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By The Four Aces

THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 30, 1940

GIRL MAY SEND HER MOTHER

TO DEATH

doom her

Her husband is now in Sing Sing Prison, serving a term for rob-. bery.

pointed to her and sald:

"There's a girl, who for love of a man In Sing Sing is going to send her mother to the elec trio chair."!!!

A girl of 22 may

Her mother. Mrs. Rose Pantiel, mother to the electric chair, in New a. stolid widow, of 40,' known as York. This is the latest develop- "the Red Rose of Williamsburg,' The murders which the, Dis- ment in the fantastic story of is under arrest, charged as an trict Attorney hopes to solve as "Murder Incorporated"The accomplice to the murder of a a result of Mrs. Pantiel's arrest Brooklyn cash and bury" Syndi- gangster known as Rubin ("The were committed in a gang war cate which is now believed to Mock") Shapiro, Mr., O'Dwyer, which followed an attempt by a have been responsible for 54 mur-New York's District Attorney, group led by "Knockout Harry no'ders.

believes that she knows the secrets, Halperm to "muscle ih" on ter- Two leaders of the gang, "Bug- of ten other gang murders, ritory run by another group, Esy" Goldstein and "Pittsburghị The daughter was detained as known as the "Larney Boys." Phil" Strauss, were sentenced to a material witness, but after a Rubin Shapiro, a loan shark, was death for the murder of a man visit to her husband in Sing Sing marked for murder because the known as "Puggy" Freinstein, she refused to talk, To convince Lurney gang. suspected that he The girl is Mrs. Sylvin Weiner, her that to tell what she knows was financing Halperm's mob and who married Benjamin ("Chip-may be the only way to save her supplying them with guns and py") Weiner when she was 16. mother's life, Mr. O'Dwyer cars.

Occasionally a player finds bid that expresses the value of his

hand, and then his best course to make a bid which simply marks time. South did that in the hand below, and his partner's response cleared up the whole situation;

North, Dealer Neither side vulnerable

AK 6 6 4. ОАК 10 СБ 4 0 9 8 4

jump to four spades. That showed OFF THE RECORD encugh spade strength for South

to bid the slam. And note that the slam could not have been made at hearts.

Yesterday

*

you

*

were

Oswald

Jacoby's partner and, with both sides vulnerable, you held:

A A Q 54

♥ K J 2

A Q 10 7

N

A 8 3

♡ 8 3

♡ 9.

◊ K 6 3 2

J 10 7 &

KQ 10 20

S

AJ 987

6 3

AJ 9 2

Q 7 2

O A Q

A 5 4

◊ J 6 3

KJ 10

The bidding:

North

Enst

South West

The bidding:

10

Pass

for

2A 40

Pass

14 3

Pass

Pass

Jacoby Maler Pass Pass

You

Behrnken

14

10

Pass

BA

Pass

1♡

Pass (7)

Pass

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WEDNESDAY, 4th Dec., 1940 commencing at 5.15 p.m. at their Sales Room. No. 2, Connaught Road, Central, (Room No. 205, 2nd Floor). A FINE COLLECTION OF VALUABLE POSTAGE STAMPS

Terms: Cash on Delivery

LAMMERT BROS.,

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Hong Kong, 20th Nov., 1940.

The Undersigned have received instructions from Mr. D. M. Biggar to sell by Public Auction at his' residence "Woodbury", Pokfulam, on THURSDAY, 5th Dec., 1940, commencing at 10.30 a.m. VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE

comprising: 3*

Puss

HIGH CARD VALUES

OF THE FOUR-AGES SYSTEM

ANSWER: Bid two hearts. Your hand isn't very strong, but per-

you practically commit yourself to raise the hearts later on; and your hand is not good enough for three bids.

South had slam ambitions prachaps confirmation of his suit may tically as soon as he heard his enable your partner to make a partner's opening strong bid. If you bid the spades, bid, but quite properly made a simple spade res- -ponse at his first I t . opportunity.

was at his second turn to bid that he had a real pro- blem.

QUEE JAC

KYKLAGE HAJO KT

one or even

II North's spade raise had been based on three spades headed by both of the spade picture-cards, South did not want to play the hand at any spade contract; and in that case he would either suggest or bid a slam in hearts. But if North's raise had been based on a four-card spade suit headed by at least one pic- lure-card, South warited to play the hand with spades as trump rather than hearts.

Score 100% for two hearts, 80% for one spade, 20% for pass.

Question No. 577

You are playing a Small Slam contract with no losers in the side suits, but with the following trump

sult:

6 5 3 Dummy

Yon

AK J 4 2

How do you play the suit arsuming you have entrisa

went right to

But how to find out? If Southcither hand? (Answer Monday.)

six hearts, North would almost undoubtedly pass.

(Released by The Bell Syndi- Even if South bid only five hearts, cate, Inc.). North would probably pass or bid six hearts; he was unlikely to bid five spades. And if South jumped Very Fine Upholstered Couch to four clubs or four diamonds, and Armchairs with Good Springs North's rebid would be too forced and Extra Cushions, Pouffe, Pic-and would therefore tell too little. tures, Curios, Silverware, Brass The solution was to bid only and Bronze Ornaments, Celling three clubs, which allowed North and Table Fans and Lamps, Card to make the highly revealing Tables, Cabinets, etc., etc.

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A QUANTITY OF CARVED BLACKWOOD FURNITURE On View from Tuesday, the Ord December; 1840.

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