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his K. He did not consider how
valuable his heart singleton might
be, as a place where one or two
of his little trumps might be
used, or the usefulness of his
strong diamonds to bring dis-
cards. With all those possibilities
pointing to the simple playability
of the suit contract, he did not
think it as safe as the No Trump
with a better player at the helm.
He was sorry later, as he
struggled vainly for the No
Trump game. The heart 5 lead
brought the 7 and Q. East shift-
ed to his club Q. South ducked,
then covered the 7 with the 8 and
the 9 won. West, refusing to
help, returned his spade 8 to the
A. Followed then five diamond
tricks. South hoping West would
be squeezed or would discard bad-
ly. But he hc/d two each in hearts
and clubs. Soutn then scored the
spade K, fail ng to drop the Q.
West trashing a club, then the
heart A. West then got the test
two tricks with the heart K and
club A.
Can you figure out the throw-
in South could have worked for
the contract, if good enough’
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Tomorrow’s Problem
4 8 6 3
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4 K 6 2
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4 K Q 9 5 2
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(Dealer: South. East-West vul-
nerable.)
What response would you favor
by North to South's 1-Spade on
this duplicate dealt
Distributed by King Features Syndicate. Inc.
DON’T FIGHT THE CARDS
WHEN YOU knowingly place
the final contract in a less logical
declaration than the soundest
one. solely because you think you
can play a hand better than your
partner, you are in effect fighting
the cards. Which is something
that simply doesn't pay. This is
particularly applicable to those
situations in which one member
of a pair elects to strive for a No
Trump game in preference to a
major suit bid by his partner,
especially if he knows the side
(Dealer: North. East-West
nerable.)
North
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East
Pass
Pass
Pass
that bidding North gave
South a perfect picture of his
hand. His spade rebid made it
clear he had five of that suit and
only four hearts. South’s correct
next bid would have been 4-
Spades. In that contract nothing
could have been lost except two '
, tricks in clubs and one in trumps, J
as all other losers in North's ;
hand could have been thrown on
the diamonds.
But another factor was consid-
ederd by South—he knew he was
a better player of the cards than
North. In addition, he liked the
idea of a club lead coming up to
J K 10 6 5
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20 Lubricate
22. Bellow
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32 Bird
33. Hastened
35 Ponder
38. Female deer
39. Finnish.
seaport
40. Breach.
24. Account
books
25 Old times
26. June-bug
28. Arch
30. Greek poet
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2. Asiatic
country
3. Employ
4. Spread
grass to dry 23. Select
5. Merry
6 Breezy
7. River
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9 Warp-yarns 31 Silk scarf
11 Pushed in.
as a fender
15 Cunning
18 Street-car
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ACROSS
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to end
5 A filament
from the
skin
f r'isuse
10. Troubled
12. Wearied, as
by tedium
13 Excellent
14 Loafer
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15 Enemy
scout
16 Ahead i
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, 20 Scrap
, 21. Beam
22 Ascend
23 Lucid
26 Gave out.
as alms
27 Steering
apparatus
(naut 1
28 Snake
29 Strange
30 Fears
34 King of
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35 Cut. as grass
36 Light knock
37. Genus of
stonecrop
39 Genus of
century plant
41 Appearing
as if eaten
4 2 Made into
a bundle
43 Prophet
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'“Which of these bears was killed last?’*
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
By Shepard Barclay
‘*The Authority on Authorities”
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Here is a communication which
having arrived in Wednesday afternoons
me solve
Market Report
POULTRY AND PRODUCE
27c
lb
tt> 70c
ib B5c
lb fii#
?8c
22c
13c
J*m As A Territory
The Japanese woukl like to have their country become
territory of the United States, Oen. MacArthur is reported
Verity edition br mail ante, r~
fltMe of Texas, fltaewl.
QStetei Oegan of the City of Cuero acd DeWitt
FE1AJPHONE NO.l
hors know almoat everything But uncles, aunts and other in-
Meente had better shop around a little. The easy dollars of
today may be needed later.
