MUTT AND JEFF
CORPORAL, THIS BIG DUFFER IS ALL RIGHT! HE'LL DO! BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ́THE LITTLE CHAP-
YESSIR
CON, THE BIGGER THEY
ARE THE EASIER THEY ARE
TO HIT!
SO YOU WANT TO JOIN OUR ARMY, EH? ARE YOU STRONG? ARE YOU TOUGH?
AM I TOUGH? WHO'S THE TOUGHEST GUY IN YOUR
REGIMENT?
$2-9
I AM!
THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 23, 1940
By BUD FISHE
OK. PROVE IT!
'London Log' & Other
London Relays
12.15 p.m.-Short Service of Intercession.
Today's Wireless
12.30 p.m.-ANTON & THE PARAMOUNT
THEATRE ORCHESTRA
ROSING (VOCAL).
WITH VAL
1.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal and Weather
Report.
1.03 p.m.-GRETA KELLER (VOCAL) AND & HIS CORRECT HENRY JACQUES DANCE TEMPO ORCHESTRA. Fox-Trot-I Saw A Ship A-Sailing: Waltz
The Greatest Mistake Of My Life..... Henry Jacques & His Correct Dance Tempo Orchestra.
The Laugh Was Or Me (Strachey, Carter); When I Learn French (Thomson)..... Greta Keller (Vocal) with Orchestra, Quickstep-On The Isle Of Kitchymiboko: Tango My Lost Love....Henry Jacques & His Correct Dance Tempo Orchestra. So Little Time (De Rose, Hill).....Greta
ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M.
9.52 Megacycles
Keller (Vocal) with Orchestra. Waltz-One Kiss In A Million; Fox-Trot
Love, Picase Stay....Henry Jacques & His Correct Dance Tempo Orchestra. 1.30 p.m.-Router & 'Rugby Press, Weather
Forecast and Announcements.
1,45 p.m.-NEGRO SPIRITUALS BY PAUL
ROBESON (BASS).
Oh! Rock Me, Julle; Oh! Didn't It Rain (arr. Burleigh); Git On Board, Lil' Chil- lun; Dere's No Hidin' Place (arr. Law- rence Brown); Deep River (Burleigh). 1.56 p.m.-HAWATIAN MUSIC.
Woltz:
On A Little. Street In Honolulu -
Waliz-All Through The Night.....Hilo
Minning
CONTRACT
(By The Four Aces)
David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D. Mater, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schen- ken..
World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system that has beaten every other system in cxistence.
SALVAGED!
more
"Dear Four Aces," writes Michael then cashed four club tricks and two F. Cassel of Baltimore, Md., "Here is a hand played by my favourite partner, Dave Spatz, in a Rubber Bridge game at my house. I believe you will agree with me when I say that Mr. Spatz's partner overbid the hand outrageously, As a matter of fact, it was an instance of perfect trap bidding, for North, with no encouragement whatsoever, contracted for six nofrump all himself. Nevertheless, Mr. Spatz salv- aged the ambitious contract,
South, Dealer
Neither side vulnerable
Q 10 5*
A.9:8
◊ 10 9 8 8
AAKJ 3
♡ 8 7 2
◊ A Q
QJ 64
7
4 9 8 6 2
K 10 5 4
♡
◊ 6.6 2
♡ QJ6 ÓKJA
9 7
AK 10 8
"Mr. Bya^#
The bidding:
South
West
North
East
1
Разв
Pass
ENT
PROB
Pass
4NT
Равв
ONT
Pass
Равв
Pass
BUGH LARD SALUES
by
"West opened the diamond ten, and Mr. Spatz immediately saw that there was only one chance to make the hand. He would have to find the heart honours split, East with four spades and West **with three to the
Queen.
ACE
KING
QUEEN ! JACK.
Hawaiian Orchestra with Vocal Refrain. Tears of Love (Bordin-Alton): Hawaiian Berceuse (Bordin)....Gino Bordin, and His Hawaiians.
My Hula Love-Medley March; Kawaihau Waltz (Kealakai)....Hilo Hawallan Or- chestra.
2.15 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN,
6.00 p.m.-COMPOSITIONS OF CHOPIN.
Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52........Alfred
Cortot (Piano),
The Little Ring...Miliza Korjus (Soprano)
with Orchestra.
Nocturne In D Flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2
....Arthur Rubinstein (Plano). Mazurka in B Minor, Op. 30. No. 2; Ma- zurka in G Minor, Op. 67, No. 2: Mazurka in C Major, Op. 67, No. 3...Arthur Ru- binstein (Piano)..
6.26 p.m. - POPY - SUITE ORIENTALE. Grand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dr. Weissmann.
6.41. p.m.--WEBER-CONCERTSTUCK IN F MINOR, OP, 78. Robert Casadesus (Piano) and the Orchestre Symphonique of Paris --conducted by Eugene Bigot.
7.00 p.m.-LONDON RELAY-THE SCOT-
.TISH..COUNTRY.
7.30 p.m.-LONDON RELAY-THE NEWS. 6.00 pim.-Local Time Signal, Weather Re-
port and Announcements.
COMPOSITIONS 8.03. p.m. -
COATES.
OF ERIC
A House Love Made For You and Me....
Habert: Eisdell (Tenor) with Cello, Oboe and Piano.
Springtime Sulte-Fresh Morning (Pastor-" ale): Noonday Song (Romance); Dance In The Twilight (Valse)....Light Sym phony Orchestra conducted by The Com- poser.
Always As I Close My Eyes....Hubert
Eisdell (Tenor) with Piano.
