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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1949
Page
3
Budge argues that most cities host bridge clubs offering companionship and competition for all ages. He says the appeal lies in the inclusive spirit rather than money, noting that even modest stakes cannot compare to losses in other games.
It asks where Truman was born which baseball star Georgia Peach, which state houses the Grand Canyon, which animal has the longest nose, and which war funded the first U S income tax. It also describes a 1858 born opera singer famed for Carmen and a Norwich born admiral who led the Agamemnon in the Mediterranean.
Central Press sketches Lord Nelson’s career from Cape St Vincent to Trafalgar. It notes his victories, knighthood, loss of an arm, 1803 flag aboard the Victory, the Trafalgar signal England expects every man to do his duty, mortal wounding, burial at St Paul’s Cathedral, and his romance with Lady Hamilton.
A note marks the birthdays of Fred Astaire, renowned dancer and actor, and David O. Selznick, noted motion picture producer, celebrating their contributions to cinema and dance.
A compact note tracing beneficence from its roots in French and Latin terms Beneficence and Beneficentia to describe active goodness kindness and charity across historical usage.
1775 Fort Ticonderoga is captured by Ethan Allen. 1869 Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads join at Promontory Point to complete the first transcontinental railway. 1940 Germany invades Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Neville Chamberlain resigns as Britain's prime minister, replaced by Winston Churchill. 1941 London endures the worst air raid to date damaging the House of Commons Westminster Abbey and the British Museum.
The observer recalls Herman Goldberg of New York City, an early bridge club operator, playing rubber bridge at his Mayfair Bridge Club. During kibitzing, West led the ten of hearts hoping to locate hearts and avoid giving tricks, and Goldberg cashed four tricks.
A brief quotation notes that manners should adorn knowledge and smooth its way through the world, attributed to the Earl of Chesterfield. The line emphasizes civility guiding intellect in social life.
Mrs. Laura Ann Myrover aged 96, mother of George G. Myrover Fayetteville Observer managing editor, died at home after several weeks illness. She was widow of Editor George G. Myrover and survived by three sons and three daughters.
Princess Margaret probably will be received today by Pope Pius XII in Rome. A British legation spokesman said final details were not completed yet. Buckingham Palace indicated King George would not object to the audicence during her Italian holiday.
In a bridge snippet, West discards three spades leaving the fourth heart vulnerable. Goldberg quickly cashes the ace of spades and concedes a spade trick to West as the hand ends.
Detroit May 10 Acting Mayor George Edwards asked Henry Ford II and Walter Reuther to settle the five day strike involving 65 000 Ford workers. He proposed three options including direct talks, mediation by Detroit’s labor management citizens committee and mediation by Mayor Hubbard of Dearborn. The plan followed a Sunday rejection as 5000 Ford workers marched in Dearborn near the Rouge plant where Reuther and Hubbard led the parade. Reuther had accepted Hubbard’s offer and was believed willing to accept Edwards’.
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