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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1948
Page
9
Puzzle style fill in with cross clues across and down numbering. Clues cover verbs nouns adjectives and place names in a wide word grid for a June publication. Answers reference common everyday items including tools foods and actions.
A reader asks in which fields Treasury enforcement agents operate. The answer lists the U S Secret Service the Bureau of Narcotics the Alcohol Tax Unit and the Intelligence Unit of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, noting their job is to investigate federal law violations within Treasury jurisdiction. It also explains veterans homes for paralyzed veterans opened since 1898 serve those with permanent total disability from spinal cord injury, featuring ramps wider halls larger rooms and special bathroom setups.
A mosaic of satirical remarks on censorship in Boston, radio, and politics. The piece mocks Washington heat, jokes about Tito, Ed Crump’s past, and notes timber cutting in Europe while remarking on beavers lured by perfume.
Gibraltar is described as the smallest critical subdivision of a Commonwealth, a two square mile rocky promontory in southern Spain. It notes British capture in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession and mentions its Mediterranean location. It then shifts to a question about preventing browning in peaches during freezing, answering with ascorbic acid from drugstores.
In the Sunrise Salute Risehsnetpage roundup the piece argues that honesty is essential and that suppressing facts is a lie. It discusses character, a wife's and husband's honesty, and the value of learning social skills from early education including a booklet offered for sale.
Charles Lochridge of New York City, Vanderbilt Cup secretary, hosts John Rau and other bridge figures. Rau recalls Sims and his skill of turning good cards and bad breaks to advantage, as illustrated by a three spades bid to avoid a spade lead.
St Louis Post Dispatch notes enthusiasm for in bus music devices but passengers want a simple off switch to quiet the ride. The column hints at demand for a gadget to turn off the music when desired.
The column blends a bridge hand narrative with commentary on a special congressional session and quotes from figures like Ray and W. Stuart Symington. It contrasts old slam bidding with modern play and includes remarks on communism and the American Communist party.
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