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H BWVBO- | MUST TELL 1/ out t NEVER.\ I I ( I I ALL ABOUT .T- \ VOUR POOR RELATIVES-/ ffdJ^ u / K H'kea^ TO PAV MOTHER'S DEBTS ,AUO AAMA AMDAFJDV \\ A^X SUCM ( r~C A \ ( MY CHAUFFEUR to PICK UP \f \ lO tm TCX)K YOUR TIP AMD \l TIP — J T LAV46rUISNES IN JAIL— yA \ \ mJDY AKID MIM—AWO TUEKI 7/ OW ' 'MVE V\T L ACTE CAHTTYOUHELP / MOV,MOW-\ | // WHATEVER HENDERSON, (N. 0.) DAILY DISPATCH, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1955 |HE OLD HOME TOWN '”»«»»■ ora " by STANLEY C\ wasted ( ABPOT -TH& TIME OF= sC/ "\T ■ Y ■MA^, V"tc>U know he/espeeds \ A OVER. ToWA// '._J^'l^/ '~C^ gggg —if ■ IT LOOKS AS "THE. PARTY ] planned IS ABOUT To BE GALLED OJ=f J @1935 LEEW STANLET CCaJTPaI P(3Et:s 12-12-35 I ~ ' ‘ ' " - “ " ™ DAILY CROSS WORD PUZZLE Bl 34- S & I?* ~~m~ ——HP~i —i - ,11 - Ife n Igp I'*' 20 2.1 7.Z ~Z~ ||| ||| --. 2"’ 3S J®L——J aCRuSS the U. S. 2C—An English monk. ‘•Father of English Learning” 28— Eggs 29 A SCOUt 31— Downcast 32 Father 32—Chief magis trate of a city 35 —Manufactur- ing village In New York 37 —European mountain ash 40- Hi who loads and unloads vessels l-“ Gutturally 10— Masculine name 11 — Author of “Childe Harold” IS —A tighter who defeated Max Baer IC—A pronoun 1C —Third Greek vowel 18 —Half ems Hi -Greek letter 20 —Periodic rise and fall of oceans 2' —Rodents 23—Pertaining to an organ 2*l -A state of DOWN plant (genus; G —A wading lord 7 A rivet in Belgium and France 8— Year (ahhr ) 9 ! femanded 12 —Banish 2 —Symbol for terbium 2 —An island of the West Indies 15 —Royal society (uhbr.) ■1- -A lubricant f)— TM eenturv ' CONTRACT BRIDGE ’f WM7fD4 rc« ONIKAL ran - I By t V. SHEPARD § . FAMOOt IWDOt TIACHB3 A EVERYTHING WENT WELL TIIFHE AI;K days when a player I 'eels himself to be Fortune's favor- i le. If he is wise he will make the most of his opportunities at such times, just as the declarer of today's hand did. + K 10 ♦Q7 5 3 2 ♦8 3 2 + 754 ♦JI) 5 3 -1 *8 4 BA 104 . • BKJ !U >A7 (i S ♦QIO 9 4 + 802 \- S. J +AJ 10 ♦AQ 7 C 2 V « ♦ It J 5 ♦KQ 0 3 ’/lidding went: South. 1-Sp;ide: North, l-N'o Trump, wit 1 1 hesitation, is being better than an overcall of 2 Hearts, upon one-half ciuiek trick ittd no rebid strength. Relying, upon he way everything was breaking in ins favor. Souili very boldly jumped the hid io 4-Spades. It was one of those times when even opponents help along a con tract which has no business to go game. The opening lead was the Ace of diamonds, as poor an opening as West well could have chosen, as sisting declarer to the extent of one trick. Next came the 7 of diamonds. Mast’s Q going to declarer’s K. .1 had been cut out ann sat behfcnd 'he marvelous optimist playing the SI,OOO Picture of Hepburn | /■ , t Catharine Hepburn bet Hollywood friends $l,0u(l that no newspicture vould be made of her on secret trip east to see Leland Hayward, her eported husband, who is ailing in Hartford, Conn., hospital. Hut here’s jicture of Miss Hepburn—wearing the usual pants leaving the hospital with heir mother <Central Hreas) PAGE SEVEN .Elliptical 27- Scat of t!i* government in French Word \fi‘ie:v 29 —Bat iniial 30 < >!d t intOH 33 A btigje note .‘lt Narrow bar 3<i Fin in of the vet li "to be” |:x War of 1 i«. ) (ahhr.) 39- —(’ompasa point 11—Sad IC—llhile Selas sie: Emperor of what country? 17—Ethiopian town where Italians were defeated IK9G 19—Walks with slow steps 21 — 1 listot ical period 22 — Mam vein of a leaf Answer to previous puzzle O P U {tag |oK;vjO o]m S P E. jog jl_ j A |‘Z> E 1* |elje.jMoTojHtTcJe a<=Tj O| O ( MI | e JcA A. J R jP» s|| T j O P K iUf'P ' u I L E|g^l L 0 a r*'| FjA f C fl 11l i> \ °i K -IFOW jNi! E ! j j Sj tA. | 'A. 1_ E band. There he sat at ease, holding lus cards so that he and 1 alone could sec their faces, while he coolly ticked off suit by suit ihe tricks he hoped io win Five in spades, two in diamonds and three in clubs -10 tricks iii all. if he did that tin band was made to order for him. That would mean that West inns; he id the .1 of spades, with no worse 'ban a 4 2 break ( >f Hie suit. I also would mean that Fa: t held 'Tie Are of dull and that each opponent held just 11 1 fee on ids of tin ml. .Declarer's lowest trump was led. Dummy' Ift was line: ed and held the trick. Mouth nodded his head. The 7 of >'lub v. a led bade. East played the to. Declarer’: Q won. Again South nodded. The G of pades was led and dummy was in with t lie K. A .t ond (lub was re turned. This time Fast put up his Ace, thep he led hack his HI of dia monds, that declarer's .1 look. The Ace and Q of spades picked ufi West’s two remaining trumps. The K of dubs tumbled together the three outstanding cards of that suit, leaving declarer’s 9 good and lie took a trick with his lons club, giving him nine of the il tricks played to date The long trump was led. fiillllling the game contract. Then South led off his lone heart, losing the third defensive trick, grinning pleasantly at the table as he did so South lirld won just Hie number of tricks which he jocosely had ticked off. and id the suits ho had indicated. ITobabl.v it would have appeared like magic to.a novice; but after all he had mu•tcw! only the poffslhditV hi lb' ib'ifa* 1 . tj