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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1952
Page
10
A reader submitted crossword listing with across and down clues numbered 1 to 45. The puzzle includes definitions for cuts short hours and many other wordplay hints, plus references to objects like bags dressings and various beverages. The page notes yesterday’s puzzle answer and an abbreviation for United States Pharmacopeia.
In a No Trump contract analysis, the piece discusses choosing which suit to promote a winner in, noting the safer option if driving out top cards. It recounts a specific bridge hand where North’s spade bid led to a misplay, and South failed to achieve the intended contract despite a likely forced game. The column ends with a challenge on defense against South’s 3 No Trumps if spades and hearts are bid.
Federal agents nicknamed Stud and Snorks testified leading to the conviction of four individuals for growing and selling marijuana. Bowman Paylor of the Federal Narcotics Bureau, known as Stud, testified in the case.
Ben Pitti a veteran roper and rodeo performer has mentored Will Rogers Jr since early Hollywood days. He helped Rogers Sr’s famed rope tricks during filming at Warner Bros and still works with Will Jr on set. Pitti credits Rogers as the greatest roper and recounts decades of cowboy film connections.
Charro Days opens with parades carnivals and bull fights as Brownsville and Matamoros residents kick off a three day fiesta. A. A. Hargrove led with the grito the festival’s unique shout while William F. Long and wife from Jeffersonville Indiana won a radio contest for the trip.
Baytown Builders and Houston led Texas in Prudential mortgage lending in January. Baytown Builders received 29300 in residential loans from The Prudential Insurance Company of America as Emmet McGauly of Houston reported. The statewide total reached 5768573 with eight cities above 110000. The Tasmanian tiger remark is misleading as the animal is a wolf.
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