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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1953
Page
3
Oswald Jacoby outlines an avoidance play in a five clubs hand.West opens hearts, declarer plans to establish dummy's diamond suit while ruffing hearts, drawing trumps, and discarding spades on diamonds. The key is to avoid giving East the lead, ensuring West gains the critical diamond trick and prevents spade losses.
A collage of anecdotes and observations spans jokes on electricity and gas lines, a doctor’s prank at a draft board, a look at Sisyphus in printing, vacation tourism, censorship in TV writing, word origins, and a card game tip. It blends humor with trivia and classic references.
A New Volume Details astonishing minor league feats across decades. Durable Bull Durham pitched and won five straight double headers in 1908. Other highlights include eight for eight hitting feats, seven steals in one inning, and five no-hit games by Bristol in 1952.
Royal A Powers, 80, known for quirky habit, skates with a tray on his head at the Arena in Cleveland. He travels from Sandusky several times weekly and even practices balance without skates at home, saying it steadys his mind.
In Holly Springs Mississippi drivers ignore meters as a local custom. An out-of-town motorist paid a nickel for a meter deposit only to be told it was unnecessary by a bank clerk and Police Chief James Warren confirmed the practice. The meters were unpopular and eventually ignored by both drivers and police.
Effective April 26 1953 Southern Railway discontinues Train No percent The New Yorker while adding sleeping cars and reclining-seat coaches to Train No 48 The Southerner from High Point at 3 11 A M for Washington New York and intermediate points On April 27 Train No 29 is discontinued Train No 39 is renamed Peach Queen and will handle sleeping cars and coaches formerly on Train 1 29 to Charlotte The No 38 departure from High Point changes to 6 24 A M from 6 50 A M EST
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