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PARDON ME, MÁM, BUT ARE YOU THE LADY WHO WAS
SINGING?
YES, I WAS
VINGING!
WHY?
THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 10, 1940
WELL, WILL YOU PLEASE” LAY OFF THE HIGH NOTES?
- THREE TIMES WE THOUGHT.
THE WHISTLE BLEW TO QUIT WORK!
By BUD FISHER
BANG
WELCOME
Teachers
v. Parents
" All-in Bee '
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Today's Wireless
12.15 p.m. -Short Service of Inter-
cession.
12.30 p.m.-VERDI'S
"La Traviata"
Act 1. Singers in order of appear- ance: Mercedes Capsir; Lionello Ce- cil; Ida Conti; G. Nessi; N. Villa; A. Baracchi; S. Baccaloni and Chorus { of La Scala, Milan, with Milan Sym- phony Orchestra conducted by Lo- renzo Molajoli. 1.00 p.m.- Local
Weather Report.
Time Signal
and
ZBW 355 M. (8451k.c.'s) and 31.49 M.
9.52 Megacycles
at the
MAYERL 1.03 p.m.—BILLY
Plano. Mistletoe (Billy Mayerl). Nimble Fingered Gentleman (Billy
Mayerl).
Six Miniatures-Billy Mayerl's Own Selection. Intro: Besides a Rustic Bridge; Little Lady from Spain; A
Winning
CONTRACT
(By The Four Aces)
David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D. Maler, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schen- ken...
World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system that has beaten every other system in cxistence.
SLOPPY PLAY
Bridge is only a game, it is true, but it is such a fine game that we cannot help but feel that if one wishes to play it at all, it is worth while to devote a little real thought to it. This is especially true when one becomes the Declarer, for then there is the pleasure of having 20 We would rather cards to play with.
give up the game entirely than play in as sloppy a manner as South did in this hand.
South, Dealer
Nelther side vulnerable
8 4
♡ 9 5 3
}
0 Q 7 2
AQ 6 5 3
◆ QJ 10 6
N
9 7 6
3
♡ A 88 4
♡ 10 7 2
W
◊ 8 6 3
OK 95
S
♣ K 7 2
48 4
•
AAK 2
♡ K Q J
AJ 10 4
J 10 9
The bidding:
South West North
1NT 3NT
Parn Pass
2NT Pass
East Pasn Pasa
HIGH CARE VALUES OF THE FOURAGES BYPTEN
ACE. KING QUEEN 1 JACK...
West opened the Queen of spades. South won with the King and, having been told always to go after the longest suit, imme- diately finessed for the King of clubs. East returned a spade. Declarer played low, then won the third round. Now he work up to the fact that he. had only eight tricks.: Furthermore, he had a complete (absolutě) guess whether to knock out the heart Ace or finesse for the diamond King. As is natural with a player of this type, South guessed wrong. After running off the club suit, he finessed diamonds and when this lost, was set two tricks.
tions.
Variety And Dance Music
7.00 p.m.-LONDON RELAY-Flotsam
and Jetsam in "Laugh it off". 7.80 p.m. LONDON RELAY — The
News.
May Morning; Many Years Ago; My Party Frock; Air de Ballet. 1.16 p.m.-REGINALD FOORT at the
Organ.
The Keep Smiling! (R. Foort);
AB.C. March (Foort & Ferring);|8.30 p.m.- Song of Paradise (King); Lover, Come Back To Me (from 'New Moon'); One Kiss (from 'New Moon').
1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce- ments.
1.45 p.m.-DANCE MUSIC by Brian Lawrance and His Lansdowne Orchestra,
Quickstep-It's In The Air (from
the film). Fox-Trots-The Lady On The Sec-
ond Floor; One In A Million (from- the film); I'm Gonna Kiss Myself Good-Bye.
In The Mission By The Sea (Hill-
De Rose).
Mine Alone (O'Connor & Others). Fox-Trots-Sunset In Vienna (film 'Vienna Sunset'); You're Looking for Romance I'm Looking for Love; Toodle-Oo; Throwing Pea- nuts to the Moon.
Fox-Trots--Goodbye To Summer; Sixty Seconds Got Together... Carroll Gibbons & the Savoy Hótel Orpheans.
