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DONALD DUCK
YEAH, JONES' STATIONERY STORE IN THE UMPIRE STATE BUILDING, AND GET ME A REAM OF TYPING PAPER! ..AND MAKE
IT SNAPPY!
O 1941, Walt Diney Prechactit
|| Worki flights Red
CONTRACT How to
BRIDGE
BY all odds,
How to
JOSEPHINE CULDERTSON
Timing a Squeeze Play
on
the must difficult would make no difference and, there- feature of
*queeze playa is fore, let us assume it would be the that heart jack. We win with the ace timing. It is ignorance point that has kept the ranks of and, as before, cash the 'A-K of then enter dummy with the squeeze masters as thin as they are, club, Consider the two apparently similar, club nine to finesse in diamonds.
་ས་ but actually different, methods of Our ten holds. We then cash the rest of the clubs, nt which point we are reduced to
ve cards the A-5 five playing the following hand;
of spades, the six of hearts, and A-J De diamonds. West holds the 3-10-7 and the Q-10 of hearts.
Match-point duplicate.
West, dealer.
North-South vulnerable.
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The bidding:
West
North
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of Dummy in its three spades intact, ond the K-4 of hearts. East proper- ly has kept the Q-0-8 of spades at the K-9 of diamonds. We now eash the diamond are and cause 11e connot West acute discomfort. let go a heart because then dummy's K-4 would become good, hence he must reduce to the 3-10 of spades, Thereupon we let go dummy's four o hearts. East, of course, follows suit in dinmonds. Now we lead a
heart to the king and it is East's
turn to squirm. If he lets go the dlangand in cash the diamond return to our
иес and
we
made we lead to the spade ace, lead the five to the king, and cash the four-
if he lets go the spade eight
dil-
Obviously, East and West's-bid-spot for the winning trick, ding had only one object-to make! Obviously, this substantial matters as difficult as possible for ference results merely from ducking their
vulnerable opponents, Six clubs would have been a laydown the first diamond.
vat
for North-South, but under the cir cumstances, and especially at match- point duplicate, the six notrump contract was fairly logical.
West opened his singleton dia- East played the queen and mond. declarer won. He cashed the oce and king of clubs, then entered dummy with the club nine, and led a diamond toward the J-10. East not 50 accommodating as to put up his king, however, and from that point declarer struggled in vain for the twelfth trick. No squeeze could be developed, and the slam contract
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was
was down one.
Now let us note the result of a very simple change in the timing.
To-morrow's Hand Match-point duplicate. South, dealer. Both sides vulnerable.
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W E
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flow should this and be played
Let us make Enst a gracious pre-at a four heart contract? Opening sent of the first trick. Ilis return tend spade king.
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Friday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
September 5. 1941.
By Walt Disney
JONE STAT
STOR
[UMPIRE'
STATE
BLOG.
HIGHEST IN CITY
Featur
THE LAND in
which
"COME NORTH
FOR SUN-
SHINE! Leave the cold. dark, winter days be
"All rooms with hind! North aspect." "Buffalo for Winter Sports!"
In this land of astonish- ing contradictions and blasted delusions, such posters now fail to cause more than a mild snigger among the Hongkongites
domiciled in Australia. And, by the way,
WC
puzzle and slightly annoy
the native born product by referring to "Austra lia" as a whole, ignoring as we do the divisions of States. And, indeed, they seem to have reason, for climatic conditions vary from Arctic to (I am told) near-tropical.
Which of us ever associ- winter ated "cold, dark, days" with Australia? Why? Oh, why have we had dinned into our consciousness the fable of "sunny" Australia? Having lived in Melbourne (Victoria) for close upon a twelve-month I cun, hand --upon-heart-say that no day had ever been hot, and that unpleasant, uncongenial weather predominates, the prevailing feature being the bitter, searching. Victorian winds. I have become en- tirely sceptical as to the de- sirability of paying any at- tention whatever to the pro-" mise of "I'll be finer to-mor- or "You should just row",
Wales!" New South See However, one consoling fact is that Apollo himself con- forms to our preconceived no- tions, and commences work in place and the accustomed knocks off in the west.
WE SOMETIMES CON-
SIDER
our cousins
of the Antipodes as lacking in. discipline.. Should this be so, it is certainly through no fault of authoritative lack of endeavour. For a country priding itself upon freedom and democracy, the urban and suburban (and in diverse circumstances, the country). natives are strangely dra- gooned and meckly long-suf- fering; though, incidentally, multitudes of irritating bye- laws are nonchalantly diaré- tire garded, "Must-nots" legion, and the plethora of garish notice-boards border- ing suburban and country walks irritates and depresses the stranger-wayfarer.
