Page 18 The Guardian

Thursday. any 9. 1957

CONTRACT BRIDGE

By B. JAY IHME

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Opening lead--jack of clubs.

The opportunity to finuse is cer- tainly no stranger in the average deal. its very frequency leads many players into unnecessary er- ror. Before taking a finesse. it is not a bad idea or declarer to cui- tivate the habit of asking himself: is this finesse necessary?

There are many ways a trick can be gained uiliiout running the risk assosicaicd with a finesse. The elimination play. the endplay, the esiabiislimcni of a long suit. are among the weapons sometimes a- vailable to declarer in lieu of the finesse.

These words are not intended as part of a campaign to outlaw the finesse. Undoubiciily, there an many situations where the only weapon at hand is the finesse. when this is the case. all declarer can do is use it, and hope for the best.

Defence Contracts Report Released

OTTAWA (CF) -- Contracts val- ued at 312,048,146 were issued byi Defence Construction (1951) Lim-; lied and tthe defence production department during the first half of April.

Defence Production issued the majority of the contracts. a list of which was released Tuesday. amounting to 89,006,719.

Only unclassified contracts and orders valued at ti0.000 or more were released.

Tellier and Grolean. Trois-Riv- leres. Que.. were awarded a con- tract valued at 3i.im.000 for her- rack blocks and water and sani- tary sewer sevices at St. Johns, Que.

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Here In a case today where III dnnned the finesse in favor o aiineofplay that assuredthe contract. He won the club lead In his hand and noted there were eleven sure tricks. . The twelfth could come if clubs broke S-8. or by means if a heart finesse. or by the method declar- er actually adopted. He first took four rounds of diamonds. West dis. carding a spade and a heart. dum- my a heart. South then cashed three rounds of spades. On the third one, West

had to make a discard and mrewl a club in order Lo keep his kill! of hearts guarded. Two rounds of, clubs were next taken. ending in. .duiniil,i. i By this time. duiiiiny had two. he-arts and a club. South had lhreei hearts, and West K-6 of hearts and ften of clubs. 5 The club was led from dummy, Vldeclarer discarding a low hen"-. iand West was in the lead. He had to lreturn a heart into South's A-Q EM ithe slam was made. , By keeping his eye on Wcst's dis- tribution, which proved West l0 have started with three spades, three hearts. two diamonds and ifive clubs. Souill had a sure thing going for him. A iicari finesse would have been an unnecessaryi risk.

OTTAWA (CPi - It cost more than ever to live in Canada last March, although Finance Minister Harris took off the tax on a num. ber of household items in his bud- get midway through that month. The bureau of statistics reported Friday that the onusmer price index during March was 120.9 per cent, up 0.3 over the February figure for a post-war high. The fig- ure was 3.7 per cent more than that for March a year ago. The index is based on 1949 equals 100.

A sharp rise in medical costs accounted for most of the gain, although some vegetables and clothing went up. Rents were sta- tionary.

The index has four specific cat- egories and one catch-all: food, shelter, clothing. household opera- tion and "other commodities and services." . BIGGEST INCREASE

The catch-all showed the biggest increase. "ousehold operation de- cllned. Food and clothing gained. Shelter didn't change.

Mr. Harris. in his budget speech last March 15. removed immedi- ately the special excise tax of 10 per cent on soft drinks, candy. chocolate, donfectlonery. chewing gum. He also lifted the l0-per- cent sales tax on tea. coffee, co- coa, preparid desserts and a long

Bureau Says Living Costs For March Reached New Highi

list of grocery articles ranging from baking powder to i'ineE8I5-

But food price gains during March outweighed declines. host!- ing the food componcnt up 0.3 per cent to 1157, from ll6.4. Tomat- oes, lettuce and cabbage. all were sharply higher. Fresh fruits, sugar. bread, chocolate bars and beef were up slightly.

TEA AND COFFEE DOWN

Tea and coffee. reflecting the tax changes, were down. as were potatoes, celery, eggs, bananas and pork.

Footwear and some items of mens and children's wear sent clothing to 108.5, up 0.3 from 108.2.

in household operation in- creases in furniture. floor cover- ings, textiles. utensils and equip- ment were offset by declines in ap- pllance prices. resulting in an lover-all index decrease of 0.1 per cent. to 119.4.

The greatest advance was the 0.1 per cent registered in medical costs. listed in the catch - all "other commodities and services."

The bureau said there were sub- stantial increases in prepaid health care, coupled with lesser increases in doctor's. dentists.' and optical - care fees. The com- ponent index movcd to 125.1 per cent, from 124.2.

IEDTIME STORIES The Dispute

In a dispute which side is right. .. in never proven by a fight --Peter Rabbit.

