MUTT AND JEFF
YEGSIR, THAT'S MY IDEA OF ENJOYING LIFE! YOU CAN GO TO THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS OR
ANY PLACE WITH ONE OF
THEM YACHTS!
WELL, SIR,THAT'S A
SEAFARING YACHT,
EQUIPPED WITH ALL.
WELL, IF
THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS)) I BOUGHT
THE PRICE IS $75,000 COMPLETE AND DELIVERED!
THAT YACHT ON TIME PAYMENTS,
HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO PAY FOR
IT?
WELL, ER, HOW MUCH CAN YOU AFFORD
TO PAY EACH
MONTH?
WELL, I MAKE TWENTY-THREE BUCKS A WEEK! I THINK I COULD PAY OFF ABOUT FIVE DOLLARS A WEEK!
THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 28, 1939
FIVE DOLLARS
A WEEK? WHY, MAN, DO YOU REALIZE THAT AT THAT RATE IT WOULD TAKE YOU OVER 300 YEARS TO PAY FOR
THAT BOAT!
By BUD FISHER
Q.K! I'M NOT KICKIN'! BRING OUT THE PAPERS AND LET'S GET IT SETTLED!.
Muriel Gubbay
And Harry Ore
From The Studio
Today's Wireless
Inter-
12.16 p.m.-Short Service of
cession. 12.30 p.m.-Peter Dawson (Bass-Bari. tone) and the B.B.C. Wireless Mili. tary Band.
The Crusader March (O'Donnel!)....The
·B.B.C. Military Band.
Rolling Along (film 'Music Goes 'Round') .... Peter Dawson (Bass-Baritone) with Orchestra.
The Mill On The Rock-Overture (Reissi- ger-arr. Winterbottom).....The B.B.C. Wireless Military Band.
The Air Pilot (Morrison & Others); Song Of The Thames (Mortimer & Murray) ....Peter Dawson (Bass-Baritone) with Orchestra.
Woodland Pictures-Rural Suite (Fletcher) The B.B.C. Wireless Military Band.
Signal Time
1.00 p.m.-Local
Weather Report.
and
ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M.
9.52 Megacycles
1.03 p.m.-Debroy Somers Band.
Intro: Here It's A Lovely War-Medley.
Susie's Sewing We Are Again: Sister Shirts; Never Mind; Army of To-day's All Right: We Haven't Seen the Kaiser; Oh Oh Oh! Its a Lovely War: Who Were You With Last Night; All the Nice Girls Love a Sailor; Mademoiselle from Girl Armentieres: When There isn't a About....with Male Quartette,
(Archer "Lucky Break" Selection
O'Keefe).....Debroy Somers Band with Vocal Chorus.
&
"The Big Broadcast"--Selection....Debroy Somers Band with the Carlyle Cousins and Dan Donovan.
Winning
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 heuten every other system in existence.
ken.
A GRAND. COUP
then finessed the Queen of not the hearts, The Grand Coup, while
Next most difficult, is certainly one of the diamonds in order to manufacture an
entry to dummy. prettiest plays in the game of Con- additional
the the fourth heart was led and South tract. This play arises when
again trumped, East meanwhile dis- opponent to Declarer's right holds a guarded trump honour and there are carding a diamond. Finally Declarer dummy to led his remaining diamond to dummy. not enough trumps in
held the Queen Hence Declarer
At this point East allow for finessing.
and South, having must utilise the other suits in order and one spade
his opponent's trumps. ruffed himself down three times, held to capture
Jack. And now the only the King Here is a fine illustration.
last heart was played from dummy. Declarer East was forced to trump. over-trumped and finally
South, Dealer
Neither side vulnerable
L
AKQ9 3
8
◇ AQ4 2 QJ5
b
AQ 748
10 7 6 4
✓ J 8 2
◇ K J 9
W
E
A 9832
S
◊ 10 6 5 10 7 6
A A KJ 10 9 8 2
♡ 5
0 87 8
*K 4
The bidding:
South 14
West
Pass
3♡
Pass
40
PBBS
6V
Pass
Puss
.. Pass Pass
North Bast Pass Равв
Against six spades West opened the Ace of clubs and, although South dropped the King, continued the suit.
HIGH GARD VALUKS OF THE FOUR VETEN
ACE 3 KING QUEEN 1 JACK
the Queen.
Yesterday
captured
*
you were the
201
dealer.
What was your correct bid holding?
AK JI
♡ J X
◊ A KI
AK Q xTM
ANSWER: Your correct bid is two clubs. This hand does not meet the full requirements for an opening two- bid; nevertheless a one-bid is inade- quate, and you should not open with two or three notrump with one suit unstopped.
·
Score 100% for two clubs, 70% for two spades, 60% for three notrump, 40% for one club, 0 for any other bid.
are
QUESTION NO. 269
David To-day you Burnstone's partner and hold:
AKJ 73
The spade eight was now led and finessed, dummy winning the trick. Declarer now trumpsdu cdumany's good club in his own -hand, the hilastown the spade. Absysonly to And that East's Queen was guarded. Refusing to give up, South led his only heart and cashed dummy's Ace and King, discarding -a diamond. Declarer ruffed the third round of ¦ Infc.)
Bruce
Á 10 7 4 The bidding: Bornatong: Jaseby
P255 Just do-you bid? (Answer tomorrow.)
Too
(7).
Mules
(Released by The Bell Syndicate,
"What's Yours?"-A Convivial
"Cards On The Table And Other Relays
7.30 p.m.-LONDON
News.
