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WINNING CONTRACT
(By The Four Aces)
RELENTLESS FORCING
When a defender holds trumps, his best course is usually
four
to force Declarer to ruff. One or two "forces" may cause an appar ently ironclad hand to blow Fight
up.
South, Dealer North-South vulnerable
A.K J
9 8 6 O'A Q J 10 4 AJ 63
THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 12, 1940.
R.A.F. FIND NEW USE FOR TRACER BULLETS
A NEW USE HAS BEEN FOUND for the tracer bullet. R.A.F. pilots, having bombed the metal tops of oil tanks at Ghent, in Belgium, dived and set fire to the oil by pouring into it a steady stream of tracer bullets.
Since the first days of this war,, is close on 2,000 miles an hour, and even in. the last war, tracer This speed enables the process of bullets have been used chiefly at combustion to be fed by a con- night, when the flame of the bul- stant supply of the oxygen that let nets as a pointer to the air-is present in the air.
There are other secret methods of igniting the coating on the tracer bullet.
enabling him gunner, adjust his aim on the target.
A 9 4 ♡ AG 32 ◊ 6 3
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4 8 7 6 6
craft
3 2
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AK Q 10 8
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7 6 2
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7 6 4
A Q 10 KQJ 107
OK 9 8
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Terms: Cash on Delivery.
The bidding:
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers.
South West
North
10
2
20
Hong Kong, 9th August, 1940
2♡
Рава
4♡
Puss
3♡ Pass
East Páse Pase
Pass
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Coated With Phosphorus
to
The anti-tank gun and certain types of anti-aircraft gun also use tracer ammunition, mainly to help the gunners to find and re- or-main on the target at night.
But the R.A.F. have found a
Tracer bullets are just like dinary machine-gun. or rifle bul- lets. With this exception: they new
way of attacking the oil are coated with a chemical com- which with every day is becomi- position containing phosphorous, ing more precious to Germany, [This conting is ignited by the ex- the chamber of the plosion in gun.
The flame of the burning West opened the King of clubs material is kept at high tempera- and continued the ture by the terrific speed at suit until South which the bullet passes througu ruffed the third the air. If fired from a diving round. Declarer's bomber the velocity of the bullet only task, iton leaving the muzzle of the gun seemed, WAS
HIGH CARD VALUES
OF THE FOUR-ACES SYSTEM
ACF
KING 2 QUEEN 1 JACKA
TOTAL, WALANG ON PRÊN CÁ ANERADE NAPI 67,
draw trumps and
claim the rest; but
BIG RAID ON CHUNCHU
Ninety Japanese planes, in three flights, again
West found a wayTO SPEED RECOVERY heavily bombed Chung-
to add
task.
to
that
When South lead the King of
AFTER MALARIA
king yesterday afternoon, all the raiders appearing.
hearts, at the fourth trick, West. After an attack of malaria the declined to take his Ace. South victim is left weak and depressed over the city at the same then led the Queen of hearts, and and recovery is often slow with time. West again held off since taking the ever present danger of a It is believed casualties either of the first two trumps relapse.
small while property damage was, would oblige him to discontinue
What is needed at this time is a negligible. clubs.
were
Now South was helpless. If he reliable blood and nerve tonic to The raiders released bombs in led another trump, West would rehabilitate the blood which has various parts of the city, including out South's last become thin and depleted as a re- the western suburbs, the north win and force
sult of the fever.
bank of the Chialing River, the fourth round of trump with
The most famous tonic for lower city and in the vicinity of clubs; and then West would win
of rapidly creating new, rich, red the Yangtse. five tricks the two more trumps and the fifth club. In order blood is to prevent this two-trick set, South had to abandon trumps. That al-
Two fires started which were lowed West to ruff with the low and that is the reason why these trump; and the Ace of trumps was pills have proved again and again quickly brought under control.
the ideal health restorer after an
the Anti-aircraft guns greeted attack of malaria or other weak-raiders with the setting trick.
heavy fire
and ening fever.
Chinese fighters engaged them.
*
*
were
David
DR. WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS
Clinical tests carried out under
Yesterday you
partner, and strict medical supervision, when Bruce Burnstone's with neither side vulnerable, you in every case the patients showed held:
AKJ 6
7
A K Q 8
Q 10 5 8
The bidding! You Schenken Barnstone
Pass
14
20022 20011 10 33963 (1)
ANSWER:
It is belleved some bombs also dropped on the south bank of the Yangtsc.
Raid Lasts 11⁄2 Hours
substantial increases in the num-
The planes first appeared at 2 ber of red corpuscles after one p.m. and the all clear signal was month's treatment with the pills, given at 3.30. The alarm sounded provide convincing proof of the at noon when the raiders blood building properties of this sighted heading for the city. world-famous tonic.
It was reported that a second flight of planes dropped bombs on a town below Chungking while en
course
were
If you are convalescing-from] Jacoby malaria, take a
of Dr. Williams Pink Pills, they will route to the capital. Разз
surely do you good and hasten the outskirts, the three flights of After circling for some time in your recovery because they
90 planes left in mass formation
in five lines with Build up the Blood and Nerves. spread out
single row of 27 in the lead.- Reuter.
33993
Bid two diamonds. 20022 The simple normal rebid is best, since there is no game if partner cannot find another bid.
Score 100% for two diamonds, 60% for two clubs, 30% for two no-trump.
ACT NOW
Question No. 486 Again you hold the same hand, and the bidding continues:
Yua schenkenTM*
1♡
20
Pass Pass
Burnstone
14 4♡
Pase Pasa
(7).
What do you bid (Answer
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