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Evening star., 1951-09-22
Contract Bridge
By CuIbertson

(Copyright, 1851, by Ely Culbertson)
So many virtues have been as
cribed to squeeze plays that it Is
only fair to point out that some
times these devices can cost tricks
instead Of gaining them. Today's
declarer would have been luckier If
he had never heard Of a squeeze.
South dealer.
Neither side vulnerable.
NORTH
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WEST EAST
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South West North East
2NT Pass 6NT Pass
Pass Pass
Obviously, six hearts would have
been a much better contract.
West, looking only for a lead
which would not be apt to cost
trick, selected his top spade. South
won with the ace and knocked out
the heart ace. East returned low
club, and South correctly put up the
ace-the finesSe would not be neces-
sary if the diamond suit could be
run of without loss.
Declarer cashed his three heart
tricks, and West discarded a spade
and a club, while East gave up
spade. Now South tested the dia-
monds, playing the king, ace and
queen. On the third round, how
ever, East showed out, discarding
another spade.
With only three diamonds, three
spades and three hearts available.
South saw, of course, that he
would have to bring home three
clubs to round out the contract
A successful finesse would do the
trick. but South. being an expert,
realized that he could also cash in
his three clubs if West had the
club queen.
1t is always more satisfying for
an expert to squeeze out the full
filling trick than to negotiate
simple f1nesse, so South made his
decision. He cashed the queen
and king of spades. and when
West perforce discarded another
club (to hold the high diamond) +,
declarer led a club directly to his
own king. looking hopefully for
the queen to drop. He was not
happy. of course, when East took
the setting trick with that club
queen.
There is no moral to this tale.
South was UP against a sheer
guess. and obviously his squeeze
would have worked if West had
had the club queen. But it is
little embarrassing to concede
that average players would sim
ply take the club fineSse and romp
home.
(Released by the Register and Tribune
syndicate. 1851
Evening star., 1951-09-22

builders are known as the engineers
Of the bat world. They are excess
sively shy, to photograph them at
work is impossible, but you can in
ispect their workmanship during the
day while they slumber, even to the
point OF unclasping tiny claws
grasping a toe hold on the ceiling.
Evening star., 1951-09-22

bobatum apartments You spot
neghbo neatly clipped
is o satisfy
hunger this residence the twins are
builders same tech born Sometimes
constructing their three the hangar You
Evening star., 1951-09-22

brown dead frond gives the builder
away
Stripes on the nose give the build
ers an aggressive expression, though
as a matter of fact this builder Uro-
Evening star., 1951-09-22
Word Game
Find 50 or more words in
HOR WEIR.

ulQ % vi more WOTQS III
HORS WEIR,
meaning, "the power which a horse
exertS in pulling" Average is 4o
words; limit, 35 minutes.
Rules-Words must be of four or more
letters. Words which acquire four letters
by the addition of s. such as bats,
cats, are not used. Only one form of a
word is used. Proper names are not used
A list will be published Monday.
Answer to TROMBONE.
Term, tern. tenor. torn, tomb, tome, tone
rent, room, root, rote. robe, robot, oboe
moor, moot, moon, bent, bone, boon, boom
boot, borne. born, bore, boor, broom, norm
note ebon
Evening star., 1951-12-21

A group of residents in the
Mount Vernon District of Fair
fax County is studying the pos
sibility of having that area an
nexed by Alexandria.
Arthur H. Bissell, jr., of Tauxe-
mont. said petitions had been pre-
pared asking the Alexandria City
Council to survey the annexation
possibilities. Mr.. Bissell said the
Fairfax group wanted a study
made before indorsing the an
nexation idea, however.
The idea arose as citizens con-
sidered the possibility of incor-
porating Mount Vernon as an in
dependent city. A committee
headed by Andrew w. Clarke, re-
tiring State Senator, is preparing
a charter to be considered at the
1852 General Assembly which
would allow incorporation of the
area as city. The next meeting
of that group is January 4 at
the Penn Daw Hotel.
Citizens interested in the an
nexation proposal, however, think
creation of an independent city
might be too expensive and that
Evening star., 1951-12-21
Low Bid Is S862,5O0
On Alexandra School

