Duplicate contract play and San Salvador origins
The article discusses a bridge scenario where South should gamble on a 10 trick contract, preferring a spade return over a risky heart shift, and notes a 1525 founding of San Salvador by Spanish explorers led by Pedro de Alvarez. It also presents Helen Wordes Erskine’s Dear Helen column offering guidance on marriage, work disputes, and a daughter's impending adulthood with advice to seek support and legal clarity.
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West
Rubber Bridge
South
San Salvador
el Salvador
Pedro de Alvarez
Helen Wordes Erskine
Helen
Brother’s quarrel over wife and baby costs to father
The writer cites a 21 year old brother who married a year ago and never worked, causing conflict as his wife’s pregnancy shifts expenses to their unemployed father. The reply advises the father’s responsibility and roosting chickens, urging the reader to send details to Helen Worden Erskine for guidance.
Laundry Workers To Meet Arbitrator In Hagerstown
A nine month contract dispute involving about 50 Hagerstown laundry workers moves to arbitration. Samuel Jaffe of the American Arbitration Association will meet Leo Miller, former Troy Laundry president, and Joel Field of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. The arbitration was ordered by federal judge R Dorsey Watkins after the company refused to arbitrate and Troy LaundryCo. closed last April during the strike.
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Hagerstown
Samuel Jaffe
Washington
American Arbijtration Association
Leo Miller
Old Troy Laundry
Joel Field
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
R.dorsey Watkins
U. S. District Court
Baltimore
Now
Troy Laundrs Co
Plant reopenings and labor dispute in Maryland and Syria blizzard news
In Jeol Maryland a plant formerly New Troy Laundry Co reopened under Miller son Edwin as president with many workers rehired though staffing remains under 100. In Moscow city authorities banned hunting to curb poaching and restricted songbird sales. A blizzard crippled Syria’s mountainous regions halting air and road communications with heavy snow.
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Greater Moscow
Canaries
Syria
Damascus
Syna
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