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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1939
Page
7
In a suburban train bridge session H Wilker of Connecticut as South opened with a near perfect pass. He counted East's hand from two clubs and two diamonds discards to reveal five hearts and four spades. Wilker then cashed the king of spades and won the last two tricks with the ace and nine of spades in dummy.
North opens with a diamond and the sequence reaches South 2NT and North 3NT. West wins the first trick with king of spades and must decide on returning spades or not. The deal shows West can defeat 3NT by targeting the diamond and club suits, exploiting the trump and entry layout.
War may come and go but China endures with a population over four hundred million. The piece recounts legends of early rulers, Yu the Great, and the eclipse story of Chung Kang with Hi and Ho, noting ancient Chinese eclipse records and a May 7 2165 B C eclipse debate by two scientists.
A short Q&A piece asks five trivia questions with concise answers. It identifies Americans as the tallest people, credits Isaac Newton with gravity, rounds women’s shoe size to six and a half, states more accidents occur at home, and places Colorado as the state with many high peaks.
Practical tips from a Q and A column. Mending china uses plaster of Paris mixed with egg white to form a paste for broken edges. To fix over salty soup add brown sugar to balance taste. For smoother hands on washday add vinegar to rinse water to soften skin.
A short puzzle asks which of five statements are true. It lists nations by size, a misrendered Latin phrase, an odd definition of a casserole, Morgan’s yacht Corsair, and a claim about 6pm indicating nearsightedness, with the answer on the classified page.
A roberta lee etiquette column advises a man to ask permission to call a girl, rejects waiting for an invitation. It states ten cents is a sufficient tip for one, with some offering more. It notes serving order should follow regular sequence, not strictly by gender.
In Athens Georgia Joe Woodruff, a middleweight on Georgia's varsity boxing team, is introduced as the brother of Bob Woodruff Tennesee's sophomore All American guard. The piece promotes a daily word study and cites Henry George on abolition as a social remedy.
A reflective note contrasts blase groups dismissing elephants with an eager claim that proves awareness. It cites two million new Americans yearly who have never encountered an elephant, highlighting perspective and exposure to unfamiliar realities.
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