MUTT AND JEFF
WHERE CHA GET THAT BIG VACUUM CLEANER?
I REPAIR THEM! I'M GONNA FIX THIS ONE FOR
MRS. CLUTTS!
WHAT A GUY! HE'S ALWAYS
DOIN' SOMETHING!
AH, AT LAST! THERE SHE GOES! WHAT A SUCTION!
THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 7, 18
By BUD FISHE
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CLATTER EIN BATH A
BING!
SUPER
HELP!
MUTT!
HELP!
\ HELP! \ MU HELP
SUPER SUCKER
Classical
Request
Programme
Today's Wireless
12.15 p.m.- Short Bervice of Inter-
cession.
12.30 p.m.-Saxophone Solos by Cole-
man Hawkins.
12.40 p.m.---De Groot & His Orchestra. Waldteufel Memories (arr. Finck); Time Signal and 1.00 p.m.-Local
Weather Report. 1.03 p.m.-A Mozart Bong.
Scold Me, Scold Me, Oh Dear Ma- setto ("Don Giovanni").... Eliza- beth Schumann (Soprano) with Orchestra.
ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M.
9.52 Megacycles
in D 1.06 p.m.-Mozart-Bymphony
Major (The "Prague"). Vienna Phil- harmonic Orchestra conducted by Erich Kleiber.
1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce- ments.
1.45 p.m.-Musical Comedy Selections. Musical Comedy Marches. Intro: Riff
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 cristence.
TO NO AVAIL
that if I covered, he could draw two rounds of trumps and then use dum- my's spade suit for discards."
With both sides vulnerable and on, the contract by refusing to cover the score, West thought that it behooved Queen of spades." Trying to justify him to push his opponents to a con-himself, East replied, "I was afraid tract where he would have a chance that Declarer held seven trumps so of defeating them. Thus, although he held only Ave sure tricks, West bid bravely up to three hearts. After all, he did have 150 honours as some com- "Your analysis is fallacious," West pensation-in-the event that his oppon-
retorted. "If Declarer. held seven ents were nasty enough to double. trumps, the contract could not be de- But West got away with his overbid-feated for the Ace of club would be the two spade ding, and South eventually won the his eighth trick and
tricks contract at four diamonds.
would make a total of ten. should have covered Therefore, you the spade on the assumption that I held three, trumps."
North, Doaler
Both sides vulnerable Both sides 40 on score
▲ 10 4
♡ AKQJ
10
*✡
**
*
the
Yesterday David Bruce Burnstone, was your partner. You were dealer and held:
You Maler Barnstone Jacoby
A AQ JO6% ♡ 87 8
A 5
A K8753
♡ K XX
◊ 8 6
AKI X X
◊ 7 3 2
Q 6 5
KJ972
The bidding:
D 6 5 2
10
O K Q J 10 9 4
10 8 3
30
Pass Pass
3 3NT
Pass Pass
(1)
The bidding:
North
East
South
14
Pass
20
24
Pass
30
"
Dbl.
40
Pass
Pass
West
Раяз
West opened the King of hearts and continued, his partner meanwhile signalling in clubs. After
SUON CARP VALJJES
OF THE
FOUR-ACES SVĒTDI
ACE
ANSWER: Your correct bid is four notrump. This bid definitely invites a Slam, and at the same time shows that although you have a five-card diamond sult, your hand is otherwise balanced.
Score 100% for four notrump, 0 for pass. Incidentally, if you are using an convention, cashing artificial four-notrump three heart tricks, you have no satisfactory bid in this West obediently shift- situation.
QUESTION NO. 328 You are Oswald Jacoby's
Ace.. On the spade and hold:
ed to a club, which
3
was won by dummy's
2
QUEEN)
JACK
KING
Ace Declarer discard-
ed a club, than follow-
ed, with the”; Queen-
and when East refused to cover, the remain- ingeclósswas discard ed. South was then able to ruff his last heart with dummy's>Ace, then draw trumps and make his contract.
West was properly indignant pyer East's defensive mlaplay,' and said, Hautbolymy life in my hands in the
KJ X X X X
The bidding:
partner
Hohonkam Jocky
Pas
10 Pase
What do you. bid?' (Answer Tuesday) -
(Released by The.. Bell Syndicate,
bidding, whereupon you – gave away l'Ino)~-
Song (Desert Song); The Moun- ties (Rose-Marie); Song of the Drum (from same); The Three Musketeers (from same); Tokay (Bitter Sweet); The Robbers' March (Chu Chin Chow); Love's Sentry
(Madame Pompadour): Goodbye (The White Horse Inn) Light Opera Company with Orchestra.
