Lavery
MUTT AND JEFF
IF IM TO GET MYSELF NOMINATED
| PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES
GOTTA START A BUILD-UP"
ABS-NTR
WE'LL TRAVEL ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND MÅKE MICHES AND STUEN PAMMERFUL SPEECHES..
ABOUT MEI
POB-O-LUTELY!
WE GOTTA SWEEP THE PEOPLE OFF TREK FEST! I'LL SAY, "WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS 16 NEW
BLOOD!
FINE!
THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 16, 1940
By BUD FISHER
-AND WHEN I PULL THAT LAST LIFE-"WHO DO WE WANT FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF TRËSE,
UNITED STATES: VIBAT DO
YOU SHOUT!
ANH SHERIDAN,
THE OOMPH
GIRL!
0000000
TH
OOMPH!
Variety Items: An Hour Of
Dance Music
6.00 p.m.-An hour of Dance Music.
Today's Wireless
7.00 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-
tions.
with Gracie Fields, Murgatroyd & Winterbottom. George Scott Wood, Bobby Breon and Charles Fitz Gerald, Comedienne-Out In The Cold, Cold Snow (Haines-Harper); Love's Last Word Is Spoken (Bixlo). Gracie Fields with Orchestra,
7.02 p.m. - VARIETY
".
ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M.
(Tenor) with Orchestra. 7.30 p.m.
News.
9.52 Megacycles
LONDON RELAY -The
8.00 p.m.-Local Time 8ignal, Weather
Report and Announcements.
Yuan (Soprano) Riganti (Piano).
and Father
A.
1. a) Nen conosci il bel suel (from "Mig- non"-Thomas); (b) Donde Lleta (from "La Boheme"-Puccint).... Elvie accomp. Yuen (Soprano) with Plano by Father Riganti.
Humorous--The Seaside (Frankau-loud-8.03 p.m.-STUDIO-Concert by Elvie
Clothes (Frankau-Handley- ley-Crick); Crick). Murgatroyd & Winterbottom (Two minds with not a single thought) with Monte Crick at the Plano. Piano-Plano Pie. Intro: Nobody's Sweet- heart: Waggon Wheels; Why Do I Love You?; Last Round-up: Whispering: Bon Bijou Tell Me To-night: Dinah; Mean to Me: Someday I'll Find You; Night and Day...George Scott Wood, Vocal-Flower Song (flm Rainbow on the
River')....Bobby Breen.
Vocal-You Were So Charming (Carr & Ilda); I'm Your Slave (Brunelie & To
(Gerry) vev)....Charles
Fitz Gerald
2. Two Mazurkas (Chopin).... Father Ri
ganti at the Plano,
3. (a) Venuto e l'Aprile (Donaudy); (b) Pur, Spirate (Donaudy)....Elvie Yuen (Soprano) with Plano accomp. by Father Riganti.
(Mendels-
4. Two Songs Without Words
sohn).... Father Rigant! at the Piano.
5. (a) Drifting (Grieg); (b) A Dream (Grieg)...Elvie Yuen (Soprano) with Plano accomp. by Father Riganti. 8.30 p.m.-HAYDN-Symphony in G Major ("Military"). Vienna Philhar- monic Orchestra conducted by Bruno Walter.
8.54 p.m.—BTUDIO----Talk on Psycho- logy by Father G. Byrne, S.J.-1: My Own Back Parlour.
9.05 p.m.-SONGS by Paul Robeson
(Bass).
The Blind Ploughman Radclyffe-Hall & Clarke); The Cobbler's Song (from 'Chu Chin Chow'); Snowball (Carmichael).... with Orchestral accompaniment,
9.15 p.m.-LONDON RELAY -- News
Summary.
9.30 p.m.-LONDON RELAY-"World
Affaira" by Wickham Steed.
HOCKEY..
Y.M.C.A.
Winning
CONTRACT BEATEN
(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 existence.
SLAM BID SHOULD BE MADE
BADLY
(By "SPORTSHAWK")
A team from H.K.S.R.A. yesterday overwhelmed "Y.M.C.A. by 5 goals-to 1 in a friendly hockey match at King's Park, after leading at the interval by two clear goals.
were
Elvie Yuen & Fr. Riganti
From The Studio
9.45 p.m.-Compositions of Elgar.
Like To The Damask Rose (arr. Ha Wood); Queen Mary's Song (arr. Ha Wood).... Light Symphony Orche conducted by Haydn Wood.
La Capricieuse, Op. 17....Bronislaw
berman (Violin) with Siegfried Schu at the Plano. Serenade In E Minor for Strings, Op ....London Philharmonic Orchestra e by Sir Edward Elgar. Speak, Music!.... Peter
Dawson
(F Baritone) with Plano accomp. by Ge Moore.
