1941-01-30 — Page 10

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West gained a trick by refusing to overruff in to-day's hand:

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Aneual Generad veeting of the RAO.B. (CLE) Club will be held on the Club premises, 8 p.m. THURSDAY, 30th January, 1941.

◊ J

♣ K J 10 8 8

A A 10

AK J 87

10 9 8

4

O A7 664 Q7 4

W

OAK Q 0 8

96 2

AQ 6

J 5 3

OK Q 10 9 3 2

♣ A 8

The bidding:

East

IA Pass

South West

20

Dbl. Pass

North

Pass

West opened the Are of spades and continued with the ten, East

East con taking the spade King.

tinueri with the Jack of spades, and South cautiously i discarded 1

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FOUR-ACES TYTTEN

ACE KINGU

3

QUEEN,1 JACK......

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Heart

instead of rufting. West also discard- ed heart, and East

thid then down three top hearts.

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STABBER

MOON MANIAC?

A young man in black, wheel- ing a black bicycle and shuffling along as though in heavy boots, is believed to have been afflicted by "moon madness" when be stabbeć two young girls under a full moon in the South Mead area of Bristol.

On the

third round of hearts, South played the nine of trumps, and West discarded a low club instead of overrufting. He knew it could cost him nothing to bide his time, and that it would pro- bably gain hum a trick. Regardt- less of which player had the Ace Police are searching the district, of clubs (and West could be pretty | and fathers, brothers and sweet- sure that South had it) the Queen | hearts are escorting their women-

folk in the black-out to of clubs had no trick-taking pow-

guard them against further attacks. er and could be unguarded with- out risk. The offect of the trick, The two girls who were stabbed

HUMPHREYS ESTATE & therefore, was to weaker South's are Olive Cumberpatch, twenty, of trump holding while leaving Tortworth Road, and Gwendoline West's trumps intact.

Pinsent, sixteen, of Fonthilli Road.

FINANCE COMPANY,

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After winning the heart ruif, South Jed the deuce 01 trumps to dummy's Jack, and West play- gd low in the hope that East had the

King singleton

Or Queen, Dummy then cashed the club King and South regained the lead with the club Ace to lead the King of

West won with diamonds.

Acr diamond

returned a trump. later winning another trump trick. Note, however, that West would have won only accounts for the

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the

one

trump trick if he had overruffed on the third round of hearts; for then his four remaining trumps could have been drawn by South's to four honours

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were

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JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,Į Jacoby's partner and, with

General Managers.

ther side vulnerable, you held:

Hong Kong, 21st January, 1941,'|

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A 8 3

♡ A

J 9 7 6 4 Q98 3

The bidding:

You - Schenken Pass Pass 130

Pass (?)

Jordby

Maler Рака 1 2NT Pass

ANSWER: This is not a sign-off or a show Bid three spades.

of weakness, but is

-a forward- looking Bid which offers a choice of game contracts to a

partner who has already shown a strong hand. You are not sure whether spades or no-trump offers the best play for game; hence you give your partner the choice.

Score 100% for three spades;

·60% for the three no-trump; 40% for three clubs.

Question No. 626

To-day you are Merwin D. Maier's partner and, with both sides vulnerable, you hold:

K 5·3 2 VQJGA

0 7

♣ K 6 5 3

The bidding: Schenken Maler

Jacoby *You 10

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Curious Shuffle

Miss Pinsent, who works at a local Jaundry, said: "I noticed al short, stocky young man loftering in the road. He kept passing me, then dropping back.

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end "He had heavy boots on wulked with a curious shuffle. His | cap was over his face.

"There was a big yellow and i A man who is the son of a Ger- orange full moon coming up at man doctor and is second in com- the time so I could Бее him mand of the local Home Guard plainly, though I mever got a Was sent to prison for three -glimpse of his face.

months, fined £30, and ordered to **Suddenly

Arundel he put his bike pay £2 15s, costs by against a tree and the next mo- County Bench, on two charges of ment 1 felt a blow on my shoul- photographing British aircraft and der. I realised blood was pouring one charge of photographing down by back and shouted for radio station. help.'

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Holmes, thirty-seven, at first pleaded not guilty, but later amended his plea to one of guilty.

Superintendent F. C. Peel said Holmes had been engaged at a naval air station, where he took the photographs.

Thomas Spencer, a fitter at the aerodrome, said he noticed Holmes with the bottom button of his coat fastened, while the two above it

He were open.

was standing against a wire fence and put this hand into his coat and bent over. On the other side of the fence was a British aircraft of new design. Other witnesses corroborated,

Harold Henry Sinclair, of Arun- del, said Homes was in his employ at an aerodrome. Witness was-in command of the Home Guard in

By ED REED the borough and Holmes was his

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