A low bid of $685. has been
received for a new 30-room ele-
mentary school at Jefferson and
Fayette streets in Alexandria.
The bid was lowest Of four re-
ceived yesterday by the Alexandria
School Board and was submitted
by F. H. Martel Construction Co.
of Washington. ,
School Supt. T. c. Williams said
priorities had been granted for
the new school, which will replace
the old Washington and Lee Ele-
mentary Schools and will in addi-
toin serve some students from the
rs square miles that Alexandria
will annex from Fairfax County
January l.
The old Lee School is proposed
to be converted into a school ad-
miniStration building.
School officials said the city
council would be asked for per-
mission to award the contract to
the low bidder. Council approval
| is needed to assure funds for the
project.
Evening star., 1951-12-21

machine at various numbers
headquarters located in Prince
Georges County and Calvert
County," in connection with tab
|ulation, processing and banking of
numbers bets"
Nelson's son-in-law, William K.
MacWilliams, and James I. Pun
phrey are accused of taking and
picking up numbers bets in the
District and carrying on other ac-
tivities in connection with the al
legged lottery.
Mrs. Elizabeth Brady, who served
as a bookkeeper at Nelson's North
Beach enterprise, "Uncle Billie's,' ~
is accused in the bill of particulars
If having managed and supervised
at the various numbers head
quarters located in Prince Georges
County and Calvert County. Md
It also charges that she assisted
the others In tabulating numbers
bets
The bill of particulars charges
that Mrs. Mary T. Hutchinson
Miss Effie Lou Trent, Miss Shirley
Mccoy, Mrs. Ruby Geary and
other defendants operated adding
machines in connection with the
numbers business.
Trial of the defendants is sched-
uled for January IA. All have
pleaded innocent.
Evening star., 1951-12-21
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man who left a watch at his shop
Tuesday. The shop is located at
Fourteenth and U streets NV.
Police said the pawnbroker told
them Groom came into the store
with another man. Police arrested
"a brother of the convict. Elmer
Groom, of the 1900 block of P
street NV, and are holding him
for questioning.
Inspector Scott said police feel
Groom still is in or near Wash
ington. The convict's picture was
being circulated by police.
Groom is charged with murder
in the strangulation-beating of
Jerry j. Bartholow, SO, in his store
about IL miles north of Orange.
Groom had escaped Saturday from
the Orange County jail. He had
been paroled from a murder SEN
tence. but was back in jail for
parole violation.
Culpeper County authorities
linked Groom to the Bartholow
Staying after they established that
Groom had a check which had
been cashed at Mr.. Bartholow's
store. Groom had tried to cash
the check with a motorist who
drove him to Alexandria on Mon
day, according to Culpeper Deputy
Sheriff Porter Davis.
Evening star., 1951-12-21
Joliffe Nursing Home
To Reopen Tomorrow

The Joliffe Nursing Home near
Colesville. Md. scene of a fire last
September 18 in which four elderly
persons died, will reopen to-
morrow, Mrs. Jessie P. Joliffe an
nounced yesterday.
She said she has obtained Mont
gomery County and Maryland
licenses and has remodeled the
building at a cost of about $50, 900.
Mrs. Joliffe added most of the
former patients have signified a
desire to return.
Among changes made in the
home, she said, are fire door
between the wing where the fire
started and the main building,
fire resistant walls, asphalt tile
floors and fireproof plastic covers
over the living room furniture.
In addition, she said, the
kitchen has been set aside for use
as q smoking room.
Evening star., 1951-12-21
Fairfax School Board
Votes Jan. 10 Sale Of
|S3.5 Million in Bonds

