Winchell and media quicktakes sparkled in satire
A compact list of media quips and cultural notes recalls Gorea debates Newsweek quotes AP UP INS NY Times and others. References include Voice of America beam plans Fort Dix Cola man Army press echoes and Broadway figures Marie Doro and Arthur Koestler cited amid wartime and postwar chatter.
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INS
N. Y. Times
N. J. Herald Tribune
Daily Winchell
Voice of America
New Yorker
Fort Dix
Army Post
Jane Winston
Lee Shubart
al Woods
Marie Doro
Nurse
Pal
Hollywood
Arthur, Koestier
BC Headache Tablets and Powders Ad Highlight
An old advertisement promotes BC Headache Tablets and Powders as fast acting relief for headaches neuralgia and muscular aches. It touts combined ingredients stronger than single components, offers tablet and powder forms with 10c 25c options and family bottles of 50 or 100 tablets and encourages buying large sizes to save money.
No Trump Bid Logic in Three Suit Hands Explored
A Cleveland reader praises Stayman’s Expert by bidding on no-trump with a balanced three suit hand. South shows average strength in diamonds and clubs and extra major suit strength, enabling a no-trump bid. West opens spades, South must drop ace spades and win with clubs, while East cannot prevent nine tricks if South plays correctly.
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Stayman
Cleveland
South
North
West
East
Words of the Wise on humour and humility
The author extols humour as the balance of faculties guarding against pride in knowledge and imagination. It argues this virtue fosters patient acceptance of life’s ups and downs with a measured, wise outlook attributed to Lord Houston’s maxim.
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Lord Houston
America
State Flags and World Rivers in Puzzle Grid
A word puzzle lists clues spanning geography and language from Cravat to River im Asia. entries include French river, European river, Siberian gulf, English school, and earth goddess. Solutions fill a vertical grid with themed cross references.
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Siberian Gulf
Nepal
Water
Vipers
Partner
English School
Nick
Aid
Engineer Cleared in Train Tank Crash Near Barberton
Authorities said no charges would be filed against the engineer of a passenger train that hit a stalled medium tank, killing three soldiers. The train, moving 60 to 70 mph, struck the tank and dragged the wreckage about 1,000 feet. Two passengers were injured.
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Barberton, O
Erie Railroad
Catskill Resort Runs Daylight Time Four Hours Early
In Fallsburg New York a Catskill mountain resort hotel used its own daylight time four hours ahead causing pandemonium among guests as manager Hyman Mert admitted the clocks were set early and later adjusted.
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Fallsburg
Catskill Mountain
Hyman Mert
Mert
Caretaker Mistakenly Skips Daylight Alarm at Inn
A puzzled guest believed it was 5 am and tried buying cigarettes from a vending machine in his pajamas. He wandered from his room, surprised to find several guests in sports attire awaiting breakfast, then hurried back to his room.
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