Contrasts, Op. 10, No. 3.... London I harmonic Orchestra cond, by Sir Edw Elgar.
10.15 p.m.-8ONGS by Esale Ackl
(Contralto).
Homing Del Riego); Coming Home ( mot-Willeby); A Summer Night (Go Thomas)....with Organ accompani by Herbert Dawson.
10.26 p.m.-A Variety programme v
Noel Coward, George Formby, F once Desmond and. Others. 11.00 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN.
CHESS TOURNEY
The following are the latest results in Colony Chess Championship:--
D. S. Litvin beat V. V. Kalatchoff Biriuko beat L. Blair: K. Weiss beat Henry Pollock; B. S. Litvin beat Birlukoff; D. E. Carvalho beat V. V. K choff; Sir Henry Pollock beat L, Blair
K. M. A. Barnett beat C. K. Weise. THE STANDINGS
P. W.
D. L.
B. S. Litvin K. Weiss.... K. M. A. Barnett their E. Zimmarn
very Sir H. Pollock when
3 3
Q
4 3
0
2
2 2
D. E. de Carvalho L. Blair
0
A. Biriukott" A. Kurrik
1 0
0
1
V. Kalatchoff
0
at.
Nelther side was in full strength and "Y"
short one back
throughout; defence, consequently, was smashed This brought every one down to six badly, especially towards the end Here is an opportunity for our rea- ders to test their play of the dummy. cards, and East quite properly had they allowed Gunners to score two goals in Put yourself in the place retained four hearts and the King-quick succession.
The loss of Austen, who has left for Eng- of Mrs. Emory Clement of Jack of diamonds. Mrs. Clement now
great evidence in their New York, who
was the tried the heart suit, and although they land, was in
and actual Declarer. The contract is six failed to drop, she continued with her tack.
Yesterday they were disorganised lead. spades and a club is opened. Mrs. last heart, throwing East on
with the exceptions of Stone and White, In the forward linė. and Wakefield. Clement made the hand. Would you? East of course then had to lead from
in the of diamonds, which gave pivotal berth, played badly. his King Mrs. Clement the contract,
North, Dealer
AJ82
J 4
4004
◊ 10 9 5
A 7 3 ♡ A Q 8 6 0 Q 6 4
A 92
◇ KJ 872
10 9 6 3
E
QJ 10 8
S
4K 75
KQ 10 9 85
♡ K 7 8
◊ A 3
48 4
Mrs. Clement
The bidding:
North
1♡ INT
East Pass
South
1
West
Pass PL
Pass Pass
Paka
Pass
✡
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better
The Gunners' forwards displayed team work and hit hard, while their halves'
You were Howard Schenken's part- spoiling was effective. ner yesterday and held:
A X I
KJ XX
OK XX * QJ X
7
The bidding:
Schenken Burnatons You Jacoby
2NT
Pass (7)
ANSWER: Your correct, response is to You surely want six notrump. play six and are perfectly willing to have your partner go on to seven if the has maximum two-notrump bid.
Score 100% for six notriump, 60% for five notrump, 40% for seven notrump (an overhid), 10% for four Seeing no point in ducking, Mrs. notrump, 0 for any other bid. Clement went right up with dummy's club Ace. With eleven sure tricks, it looked as though her best chance for the needed extra trick would be in hearts; A squeeze was pos sible. Therefore Mis Clément ran off her six trumps, discarding diamond and the two remaining clubs. from dummy.
DREN CARS VALUES
ALL KING
JALK
QUESTION NO: 385 Both sides are vulnerable and, the opponents have 40 on score. You are the dealer and hold:
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JI I
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Following
to have been selected Rugby for Navy "A" against Club "A morrow on Army Ground, Sookunpoo, off 3 p.m.
The goal scorers for the winners were
Sig. Brierley: Tel. Bowden, Midshi Mana Singh (2), Dalip Singh (2) and Rajah O'Riordan, A. B. Gordon, Sub. Lieut
Gal Khan, and White netted by "Y",
Hill; Midshipman Nicoll, Sto Y.M.C.A.:-Benwell; Jordan and (no L, S. A¡ Palmer, Lieutenant (E) Brov back); Smits, Wakefield and Colledge; [0. Smart, Flight Lieutenant Taylor, Macey, Stone, White, Coombe and Baldwin. Writer King. Pay Midshipman
H.K.S.R.A.:-Dalip Singh: Taca Singh and Shpt. Eager, Midshipman Murray-Jon Yusaf Khan; Dost Möhd, Abdul Rahman Reserver:-Ldg. Wir. Barlow, Tel. and Sadhu Singh: Khuda Bux, Mana Singh, [nywill, Mne. Jeffries and Pay Sub. Dallp Singh, Rajah Khan and Shohd All, tenant Samner,
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