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Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-03-28
BRIDGE f

FIRST WOMAN in the game
Who has landed top for more than
one season in the nations contract
bridge championships. Mrs. Alex
ander NJ. Sobel of New York was
not content merely TO establish
that record Che also had to beat
the single season recOrd-for men
or Women-by winning five Of the
national title events and finishing
second in another Of the II con-
tests. BY SO doing, she exceeded
the achievement Of Charles H.
Goren. Philadelphia star, who in
the 1943-1944 season won five Of
the events, lacking any seconds.
This wee mite of a thing, who
stands S feet 8 inches and weighs
a bare los pounds, shared the win
ming Of four different kinds Of
team-of7four events in the 1884,
1045 season-the n limited to
Masters, the open event, knockout
style. the n for women and the
mixed one for two men and two
women, with different teammates
each time. She also won the mixed
pair event with Sidney Silodor OF
Philadelphia as partner and was
second In the open team event.
match point style.
Though she now does all the
championship playing for the fam
lily, she and her husband constr
tute the outstanding couple OF
present-day bridge. He, the ia
nous AL Sobel, known from
end of the country to the other as
q genius in conducting compeu-
lions, is the tournament director
81 the American Contract Bridge
league, under whose auspices all
Of the events are held. Together
they occupy in championship cir
cles of today the place held years
ago by the Culbertson and SIMS
families. In the case of those cou-
Piles, the man did more champion
ship winning than the woman
whereas the Sobcls reverse the
idea.
Only one other woman has ever
been first in the country's ranking
Of championship players, Mrs
Ralph c. Young, of Philadelphia
who achieved the topmost rung IN
l939-4O. Mrs. Sobel's first attalh-
ment of the leading position was
In 1941-1942. Next year Harry j.
Fishbein of New York was the
premier performer, then Mr. o
en-, and now she again. most en-
phatically c%onfounding any mn
formed person who might 'hlhN
Of her first pre-emlnence as d
fuke.
Born May %, 1910, in Philauel-
phia. she was graduated by Iem-
pie university, then took TO danc-
ing as a career under her own
name of Helen Martin, but also
acquired a liking for bridge. one
evening, in 1882. in New 4orKs
old Contract Bridge Club, Al Sooei'
then quite a player. though no.
vet a tournament director 'lheu
the wav she played the game anu
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-03-28

they Whisper % U,r rI-cs-,
And takes them not for granted,
like sunshine and the rains,
AS did that little long-lost lad,
who lived i'll country lanes"
"Oh." said Helen, when he had
finished. It's lovely, Philip, really
it Isl"
Thanks" Philip said. Imagine
me turning out poetry!"
why not?" Helen flared. Il love
your poetry"
Philip kissed her again. "Okay,
one of these days III write a poem
to you, darling" he said. only I'm
afraid there are no words in the
English language that will do you
justice"
You are a poet at heart" Helen
said, when you a talk like that"
And now, getting back to mum
dane matters" said Philip. what
time are we due at the Wentworth
plantation?"
Zoe said to be there in time for
a l o'clock dinner Helen replied.
Philip looked at his watch. That
being the case, we'd better be get
ting back-that is, when l come to
a place where I can turn around
without climbing a tree"
zoe was delighted" Helen said.
She's evidently very lonely for
company"
Maybe I'm wrong" said Philip,
when he had turned the car around
and was heading for the Went
worth place, but I've a %sneaking,
idea Zoe's a pretty selfish little
piece of femininity."
us that what might be called
mausculine intuition?" said Helen.
Maybe. Anyway, she certainly
doesn't look like the sort of girl
who'd make a success of being Il
plantation owners wife"
Helen smiled and said: Lets
hope you're wrong"
I'm glad to hear you say that"
Philip remarked.
"Why?"
because it shows that you want
her to go on being married to raul
Wentworth" said Philip. TN have
to admit, darling, that there have
been times when | got sort Of
scared"
What about ?"
about you-Paul-Zoe. ! mean,
sometimes II get to thinking that
maybe Paul would realize he'd
made a mistake, get rid Of Zoe and
turn to YOU
what an imagination" said
Helen, trying to speak lightly, as
though she thought the whole thing
utterly fantastic, But she didn't
think that. She kneW-and the
knowledge made her unhappy
that there had been times when she
had thought the same thing that
had been on Philips mind. Foes
married to Paul, I'm happy at my
work, you're my good friend-and
that, as the saying goes, is that"
Sure" said Philip. But I'm not
content to go on being just your
good friend You know that.
Helen"
Eyes, Philip, I know" she said.
Here's where We turn off, isn't
it ?"
ITO BE C~ontinueG)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-03-28
a!EAEl CONES a0aE
by Watkins E. wriqh,
by Watkins E. Wriqht

