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BRIDGE NOTES
Crime Doesn't Pay! No. 18
By The Four Aces
crime hand for our sleuths: Here's different type
West, Dealer
Neither side vulnerable
A 8 5 2 ♡ K J 0 3
◇ J 10 7 4
83
N
W
E
10 652 A-95.3
KQJ 10 9.6 3 A
OK Q
f. K &
The bidding:
West
Pass
North Pass."
East Pass
• South
14
*Puss
INT
PASS
4A
Pass
Pass
Pass
West opened the eight of hearts, South winning with, the Ace. De-
HIGH CARD VALUES OF THE FOUR-ACES SYSTEM
KING 2 QUEEN 1 JACK 20
ÜSTAL, VINGANK OF DACH BR AVERAGE HAIR 4 22,
jed
clarcr then the Queen of trumps; and East took the spada Ace and shifted to, the Jack of clubs. South put up the King, and West took two club tricks. Then a dia- mond shift gave
East the setting trick.
Probably you see what the trouble was-but. was it a crime? Decide: for yourself before reading
on.
The loss of the contract was
crime, and South was the criminal! It should have been clear to him that the contract depended on whether or not he lost two club tricks,
Obviously, as the cards happened to lie, South could have returned the heart Queen, at the second trick, overtalding with dummy's heart King. Then the heart Jack would allow South o discard a club before the oppon¬ unts could regain the lead.
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NAZI BOMBERS POOR
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THIS
MESSAGE APPEARED RECENTLY IN THE NEW YORK DAILY PAPERS,
By DREW MIDDLETON, Associated Press War Correspondent
With the British Army Southern
Ceramand,
LESSONS OF THE RAIDS
The most vigorous Ger- man air raids of the war are the only subject on the Home Front. The subject, one gathers, is likely to be topical for some time, and in harass- ed, but far from unhappy, London, and throughout the provinces, people are collecting air-raid advice.
Here are some of the things hat have been noted:—
Glass In Shops.-Broken glass is the great danger to food sup- plies in retall shops. Lord Wool- ton, saying that he was surprised at the way, in which splinters of glass had pierced cans of food. described it as important that wholesalers, caterers, and grocers should not put their stocks where they were likely to be damaged. Water--The Metropolitan Water Board has urged on all consumers within its area the need for the strictest economy in all forms of water consumption. Less be, used for baths, washing and the
It is garden. though, to keep a supply in bath or bucket which can be drawn upon when the main sup- ply is out of action..
must
up,
good,
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Railways-Unnecessary traffic : to and from London is to be discouraged. Travel, on business -not on pleasure.
Telephones. Unless it is ab- solutely necessary, no one should' use the telephone during a raid,· Flying Glass-One in every Three days travel, through mill-Ave cases of air-raid injury วอ tary and naval areas which Ger- Britain has been caused by glass. mans have been bombing, nightly Curtains and blinds da uttle to revealed that their bombs had
prevent glass flying, but there done no damage to military objec- are several good ways of pro- tives which would hinder Britain's tecting windows. By day war effort, have not shalten the fine-meshed wire netting will stop faith in their abilify to stick it out all but a few small pieces of among soldiers and civilians, and glass, and by night, the experts have aroused considerable con recommend a strong black-out tempt for German marksmanship. screen covered with Building
boards or plywood.
Here Is the extent of the damage I have personally scon and officers allowed me to yo where I wished.
The actual South player main tained that it was too dangerous to try out three rounds of hearts before drawing trumps; also that so risky a play was unnecessary if East had the club Ace-an even
'The fronts of two civilian houses chance. But it was better than an smashed in. No casualties. even chance that three hearts One Vicar, aged 85, and his would go through safely. Further housekeeper, aged 63, shaken up more, if East ruffed, South couldby two bombs which fell near his over-ruff and then take his home miles from any military chances on the clubs. Finally objective. The vicar's life was West ruffed, he might saved by a four-poster bed which have to ruff with the trump Ace. held off falling ceiling.
even if
*
were
** Saturday you
Howard Schenken's partner and, with both sides vulnerable, you held:
4 Q 6 4 3 ♡ 5
J 10 4 AK-43-2
The bidding:: Jacoby. Belianicon
20
Maler You Pasu (7)
ANSWER: Pass. You are not fond of the contract but are much too weak to attempt a rescue.
Score 100% for pass, 20% for two no-trump,
Question No. 567
To-day you are Oswald Jacoby's partner and, with both sides. vul- nerable, you hold:
A 5.2
64 3
0 1 0
143
K7 G
Gas. It is well to turn off the main betore you go to bed. This the
Alternative
incendiary
A machine shop where recruits prevents explosion between are taught to use tooling machines. I main and the taps. Two machines damaged, shop par-heating should be arranged: tially demolished, but now well on Electricity. If an way to reconstruction. Nc casual-bomb falls on the house, turn the electricity current off. It is ties.
not necessary to do so otherwise. Naturally it is well to keep a few candles or night lights for cmer- gency.
Torches The Ministry. of Home Security states that, during black-out hours, torches. may be
by used only if dimmed
two thicknesses of tissue paper or thicknesses if tissue paper or the equivalent. They must directed downwards, and extin- guished immediately the air-raid warning sounds.
Wing of old folks' home hit by a bomb. Twelve sick and ajling old people killed. The home was a considerable distance from any military objective.
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The bidding:
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20
Yous Pass (?)
What do you bid? (Answer To-morrow.)
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TRAWLER: SAVES- BRITISH AIRMEN
The Aberdeen, trawler Sophos (skipper George Leeper) rescu- ed four British airmen off the West Coast of Scotland. Their Coastal Command 'plane had run out of petrol and made-a--forced-i- landing.
The four nimen were hanging to the top of their machine with the sea breaking over them when the Sophos came along:
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