MUTT AND JEFF
LOOK AT THAT! MUTT'S ACTING JUST LIKE A BLOODHOUND SINCE HE
HAD THAT: BLOOD. TRANSFUSION FROM
A BLOODHOUND!
LOOK AT HIM GO! I'LL BET HE'S TRACKIN' DOWN SOME DESPERATĘ CRIMINAL JUST LIKE THE BLOODHOUNDS DOI
SNIFF SHIFF
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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 1, 1940.
By BUD FISHER
WOOK!
"This Land
Of Ours"
12.15 p.m.-Short Service of Intercession, 12.30 p.m.-Derek Oldham (Tenor) and The
London Palladium Orchestra.
Today's Wireless
Nocturne ('Song of Love'-Curran); A Lit tle Love, A Little Kiss (Sllesu)....Derck Oldham (Tenor) with Orchestra, Bells Across The Meadow (Ketelbey); The Phantom Melody (Ketelbey)....The Lon- don Palladium Orchestra. Under the Lilac Bough (Lilac Time- Ross-Clutsam); You Will Remember Vienna (Hammerstein & Romberg)... ... ... ... .... Derek Oldham (Tenor) with Orchestra. "These Foolish Things"-Selection (Noel Gay)....London Palladium Orchestra. 1.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal and Weather
Report.
1.03 p.m.-Weber-Fantasia on Melodies of Johann Strauss. Marek Weber and His
ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 3.1.49 M.
Orchestra.
9.52 Megacycles
1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather
Forecast and Announcements.
1.45 p.m.-Dance Music by the B.B.C. Dance
Orchestra.
Fox-Trots-Song Without Words; Thank
You, Mister Bach. Paso-Doble-Le Touquet. Fox-Trots-The
Merry-Go-Round. Broke
Down: Saddle Your Blues To A Wild Mustang: You Started Me Dreaming. Novelty Fox-Trot-The Broken Record. Fox-Trots-The Music Goes 'Round' and Around; Moon over Miami; Swing (from
Winning
CONTRACT
(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 existence.
ken
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SIXES AND SEVENS
other words, the play for the grand slam was an even chance and under these circumstances North should have been satisfied with bidding six, especially, as he could not know that
There was considerable acrimonious |Queen which would have worked. In discussion between North and South at the completion of to-day's hand. South maintained that his opening bid of four spades was simply a shut- out and therefore North had no right to jump to the grand slam. North de-South was void in hearts. fended himself vigorously, claiming there was nothing wrong with con- tracting for a grand slam that could
*
*
✡
Yesterday you were Merwin Maier's
have been made. South had to admit partner and held:
that this last assertion was true.
South, Dealer
Both sides vulnerable
40¢
A 10
Q 10.6.3
OAK 10 9 4 AK 9
A 7 5
6 2
A 8 7 2
Q 8 5
W
J 10 7 G
0 7 68.2
A 5
The bidding:
♡ KJ 954
Q8432 KQJ 9 8 4 3
Bouth West •North East
Pass
Pass Pass Разв
West opened the Ace fortunately South was
HİGH CARD VALUES
* FOUR-ACKE EYSTEN
ACE.. KING QUEEN 1 JACK.....
Q J x KI AJ 9xXX ♣Q 10 x
Jacoby
The bidding:
Mater
Schonkon
You
1A
2♡
Pass Pass
20 Pag (?)
ANSWER: Your. correct bid is three spades. You don't want to bid no- trumps since you may have no sure club, stopper, and even though your partner has not rebid spades the fact that he has shown a second suit in- dicates that he almost surely has five spades,
Score three spades 100%, two no of hearts but trump 60%, two spades (inadequate) vold in that, three no trump (a bad bid) 0.
QUESTION NO. 428
suit. Trumps ・ were drawn and South then
· decided that withinine diamonds in the com- bined hands his best chance was to find the remaining four even- ly divided. South therefore played the Ace and King, of dia- monds, whereupon West won a trick with the Queen;
While South might have guessed the diamond distribution correctly, play had as good a chance for success as a second round finesse for the
Howard Schenken is your partner and you hold:
Q JI
The bidding: Schenken
40:10 x
1A
20
40%
Barastane Yon Maler
-Pass Pass Paba
20 Pass
Pask
What -you bid? - (Answer. tomorrow.).
(Released by The Bell Syndicate,"
his
Inc.)
'Publle Nuisance No. 1)... 2.15 p.m.--CLOSE DOWN.
81.
6,00 p.m.-Elgar-Concerto in B Minor, Op. Yehudi Menuhin (Violin) and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Edward Elgar.
6.53 p.th.-Closing Local Stock Quotations. 6.55 p.m.-Compositions of Eric Coates,
By The Sleepy Lagoon....Eric Coates and
Symphony Orchestra.
Hubert
Always As I Close My Eyes ....
Eladell (Tenor) with Plano. Two Symphonic Rhapsodies: No. 1 I pltch my lonely Caravan; No. 2 Bird Songs at Eventide.....New Light Symphony Orchestra.
Because I Miss You So:...Hubert Eisdell ⚫ (Tenor) with Piano.
Springtime Suite....Light Symphony Or-
chestra cond. by Eric Coates. For Your Delight-Serenado....Light Sym- phony Orchestra cond, by Eric Coates. 7.30 p.m.-London Relay-Tho' News. 8.00 p.m.Local Time Signal, Weather Re.
port and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-Band Music.