The Melbournian must not cross a strect diagonally; must keep to the dotted line:. must not proceed, against the red light. The resulting con gestion at corners is, foar- some. The citizen must not put a "pretty-protty”- cover on hid phone book. His ang
they
must not enter a shop, or the sea, or peregrinate without a Should human attendant.
Mr and Mrs Melbourne or their progeny lounge upon the bench in bathing attire, such repréhensible conduct will bring (or so they say) unpleasant penalties. But the City Fathers, evidently relenting their severity and as a sop to the ultra-modern element,
vouchsafed have
here and there "mixed bath- ing" To drink after 6 p.m.
NORAH WHITESTONE
writes from Aus- tralia about our evacuees and some of the things that confront them. Yes- terday, she wrote about the people of the land. To-mor- row, in her final ar- ticle of the series, she will tell you of "The Homes in which They Livë.”
live
wheel. No quarter is given the fleeing and anxious un- fortunate caught 'twixt the Scylla and Charybdis of red and green; with one foot upon the salving kerb, its fel- low in the gutter risks speedy amputation. That necessary second of reprieve to the mis- calculating wayfarer is sel- dom given. The Melbournian is either quick-or he is dend. And the jaywalker is, of course, extinct. But, on the brighter side, the hooter is very seldom misused, or the white line overshot.
FLINDERS STREET STATION, which is said to handle each day the heaviest human freight of any station in the world, at peak hours presents a self-asser- tive, "there's-only-me-in-this- burg" shoving, galloping, dense wad of humanity. The elderly or ailing with dif- 'ficulty remain upright against the heedless, headlong rush of young home-goers unwill- -ing to wait four or five min- utes for the next train. And
never by the slightest gesture will the delinquent acknow- ledge or excuse the collision. To both offender and offended this bump-and-tumble style of existence is a mere matter of routine, unworthy of mention weakest or apology. The literally go to the wall-they can be battered upon one side only! The less insensitive and perhaps more thoughtful growwill reach journey's end with a somewhat controversial re- flection upon the merits of the undoubted survival of the fittest-physically!
(excuse a broad, derisive smile) is forbidden. And in "Sydney vic must not fruit in the garden. "
In spite (or because) of this, no doubt well-meaning regimentation, Melbourne is, most dif- to my thinking, a ficult and dangerous city for the
fool-passenger. Motor- ists, probably feeling (and not unreasonably) that since the law takes such great- great-grandmotherly care of the pedestrian, think no onus rests upon the man at the
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American - Mexican Disputes Disappear
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (Router)-Real progress in nego tiating a stabilisation loan to Mexico is being made, according to an announcement made by the United States Secretary of the Treasury Mr Henry Morgenthau, who added that these were simple negotiations on which he could comment,
The opinion is that this tends
to confirm reports that similar
loans are being negotiated with LETTERS
Ecundor, Colombin and possibly other Latin-American countries,
The stabilisation loan would bolster Mexican currency and would apparently be made simultaneously with the settlement of the expropria linn question.
In this
connection, the "Journal of Commerce" reports that
formula Commere
Evacuation Representation
Committee
-The Editor,
Hongkong Telegraph.
Sir-With reference to the state-
committee by tho the above for a settlement of the expropriation ments made at the General Meeting controversy calls for payment of t
oll Chairman and myself with regard to $9,000,000 down to American companies and further instalments the article which nupeared in your chiefly in the sales of oil at 20 per issue of the 29th August, I am given cent. below the prevailing market to understand that a misunderstand-
ing has occurred.
A committee meeting was held on pikce.
Settlement Terms
the 29th August and I was instructed The journal adds that the settleby. my committee to telephone your tent of the oll question, which has office and refute the statement in its
the interested entirety. been presented to
spoke from the Kowloon sido at companies for acceptance, will be part of a comprehensive agreement the harbour te a member of your involving
n stabilisation loan of staff and asked him to refute it in $30,000,000 and a $30,000,000 Export- the next edition of your poper, thir
for
I understood it then, he premised expansion in as I Import Bank credit the production of strategic materials to do. and purchase of military supplies.
Information has since renched me
A high official indicated that most that a note was left for your perusal
an agreement
gard
of the major differences had been asking you to refer to me with, re- to the telephone call, whicft, 1 ironed out and that may be announced in a "week or a believe was month."
With Soviets In Iran
First Class Equipment
done, in fact several calls were made but contact with me was unsuccessful.
