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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1952
Page
6
Peiping Radio reports a new Communist propaganda push aimed at Hong Kong alleging U S influence is growing in the British colony. Dispatches note rising numbers of American diplomats and naval officers arriving in Hong Kong for unclear purposes.
Bridge notes discuss a lead directing concept by partner in No Trump and heart leads. It recounts a hand where South ignores an unbid diamond bid and leads hearts, allowing the spade sequence to reach North with the ace and queen, illustrating the leverage of a lead directive and typical partner compliance. The excerpt shows North East South West Auction and a 3NT contract after two diamonds and a heart lead.
A Central Press Feature recounts a bridge hand where wrong leads and misread defense cost the declarer decisive tricks. The story contrasts better play from South with a diamond 3 lead that would have opened a different line, leaving North with entry and potential diamonds for dummy. It ends by asking readers when they faced a similar choice between bidding a game or doubling and what influenced their final call.
PUMEREND Netherlands grandpa Nico Klijzing aged 77 won an unofficial world pipe smoking title by beating Paul T. Staniola of Flint Michigan in a long distance contest. Klijzing set a slow smoking record of 92 minutes 18 seconds while both smoked 3.3 grams of American barley tobacco. Staniola’s pipe went out after 43 minutes. Referees in Pumerend and Flint reported results by telephone.
A Houston dispatcher refused to chase a moving truck carrying a baby’s diapers for a Texas to Kansas relocation. The caller, an unnamed woman, worried the infant would need a diaper change before reaching Kansas and followed the truck to Genoa before losing sight of it. The piece notes the high price of electronics in new jet bombers versus WWII bombers.
A popular hair restorer of the era was reportedly made mainly from the juice of baked pork and beans.
For sale a seven room ranch on seven acres with water frontage on Trinity Bay. Features include a 2 car garage breezeway barbecue pit screened patio and yard improvements. Well equipped with electric pumps. Includes barn chicken house seawall carpeted rooms and two wood burning fireplaces. Asking price 23500 with possible terms.
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