CHINA MAIL AUGUST 21.
Dance Mike
Predda 29.6
12.30-2.15 pm European
Today's Wireless
12:30 p.m.-Songs by Turner Layton
(Tenor).
I Once Had A Heart Margnerita
(Lisbona, Connor & Schmitz). When My Dreamboat Comes Home
(Friend & Franklin).
The Wind And The Rain (1. Layton). 12.40 pm-Campoli & His Orchestra. 1. Local: Time Signal and Wes
ther Report.
1.83 p.m. Variety.
Piano
Midnight. In Mayfair (Chase With Thee I Swing
(Stillman, Hyde & Adlam).
Carroll Gibbons and His Boy
Friends.
Laughter Sketch-
Our Amateur Night (Weston &
Lee). The Regal Radio Party.
Vocal--Our Greatest Successes:
ZBW 355 M. 845 kcs:
Accordeon Solo
One-Step Arabe Sedibal. Fax-Trot-Bell Ringer.
Maurice Alexander.
1.30 p.m.-Reuter Press; Rugby Press; Local: Weather Forecast and An- nouncements.
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14-7
1.40 pm-Songs by Frances Day (So-
prano) & Les Allen (Baritone). Easy To Lovel
I've Got You Under My Skin (Film: Born to Dance).
Seein' Is Believin
Frances Day.
7.05
Les Allen with Carroll Gibbons (piano) & His Boy Friends. You Have That Extra Something.
Frances Day.
Little Picsnimmy Mine
(Intro: Little Alabama Coon).
Intro: There's something about alam All Alone. Les Allen & His
soldier, My hat's on the side my head, We'll all go riding on a rainbow, The fies crawled up the window Sweep, All for a shilling a day, But not to-day, Gentlemen, the King.
Cicely Courtneidge & Jack
Hubbert
BRIDGE NOTES
Canadian Bachelors.
2 p.m.-Dance Music.
Slow Fox Trot-
The Hills Of Old Wyomin (From Palm Springs). Waltz Stars In My Eyes
(From The King steps out ').
Jack Harris & His Orchestr
By ELF CULBERTSON
Luck In Slam Bidding
be re-
The International World Bridge quick tricks and would not Congress and Tournament at Buda-garded as a sound opening bid at pest, in which teams from seven-any score. Z, however, assured teen countries took part, resulted that Y had something, bid only in a win for Austria. It is pro-One No-Trump. With the Aus- bable that the Austrian team is the trians that is a strong response and finest in Europe, as its consistent demands further bidding. Even so, prowess in these international con-to arrive at a grand slam declara- tion on these cards is rather re- tests seems to prove.
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The team was this year using a markable. Actually Y made his system devised by their captain.contract. But the slam was no Dr. Paul Stern. Combined with the certainty, and I ask you to judge Four-Five No-Trump and Asking whether this was sound or lucky Bid Convention, they use a strong bidding. To make the slam the bid of "One No-Trump, which is Clubs must be divided 2 and 1, and forcing for one round, the nega- a finesse in Spades must be taken
Here is a hand on which the Eng- tive response being "Two Chubs,” with less than one and a half hon-lish team embarked upon a grand our tricks. If the opening bidder slam contract:-- then bids "Two Diamonds," this is
a further force asking for partner's four-card major suit. Holding no
four card. major, the response is "Two No-Trumps." Any positive res-
ponse
to
I
S-10
E 10, 3, 6, 4 DJ, 5
A
-K, Q, J, 9, 6, 5
B
H.-9,
D.
C.44,3 Ze
initial "One No- 211 Trump" bid shows at least one and S.-J. 9, 7, 5, 3 S.- a half tricks with a five-card suit K, 2
An opening "One Club” is
also D-6, 4, 2
foreing, and shows an evenly dis- C-10, 8, 4
tributed hand not sufficiently
strong to bid "One No-Trump.”
Here is an example of its use:-
S-K, JI, I
HA, 9, 1
· C.
A
Z
SA I..
H-K, 10, x
DA
C-A, I, I, Jy Is I, X.
Both sides vulnerable. Y the dealer. The bidding by the Aus- trians was (A and B taking part)
One Club!
