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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1947
Page
5
A bridge hand from a tournament shows West's opening lead choice between spades and diamonds and how declarer countered. The article discusses how luck affects opening leads and how different defenses can defeat contracts in duplicate play.
Some 43,000 Rotarians were expected in San Francisco today as the International Rotary Convention opened its 30th conference with officials predicting large attendance and global participation.
James A. Schneider of New York City was elected commander of the Disabled American Veterans of New York State at the 25th annual convention. Joseph A. Dwyer of Troy lost 150 to 52 in a roll call vote. The new commander succeeds Col. John F. Vicat of Elmhurst. and senior vice commander is John Baroody of Geneva.
A coroner ruled that an attempted illegal operation caused the death of 20 year old Miss Mabel Hoffman a secretary to the superintendent of schools at Pleasantville Ohio. The body was found in a downtown Columbus hotel room Friday night and autopsy findings were released by Dr John B Gravis after identification by Capt Joseph Tibe.
Roswell Magill, a New York tax attorney who served as Treasury undersecretary in 1937-38, will head a congressional advisory group on a broad tax revision. The Ways and Means Committee plans hearings beginning June 17 to study internal revenue and excise taxes and to propose changes to the Federal tax system.
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