MUTT AND JEFF
GOSH, MUTT, WHAT'RE YOU WORRYIN'
ABOUT! THERE'S ALWAYS
WHAT'RE WE
GONNA DO? WERE BROKE
AND I'M HUNGRY!
A WAY OF GETTING
SOMETHING TO EAT WITHOUT MONEY!
How?
HOW? YOU LITTLE FOOL, ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS ́USE YOUR HEAD!
SEE THIS? I'LL BET YOURE 60 DUMB YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT'S FOR!--HOW 60 OUT AND DON'T COME BACK UNTIL. YOU'VE CAUGHT OUR DINNER!
CUTE WORM!
THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 5, 1940
JEFF HAS THE BRAIN "OF A CHILD AND 'GOMETIMES I DOUBT IF HE HAS THAT!
By BUD FISHER
HOW DOES. CHICKEN ALAKING
STRIKE YA MUTT?
"Cards on The Table"
London Relay
Today's Wireless
6.00 p.m.-Variety with Arthur Askey
and Jessie Matthews.
6.28 p.m. Closing Local Stock Quota-
tions.
6.30 p.m. Popular Classics compered
from the Studio.
7.30 p.m.-London Relay-The News. 8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather
Report and Announcements.
8.03 p.m.-Excerpts from Gilbert and
Sullivan.
"The Mikado-Overture ..... Light Opera
Orchestra.
Trial, By Jury"
Hark, the Hour of Ten is Sounding.....
George Baker and Chorus,
Is This the Court of the Exchequer?....
Derek Oldham and Chorus. When Firet My Old, Old Love....Derek Oldham, George Baker and Chorus, All Hall! Great Judge....Chorus, "Iolanthe"
ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M. 9.52 Megacycles
Bow, Bow, Ye Lower Middle Classes
....Chorus of Men.
The Law Is The True Embodiment.....
George Baker & Chorus of Men. Oh, Foolish Fay.....Bertha Lewis &
Chorus of Girls.
Tho' P'r'aps I May Incur. Your Blame ....Winifred Lawson, Derek Oldham, Darrell Fancourt & Sydney Granville. 8.28 p.m.-A Light Orchestral Concert with Tino Rossi (Tenor)` and Miliza Korjus (Soprano).
Le Bonheur N'est Plus Un Reve (Poterat
& Colson); Tchi! Tehil (Scotto & Others) ....Tino Rossi (Tenor) with Orchestra. The Gypsy Baron-Selection (Joh. Strauss, arr. Hohne). .George Boulanger & His
nning CONTRACT
(By The Four Aces)
David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D. Mater, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schen- World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system that has heaten every other system in existence.
ken.
DESPERATE DEFENCE
That East outguessed Declarer on this must be conceded; but, in addi- tion, East had to play quickly and nonchalantly for the slightest hesita- tion would have given away his dar- ing defensive play.
East, Dealer
Both sides vulnerable
Q,6
A 9 7 6 2
♡ K J 9 7 4 2 ◊ 5 4
VA 10
1
Q 63
◊ 8.6 3
J 8 4 Q6.
W
7 6
10 9 5 4
S
◊ QJ983
K 2
K 10 3
OAK 10 2 **AJ.8 7
The bidding:
East-
South Wost
North
10
DыI,
Рабо
10
Раве
2NT
Pass
3♡
Pass
3NT
PABA.
Pass
+
Pass
HIGH CARD VALUER
OF THE FOUR-ACES BVETEN
hand. West played the nine, and after some hestitation the Queen was play- ed from dummy.
The dummy was now "dead." East established his diamond suit and then obtained the lead with the spade Ace and set the contract. East deserves credit for his fine defence; but as for South, he could not have been worse.
✡
*
E
You were Oswald Jacoby's partner yesterday and held:
9 8 x x x J 10 x
◊ x x x ♣ xx
The bidding:
You Maler Jacoby Schenken
INT Разн 2NT Pass 3NT' Pass Pass Pass
What do you lead?
ANSWER: Lead the heart Jack. Your own suit is practically hopeless, and the best chance to "find" your partner is in hearts.
