPOINTED DETROIT TIMES CARRIER AGENTS roR
IhE SALE OF WAR SAVINGS STAMPS CARRIERS
SOLD MORE THAN 100000 STAMPS YoU
RPlha FOR TIMES ROUTE TO BECOME OFFICIAL DEFENSE AGENT
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13
HEAD CLEARS Up

Ic didn't speak for a long time
not until his head was fairly clear
and then he said:
We'll. old son. did talk
much ."
Jim Stockman started and let
the legs of his chair down softly
to the floor. II was an immense
easement 10 him that John was all
right
Quite lot, for quiet man"
jim knew all there was 10 know
about Rachel Marley. II he had
talked about Rachel IN Jim'S pres
cnce, under the ether, it wouldn't
matter
Did talk about Rachel"
he began. when Jim looked to-
ward the corner of the room.
John looked too, and there was
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13
NOT OVER 1T

He had thought, when he mar
ried Mary that he'd get over the
other experience, but he hadn't II
was because. of course, he couidn' I
forgive himself
He had sense enough 10 know
that he ought 10 forgive himself.
now that he was sorry and II was
all so long ago and done with but
he couldn't. And that, when YOU
got right down 10 u. was because
he was sure Mary wouldn't have
forgiven him.
Mary was tolerant about every
thing but that sort Of thing
When they told John Bishop the
pain in his side that wouldn't 90
away was appendicitis and he'd
have TO be operated on, the first
thing he thought Of was the talk
ing he'd do when he came out from
un d r the anesthetic. II was a
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13

Potter remarked, Il trust the same explanation doesn't
apply TO the choice that he's made of woman"
After moment of silence, Ensign said What"
YES indeed" affirmed Potter and as comey wench
as saw in the Grants, sir"
Melissa heard every word OF it, The sound Of his name
had sent great upsurge of hope through her and it
only her slowly what the mans voice SAYING
She recognized what the words but the horror
they builded was a thing gray and apart from her.
(Conilnued tomorrow
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13
COMES BACK OUT

Slowly and painfully, like an
Atlas of a man heaving his way up
from under mountains, he came
back out of il.
Dimly he grew aware OF hori-
zontal bars of light pleasant, un-
obStruSive bars with green strips
between them: the Venetian blinds
of his room in the hospital. II
took him a while to figure out
that that's what II was. and then
to remember what had happened.
As soon as he did remember, he
looked around for Jim Stockman,
and there he was, good, old, quiet
faced reliable, loyal Jim. tilted
back a little in his chair, waiting
Cor his friend 10 come back from
Whatever strange place he'd been
off in.
Very slowly and profoundly. and
with a feeling of endlcSSnesS as
If II were going TO keep on coming
for thc rest Of his life-rclicf
wellcd up from the deep core of
John Bishop. He lay there and
bathcd I'M II.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13
LIKE A PORT

She was like a port that his
battered ship had put into. Or a
big. effuigent sun that had ripened
him az last after many green and
lonely years in the shade. Or a
announcement handed down from
Heaven assuring him and proving
10 him all al once and just wher
he had almost given up hope, that
life was worth living
She was like so many things
that he never got tired Of figuring
out what they were. eel.
They had been married now for
is years and were very happy. and
he had told Mary everything about
himself except what happened be-
tween him and Rachel Marley. He
didn't want TO tell that.
He figured he was another John
Bishop from the one that had hap
pened 10. He could understand
that other John Bishop. He knew
how he got that way He was
sorry for him. but he couldn't for
give him.
That chapter with Rachel Mar
ley remained in his mind as dark
and bitter as il had ever been
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13
PERSISTENT DREAD

