Jacoby on Bridge Acting Ability Questioned
The column questions Joe's acting ability and references strategic play. Abridged notes mention the responder's fast pass difficulties and a troubling opening lead sequence observed by commentators.
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1951
Page
9
The column questions Joe's acting ability and references strategic play. Abridged notes mention the responder's fast pass difficulties and a troubling opening lead sequence observed by commentators.
Oswald Jacoby retells a humorous bridge hand with Joe, Larceny Lou West, and a cunning plan. Joe eyes the heart stop, misreads, and gambles on spades to trump, while West counters with diamonds. The outcome hinges on promises of ruff and discard as the hands unfold.
Fragmentary OCR text mixes national flag phrases with a long list of scattered clues and partial items. The readable elements reference a flag, country production notes, vertical clues, and various partial words. No coherent event or clear individuals emerge to summarize as a distinct news item.
A digest of anniversaries and birthdays notes key dates and figures from history. Highlights include U.S. Supreme Court siting, 1248 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ending the Mexican-American War, 19th century foundations of Major League Baseball, and 1945 Manila campaigns. Also lists several notable birth anniversaries and a variety of cultural mentions.
Local church events include a midweek Lenten gathering at Ortathe Lutheran with Rev. Titema Stat and family in attendance, a Valentine party at Trinity Lovinenan church, and a Pythian Sisters meeting at Temple Hall. Community members, students from Lebanon Fuller College, and area families are noted visiting parsonage guests and relocating residents.
A fragmented listing outlines radio programs across WJATD WRAL WMAL and others including 590 1050 630 710 kilohertz. Entries mention News Commentary Music Time series and sports segments with various hosts and times, noting evening and late night lineups and assorted show titles.
A Saturday lineup highlights Pittsburgh versus Navy and Temple versus St Josephs with regional games. General Eisenhower’s European tour broadcast airs on all networks tonight, plus a 9 3 0 PM memorial service in North Philadelphia for the World War II four chaplains heroes.
A fire broke out on the second floor of the license tag and printshop building at Maryland Penitentiary in Baltimore. Police quickly surrounded the prison to prevent escape attempts, but officials reported no evident escape by inmates amid the blaze.
Independent Hose Co. engine rushed on an urgent alert to the Rome Cafe on Route 15 near the Stevens airport where a roaring fire was discovered about 4 45 p m Thursday. Fire fighters had the blaze under control and returned to West Church engine house at 6 40 p m.
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