MUTT AND JEFF
MUTT, CICERO BROKE
THE SHOWER UP IN
THE BATHROOM!
DON'T GET SO EXCITED, 'M'LOVE! I'LL
FIX IT!
OH, NOW GET THE PLUMBER,M’LOVE! YOU MADE I'LL HOLD THIS UNTIL
·HE. GETS HERE!" IT WORSE!
O.K, POP! YOU CAN LET THAT
GO NOW!
THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 24, 1940
NO,
By BUD FISHER
THE HOUSE
IS ON FIRE!
GOOD! IS THE
PLUMBER HERE??
Haydn "Surprise” Symphony No. 6
In G Major
Today's Wireless
6.00 p.m.-An hour of Dance Music. 7.00 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-
tions.
7.02 p.m.-Albert Sandler (Violin) and
His Orchestra.
(Fer-
Black Eyes-Russian Impression
raris); Souvenir D'Ukraine (Ferraris) ...Albert Sandler & His Orchestra. Allegro (Flocco, arr. Bent and O'Neill}.... Albert Sandler (Violin) with Jack Byfield at the Piano.
Tell Me To-night (Theme Song 'Tell me to-night'); Where the Woods are Green
Weninger) .****
Albert (Brodszky-arr. Sandler & His Orchestra. Spanish Serenade (Heykens);
ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M.
9.52 Megacycles
and His Dancing Doll (Heykens)....Al- bert Sandler (Violin) with Samehtini ('Cello) and Byfield (Piano). Jealousy (Gade): Live, Laugh and Love (Theme Song 'Congress Dances')....Al- bert Sandler & His Orchestra,
7.30 p.m.-London Relay-The News. 8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather
Report and Announcements. The Child 8.03 p.m.-Variety with Sophie Tucker,
Winning
CONTRACT
(By The Four Aces)
David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D. Maier, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schen- ken.
World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventora of the system that has heaten every other system in cxistence.
NORTH WAS WRONG
the
When your partner doubles the op- spades would be down but one trick. ponents for business, you have two South replied, "The proof of
the eating. I went excuses for taking it out: (1) you ex- | pudding is in pect that in spite of his double the down one trick at three hearts; they contract will be made; (2) you believe would have gone down 500 points you can score more points by play-two spades," whereupon North re- ing the hand than by setting the op- torted, "Well, you should have made. your three heart contract. Why ponents.
didn't you?" At which point we leave the argument: with nothing decided between the partners, but we our selves having a strong predilection to take the side of South,
to
HIGH CARD VALUES OF THE FOUR ACKS SYSTÉM
Strangely enough, South managed go down at three hearts. The Queen of clubs was opened. Declarer won with the Ace and led the four of dia- monds, whereupon the roof, promptly fell in. West went up with the Ace and led a second club, which East trumped. East "how dashed the King of diamonds and play ed a spade, which West trumped. A third diamond was now led and East trumped, setting the contract
ACE... 3 KING QUEEN 1 JACK...
VITAL VALUE OF PACK DE, EVERANS MAND 670
Bduti;*Dealer East-West vulnerable
2 0 Q378
·K*9·8 0.
10.88 W. 97.10 6
5-5432 ♡.10 €
:་
Q-10 8 8
♡ A 85
The bidding?
A 2
Bouth West North
Bast
*
Stan Holloway, Charlie Kunz and Bing Crosby.
8.42 p.m.-New Mayfair Orchestra. "Casanova"-Selection (J. Strauss,
Benatzsky). "Twenty Million
arr.
Sweethearts" Selection
(Rodgers Sc
(Dubin & Warren). "Evergreen" --Selection
Others).
9.00 p.m.-Some Welsh Songs. -
Olwen Mine (Crwys); Song of the Flood (Hiralthog & Fychan)..... William Ed- wards (Tenor) with Harp Accomp. Where are you going to?; The Bittern from the Banna (Welsh Folk Songs); Titrwm, Tatrwm: Sleep thou, my pretty child (Welsh Folk Song)....Mable Parry (So prano) with Plano,
Land of My Fathers (James & James).... 9.15 p.m.-London Relay-News Sum.
mary.