IN had become n fixed idea viii
bum d sort of dread m ms SYS-
tom Whenever he knew or heard
oi anybody who was operated on
ho found oHt II he could what
they SAID under the aneSthetic.
The result was a belief that if
he was ever operated on he was
going 10 tell everything about hlm-
sell and Rachel IL was the only
dread hc had The only thing m
the world he'd mind telling
That fact alone. ne was con
WINGED now VAS going 10 force u
INTO his mind when be could no
longer control his mind Their
lives together his and Mary'S
had been so happy
They had had such peace i'm CO.
ing along the average righteous
commonplace path that married
people were supposed 10 tread, the
path that was supposed 10 be SO
dull and that wasn't If you really
loved each other. Everything
bout them now was so far from
yorythlng about that time with
Rachel
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13
Daily ShOrf SfOry
Under Ether
nv Paul ELLERBE

contingency he'd been afraid o.
since the day Of the marriage.
Some day nc had thought
"I'll have TO have An operation,
and while I'm coming out from
under the anesthetic, Mary will
ne there and I Won't he able 10
keep from talking"
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13

heavily that he could hardly speak
Were YOU here when / came
out ." he said
MARY WAS THERE
Mary was a stiff woman. Very
loving, kind and clear, but stiff.
She said
"leS. l met one of the nurses
on the street and she let il slip
about your having the operation
today instead of tomorrow"
She had a concentrated, with
drawn expression, as If she were
weighing something She was
never demonStrative. and always a
little Self-conSCiouS in the presence
of Jim Stockman John thought
her tone was different, cold, In his
-~-eftlktft-t- -tttrtt-ttr5rr,- -CtUSCt ms
eyes
Jim got up. Stood there hesi-
tating.
II ought 10 drop by the Office
for IA minute. I'll he back after
little"
And he went on out
John Bishop was IN no shape for
his ordeal He almost couldn get
the courage TO ask what he had to
know. But finally he said;
Did talk about anything
you hadn't known before ."
TALKED ABOUT RACHEL
"You talked about Rachel
Marley" Mary said StiGny, try
ing very hard TO be natural
She got up and came over and
sat down close beside him. She
pu h G d her voice reSolutely
through the necessary words.
IL think i know almost as
much about II now a YOU do.
How II happened. What il did
To you. How much IL hurt.
Everything"
She bent suddenly and kissed
him. Sho kissed him twice.
Something seemed to loosen in
side of him-something that had
been tight about his heart for
years He wiped the sweat from
his forehead with corner of the
sheet.
He lay there telling himself that
Mary knew and II hadn't made
any difference. He looked up at
her. Everything was all right be-
tween them forever and ever, her
eyes were saying They were lust
one, her eyes were saying. and
nothing could ever make 1t diff
fpTppt
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13
Clip and SaUe Each Days Instaluent for the Complete

| %
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13
NOT TELLING MARY

Listen. Jim" ne said 10 Jim
Stockman, his friend. I'm not
telling Mary, hut I'm going TO
have that operation Wednesday,
see. instead Of Thursday. !
don't want Mary To be there.
want YOU. I'm healthy aS an on.
I'm not i'm the least afraid.
"I'll come out of IL fit a.
fiddle. want you 10 stand by
until it's all over and I've come
back Ia complete consciousness,
and then l want you to tele-
phone Mary that everything's
Okay and let her come"
And that's the way they fixed il
up
1c-ctt1Ur Cuup-waE fitted
over Johns nose he breathed in
with profound thankfulnesS be.
cause Mary wasn't there.
But as he drifted off from the
mooringS of everyday into that
phantasmagoric world that's wait.
ing below the surface of all Of us
it was. every bit of il. a distorted
heightened frightfulized version
of his humiliating trek in the wake
of Rachel.
His last conscious thought was
that precisely what ne had feared
might happen was happening.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13
CITY TO CITY

And then she and her show had
gone from city 20 city and ne
after her. playing with fire.
Until he no longer had II 10 spend
on her. she had dismissed hun
with brutal cyniCiSm
"Why. the poor nut thought
was going 10 marry him" she
had laughed 10 her friends
and gone her way with an en-
riched sense OF the humorous
ness Of beglamoured males.
He went back 10 his home town
and asked his successor in the
chief clerkShip IN the railroad
office for a Job and got IT,
And then the years had gone
by and he was now again chief
clerk. and good one--with a
burnt place on his soul that was
-HFTeT- going {G1Ee-t9- heal and a
sense OF disgrace
The trouble was. he had never
talked the thing out with any one,
not even with Mary
Mary was his wife She was
the only woman he wasn't afraid
Of and was at case with in all
ways. He trusted her in every
thing and was grateful 10 her be-
Nond measure.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13

