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MUTT AND JEFF
SAY, CAP, I KNOW WE'VE MADE PRETTY 600D ADVANCES UP TO NOW- [HOW ABOUT PUTTING ME IN COMMAND
OF THIS TRENCH? I'M REALLY "SOME GUY IN A BATTLE!
THAT'S THE WAY I LIKE
TO HEAR A IMAN/TALK!
I'LL DO IT!
2-21
"TEN:
MINUTE
LATER!!
WELLT A FINE MESS YOU MADE OF THINGS! 'I PUT YOU IN COMMAND
·AND: WHAT HAPPENS?
THE ENEMY TOOK OUR TRENCH!
THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 4, 1940
By BUD FISHER
AW, WELL-
WE CAN ALWAYS DIG ANOTHER
TRENCH!
HUH, SHOVELING SNOW- WE COULDA STAYED HOME AND SHOVELED,
SNOW AND GOT PAID FOR IT!
Studio
Programme
Today's Wireless
5.46 p.m.--Studio-Children's Hour. 6.45 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota.
tlons.
6.47 p.m.-A Spanish Programme.
Navarra (Albeniz).. Arthur Ru-
binstein (Piano),
Sulte Iberla.....Madrid Symphony Orchestra cond. by Enrique Fer- nandez Arbos.
Brite)
arr.
La Ross Oriental (Espigul); Lamento
(Hernandez - Borincano
Conchita Supervia (Mezzo-Soprano) with Orchestra. 7.17 p.m.-Ravel-Sonatine For Plano.
Alfred Cortot (Piano).
7.30 p.m.-London Relay-The Newe.
ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M.
1
9.52 Megacycles
8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather
Report and Announcements.
Hal 8.03 p.m.-Studio-Concert by
and Toby Lorenzo (Jazz Plano) Gray (Accordeon & Plano).
-F. D. R. 1. Two Piano Medley
Jones....Hal Lorenzo & Toby Gray.
2. Piano Solo: (a) Don't worry about me; (b) Our Love; (c) And the Angels Sing....Hal Lorenzo. 3. Accordeon Mixture No.
Winning
5...
Toby Gray.
4. Piano Solo-Blue Orchids (Con- cluding with Two Pianos play- ing Over the Rainbow).....Hal Lorenzo with Toby Gray.
5. Accordeon & Piano: (a) Ain't she Sweet; (b) Chloe; (c) I'm sorry for myself....Toby Gray and Hal Lorenzo.
6. Plano Swing Medley: (a) Lime- house Blues; (b) Wabash Blues; (c) Farewell Blues....Hal Lo-
renzo.
7. Two Planos-Secret Rag
Lorenzo & Gray)....Hal renzo & Toby Gray.
(arr.
Lo-
8.30 p.m.-Regimental Band of H.M.
Coldstream Guarde.
ter);
London
Relays
Wee Macgregor Patrol (Amers); Policeman's Holiday- One-Step (Ewing).
8.45 p.m.-B.B.C. Recording "The Old Contemptibles" Part 2. The Record of the British Expeditionary Force from Mons to Ypres, between August and November, 1914, by Beatrix Brice. Produced by Felix Felton & *Val Gielgud.
9.15 p.m.-London Relay-News Sum-
mary.
"Vivo La
9.30 p.m.-London Relay
France". The sixth of a series on the Life of the French Army and People.
9.45 p.m.-French
Songs by Albert
Projean and Charles Trenet. 10.00 p.m.-London Relay-"From the Front Bench". Talk by Lord Zet- land on India.
10.15 p.m.-Dance Music.
Martial Moments (arr. Aubrey Win-11.00 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN.
CONTRACT ANOTHER
(By The Four Aces)
David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D. Maier, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schen- World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system that has beaten every other system in cxistence.
ken
Once upon a
JUST BAD LUCK
defeated
WIN FOR KING'S
King's College, who are makingį a great
CORRIGAN WINS K'LOON MARATHON
marathon.
An-
another match last night when they beat resulted in a win for Pte. Corrigan, of
V.R.C. by 8 games to 1.
Following are the scores
H. T. Woo.and K. L. Lui. (King's). beat M. M. de V. Soares and F. A.
Castro
the
the Royal Scots, who finished course in 36 minutes, 4 seconds.
