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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1947
Page
20
In a West vulnerable hand, South doubles a two diamond overcall after North bids and West overcalls. The double backfires as the contract likely cannot be sustained, illustrating that a speculative double without true conviction can backfire. The article emphasizes preparing for future developments and avoiding doubles when a hand is unlikely to stay doubled.
Joe M. Bentley, former Marine prisoner after Wake Island, vowed never to starve again and started a restaurant in Livingston, Montana. He shares how hunger from captivity shaped his postwar care for diners.
Three witnesses who last saw Benjamin Siegel alive were summoned to the inquest into the 42 year old gambler’s death. Allen Smiley Charles Hill and Jeri Mason testified while police pursued underworld angles in the Las Vegas murder. Estelle Siegel arrived from New York City after the shooting.
Senate in recess until Thursday as joint committee on the economic report continues hearings on prices and stabilization. Commerce subcommittee probes revisions to the Federal Communications Act while public welfare hearings address federal health aid. Banking Committee questions Federal Reserve chairman Mariner S. Eccles on credit controls as Army Navy promotion and inter American military cooperation topics are discussed.
Rep Taber of Auburn says the 262000 Moravia flood control project fate will be known next week when the Appropriations Committee reports on the civil functions bill. A subcommittee is reviewing the question. Taber declined to comment on Senator Wagner’s call for funding.
A Moravia project received authorization and became law on December 22, 1944. New York State has already allocated its participating share for the undertaking.
Secretary Harriman will depart for Europe to review industry trade and food conditions. He expects to spend most of July visiting England France and the U S British occupied zone of Germany according to associates.
Miss Alice Winzer of New York City joined 22 male delegates as the sole woman speaker at the three day Applied Mechanics Conference of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. She lectured on the mobility method applied to mechanical wave filters with inductive coupling.
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