the great doors. The high, fluted
columns were standing there, like
'hese trees. supporting the vault
ed ceiling"
Philip slowed the a down to
a mere crawl. He looked up
through the pines. You'd almost
think they were supporting the
vaulted blue sky, wouldn't you?"
he said.
ut does look that way" said
Helen, when you glance up
trees and sky meeting"
Philip said, gazing off into the
quiet depths: There's no medicine
like the medicine of trees, walking
among them. or driving. They quiet
the nerves-make n forget trou-
bles for a little while, at least"
And" said Helen, make me
feel that there is a guiding, under
standing and beauty-loving Some
thing far bigger than any human
that lives, and breathes, and has
his being"
You appreciate trees more, too"
Philip said, when you're away
from them. I mean, Nike living in
a city"
Did you ever live In a city?"
Helen asked.
"Yes-Chicago."
What were you doing there ?"
said Helen, realizing again how lit
tie she knew Of what Philips life
had been before she knew him.
Worked in a lunchroom while I
was taking my engineering course"
he replied. Il wrote a poem, too
about trees"
"No!."
Eyes. Didn't you know that every
man living thinks at one time or
another he's a poet?"
Were you trying to compete
with Joyce kilmer's poem?"
Philip shook his head. II was in
spired-if you could call it that
when I saw an old mar in a park"
he said. He was standing very
close to an ancient elm, looking up
into its branches with a homesick
expression on his face"
May l read the poem some
time?"
"In recite it for you" said Philip.
"Only don't laugh"
"Of course I shan't laugh"
Philip leaned over, kissed her
upon the cheek and then began re-
citing:
when he was a little lad down In
the country lanes,
He took all trees for granted, like
sunshine and the rains;
But now that he's grown older,
and strolls about the park,
Those trees come back in memory
at the feel of friendly bark,
He recalls that in the springtime
they were feathery with
green,
And that on summer mondays
they stood quivery with sheen;
That they Haunted splendid colors
with the coming Of the fall.
And that snowflakes in the winter
with ermine trimmed them all.
Nov that his years are many, and
there aren't so many trees,
He fingers in their shadows. as
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-03-28
By HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, NJ. D.

ALL sorts of infections have
been treated with the new wonder
working drug, penicillin. Now a
method has been devised for using
p~enicillin in treating infections OF
the mouth. An attempt to treat
these infections with a penicillin
spray had been tried previously,
but was found to be unsatisfactory
because the action Of the penicillin
is not lasting when the drug is
used in this form.
Doctors Alexander B. MacGre-
sor and David A. Long of England,
therefore, decided to try the effect
of penicillin in a lozenge. The
lozenge was made of a gelatin
base Each lozenge was three
eighths of an inch square and one-
eighth of an inch thick.
The patients treated were seen
each day, so that the course Of the
diseases from which they suffered
could be carefully followed. They
were instructed to put N Of the
loZenges into the mouth and to
leave it there until it had dissolved,
without chewing OF sucking it, and
then to replace it with another.
The time for each loZenge to dis
solve was three-Quarters of an
hour. The patients were told to put
one Of the lozenges into the mouth
at night before going to bed and
to use another one whenever they
awakened. The lozenge has a
slightly bitter taste but this was
not found unpleasant.
The conditions treated included
Nincent's angina or trench mouth,
streptococcal tonsillitis, scarlet
fever, infections in the mouth fol-
lowing operations, such as removal
of the tonsils or injury to the bone
and lining membrane Of the mouth
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-03-28
Treatment of Many Ills
With Penicillin L0Zenges
P1.EC cFvLN
BY Chic Young

following a difficult tooth eXtrac.
ton.
A number Of patients with
trench mouth were treated with
the penicillin lozenge. All of them
became free of symptoms within "a
hours, including a number who had
a great deal Of pain, sleeplessness,
and fever. In As hours, the ulcers
or sores in the mouth had begun to
heal and all active signs of in
lammation of the gums them
selves had cleared up. Within five
days the Improvement was so great
that treatment was stopped.
No patient had any other treat
ment and no recurrence of the IN
lection occurred over a period of
three and one-half months.
The cases of streptococcal ton
s~illitis treated became free of fever
within "a hours in most instance3,
and all were relieved of fever with
in two days. Within one day the
local symptoms were greatly bene-
fitted. Since streptococcal tonsil-
litis causes sore throat. this relief
is, Of course, welcome to the pa
tient.
In a severe case of scarlet fever
in one adult, the Improvement was
so great that within "a hours he
was taking solid food satisfac-
torily, while before treatment he
had been unable 10 eat because Of
the pain.
1t would appear that the peni-
cillin lozenges are useful in pre-.
ventinginfections following mouth
operations. This new method of ad-
ministering penicillin in mouth
conditions would appear to be on
tirely worth while.
Tomorrow, DR.. Bandcsen will
discuss Nasal Catarrh."
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-03-28

