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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1950
Page
8
In this Jacoby column, Joe misplays a hand against West's opening heart. North notes the cross-ruff could have succeeded with different timing. The article analyzes the diamond finesse and the need to set up two high diamond tricks to force a successful cross-ruff.
Florence Chadwick rested at home after a city parade in her honor. Mayor Harley Knox lauded the 31 year old as confetti flew and a Marine band played. Chadwick set a new world record of 8 hours 13 minutes 20 seconds, beating Gertrude Ederle's 1926 time by 1 minute 11 seconds. She plans radio and TV appearances in New York before an appearances tour.
Advertisement notes pattern 9129 small to medium sizes with a simple apron design. Includes pattern pieces for ties and petals, full Sew Chart, and illustrated steps. Request twenty-five cents for pattern, send name address size and style to Marian Martin News-Star Pattern Dept. 232 West 18th St New York. Also promotes Fall Winter Pattern Book at twenty cents and a free blouse pattern from a yard of 39 inch fabric.
New York union freight handlers expanded the ocean boycott of Russian goods to air shipments. The International Longshoremen's Association refused to unload Russian furs from the Queen Elizabeth amid protests over Soviet actions in Korea. The CIO Transport Workers Union ordered against touching Russian air cargo, with Cunard planning to return furs to Southampton. Scandinavian Airlines and Pan American reported fur movements but varied origins.
New York State job gains exceed 100000 since the Korean War began, per the state department of labor. Many hires are for civilian production stockpiling goods, while jobless claims fell from 415500 on June 5 to 312000 on Aug 6, marking the lowest unemployment since November 1948.
The round-the-world jeepers Ben Carlin and his wife were reported safe in the Azores after leaving Halifax July 19 in their amphibious jeep the Half-Safe. They had been unreported for over a week as the Royal Canadian Air Force confirmed they reached the Azores on Saturday. The Carlins, aiming to cross the Atlantic by jeep for a globe girdling voyage, previously failed in two attempts.
Liberal party leader Sophocles Venizelos was sworn in as Greece's new premier heading a seven member emergency cabinet. He is foreign minister and holds interior and defense portfolios. Other ministers include Bacopoulos, Zaimis, Averoff, Cassimatis, Costopoulos, and Sassanides with multiple duties.
An explosion believed caused by a sack of dynamite fell under a passenger train about six miles from Alexandria, Egypt, killing at least five people and injuring seven. Authorities suspect Bedouins salvaged the explosive from a World War II battlefield around Mersa Matruh and were smuggling it into Alexandria.
Dr. Wiggam answers three questions on temperament and action. Mesomorphs are active but not gentle, endomorphs make the best husbands, and ectomorphs are intellectual. He notes animal breeding shows behavioral traits and offers his booklet How to Manage Your Feelings and Emotions for 15 cents with a self addressed return envelope.
Chancellor J D Williams of the University of Mississippi told the summer graduates at Mississippi State College that few Communists teach in U S colleges today and urged their immediate discharge. He warned graduates not to fear freedom and said society supports higher education to seek truth and knowledge.
John M Ecklund of Denver urged a worldwide exchange of teaching knowledge to end prejudice and fear. He proposed an international university and warned against a wage freeze as it could drive teachers to better paying jobs. Dr George Counts criticized Soviet education and urged study of Russia and communism in high school.
The Columbus Mississippi desk sergeant accepted payment from Assistant Fire Chief Rowan Dashiell for a traffic ticket issued for parking too close to a fire plug. The incident occurred yesterday as the chief faced the consequence of a minor violation.
Cairo reports tribal feuding in former Italian Somaliland under United Nations trusteeship has caused over 200 deaths in pitched battles. Arab News Agency cites leaders blaming Italian divide and rule policy. Italian troops used tanks and machine guns to quell disturbances.
North Korean radio claims American and South Korean forces are heavily counterattacking on all sectors. It quotes a joint communique saying United Nations forces mobilize full strength with air, tanks and artillery. The report cites heavy resistance and losses, targeting the U S army 25th division and Marines.
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