Against three notrump West open- ed his partner's dia- mond suit, East play- ed the Jack and South, after winning, laid down the heart You are Howard Schenken's part- Ace, then played the ner to-day and hold:
Score 100% for heart Jack, 50% for any other lead,
ACE... 3 KING..2 QUEEN 1 JACK...
ten, overtaking with
dummy's Jack.
- East heaved a sigh of relief ashe won with his blank Queen, and then played a second diamond, which was won by South's ten. Trying to force an entry to dummy, Declarer now played the Jack of clubs. Although East held but two clubs, he coolly that played the deuce, for he knew if he won the trick, all would be lost. While he now could have dropped the
ub King, Declarer led low from his In
QUESTION NO. 850
KQJ 10 x
K DJ
The bidding:
-Ineoby You Burastons Schanken
Pase
Pass
10 Pres
Ans
What do you bid? tomorrow.)
(Released by The Bell Syndicate;
Orchestra..
Thousand And One Nights Waltz (Strauss) ....Miliza Korjus (Soprano) with- Orch. La Violetera (film 'City Lights'-Padilla):
The Song of Songs (Moya)....De Groot & His Orchestra.
La Villanelle (Dell'Acqua)....Miliza Kor-
Jus (Soprano) with Orchestra. "Pagliacci"-Selection (Leocavallo, arr.
Tavan)....Marek Weber & His Orch. Manon-Dream Song (Massenet); Le Roi D'Ys-Aubade (Lalo)... Tino Rossi (Tenor) with Orchestra.
Cara Mia (Slevier & Prisker)....Alfredo &
His Orchestra with Vocal Refrain. 9.16 p.m.-London Relay-News Sum-
mary.
9.80 p.m.-London Relay "Cards on the Table"", A discussion on the point of view of the neutrals. 9.45 p.m-Songs by Turner Layton at
the Piano.
Old Together
Sweetheart Let's Grow
(Bratton & Edwards). Lost (Ohman & Others), Hypnotized (Lewis & Others).
9.65 p.m.-Anton and The Paramount!
FEEDING OF INTERNEES
LONDON, TO-DAY.
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE WAR OFFICE REVEALED IN A COMMONS ANSWER THAT GER-. MANS INTERNED IN BRITAIN WERE RATIONED IN FOOD SUP- PLIES ACCORDING TO A SCALE APPROVED BY THE MEDICAL AU- THORITIES. AS SUITABLE ΤΟ THEIR CONDITIONS,
Butter and bacon are not issued, but the sugar ration is two ounces greater. weekly than that of the civil- ian population.
It was proposed, said, Sir Victor Warrender, to reduce the sugar ration to normal level and to provide them with Jam or syrup which, at present, is not being issued.
When meat rationing begins on March 11th," he said, the internees would receive one and half pounds weekly.-British Wireless.
Mendelssohn Concerto
And
Popular Classics
Theatre Orchestra with Al Bolling-
ton (Organ).
"Big Broadcast of 1938"-Selection (Robin-
Rainger).
"The Hit Parade"-Selection. "Wake Up and Live"-Selection, 10.08 p.m.-Variety and Dance Music.
Vocal & Plano-I'm Delighted To See You Again (Hackforth); Gone (film 'Love On The Run)....Leslie Hutchinson, Quicksteps-Cheerio, I'll Be Seeing You; I Must Have One More Kiss, Kiss, Kiss....
with Band Jack Payne & His
Vocal
Chorus.
(Galeo &
Plano-When The Morning Rolls Around
(Woods & Others); Moon Miles)....Rale da Costa. Conga-Cachita; Rumba-My Shawl.....
Henry King & His Orchestra. Comediennes-Bert's Darts Club
Dinner
(E. & D. Waters); Pals (E. & D. Waters) ....Elsie & Doris Waters with Orchestra. Fox-Trots-Stomp Off, Let's Go Eye Opener....Bob Crosby & His Orchestra. Vocal-You're Here, You're There (Loeb- Kahal); A Little Co-Operation from You (from 'Going Greek').....Judy Shirley with Orchestra.
Swing Fox Trots-I'll Always Be In Love With You; Make Belleve....Benny Good- man & His Orchestra.
11.00 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN.
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