2.15 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN. What a simple hand for a thinking | 6.00 p.m.-An hour of Dance Music. player! After winning the first trick, all South has to do is to knock out the heart Ace. Declarer then ducks one round of spades, wins the next, then takes the club finesse. And now nine sure tricks are in view, with the defence completely helpless.
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Yesterday you were Declarer at six spades on the following hand:
▲ AKTI
♡ A 10
◊ K 10 8
AJE (Dummy)
N WE
S
QJ 9 5 4
К 2
0 A 85
AK 10 3
was opened. The Queen of hearts How should you play the hand?
ANSWER: Your correct play is to win the opening lead, draw trumps, cash the other heart and play three rounds of diamonds. Then, which- wins the trick will ever opponent
lead a club, thereby have to either taking the finesse for you, or give you
a ruff and discard.
Score 100% for correct play, 0 for any other play.
QUESTION NO.-804- You are David Bruce Burnstone's partner to-day and hold:
♡
AK QITX
OAK X
♣A J 10 x
The bidding: You Maler Pass 34 Pass
Whatɑ do: you bid?,
Slow- Fox-Trot-1 Let A Song Go. Out Of My Heart; Waltz-Cin- derella Sweetheart....Oscar Ra- bin & His Romany Band. Fox-Trota Small Fry (film 'Sing You Sinners'); Ten Easy Lessons ....Adrian Rollini Quintet. Tangos-Love Has Entered My Heart: Farewell, My Love....Ro- bert Renard Dance Orchestra. Fox-Trots New Orleans Twist; Chicago......Nat Gonella & His Georgians.
8.00 p.m.-Local Time Bignal, Weather
Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-STUDIO—“All-In Bee” No.
4: Teachers v. Parents.
VARIETY with Sandy Rawicz Powell,
and Landauer, Turner Layton and Others. Vocal-Take Me Away From The River (Parker); Young and Heal- thy (film '42nd Street').....The Four Musketeers with Mabel Pearl at the Piano.
the
Pinno Duets-Rosalle (from
Alm); Roses In December (film 'Life of the Party')..... Rawicz and Landauer.
Humorous Sketch-What The Stars Sandy Foretell (Thomson) Powell.
Vocal & Piano-Dinner For One Please, James (Carr); The Echo Of A Song (Mann & Others)... Turner Layton.
Plano Duet The Great Waltz-Se-
lection....Rawicz and' Landauer. Vocal-L'Hotel Du Clair De Lune (Simonot & Gerard)....Lucienne Boyer with Orchestra.
Comments 9.05 p.m.-STUDIO Recent Events.
9.15 p.m.-LONDON RELAY —
Summary.
on
Nows
9.30 p.m.-LUIGINI—Ballet Egyptian,
Marek Weber & His Orchestra. 9.45 p.m.-Mifitary Band Music and
Lawrence Tibbett (Baritone). Orpheus In The Underworld-Over- ture (Offenbach, arr. Pearce)....The Black Dyke Mills Band cond. by Arthur O, Pearce. Even Bravest Heart. ("Faust"— Gounod); Oh, Star of Eve! ("Tannhauser" Wagner)... Lawrence Tibbett (Baritone) with Orchestra.
Hungarian Fantasy (Figedy)
Band of the Royal Hungarian "Maria Theresia" Regiment.
Fox-Trot-Let's Begin (film 'Ro-10.05. p.m.-8CHUBERT-Trio No. 1
berta'); Waltz-Touch of Your Hand
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In B Flat, Op. 99. Cortot, Thibaud and Casals. 10.38 p.m.-SCHUBERT BONGS.
Near The Beloved, Op. 5, No. 2. Laughing and Weeping, Op. 59, No. 4., Night and Dreams, Op. 43, No. 2. Happiness..... Elisabeth Schumann (Soprano) with Piano accomp. by Gerald Moore.
(film 'Roberta'). ...Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra. Fox-Trois-Turn Your Face To The Sun; Red Sails In The Sunset.... Jack Jackson & His Orchestra. Tangos-Land of Magic; Lamento!
Heinz Huppertz & His Orch. Slow Fox-Trot-Once In A While;
Waltz-Glannina Mia (film 'Fire-10.47 p.m. The B.B.C. Bymphony fly').... Victor Silvester & His Orchestra. Overture "King Lear", Ballroom Orchestra.
Op. 4 (Berlioz).
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