Commencement exercise,- held on
proved a de-
No. 1
Medium
| .No 2
DREAM —
Sweet
No 1 .......
No 2 .....
(fact is, he was grandpa a year
The Solid Fuels Administration for War has been abolish-
ed, but the liquid fuels for peace roil right on.
to leave it.
When she got it the cost was “only $8.05.” Five dollars for
labor, $2.96 for parts, nine cents Ohio sales tax. The nephew
maintains half an hour’s work at most by one man would have I
dape the job. At this rate, what would the excess labor charge
be on a big job?
People who do not understand about mechanical process- '
ware apt to be helpless In such matters. Repairing clocks and’I he„ w, fOl wl(h
WUheS is sometimes a racket, too. > • them, at least to the age asking
There are honest mechanics, garages, jewelers and rug-
laanders. But others are taking advantage of the cjistomer’s
&M>rance to take all the toaffic will bear. This may weat* off
atenewhat as the vets enter the markets as customers. Those
J* '*4 * - *
Mother Nature herself seems to be getting jittery lately,
but the little old world seems to think she can take IL
stage. The wife laid me she was
38 then. I was 37. They stayed
here three yeans. When they left
I was 40, but according to her
story, she was only 35. Now that
sorta puzzled me, but I gradu-
ated from Cakdales one room
school in the second grade, so I
passed on that.
But, now my brother, Grand-
pa Jay Young, claiming to be
A curious feature about the present Congress U that the
controversial legislation has been in the interest of industry,
bto voted by xtprMontetivfto trocn Xauxlng fttotrw?
Dr. W. A. McLeod writes from
Bowie, Texas, to nay that he and
Mrs McLeod hope to arrive home
Friday and sends his church no-
tices. He reports that Mr and Mrs
1H. L. Mueller are having a great
| time in Sherman where thev jctir-
ineyed to attend graduation exercises
Department 1 for their son,. Oscar.
doz 42c
doz. 31c
doz. 2€c
From a resident on Terrell
street comes the complaint that
boys in her neighborhood are
wantonlessiy slaughtering song
birds with air rifles. .
"We love oar birds and their
•onga. We don't want them kill-
ed,” she declared.
The lady further' declared
.that the boys were invadng pri-
vate premises to carry on their
hunting.
We might sav that it is un-
lawful to kill mocking birds, red
birds and other birds in this
class. Parents should so instruct
(their boys.
Boys will Le bovs but I don t
think, that any of them would
dike to feel that they had still-
ed the beautiful seng of a mock-
ing bird.
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Wednesday evening proved a de-
cided success but just think how
much more enjoyable the program
would have been had the auditorium
been comfortably coded. The grads
certainly got off to a hot start.
Repair Gouging
A few years ago a magazine exposed unpleasant facts
about the way in which the public was being gouged in garag-
es. For some time buyers of repairs were more cautious and
prices more reasonable. It is now time for another warning.
• The other day a nephew in an Ohio town borrowed his j
ancle’s car. He remarked as he returned it that some day he’d
put in new motor mountings. Then he fell ill Some weeks
14ter the aunt asked a garage about motor mountings. “About
412 or $15,’’ she was told it would cost. She said rather sharp- !
ly that her nephew had said the mountings cost a little over a 1
dollar apiece and the job would take 20 minutes. He knew had ,
put them in his own car.
“Nothing costs so little as that now,” they said. It would
take hours of work. She’d have to leave the car over night, j
She held out, and the man went off and returned with an esti- j
mate of “about $11.’’ She hesitated, but a vision of I
tomething go bad on the car far from home made her decide jma11 which we will make no com-
6* ifinno ment.
The letter'reacts:
_ Harry:
I reckon you will agree with
me when I say I am dense in
mathematics, but I can count to
10 anyhow. So I am gAing to ask
you some questions. First, I will
try to outline the problem.
A few years ago a family mov-
ls bothering me.
I was 19 when I came to
Cuero to make my home. Jay
was 20 when he sneaked in, I
will be 43 next 19th of June
(Colored folks help celebrate),
yet Jay is only 32.
