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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1950
Page
10
Expert bridge insights explain bidding strategies for a weak hand. The column discusses evaluation of distribution, point counts, and suitable bid sequences, illustrating how players exploit fit with partner and opponents to reach optimal contracts.
Oswald Jacoby analyzes a Bermuda world championship hand where Sam Stayman’s three diamond raise masked a strong hand. Howard Schenken ruffed the opening club, led diamonds, and with a heart finesse later secured the contract for 650 points. Stayman’s inference about his mediocre hand and partner’s likely excellent holdings showed true strategic insight.
A three judge Special Sessions Court in New York decided that Hugh Casey, famed Brooklyn Dodger pitcher, is the father of a child born out of wedlock to Hilda Weissman. Casey must pay $20 weekly support pending probation bureau report. Casey previously denied the allegation and testified his wife was with him in Atlanta.
NEA Service recalls a Canasta tale where Hard Luck Joe blunders as a partner plays like a moron. A freezing discard pile turns deadly as Joe seeks to go out, tipping about 1500 points against him. The column explains the rule: when a discard pile is large and valuable, one should not ask to go out unless holding a safe discard.
At Coliseum Damascus and surrounding venues results show Amer. Legion, Rahey's Coliseum, The Moose and V. F. W. with Palace and Moose hosting matches. Standings list American Legion 82, The Moose 29, Rahey's Coliseum 20, The Palace 19, V. F. W. 18. High scores: Englebrecht 172 and 423. team highs 842 and 18517. Leading averages include Logue 126.1 and Shankie 124.0.
Captain Clean H Alexander of the 1st US Cavalry, home in Tokyo on Christmas leave, surprised his mother Mrs. Grave Kefauver in Frederick when his wife Mrs. Ann Kefauver Alexander arranged GI Christmas calls. The timing tangled as the 2 a.m. call arrived after midnight, while the couple later returned to duty in Korea. His parents at 12 West Third Street waited and finally left for home, missing the live greeting.
A fragmented list combines dog breed clues with crossword style hints and short entries. The text features terms like French origin breeds and various abbreviations, plus scattered word definitions and partial phrases, forming a mixed puzzle fragment rather than a coherent article.
Clue list presented as a puzzle fill in the missing terms. Each item corresponds to a defined word with the given clue number and category. The collection includes both common nouns and thematic terms, suggesting a crossword style set.
Radio New Year's Eve and TV broadcasts outline bowl game coverage across NBC CBS ABC MBS and Dumont on New Year’s Eve and Day. Highlights include Gator game Sugar Bowl Rose Parade and multiple matchups with times and networks across New York Chicago Miami Dallas Pasadena and Honolulu.
Joe Culmone won twice more in eight mounts at Tropical Park on December 29 to reach 382 victories in 1950, edging rival Eddie Shoemaker who had 381 after three wins at the Fair Grounds. Both aim to break the 488-win single season record set by Walter Miller in 1906, and will travel to Havana and Caliente for further mounts as year end approaches.
The Florida division of the Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association votes to strike Tropical Park race track starting Tuesday. Dan Chappell says the move aims to back a $300 per race raise for all races with purses under 88000, retroactive to December 23.
In Arcadia California Santa Anita opened its 14th annual meeting but Warren Wright a Calumet Farm owner died in Florida. Calumet horses Bewitch Wistful and Contribution were scratched from races and the stable’s bid for turf crowns was dampened.
Brattleboro Vermont gen H Smith of Jefferson Maryland bought a Holstein-Friesian bull from Robert H Holter Jefferson Maryland. The Holstein Friesian Association of America officially records the ownership transfer for Holterholm Marx Commander. Soil microbes in soil damage rubber insulated cables more than chemicals or synthetics.
President Truman signed anti monopoly legislation aimed at preserving competition by closing gaps that allowed asset purchases to bypass stock controls. He said the amendment extends to corporate asset purchases and stock, and urged vigorous enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission to curb concentration of economic power since 1914.
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