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MUTT AND JEFF
HEY! FOR THE SIXTH TIME I'M ASKIN' YOU GUYS TO MOVE AWAY
FROM THIS DOOR!
| LISTEH, BUDDY!
WE'RE MINDIN' OUR OWN BUSINES:
YOU MIND YOURS!
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COME ON! MOVE ON!
HEY!CUT THAT
-HOW,AS I. WAS SAYIN, JEFF
OUT!
THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 24, 1940.
By BUD FISHER
SAY, LISSEN, BUD! (IF YOU DON'T CUT OUT THIS KIDDIN' AROUND WE'RE GONNA GET GOOD AND SORE
AT YOU!
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Relay Of Speech By The
Prime Minister
Today's Wireless
12.16 p.m.-Short Service of Interces-
sion.
12.30 p.m.-Kitty Masters (Vocal) and
Alfredo and His Orchestra. Gipsy Caprice (Ferraris);
Wanderlust-
Waltz (Smith)....Alfredo & His Orch. When The Swallows Nest Again (Stevens & Edmund): Sweetheart, Let's Grow Old
Together (Bratton & Edwards). Kiuy Masters (Vocal) with Orchestra,
1 Once Had A Heart, Margarita (Lisbona,
Connor & Schmitz):
ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M. 9.52 Megacycles
Masters (Vocal) with Orchestra. Tell Me Again (Grosz.):
Russian
&
Gipsy II's
Sketch (Ferraris).... Alfredo Orchestra.
1.00 p.m.-Local
Weather Report.
1.03 p.m.- Magyarl Serenade In The
Night (Blxio-Kennedy)....Alfredo & His Orchestra,
Many Happy Returns of the Day (Henry
Hall-Alm 'Music Hath Charms')....Kitty
His
Time Signal and
imre and Hungarian Gypsy Orchestra. The Acnela Blossoms Twice. More Stars Than There are in the Sk Once I Had A Dear Mother.
Winning
CONTRACT
(By The Four Aces)
David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D. Maler, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schen- World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system that has beaten every other system in cxistence.
ken ..
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PLANNING A GRAND COUP
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A diamond was Richard T. Goodwin of Baltimore, split his honours. Md., writes: "It is rare indeed when then led to dummy and another heart was tried an opportunity for a Grand Coup trumped. This procedure
once more and a third diamond play- presents itself, but when it does and ils exception is planned in advance jed to dummy. East followed and Mr. of the first card Declarer plays, the|Walker, with a sigh of relief, gathered successful Declarer has scored a real in his contract by his continued lead A perfectly timed triumph. Such is the play of Ronald of high hearts.
Grand Coup. Failure to trump a heart Walker of Baltimore."
at the first trick would have resulted in defeat of the contract."
Bouth, Dealer
Q 6
AK Q 8 8 3 ◊ K Q 10 ♣ 5 8
J 10 7 3
J 10 9 4
♡ 7 5 2
0 9 4 2
Q10 8 7
W
S
◊ 8 5 2 AJ 94
AK9542
O AJ 76
AK
Mr. Walker
The bidding:
South
West Pass **♡
North
East
34
Pass
OF THE
HIGH CARD VALUES
FOUR-ACES SYVETEN
ACE... KING..2 QUEEN 1 JACK..
Pam
INT Pass 74 Pass
Pann PARE Pasa
Our congratulations to Mr. Walker for his fine bidding and play,
*
*
*
Yesterday you were Oswald wacoby's partner and held:
A
K Q J x 11 O. A XX
KIX
bidding:
The Sun Is In Love With The Moon. I Was Roving About.
The Barrack Roof Is Being Shingled. Once On My Grave,
Song of the Elder.
1.15 p.m.-Viennese Waltzea.
Moonlight On The Danube-Waltz (Byron Melodies Gypsy Love-Waltz Gay); (Lehar)....Orchestra Mascotte.
A Thousand and One Nights-Waltz (Joh. conduct. Strauss)....Felix Weingartner
ing the British Symphony Orchestra. 1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press, Announce- and Weather Forecast ments.
1.45 p.m.-Latest Variety.
Piano-Don't Worry
Mc 'Bout
(Intro:
'What goes up must come down'-both
'Cotton Club Parade');
from
Wishing
Debussy Compositions: Variety
Heavenly Aida, Divine Aida (from 'Alda'— Verdi); Your Tiny Hands are Frozen (from 'La Boheme Puccini) .... Jussl Bjorling (Tenor) with Orchestra.
The 7.30 p.m.- LONDON RELAY
News.
8.00 p.m.-Local Time Bignal, Weather
Report and Announcements.
8.03 p.m.
Orchestra.
New
Light Bymphony
At Dawning (Cadmen).
The Waltzing Doll (Poldini).
Poet and Peasant-Overture (Suppe). Serenade Mauresque, Op. 10, No. 2 (Elgar.} 8.20 p.m.-The Regimental
Band of
H.M. Coldstream Guards. "The Mikado"-Selection (Sullivan). Hands Across The Sca--March (Sousa). 8.30 p.m.-LONDON RELAY-"Free. dom's Sword". Finland's Independ- ence led by Field Marshal Manner- helm.