The second $3.5 million block of
Fairfax school construction bonds
will go on sale January 10.
Sale of the bonds was voted by
the school board last night after
it awarded a $401 800 contract for
construction of the new Belle View
Elementary School on Fort Hunt
road. The successful bidder for
the 20-classroom school was F. H
Martell Construction Co. OF
Washington.
The first $3.5 million block from
a, SOS million bond issue was
sold last May. Contracts let since
then have used UP all but about
$750,000 of the first block OF
bonds plus State grants of ap-
proximately 81 million.
IL Jobs Already Financed.
Including the contract awarded
last night. IL projects have been
financed with the first block of
bonds and the State money. One
project. an addition at Annandale,
has been completed. and the
Groveton addition is due to be
finished next month.
The school board is due to open
bids at 7:45 pm. next Thursday
for the next project. a new school
at Freedom Hill.
An auditorium was eliminated
from the Belle View School to
keep the cost within the amount
set up in the building program
In addition to the classrooms. the
building will have a library, cafe
terra. clinic and offices. Children
in the area to be served by the
school now attend classes in the
Belle View Apartments. which are
rented for classroom use.
Cost Is IS Cents a Cubic Foot.
School officials said the school
will cost about rs cents a cubic
foot.
C. B. Jett of the school board
who will become member of the
Board of Supervisors January /
said he thought Fairfax County
was building schools as econom-
ically as possible.
Evening star., 1951-12-21
5-Point Preference Urged
For Veterans in State Jobs
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 21.-The
General Assembly has been urged
by a special study commission to
grant veterans a five-point pref
erence over non-veterans in COM
petition for State Jobs.
Disabled veterans already have
been awarded a 10-point edge in
the merit system examinations for
jobs with the Commonwealth.
The study commission, headed
by Delegate Julian Rutherford, jr.
of Roanoke, said it appears proper
that veterans not disabled should
be given f1ve-point preference in
order to treat both groups on a
comparable basis"
Evening star., 1951-12-21
Woodmon Better
Spare Other Mans
ITree-Or Else
BY The Assoeiated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 81. Chop
down a tree on another person S
property and Christmas won't be
so merry.
The Department of Information
Marylanders yesterday
that the State has law regard
ing illegal removal of trees and
shrubs from private lands. 1t ap-
plies to holly, too.
The department also announced
State and local police have been
reminded to enforce the law. And
the Department of Forests and
Parks put out a corresponding
public notice.
Violators are subject to fine and
imprisonment.
Evening star., 1951-12-21
Blow Torch Used
By Police toMeIt
Ice on Jewel Cache
By the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Dec. 21.-Police
used a blow torch to make things
hot for a burglary suspect.
The suspect had pointed out as
Ia cache. a spot in the street COW
Iered with six inches of ice which
had accumulated from a week of
snow, rain and freezing tempera-
lures.
At first the officers tried ice
picks.
"All they did was bounce" said
Sergt. George Deuchler.
Then they accepted a plumbers
offer of a blow torch. Four hours
later they had melted the ice at
two spots indicated by the suspect
and recovered $500 worth of stolen
rings and watches.
Last night they placed burglary
charges against Richard Litwino,
81, and George Walters, %.
Evening star., 1951-12-21
Arlington Not 10 Vote
Next November on
Dropping 7 Offices

Arlington voters will be asked
to decide proposed changes in the
County Manager Act in Novem-
ber, 1852 but on opportunity to
ballot for or against discontinue
ance of the Offices of county
treasurer and commissioner of
revenue still is undecided.
Mrs. Florence Cannon, chair
man of the Arlington County
Board. said today the county's
delegation to the Virginia Gen.
eral Assembly told board mem
bers last night that not enough
public interest in the latter Iques-
ton has been shown.
The delegation, State Senator
Charles r. Fenwick. and Dele
gates j. Maynard Magruder and
George Damn, met with three
non-partisan members of the
board. non-partisan Member
elect Allan l.. Dean, Attorney
Malcolm D. Miller and Common
wealth's Attorney-elect William j.
Hassan.
To Seek Legislation.
The delegation agreed that IL
would seek enabling legislation fol
a referendum next November or
three amendments to the County
Manager Act.
These woud provide for chang
ing the tenure of the county man.
ager from a definite to an in
definite term; providing for a de-
cision by the people as to whether
the county department heads
should be appointed by the county
manager or by the County Board
and a vote on a proposal that the
five board members be elected or
a staggered term basis of two ir
one year and three in another
year.
Although the delegation ha!
taken under advisement Legislation
on elimination of the two Office!
because of lack of public interest
Mrs. Cannon said, County Boart
members feel that interest Of thu
Arlington Civic Association ane
other county civic groups has beer
adequately demonstrated.
Lack Of Discussion Cited.
Senator Fenwick said the dele
cations position is that no
enough public discussions has beer
held on the question. Early las
summer the Civic Federation hac
asked for a round-table public
forum on the matter and none
had been held. The League oi
Women Voters had asked for the
three county manager act revi.
sions but not for abolition of the
two offices, he said. The matter
is still being weighed, he added.
The proposal would eliminate
the county treasurer's Office, now
held by Republican, and the
commissioner of revenues Office
now held by a Democrat, and
would lump these functions in ar
enlarged Department of Finance.
A serious question being weighed
by the delegation, Senator Fen
wick said, is whether it is wise tt
abolish the offices of two elected
officials, directly responsible to
the people, and replace them with
a tax levying and tax collecting
official responsible to the county
manager who is appointed by the
County Board.
Evening star., 1951-12-21
Hungarian Baron Drops Title,
III Others Become u. S. Citizens
Former DipIomqt and
Daughter Take Oath
In Maryland Court
Ry ]. |. Michael