The Jester At The Wedding-March-and Valse.....Eric Coates and Symphony Orchestra.
diamonds. East was squeezed and had to discard a spade in order to retain the heart King. The spade
Pique Dame-Overture (Suppe, arr. Win- finesse was then taken and dummy's 8.30 p.m. MILITARY BAND MUSIC
terbottom); Morning, Noon and Night- Morell).....The four spades won the remaining tricks."
Overture (Suppe, arr. A lucky hand, but very well play-
Hand" of H.M. Coldstream Guards cond. by Lieut. R. G. Evans. ed.
May-Day Revels from Rural Scenes in Days of Old' Suite-Samuel Cope); "Champion" March Medley, No. 2 (Ord Hume)....Massed Bands conducted by J. Henry Dcs -recorded at the National Band Festival.
You were Oswald Jacoby's partner last. Thursday and held:
K J. X. IX Xxx I
The bidding: Jacoby Schenken
INT Pass
You
Major
(?)
ANSWER: Your correct response is four spades. You definitely have no interest in a Slam, At the same time you want to play the hand-at: game. Score 100% for four spades, 40% for two spades (your partner might páss) or three spades (indicates a- greater high card holding.)
QUESTION NO. 365.
You are Merwin. Maler's partner to-day and hold:
AQ:
The bidding: Schenken INT
You
atater
Pass
2NT
Pass
3NT
PASS
Pass
Pasa
"A low heart was
What do you lead?
(Answer
led and the Jack fell
tomorrow.
to Wast's Aco. Ah-
other diamond was (Released By The Bell played, and Mr. Spatz Inc.)
Syndic
8.46 p..LONDON
་
RELAY - "AT THE BLACK DOG". Mr. Wilkes in his own bar-parlour.
9.18 p.m.-LONDON RELAY-NEWS SUM-
MARY.
9.30 p.m.-WAR-TIME VARIETY
GRAMME,
PRO.
6/8 Fox-Trot-Follow The White Line...........
Harry Roy & His Orchestra. Fox-Trots-The Girl Who Loves A Soldier (from "The Little dog laughed'): On The Outside Looking In (from "The Little dog laughed')......Billy Cotton & His Band with Vocal: Chorus: Humorous-Lord
Variety Programme
(Western
With A
War Flavour
Вгов.); Bad Show Chat (Western Bros.)....The Western Brother with Plano.. Fox-Trots-The Man With The Mandoline Run, Rabbit, Run!. (from "The little do laughed')....Harry Roy & His Orch, Organ-Lords of the Air (North & Burn
by).....Torch with Vocal by Raymor Newell.
6/8 One Step-Adolf; Quickstep Kiss M Goodnight Sergeant Major.....Sidne Lipton & His Grosvenor House Dan Orchestra with Vocal Chorus. Comedien-I Didn't Orter *A Ett
(Warner); Somebody's Asked M (Warner)....Jack Warner. Fox-Trots The Washing On The Siegfri Line: When A Black Sheep Meets White Sheep....Billy Cotton & His Ban Dance Orch.-Gulliver's Travels-Selecti
.....The Organ, The Dance Band and 2X Polka-Beer Barrel Polka; Quickstep Goosey Goosey.....Harry Roy & E Orchestras Humorous Good Luck (Adapted, from, ti march "Colonel Bogey'); We Must↓ Stick Together (Butler-Wallace)....Mu gatroyd & Winterbottom with Orchestr Dance Orch.-Somewhere In France Wi You (Carr): Goodbye. Sally (Bore) Riscoe)....The Organ, The Dance Ba and Me.
D
Vocal-Old Soldiers Never Die! Inter F in and Follow Me; Let the Great E World Keep Turning: Hello! Hello Who Your Lady Friend?; Mademoiselle.fro Armentieres; There's Long, Lo
Dear Back to Trail; Take me Blighty: You Were the Only Girl the World; It's a Long Way to Tipp ary; Fall in and Follow me.....Gra Fields with Orchestra and Male. Fox Trot That Sly Old Gentleman (f
··‘Eastside of' Heaven"); "Waltz-Ain't C Comin' Out?...Harry Roy & His chestra with Vocal. Chorus:
6/8 One-Step God Bless You Mr. Chamb Childr lain; Fox-Trot Goodnight Everywhere....Harry Roy & His chestra with Vocal.Chorus. 11.00 p.m.-LONDON RELAY-NEWS SU
MARY.
of Lond
11:18 p.m.-DANCE MUSIC.
Fox-Trots-Till The Lights
Shine. Again; I'll Pray For You....JE Jackson & His Band... Polka-Keep Young!....George Boulan
& His Orchestra.
Quickstep-F. D. R. Jones (from Thé
tle dog, laughed')....Geraldo & His Or Waltz Love Serenade (film "Let Freed
Ring'); Quickstep-If I Were Sure You (from Cotton Club Parade').. Victor. Silvester & His Ballroom Orch Swing Fox-Trots-Dipsy Doodle....Tom Dorney & His Orchestra: The Big D perLarry Clinton & His Orchestr Fox-Trot-An Apple For The Teacher (f "The Star Maker')....Larry Clinton His Orchestra. Quicksteps-Berlin or Bust; Sweet Fa Adams' Daughter....Jack Payne & Orchestra.
Rumbas-Jungle Drums; The Peanut V dor....Henry King & His Orchestra. Quickstep-In The Middle of a Dres
Waltz-Love Never Grows Old....Vid. Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra: Haw Haw of Zeesen 12.00 midnight.-CLOSE DOWN.
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