Mary His heart began 10 beat So
heavily that he could hardly speak.
Were YOU here when l came
out ." nc said.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-13

IOHN BISHOP was a Soror man
! and an honest man man who
feared God. loved hi> wife end iC-
spected h!s neiGhhor. lHe was q
CircumSpect man and afraid oi
women for a reason. A woman
once had dcluded him Inundated
him, cracked his SCli-rcSpCct and
cost him hlS Job.
II had been a long time age and
he had beer trying 90 forget li
ever since, bui without any luck
lie never referred 20 IL now ~
any one. not even 10 Jim Stock
man. hrs best friend but hc re.
memhered IL bitterly well
The woman name was Rachel
Marley. She had been a musical
comedy actress And nc a compC-
tent, conservative chief clerk m q
railroad office. He had met hCr
by accident and fallen hcadlonc
into love with her, and that had
amused her.
She had danCled him srccu-
latively on her string OF admirers
Tor a while. moved on with her
show 10 another city and forgotten
him: and he had existed only 10
get 10 her again.
Ii had taken him SIX months 20
accomplish that. but he had done
given up ms Job and his future
and gone after her with nothing
else in sight and only his SmalhSh
savings account 10 live on.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-30

Football First as Conditioner Tor Service; SemiPrC
Congress Claims $4,000 Ball Clubs; Balata Sphere
Has National League Balled Up

until one matching Il in liveliness
Is manufactured,
The balata bali Is identified by
two stars, and Branch Hickey OF
Brooklyn wants the next edition as
diStlnctively marked,
The Dodgers can hit q bit, and
President Hickey doesn't want the
other side to run In the Bologna
ball GA them In q key series,
The Old Men Of FlatbuSh viii hit
into enough double plays as Il Is.
The situation recalls the days
when new balls came from the
managers tossed out a frozen sphere
home clubs dugout, and sharp
when II was important and the
other side had men on bases,
There viii be more and longer
arguments about the bali this sea-
son, Sounding apparatus may be-
come y part Of umpires' equipment.
Everything s halled up.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-30
THE COUNT NAY
Be FAVORED At
40 CENTS TO 81.
Original Field Was TO;
Expect 10000 Fans to
See Famous Classic


Louisville, N.Y. April so,--tUpD-
The nAtlon3 outstanding tOtfmon
back their Judgment with cash today
when they pus up entrances fees Of
$500 Cor The hlNesbloodea colts they
win send 10 The post h tonorrowS
seth annual Kentucky Derby,
Long before NEST Of The e0,000
fans expected Cor the wartime
derby are cut og bed handlers u the
derby ellglbles win BE- Hing into the
olElee OF Racing Secretary william
II. shelley 10 drop slips into the
entry bon, The filing Yves expected
10 start shortly after . ., m, CEWT),
OMa lloEse llAces
Indications are that u VIII be
named for The S7S,00O race. While
far below The sine Of the fields
IN past derbles Il Ii surprisingly
large under existing circumstances,
FOR more than q week most experts
have termed the derby a zone horse"
race ana conceded the victory 10
Mrs, John n, HertgS Count Fleet,
The Count b one OF the shortest
priced lavorltes IN history, but he
has failed. 10 scare out the oppost.
ton to any great degree,
These Who figure 10 pay their
money and take their chances
against Count Fleet are; Ocean
Wave, from The Calumet Farm Of
Warren wright; A, T, simmons
Blue swords; the w, =, Doelng en-
Try OF Slide Rule and TwoseS; the
Dlxlana Farms Amber Light, Mrs,
Vera 8. DraggS Gold shower; NO
wrinkles from the MILKY Way Farm,
Modest Lad, owned BY MRS, Henry L,
Finch, J. w, Rodgers Dove ples and
Burnt Cork, the representative Of
Eddie CNochesteFl Anderson,
The horses nominated to-day will
be the survivors Of q bulky list Of
ITO hopeeWls who were made
eligible Tor the big race back IN
mldsFNbrNaFy,
Less Than l.ae
Regardless Of the size Of the field
or The track conditions at post time
Count Fleet viii 90 10 the barrier
an overwhelming fAvorlte, He may
be back down 10 Q point where the
odds win be less than those Of 20
cents IA the dollar which were
quoted On Dlmelech Ia lel0, the
shortest price In Derby history.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-30

