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CONTRACT BRIDGE
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THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1932.
POLITICAL TURN
IN PRUSSIA
STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED
Berlin, July 20. Prussian politics have taken u Psychic bidding is greatly absudden serious turn, following the used in contract bridge. Quite political stalemate. All the acting true, occasionally one will work to Ministers have been dismissed, a
state of emergency has been pro-: good advantage; est, in the follow-claimed and a virtual dietatorship ing hand, the psychic bidder re- hnd heen declared. ceived top score, but his paychie bid has some reasoning behind it.
10-8- 7-6
4A-7-6-5 ❤9.2 ♦A-9-4-2
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NORTH
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4Q-4-2 K-J. 7-6- 5-3
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AK-J-8
VA-Q-10-8
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80%
SOUTH-10
The Bidding
Th hand was played in the Mas- ters' Contest and at every table. where South opened with either a a heart West showed his club or diamonds Then forth went to Na Tran game cannot be made because East would open the queen of diamonds. But at one, table, South reasoned that the mist like- le chance for game was in No! Truma If he izid diamonds and found his partner with diamonds hes would get inmediate support and would then go to No Trump. therefore his opening declaration was a psychic bid of one diamond. West passed the diamond bid and North went to two diamonds. East passed and South jumped tu three No Truns which bought the contrnef.
The Play
West realized that South's diamonds bid was a psychic and therefore did not hesitate to open bis diamond suit. As he held king nck ten, he led the jack. from The deuce was player duming and Bust did not over- take his partner's inek as he would
have been forced to lend into the ace nie, so he played the three. West now know that his partner held the queen of diamonds and therefore led a small diamond-the gix The four, was played from dummy and East won the trick with the queen, the.declarer drop- ping the sight of hearts.
As East had no more diamonds. he led his fourth best heart-the six spot. The derlarer took the doalde Basse, playing the ten which hell the trick. The eight of spades was then led and won with dummy's are. Declarer returned a small club from dummy, East play. ed, the ten, declarer the queen and West won the trick with the king and fed the king of diamonds. Daminy won the trick with the ace.
The move is said to be n triumph for the Nazi leaders, who have been urging the abolition of the Socialist rule in Prussia.
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The German Chancellor, Herr von Papen has been appointed the Stato Commissioner, with Dr. Bracht, Oberburgomaster at Essen, us his deputy, which means they will rule Prussin with almost dicta-children escape them so it is wise torial powers,
The Chancellor communicated the Central Government's decision to the conference this morning of the acting Ministers of Prussia, declaring that the prevailing con- ditions in Prussia were not able to guarantee law and order. Owing to his duties 113 Chancellor. Dr. Bracht would not as his representa- tive in governing Prussia dicta- torially until the new Prussian diet would end the stalemate and agree to appointing a Prime Minister.
Herr von Papen thus yielded to the wishes of Herr Adolf Hitler, lenders, who Herr Hugenberg and the Nazi have argued that Prussia under Socialist rule is no longer capable of preventing the disorders which have recently multiplied throughout Prussia.
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Rome, July 20. disobeying the military orders, Italy is dumbfounded as a' re- with a death penalty for armed result of the resignations to-day of sistance to the authorities, for high Signor Grandi, Foreign Minister.
Signor treason, damaging the railways or
Mosconi, Minister using explosives, --Reuter,
Finmare, Signor Giuliano, Educa- tion, Signor Rocco, Justice, and Signor Bottai, Corporations. Mussolini becomes Foreign Minis-
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LORD LYTTON'S ILLNESS.
RESTING IN HOSPITAL FROM ALL BUSINESS
Peking, July 20. Lord Lytton, who is suffering from internal infection contracted at Tokyo, and not a recurrence of his old trouble is making antisfac- tory progress in the German Ilos. pital, where he is staying for a few days for a complete rest from all business.
It was stated this evening there East discarded the small heart and was no cause for anxiety, although As he is very weak. There is no dearer the jack of spades. Rust dropped the tea of clubs on fever, and it is expected he will re- the first club trick, the declarer cover shortly and resume his duties hoped to find him with the jack on the Commission-Reuter. and therefore led the age of clubs which enught East's jack. The five
of spades, nee of hearts and eight and six of clubs were all good and he had made four odd at No Trump.
-In
First Flight.
Peking, July 20,
ler.
for
The official explanation is that the resignations are part of Mussolini's scheme for changing the Government periodically In order to afford others a chance but a more general impression is Ir Duce's disappointment that Grandi and Mosconi failed to get a clean state at Lausanne for the reparn- tions and war debts.
In addition to five members of Cabinet a number of important secretaries have been under
new Finance appointed. The Minister is Signor Guido Jung the expert on foreign trade, and the new misters for Justice and de Francisci and Education are Ercole, who are rectors at the Rome and Palermo Universities respectively, Mussolini also sumes the Corporations portfolio. The new under secretary, for Foreign Affairs will probably he Suviel, who will represent Iinly at the Conferences abroad,
AR-
Grandi's resignation makes him
a favourite for the vacant 1mm-
of clubs was then led to dummy's rine and the nine of hearts re- The Earl of Lytton's air trip turned from dummy, declarer tak- | here from Tainan to-day was his ing the queen finesse, The declarer first flight, and despite his weaken-bassadorship at London. then spread his hand as the king ed condition, he showed great in- The resignations bombshell fol- terest in it. During most of the lowed a minor sensation, due to the journey he lay on the couch in publication of a decrce, establish- Chang Haueh-liang's luxurious ing Government control of the plane, watching the passing coun- Stock Exchange transactions, under fryside, but near Peking he was which the Finance Minister is Widle the psychic bid won for able to sit up and get a splendid | authorised to examine stock trans- the declarer in this case, the be- view of the ancient walls and fers. Stockbrokers will automa- |giner at bridge will find it at a towers of China's "eternal city."- tically become public officials.-
dangerous plaything.
Beuter's Special,
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