Sig. Lewis, of Royal Corps of Sign- 21-10 als, was second and Cpl. Sutherland,
of Royal Scots, third. 21-18 The final order of placing was:-1 Pte. 21-18 | Corrigan (R.S.), 2. Sigmn. Lewis (R.C.S.).
The nineteenth annual effort to complete their League badminton race, under the auspices of St. time with various to dummy, then a second club trump-fixtures in the shortest possible time, wondrew's Club, was held yesterday and partners in a single session of Rubbered, this time with the King. Now De- Bridge we contracted for three Grand
clarer played his last trump, hoping Slams, each of which was set one
alas, trick. The loss of course was appal- that they were divided; but,
the four
trumps ling, for in addition to the one-trick West's set, we had lost three games and three Grand Slam one trick:
Ever Small Slams.
sinice then been have
extremely careful about taking the bidding past the six zone, and feel that the odds should be at least three to one in our Grand attempting a favour before Slam. However, to-day's hand, which yesterday and held:
we .
was
submitted by a
correspondent,
figures to be almost a laydown, and the fact that it could not be made in spite of Declarer's most valiant efforts wins only our sympathy, for we feel that it was excellently bid.
South, Dealer:
A Q J 10 3 ❤ 6 2
*
沏
*
beat A. K. Rumjaha and A. A. Gu-
terres
beat O. el Arcull and D. M. Xavier
K; H. Lo and T. Lam (King'a). beat Soares and Castro
lost to Rumjahn and Guterres
You were Oswald Jacoby's partner beat Arculli and Xavier
K Q 10 x x
Ò A XX
A JIXX
The bidding:
You Pass 10 (7)
-Pass 1A
Schenken Jacoby
1 24
Malor
Pass Pass
AK J 10 7 5 4
9 8 7.4 Q G ◊ QJ 109
A 5
♡ K 10 9 8
W
OK 874
6 9
S
14 Q 3 88
A
6.2 874
58
444
*
West North Hast
The bidding:
South
10.
Pass
Paus
22
Разв
4.
Pass
4♡
Pass Pass
Pass
Pasa Pass
West opened the diamond Queen South perceived that if either
and
clubs or
spades were divided, the contract would be made. Declarer won
HIGH CARD VALUES with the diamond Ace,
OF THE FOUR-ACES BYSTEM
ACE
3
KING... QUIEN 1 JACK
ANSWER: Bid Ave clubs. Since partner has rebid: freely and you hold such magnificent support, you should easily make game and possibly a Slam,
Score 100% for five clubs, 70% for four clubs, 60% for three hearts, 20% for three clubs or two hearts (inade- quate).
QUESTION NO. 875,
You are Merwin Maler's partner and hold:
A.X
Maler
heart discarding Nă
·from dummy. Dum- my's club. Ace was played.” Thep, taking
Pass
ō K^J X
AKQ 10 The bidding:
Barnstoná Paus
Tou,
Pass
10
54
Pass What do yon bid? tomorrow.
Byndionta
no chances South
trumpedɗa. club with
the Ace of spades. (Released By: Next a trump was led Inc.)
3. Cpl. Sutherland (R.S.), 4. L/Cpl. Wilson 21-11 (R.S.), 5, L/Cpl. Truscott (R.C.S.), 6. Pte. 18-21 White (R.S.), 7. L. A. C. Brown (R.A.F.), 23-20 8. N. Reynolds (Police Training School), B. L. A. C. Moulton (R.A.F.), 10. L/Cpl. Edge 21-12 (RS.). 21-13 21-6
5. P. Chan and W. C. Chung (King's), beat Soares and Castro
beat Rumjahn and Guterres beat Arculli and Xavier
HOME FOOTALL
RESULTS
London, Tod-day.
The following are the results of ball games played yesterday:
Southend
Bournemouth
Everton
South "A"
0 Arsenal
South "B"
1. Queen Park Western
7: Stockport
Pte. Manson, who finished second last year, started but failed to com- plete the course owing to the recur- rence of an old injury,
Albion Hamilton
foot-Morton
BCOTTISH LEAGUE
Arborath Dundee U..
Dunfermline
0 Falkirk
Hibernian
·THE
Western
2 St. Mirren
0
5 'Celtic
Ayr
Eastern
5 King's Park
2
10., Stenhousemuir
2
8. East Fifa
4
-Reuter.
7 Hearts
@ Dundee
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