Approach bidding shows strength in bridge contract play
A Portland reader cites a Duplicate Club hand to show how approach systems in contract bidding improve outcomes. South opens two diamonds, aims for no trump or game, while North resists weak responses. missteps in treatment lead to penalties, and distribution often decides success.
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C. L. Meyers
Portland
Ore
Nora
South
North
Diamonds
West
No Trump Complex Highlights Bridge Hand Debates
A 1932 bridge column discusses the no-trump bias, noting four aces may mislead to unmakeable games. It contrasts opening bids like two no-trump and three no-trump, urges suit focus, and cites a Mobile Team-of-Four contest where women reach four spades while men falter in three no-trump.
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Mr. Lenz
Hera
North
Mobile
Ala
Ton
Orland Plans Farm Short Course At Local School
An agricultural short course for farm workers will be held at the Orland consolidated school south of Madison on February 3. State college specialists will present lectures on poultry and livestock feeding. Attendees include Clara Sutter and J B Johnson among others. Afternoon and evening sessions, with separate meetings for men and women, plus entertaining playlet by Mrs. Frandsen. The course is free and aims to attract progressive farmers countywide.
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Madison
Orland Consolidated School
State College
Clara Sutter
Farmer
Mia
Lencia Mitchell
Mitchell
J. B. Johnson
George Frandwen
Frandsen
Orland Actions
Smith-Hughes Department of Agriculture
Whitner Sets 45 Cubic Inch Motorcycle Speed Record
Oakland Cal Jan 23 Howard Whitner of Berkeley set a world speed record for 45 cubic inch motorcycles at Oakland Speedway. He completed a mile lap in 2 5 seconds, surpassing the previous record of 12 5 seconds held by Al Chasteer.
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Oakland
Cal
Oakland Speedway
Howard Whitner
Berkeley
al, Chasteer
Radio Features Schedule from New York Stations Jan
Radio features from New York, including WABC CBS, WEAF NBC, WJZ WBC, and WIZ NBC, list Sunday and Wednesday programs with speakers Frederic William Wise Senator Claude Syren and Dr Nicholas Murray Butler among others. The notes mention varied music and talk slots, a Geneva broadcast, and a waterspout sighting off New South Wales.
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New York
Senres
Frederic William Wise
Claude Syren
Virginia
WEAF
NBC
Julia Sanderson
Frank Crumat
Merek Weber
Berlin
Joe Moss
Ralph Kirbery
Rudy Vallee
WABC
CBS
Jouette Shouse
WJZ
WBC
Rey Perkin
William Hard
Geneva
Nicholas Murray Butler
South Dakota labor report shows surplus of workers state wide
Mitchell January report by Charles S. Weller, U S Employment Service state director, notes little change in December with surplus workers across most areas. Aberdeen Huron Mitchell Sioux Falls Watertown report over supply across clerical, skilled, farm help, and railway staff. Construction and meat packing show mixed activity, with seasonal declines in poultry plants and building projects. University of South Dakota board to be reduced from five fifty to five dollars per week.
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Mitchell
South’ Dakota
Charles S.weller
United States Employment Service
Wichita
Weller
Aberdeen
Huron
Sioux Falls
Bible Test Given Pupils In Huron
About 200 pupils at Huron high school took a standard Bible exam prepared by Rev. Luke Elliott of De Smet. Tests were also given at De Smet, Wisington Miller's, and the Sand Creek consolidated school. Results will be tabulated and released soon. The highest grade in Huron was unofficially about 88.
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Luke Elliott
de Smet
Hurons High School
Wisington
Miller's
Sand Creek Consolidated School
Eliott
Huren
Farm Essay Contest Opens for Farm Children
Dakota Central Telephone company offers cash prizes totaling 200 dollars in an essay contest for farm children within its territory. The topic asks why telephone service is valuable to the farmer. Eligibility includes any farm boy or girl who has not finished the eighth grade.
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Dakota Central Telephone Company
Essay Contest Rules and Cancer Research Claim
Parents are subscribers to telephone service. Essays must be 300 to 600 words. Rules details available at any Dakota Central office. First prize 50 dollars, second 25 dollars, 35 prizes of 25 awarded for next best essays. Mail essays to Dakota Central Telephone Company in Aberdeen by March 15. Dr Ellicen McDonald of Cancer Research laboratories University of Prynegiven's estimates cancer causes 130000 deaths annually.
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Dakota Central
Dakota Central Telephone Company
Aberdeen
Ellicen McDonald
Cancer Research Laboratories
University of Prynegiven‘s
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Kolic
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Deerington
Twin Cities
Loo
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Arizona
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Vermillion
University of South Dakota
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WNAX
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