Please try to help
this, I’-m confused.
Mike Young.
Cuero's voungest grandpa at 32.
(fact is, he was grandpa r —
a and a half ago). Here is what
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toying. That rumor may be doubted. A country< of such intense
Mttonal pride, which came near conquering all Eastern Asia,
would not readily give up its separate existence.
Japan s people may have a revulsion againkt the leaders
brought them to utter defeat, and may have developed
tetoniratlon fcr the country which was mere than a match for
Wit best the Japanese had to offer. To wish submergence in
the American system is something quite different and probab-
ly desired no more by the Japanese than by Americans.
Qriting Where It Hurts
Government economy is easier to talk about than to un-
dertake intelligently. The House Appropriations Committee
has just cut the sum allotted to the Intericr
SM8,006,1)00 or 47 per cent. Secretary J. A. Krug and Copgres-
tomal opponents of the cut protest that this will play havoc Vlctorla stores planning to take
wMti projects for irrigation, reclamation and sound use of hy- 101 Mtinorial Day holi‘
dkoeiectric power, all of which would add greatly in the near
future, if not today, to the national wealth.
A strong advocate of economy, Senator Robert A. Taft,
wants to appropriate $150,000,000 to aid school systems. This
to a new appropriation, and wou/d wipe out much of the sav-
ings obtained from proposed cuts elsewhere. It is also a dan-
gerous move that may lead to Federal censorship of education.
Though there Is waste in government, many of the uses
JMggeated for Uncle Sain’s money are well worth while. Re-
ducing or avoiding expenditures fust to save money is not al-
ways as good policy as it sounds.
Moderation is the word. Thefe are some departments
made necessary by war which are no longer needed at all. Let
them go with no regrets. People doing unnecessary work had
better be employed in productive occupations. There are de-
partments and bureaus whose activities may be moderately
pruned. In many of these no doubt nine employees could do I
the work ef ten now employed if they put their backs into the [
job, if they put more attention on doing the work right than j
ob getting through on the minute and drawing their pay.
The moderate cut to the right one. It will produce a mod-
erate cut in national debt and a moderate cut in taxes Slash-1
lag merely for the sake of slashing, making a fitoise like eco-
nomy for the sake of getting votes is a dishonest and short- - ’
sighted approach • poultry-
F'^wto, Heavies & Lights tb
Springs:
Under 2 1-2 lbs
Over 2 1-2 lbs
Cox
BGGS —
“Just Twenty Years A<o To-
day.” Cuero was plagued by an
intruder who had entered a
score of homes. The Cuero Busi-
ness College announced plans
for an immediate opening. Mrs.
S. P. Boothe accompanied by
her brother, Harry Putman,
left for Belton where they were
to attend commencement exer-
cises at Baylor college. Miss
Janet Boothe was a member of
the gradnating class. Miss Mar-
garet Dillon returned from San
Antonio where she had been
acting as chaperone at St.
Mary’s Hall. J. H. Sherrod and
family were visiting in Victoria.
Ben Parma, young DeWitt
county tomato grower who
tackled tomato growing fcr the
first time this year, may not be
the champion for 1947, but he is
going to give the champs a
mark to shoot at.
Old man weather hasn't been
too kind to Ben but on his six
acre plot Ben to date has net-
ted ahnost $560 and if dry wea-
ther continues he will really go
to town. .
Subscripgtoa Betas
By Mail or Canter — Dsito <and awtenjr, yw Mto, Hx munttD
|8to. ttuwe naonthr one mecth toe
oae year fXto; ate snoashs $1J5 She
swbere 1 year <3-00; 6 mouths $150.
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BECAUSE IT WAS TOO BIG to pass through the Suez canal in one piece, Britain’s largest floating dock
__885 feet long and 172 feet Wide—was cut in halves in order to transport it from Bombay to Malte.
One-half the dock passes through the El Firdan swing bridge here, while the other half may be seenr
in distant background. Under construction since 1944, dock cost $4,500,000. (InteraationaT)^
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Cupr 1947. King Featuces~Synd
Idc., World rights teserved. !