A large number Of entries have
been sent In from The Waterbury
Y. M. c. A. who this week will be
playing in the New Haven County
Glass A and C open badminton
championships held on Saturday
and Sunday. All c events win be
run off Saturday afternoon and
evening starting at p. IN. while all
Glass A events will be conducted
Sunday afternoon starting nc 2. In
the Glass A events. the entries are
as follows: Mems Doubles, Donald
j. Post and Mayor John s. Mona
gan; Victor Galgot and DR.. Walter
Selens. Joe Sullivan and John Ia
"a.
IN the Women's Doubles. Doris
Nelson and Gloria Kraus. MRS.
Lena CaGfrey and Mary Sanford are
entered. In the Women's Singles.
two have entered namely Doris
Nelson and Mrs. Lena Caffrey.
present city champion OF this event
In Waterbury.
In Mixed Doubles. Doris Nelson
and Victor Oalgot. class b city
champs will test themselves in the
A events; also Gloria Kraus and
Joe sullivan: and Mrs. Lena CAT
frey and John Tata are listed TOR
this event.
The only entry for Glass G events
from the Waterbury Y. NJ. Q. 4. .
Carolyn BeardsIey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-30

Louisville, April 99y-Comdr, Gene
TNnney, the muscle lerker, may not
agree, but In q poll by the North
Carolina Navy Pre-Fllght school,
football Is chosen unanimously rs
the most valuable sport for develop
lng endurance, agility, coordination,
ghtlng spirit, confidence and poaSe,
Ranking behind ejgootball, In the
order named, are Track ana nelu,
boxing, swimming and baseball, !.
The swedish exercises advocated
by Commander TOnney aren't even
mentioned.
FOOTBALL Is played all year round
at the Navy pre-Fllght schools,
Having excelled In football snd
coached L, Comdr, Tom Hamilton,
who heads the athletic program OF
the Navy Pre-Falght schools, knows
that the game builds well,
Lieut. Larry Mullins, head Of the
competitive sports program at Iowa
branch, placed first among al OF.
llceFS at The School In Q physician
efficiency test and was q tlnNllSt IN
the stations haEdball tournament,
And q has been ~ years since
EOllhack Noon Mullins danced out
Of the Notre Dame box TO carry the
ball for KnWte Rockne'S last team.
Many minor leagues folded, but
raw DNmont once more assures
the professional baseball people that
they have nothing to fear about fu-
turo playing material,
President Dumont Of the National
Semi-Pro Baseball Congress says
$1,000 teams will officially open the
Sandlot season, May 2, He shortly
will announnae sites Of 800 district
and "a state championship tourna-
mentS leading up In late August TO
tho grand finals; the National
championship show IN Wichita,
There are fewer town clubs, but
they have been replaced and the
total made larger by service and
wer plant teams.
More baseball than ever viii be
played this season !, IN this coun.
try and all along The far-flung bat
Gle fronts In places where the
game has never before been seen.
The Japs chuckd baseball because
it Is an American game, but our
men will return Il 10 the Land OF
the setting Sun-with weapons con-
slderably ' more formidable than
Louisville SluegerS.
National League has tossed out
the new balata ball rs being too
dead, and will use last years sphere