RELAY
The
8.00 p.m.-Local Time Bignal, Weather
Report and Announcements.
with programme 8.03 p.m. Variety Medley.
Van Dusen: Allee Faye; George Quentin Maclean; The Vagabond Lover and Orchestra Mascotte. Vocal-It's Party Time Again (Van Du- sen)....George Van Dusen with Orch, Vocal-Wake Up and Live (from the film): There's A Lull In My Life (from 'Wake Up and Live')..... Alice Faye with Cy Feuer Orchestra,
Intro: Come Landlors. All the Flowing Bowl; Little Brown Jug: Barley Mow! Whiskey Johnny; Drinking: Here's to Down Among the Dead the Maiden; Men: There is a Tavern in the Town: John Barleycorn: Drink to Me Only; Simon the Cellarer: Here's to the Good old Beer; Old King Cole: Vive L'Amour; Vive La Compagnie:. Here's a Health Unto His Majesty: We Won't Go Home Till Morning: Auld Lang Syne....Debroy Somers Band with Vocal Chorus. 1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press, Announce- Weather Forecast and ments.
1.45 p.m.-B.B.C. RECORDING—“D’Yc.
Ken John Peel?"
A Programme in Honour of the Famous Written and Cumberland Huntsman.
Produced by William Maclurg.
2.15 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN,
6.00 p.m.-An hour of Dance Music.
Fox-Trots-Moonlight On The Waterfall; The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot ....Billy Cotton & His Band. Tango-Take Your
Chance: Fox-Trot- Heinz Huppertz & His
Vieni...Vieni Orchestra. Fox-Trots-I Dream Of San Marino: Let Me Dream Of Havana....Ronnie Munro & His Dance Orchestra. Waltz The First Quarrel; Slow Fox-Trot -My Heart Will Never Sing Again..... Correct Dance Henry Jacques & His Tempo Orchestra. Fox-Trots-It Ain't Nobody's Biz'ness What I Do I Don't Want To Make History (Alm 'Palm Springs')....Billy Cotton & His Band. Fox-Trots-Good-night. Little Skipper: I've Got A Pocketful of Dreams (from 'Sing, you Sinners')....Brian Lawrance & His Orchestra.
Le-
Rumbas-Antillana; International
cuona Cuban Boys. Fox-Trots-One In A While: Bel Mir Blst Du Schoen....Jack Harris & His Orch. Tangos-Jealousy: Hear My Song. Violetta ....Robert Renard Dance Orchestra. Fox-Trot-Everything Stops for Tea (film) 'Come out of the Pantry')......Mario "Harp" Lorenzi & His Rhythmics. 7.00 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-
tlons.
Imre and 7.02 p.m.- Magyarl
Hungarian Gypsy Orchestra. You Can't Forbid A Flower: The Sleeves of My Jacket are Tied Up: My Sweetle How I Could. Là- Is Roaming About: ment!: There Are Unkissed Lios: White and Red Roses; Hittle White Hollyhocks; Full Of Acacias Is Our Village. 7.14 p.m.-Strauss' Waltzes.
Acceleration-Waltz (arr. Hohne).....Or.
chestre Mascotte.
His
Wine, Women and Song....Mavis Bennett
(Soprano) with Orchestra.
Woods: Blue Tales From The Vienna
Danube.....Philadelphia Symphony Or- chestra cond. by Leopold Stokowski,
Cinema Organ-Cinema Memories. Intro: These Songs from: Orphans of the Storm; Four Horsemen of the Apoca- lypse: Way Down East: Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall: La Rosita: Orphans of the Storm: Robin Hood: Charlie Chap- lin's Theme: The Gold Rush: Way Down East: The Covered Wagon; What Price Glory: The Singing Fool....Quentin M. Maclean.
Vocal-Just A Vagabond Lover (Kester & HII); As Long As Our Hearts Are Young (Kester & Hill)....The Vagabond Lover (Tenor) with Orchestra.
Orch. Children of Spring-Waltz (Wald-
teule!)....Orchestra Mascotte.
8.30 p.m.-STUDIO-Two Piano Re- cital by Muriel Gubbay and Harry Ore.
1. Fugue in G Minor (Bach).
2. Gavotte in G Major (Mozart), 3. Caprice Brillante, Op. 22 (Mendelssohn). Orchestral Pro- 9.50 p.m.-A Short
gramme. Oberon Overture (Weber).....Sir Thomas Beecham cond, the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Scherzo (from "Quartet In E Minor"
Hendelssohn, Op. 44, No. 3)......Lener String Quartet.
9.05 p.m.-STUDIO
Recent Events.
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9.15 p.m-LONDON RELAY — News....
Summary.
9.30 p.m.-LONDON RELAY-"Cards
on the Tab
9.46 p.m.-GERSHWIN-An American
In Paris.
New Light Symphony
George Gershwin,
Orchestra
with
10.03 p.m.--Songs by 8tuart Robertson
(Bass-Barltone).
Abroad The Windjammer-Medley of Sea Shanties, Intro: A-roving: Shenandoah: with the drunken What shall we do
Hilo:
Sailor: Hullabaloo Balay: The Drummer and the Cook; Tom's gone to Boney was a warrior....with Male Cho- rus and Accordeon.
10.12 .m.-Hllo' Hawalian Orchestra.
My Hula Love-Medley March. Kawalbau Waltz (Kealakal).
Colorado Sunset-Waltz (from the film). 12.23 p.m.Dance Programme by Juan and His Orchestra and Victor Slivos- ter and His Ballroom Orchestra. 11.00 p.m.-LONDON RELAY "119
England Now".
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