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MUTT AND JEFF"

THE TROUBLE WITH YOU, MUTT, 18 THAT

YOURE AFRAID OF. YOUR WIFE AND GHA KNOWS IT!

WOMAN, I'VE COME HERE TO DEMAND MY RIGHTS AND RESPECTAS A FATHER AND

HUSBAND!

YOU'RE NOT DICTATING TO ME ANY LONGER ALL THESE YEARS FIVE BIEN TAKING YOUR ABUERI 'ALL THESE YEARS I'VE BEEN “TAKING YOUR J

BEATINGS:

THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 25, 1939.

By BUD FISHER

-BUT FROM NOW

ON IT'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT)

C

8-17

A B.B.C. Recording

of 'Hail Variety'

Today's Wireless

Hong Kong, Monday, Sept. 25, 1939. 12.16 p.m.- Short Service of, Inter-

cession.

12.80 p.m.-John McCormack (Tenor)

In an Irish Programme.

1.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal and

Weather Report.

ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M.

9.52 megacycles)

ducted by John Barbirolli. 2.15 p.m.-Close Down.

6.00 p.m.-"For the Children." 6.30 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota-

tions.

1,03 p.m. Varlety with John Tilley, Western brothers and Rene Houston. 1.30 p.m.--Reuter and Rugby Press, 6.32 p.m.-Choruses.

Weather Forecast and Announce- | 6.46 p.m.-London Relay-News Supe ments.

plement.

1,45 p.m.-Grieg-Concerto In A Min-6.55 p.m.-B.B.C. Recording Hail

or, Op. 16.

Wilhelm Backhaus (Piano) and The New Symphony Orchestra

con-

Variety'. Written and devised by Gale Pedrick. Production by Roy Speer.

Winning

CONTRACT

(By the Four Aces)

David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D. Mater, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Scheus

<en

World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system that has beaten every other systein in existence.

4904

10 9

9 6 3

◊ K 9 6 3

4 AQ4 2

A K Q JB 4 8 VQ J 2 ◊ J 10 40 5

404

A BAD DOUBLE

Б

7 6

4 9

+ 8 7 6 3 A 8 2 AK 10 4 ◊ A Q 5

♣ K J 10

low diamonds while let go of three and two low clubs, retaining the three honours. Declarer now simply played a low diamond, went up with the Ace, dropping West's singleton King, and made the contract.

It will be noted that if West had held on to two diamonds and one club, Declarer would simply have played a club and forced West to lead up to his Ace-Queen of diamonds.

* * *

You were Merwin Maier's partner yesterday and held:

A J 10 8 x x ♡ I

OAXX I

AKI

The bidding:

Bouth

2N'T

West Pass 3A

North

Bast

Pass

3NT

Pass

4NT

Pass

GNT

Dbl.

Рава

Pass

Pass

North's bidding of to-

ou

14 Dbl.. Redbl. Pass Page 24 (7)

Schinken 24% Paos

day's hand was parti-

HIGH CARD VALUES cularly fine.

OF THE

FOUR-ACED SYS

Figuring

that his six spades would represent just as

KING 2 many tricks at notrump

ACC

QUEEN JACK

PIETAL SOLUE OF BAČENA

The bidding:

Burstone Maler

ANSWER: Your correct bid is three

as at spades, he invited the Slam in notrump so spades. Your partner's redouble has show a good hand, and hence his bid that the lead could come up to his partner. South's of two spades is almost a force. Ac- jump to six- notrump cordingly, since your opening bid is sound and you have a five-card sult; you rebid..

Score 100% for three spades, 80% for four spades (a slight overbid),

· QUESTION NO. 214

You are Howard Schenken's partner and hold:

IIX

A KI ♡

Q 108-8 A10xxx

was of course a slight overbid, whila West's double was de- cidedly ill-advised, since he gave away the location of the high cards,

West opened the ten of spades. De-30% for pass (a distinct underbid). clarer quickly took stock and counted eleven sure tricks plus the possibility of establishing his twelfth either in diamonds by a successful finesse for, the King, or in clubs by a successful. finesse for the Queen. However, it seemed obvious to him that West's double indicated that he held these | two cards as well as the club Ace. Ac- cordingly, Declarer"

cashed ftrat. his four hearts, discarding a diamondTM

from dummy's then ran off the rest of the spades, retaining the Ace-Queen of diamond and the King of clubs as his last three. cards. West, back of Declarer,"mean- 1 Inc.)

The bidding: Schenken

Pass

Pask

Jacoby You Bumstens

Dbl... Pas

24

3NT Рабб INT

Paso Pasz

What do you lend?” (Answer tomorrow.)

(Released By The Bell Syndicate,

7.25 p.m.-Cinema Organ Selections.

