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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1952
Page
5
A humorous sketch by John Reynolds warns husbands to avoid meddling in the kitchen and domestic tasks. It jokes that wives control the Christmas prep and finances while men risk romantic reproof if they overstep boundaries. The piece lampoons marital dynamics with comic, dated tone.
South Korean infantry assisted by allied air units repelled three Chinese attacks on Pinpoint Hill and recaptured the position after intense grenade and satchel charge exchanges. Allied aircraft targeted supply areas north of Kumhwa and Chorwon. A MIG-15 was reportedly shot down in the air battle.
Oswald Jacoby analyzes a bridge hand where South wins the opening ace, draws trumps, and leads a club, allowing East to win with clubs and diamonds. The defenders collect several cards and defeat the contract before South can establish the game. The piece invites readers to spot the error.
East West Pass lines and North South play described in incomplete bridge notation with references to positions and directions. The fragment notes passes and scores or bids without clear results or players.
The passage outlines a bridge play where South misplays from dummy. The correct defense starts with West winning the first trick with the king of spades. If West switches to clubs, dummy wins with the king of clubs and South gains entry with the ace of hearts to lead the jack for spades.
In this hand the declarer manipulates spades and clubs to establish the dummy's clubs. West leads clubs, dummy wins with the ace, the ace of spades is cashed, and South discards. The plan is to give West a spade trick to prevent East gaining the lead and to run two established clubs while discarding diamonds.
In Cleveland an 11 year old girl told police her Chihuahua puppy she bought for 36 dollars kept growing beyond standard Chihuahua size and now weighs nine pounds over. The former owner must appear in court next Monday.
The air force accepted the first in a new series of jet fighters over 600 mph. The Thunderstreak from Republic Aviation was presented by Air Undersecretary Roswell L. Gilpatric after a flight demonstration. The swept wing Fe4F fighter advances over the Thunderjets used in Korea and can carry external armament and fuel.
Diplomatic informants say the Prague purge trials are a Kremlin response to Eisenhower’s election. They claim top Communist leaders in Czechoslovakia Romania and Hungary face harsh sentences to deter anti-Soviet uprisings and cover economic failures as the Eisenhower legend grows behind the Iron Curtain.
New York AFL Flight Engineers International Association and Eastern Airlines clash as 160 engineers are fired after refusing to return to work by Capt Eddie Rickenbacker’s 1 pm deadline. Eastern cites illegality of the strike during federal mediation. Union leader William Kent argues the labor act allows a breakdown strike.
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