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CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
THE PARKWAY was usually
crowded with other cars. But, as
dusk deepened to darkness, Diane
would seem shut in alone with
Bill. Bill would draw her head
“No.” Then Diane threw herself
against him, clung to him. It was
frightening to hear it in words.
"No" she repeated against Mb
“Bak - O - Max” ?
shoulder. v
He held her, gently, and her
panic subsided. Later, sitting rtnsn
to him in the car in the dark of v
“Di, whatever is the matter with
you? Darling, do get hold of your-
self! What I said doesn't warrant
an answer like that Naturally I
keep thinking of It as a son, every
man does, I suppose.” He put, hte
arms around her. “And you’ll see
my objections to a trip
very reasonable when you quiet
down.”
Suddenly Diane was quiet. But
it was a too-sUll quiet. She moved
away from him. “Dinner will toe
ready when you are.” She put the
drees on the bed, went out of the
room.
After dinnqr she telephoned to
her father. “I can’t go. Dad. These
are major obstacles. Have a grand
time—”
Over J. Emmet’s growl she hur-
ried a last goodby and iamg up
the receiver.
As she turned from the trie-
phone Bill put his hands on her
shoulders, brid her a hf^e away
from him to search her face with
a stern questioning. “Are you
sorry you married me, Dtf”
too much effort."
It did, and she liked to relax
against hiin, 'watch the small har-
bor fights below them, feel a
ghost of a breeze against her face.
In such moments she was at
peace with herself and the world.
But mornings a vague restless-
ness drove her to the straighten-
ing of desk and bureau drawers,
already reasonably neat, to clean-
ing corners and cupboards which
had been cleaned the week before,
experimenting with new and com-
plicated recipes. One task finished
she looked about her with almost
feverish determination for another.
; Then at times her zeal abruptly
I left her and the apartment* became
too confining, and she put on her
coolest dress, went down to her
car and drove out to the open
country. Over any highway ex-
cept the Duell Road; resolutely
not the Duell Road!
Until one afternoon when the
desire was too strong to be
slated. She came to the creek, the
swimming hole, the white house
against the hillside. Its blinds were
closed, its shed doors. They’d gone,
the woman and the crippled man
and the little boy. But the “For
Sale” sign still hung on the post
by the road. Diane looked from it
to the house, sat with her hands
tight on the steering wheel, and
looked for a long time at the
house. But she did not get out of
the car; she swung abruptly
around and retraced her way to
the city.
, She did not go back to the
apartment. She turned into Oak
Avenue and stopped at her fa-
; ther’s house. Paula'd be home.
I Paula never went anywhere. Lucky
Paula, who had no puzzles to work
out, thought Diane, running up the
steps to the door.
Today she found her father with
Paula and Paula packing two big
open bags.
“I’ve got to see a man in Lon-
don,” J. Emmet said to Diane,
London! And Paula was calmly
examining the heels of a pair of J.
Emmet’s socks before she folded
them. "I’d be throwing things in,”
thought Diane with a deep, irre-
sistible envy.
Her father’s shrewd eyes saw it
on her face. "Come along with us,
chick. Were only staying over a
sailing. Say the word and I’ll wire
for another cabin.” He added,
gruffly: “That young fellow of
yours oughtn’t to object to' you
giving a little time to your old
dad!”
Diane was too excited at his
suggestion to resent the way he
spoke of Bill. She cried: "Dad, I’d
love to go!”
)
It was instantly reasonable, per-
fectly possible. Three weeks wasn’t
! long. Bill had this new case to
• ! work on; lie Could stay at his 1
mother s.
the parkway at the waterfront toe
said: *T’m really not rnishcrt. BB1,
about not going. It seemed a grand
idea at the moment, but rd hare
missed you terribly!” She had had
time to realise that; she wanted
him to know that it was the im-
possibility of separating herself
from him that had brought her to
reason. .
