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RENEE ADOREE DIES AT HOLLYWOOD

London, Oct. 7.

Renee Adoree, the film actress, has died at Hollywood at the ago of 36--Our Own Correspondent,

BRIDGE

By W. E. McKenney

hand gives, an example of a third hand club bid and an example of beautiful play,

1933.

C.E.R. ' CRISIS

SLAVUTSKY LODGES FOURTH

PROTEST

Harbin, Oct. 7

That Manchukùo and the Sevlet

tion in all circles as a result of the latest developments in the con- troversy, arising from the deèten- tion of the Russian officials of the Chinese Eastern Railway.

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The hand was played in the re- cont national championship tour-

The Soviet Consul-General, M. nament of the American Bridga League at Asbury Park, N. J., by Slavutsky, to-day visited the local *SOUDAN Miss Margaret Beech of Pitts-offices of the oreign Ministry and

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The Bidding

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A club or a diamond third hand are slowly but surely heading to- bid often bringa about an in-wards n crisis of the first Renee Adorce was born at Lille,loresting situation. The following magnitude is the growing convic France, where her father owned a circus. Sho became a circus rider and acrobatic dancer and later a dancer in the Follies Bergeres. At the time of the German Invasion of Belgium she was dancing in Brussels, Sho escaped to France and for a time travelled with the French troops, acting both aburgh, Pa.

lodged - another protest-his Mantua nurse and entertainer. She then

fourth-against- the detention RAWALPINDI want to London' where she danced

of the officials and Manchukuo's | †*BURDWAN and sang in a London cabaret.

refusal to release them. Later she crossed to Amorica as a

South and West both passed. vaudeville artist. She made her Miss Beech In the North knew that Shih Liu-pon of the Manchukuo debut on the screen in "The her spade suit was not strong en-Foreign office blankly refused to Strangers" and since that timeough to bid, and of course her accept the protest, repeating his 1*BOMALI has played starring and leading hand does not come close to the previous assortion that their deten roles in many American films. One requirements for an original notion was a juridical question only. of her best allent filma was with Conrad Nagel in "Heaven on Earth", and she also acted with John Gilbert In liis first talking pic- | ture "Redemption". Other films in which she has played are "Monte Christo", "The Big Parade", “La Boheme", "The Flaming Forest", "Mr. Wu, and with Ramon Novarro in "A Certain Young Man"

trump, therefore she was forced to choose between opening the con- tracting with one club or one din- mond.

Her selection Was one East went to one no trump. Sou- club.

all right, to support your partner's th bid two clubs. It is perfectly,

third hand club bid with five, but remember-don't take his bidding seriously, an his hand may contain a singleton or a doubleton club,

In Feburary 1927, while making a anew storm' scene with a party of film artists in the Californian

West bid two diamonds-North mountains, she was lost in a blizand East passed, and South went

to three club, This, in my opin zard for sovoral days. After she was rescued the producer, Lynnon, is a bad bid, South has sup

ported the club bid once and Miss Reynolds, unnerved by his expert-Beech hall made no attempt to con ences, shot himself.

|firm the fact that she held a jeglti- Rence Adoree was formerly the mate club bid. However, as the

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GENERAL YUDENITCH.

Late Commander of Russlan Caucasus Forces,

London, Oct. 7

The death has occurred at Nice of General Nicholas Yudenitch, commander of the Russian Caucasus Forces during the Great War- Our Own Correspondent.

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hand was actually played, South bid three clubs which Erst dou. bled.

The Play

The opening lead was the eight of diamonds which West won with the ace.

West returned a small spade which East won with the nee. East returned the alx of spades, declarer winning with the king.

the..

queen of diamonds, which East trumped with the jack of clubs.

'ABDUL TAIMURTASH.

Teherans, Oct. 8. Abdul Hussein Khan Talmurtash once the most powerful mun in Persin next to the Shah, died sud- denly of heart failure in prison,

Miss Beech then played the king where he was serving a sentence for alleged swindling, extortion and of diamonds and followed with | acceptance of a bribe.—Reuter.

Mirza Abdul Hussein Khan Taimurtash, Persian statesman, was the son of Persian and Rus- If you were playing the hand, slan parents. His education was would you overtrump in dammy entirely Russlan, being received with the king? If so, your con chiefly at the Nikolaievsky cavalry tract would be defeated because barracks in Petrograd. A brilliant as soon as you lead clubs East lingulst, he knew West and East will be in the lead, will return a equally well. Hia ambition was to spade and West will be able to make Persia a wealthy and power- get in one of his small trump. ful nation and, while travelling and mixing in cosmopolitan circles wit personal charm, and elegance he

The correct play as made by Mias Beech was to discard the

always worked for that end.. queen of spades from dummy, and

now regardless of what East led,

He was Minister of Commerce in he could not make more than his 1921 and soon after the ex-ser-ace of clubs,

geant, Mirza Riza Pahlevi, became

| Shah in 1925 was appointed his

Court Minister. Taimurtash at

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