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By W. E. McKenney.
Solution to Previous Contract Problem
I wonder how many of my rend- ers opened to-day's problem with an original bid of two no trump! If you did, I am sorry to say that you were wrong.
An original bid of two no trump must be made only on a hand with which you can ran off eight tricks before the opponents get in, and you must have every suit stopped. It is true your hand looks as though it certainly will take eight tricka,
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1 will say this, however, that, with the South holding, I would the bidding with one no trump to show my partner that "I did have an exceptionally fine hand.
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North, of cou PHE, guarantees a five-card sait when
he bids two hearts over que no trump. South's jump to four hearts is a slam try. North is rather optimistic in showing the new feature in his band by bidding spades, but that is
all the information South needed to go to six hearts.
THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1934.
LONDON STOCK
EXCHANGE
LATEST SHARE QUOTATIONS
the
COTTON, WHEAT AND SILVER
LATEST NEW YORK QUOTATIONS
The following quotations on
Mesare, Swan, Culbertson and Fritz London Stock Exchange have been have recolved the following quotations received by Mesars. Swan, Culbertson on the New York cotton nd wheat und Fritz in conjunction with Reuter.} and silver exchangen for yesterday.
Chinese Bondi,
Cotion
May 1, Close
Apr. 38. May 2.
£101 4 Bond 1803
(Eng. Ins.) 45% lann 1908. £ 93 60% Loann 1012... £ 71% G Reorg Loan 5: Boris 1026-47 £ 88% £89
1913 Lin. Ins.) £93
Shi-Nanking itly... .... £ 67. [662 Tient.-Pukow
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10.75
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May 2.
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September December January
May 2
Closing
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March
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a neat squeeze ply allowed the. Unilever declarer to make seven-odd.
The Play
The jack of clubs was opened by East and won in dummy with the ace. Three rounds of hearts were rushed, West discarding a diamond. The queen of spades was led and West refused to cover, playing the deuce. The declarer allowed the queen to ride and it held.
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The jack of spaces was played next, West covered with the king, and North won with the acc. nus enshed the ten of hearts, dis- carding a club from dummy. West also let go a club,
The right of hearts followed and
discarded spade was
from dummy. West was squeezed. He had to let go the six of spades. Declarer then cashed the ten and five of spades, discarding-two
mall diamonds from dummy.
On the second spade, West again was squeezed. he let go the king of clubs, declarer's queen was good, while if he dropped the eight of diamonds, that made the ace, king, and jack of diamonds good in dummy..
Today's Contract Problem
South js depler. What should his opening bid be, and the bow should the bidding proceed. with East and West always passing? Remember.
in contract you bid for your pariter's bebunt. Mako your is convey the full informa Hon regarding your hand.
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and spoke impatiently to her maid. She ordered luncheon in a petu- Intly, sharp vnice and then glanced through the letters on her desk. None of them were of consequence. Marcin picked op 4 newspaper next. A headline on the first page made her eyes narrow.
Rather dramatic!" she mur mured. Then she smiled, reflect- ing that here, was another dreamy Idealist who would be a match for Estelle Field-this man who for years had shouldered his wife's Kult.
The headilne read; "Death Bed Confession of Norris Noyes' Wife Resurrects Old Case."
Marcia real the words in smaller type and then the long column
that followed. Afterward she read it all over again more carefully. When she had finished the second rending she sprang up and hurried to the telephone.
She jerked open the carved door' of the cabinet no viciously that a hinge loosened...
"Dau it" Marcia
exclaimed. :
Then she said, "Rhinelander-"
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STEAMER MOVEMENTS
London, May 2. The return of shipping move- ments at British porta reveals that Toreign trade arrivals with cargol in March showed an increase from nine cessive months as com pared with the corresponding Se, Conte Verde united from Singa- pedic of the previous year, the pore on Tuesday at 6 pain, and is ex- advowe in this instance amount-pected here at daylight on Saturday. ing to 57 per cent.
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TRAG AND
FUZZY HAVE BURIED THE HATCHET LIKE A COUPLE
OF REAL
SPORTS...
GEE IT'S NICE OF YOU TO ASK ME OVER TO YOUR HOUSE, TAG... OHOH! WHOSE SCROOT IS
"THAT?
THAT'S MY DOG.
JUMBO AND HE
· ISN'T A SCROOT
VELL, MEBBE HE ISN'T,THEN..
BUT HE LOOKS
LIKE A SCROOT!
ANYBODY WHO CALLS JUMBO A SCROOT HAS
GOTTA
FIGHT!!
I CAN DO THAT, TOO...OKAY.. PUT 'EM UP!!
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SHAKE HANDS CALL YOUR DOG A SCROOT
AN' MAKE
UP?
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PALS, LIKE
PEAS IN
A PODR
*THA'S RIGHT, FUZZY...
LET'S FORGET
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