The Times from Shreveport, Louisiana • Page 15

The Shreveport Times Wednesday, Jan. 2, 1957 3-B GOREN ON BRIDGE RY CHARLES GOREN Kurtz Rites Set Today In Gilmer LaPlace Slaying Suspect Is Freed LaPLACE, Jan. 1 (Constance Gregoire, 43-year-old ex-convict, is free of any connection with a lovers lane slaying near here, but still faces vagrancy and concealed weapons charges in Baton Rouge. Sheriff Percy Hebert of St. John Parish cleared Gregoire yesterday in the November slaying of Algiers safety engineer Thomas Hotard Sr.

and the disappearance" of Mrs. Audrey Moate, Hotard's companion. Hebert sai. Gregoire "was not even in the state" when the incident took place. Gregoire, of French Settlement, was arrested in Baton Rouge Friday during a routine checkup.

prominent in civic, church and Masonic circles, died at a local hospital about 1 p.m. today following a long illness. He aws 83. Mr. uKrtz, a native of Austria, came to America at the age of 17 and worked as a salesman in a department store in St.

Louis for a number of years. He moved to Gilmer in 1898 and established his store here. He had been in business here constantly until a few months when ill health forced his retirement. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Crowley Funeral Chapel here, with Rabbi Harvey Wessel and Rabbi Herman Fishman officiating.

Burial will be in Ahavath Achim Cemetery at Tyler, Tex. He is survived by his' widow of Gilmer; six sons, Alexander Kurtz and Hamlet Kurtz, both of San Angelo, Sylvester Kurtz and Justin Kurtz, both of Gilmer; Adolph Kurtz of Dallas and Sy-mard Kurtz of St. Louis; also five grandchildren. SHORT PUNT GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. API A punted football hit a power line and caused a short circuit that started a fire in the home of George A.

Melville. GILMER, Jan. 1 (Special). Jacob Kurtz, credited with being the oldest merchant in Gilmer, Neither vulnerable. South deals.

NORTH AAKQ6 3 A752 54 WEST STORE HOURS THIS WEEK: 9:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m. A985 VAK875 10 EAST 10 6 4 J9 8 A98762 SOUTH A 10 4 3 2 92 K643 AQ The bidding: ,1 Selbeiv iflEi South West North East Pass IV 2 2 Pass 3 A Pass 4 A Pass Pass Pass A jump bid in this case is clearly called for. West opened the king of hearts and, when East played his lowest, shifted to the 10 of diamonds. This was taken with the king.

Trumps were drawn in three rounds and then the queen of hearts drove out West's ace. West continued with a heart. South impulsively discarded the queen of clubs, for surely West must have the king to justify an opening bid. When diamonds failed to break, declarer had to give up two tricks in that suit and submit to a one trick set. Despite the unfortunate break, declarer should attribute his misfortune to having gone into battle without the benefit of complete information as the terrain.

Before giving up the lead he should have determined, the distribution of the diamond suit by playing the ace. If both follow, a long diamond can be established, and declarer discardsthe queen of clubs on the jack of hearts, giving up in all two hearts and a diamond. However, when diamonds fail to break declarer knows he has two losers in that suit. Now when West returns a heart, a diamond is discarded on the jack. The other diamond loser may be disposed of in a neat manner West is known to have the king of clubs, so the ace of clubs is cashed and the queen presented to him.

West must now lead a heart or a club. In either case, declarer ruffs in dummy as he sheds the remaining loser in diamonds from his own hand. JLfi-L-J 1 1 HlllJlt iHilUfc lit yTj 1 I nuary ja Opening lead: King of hearts. It is a frequent occurrence at the bridge table for the declarer to take a premature discard before he can be certain which suit to sluff from. This procedure nas resulted in the loss of innumerable contracts.

In today's hand, South placed himself in a position where he had to guess which discard to take. Unfortaunately, he guessed wrong. West opened with one heart, doubled, and East decided to offer a quick raise, tho his values ere not very tangible. South's mere free bid of two spades did not do justice to his holding. 7 'i women's apparel 'MARY HAWORTH'S MAIL I Widow Concerned Because Man jWants to Postpone Wedding Date Dear Mary Haworth: I am a widow, 53, small and good looking.

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Shortly afterward he telephoned one evening (knowing I am a widow and asked to take me out. lonely. I consented, and have been enjoying his company since. He was in a sad state, as I could appreciate (having been through such sorrow myself and Rafter a few months he asked to marry me. Much as I wanted to, asked him to wait sbt months that was the decent thing.

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Finding her way to the bedroom cut off, the mother climbed to a porch roof and smashed a window. She brought out her second daughter, Eileen, and handed her out to firemen who had meantime raised a ladder. Finally, Mrs. Brislin awakened her husband, who was still asleep, and the couple made their way down to safety on the ladder. The family's pet dog was found dead later in the apartment.

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