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"In Memoriam

Feodor Chalian?

17-12.20 pm Belay of Service of

tercession from St. John's Cath

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Organ

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ther Report.

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ham &- Dwyer, Gracie Fields, The Hill Billies. Costa.

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· 1.30 p.m.-Renter

and Rugby Press,"

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ments.

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2.15 pm.-Close down.

6-7 p.m.-Chinese Programme.

7 p.m.-Dance Music.

7.32 p.m-Closing Local Stock Quota-

tions.

BRIDGE NOTES

Mr.

"Waltz Time"-Medley

arr. Levy):

Dancing Butterly (Forng & Pet- kere).......Rate da Costa (Piano

Solo).

Did I Remember (From "Suzy'). Ring Down The Curtain.

Gracie Fields with Orch. Clapham And Dwyer On Hobbies.

Clapham & Dwyer (Descriptive Sketch).

Ole Faithful (M. Carr)

Take Ma Boots Of When Ah Dies

By ELY CULBERTSON

How Good Are

9 3 2

Culbertson is conducting, WEST A through this column, an examina-S5-4 tion of bridge players. Rate your-H-Q self by subtracting from 100 the D-87 64 points for each wrong answer. C-10-4

Question 28 appeared yesterday.

It was:

Question 28: You are West, de- clarer in a three no trump contract. North opens the three of spades. Your hand and dummy are as for lows:

WEST 8AQ ૩ H-AKT DJ 9 5 2 C-K 10 3

EAST [dummy]

S-6 5 4

H-Q J

D-Q 10 8 76

C-A Q 4

South plays the spade king to his partner's three spot: As declarer, how do you play the hand?

You?

EAST

S-AK QJ 6 3 2 E-5 4

D-A 10

C-J5

SOUTH

S-10 9 7 HA 8 6 D-K Q Jā

The bidding:

South

West North

East

ino trump Pass 2 clubs 2 dia. 2no trump Pass 3 no trump Double Pass Pass Pass

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Big Ben Waltzing Matilda 'Some Reflections on Travel in the

Lest readers conclude that the two diamond bid recorded above is a typographical error, I hasten to Answer: The crux of this hand state that East made precisely that is to duck and concede the very bid and that, under the circum- first triek. Obviously, you must stances, it was a beautiful trap. clear the diamond suit in order to Seldom does a player have such an make nine tricks. If you capture opportunity. Obviously, East's idea the spade king and lead a diamond, was to bid a suit that the opponents 6 North, holding one diamond hon-would certainly have well stopped. our, will duck. South will winThus, they would be lured into a and clear the spade suit for North, false sense of security and con- while the latter retains his dia-tract for enough no trumps to rain mond stopper and entry. If you them. It should-be noted that East concede the first trick you still have correctly figured that he himself two spade tricks. Now, when South could not go game. True, he had continues spades, you win and lead eight solid tricks, but he would a diamond. If North wins he can have to pick up two top tricks in clear his spades but never get in partner's hand, a very unlikely con- again to cash them. If South wins, tingency, considering South's val he has no spade left to return un-nerable no trump. South's hidding less North originally opened a four card suit, in which case there is no danger of losing more than two ́spades and two diamonds. [For failure to play as described, take a two point demerit.]

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GSH 2147 Mc/u (18.97 11). GSG-17:79 Mc/s (1686 m.) GSF 15.14 Mc/s (19.82 m). GSJ (to 3.30 p.m.) 2153 Mc/s

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215 pm-Music Hall.

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de Rougemont.'

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What's On At the Cinemas

AT THE KING'S “You Can't Have Everything." The show that's bigger, better, faster, funnier than any of its

AT THE STAR-"Mary Burns, Fu- gitiw, with Alan Bazter and Sylvia Sydney. An old picture in which Syl- gives an excellent performance. via Sidney is cast as a fugitive and record-breaking predecessors. Starring

AT THE ORIENTAL ST

Marion-Davies, Robert Mo gomery, Patsy Kelly, Frank McHugh, smart comedy-romance. Louise Fazenda and Carol Hughes-in

was, of course, somewhat open to censure since he had no spade stop per. But, in all faîmess, I have sem many worsé rebids than South made. He could have doubled two

AT THE MAJESTIC "52nd Street.” diamonds, but the opponents were New York's famous night club see- not vulnerable and he himself was, ftor provides the inspiration for this in He had a splendid it with part-timate film musical. The cast includes ner's club bid and it was not un-an Hunter, Leo Carrillo, Pat Pater Question 29: Neither side vulner-natural that he found no greatn, Ella Logan, Sid Silvers, Zasu Pitts able.

You are South, the dealer,menace in the spade situation. The

and Maria Shelton. and hold:

S-A 5 3, H-K 10 9 7 5 3, DS ↳ CJ 7.

TO-DAY'S QUESTION

The bidding proceeds:

North

East Pass 4 diamonds Pass

South West Pass

at call do yon make now?

TO-DAY'S HAND

South, dealer.

North-South vulnera

NORTH

D932

10-7

682

suit had not been bid adversely and there was, of course, a good chance that North had a spade stopper. So much for the bidding!!

East was, figuratively, rubbing his hands, waiting for the opening diamond lead when, to his horror, his partner, who had gone into long huddle, apparently decided that he would make a “surprint it tack" "Reasoning" that declarer had diamonds well stopped, West led out the heart queen Bast most had apoplexy as declarer won with the ace and immediately re- turned a heart toward the king-ten, finessing against the jack. Six club tricks then were run off, while East futlety discarded four of his love-i

Titannot. 1.East said to West!

Alice Faye, Don Arieche, Bitz Bros.,. Louise Hovich, Charles - Winrange Tony Martin, Rubinofe and his violin, Chip Tap and: Toe, Louis Prima, the

tumpet king and his band

BRA "Romance In The Dark", with AT THE QUEEN'S AND ALHAM- Gladys Swarthout, John Boles and John Barrymore. A gay comedy and ng zamiince with new. zarisie and songs.

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