But Bin said: "If you’d told yotfr
father how things are he never
would have suggested it. Don’t you
think, Di, it’s time—"
Diane shook her head.
“You're funny, Di! With no
mother of your own to go to, I
should think you d like to talk it
over with mine!"
“That’s what I DON’T want to
do," Diane cried, before she could
check it. She was sorry, instantly,
for she saw Bill look puzzled and
a little hurt. And there was no
use in trying to explain to him her
reluctance. “Anyway, not for
awhile. Bill," she added, plead-
ingly.
Bill laughed. “Wen, you’re going
to have a good time out of it when
you do, Di. Mother’ll bring down
the old cradle from the attic. It’s
one of those old wooden ones with
rockers. I don’t know how many
Ardens have used it, but it goes
a long way back. There's a silver
mug around somewhere, with
’William Beresford Arden’ en-
graved on it and the year eighteen
hundred and fifty-four. Mother'll
dig that up—”
“And MY family will supply the
silver spoon!” But she caught that
back in time, sighing inwardly4 a
little shamed and wearied by her
perversity.
“A good time.” Bill had said,
and she -was- hating it before it
began. - — ■
(To Be Continued)
* J. Emmet was smiling now. “Be
ready to take the morning plane?”
Flying! She could do it a million
times and each would have the
thrill of the first time; shipboard
and its gaiety, London! Diane's
against his shoulder. “Comfortable, mind raced over all the trip of-
darling? Let’s not talk. It takes fered, caught at details of her go-
ing, disposed of them. She could
press her formal things tonight;
that spun wool dress of her trous-
seau would do for day wear on
the voyage, in London, too, per-
haps; she could have her hair done
on the boat, first day out—
“Tell Bill it won’t cost him any-
thing!”
Paula turned a warning glance
on J. Emmet. But Diane was too
enraptured to s#e it She threw
her arms around her father’s
neck, hugged him. "I’ll phone as
soon as I’ve talked to Bill! It’s
like it used to be, isn't it? The
three of us dashing off some-
where!”
“Did you hear what she said?"
demanded J. Emmet of Paula after
Diane had rushed away. “And the
way she said it?”
But Paula let J. Emmet stand
scowling down at his cigar and
went on quietly with her packing.
Diane had her clothes scattered
over the bedroom when Bill came
in. He found her sitting on the
edge of her bed, considering a
green chiffon evening gown of last
winter i 1
“What’s ah this, Di?”
She ran to him. "Bill, Dad and
Paula are going to London!
They’re flying to New York to-
morrow and sailing—really I don’t
know on what boat or just what
hour. And Dad’s asked me to go
along!” She stood before him, her
face radiant over the filmy green
of the dress still in her hands.
"You've said you’d go?” Bill’s
tone was sharp with surprise.
She thought it was his dislike
of her spending any of her fa-
ther's money; she cried, impa-
tiently: ’Tiill, forget your pride,
just for once! After all, I'm still
Dad’s daughter!”
Bill stiffened. “It happens, in
this instance, that I’m thinking of
your condition. You might be sea-
sick and you're certajp to exhaust
yourself sightseeing. I consider it
is within my rights, under the cir-
cumstances, to forbid even a plane
trij>!”
Diane^had not expected this. She
stared at Bill, not able for a mo-
ment to believe he was serious.
Then her eyes blazed.
“My condition! You make me
hate—being this way! As if I were
a breeder! As if I, myself, didn’t
count! Why, girls go on doing
everything, just the same. Joah
Dexter rode horseback last fall
right up to the day her baby was
bom. Phyllis Mitchell went into
swimming tournament—”
“I’m not interested in what they
did,” Bill put in, walking past
Diane to the bureau. “They weren’t
having my son!”
Diane laughed shrilly. “Your
son! I suppose if it’s a girl you’ll
[throw it out—”
Bill whcelec around, came back
J to her, concerned and conciliating. *
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Aldridge, C. C., Jr. The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 136, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 29, 1947, newspaper, May 29, 1947; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1358269/m1/6/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Cuero Public Library.