This Man Is Expert When Playing or as Kibitzer
Leo Roet, a renowned bridge expert who fled to this country during World War I via Australia, is famed for kibitzing enough to disrupt top players. The narrative discusses Roet’s playing style and a specific hand where he countered opponents’ cards to secure a ninth trick, highlighting his strategic maneuvers and the chaotic flair he brings to the table.
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Kibitzer
Leo Roet
Netherlands
Australia
Happy
Roet Leads Team to National Mixed Title in DC
Roet controlled the South hand to steer his squad to the National Mixed Team Championship in Washington DC two months earlier. He won the queen by cashing the king on the opening club lead and navigated the ensuing heart and spade plays, with East and West contributing key discards and debts, as the hand progressed to the endgame.
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Root
Australia
West
East
Koet
Dummy
South
Roet
Washington, D. C
Declarer
Surgery for High Blood Pressure
Public interest notice from the Long Beach Branch of the Los Angeles County Medical Association explains high blood pressure is common and often progressive. It outlines causes including kidney disease arteriosclerosis and endocrine tumors, and describes surgical nerve-blocking treatment as an option for selected patients. Surgery may reduce arterial spasm but is not a cure, and is less beneficial for those over 50 or with advanced arteriosclerosis or primary kidney or heart disease.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles County Medical Association
Shotgun Pilots Clash in Early World War I Air Duels
In the early days of World War I two enemy pilots met in the skies and fired shotguns loaded with bolts and scrap iron, using improvised field weapons as they battled midair.
Aunt Het Sees Life Beyond Brawn Yet Notices Ankles
AUNT HET quips about Tom chasing finer things but admits he never misses a pretty ankle in conversation, reflecting a playful wit about attraction and aspiration.
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Tom
Doughboy as Good as Ever in Korea
A New York opinion piece portrays the American doughboy as highly skilled and determined in Korea’s Heartbreak Ridge fighting. It argues frontline troops fight bravely but risk heavy casualties as political and strategic stakes rise, urging a bold new decisive move to end the stalemate and spare lives.
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Korea
New York
Leutenant
Heartbreak Ridge
U. S
Asia
Italy
America
New England Fast Day Clarified and Q&A Riddles
A reader asks if Fast Day remains in New England and learns New Hampshire still observes it by governor fix, generally on the fourth Thursday in April. The piece also answers scattered trivia on snakes blood heat, Canterbury archbishop, Amos ’n’ Andy casting, and Miami as a year round resort with visitor figures.
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New England
N. BE. A
New Hampshire
Maine
Massachusetts
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Goadys “Parker
Oswald Jacoby
NEA
Sally
Ronn
Prippas
Pine Avenue
Gigane
Hal Boyle
Semdera
Hureal
Hyatt. N. W
Westington 5
D.C
H.V
Canterbury
Fisher
London
Kingfish
Amos
Andy
Tim Moore
Alvin Childress
Miami
By Jay Alan
Cannes
Marine: Glass Co. Scott
Woedard - Scott SR
Long Teach Buliderr Exchange
Westover
Humphreys
Magnavox
Dre Ees
Belvedere
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