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A Play From
The Studio : Doctor My Book"
Today's Wireless
6.00 p.m.-Beethoven-Trio in D Ma- jor, Op. 70, No. 1. Hephzibah and Yehudi Menuhin (Piano & Violin) and Maurice Eisenberg ('Cello). 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.-Puccini's "La Boheme" Act
Jl.
8.22 p.m.-Sibellus-Symphonic Poem "The Oceanides", Op. 73. The B.B.C. Recital by 8.30 p.m.-Studio-Plano
Harry Ore.
8.55 p.m.-Orchestral Selections. .9.15 p.m.-London Relay-News Sum-
mary.
9.30 p.m.-London Relay-"Cards
ken
on
ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s), and 31.49 M. 9.52 Megacycles
the Table".
9.45 p.m.-Studio-"Doctor My Book". A Play in one act by. Rudolph de Cordova and Alicia Ramsey. Pro- duced by Evelyn Wood. Action takes place in the year 1814. Scene: The consulting room of Doctor Abernethy. The cast in order of ap- pearance: Doctor Abernethy....R. Norsworthy; Doctor Richard Linton ...E. O'Neil Shaw; Mrs. Calthrop, Abernethy's Housekeeper....Helen Prior; Colonel the Hon. Frederic Hamilton....C. Jones; Mrs. Ger- vaise-Danvers....Evelyn Gray; Miss
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.
TOO GREEDY
To-day's hand illustrates two points: First, that before doubling any con- tract that you have surely set, it is well to consider whether or not you can defeat your opponents if they are able to find a better trump suit. East should have been well satisfied with South's four-heart contract, for his defence against clubs was not nearly so good.
South, Dealer Both sides vulnerable
AQ 10 8 63% ✓ 10 9
◊ A K 10
A 6 4
K 9 7 4
A JE
5
♡ AJ 732
0987639
Q10 2
Bouth West
◇ Q 3 4
No 5 3
-
KQ 8 64
Second. Act
Of Puccini's
"La Boheme
7
Brown....H. D. Rosenthall; The
Countess of Arbuthnot
Murrell; Mick O'Brien
Vera
J. A.
Page; H.R.H. The Prince of Wales
.H. L. Duncan.
Julia Gervaise-Danvers Diana 10.30 p.m.-Dance Music, Duncan; The Reverend Nichodemus! 11.00 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN.
ALLIES WERE AIR FORCES READY TO ACTIVE IN
HELP NORDIC FRANCE
COUNTRIES
STOCKHOLM, TO-DAY. BRITAIN HAD NOT ONLY OF FERED EFFECTIVE AID TO FIN-
PARIS, TO-DAY.
COM- LAST NIGHT'S FRENCH, MUNIQUE SAID ARTILLERY FIRE IN WAS PARTICULARLY HEAVY THE REGION IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE SAAR.
Both air forces were active and air LAND BUT HAD BEEN PREPARED fights took place, the results of which TO GIVE SWEDEN AND NORWAY are not yet known. All our machines MILITARY HELP IF THEY WERE returned safely.
BY MENACED
GERMANY FOR
ALLOWING ALLIED TROOPS TO PASS THROUGH THEIR TERRI-
In the course of engagements - on Sunday our fighter patrols encoun- enemy forces tered much superior and two of our single-seaters
TORIES. ON THE WAY TO FIN- brought down.-Reuter.
SWEDISH LAND, M. GUNTHER,
PREMIER, TOLD THE UPPER CHAMBER OF THE RIKSDAG (THE SWEDISH PARLIAMENT) YESTER-
DAY.
The matter, he said, arose through played, East covered with the Jack. and Declarer trumped. South now representations made by the British in Stockholm on March 2. laid down the Ace and King of clubs, Minister
Minister said that the Allied and when the Queen dropped, played The
come to the con- out his entire six trumps. The last Governments had trump lead effected a squeeze on East, clusion that the only way to prevent who found it impossible to keep his Finland from falling a victim of ag- protection in both hearts and dia-gression was to extend help in the made | form of an Allied force, and they monds. Thus, South actually five clubs doubled, whereas he would were prepared to send such a force. have beeri set several tricks in hearts if East had not been so avaricious.
*
*
The British Government was aware that since this force must necessarily pass through Norway and Sweden,
Yesterday you were Howard Schen- these two countries might be exposed ken's partner and held:
You
Ι Ι
Ο Α AAJ X
The bidding:
Jacoby Schenken Burnstone 2NT Pass ANT
Раба (?)
Pass.
bid was
Your opening
a minimum;
therefore you should not rebid the
0 5 2 ♣AKJ9 8 7
The bidding:
ANSWER:
North
Eest
two-notrump
1
Pass
14
Pass
2♡
4♡
5♣ Pass
Pass PABB Dbl.
BA
Pass
same values.
P886
Dbl.
Pass
Pass
concerns
the
David
If partner is bidding
correctly, a Slam is very unlikely.
Score 100% for pass, 40% for Ave notrump, 20% for six notrump.
QUESTION NO. 378 Bruce Burnstone You are
is your the dealer and
10 x x
Our second point
opening lead. West opened his single- ton heart a very poor lead for a partner.
HIGH CARD VALUES OF THE FOUR ACKS BYSTEN
ACE.. 'KING .2 QUEEN 1 JACK.M
single ruff would gain | hold: him nothing since his hand contained one sure trump trick. Fur- thermore, he was help- ing South to establish his heart suit.
KQ J x 1 KQ x x x
The bidding
You
PASE
Majer Burnstone:
Pass
INT
Jacoby. Pasa.
and re-
(7)
turned a low heart,
What do you bidt'. (Answer tomorrow.)
East won the trick
with the Ace
to reaction on the part of Germany.
The Allies were prepared to give Norway and Sweden extensive mili- tary help, and preparations for this were already far advanced.
M. Gunther continued that the French Minister supported this state- ment, but that the Swedish Govern- ment was unable to grant permission.
Reuter.
were
1-30
(Released by The Bèll Ayudista. Ind.)
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