MUTT AND JEFF
MUTT. I'LL
GUESS WHAT?
GUESS WHAT
-BR-
GIVE IT TO
YOU IF YOU
I'VE GOT IN MY HANDS!
THE QUEEN MARY!
GUESS IT!
8-30
THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 7, 1939
By BUD FISHER
AW, NO FAIR!
You PEEKED!
HELLO, CHIEFIE! GUESS WHAT I'VE
GOT IN MY HAND!
Talk By Anthony Eden
From London
Today's Wireless
Hong Kong, Saturday, October 7, 1939. 12.15 p.m.-Short Service of Interces-
sion.
12.30 p.m.-Harry Roy's Tiger-Raga-
muffins and His Orchestra.
1.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal and Wea-
ther Report.
1.03
p.m.-Lea Allen
ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M.
9.52 megacycles)
Mengelberg & His Concertgebouw 16.55 p.m.-Light French Variety Pro- Orchestra.
6.17 p.m.-Songs by Richard Crooks (Vocal)
and
Primo Scala's. Accordeon Band. 1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce- ments.
1.45 p.m.-Dance Music.
2.15 p.m.-Close down.
6 p.m.-Tchaikowsky -
Romeo
And Willem
Jullet-Overture Fantasie.
(Tenor).
For Love Alone (Seivier-Thayer); The Unforgotten Melody (Lock- ton-Wood); A Dream Of Paradise (Littleton-Gray).
6.27 p.m.-The
Orchestra.
London Palladium
6.45 p.m.-London Relay-News Sup-
plement.
laraming
CONTRACT
(By the Four Aces)
David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D. Maier, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schen- World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system that has beaten every other system in existence.
Ken
·
A TWENTY-POINT SWING
While most stories of Team-of-Four I partial score was of course only 80, tournaments deal with the big swingAgainst this East and West scored their hands, we are presenting one from the finals at Asbury Park, N.J., which is noteworthy in that the result was plus 20 points for East and West-an unusual score indeed.
South, Dealer Both sides vulnerable
Howard Schenken A 7 6
41 42
10.9 8 OKQJ65
Q J 10
Myron Fucha ◆ AKQJ
019 8
A 7 3
W
AK 766
0 8 6 4 8
Charles Solomon
10 2
8 5.4 8
DA 10 7 3
♡ KQ J
4A 8 3
Oswald Jasoby
- The bidding: South West
0 4 0
Разв
14
Pass. 10 Pass
Pass
North Fast Dbt: Pass:
honours (in total point matches hon- ours are scored), giving them a net plus of 20. At the other table Theo- dore A. Lightner, sitting East, also played the band at one spade. He was set one trick but his 100 honours nul- lified the penalty.
#
*
*
Yesterday you and
your partner (Merwin Maler) were vulnerable; the opponents were not. You held:
The bidding:
KJ 92 OK JO.7 3
J: 4
Barnstone
You fchenken Halor 10
Pass.
Рава 46. 6A
Paso Pass Pasa What was your correct lead?
seven
ANSWER: Your correct lead is the of diamonds. Mr. Schenken's four-spade bid was a shutout probably indicating shortness in hearts. Hence, your best chance to develop a trick Mr. Schenken's opening bid of one is in the diamond sult. A club lead diamond was of course a lead-direct- | is inavdvisable since you would: pro- ing semi-psychic, and he naturally did bably be playing that suit for the
not rebid. Mr. Fuchs, Declarer.
L
HIGH CARD VALUES
OF THE FOUBACEO SYSTEM
FACK 73
IKINGS
QUEEN: BACK
AMERASZ KAPR 63
with 100 honours in
Score 100% for seven of diamonds, spades, now decided 70% for low heart, 80% for a club that the best thing to lead.
do was to try to set
QUESTION NO. 226
his opponents. How- Howard Schenken is your partner ever, Mr. Jacoby man- to-day. You are the dealer and hold: aged to make his con-
tract.
The nine of clubs w as opened and
Mr. Fuchs refused to cover dummy's ten with his King. A spade was led. Jack and led a East won with the club, which Declarer allowed to ride around to. the Jack in dummy. A second spade was led and now the defence eventually cashed four spade tricks and two Aces.
10 2
A 10 8 63
OAKS 4178
Tho bidding:
Keu 10 (7)
Jacoby
Pass
Sobankan Burnstona
14
Pass
:
What do you hld? · ́(Anawer . tomorrow.)
(Released by The Bell Syndicate,
The contract was made, but the Declarer's score of 30 plus 50 for al Inc.)
gramme. Qui Je Suis De Paris (French film "Rigolboche"); Au Fond De Tes Yeux (film "Rigolbeche").... Mis-. tinguett (Vocal) with Orchestra. La Route Enchantee (from the film); "Il pleut Dans Ma Chambre (Alm 'La route enchantee')....Charles Trenet (Vocal) with Orchestra. Valses-L'Assemblee Du Village; Elle Lisait Marie-Claire..... L'Ac- cordeoniste Alexander Et Son -Orchestre. Dis-Moi Pourquoi (film 'La Goua-..
