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Show t $ ft. - KERRY. DRAKE By ALFRED ANDIOLA i. YOU UNFORTUNATELY, " J J STAY LONGER , REASON TO . ARE HERE ILLEGALLY, DR. OUR MISSION HAS ENDED SPOOR! WE'LL HAVE TO 5ST. DRAKE.',. WE HAVE NO S DETAIN YOU FOR THE -- ) PROPER AUTHORITIES f - J HOWEVER, OUR DEPARTMENT WILL GET IN TOUCH WITH WASHIN&TON.. MAYBE SOMETHINGCAN BE DONE FOR YOU J - WHAT DOES IT MATTER? WITH REICHMANN DEAD LON6ER HAVE A J I NO REASON TO ) - - U- - f5"? LL . Causes Difference In li es ar. W . ) THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1961 1 1 " Jr rtC tr LIVE , ) Te M 6 ' Why By A. LEOKUM the Britannica Junior IS rolume encyclopedia for school I and home. Send your questions, name,! age, 'address to "Tell Me I Why!'? care of this paper.. Today's . Win i ' - ' winner Is ....... ".. .. .. 7, Mlkulak, Southington, ..Joseph ( Conn. fHE STOitY OF MARTHA WAYNE I I I I ! 7 By WILSON SCRUGGS ""JS ( JUDVUUKAUiarfWiu. IV SDU COME POWM HKff )sl WHAT IS IT, MOM? Have you ever been at a beach where at low tide you have to walk way out' in the water Just to get in up to your knees? Yet there' are some places whene you can hardly tell the difference between high and low Ude The reason for this has nothing to do with the moon. Tides are caused! by gravitation.. Just as the earth pulls on the moon so the moon attracts or pulls on the earth, but with much less force. The pull of the moon upon 'the' earth draws the ocean waters nearest to tt toward the moon as a broad swell, or wave. This produces high tide. S . ft-- " 4 j ifi. ft cfe WAT I DID MRSJ I let youk, IX i fLWE-L- f A I THE BERRYS Jocoby On Bridge By CARL GURBERT I DONT 'KNOW, GRAVITATION POP, WHAT i!, IS GRAVITY? . JACKIE. ONE OF THE GREAT nrr MYSTERIES' THAT IS, EVERYTHING W BUT PRICES AND TAXES IT MEANS WHATEVER ) GOES UP MUST IS STILL COME j . J DOWNy writer's ... . , Written for Newspaper Enterprise Assn. While the Jacob-Smitsystem is different from all other bidding systems, there is nothing radical about! it. We believe in light open- h V V i si NORTH A 74 V J84 1 r K762 By KEN ALLEN C0nJ? i W7,JQU6!y 19 AK65 MARY WORTH SPEAK IKE-TO -- EZ IMPORTANT! THAT T KW IN515TCOME' JLNwV5HE TOj Ifth'M ONE MOMENT, PLEA5E I i SHARED A 5EAT ON THE 5UBURBAN BUS LA5T AQ95 AQ6 U 10 9 3 2 I'M5CRRy!..lll Y0U "ft MITAKFM' ARt : EAST AK82 V K 10 7 5 3 WEST A 4J8 87 SOUTH (D) AAJ106.3 92 Q4 AA953 Both vulnerabW West North East 1 4 Pass Pass 2 4 Pass 2 4k Pass Pass J Opening lead South Ht THEYRE OWE OP THEM WAS THE same At OUT Joker i chased rpRoop OUT OF YOUR DRESSING- ROOM I DONT THINK HE WAS AFTER YOUR AUTOGRAPH, KID nil nitir I : FUN .TIME , . But there are many things that interfere with this. One is the great bulk of, the continents. They cause tidal currents which follow the shore lines and pile up in certain places,, such as bays. DOWN: 1. Around. 2. Upon. 3. A On coasts that aregently sloping CROSS WORD PUZZLE bird. 6. Great Britain. . and straight, 6ie incoming tide has Janice McLung, Russellville, (See tomorrow's paper for the room to spread out and may not West Virginia, wins a Britannica Answers). rise very high. But where the in- - World Atlas for tijxiay's cross word Win the Britannica World Alias or Yearbook of Events. Send your ' riddles, jokes, tricks to "TeU Me Why!" Today's winner it:' Nancy Farris, 10, Waco, Texas, -- . - i . ? ; . . j ing bids, but, the light opening bid is a feature of the highly successful British Acol system and, strangely enough, also the earliest American biddiing system. light opening bids are going to get you trouble if you caiij't'quit quickly and at a reasonable spot. the Therefore, in Jacoby-Smit- h at guarantiees bid opening spade leasts ai five card suit and if partner responds with two of a, lower suit he shows at least 11 jpoinits. With 11 high card points and two doubletons Souts hand qualifies as an opening bid in standard American bidding and, of bid. course,! is a Jacoby-Smit- h North's two diamond response is nornjial as is South's two spade rebid. But a Jacoby-Smit- h North will two The pass. spade call shows a minimum or very near minimum Jacoby-Smit- h opening and! 12 or 13, plus 11 does net indicate a game. Standard American bidders would probably try one more Today In with the North hand and bud would land in the soupi particu- larly if South got in the act and went on to game Incidentally, the North-Sout- h hands will make exactly two TIIE ALMANAC spades with reasonably good defense and dummy play. They By United Press International won't make two under Today is Thursday, Jan. 19, the 19th day of the year with 346 more any circumstances. History no-tru- in 1961. ki The moon is approaching ' first- - quarter. Q The bidding has been: . The morning star is Mars. ' West The evening stars are Venus Pass Pass and Mars,On this, day in history: In 1736, James Watt; discoverer 4AJ876 VA654 - KQJ10 0 of the power of steam, was born. What do you do? In 1807, Robert E. Lee. com A Bid six hearts! This Black-woo- d in chief of the. Confedermander aces two shows response (as would five hearts) and a void ate armies, was born at Strat suit. !j ford, Va. In American 1809, writer TODAY'S QUESTION Edgar Allan Poe was' born. Instead, of bidding four In 1839, French painter Paul your partner has bid five clubs , over your four hearts. Cazanne was horn. What do you dp in this case? In 1861, Georgia seceded from the Union.-- East South 2A Pass 2N.t Pass 4 V ? 4N.T. Pass You, South, hold: North ' - , I , - I no-tru- I !' mp . ' ' ' By SAUNDER and THE TWO CHARACTERS OUTSIDE THE PIZZA PALACE, MIKE ? - ' The Chuckle Box 1. "What vegetable do you find in a crowded bus? r ; you will win a Britannica World 2. What' word of five letters has Atlas. Entries must be addressed: only one left when you take away Cross-- Word Puzzle, Tell Me Why; two letters?,;;'.; vj; V .". this newspaper, and give name; 3. Who can raise things without age, and address. y .V lifting them? ACROSS: 1 Apart from anybody.1 Answers: 1. Squash. 2. Stone. 3. 4. Working animal. 5. National A farmer. Guard. .7. Flat board with legs.1 4 , lar. '- . I STEVE ROPER YOU THINK "THEY" WERE , - I "'Vv IT FIGURES, ROS1E YOUR DAD'S LAST WORDS WERE! TELL HER THEY KNOW ABOUT THE MARKAND coming tide enters a narrow bay puzzle. Make up your own cross or channel, it can not spread out, word puzzle and send it in. If used and the water may pile up to great heights. In the Bay of Fundy, for example, the difference between high and low tide may be more than 70 feet. 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