One No-Trump
Two Spades
Five Clubs Sever lubs
S.-4, 8, 4
E—A, Q, J, 7, 5 D—A, 9; 3 C-A, 2
I've Got The World Mood
Frank's wife:
Orchest
room of a suburban home in Chelse Production by Howard Rose! 17.30 pm-Closing local Stock
“Kions and Hong
ket Report.
7.35 p.m.-Fariety."
Two Pianos
Passepied
Sylvia).
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Alleyne &
the road
mayokom my done,
Paul Robeson (Bass).
Novelty The Hobo's Spring
Vocal
"The Hill Biries.
Fantasy From Film Black Roses -
Intro: Two Sun-Worship Dances Valse Triste (Sibelius) Bi Roses, Finnish Hymn.“ To-day I Am Happy Waltz Son
(Film: Black Roses).
Lilian Harvey (Soprano) with
Orchestry & choir. Orchestra & Organ-Ray Noble Mer
Iey:
Intro: Brighter than the you'll say yes? Cherie, the sweetest thing, By the
PianoCharh
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No. D. L
Intro There's a small
got you under my
Fer heels, Pennies from
ead
Who loves you?........ Chair pin-London Relay-London Log: by Walter Fitzgerald. (TE 8:30 pm Luigin, Ballet Eg
Suite
chestra
Played by
Concert Or
8.47 pm-Baie Da Costa (Piano).
Just One More Chance
*prano)
La Barque
Ne Dis Pas Toujou ATENAGA
Pazour
Encienne Boyer. O Corse lle D'Amour... Tino Rossi.
Lucienne Boyer.
Tango Chante.
Reviens Colombe
19.20 p.m.
Lawn
Tino Rossi
Frank Read on
•News &
Hong Kong from the Grill
ong Hotel
What's On At the Cinemas
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AT THE QUEEN'S "Slave Slip Baxter, Wallace Beery, George Sanders, Jane Joseph Schidkraut.
part of a sea captain slave traffic, but is his mutinous crew uni
of Wallace Beery,
Thus,
had planned as a honeym young bride becomes a sla adventure with the cor in danger of death.
10, 8, 770
The bidding was (A and B taking
no part):-
Z
Two Hearts
I
Three Clubs Four Hearts
Three Hearts Four No-Trumps Five Clubs Five No-Trumps Seven Hearts This was doubled by A, who led a Diamond, and Z was two down
In the other room. garians, Y and Z,
as Six Feerts.
and the contract
Now
hether
playe were justined
embarking upon
azdeclaration:u īs
Hun-
Spade,
ter of opinion. Tam informed that
Now I would ask you to consider they did so because they knew they carefully this bidding, because it is were already down on points. But on lines quite different from those this does not seem to me a good employed in England or in America reason.
I think they should have
em
Note first of all that the initial bes ent with a little slam con- "One Club” by Y has no relation Ch. However, they were certain- to the artificial "Oute Club” bids as
unlucky to be two down, used here. It does not show The point which I would genuine Club, suit but a hand with phasise is the luck of the lead even distribution not strong enough Nothing but a Diamond lead can bid "One No-Trump." Mark, fur- defeat the contract of “Six Hearts” ther, that the hand has only two But why should A lead a Diamond?
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AT THE CENTRAL tions, with Laurel and members of the famous team have twm brother ceedingly funny picture. double roles, in fact, and create Ithemselves a host of amusing
tions.
AT THE ORIENTAL ———“ Town."-George Murp |lan portray the coman
Murphy festuring his new tions. Ella Logaz, poz and radio bines sing her numbers: of the “Ziegfe stage, sings
Hugh Herbert, Three Sadors
Gave Him stars in the racy, Gladys one, this drama igue and courage tells of two men whose af- other, was turned to use they loved the same
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When You're af & gay, light- Charming escapade in
es winch Grace Moore has been transform- bered into a charming comedienne. Play- ing opposite her in the male, lead is Cary Grant Aline MacMahon, Henry Stephenson Thomas Mitchell tharine Doucet and Luis Alberni in
supporting
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