Ieuse'); Le Bonheur Est Entre Dans Mon Coeur (film 'La Goua- leuse')....Lys Gauty (Vocal) with" Orchestra.
Si Vous L'Aviez Compris (Bordese and Denza); Berceuse De Jocelyn (Godard & Others).. ..Andre D'Arkor (Tenor) with Instrumen-. tal accomp.
Request Variety Programme
Fox-Trot-The Donkey's Serenade (from The Firefly')....Jay Wil- bur & His Band,
Fox-Trots Non-Stop Flight; Pross Chai....Artie Shaw & His Orch. Vocal-Thanks for the Memory (film 'Big Broadcast: of 1938').... Dorothy Lamour with: Orchestra. Fox-Trot-Chinese Rhythm......Cab
Calloway & His Orchestra. Vocal & Plano All Alone In Viên
na (Towers & Others); Goodnight My Love (flim Stowaway'). Leslie Hutchinson.
9.06 p.m.--Studio-Comments on Re-
cent Events.
9:15 p.m.-London Relay-The Newa.
In A 9.36: pim-Mozart — Bonata Major. Edwin Fischer at the Plano. 9.62 pm-Mozart--Symphony No. 29 In A Mejor, Sir Thomas Beecham conducting the London Philhar- monic Orchestra.
10,17. p.m. The Band of H.M. Cold-
stream Guards,
1813 Overture (Tchaikowsky). Passing Of The Regiments (arr.
Aubrey Winter).
7.26 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-10:30:
tlons.
7.28 p.m.-Musical Comedy. Selections. 8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Wea- ther Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-A Request Programme of
Variety and Dance Music. Vocal Rose Marie (from
same);
Lover, Come Back To Me (from 'New Moon')....Charles Kullman (Tenor) with Orchestra. Tango Jealousy.....Robert Renard
Dance Orchestra.
Slow Fox-Trots-The Mood That I'm In; Goodnight My Lucky Day (Allm 231⁄2 Hours' Leave'),...Car- roll Gibbons & the Savoy Hotel Orpheans.
(Tradi- Vocal-Ten Green Bottles
tional)... Harold Williams & The B.B.C. Male Chorus with Ernest Lush at the Piano. Vocal-Say That You Will Not For-
get (film 'Forget me not') Indian: Love Call (film Rose Marie)........ Joan Gross (Soprano) with. Orch. Fox-Trot-Night and Day... Tom-
my Dorsey & His Orchestra. Comedy Fox-Trot-I'm a Little Prairie Flower.....Jack Harrie &; His Orchestra with Elsie Carlisle (Vocal).
Vocal Deep Purple (De Rose, Par-
ish)....Bing Crosby with Orch. Piano-Medley Of Strauss Waltzes.. Intro: Artists Life: Tales from the Vienna Woods; Wine, Women and-| Song: Vienna Blood; Morgenblat- ter: Voice of Spring: Promotionen; Treasure Waltz; Blue Danube... Charlie Kunz with Rhythm Ac--|-- companiment.
p.m.-London Relay "The Em. pire Answers", including a message by Mr. Anthony Eden, Secretary for the Dominiona.
11.00 p.m.Dance Music.
Tangos-Night Of Love Divine; Do You Like Dancing?....Dajos Bela Dance Orchestra.
Fox-Trots-I Fall In Love With You Every Day (film 'College Swing'); How'dja Like To Love Me? (film 'College. Swing!)...........Jimmy Dor- sey & His Orchestra. Waltz - Dreaming; Quickstep - I'll See You In My Dreams,...Man- tovani's Orchestra for Dancing, Fox-Trot-Gypsy Tears; Quickstep -Chopsticks...Jack Hylton & His Orchestra. : Blues-Wolverinė Blues; Waltz-
Slater's Waltz in Swingtime..... Bob Crosby & His Orchestra. Fox-Trots-To Mother-With Love; I Miss You In The Morning..... Billy Cotton & His Band. Fox-Trots--This May Be The Night (film "My lucky star'); I've Got A (film "My Date With A Dream lucky star') Henry King & His Orchestra
Waltzes Missouri Waltz;
Naughty Waltz.....
That
Victor Young
& His Orchestra. Rumba-Cuban Pete; Tango-Ha- vana Heaven...Mantovani & His Tipica Orchestra. Fox-Trots Mine Alone (from "Magyar Melody'); My Own (film "That: Certain Age")\.. Carroll Gibbons & the Savoy Hotel Or- pheans.
12. midnight-Close down.
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