MUTT AND EFF
·BRE NEKE YOLU MY S
KAMEY THOMAS DUNKLET][I WOULDN'T
DE I LOOK LIKE IM
A DEAD MANT DO1?
SAY SO, MR. DUNKLE, WHY?
WHAT'S THE IDEA PRINTINJE A DEATH NOTICE ABOUT ME IN YOUR PAPER, NUH?
I'LL SUE YOU, THAT'S
WHAT I'LL DO!
SE TOO
HASTY, MIDONNE! WELL, WRKE AMENDS!
EDITOR
Do You INTEND DOING ABOUT
HEY, JOE!
CMERE HOLD
PRESI
THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 19, 1940
BY BUD FISHER
PUT THIS THOMAS BUNKLE }{YES,
BIRTH NOTICE
IN THE
PAPER!
SIR!
BONG!
Fifth Talk of a Series On "The Beauty of England"
Today's Wireless
12.15 p.m. -Short Service of Inter-
cession.
12.30 p.m.-PIANO SELECTIONS by
Rale Da Costa,
"Words and Music"-Medley (Noel
Coward).
"Music In The Air"--Medley (Ham-
merstein & Kern).
12.44 p.m.-The Hill Billles, 1.00 p.m. Local
Weather Report.
Time Signal and
1.03 p.m.-DANCE MUSIC by Henry
and Jacques Tempo Orchestra.
His
Correct
Dance
Quickstep
Tells -Something Slow Fox-Trot Moonlight Roses; Quickstep-Take A
Me;
and
Tip
ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M.
9.52 Megacycles
From The Tulip (film 'Radio City Revel'); Waltz-You Got The Best Of The Bargain; Fox-Trot—I Can't Remember Her Name; Waltz-Tis Better To Have Loved and Lost; Fox-Trot-I Saw A Ship A-Suil- ing; Waltz-The Greatest Mistake of My Life; Fox-Trot--Silvery Moon and Golden Sands. 1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press,
Weather
Announce- Forecast and ments.
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.
opening bidder would pass since. he would realise that the Ace of clubs was off the hand.
that if
A PROBLEM IN BIDDING We are indebted to. O. T. Fagan of Worcester, Mass., for to-day's hand. It was held against him in a recent
It is interesting to note Rubber Bridge game and, fortunately for Mr. Fagan, South decided to open | South opens with one, he does prac- the bidding with three diamonds, tically all the bidding from then on; whereupon the partnership reached if he opens with two, North does all five diamonds only although six dia- the early bidding. monds or six notrump was an absolute Laydown.
South, Dealer
K J 10 R 5
♡ A 7 6 4 OK 10 2 #3
N
W
The bidding:
AQJ863
KQ 6
South
West
North
10
PABU
14
30
Past 30
Pass
3NT
40 Pass
Pass
60
Pass
Pass
Pass
Bast Pass
This hand is a fine example of the weakness of using the opening bid of three with a good hand, the reason
ALE KING
this
being that once bid is made, the part- nership loses at least one round of bidding and hence the oppor- tunity to exchange e great deal of
✡
*
**
A Programme 1.45 p.m.-8.8.C. RECORDING~"The
Village Concert". devised by Frederick Grisewood and Presented by William MacLurg. 2.15 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN. 6.00 p.m.-An hour of Dance Music.
Fox-Trots-You Never Looked So Beautiful (film 'The Great Zieg- feld'); You (flm 'The Great Zieg- feld'), ... Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra.
+
Rose;
Slow Fox-Trot-The One
Waltz-Secret Rendezvous. Victor Young & His Orchestra. Fox-Trots-Somebody Stole My Gal: The Bally- Temptation Rag. hooligans. Pasodobles-Por Mi Morena; Curro En El Oro.. Orquesta Tipica Roberto Firpo. Fox-Trot-He Was A Gentleman's
Gentleman; Slow Fox-Trot Blazin' The Trail ... Billy Cotton & His Band. Waltz-It's A Sin To Tell A Lie: Fox-Trot-A Rendezvous With A Shep Dream (film 'Poppy') Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra. Fox-Trots A Nice Cup Of Tea and 'Home (Cochran's Revue
Love Me To-day Beauty');
and Cochran's Revue 'Home Beauty.