(Intro: Sing My Heart'-film 'Love Af9.15 p.m.-LONDON RELAY — News
fair')....Arthur Sandford. Comedian-Sandy Joins the Army (Thum
son, Powell)....Sandy Powell. Organ-Good Old Songs Medley.
Intro:
Daisy Bell; Nellie Dean; The Man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo; Here wo are again; Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay: Down at the Old Bull and Bush.... Reginald
Foort.
Comedians--Blacking Out The Flat (Askey and Murdoch)....Arthur Askey & Rich ard Murdoch.
Plano-Fox-Trot Medicy.
Intro: Stairway
to the Stars; I never knew heaven could speak; If I were sure of you. Waltz-Medley. Intro: Roses are bloom. ing in loveland; There's danger in the Waltz; The Little golden Ring....Billy Thorburn with drums.
2.15 p.m.CLOSE DOWN. 6.00 p.m.-Compositions of Debussy...
La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin.... Yehudi Menuhin (Violin) with Plano accomp. by Marcel Cazelle.
"The Children's Corner" Suite....
Cortot (Piano). Nuit D'Etoiles ...
Alfred
Helene Ludolph (So- prano) with Plano accomp. by Gerald Moore and Organ by Herbert Dawson. Arabesque No. 1....Mildred Dilling (Harp). Clair De Lune....John Hunt (Piano). 6.30 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-
tlons:
G
8.32 p.m.-BRAHMB-Quartet in
Minor, Op.. 25. Arthur Rubinstein and Mm. Onnou, Prevost & Mass of the Pro Arte Quartet.
7.05 p.m.--Short Concert by Elisabeth and Juse! (Soprano) Schumann
You 1♡
(7)
Schenkan Pass
Juanby
3
Malar Para
1
ANSWER: Your correct bid is three hearts. You are probably going to get to seven with this hand before you are through, but there is no hurry.:
Score 100% for three hearts, 0 for three notrump. We are not going to other bids, since mark the various practically any bid that partner can- not pass will lead to no trouble with his fine hand.
QUESTION' NO. 842
You are Merwin Maler's partner and hold:
"The four notrump is, the Black wood Convention," explains Mr. Goodwin. "When Mr. Walker showed three Aces, the North player didn't even ask for Kings, but jumped - to seven spades."
"After the opening lead of the Jack of hearts, the only fear Mr. Walker had was finding all opposing trumps in one -hand: and even this could be if they were placed with overcome.it East. On this assumption, Mr. Walker -carefully trumped the opening. heart lead in his own hand and followed with a spade to dummy's Queen. Sure enough, his super-caution was justified for West showed out. A trump was led back, forcing East to [ Inc.)
462
AK 6 4 3 2 ◊ A 45482
The bidding:
Bernstone Pa
Schenkes
1♡
(7)
: Pans
What do you blat Monday.)
INT INT
Pass Pass
(Answer
(Released by The
Bell Syndicate,
Bjorling (Tenor).
.... Elisabeth Caprice Viennois (Kreisler)
Schumann (Soprano) with Orchestra. Strange Harmony (from Tosca-Puccini);
Woman is Fickle Verdi)....Jussi Bjorling (Tenor) Orchestra.
(from
'Rigoletto'-
with
My Lord
I'll play the Innocent Country Maid (from
'Die Fledermaus'—Strauss); Marquis (from
P
'Die FledermauB'—
Strauss) Elisabeth Schumann prano) with Orchestra.
+05)
Summary.
and
Single
9.28 p.m.-Local Sports Results. 9.30 p.m.-Variety Programme.
Talking and Singing Band Waggon Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch Company.
Without A Minds Sketch-Two
Thought (Douglas Furber: The Girl In The Post Office (Ronald Jeans)....Cicely Courtneidge and Company. Vocal-Still The Bluebird Sing (film "The Star Maker'); An Apple For The Teacher (lm The Star Maker')....Bing Crosby with Connie Boswell & Orchestra. Orch-The Little Dog Laughed-Selection
The London Palladium cond, by Clifford Greenwood. Talking & Orchestra-Harry Roy's
Stage Show....Harry Roy & His Orch. Vocal-The Washing On The Siegfried Line
Orchestra
New
Arthur Askey with Ronnie Munro's. Orchestra.
10.30 p.m.-LONDON RELAY-Speech by Prime Minister from Birmingham. 11.00 p.m.-LONDON RELAY-"Lon-
don Log".
11.15 p.m.-Dance Music
Fox-Trois-Rose of Washington Square; And The Angels Sing... Benny Goodman & His Orchestra.
Tango-South of the Border....Jack Har-
ris & His Orchestra, Fox-Trot-Deep In A Dream. Waltz-Mexicali Rose (from 'Rhythm on the Ranch')....Oscar Rabin & His Ro- many Band.
Fox-Trots-Honolulu (from the film); This Night (film 'Honolulu')....Tommy Dor sey & His Orchestra.
Bolero Tendre Bolero.
Rumba-Mario La O
Lecuona Cubaṇ
Boys with Elyane Celis (Vocal). Swing Music-Junk Man's Serenade; Ja- Da.... Ovie Alston & His Orchestra. Waltzes-Where The Shannon Flows Down to the Sea; The Umbrella Man (from 'These foolish things")....Billy Cotton & His Band.
In An
Fox-Trote-Siberian Sleigh Ride:
18th Century Drawing Room.... Hal Kemp & His Orchestra..
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