Smother Play Wins Stitt Contract in Bridge Column
William E. McKenney analyzes a 1943 bridge hand from the Stitt contract, detailing the smother play. The sequence begins with a spade lead, then queen of hearts, and a series of ruffs and discards to force a favorable ending. The article praises the smother play as perhaps the rarest and most striking in bridge.
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William E. McKenney
America
Harry J. Fishbein
Mayfair Bridge Club
New York
West
East
Hollywood Gossip Snippets From Erskine Johnson
Deanna Durbin and Felix Jackson may announce soon while Veronica Lake wears a $4500 watch gift from Warner director Jean Nogulesco. Lourdes gets a Scottish face lift for Keys of the Kingdom. Crosby and Sinatra duel on a golf course benefiting war bonds. Margaret O'Brien leaves a musical impression and Jose Turri is praised by a hopeful fan.
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Hollywood
Erskine Johnson
WEA
Deanna Durbin
Felix Jackson
Veronica Lake
Jean Nogulesco
Warner
la Lake
Lourdes
Fox
Bernadette
Bing Crosby
Frank Sinatra
Lakeside
Crosby
Bob Hope
Margaret O'Brien
Kathryn Grayson
Marek Dorr Persuades Julie Brampton At Royal Pictures
Julie Brampton arrives at Royal Pictures and meets Marek Dorr and a circle of executives. They praise her potential as a top star, while Marek urges acceptance of a later career push, promising guidance and a new cycle of glamour. Julie, still unsettled by a past loss, absorbs his assurance as she enters the studio environment.
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Wilshire Boulevard
Ambassador Hotel
Marek Dorr
Julie
Mabee
Wilshire
Royal Pictures
Marek
Brampton
Max Burnette
Chick Matson
Alie
Carmen Danzig
Studio
French Foreign Legion
Madrid
Dr. Watson
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Lafayette
Loe
Greener
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Pope
NEA Service
Pat
Stitt
Duplicath
West Pass Pass
East Pass
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Mrs
Ric
Corp
LWOS
Trisha
Matt and
Jeff
Worlp
Ferrett
Barnaby Thorn
Florst
Notts
F.B.I
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Soribontal
Movia
Eleanor Powell
Sir Stork
Betty Grable
Harry James
Victoria Elizabeth
Jimmy Cagney
New Guinea
Ray Driscoll
M-G-M
Cary Grant
U. S
Aters
Paul Henried
Ida Lupino
Poland
Sir Cedric Hardwicke
Henry Cabot Lodge
White House
Post
Brooks Field
Texas
A. D. Allison
Clarence Brown
Barbara Stanwyck
Miss Stanwyck
Pete
Dead Sea
Floreaz Degfeld
Ireland
John Cfleming
Loiseby
Inhayes
Palm Beach
God OF
Pickle Factory
Caesar
Jet
Dietitian
Ab Mathematicia
Uei the Maveri
Boots
LE Luza
Jay
Miss
Paws
Aerow
Thar
Mame
Trey
Luiza
Yipe
Sampso
Red Ryder
Earclaw
Tine Man
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Guapare
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Freckles
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