Revival of Southern Appalachian Tournament in Asheville
William E McKenney notes plans to revive the Southern Appalachian Tournament in Asheville North Carolina August 28 24 and 23 He mentions meeting Dick Kaplan and his father and shares a bridge hand played by Hersh Coplon of Norfolk Virginia detailing a four diamonds cue bid and a Blackwood response analysis with strategic plays and trump management as the key to the hand’s outcome.
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Asheville
N. C
Dick Kaplan
Father
Rast
West
East
Hersh Coplon
Norfolk
Portrait of the Basketball Inventor and a Bridge Coup
A fragment notes a historical inventor associated with basketball and an excerpt from a bridge hand. The text mentions a good ten of spades, a small diamond ruff, and a coup on North, with Coplen overtrumping to win the last trump. It discusses opening lead implications and club finesses in a late play.
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North
Dummy
Coplen
Declarer
Hollywood Gossip Roundup From Betty MacDonald To Rod Cameron
Hollywood notes list Betty MacDonald favoring a beautiful and intelligent actress for a film role, plus Gracie Fields considered for Mrs Warren's Profession. Lew Ayres to record Bible dramatizations, Eddie Small eyeing Rudolph Valentino life story, Bogart helping Steve Fisher with lines for Dead Reckoning, and odd quips about vanity and actresses. Anne Baxter and John Hodiak rent, Veronica Lake’s husband buys The Bitter Years, Ida Lupino jaywalking, Claudette Colbert in a pink wedding gown, Francis Lederer lamenting lack of womanly women, Maureen O Hara wearing mink coats, Rod Cameron and Ella Raines wedding plans, and Revert Montgomery seeking a Broadway leading lady.
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Gracie Fields
George Bernard Shaw
Mrs. Warren
Lew Ayres
Eddie Small
Doph Valentino
Valentino
Bogart
Humphrey Bogart
Steve Fisher
Bogie
Fisher
Anne Baxter
John Hodiak
Hollywood
Mien Miranda
Mexico City
Veronica Lake
Andre de Toth
Joan Bennett
Bob Preston
Francis Macomber
Biase
Ida Lupino
Los Angeles
Claudette Colbert
Francis Lederer
Hollyweord
Jack
Maureen O'Hara
Rod Cameron
Ella Raines
Jigger Attacks Lederer After Brink of Betrayal
In a tense pursuit, Jigger ambushes Lederer on a dirt road after realizing Lederer plans to use him. Lederer is struck, his skull fractured by the gun butt, and falls unconscious as Jigger collapses nearby, the stolen moment shifting their deadly game.
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Brooklyn
Navy
Lederer
Leeds
Herz
Marie Leeds
Justicial
Jigger
Digger
Red
Birdie
Joey
Picure
Igger
Goor
Jocusely
Jieger
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Twilight
Mother Nature's Curio Shop
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ATS
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N-Soul
Sy William E. McKenney
America's Card Authority
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Hedy Lamarr
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Tople
Mutt and
Jeff
Mutt
Mutual Visiting Society
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Red Ryder
Lecy
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Sona Man
Eave
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