"Home and Beauty”—Selection
Adelphi Theatre Orchestra cond. by Francis Collinson. "Lady Luck"-Vocal Gems (Hedley, Strachey & Rodgers) Light Opera Company with Orchestra. "The Gold Diggers of Broadway" (Burke)....Regal Cinema Orches- tra with Quentin Maclean (Organ), 2.16 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN. 6.00 p.m.-An hour of Dance Music.
Fox-Trots-Smoke From A Chim- ney; Moonlight on the Highway,
Roy Smeck & His Hawaiian Ser- enaders,
Slow Fox-Trot-Melody In Brown; Fox-Trot-Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm (film 'Manhattan Music Box)....Ray Ventura & His Col- legians. Waltz-The Moon of Manakoora
(0lm 'The Hurricane'); Tango- Cuore Vagabondo Mario De Pletre & His Estudiantina. Fox-Trots-Once In A While; Little Drummer Boy.... Jay Wilbur & His Band. Slow Fox-Trot-I Still Love To Kiss You Goodnight (film "52nd Street"); Waltz Dance The Moonlight Waltz with Me....Vic- tor Silvester & His Ballroom Orch. Tangos-Hear My Song. Violetta; Jealousy....Robert Rérard Dance Orchestra.
Fox-Trots
Reckless Night On Board an Ocean Liner; The Pop- corn Man....Ray Ventura & His Collegians.
Waltz-'Tis Better to Have Loved and Lost; Fox-Trot--I'll Never Let You Cry (film 'In Old Chica- .go!) ..... Billy Thorburn & His
Music.
Tangos-Pura Milonga; Mal De Au- sencia....Orquesta Tipica Fran- cisco Canaro. Fox-Trot-Where The World Ends .... Eugen Wolff & His Orchestra. 7.00 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-
tlone.
7.02 p.m.-Light Variety.
Orch. "The Little Dog Laughed"- Selection The London Palla- dium Orchestra; Comedians
Schubert's "Tragic" Symphony
Murdoch).... Arthur Askey a Richard Murdoch; Orch.—"Blac Velvet" Medley....Jack Hylton His Orchestra; Military Band Country Life Suite (Alford). The Band of H.M. Royal Mariné Plymouth Division. Orch.—“All Clear" Medley.... Ja
Hylton & His Orchestra. 7.30 p.m.-London Relay-The News 8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weath
Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-Studio-All-In "Boo"
Services v. Civilians. 8.30 p.m.
- Two Plano Rawloz and Landauer.
Recital
Nola (Arndt); "The Street Singer",
Film Selection.
8.40 p.m.-New Dance Music.
Slow Fox-Trot-Blue Orchids; Fo Trot-Day In-Day Out .......... Ja Hylton & His Orchestra. Fox-Trots-The Washing on ย Siegfried Line; I'm Sending yo the Siegfried Line....Ambrose His Orchestra. · 'Waltz-There's Danger In The Wal (from "The little dog laughed Quickstep-My Man ........ Geral & His Orchestra.
Slow Fox-Trot-One. Life..........Vict
Silvester & His Ballroom Orch. Fox-Trot-The Song of the Metr
nome (alm 'Second Fiddle') Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra.] 9.05 p.m.
--Erio Coates “Londo Again" Bulte. The London Pall dium Orchestra conducted by Rich ard Crean. 9.15 p.m.-London Relay-The News 9.30 p.m.-8chubert-8ymphony No. In C Minor ("Tragic”). Philha
- monic-Symphony Orchestra of Ne York conducted by John Barbirol 10.05. pim.--A Request Classical Pr
gramme.
Romeo and Juliet-Overture (Tcha kowsky) Willem Mengelbe & His Concertgebouw Orchestra Oh, Star of Eve ("Tannhauser", Wagner); Even Bravest Hes Lawren ("Faust"-Gounod) .... Tibbett (Baritone) with Orch. Serenade (Pierne)....Renee Chem (Violin) with Piano accomp. Kamennol-Ostrow, Op. 10, No.
(Rubinstein) New Light Syn phony Orchestra and Organ. 11 Bacio (Arditi)....Deanna Durb
(Vocal) with Orchestra. Blue Danube Waltz (Johann Straus Philadelphia Symphony Orche tra cond. by Leopold Stokowski Tell Me To-night (from the film).. Richard Crooks (Tenor) wi Orchestra.
Sylvan Scenes Suite (Percy Fle cher).... London Palladium O chestra cond. by Clifford Green wood,
Blacking Out the Flat (Askey &11.00 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN.
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