A 69-year-old ex-diplomat, the
former Hungarian Baron de
Ghika. today is plain George
Ghika, proud citizen of the United
States.
So. too. is his pretty daughter,
who in girlhood curtsied as Mile.
Annelise Hedvige de Ghika, and
helps her mother keep house now
as Miss Annelise Ghika.
Standing before Judge Charles
&c. Marbury in Upper Marlboro
Circuit Court, the former Hun
garian Minister to Washington
and Tokyo, in perfect English
yesterday affirmed his allegiance
to the United States, as did his
daughter.
For many years we have felt
in our hearts that we belonged
to America and we're happy that
it's now official" Mr.. Ghika-sa said
after the ceremonies in which Al
other persons received final
papers.
Former Consul General.
AS Baron de Ghika, the ex-
diplomat once served as Consul
General at New York. He retired
in 1912 while stationed here and
went to Switzerland where he
Joined group which helped fur
ther Allied aims throughout the
war.
Meanwhile. Reds and Nazis
seized his baronial possessions.
When the fighting ended, hi
returned to this country and now
lives with his wife and daughter
at 5000 Hamilton street, Hyatts-
vile.
Others admitted to citizenship
and their former countries:
GERMANY.-Lise Henriet.
tie Schexnayder. 6610 Grieg street
Seat Pleasant; Gerda Marie Luise
Manson, Mitchellville; Adelgunds
Maria Lorenz. 322 Talbot avenue
Laurel; Sail Fleischer, 2013 Beech.
wood road, Lewisdale, name
changed to Ronald Sail F1eischer
Maria Margareta Arena, All:
Summer road, Suitland; Anna
Cries Hooper. 1918 Atwood street
District Heights: Elsbeth Ingeborf
Nelson. 1908 Seventy-third ave.
nue., Hyattsville: Edith Kemp
5722 Chillum Heights, Hyattsville
Ruth Maria Andre Brundage; Hill.
degard Maria Marshbanks, 730'
Forest road. Hyattsville; Gerds
Hanna Marga Olin, name changed
to Gwendolyn Olin; Josef Reimal
Noerz, Lanham; Irna Hawley
1902 Fifty-ninth street Sc; Evs
Margaret Moore. Laurel; Rober'
Petert Rhode. Laurel and Anne
Evening star., 1951-12-21
; Escape at Waller Reed,
One Quickly Recaptured

Two AWOL soldiers and a psy-
chiatric patient escaped from
Walter Reed Hospital detention
last night, but one of them was
captured quickly by Montgomery
County police.
Still at large today were Air
Force T/Sergt. Homer Bice, 81, one
|of the AWOL prisoners. and John
u. Ledinski, %, the patient. Both
were dressed in blue hospital
clothing
The captured man was Michael
]. Smith. 20.
Evening star., 1951-12-21
journalism Fraternity
To Initiate 3 at W&I-

Three Virginians, students in the
Washington and Lee University
School of Journalism, will be
initiated into the schools chapter
of Sigma Delta Chi. professional
journalism fraternity next month
They are:,
Charles Bibby, Fort Monroe:
George Eagle. Winchester, and
John Northrup. Alexandria.
Evening star., 1951-12-21

