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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1950
Page
6
New York correspondent notes massive frozen canasta piles with wilds and jokers. Questions whether holding wild cards or fighting for the discard pile is sound strategy. Jacoby hints at forthcoming columns answering readers questions on canasta rules and practice.
Oswald Jacoby analyzes a bridge hand where Joe’s aggressive bidding costs a contract. North criticizes the overconfident plan while West starts with the queen of clubs and East answers with the ace. The defense yields trumps and a spade/diamond sequence that defeats the contract, illustrating misread hand value and imperfect execution.
West won with the king of diamonds and raked in the high trump before exiting safely with a club, while the dummy played a spade finesse and the auction of diamonds was acknowledged.
In a bridge problem from College Park a player named Joe misplayed a hand after losing three tricks and one diamond. The article explains the correct line: overtake the king of spades with dummy, then use a two diamond finesse that requires two single diamond discards, yielding the rest of the tricks. It also notes weather and a driving incident in Maryland.
A scrambled word puzzle lists horizontal and vertical clues ranging from reptiles to measures and languages, with entries like Nostril, Tantalum symbol, Malaria, and an artificial language cue. The grid references and abbreviations hint at cross‑referencing definitions across varied topics.
A fragmented listing outlines NBC CBS and ABC programming across daytime and evening blocks. Shows include News broadcasts, Kiddies Hour, News Commentary, entertainment sketches, dramas, and variety hours with stations WBAL WMAL and others.
TV listings note delays in Friday night broadcasting from Madison Square Garden due to contract renewal talks. Fight managers seek a larger share of TV fees to offset losses from lower attendance, with networks preparing substitute programs and individual boxing events planned outside the Garden.
Baltimore dispatch reports behind the scenes party maneuvering over who will run in the September primary. A proposed ticket would place Mayor Thomas D Alesandro for Governor with W Earl Cobey for Attorney General and J Millard Tawes for Comptroller, challenging Governors Lane and Mahoney. Details show uncertain candidacies for Comptroller and Attorney General as Lacy contemplates options amid party unity concerns. In a separate item, Eastern Shore Public Service workers threaten a strike at midnight without a new contract, jeopardizing electricity for nine Eastern Shore counties and parts of Virginia and Delaware.
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