By The Blue Hawaiian Waters

Medley (Ketelbey); The Vision Of Full-San-Medley (Ketelbey)..... Reginald Foort at the Organ of the Regal Cinema, London. Torch Song Parade. Intro: I've got to sing a Torch Song; Swing is in the Air; You're here, you're there, you're everywhere; Wake up and live; This year's kisses; They can't take that away from me; Mid- night in Mayfair; September in the rain; I've got to sing a Torch song.....Sidney

Torch in the

Union Cinema Kingston. 7.42 p.m.-Excerpts from C. B. Coch- ran's "Anything Good". Jack Whit- ing, Jeanne Aubert, The Four Ad- mirals, Sidney Howard, The Four Harmonists and Chorus with the Palace Theatre Orchestra conducted by Francis Collinson.

7.61 p.m.-Foresythe-Southern Holl- day (A Phantasy of Negro Mooda), The B.B.C. Dance Orchestra direct- ed by Henry Hall with Reginald Foresythe at the Piano,

8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements.

8.03 p.m.-Puccini's "Madam Butter- fly" Act III. Characters and Solo- ists in order of appearance: M. Sheridan (Soprano) ....

Cho Chủ- San; I. Mannarini (Mezzo-Soprano)

Suzuki,

Cecil a servant; L. (Tenor)....B. F. Pinkerton, Lieu- tenant, U.S.N.; V. Weinberg (Bari- tone)....Sharpless, U.S.

Consul;

Lomi (Mezzo-Soprano)........Kate Pin- kerton; with Members of La Scala Orchestra and Chorus, Milan. 8.30 p.m.-Concert Waltzes.

My Darling Waltz ("The Gipsy Ba- ron-J. Strauss) Berlin State Opera Orchestra cond. by Dr. Leo Blech.

Acceleration-Waltz (Joh. Strauss-

Budapest arr. Hohne);

Waltz (Lanner-arr. Hehne)....Orches- tra Mascotte. 9.45 p.m.-Viator Bilvægter and His

Ballroom Orchestra.

|

"Madame Butterfly" Act 3

(Alm 'St. Louis Blues'); Quickstep -Could Be.

9.10 p.m.----Studio-Comments on Re-

cent Events.

9.16 p.m.-London Relay-The Nowa. 9.30 p.m.-Hawaiian Selections.

Smiling Eyes (Nawahi); Hawafian Love Bird (Denniker and Razef) ....King Nawahi's Hawaiians. My South Sea Sweetheart; Blue

Sparks

Masters' Hawailans (Steel Guitar and Banjo). Lion Rag; Lonesome Without My

Baby....Masters Hawaiians. 9.49 p.m.-Dance Music and Varlety.

Fox-Trots-I Never Knew; Don't

You Care What Anyone Says.... Teddy Foster and His Kings Of Swing.

Quickstep Cathedral In The Pines; Fox-Trot-My Secret Love Affair (film 'Lovely to Look At'); Waltz -Waltz of My Heart (from 'The Dancing Years'); Quickstep-An- gels Never Leave Heaven; Slow Fox-Trot-A Mist Is Over the Moon (film 'The Lady Objects'); Quickstep-Apple Blossom Time; Slow Fox-Trot--Kinda Lonesome '11

Fox-Trot-Gone

With The Wind

.. (from the film)....Roy Fox and

His Orchestra.

Orch. A Couple Of April Fools (Kennedy and Carr); If You Love Me (Noble).. . Carroll Gibbons (Piano) and His Boy Friends. Fox-Trots Twilight In Turkey; The Toy. Trumpet....Nat Gonella and His Georgians.“

Vocal Trio-America Calling. Intro: Dear old Southland, Bam bam bammy shore;; Charleston back to Charleston; St. Louis Blues; An Orange Grove in California; Broadway melody; Chicago; Beau- tiful Ohio; Avalon; On the Missis- sippl....The Carlyle Cousins with Quaglino's Quartet. Fox-Trots-I'm Fellin' Like A Mil-

llon (film 'Broadway Melody of 1938'); Caravan. . Nat Gonella and His Georgians. Vocal-Sally The Circus Queen (Weston-Lee); The Legionaires Warner (Warner-Darnell)

and Darnell, Fox-Trots---Oh,

They're

Tough-

Mighty Tough in the West; Ten Pretty Girls.....Not Gonella and His Georgians.

Plano Duets-Viennese Waltz Med- ley (Strauss)....Rawicz and Lan- dauer.

Fox-Trots-Moon At Sea; Two Sha- dows in the Moonlight......Billy 'Thorburn and His Music. Plano-Accordion-Speak To Me Of Love (Lenoir); Stars Over Devon (Flynn and Egan).. .George Scott-Wood assisted by Guitar,. "Bass and Drums.

Fox-Trots-Night Over Shanghai

(film "The Singing

Marine');

Billy

'Cause My Baby Says It's So (Alm The Singing Marine').. Thorburn and His Music. p.m.-Close down.

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