PHILIP ARRIVED promptly at
IL. He VAS wearing a new tweed
suit, gray with d h~erringbone
stripe. He looked wonderful, Helen
thought. Clean, strong, and definite
1y, Is Aggie had put 1t, the an
swer to any maidcn's prayer" And
as she got into the car beside him
she wished with all her heart that
she could be absolutely and for
ever certain that she loved him and
him alone.
Fetching looking outfit you've
got on said Philip, cycling her
green suit and matching sweater.
Just what I was thinking about
you," Helen said. Men like YOU
were made for tWeeds."
THANK you, ma'am. Girls like
you were made for green sports
things. You so mighty well with
the spring scenery
Thank you, sir
I'VE do seem to admire each
other, don't we?' Philip grinned.
III would seem 0at way
Anywhere in particular you
want to go before we drive up in
splendor before the Wentworth
domicile? ?"
Let's drive out that old dirt road
that winds in and out among the
pines. Do you mind?"
I'D be tickled pink"
Philip drove out from town and
turned toward the low-lying hills.
Between the hills and the highway
lay a deep forest of long-leaf pines
tall, cool and fragrant.
II hope" said Helen, when they
were entering the forest, they are
never cut down"
$50 do l." said Philip. "Darned
good thing Miss Minerva uses oak
IN the factory, otherwise there'd not
be a pine tree left within a radius
OF 80 miles. She's practically
stripped the country of scrub oaks"
And a good thing, too" said
Helen. Scrub oaks are unsightly-
and of no earthly good when grow
ing. No shade and no fragrance"
They moved on and on, the auto
wheels making a sort of kissing
sound as they turned in the deep
white sands. Long shafts of sun
light 5.arted down among the
pines, touching patches of pine
needles, highlighting dogsoOd trees
that We're full Of blooms, and maxi
ing the distant stretches Of the for
est appear full of shadows that
We're nearly black. a WoOdthrush
winged by them and sent out a
.eries Of throaty soft notes from
the branches of a small holly bush.
IT'S a little like a huge cathe-
dral. isn't it," Helen said.
Eyes Philip replied. "Or Grand
Central Station in New York. Ever
notice how the sunlight comes
through the high WindoWs?"
Helen nodded. But I'd rather
compare the forest to a cathedral"
she said. est. Johns the Divine, in
New York City, for example.
wandered around in there one day,
and the shafts of light almost took
my breath. Some We're lavender ir
color, others green. some blue
slanting down from the huge cir
cular stained glass window above
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-03-28

Tomorrow, DR.. Bundesen will
discuss Nasal Catarrh."
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-03-28

they Whisper ID u.c rI-.s-
And takes them not for granted.
like sunshine and the rains,
AS did that little long-lost lad
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-03-21

az. .-.o- degats. I. B.5..d,d H.. the
prohibition Of the manufacture ana
sue oil intoxicating liquors in the
SAFE ana included in the "intoxica-
ZION category alcohol, brandy.
WHISKY, rum, GIN, beer. ale. porter
n VINE and any other beverage
having an alcoholic content in en-
cess OF one half Of n per cent #
lett the referendum date Ia bc Sc.
by the governor.
FAILURE Of the liquor referendum
measure brought the problem OF syn
lheuc VINE INTO sharp focus. and
statewide legislation was passed Civ
ing the state ABC board authority
10 establish standards of identity,
q-ality and purity for wines. I'm
Ger provisions OF the statewide wine
coAtro. bill, only A" grade hotels
and restaurants would be allowed
to sell VINE tor o~n-premises con-
SUMPTION. Almost half a hundred
local bills We're adopted giving
counties and municipalities the right
TO refuse the issuance Of wine IL
CenSe
Made wary by a supreme court
ruling that insurance is interstate
commerce, the legislature appointed
a hand-pICked committee to reWrite
the states entire body of insurance
law. Eleven separate bills. covering
every classification of insurance,
were drafted by the group and az
cepted by the legislature. Further
insurance LEGISLATION 1pDparo1 late
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-03-21
Fighting Disease
With PeniciNin
BY Chic Young

