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CHINA MAIL AUGUST 21.

Dance Mike

Predda 29.6

12.30-2.15 pm European

Today's Wireless

12:30 p.m.-Songs by Turner Layton

(Tenor).

I Once Had A Heart Margnerita

(Lisbona, Connor & Schmitz). When My Dreamboat Comes Home

(Friend & Franklin).

The Wind And The Rain (1. Layton). 12.40 pm-Campoli & His Orchestra. 1. Local: Time Signal and Wes

ther Report.

1.83 p.m. Variety.

Piano

Midnight. In Mayfair (Chase With Thee I Swing

(Stillman, Hyde & Adlam).

Carroll Gibbons and His Boy

Friends.

Laughter Sketch-

Our Amateur Night (Weston &

Lee). The Regal Radio Party.

Vocal--Our Greatest Successes:

ZBW 355 M. 845 kcs:

Accordeon Solo

One-Step Arabe Sedibal. Fax-Trot-Bell Ringer.

Maurice Alexander.

1.30 p.m.-Reuter Press; Rugby Press; Local: Weather Forecast and An- nouncements.

215

14-7

1.40 pm-Songs by Frances Day (So-

prano) & Les Allen (Baritone). Easy To Lovel

I've Got You Under My Skin (Film: Born to Dance).

Seein' Is Believin

Frances Day.

7.05

Les Allen with Carroll Gibbons (piano) & His Boy Friends. You Have That Extra Something.

Frances Day.

Little Picsnimmy Mine

(Intro: Little Alabama Coon).

Intro: There's something about alam All Alone. Les Allen & His

soldier, My hat's on the side my head, We'll all go riding on a rainbow, The fies crawled up the window Sweep, All for a shilling a day, But not to-day, Gentlemen, the King.

Cicely Courtneidge & Jack

Hubbert

BRIDGE NOTES

Canadian Bachelors.

2 p.m.-Dance Music.

Slow Fox Trot-

The Hills Of Old Wyomin (From Palm Springs). Waltz Stars In My Eyes

(From The King steps out ').

Jack Harris & His Orchestr

By ELF CULBERTSON

Luck In Slam Bidding

be re-

The International World Bridge quick tricks and would not Congress and Tournament at Buda-garded as a sound opening bid at pest, in which teams from seven-any score. Z, however, assured teen countries took part, resulted that Y had something, bid only in a win for Austria. It is pro-One No-Trump. With the Aus- bable that the Austrian team is the trians that is a strong response and finest in Europe, as its consistent demands further bidding. Even so, prowess in these international con-to arrive at a grand slam declara- tion on these cards is rather re- tests seems to prove.

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The team was this year using a markable. Actually Y made his system devised by their captain.contract. But the slam was no Dr. Paul Stern. Combined with the certainty, and I ask you to judge Four-Five No-Trump and Asking whether this was sound or lucky Bid Convention, they use a strong bidding. To make the slam the bid of "One No-Trump, which is Clubs must be divided 2 and 1, and forcing for one round, the nega- a finesse in Spades must be taken

Here is a hand on which the Eng- tive response being "Two Chubs,” with less than one and a half hon-lish team embarked upon a grand our tricks. If the opening bidder slam contract:-- then bids "Two Diamonds," this is

a further force asking for partner's four-card major suit. Holding no

four card. major, the response is "Two No-Trumps." Any positive res-

ponse

to

I

S-10

E 10, 3, 6, 4 DJ, 5

A

-K, Q, J, 9, 6, 5

B

H.-9,

D.

C.44,3 Ze

initial "One No- 211 Trump" bid shows at least one and S.-J. 9, 7, 5, 3 S.- a half tricks with a five-card suit K, 2

An opening "One Club” is

also D-6, 4, 2

foreing, and shows an evenly dis- C-10, 8, 4

tributed hand not sufficiently

strong to bid "One No-Trump.”

Here is an example of its use:-

S-K, JI, I

HA, 9, 1

· C.

A

Z

SA I..

H-K, 10, x

DA

C-A, I, I, Jy Is I, X.

Both sides vulnerable. Y the dealer. The bidding by the Aus- trians was (A and B taking part)

One Club!