Peter says that right is right and wrong is wrong and fighting doesn't change these facts at all. Of course, Peter is right about that. All the fighting in the world will not oiiange right and wrong. So. wisely. Peter very seldom fights. It takes a great deal to make him lose his temper and so be very seldom fights.

lto be back. Mrs. Skunmer sudden- ly left and darted over to one of the bird houses Farmer Brown's Bay had put in different parts of the Old Orchard, or just outside of it. it was the house that the Skimmers had had the Summer before. Skimmer flew after her. From where he was sitting Peter could not see that house.

A moment or two later Peter's long ears picked up the sound of angry voices. For a few moments he listened. Making sure that there was no danger he ran lip- perty-lipperty-lip to a place from which he could see what was go- ing on. In the round doorway of a house Farmer Bmwn'a Bay had put up on a pain just outside the Old Orchard was Mrs. and Mrs. Winsome Bluebird. 0n the roof

was Winsome and fluttering about and darting at Winsome and Mrs. Winsome was Skimmer and Mrs. Skimmer. All four were scream- ing. It wasn't very loud scream- ing because none of them had very loud voices. Winsome and Mrs. Winsome were being called bad names by Skimmer and Mrs. Skimmer. Tlie Swallows declared that the Bluebirds were robbers: that they had stolen their home. Winsome and Mrs. Winsome are gentle folk. They have gentle

Old Orchard. They had come up from the Sunny South where they had spent the winter. They were so glad to be back that they new

this way and that way all over the Old Orchard and all around it. Peter Rabbit happened to be over there when they arrived and he was delighted to see them. It made him feel good all over to see them darting this way and that way and twittering joyously. it almost seemed sometimes as if they were trying to dance in me air. All the Swallow folk are wonder- ful when flylng. Only a few other folk It so much at home in the air as the Swallows.

voice: as a rule. But their voices were not gentle now. They declar- ed that they were there first and that they intended to stay there. The house was empty and they had a perfect right to take it.

it didn't seem pouible that the twittering voices of the Swallow: could possibly sound angry. but they did. They said that because the house had been theirs the the year before it was still theirs. "Our old nest is still in there and that proves that house belongs to us." twittered Mrs. Skimmer.

"Your nest isnit in here." retort- ed Mrs. Bluebird. "lt may have been once. but it isn't now." With this she left that doorway and flew angrily at Mrs. Skimmer. At the same time Winsome left the

After they had rested a bit and told Peter how glad they were

roof and dashed at Skimmer. lt waa the beginning of a fight.

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CHOCOLATES

Survey Indicates Variations Occur in Cancer DGCIIITRCIIG

STE. ADELE. Que. (CPI .. A Toronto medical statistician Fri- dly "Ported wide variations in the cancer death rate in certain parts of eight countries under study since 1941.

D'- M” PWHDI. statistician for the National Cancer Institute of Canada. was addressing the an- nual meetinz of the Quebec divi- sion of-the Canadian Medical Ag. sociation in this Laurentian resort IOWH. I

H9 5,3” I Ions - range study of Canadian cancer mortality Zia: shown decreases in stomach, ug. erus and mouth cancer and an in- crease in lung cancer between 194! and 1953.

Dr. Phillips picked Canada. die United States. the United King. domv -1813811. Israel. France. The Netherlands and Australia for Study becauaethey have the same way of coding cancer death fig- urea and the structure of their Poliulationl is known.

ACE PATTERNS IDENTICAL The most interesting thing that came out of study." he said, "is thatforcanceratallsitesinbotii sexes in all eijtt countries. the Patterns of deaths by age are ab solutely identical.

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"The variations only appear on a breakdown by sites." Some of his findings diowed that cancer of the digestive organs in

the Japanese male occur earlier and at a higher rate. He said one guess is that very hot foods are a factor because the male Japanese by custom. are served food first

in the United Kingdom the trend towards cancer of the respi- ratory system in men is earlier and higher. Some searchers sus- pect urban air pollution-

He said cancer of the breast is practically nonexistent in Japan. France and Israel also had a low rate. The other fire countries stud- ied had identical rates. He said use of the brassicre is limited In Japan and breast feeding is com- inon.

Tobacco Firm Head Dies in Saint John

SAINT JOHN, N.B. (CPl-Fun- eral services will be held here to- iday for A. Fred deForest. presi- ident OI A. F. dcl-'orest Ltd.. who !died in hospital Monday.

llir. deForest founded the family ifirm which deals in wholesale and ireiail tobacco and confectionery. He it as a former president of the ilxew Brunswick-Prince Edward Is- iland wholesale Tobacco Associa-

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