destroys them is probably too SIM
pie an explanation. 1t may stlm-
ulate the defense reactions Of the
body to destroy the germs,
1t is remarkable that any med
ical research worker would have
an expectation, especially a rea-
sonable one, that penicillin would
kill germs not only on culture
media, but when taken into the
body. We have tried that with so
many drugs, all of which have. been
failures.
Mercurochrome. for instance,
will kill germs on culture plates
and is a good skin antiseptic, but
when it was tried in a blood stream
infection by giving it in the vein
it proved to be q complete failure.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
NJ. M.:--What effect would
childbearing have on a woman
who has taken pncumothoraX and
is now supposedly cured?
Answer: If the pneumothorax
has left no chest deformity, and
the lung has expanded and a doc
tor says the tuberculosis is healed,
l think childbearing could be al
lowed.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-03-21

Ee.-. ..,u,i T.a L., f..7 In
the bill was broadened 10 include
all persons who served in any war
in which the United States was =
~belligerent. The oil was whole
heartedly endorsed bv representa-
tiyes OF every veterans organization
in the state.
Provision was made for expan-
sion OF airport facilities and en-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-03-21

l-lNf-I ~ -
KILLER j, 81 c~"-ac,,ro
young woman OF rs. who has been
liltcd by . playboy.
PAUL WENTWORTH. & southern plan
tation owner. who married
ZOE NORRIS. Helen lives IN an epart-
ment with war plant trainee
AGGIE JONES. a pleasant. 30-year-old
self-confesscd odd maid.". who urges
Helen to try to mend her broken
heart by dating Q
PHILIP BROWNELL. foreman and
manager of the war plant owned and
operated by Helen's
AUNT MINERVA. a shrcwd business
woman who drives 4 hard bargain and
hopes to match Brownell and her
niece during Philips stay In New
York on vacation.
YESTERDAY: After some hard days OF
new work at the war plant, Helen
finally dons her new formal and at
tends the Saturday night lance with
Philip. All goes well until Paul
Wentworth appears in a CAP UNIFORM
and asks to cut in on 4 dance. Phlllp
agrees that Paul may dance with
Helen. but Just one dance.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-03-21
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by Watkins E. Wright

ITS my new trOCk."
1T was you--the frock had noti-,
ing to do with it."
And to think 1 bought it at g
bargain"
Bargain or no bargain, you look
like a million dollars in it,"
Still the same old Paul." Helen
said. "Compliments fairly roll off
your tongue"
Don't say things like that Paul
begged. Hang it all, if you think
I've been happy about that note.
you're"
Lets not talk about it any
more" Helen interrupted. "You
are married, you're Zoe's husband,
and she adores you. Let's just let il
rest there"
I'm not so sure"
what do you mean?"
about Zoe adoring me-"
Good heavens, Paul, the next
thing you'll be telling me is that
you're a misunderstood husband"
well, I am"
THAT" said Helen. laughing. lis
too much"
Il mean it, Helen" Paul rushed
ION. "Zoe's sweet, and all that, but
she doesn't understand"
"What is it she doesn't under
~stand?"
about my wanting to live in
Lakeville-do all that l can to
make my plantation grow and pros
per-"
Il should think anyone at all
could understand that"
$50 do I, but Zoe doesn't. She's
been wanting me to land a govern
ment job in Washington-ive up
there-let someone else manage
the plantation" Paul stopped,
looked at Helen. you wouldn't
want to live in Washington if you
had a big plantation, would your
mo-" said Helen. But then, !
don't own a big plantation, I am not
Zoe-and I'm working in a defense
plant. And, as a matter of fact, l
think it bad taste for you to dis
cuss your wife with the woman you
Tilted"
Listen, Helen"
"Come on" she said. Let's go
finish this dance" She walked
through the %full-length window
that opened directly into the big
Lounge, and Paul followed her. She
went to his arms and said: I'm not
as up to date in my dancing as I
once vas"
Nor am l." Paul said. TOO
much on my mind to do anything
with my feet"
Helen closed her eyes. you're
doing fine, Miss Miller" she said to
herself. you're carrying this thing
off like nobody's business" Nice
compliment from Helen Miller to
Helen Miller, but she didn't fee!
very gay about it.
She had known, of course. that
she would run into Paul Went
| worth sooner or later, Lakeville be-
ling what it was, but she had count
, ed on more time than the fates had
allowed her. She had wanted to face
her friends and acquaintance, gel
used to them first-mingle WITT
them like old times-before facing
, Paul. But the fates had decided
lotherwise. And facing her friends
| acquaintance. and Paul in n eve
2 ming was proving to be someth'n'
p, loo a strain
ITO he COntinued)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-03-21