Peter Yorke & His Orchestra.
Tangos
Dreams In Spring: The Robert Tango Of My Heart... Renard Dance Orchestra. Fox-Trots Nagasaki; I Ain't Got Cab Calloway & Nobody
His Orchestra. Fox-Trot-And Then Some... Whiteman & His Orchestra.
Closing local p.m. - Quotations.
Paul
Stock
You were Merwin Maler's partner | 7.00 yesterday and held:
K 6
10 6 5 4 3
7.02 p.m.-Stuart Robertson (Baritone) and the Band of H. M. Grenadier Guards.
Richard
Of Taunton Deane (arr. Fair (arr. Molloy); Widdicombe
Stuart Robertson (Baritone) with Male Chorus and Piano.
♡ 9 6 2
K 10 9
You Pass (7)
The bidding:
Burnstone Pass
Jucob)
Stuler INT
Schenken
Pass
This
Bid two clubs. ANSWER: bid informs partner that you are top weak to raise to two notrump. At the same time your two Kings are enough to give him a "chance" in case he has an unusually strong notrump.
Score 100% for two clubs, 60% for two notrump (optimistic).
QUESTION NO. 812
•
You are Declarer at four spades on the following hand:
O A
M
Nautical Moments (arr. Winter & Duthoit). .. The Band of H. M. Grenadier Guards cond. by Capt. George Miller. The Changing Of The Guard
Ceremony.... The Band of H. M. Grenadier Guards cond. by Capt. George Miller.
Luba Shaftain
And
"World Affairs
Robertson (Baritone) with Piand 7.30 p.m.--London Relay-The News 8.00 p.m. Local Time Signal, Wea ther Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-Studio Luba Shaftal
(Piano) in a Schumann Programme 1. Sonata in G Minor, Op. 22; 2. Car
naval de Vienne, 8.28 p.m.-Dvorak --- Slavonic Rhap
sudy, Op. 45, No. 3.
Sir Thomas Beecham conducting th London Philharmonic Orchestra. 8.42 p.m.-Songs by Jussi Bjorlin
(Tenor).
Oh Paradise! ('L'Africana'-Meyer beer); Heavenly Aida, divine Aid ('Aida'---Verdi); Your Tiny Han Is Frozen ('La Boheme'-Puccini 8.55 p.m.-8ong by Margarete Tesche
macher (Soprano).
Verwandlung Der Daphne Au "Daphne"-Wind .. spiele m
with O
mir; (R. Strauss) chestral accompaniment, 9.03 p.m.-Studio-Commenta on Re
cent Events.
9.15 p.m.-London Relay-News Bum
mary.
-Wickha
9.30 p.m.-London Relay
Steed on "World Affairs." 9.45 p.m.-Violin Solos.
Waltz in E Flat Major (Brahms Danza Espanola (De Falla, ar Kreisler) ... Isalde Menges wi Plano accomp. by Eileen Beatti Siciliano (Geminiani, arr. Busch Suite in A (Vivaldi, arr. Busch Adolf Busch (Violin with Pla accomp.
Beauty 10.00 p.m.-Studio-"The
England"-5; The Yorkshire Dale The fifth of a series of-talks by t Very Rev. The Dean of Ho Kong.
10.25 p.m.--A Light Orchestral Co cert with Mavis Bennett (Soprání Idillo (Lack).... Columbia Syr
phony Orchestra.
The Doll's Song ("Tales of Hoffmar Mavis Benn -Offenbach). (Soprano) with Orchestra. Traumende Glocken (Krom Blauer Pavillon (Armandola).. Columbia Molster Orchester. Down
Way (Olive
W
Vauxhall Pretty Mocking Bird (Bishop).. Mavis Bennett (Soprano) Piano accomp. by Gerald Mod Sleeping Beauty's Bridal Process
(Max Rhode)
Otto I brindt & His Concert Orchestr Furiant ("Schwanda"-Weinberge
· Polka ("Schwanda" berger).... Berlin State Op Orchestra.
We
Neapolitan Folk Song Medley,
Carolina Mandoline Orchestra 11.00 p.m.---London Relay—“In E
land Now." Stuart' 11.15 p.m.-Close down.
Silent Moon (Vaughan Williams); Myself When Young ('In a Persian Garden'-Lehmanh)
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