MUTT AND JEFF
JEFF, DRIVE ME OUT TO THE COUNTRY! THE WIFE'S
OUT THERE REDUCING
HER WEIGHT!
SURE!
SAY, THIS MATCH BOX JUST CREEPS ALONG! | CAN'T YOU 60 ANY FASTER?
NOLIT ONLY GOES IN, FIRST SPEED! I ONLY
PAID FIVE BUCKS FOR IT!
HONK! HONK!
BETTER PULL OVER! SOMEBODY IN BACK- WANTS TO PASS!
O.K.
HONK! HONK!
THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 14, 1940.
By BUD FISHER
CHONK! HONK!
HONK!
First Act of
"La Tosca"
Today's Wireless
6.00 p.m.-Schumann-Concerto in DI
Minor. Yehudi Menuhin (Violin) and the Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York cond. by John Barbirolli.
6.30 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-
tions.
6.32 p.m.-Compositions of Faure.
Ballade, Op. 19....Marguerite Long (Piano) with Orchestra cond. by Philippe Gaubert.
ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M.
9:52 Megacycles
En Prière....Georges Thill (Tenor) with Maurice Faure at the Piano. Elegie, Op. 24....Maurice Marechal
(Cello) with Piano by Maurice | 8.18 p.m.-Dance Music, Faure.
Tarentelle, Op. 10, No. 2.....Ger- maine Cernay (Mezzo-Soprano) and Rene Talba (Tenor) with Jo- seph Benvenuti at the Piano. 7.00 p.m.-B.B.C. Recording —
High" Part I.
"Flying Written and arrang- ed by Alan Russell and Charles Brewer,
7.30 p.m.-London Relay-The News.
8.00 p.m.-Local Time Bignal, Weather
Report and Angouncements." 8.03 p.m.-Singers on Parade. With Sam. Costa, Helen Clare, Paula Green, George Barclay, Pat Hyde, Al Bowlly, Marjorie Stedeford, Jack Plant, Dinah Miller, Dan Donovan, Alice Mann and Jack Cooper with Felix Mendelssohn & His Orchestra.
Fox-Trots--Blues In My Heart; Cocktail Swing....Nat Gonella & His Georgians. Waltz-The Waltz Lives on (film 'Big Broadcast of 1938')....Henry Jacques with His Correct Dance Tempo Orchestra.
Swing Fox-Trots-Afraid to Dream (film 'You can't have everything'); Roll 'Em....Benny Goodman &
Winning
(By
CONTRACT
The
Four Aces)
His Orchestra. Tangos-Moonlight Kisses; Poema Geraldo & His Gaucho Tango Orchestra. Fox-Trots-You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming; You've Gotta Take Your Pick and Swing (film 'Let's make a Night of It') .... George Elrick & His Swing Makers.
| 8.45 p.m.~~De Groot & His Orchestras. Other Days: (Selection of Popular Melodies-arr. Finck)........De Groot & The New Victoria Orchestra. "Gipsy Love"-Selection (Lehar),
....De Groot & His Orchestra. ́ ́ "Les Millions D'Arlequin"Seren- ade (Drigo); Old Spanish Song (Aubert)....De Groot & The Pic- cadilly Orchestra.
Chanson Bohemianne (Boldi).
Groot & His Orchestra.
De
| 9.15 p.m.—London Relay-News Sum-
RECEPTION OF
REFUGEES
LONDON, TO-DAY: ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE AUTHORITIES FOR THE RECEPTION AND ACCOMMO-
David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D. Maler, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schen-DATION OF REFUGEES FROM ken.
World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system that has HOLLAND AND BELGIUM. beaten every other system in existence.
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PUTTING PARTNER ON THE SPOT
Harry Fishbein, winner of the Mas- ters' Pair title last year, recently in- vented a new bid in the middle of a hand. Fortunately, his partner was able to read its significance.
West, Dealer Both sides vulnerable
Mr. Fishbein
AK J9 5 3 ♡ 6
* AK 8 7 4 2
4 2 A 5
KQJ 10 W
E
9 7 6,3,
S
Q 10 8 ♡ K J 10 3 ◊ A 5 4 2 J 10
+
7 6 V.Q.9
8
7.4.2
0.8 53
The bidding:
West North
Bast South
40
50
Равв
Pass
5NT
Pass
Pass
Pass
Раве
Pass 8 Dble Pass
As already reported, South read the message, bid the six clubs on four small, and was rewarded by making his doubled contract.
They will be received temporarily at centres in London, Lancashire, the West Riding of Yorkshire, Glas- gow, Belfast and the Isle
of Man, and from these centres they will in due course 'be dispersed to more per- manent accommodation..
It is hoped to accommodate a pro- portion of the refugees in private
P. S. April fool! Actually, the five- notrump bid was too much for South, who went to six hearts. Mr. Fish-houses-Reuter. bein then bid six spades, was doubled and set a trick, But if partner had read the bidding, six clubs would have been made.
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You were Dayid Bruce Burnstone's partner yesterday. Both sides were vulnerable and you held:
Q x x
A 10 0 8xx.
The bidding:
You Jacoby
2de Pass (7)
Burnstone
JA Pass
ANSWER: Your correct bid is to pass. You really shouldn't have overcalled in the first place, and your partner could have jumped to five clubs with a really tremendous
Mr. Fishbein was na- | hand. ~ HIGH BARE VALUKS →→ turally puzzled as to DRACKS RYSTEN – What to do over the
ACE. KING
QUFEN I JACK!
news
QUESTION NO. 409
You are Oswald Jacoby's partner
opening four-diamond į and hold: bid and finally decided on the cue-bid: of five diamonds, in spite of the fact that he sure his partner would respond In hearts which South of course
was
♣ A Q 10 978
The bidding:
You
· Schenken
Jacoby
14
Faza
(?)
a
did. Then when Mr. Fishbein bid five notrump) hø-expected his partner Sto read the message that he held -spade-club two-suiter, the theory be- ing that if he had heart support, he would simply have raised hearts.
What do you bid? (Answer Lomorrow.)
THREE BURGLARIES IN A FORTNIGHT
༣
Three burglaries in the space of a fortnight has been the lot of Sanitary Inspector A. C. Sinton, of 15 Grampian Road.
Latest occurred on Sunday. In his report to the Police Mr. Sinton stated that between 2.30 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Sun lay, his house was entered and a sum of $424 in cash removed from his bedroom.
In the
E-máry.
Schumann
Concerto
9.30 p.m.-London Relay--"Cards on
the Table".
9.45 p.m.-Violin 28olos by Joseph.
Szigeti.
Caprice No. 24 (Variations In A Minor) (Paganini)....with Plano accomp. by Kurt Ruhrseitz, Scherzo Valse (Chabrier).......... with
Piano accomp. by Nikita de Ma- - galoff.
9.58 p.m.-Elleen Joyce at the Piano.
Scherzo Op. 10 No. 2 (D'Albert). Solitary Traveller, 'Op. 43, No. 3; Brooklet, Op. 62, No. 4 (Grieg). Butterfly, Op. 43, No. 1; Melodie, Op.
47, No. 3 (Grieg).
10.10 p.m.-Puccini's. "La Tosca" Act 1. Singers in order of appearance: Piero Pauli (Tenor); Giovanni Azzimonti (Bass); Antonio Gelll" (Baritone); Carmen Melis (Soprano); Apollo
• Gränførte (Baritone); and Nello Palai (Tenor), with Chorus and Or- chestra of La Scala, Milan, conduct- ed by. Carlo Sabajno. [11.00 p.m.-CLOSE. DOWN.
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