One No-Trump

Two Spades

Five Clubs Sever lubs

S.-4, 8, 4

E—A, Q, J, 7, 5 D—A, 9; 3 C-A, 2

I've Got The World Mood

Frank's wife:

Orchest

room of a suburban home in Chelse Production by Howard Rose! 17.30 pm-Closing local Stock

“Kions and Hong

ket Report.

7.35 p.m.-Fariety."

Two Pianos

Passepied

Sylvia).

_

Alleyne &

the road

mayokom my done,

Paul Robeson (Bass).

Novelty The Hobo's Spring

Vocal

"The Hill Biries.

Fantasy From Film Black Roses -

Intro: Two Sun-Worship Dances Valse Triste (Sibelius) Bi Roses, Finnish Hymn.“ To-day I Am Happy Waltz Son

(Film: Black Roses).

Lilian Harvey (Soprano) with

Orchestry & choir. Orchestra & Organ-Ray Noble Mer

Iey:

Intro: Brighter than the you'll say yes? Cherie, the sweetest thing, By the

PianoCharh

&20

No. D. L

Intro There's a small

got you under my

Fer heels, Pennies from

ead

Who loves you?........ Chair pin-London Relay-London Log: by Walter Fitzgerald. (TE 8:30 pm Luigin, Ballet Eg

Suite

chestra

Played by

Concert Or

8.47 pm-Baie Da Costa (Piano).

Just One More Chance

*prano)

La Barque

Ne Dis Pas Toujou ATENAGA

Pazour

Encienne Boyer. O Corse lle D'Amour... Tino Rossi.

Lucienne Boyer.

Tango Chante.

Reviens Colombe

19.20 p.m.

Lawn

Tino Rossi

Frank Read on

•News &

Hong Kong from the Grill

ong Hotel

What's On At the Cinemas

BRA

AT THE QUEEN'S "Slave Slip Baxter, Wallace Beery, George Sanders, Jane Joseph Schidkraut.

part of a sea captain slave traffic, but is his mutinous crew uni

of Wallace Beery,

Thus,

had planned as a honeym young bride becomes a sla adventure with the cor in danger of death.

10, 8, 770

The bidding was (A and B taking

no part):-

Z

Two Hearts

I

Three Clubs Four Hearts

Three Hearts Four No-Trumps Five Clubs Five No-Trumps Seven Hearts This was doubled by A, who led a Diamond, and Z was two down

In the other room. garians, Y and Z,

as Six Feerts.

and the contract

Now

hether

playe were justined

embarking upon

azdeclaration:u īs

Hun-

Spade,

ter of opinion. Tam informed that

Now I would ask you to consider they did so because they knew they carefully this bidding, because it is were already down on points. But on lines quite different from those this does not seem to me a good employed in England or in America reason.

I think they should have

em

Note first of all that the initial bes ent with a little slam con- "One Club” by Y has no relation Ch. However, they were certain- to the artificial "Oute Club” bids as

unlucky to be two down, used here. It does not show The point which I would genuine Club, suit but a hand with phasise is the luck of the lead even distribution not strong enough Nothing but a Diamond lead can bid "One No-Trump." Mark, fur- defeat the contract of “Six Hearts” ther, that the hand has only two But why should A lead a Diamond?

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AT THE CENTRAL tions, with Laurel and members of the famous team have twm brother ceedingly funny picture. double roles, in fact, and create Ithemselves a host of amusing

tions.

AT THE ORIENTAL ———“ Town."-George Murp |lan portray the coman

Murphy festuring his new tions. Ella Logaz, poz and radio bines sing her numbers: of the “Ziegfe stage, sings

Hugh Herbert, Three Sadors

Gave Him stars in the racy, Gladys one, this drama igue and courage tells of two men whose af- other, was turned to use they loved the same

THE STAR

AT THE

Unio

fheart

With

gets hi general

"Mind Your Own les Ruggles,

Baker

of a-

in his

mum and

that uavel.

When You're af & gay, light- Charming escapade in

es winch Grace Moore has been transform- bered into a charming comedienne. Play- ing opposite her in the male, lead is Cary Grant Aline MacMahon, Henry Stephenson Thomas Mitchell tharine Doucet and Luis Alberni in

supporting

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