MUTT
MUTT, THE
AND JEFF
BOSS. WANTS
"TO SEE YOU!
WELL, WHERE
HAVE YOU
BEEN!
I-ER-WENT OUT
TO GET MY
HAIR CUT!
THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 13, 1939
WELL, I DIDN'T HAVE ALL OF IT CUT OFF
DID I?
By BUD FISHER
CRASH!
DON'T YOU KNOW
YOU CAN'T HAVE YOUR || DURING OFFICE
HAIR CUT DURING
WELL, IT GREW
HOURS,DIDN'T IT?
NOT ALL OF IT'DID, DID IT?
OFFICE HOURS?
London Relay:
"It's That
Man Again"
12.15 p.m.-Short Service of Inter-
cession.
Today's Wireless
12.30 p.m.-Herbert E. Groh (Tenor) and Barnabas Von Geczy and His Orchestra.
Serenade (Tosell); Serenade ("Les Mil- Barnabas Hons d'Arlequin"-Drigo) .... Von Geczy & His Orchestra. Only For You-Waltz Song (Doelle-Am- berg)....Herbert E. Groh (Tenor) with Orchestra.
The Wind Has Told Me A Story (Bruhne); Kiss-Serenada (De Michell)....Barna- bas Von Geczy & His Orchestra. Love Song (Becce-Knorr): All I Do Is For Love Of You (Fenyes-Gels)......Herbert E. Groh (Tenor) with Organ. Fresh Breezes (Borchert); In Merry Mood (Haringer).....Barnabas Von Geczy & His Orchestra.
1.00 p.m.- Local
Timo Signal and
Weather Report. 1.03 p.m.-SELECTIONS from Gilbert
and Sullivan's "Patience". Overture....Svmphony Orchestra conduct-
ed by Dr. Malcolm Sargent, Twenty-Love-sick Maldens We......Nellie Briercliffe, Rita Mackay & Chorus of Girls.
ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M.
9.52 Megacycles
Recit.: Still Brooding On Their Mad Infa- tuation; I Cannot Tell What This Love May Be....W. Lawson, N. Briercliffe, N. Eyre & Chorus of Girls.
The Soldiers of Our Queen; If You Want a Receipt for That Popular Mystery..... Darrell Fancourt & Chorus of Dragoons. In A Doletul Train; Now, is Not This Ridi- culous....N. Briercliffe, G. Baker, M. Eyre & Chorus of Girls and Dragoons, When I First Put This Uniform On.... Darrell Fancourt & Chorus of Dragoons. 1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce- ments.
1.45 p.m.--VARIETY with Lanny Ross, Robinson Cleaver & Patricia Ross- borough, Greta Keller, and Anton & The Paramount Theatre Orchestra, Orch. w. Organ-"Wake Up and Live"- Selection; "The Hit Parade"--Selection ....Anton & The Paramount Theatre Orchestra with Al Bollington at the Organ.
Winning
CONTRACT
(By The Four Aces)
David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D. Maier, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schen- ken
World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system that has beaten every other system in existence.
A GOOD SLAM CONTRACT While Theadore A. Lightner is] known as a very conservative bidder, he is very adept at arriving at good Slam contracts, largely because his partners have such unbounded con- Adence in him. For example:
North, Dealer
Both sides vulnerable
♡ K 9 2
▲ AQ 10 2 ♡ 8
◊ Q J 8 3
K9 54
8 7 6 3
N
A 5
♡ A J 10
W
E 8 4
0976
◊ 5 4
Q10 76
* 3 8 2 2
KJ 94 ♡.Q 7'58 OAK-10 2-
O A
Mr. Lightner
The bidding:
North East South Wont
Pass
3A
Pass Pass 40
БА
-Pass
Pass PASH Pass
Pass
PABB
In spite of the fact that his partner had passed originally, Mr. Lightner visualised a emble Slim aftër he had been given the
HIGPI BAKED WALYS
ACE
KING QUEEN JALE
MPANG
Vocal-I'm In The Mood For Love (film *Every night at 8'); I Wished On The Moon (film "The Big Broadcast')..... Lanny Ross with Orchestra, Organ & Plano "Paris Honeymoon"--- Selection; "Magyar Melody"-Selection
Robinson Cleaver & ....H.
Patricia Rossborough. Vocal-Would You? (from 'San Francis- co"); Take My Heart (Young)....Greta Keller with Orchestra.
Orch. w. Organ-"Banjo On My Knee"--- Selection; "Champagne Waltz"-Selec- tion....Anton & The Paramount Theatre Orchestra with Al Bollington at the Organ.
2.15 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN. 6.00 p.m.-An hour of Dance Music.
Quickstep-The Blackbird Hop; The Palais
Stroll....Jack Harris & His Orchestra. Waltz-Music In May (from 'Careless Rap- ture'); Slow Fox-Trot-It's A Sin To Teli A Lie....The B.B.C. Dance Orchestra. Fox-Trots-Patty Cake, Patty Cake; Good For Nothin' But Love...."Fats" Weller & His Rhythm.
Waltz The Shabby Old Cabby; Fox-Trot- A New Moon and an Old Serenade..... Billy Cotton & His Band. Fox-Trot-We'll Rest At The End Of The Trail; March-Queen of Hearts....Syd- ney Kyte & His Piccadilly Hotel Band. Tangos-Yo Sore Como Tu Quleras; Sup- plicio Orquesta Tipica Francisco Canaro.
