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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1951
Page
9
A 42 handed special event celebrates Australia’s federation 50th anniversary. The article analyzes a sample hand with hearts, explaining declarer play from dummy and how misdefending East or discarding hearts could alter the contract.
The article describes a bridge contest scenario where South aims for three no trump. West opens spades, discards diamonds, South takes the spade ace and contemplates heart suit tricks. If West holds the ace of hearts, South faces defeat, forcing careful play to salvage the hand.
A speaker questions Jane’s motives as a girl marries a widower with four children, weighing genuine love against desperation in a domestic dilemma.
An article prepared by the Long Beach Branch of the Los Angeles County Medical Association describes curare as a powerful muscle relaxant used after anesthesia to relax abdominal muscles during surgery. It notes curare is not a sleep aid, was once seen as a poison, and now enables easier surgical access before its effects wear off in minutes. The piece mentions expanding medical uses and ongoing search for better substitutes.
A fragment notes that an office appears clean but could be deemed dirty if an ashtray is emptied, arguing dirt is a false concept and describing matter as foreign. The author cites Dan Freet and a provocative view on cleanliness and perception.
Washington reports the Big Four nations Britain France Russia struggle to chart peace amid widening tensions. Russians proposed a meeting of foreign ministers last November, but long gaps and deep divide delayed progress. By March a preliminary Paris deputy ministers gathering was agreed to outline topics for any future talks.
In Paris, March 5 began a prolonged deputies meeting to set a foreign ministers program. The Atlantic Pact sits as a major stumbling block with Russia pressing for discussion and Allies resisting turning it must-talk. Diplomats dodge blame as the session drags on without full agreement.
A reader asks if the cornea can be seen. The answer: in the normal eye the cornea is invisible because it is transparent and cleaned by tears and blinking.
The passage discusses Russia portraying itself as peacemaker at a Paris meeting while accusing the West of blocking peace efforts. It suggests Moscow's use of propaganda to sway international sentiment by appealing to global audiences.
The fragment questions Chiang Kai-shek and his soldiers plus the Soong sisters and discusses Red Hungary's demands in the Vogeler case. It mentions a rumored tandem note made from printed letters crudely cut and pasted, inviting doubt about authenticity.
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