Marches-Prairie Flower (Ord Huma); Lynwood (Ord Hume)....The B.B.C. Wireless Military Band cond. by B. Wal- ton O'Donnell.
Marches Marching (Batten & Rye); H.M. Queen Elisabeth's March (Verne)....Re- gimental: Band of H.M. Grenadier Guards cond. by Major George Miller;'
Relay "This 8.15 p.m.-London
Ours". A: talk. 8.30 p.m.Selections from Musical Comedy. "Rio Rita"-Vocal Gems (McCarthy, &
Tierney).
Land of
"Follow Through"-Vocal Gems (De Syl- va, Brown, Henderson).... Light Opera Company with Orchestra.
"The Cat & The Fiddle"-Selection (Har- bach & Kern)....New Mayfair Orch. "Peggy Ann"-Vocal Gems (Rodgers). "The Girl Friend" Vocal Gems, (Rod- gers)....Light Opera Company with Orchestra.
"Peter Pan"---Selection (John Crook)....
The London Palladium Orchestra, 9.03 p.m.-Cinema Organ.
Good Old Songs Medley.
Intro: Daisy Bell; Nellie Dean; The Man who broke the bank at Monte. Carlo; Here we are Again; Ta-ra-ra-` boom-de-ay; Down at the Old Bull and, Bush.....Reginald Foort.
Canadian Capers (Cohen & Others). Czardas (Monti).'
....H. Robinson Cleaver.
9.15 p.m.-London Relay-News Summary. 9.30 p.m/kooal sport results. -
9.32 pm Gerry --Moore (Plano) and His
Orchestra.
Quickstep Crooning.
Slow Fox-Trot-Love Me, Quickstep-Hold My Hand,
Slow Fax-Trot-Heart and Soul (fim' 'A
Song is Born').
**{film
....Gerry Moore at the Plano, -Fox-Trots--Always and Always
'Mannequin'); Ti-Pi-Tin,
....Gerry Moore & His Rhythm. Blow Fox-Trots-What Do You Know About
In the
Love?; Dreams.
Elgar
Concerto
I'm Building
1.-
A
Sailboat
of
Quickstep-My Gal Mezzanine.
....Gerry Moore at the Piano. 10.00 p.m.-An hour of New Variety.
Orch-Rising Tide-Selection.
Intro: Vanguards: Theme-Listening; New Empire March; Re-making the world (from films Youth Marches On" and *Calling all Nations')....Orchestra cond, by Will Recd.
*Youth Frontiersmen (film Vocal-New
Marches On")....Raymond Newell and Chorus with Orchestra. Humorous, Monologue Albert Evacuated (Holloway); Vocal-My Missus (Hollo- way & Conriche)....Stanley Holloway with Orchestra. Piano-I've Got You On My Mind ('Gay Divorce' Cole Porter); Thanks (film "Too much. hażmony')........Rafe Da Costa. Vocal-Wrap Me Up In My Tarpaulin Jac-
Antonio ket (Melville & Other); quale Ramónio (Crumit) Crumit (Tenor) with Gultar. Xylophone The Mouse,
The Plano
Раб-
Frank
and
The Cat....Jack Simpson with Orch. Vocal & Plano-A Boy and A Girl Were Dancing (Gordon & Revel); A Letter to My Mother (Gilbert & Nikle)....Derick- son & Brown. Comedienne-Will You Love Me When I'm Mutton (Lee & Western); At The Court Of Old King 'Cole (Boyle & Rale da Cos- ta)...Gracie Fields with Orchestra. Instri-Down The Trail of Dreams (Fos- ter Connelly)....The Organ, The Dance Band and Mc.
Parade Vocal w. Orch. The Laughter.
(Fay Dawn: & Montague)....The Laugh- ter Makers.
Plano-Carroll Calls the Tunes.
Intro: In an 18th Century Drawing
Room; It's a lovely day to-morrow; Scatterbrain; It's a Hap Hap Happy Day: Faithful forever; Let the people Sing....Carroll Gibbons,
Vocal At Least You Could Say "Hello" (Mysels & Others)....Connie Boswell with Orchestra. "
11:00 p.m. London Relay-London Log". 11.15 p.m.-Dance Music.
Cameo: Fox-Trots-The Lady On The
Chatterbox (from "That's right. I'm wrong")....Ambrose & His Orchestra. Rumba Fox-Trot-The Gaucho Serenade; Fox-Trot-Rosita....Ambrose & His Or
chestra.
Quicksteps-Lucky Me, Lucky You (from 'Come out and play'); ' How Beautiful You Are (from 'Black Velvet')........Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra. Waltz-Somewhere: in France With You; Fox-Trot-We'll Meet Again.... Jack Hylton & His Orchestra. Fox-Trot I Hear, A. Dream (film 'Gulli- ver's Travels'); Quickstep-Bluebirds in the Moonlight (film 'Gulliver's Travels')
...Jack White & His Collegians, Tangos-Mas Alla;. Quiero Verta Una Vez Mas... Orquesta Tipica Francisco Canaro.
Quicksteps-I Never Knew; It You Were The Only Girl In The World....Joe Daniels & His Hot Shots in "Drumnas. ticks".
Fox-Trot My Melancholy Baby
Hylton & His Orchestra. 12.00 midnight-CLOSE DOWN.
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