Bad Lead Puts Joe Out Of Business In Bridge
Oswald Jacoby analyzes a bridge hand where Joe faces a poor lead and a losing sequence. West starts with the jack of clubs, dummy covers with ace, Joe exits with ace and king of spades, then a diamond from dummy. Despite chances, Joe misplays and loses two diamonds and a club, sealing a one trick loss. the article asks if misfortune or misplay doomed the hand.
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Oswald Jacoby
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Diamonds play leads and defense in a bridge hand
The article explains a bridge play where South leads a low diamond from the South hand toward dutumiy s jack. If West holds the queen, he must play it first. otherwise the jack wins or forces out the ace. Defenders cash a club and knock out the king of hearts, then the jack of diamonds is led from dummy, forcing the ace, after which South cashes the king of diamonds to discard a heart. If West lacks the queen, East wins the first diamond with the queen, and declarer must read the next diamond from dummy toward his king hoping East has the ace of diamonds. The best line gives East the ace or West the queen of diamonds.
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Skating Ster Horizonta and Puzzle Clues Report
A cryptic grid lists across entries like Bird Fish and French island with clues such as Colonizer and Discern. Down clues include Fly aleft Shield bearing and New England state abbreviations, forming a dense word puzzle with many obscure references.
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Christmas party at Adamstown Homemakers Club featured international customs
The Adamstown Homemakers Club held its December 21 Christmas party in the community hall with a program themed International Christmas. Members presented customs from England, Holland, Germany, France, Poland, China, Latin America, Ireland, Russia and Austria. A duet and carols accompanied the event, followed by recreation, refreshments, and gifts. The club will meet January 3 at Mrs. Walter’s home in Adamstown. Fire department officers to be elected tonight at Hyattstown Fire Hall.
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Noel
Misused English Lessons and Word Notes of Versatile Talent
A compact lesson note discusses proper usage of time phrases and common mispronunciations and misspellings. It highlights aquatic pronunciation, exceptional usage, and synonyms for testify and attest while urging daily vocabulary practice. The piece features sample sentences and guidance on versatile, multi use language in news context.
Worst canasta play take the two card discard pile
In this NEA column, Jacoby explains why taking a two card discard pile is costly. He uses a reader’s example showing how grabbing the top two cards can backfire, and stresses patience to let the pile grow. He notes the value of self control and avoiding premature melds in canasta strategy.
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Oswald Jacoby
NEA
San Diego
Prize Winners Named for Braddock Heights Decorations
Judges toured Braddock Heights on New Year’s Eve to select prize recipients for homes decorated for Yale holiday season. Final prizes went to Lt Col and Mrs Robert T Fincke first to Miss Carlotta Hayes second to Mr and Mrs Anthony Mae third to Mr and Mrs Markell Nelson and Mr and Mrs Harvey Sunday with honorable mentions.
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Robert T. Fincke
Carlotta Hayes
Anthony Mae
Markell Nelson
Harvey
Robert E. Delaplaine
Helen Smith
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