mCmnering Agair-
by the way" she said, ""aerc's
Zoe?"
"In Washington" said Paul.
wartime job?"
mo, doing the social. A Mrs,
Roark we met up there invited her
to come back for a visit"
"Washington's hectic, l hear. l
think / prefer Lakeville."
$50 do I, but Zoe doesn't"
Il guess she finds it lonely on a
plantation"
"Yep! Paul said. Lets talk
about something else"
"All right-What?"
about u.s."
That" said Helen, might prove
to be a very dull subject indeed"
Paul suddenly tossed his cigaret
out into the night. Listen, Helen,"
he said, speaking rapidly. lets be
friends. Let's forget all that has
happened and start from scratch"
"It's not always easy to forget,
Paul" Helen replied. But I am
forgetting. I think I can do 1t very
well-without your help"
II know, Helen, but-but-Well,
damnitall, I need a friend like YOU"
Helen watched him. And as she
| did she had to fight the old urge
to comfort him-to hold him close,
love him. Just as she had done in
the days gone by, when ne was dis
couraged, not sure he wanted to be
la planter-not sure what he want
| ed to be.
I'm talking to you. Helen" he
said.
II heard you, Paul"
II said I needed a friend like
you" =,
Il shall always be your -rlend,'
Helen said. II have no hard feel-
jngs whatever. Please be assured OF
that"
THANK you, Helen"
Don't thank me, for goodness
sake." Helen said. after all, a man
has as much right to change his
mind az a woman. And probably II
someone had come along whom
liked better than you. ia nave
changed my mind" She thought a
moment. "Only I think I should
have been a little less brutal" She
turned on Paul suddenly. 1T was
la brutal and a cruel thing, Paul
sending me that note - the churcn
of all places. The very church II
which we'd planned to be married.
~ didn't send it to the church.
"yyell, that's where I got it."
II told the boy to be sure ane
get the note to you and to no one
else. And someone told him they't
seen you going in the direction O
the church-so he followed YOU"
",Nhy couldn't you have conn
and talked the matter over WIFI
line? I wouldn't have held yo'
aeainst your will"
II tried to, honest I did, Helen.
fought all night with myself"
land then turned out to be
, coward"
"yVhere you were concerned
| yes"
you faced me bravely enough
, this evening""
"Yes, I know" -,
"yVhy, because you're now safel!
married to someone else!"
"Of course not" Paul manage
= Ia smile. "You practically swept M
, off nv feet. You practically drew
=. line as q magnet"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-03-21

OUTSIDE PAUL took out a Sill
ger cigaret case and offered 1t to
Helen. She took a cigaret and so
did he.
Remember it he said.
"Remember What?' 80
1.-THE cigaret case"
eyes. l bought it with the first
money 1 ever earned" said Helen
She leaned back against one of the
stone parapets and blew a moke
ring. Nowhere in the world 90
they have nights like those Lake
vile offers"
They are wonderful" Paul said.
"And I'm glad. Helps me to keep
from feeling too badly about not
being other places-fghting."
Helen studied him and the uni
form. Il don't think I eve saw n
like it BEFORE" she said. 1.-The uni
form you're wearing" .
Not many around in groups"
said Paul. Then he explained brlet-
ly about the Civilian Air Patroi. II
took a quick training course-dldn [
take long, since 1 already kne"
quite a bit about flying -,
And you can remain at home
said Helen.
Eyes" Paul said. "Stay home
sow, and hoe, and reap-and fS
low and then to look the landscape
over" He also explained about pa
troll duty-and how he had to pe
on call, ready to fly atany moment
There's an important pipe line De-
ing laid not far from here you
know-and Pm sort of assigned to
keep my eyes on that. Then 100
Lakeyille's a defense area-thanks
to your aunt" 80,
Helen said: "I'm awfully glad
Paul. I mean about your Tying
You always loved it."
80 did YOU" he said. He mo'e'
closer. How about flying with M
now and then? A Civilian Ar "a
troll man needs help now and taer
You've got keen eyes, and maya
could spot a saboteur doing thlhS:
to the pipe line better than coulu.
I'm busy" Helen said. a th'
plant. I'm taking over a lot OF oe
tail work that Aunt Minervas oee'
doing" ~,
80 what" Paul said. I'VE C.
fly on Sundays-evenings." E,
Helen gazed up at the stars =
would be thrilling, she thought, U
soar way up there once more ~ ~
there was Zoe-there were VI
town gossips-and there Was w
possibility OF starting folks 10 re