European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse Koblan Mory pauses for a break in route to Hunter druse drops in on yanks by Henry staff writer Phe old Arab and his heavily Laden Al Donkey plodded through the red dust of a narrow rutted Road behind the Camp of a 23d aaa 187th and waved cheerfully to the Good Good morning old cried Koblan a druse he spoke in Good English and with what appeared to be the Trace of a British h was coming from the wizened Little Man with the puckish face and Gray flowing Mustache and the men they knew the old Man Well by watching for him to appear every other leading his sleepy eyed the venerable druse is 78 years still his Home is three hours walk from the Camp and on the Way to Market with his fruit he tries to sell some to the sol but a like All other army outfits in the is Well supplied with fruit by the pm so he makes few if any whether you buy my fruit or youre still my he the old Man has an unusual his father was a Miner and so he Learned the work from he eventually made his Way to the states and where he worked in Copper so he claims in 100 per cent one Day while passing the Camp he kept the soldiers enthralled with dissertation on the he dwelt upon its its part in history and its contribution to civilized it might have been a but his Market item this Day god bless All of you Are his parting i love and whether you buy from me or youre still my turning to the patient he come we have fruit to Goren on Bridge East West East North a a k 10 6 2 none Kyj 4akj1043 West va7i5 465 South 4j54 9 j 10 3 487 the bidding Ewt tenth wast i put i East 47 vkq9842 a 10 6 North 3 i warts i Mim opening Lead heart North resorted to an ingenious of strategy to ferret out the Best contract in today he decked that he was in Poge 14 willing to play for loss than and announced his intentions in the Only manner Avail Able to a by a Cue bid of the suit adversely there was a bit of a Fly in the ointment in the form of a double ton the suit in which part Ner was most Likely to but North decided to take his when South bid four diamonds North was unwilling to guess which one of his suits to bid so he contrived a Means by which to determine the better of his partners Black suit he repeated the Cue calling four South interpreted the As follows i for your test suit and you mentioned that Doest try again and Natu rally pick Between shades and South chose bid Ding four of that final West led the Ace of Declarer ruffed in Dummy and cashed the Spade altho both defenders he decided to play against a bad Trump since East obviously had length in South suspected him of being Short in he abandoned Trumps for a moment and cashed the a of the next round of clubs was ruffed with the Spade Jack and West without the slightest Trace of emotion discarded a Refus ing to he hoped this would have the effect of inducing Declarer to believe that East held the Queen of Spades and that he try to drop it on the next adhered to his original plan of playing West for the Long Spades and finessed the ten on the to faring Home his the finesse of the ten provided Complete if it lost to the Queen it would mean that Trumps were 32 and All the de sense could take was two Dia monds and a copyright the Chicago Tribune the stars and stripes conducted by Thurston Macauley furlough facts f everyone seems to have a Story about the hotel he stayed to daring his visit to the Brussels worlds Bat can you top this one when planning our a Friend recommended a hotel near the fair prefacing her recommendation with the its nothing it was relatively easy to thanks to Niy expert navigator and her Brussels City our first impression it is Small now left go in and see How charming it we entered a Small room jammed fun of tables and chairs which resembled a combination gaming room and dining room of a cafe rather than a hotel we were greeted by a Small lady who knew As much English As we knew while she went to the we cast our eyes around the scanning the they covered with a dark wallpaper adorned with numerous paintings and a plate rack holding a collection of Blue and White Delft there were other miscellaneous items sitting around such As a huge brass Jardiniere containing some sort of a Plant and old Pewter mingled among the Small tables were two Gaudy american pinball a full sized Wurlitzer Juke Box and a 21inch screen vision these last items added nothing to the Charm of the the lady returned with another woman who knew some English and we got the idea across that we wanted rooms for we were ushered out into a dark Hall and up a flight of narrow stairs to a Landing holding a White Marble bust of an pensive looking one at a we climbed three More past the into a double room containing one double one a monstrous two a table and a Small Iron upon turning my Friend commented that there was a Builtin Wash Basin in an Alcove behind the it took us Only a second to decide that the three of us would be falling Over each other trying to dress in a room of that with the Aid of sign we asked if there might be another single room up another flight of Steps and Down the we were shown a single containing a a Lawn Ward several Pewter items and a on the Dresser was a charming Blue and White Pitcher and Wash the next morning we were awakened with a Knock at the door an4 a Large Pitcher of steaming one of us had to stay in bed in order for to Man Uever and get when one was we shifted positions and the other finishing the remainder of the hot the next discovery was that we were furnished with not Only but soap and Wash cloths As an unexpected feature to our then Down to Over at the Side of the gaming a table was set with a White Linen Linen napkins instead of the usual paper napkins and a Smalt Bonquet of Pink Rose our breakfast consisted of the usual bans and cold meat and then we were off to the we walked about a Block to the Streetcar which took us right out to the we found we could pay the 30 francs fair admission on the thereby getting a free Streetcar after tramping around the fair All we returned by the Streetcar to our As we were we went directly to our we were Cess Ful in our search for the Light so we climbed the to the this was no problem As we were on the second and our White Marble lady loomed out in the dark As a after a Day on our the Lumpy Beds seemed inviting and the hand embroidered sheets quite a r after our three Day stay in this hotel and having become friends with the we discovered that we had become quite to our charming Tittle we paid oar Bill which came to francs a Day per bed and we the Best bargain in Owen Frankfort 1958