Blues Basin Street Blues; Fox-Trot- Nobody's Sweetheart.....Billy Cotton & His Cotton. Pickers. Fox-Trots-The Wind's In The West (ilm 'Aunt Sally'); We'll All Go Riding On A Rainbow (Alm 'Aunt Sally')......Jack Jackson & His Orchestra. Fox-Trots-Lost; Dream Time....Jay Wil-
bur & His Zand. Waltz-Mexicali Rose.....Oscar Rabin &
His Romany-Band.
7.00 p.m.Closing Local Stock Quota-
tions,
7.02 p.m.-B.B.C. RECORDING—"Mu.
Chat by
slc Hall Memories", A George Robey.
p.m.-OLD FAVOURITES from
Mr. Lightner won in his own hand, laid down the club Ace, then played a second trump to dummy. He next trumped a club, then entered dummy7.12 with a diamond and ruffed the re- maining low club with his last trump. He now had to risk a second diamond lead to dummy in order to draw the remaining trumps. Fortunately,. West had a second diamond so that the only trick that was lost was dummy's lone heart.
10
*
* Yesterday you were Merwin Maier's partner and held:
♡ A 109
9648.
A 982
The bidding! Kaler 14
Schenken Yon Barnstone
Pass (*)
ANSWER: Your correct bid is one heart. This hand is so weak that if you do respond you should show where the little strength you have lies.
Score 100% for one heart, 80% for pass, 40% for one notrump.
QUESTION ẦNO. 282 To-day you are Howard Schenken'e partner and holdi
Musical Comedies. "Vesta Victoria"-Old-Time Medley.
Intro: Walting at the Church; He Calls me His Own Grace Darling; It's all Right in the Summer Time: Now 1 have to Call Him Father: Poor John; Daddy wouldn't buy me a Bow-Wow .............Vesta Victoria & Chorus with Orch. Selection.
Intro: The Rif Song (Desert Song) My Hero (Chocolate Soldier); Ten for two (No, No, Nanette); Hallelujah (Hit the Deck); The Mounties (Rose Marie); Merry Widow Waltz (Merry Widow); Spread a little happiness (Mr. Cin- ders); Roll away clouds (Virginia)........... Garda Hall and George Baker with Orchestra.
7.30 pm, - LONDON RELAY. - The
News,
Casals And London Symphony Orchestra
8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signa!, Weather
Report and Announcements. 8.03 n.m.-BOCCHERINI-Concerto in B. Flat Major. Pau Casals ('Cello) and The London Symphony Orches- tra conducted by Sir Landon Ronald. 8.23 p.m.- MOZART-Sonata in C Major. Piano Solo by Edwin Fischer. 8,40 p.m. Excernts from Mozart'a
The Magic Fluta”, Overhire....Barlin Philharmonic Orchestra
cond. by Sle Thomas Beecham,
Tel and Oatris: Whin These Sacred Walle....Ivar Andresen (Bass) with Orchnatra.
A Maiden Fair and Slender: A Fowler Bold in Me you See.....Ewald Bohmer (Baritone) and the Berlin State Opera Orchestra.
9.05 p.m.-STUDIO
Recent Evente.
Comments on
News
9.15 p.m.-LONDON RELAY
Summary.
9.30 p.m.-A Light French Programme. Elle salt Marie-Claire-Valse (Charles) ....Acordeoniste Alexander & His
Orchestra.
Le Lieutenant Souriant (fim La Tarata- ta'): Le Chant D Marin Van Parva) ....Adrien Lamy (Vocal) with Orchestra. L'Angelus De La Mer (Revue "Folle en
Fleurs")....Damla (Vocal) with Orch. Jean-Francois et. Mari-Claire (Revue "Tolle en Fleurs")..........Carmen Torres et Robert Buguet with Orchestra and Cho- rus of the Folies Bergera." Reve Serrot-Valse Musette (Halot): Par- ade D'Oiseau-Onestep (Alexander).... L'Accordeoniste Alexander & His Orch. Qu'est-ce qu'on Attend (Misraki): On N'a Pas Besoin De La Lune (Misraki)............... Pila et Tabet (Vocal) with Piano accomp. 10.00 p.m.-VARIETY with The Hill Billies, Dinah 'Miller, Charlle Kunz and the Vagabond Lover, Vocal-Twilight on the Trail (film "The trail of the lonesome pine'); Blazin' The Trail (Powell & Others) ...................The Hil! Billies. Vocal-I'm A Fool For Loving You
(Lewis); Lost My Rhythm, Lost My Mu sic, Lost My Man (film "Soft Lights and Sweet Music')..............Dinah Miller (The Personality Girl with Orchestra. Plano-Charlie Kunz Plano Medley No. R. 13. Intro: On Treasure Island; Thanks million; The Music Goes Round, and Around: Some Other Time: A Little Bit Independent: Goodnight Sweetheart......... Charlie Kunz accompanied by the Casani Club Orchestra. ·
Vocal-Lucia (Lisbons, Bixio): Little Vil- lage Green (Strecker)....The Vagabond Lover (Tenor) with Instrumental Aacom- paniment.
Vocal-The Sunset Trail (Kennedy & Carr) ...The Hill Billet with Their Own No. velty Accomps
- “It's. 10.30 p.m.-LONDON RELAY
That - Manta Apair" with Tommy Handly.....
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