Preference signaling in bridge leads to mistaken six spades
Oswald Jacoby discusses how the suit preference signal can lead partners to misread leads. In a recent hand North and South reached six spades by signaling for a shift, but the chosen line caused trouble when West led clubs. West’s club king and East’s jack provoked a ruff and a later ten of trumps, costing the slam.
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Oswald Jacoby
NEA
Sidney Srlodor
North
South
West
East
Hearts
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Multi-Colored Dias Tape Needlework Patterns
An advertisement for Dias-tape crafts promoting colorful trim patterns for clothing and home items. It offers pattern 684 with 2x4 to 1x inch motifs, 35 cents per item, 10 cents extra for first class mail, and requests orders via Laura Wheeler in New York. The copy touts 1962 Needlecraft Catalog pages with knitting, crocheting, sewing, weaving, and embroidery patterns.
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Laura Wheeler
Austin Daily Herald
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Chelsea Station
New York
N. Y
Bridge inquiry on four diamonds bid after partner heart bid
The text presents a bridge bidding dilemma from Ames with North showing a double red 2a pass clarifications and South holding a three spade bid. The partner has bid four diamonds and the question asks for the best action given the described hand and auction.
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Ames
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