Sentimental Valentine Riddles and War Talk
A jumble of crossword like clues and phrases plus a Nationalist claim set amid 1950s Red China Korea debates. Harold E Stassen urges use of Chinese Nationalist troops. Penn president and GOP hopeful arrives in Phoenix on a chartered plane from Salt Lake City.
Obvious misplay seals contract in bridge play
Mrs Wainwright easily deduces the sequence as West discards his last heart, leaving only spades and clubs. She leads a spade from dummy and secures remaining tricks as West must follow with clubs, giving her the last two tricks to win the game contract.
Real Skill Shown In Valentines Day Bridge Hand
Oswald Jacoby presents a Venice hand by Mrs Stuyvesant Wainwright of New York. West opens spades, dummy plays king, declarer discards diamonds to reveal a ninth trick via precise timing and safe discards. The play showcases strategic defense and counting as the ace of hearts and queen of spades threaten.
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Oswald Jacoby
NEA
Stuyvesant Wainwright
New York
West
Mrs. Wainwright
East
South
Declarer
Anniversaries and Birthdays From History and Today
Know America Today's anniversaries include Frederick Douglass born Easton Maryland who died 1895 and Christopher Latham Sholes born Mooresburg Pennsylvania who died 1900. Also Hancock born Montgomery Square Pennsylvania died 1886 and Juliet Carson born Boston died 1897. Today in Mystery notes flags saluted in 1778 and statehood dates for Oregon 1959 and Arizona 1912. World events include 1876 Bell and Gray patent filing for the telephone and the 1928 St Valentine massacre in Chicago. Birthday entries include Benny and several notable figures with origins across Texas Detroit and Columbus.
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Frederick Douglass
Easton
Christopher Latham Sholes
Wisconsin
Mooresburg
Winfield Scott Hancock
Gettysburg
Montgomery Square
William W. Folwell
University of Minnesota
Romulus
Juliet Carson
Boston
Anna Howard Shaw
England
Moylan
U.S S
Quiberon
France
Oregon
Alexander Graham Bell
Elisha Gray
Chicago
Cincinnati
Arizona
St Valentine's
Soviet Russa
China
Korea
Dack Benny
Waukevan
Robert R. Young
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Canadian
Tex
Negro Threatened Ninth Floor Jump
A 35 year old former mental patient named Clarence Rawlings climbed onto a ninth floor ledge of the Veterans Administration building in Baltimore on February 13, stripped to his underwear, and threatened to jump. Police and fire crews held a safety net as hundreds watched. he was eventually coaxed back by Captain John B Kenealy after about 30 minutes despite pleas from his wife and two children.
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Rawlings
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