Secrets and Risks in War Policy Leaks and Costs
The piece argues that closed Senate sessions fail to protect military secrets and warns leaks endanger U S troops in Korea. It critiques the Truman MacArthur disclosures, urges discretion, and cautions against government control of defense plants due to fiscal and competitive risks. It also discusses wartime trade-offs in steel, railroad cars, and production priorities amid a car shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
MacArthur
NPA
First Trick Key Play Here as Declarer Refuses Ace
During the Montreal tourney preview Percy Sheardown recalls a hand where South refused the heart slam with the ace hidden. He ruffed a low club from dummy, drew trumps, and led a low spade to force East to choose, keeping declarer in control despite a weak club holding.
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Declarer
Montreal
Percy Sheardown
Sheardown
North
East
Spoilt child and bidding banter in a bridge column
Poor PA Bil's first wife was up at night with the children, so he sympathizes with her. Now he faces a spoilt child he recently married. The article analyzes a bridge hand where the opening lead and card positioning determine the outcome, noting a diamond versus club lead would have altered the result and wiped the smile off the declarer's face.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bil
Controversial Claim On U S Japan Policy
A quoted remark asserts the United States has adopted a policy of expansion and made Japan an accomplice, attributed to Premier Kun Moa Jo of the Chinese Communist party. The statement frames U S and Japanese relations as conspiratorial and shifts blame to both nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Kun Moa Jo
Communist
Denuty
What's New Doctor Children's Clinic Here Gives Aid to Hundreds
In August 1939 Long Beach Pediatricians Seaside Memorial Hospital and local groups formed the Long Beach Children's Clinic Corporation to provide medical care for indigent children lacking county aid. The clinic's service pattern and funding, including post 1946 support from Memorial Hospital auxiliary, have continued to the present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cally
Long Beach Children’s Clinic Corporation
Long Beach
Seaside Memorial Hospital
Long Beach Community Chest
Junior League
Children's Memorial Hospital
Long Beach Children’s Clinic Provides Free Pediatric Care
The Long Beach Children’s Clinic, a general pediatrics clinic for indigent children under 15, relies on 15 volunteer pediatricians and multiple specialists who donate services. Seaside Memorial Hospital and the Community Chest support care, with volunteers aiding operations. Last year the clinic served 1112 patients, delivering 10,805 services and 2279 hospitalization days in 557 cases, at a cost exceeding $60,000.
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Long Beach
Seaside Memorial Hospital
Children's Hospital
Long Beach Community Chest
Children's Clinic
Eyes Fade with Age and Miscellaneous Q&A
A reader asks about eye color fading with age, wine and whisky aging in containers, tulip origins, and a claim about Queen Anne Boleyn having six fingers. The replies note eyes often lighten with age, wines aged in oak casks, whiskies aged before bottling, tulips introduced to Europe via Turkey and Austria and Holland, and Anne Boleyn rumored to have six fingers.
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Busbequius
Turkey
Vienna
Holland
Clusius
Austria
Ontario mart extends public bargain basement invite
Senator Soaper notes the Ontario shop opens a second floor basement sale with a veiled neckline remark by a broadcasters association. The piece concludes with a claim that no watch or ballpoint pen will appear in the chest X ray.
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Ontario Mart
Broadcasters’ Association
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By Bruce Biossat
Korea
Gen. MacArthur
Washington
New York Times
Wake Island
Times
Mr. Truman
Truman
Defense Plant Corporation
Jesse Larson
General Services Administration
War Assets Administration
U. S
Larson
Europe
Alan
Oswald Jacoby
NEA
South
West
KUUTH
Doctor
Los Angeles County Medical Association
Sue
Haskin
Longland Press
N. W
Anne Boleyn
Henry VII
Gladys Parker
Soaper
By H. ¥. Wade
DR. Campbell
California
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