EGYPT CONFIRMS ALLIANCE
Variety &
Dance Music
9.30 p.m."The Voice of the Nazi"-3. Talk recorded by Professor W. A. Sinclair...
9.45 p.m.-Compositions of Scriabin.
Etude, Op. 2, No. 1; Prelude, Op. 11, No.
2....Anatole Kitain (Piano)..
Study in Thirds, Op. 8, No. 10.....Joseph Szigeti (Violin) with Nikita de Magaloff at the Plano.
9.51 p.m.-The Don Cossacks Choir.
How Greatly Our Lord Is Glorified (Bort- njansky): Dance Song; Song of the Cos- sacks; Barynja: On the River (arr. Do- browen)....cond. by Serge Jaroff. Un- accompanied.
10.04 p.m.--Compositions of Rimsky-
Korsakov.
Chanson Hindoue....Sidney Torch at the
Organ,
The Prophet, Op. 40....Theodore Chalia- pine (Bass) with Orchestra cond. by Al- bert Coates. "
Scheherazade, Op. 35....Leopold Stokowski
& the Philadelphia Orchestra, 11.00, p.m.-CLOSE DOWN,
YANGTSE OPENING A MERE GESTURE
the
Chungking, To-day. Japan's publicity regarding opening-of-the Yangtze River is re- garded in shipping circles as a mere gesture, says a message from north Kiangsu.
London, To-day.
Japanese control of the river has so The debate on Monday in.
far shown no relaxation. Ships of the Egyptian Chamber of De-third Powers plying between Shang- puties on Foreign Affairs has hat and Mantungchow, and other har- been received with consider-bours in north Kiangsu have been forced to suspend their runs owing to able interest in London, interference by Japanese naval ves- where a point that is noted sels. specially is the firmness of the spirit of Egypt in the cause of the democracies.
As the Egyptian Premier pointed declared soon as war was out, as
Central News.
M. COSME AT THE GLOUCESTER
M. Henri Cosme, French Ambassa-
You were Merwin Maier's partner Egypt at once carried out her obligador to China, was the guest of honour. yesterday and held:
tions under the treaty of friendship at a party given in Gloucester Hotel with the Allies, and in standing by last evening by prominent Chinese them she was simply demonstrating leaders in Hong Kong. the real spirit of all Egypt.
9.xxx 10.9
♣ A^K Q 10. -Tho bidding: Maler Burnstone
10
You schenken
Pass: 24 Pass Pags
ANSWER: Your correct bid is three notrump. Even though you have no honour in spades, there is no great danger to fear from that suit. Furthermore, your three-nátrump bid. does not stop partner from going to four hearts.
Score 100% for three notrump, 80% for two notrump: (a slight underbid).
QUESTION NO. 892 ¦
You are Howard Schenken's part- ner and again you hold:
10.9
J
A K-Q 10
·Pass
Pass
The bidding:
1
·Dbl.
Pass
2♡
Paks
Paso
Pass
Pais
Pass
PEES
PAR
Pass.
(T)
Subsequent analysis showed that two-apades › would have gon 500 points, and South was indignant with North for taking Him out of his double, North said that his analysis, he thought make game themselves while
could
What do you bid?")) tomorrow.)
day
See answer: sh
question.
(Relea "By The Bell Syndicate,
Mr. T. V. Soong, Chairman of the One Deputy said that in the pre- Board of Directors of, the Bank of sent struggle Egypt should not be con- China, and head of the Bank of Can- tent merely to stand by; she should ton, Dr. C. T. Wang, former Chinese also bring her influence to bear on all Ambassador to America, were among Eastern and Moslem countries so that those present, they, too, should- support the Allies. The cause of the Allies was the cause. of all Egypt.
Another Deputy said that even if
Egypt had not been required to stand by the Allies through the treaty, she
Reuter... would still have done so. ---
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