Mr.. Ghika. Miss Ghika
marie Paula Louise Oshendorf
Church, who changed her name
to Ann Oshendorf Church.
One Belgian Adm. He'd.
BELGIUM. - Bertha Lambert
Taber, 1125 Fairview avenue, Ia
koma Park.
POLAND. - Fanny Fleischer,
2013 Beechwood road, Lewisdale.
GREAT BRITAIN-Mary Kate
Kennedy. 50l6 Thirty-eight ave-
nue.. Hyattsville; Audrey Ritchie
Marshall. 1884 Iverson street Sc;
Janet Whitworth Lynch. 4405 Sew
enty-third avenue. Landover Hills;
Rosemary Agnes Hayden, Andrews
Air Force Base: Dorothy Rogers
$500 r street Sc, Coral Hills;
Vera Burton Schroeder, Clinton;
Olive Ruth Castor. 55o3 Parkland
court Sc. and Barbara Mary Fer
Irell, 915 Ray road. Hyattsville.
IRELAND - Isabella Donaldson
Reith. 1911 Girard street, College
Park.
FRANCE -- Laurette Suzanne
Lucid, Andrews Air Force Base;
Andree Alberto Georgette Adam
Williams, Brandywine; Michele
Jacqueline Gabrielle Melusine Sa.
vine Park. name changed tt
Michele Savine Park, and Jacque-
line Simone Guy, 1910 Fifty.
eighth avenue, Hillside.
ITALY Corina Gazzi Giotti
5506 Forty-third place, Hyatts-
vile; Pia Maria Giuseppina Fouts
5728 Chillum Heights drive
Hyattsville, name changed to Pis
Maria Fouts; Dora Benedict
Skvarna, 255 Audrey lane Sc.
| CANADA-Sylvia Charna b.
kow. 811z Fourteenth avenue
Hyattsville.
AUSTRIA-Aloisia Stickell, 6404
Buchanan street NE Gertrude
Hedwig Clemons, 1854 Chillun
road, Mount Rainier.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA-Anna Alo.
isia Vieth. University of Mary.
land.
NETHERLANDS - Art Hen.
nekeS. 4640 Woodberry road
Riverdale.
PHILIPPINES Pedro Orque
Agpaca, Landover.
LATVIA-Antonia SchuruboWs
Schlaile, College Park.
Evening star., 1951-12-21
Dow Chemical Buys
Plant Site in Virginia
by fhe Assoeiased Press

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, Dec. 81.
The Dow Chemical Co. yester-
day announced it had acquired a
600-acre trace near here as pos
sible future plant site.
Options on the property, which
fronts on the James River seven
miles southeast of WILLIAMSBURG,
were taken up Monday by the
Austin Co. of Cleveland which
does most of Dow's construction
work and negotiated the purchase
for. Dow.
Dow officials said the company
did not expect to make immediate
use of the site but expected even
tually to build plastics plant
there.
Evening star., 1951-12-21
Mt. Vernon Area Studying Plea
For Annexation to Alexandria

municipal services might be more
easily obtained by uniting with
Alexandria which already is ope-
rating the type of municipal SER
vice desired.
Among those interested in
studying the annexation idea are
John F. Hughes. of Holm Hall:
Clifford Carlson, Wellington;
Maurice E. Odoroff, Tauxemont,
and Ralph c. Polite, Tauxemont.
Evening star., 1951-12-21
Californian 10 Command
Naval Academy Brigade
By the Associated Pres.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Dec. 21.-
Midshipman Robert P. Mcdonald
of Inglewood, Calf, has been
named second-term commander OF
the Naval Academy Brigade.
He will assume the post tomor-
row from James A. Sagerholm of
Baltimore.
Among those given four-stripe
rank of midshipman lieutenant
commander was John F. Pearson,
jr., 1914 North Troy street. Ar
lington, Va.
Evening star., 1951-12-21

ton today after
the murdered
mans W a t C h
turned up in a
District pawn
brok err S ex-
change.
Inspe tor
Edgar A. Scott,
chief of the De-
tective Bureau,
said the pawn
broker h a d
identified a pic
ture of Sterling
Groom, Al, col
nraJ &C tho
Evening star., 1951-12-21
Search for Suspect
In CuIpeper Murder
is Pushed in District

Search for an escaped convict
charged with the murder of a
Winston (Va0 merchant Monday
morning was pushed in Washing
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-03-23
Guaranteed watch and ieweIry
repair at Philips Jewellers. 7.ff

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Waltz. and
children, Mrs. James Schau and
Mrs. Lloyd Andrews were in
Cleveland Friday where they at
tended the funeral of Mr.. Waltz
grandmother, Mrs. Cora Waltz,
who passed away in Magruder
hospita! last week Tuesday.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-03-23
LOCAL HAPPENINGS :

Miss Mabel Selin, former super
intendent of Magruder hospital,
sustained a broken wrist last week
when she fell while visiting in
the home of friend at Mt. Gil
lead. Latest reports indicate that
she is getting along nicely.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-03-23

George Sims returned to his
home at Groveport Monday after
having spent the past two weeks
here at the home of his son and
daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. d.
D. Sims, South Madison street.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-03-23

Sailor Charles "Chuck" Quisno.
undergoing training at Great
Lakes, Illinois, spent the week
end here with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Quisno, Washington
Street.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-03-23

Soldiers Tom Marshall and
Wayne Lieske were scheduled to
return to their duties at Fort Bel.
voir, Virginia, Monday, after ten
day furloughs with their families
here.