The misunderstanding seems to have arisen between the word "re- fute" and the member of your staff who I now belleve
WAB under the impression that the word I used was "refer
I regret that it was found by my
"Reuters" Special Correspondent committee necessary to publicly deny with the advanced Russian Forces in this article but had the facts of the completely before it, ng Iran, Sept. 4 (Reuter). The quiet case been
little market town of Kasvin, 100 they are now the references would miles
once th-west of Telieran and not have occurred.
echoes to-day capital,
to the tromp of wearching
troop
formations
1 personally regret that this mag- Soviet understanding should arise as in my with dealings with all sections of the local fixed bayonets through the streets, press I have received nothing but and the rumble of trucks loaded with courtesy and help.
You are at liberty to publish this troops smartly seated in rows as
letter if you so desire, and so erase though at a ceremonial
parade. Sentries guard oil pumps, the any particle of doubt which might power plant, General Headquarters further tend to friction between the and other important points of this press and my committee.
W. V. TAYLOR, outpost of the Soviet occupying
Honorary Secretary, forces.
Evacuation Representation-
Committee.
What is significant is that Russia can spare so much equipment and so many men as are in evidence here for her advance into ther they have tanks, carefully
Iran.
served from prying eyes, armed-slx-whceter armoured
Ilere
pre-
heavily
cars.
flold guns, howitzers drawn by tractor and trucks, and anti-aircraft lorries imounting heavy triple-barrelled pom-
poms.
Lunch With General Yet despite their air of ruthless strength, these are not the first line troops, Our party of three. war cor- respondents and a tank offlcer met the General commanding these Soviet
Crete Wounded Pass Through New York
NEW YORK, Sept. 4 (Reuter), Soldiers and sailors were very heart- ened to hear how well the Russians were still holding out when they ar
In New York to-day on the rived Empress of Asia.
ort
were board Most of those wounded from Crete and elsewhere their way to England to recu- bottles of vodka were pro on. dozen Juced and we sat down to lunch perate.. and among 307 passengers, As mostly soldiers, sailors and airmen. commanders.
drank were also men who took part in the
troops at headquarters.ed, half
Immediately we
the
me
senlar
meat
with stor
progressed, we
enthusiastic' naval battle of Malapani afrival. more progressively
Shortly after the. to the Russian army, the lonsts British
Army, M. Stalls, Me the State Department in Washington Churchill, President Roosevelt, dam-announced that it had waived the nation to Hitler, and our next meet-ordinary requirements for visitors' the passengera vleas and had
ing in Be regarded Hitler's attacks Inshore while the ship was in dock.
The ship's ralis were lined with
Oncers on the Soviet Russla na a fatal blun- der, and the possibility of their being troops in khaki shorts, who cheered unable to hold the advanto of his lustily as a boatload of newspaper- armies did not seem to occur to them, men, swarmed aboard, bringing with them copica of newspapers which British Advance
SIMLA, Sept, 4 (UP) The de-were eagerly, shared by the soldiers fence press, department to-day an- and sailors hungry for the latest nounced that British troops have news from Europe. advanced some 400 miles into western
and nearly 200 miles into south-
western Iran.
Henry-Haye Leaving U. S?
Plane Production
In U.S.
WASHINGTON, Sept,, A. (Reuter), -Altogether-1,054 military aircraft were delivered it-August by military. alreraft manufacturers in the United States....
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (Reuter).
This was announced by the Once The Washington Evening Star" of Production Management to-datin to-night says that it is reliably re The output, represents an increase ported that the Vichy Ambassador to of 304 planes over July and the Washington, M. Goston Henry-Hoye, highest prediction of any month this will be leaving Washington month for Vilty phd Versailles and
Is not likely to return.
this
year,
He will be accompanied by Co Air, Lalid Attacks
logel Bertrand Vigne, who was re- ccatly accused by the "New York Herald Tribunt of underground pro- Vichy activities in the United States.
Turko-Russian Clash Report By Nazis NEW YORK, Sept. 4 (UP) Tho Columbia Broadcasting System heard
On Tobruk
CAIRO, Sept (UP)-A general headquarters communique states thhi two enemy air bombing and one machinegun attack were mode Tobruk on Wednesday but no damage. was donde se den vele man
"Several Ares were observed In
on
a German radio broadcast saying it enemy positions in the frontier aren
had "unconfirmed reports" of clashes The enemy attempted low-flying
necurring between Turkish and Rus atan troops on the Turkish-Iran bor der.
machinegun attacks which resulted in losets to the enemy but no casualiles or damage to the British;
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