1939-09-26 — Page 16

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THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 26, 1939

EMPLOYMENT

AGENCY

By BUD FISHER

Hal

Lorenzo

And Toby Gray

From The Studio

Today's Wireless

12.15 p.m.-A Short Service of Inter-

cession.

12.30 p.m.-Tino Rossi (Tenor) and

the Orchestra Mascotte.

1 p.m.-Local Time Signal and Wea-

ther Report.

1.03 p.m.-Dance Music by Roy Fox

and His Orchestra. Fox-Trot-What Is Romance (Alm 'No sky so blue'); Quickstep-The Soldier's Chocolate

· Daughter; Waltzes-My First Love Song (film 'Queen of Hearts'); Would You (Alm 'San Francisco');. Con- cert Arrangements-The Japanese Sandman (Egan, Whiting); Alex- ander's Ragtime Band (Berlin); Fox-Trots You Took The Words Right Out Of My Heart (film 'Big Broadcast of 1938'); Thanks for the Memory (film 'Big Broadcast of 1938):

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

9.52 megacycles).

1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce- ments..

Men (Plater); Song of the Marines (arr. Mackenzie).....Grand Mass- ed Brass Bands at the Leicester Brass Bands Festival, 1938.

Louis Vocal-Junior (Buzzi-

(film 'St. Blues')....Dorothy Lamour with Orchestra.

1.45 p.m.-Latest Variety Numbers.

Vocal-Povero Pulcinella

by

Albert

Peccia); "Tic-Ti, Tic-Ta (Lama- Feola)....Gino Del Signore (Ten- or) *with Gisella Carmi (So-2.15 p.m.-Close down, prano) and Orchestra.

6 p.m.-Beethoven-Symphony No. 3 Orch.-Little Swiss Whistling Song

In E Flat Major, Op. 55. Symphony Orchestra conducted (Parr. Davies); Cowboy's Home in

Coates. Heaven (Robison)....Carson Ro- bison and His Pioneers. Humorous. Monologue-Old Sam..

1: Beat the Retreat on Thy Drum; 2: One Each a Piece All Round.........、、 Stanley Holloway with Piano. Massed Bands -March of the King's

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

•

A TRAGEDY IN ONE ACT

While the three-card minor-suit bid Declarer now led the nine of hearts. serves its purpose on occasion, one East played the Ace, cashed his should never bid it with a part score. Queen-Jack of clubs and now played South's violation of this rule got him a spade. into lots of troubles.

South, Dealer

North-South vulnerable North-South 40 on score

A 4

♡ 3 9 7

We draw a veil over the rest of the hand. Suffice to say Declarer went down 1,100 points — a penalty which we feel was really deserved as a re- sult of his bad bidding and play.

#

*

*

were

Yesterday you Schenken's partner and held:

AK X

♡ III

◊ Q 10 8 3 A 10 = X X

◊ A 8 6 3

AK 10 9 8 4

AKQ 96

V 8 2

Q K J 10

5 4

A 8 7 3

A 6 5 4 3 07. #QJ7 2

€

J 10 6 2

14

Pass

The bidding:

You Schenken Jacoby

Dbl. Pase Pass INT

Рабя

The bidding:

K Q 10

9 3

A 5 2

Bouth West

'North

14

IA

24

Рава

20

3

Pans

Раня

4

East Pass BA

Dbl.

Pass

Pass

Pass

WISH CARD VALUES OF THE FOUR-ACES SYSTEN

FACE 3 KING/2. QUEEN 1 JACKLES

PETRELNIKE WE MAKE NE AYREJAS HAND & TO

West opened the King of spades and then shifted to the eight of hearts. East ducked, signalling with the six-spot. Declarer won with the Queen and now made a play his.

opening bid gven worse than he 1sid.dówn his Ace of clubs and played low club -to dummy. When West showed out, South might still have saved something from the wreck by playing a low club. But instead he went right up with the King.

3

Howard

Buru teng

2da 3NT

РАВЕ Pass

What do you land?

ANSWER: Your correct lead is the King of spades. True, it might turn out that the surprise lead of a dia- But in mond would beat the hand. all probability the best chance for successful defence is to

find your partner with a spade sult that can be set up.

Score 100% for the King of spades, 60% for three of diamonds. 0 for any other lead gra

QUESTION NO. 215 Neither side is vulnerable. You are the dealer and hold:

What do you bidr tomorrow.)

(Released By

Bell Syndicate,

Ino.2

Beethoven's.

Third Symphony

the Mountain; (c) Ride, Tender-

foot, Ride.....Hal Lorenzo and Toby Gray.

8.40 p.m.-B.B.C. Recording-"Money

for Nothing". A Sketch. 8.55 p.m.

Orchestra.

Bournemouth Municipal

Three Dances From Nell Gwyn (German); Intermezzo Pizzicato for Strings (Montague Birch); Crocus Time Serenade Strings (T. de la Riviere). 9.10 p.m.--Studio-Comments on Rc.

cant Events.

for

9.15 p.m.-London Relay--The News.

6.46 p.m.-London Relay-News Sup-9.35 p.m.-Violin Solos,

plement. 6.55 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-

⚫tions.

6.57 p.m.--Another Recital of Popular Classics Compered from the Studio. 7:35 p.m. - Pater Dawcon (Bass- Baritone) in a Military Band Con. cort.

?

Morning, Noon and Night-Overture The (Suppe, arr. Morelli). Band of H.M. Coldstream Guards cond. by Lieut. R. G. Evans, So It Goes On ('Swing is in the Air' -Noel Gay); Red, White and Blue ('Swing is in the Air')..... Peter Dawson (Bass-Baritone) with Or- chestra and Male Quartet.

Great Times-March (Brase); Hes- sian Infantry March (arr. Prof. Hackenberger)....Massed Military

Bands.

Improvisation on a Japanese Tune (Zimbalist); Quruka Kuruka, Japanese Tune (Yamada) Efrem

accomp.

Zimbalist with Piano

Madrigale (Simonetti). .. Yvonne

Curti with Piano accomp. 9.45 p.m.-Musical Comedy Selections: (Stolz- "Wild Violets"-Selection

Dostal).....Eugen Wolff and His Orchestra.

"Crazy Days" —— Selection (Eyton, Carter and Mayerl)....The Shaf- tesbury Theatre Orchestra London. "Wake Up And Dream" - Vocal Gems (Porter); "Mister Cinders" -Vocal Gems (Ellis and Myers) with ....Light Opera Company Orchestra.

"London Rhapsody"--Vocal Selec- tion (Carr and Kennedy)....The London Palladium Orchestra.

p.m.-A Programme of Variety and Dance Music.

Fishin' In The North Sea (Stern-

dale-Bennett); The Two Grena-10.15 diers. (Schumann)....Peter Daw- son (Bass-Baritone) with Orch. La Mattchiche ("Maxixe"--March on a Spanish Air-arr. Bilton.... Regimental Band of H.M. Grena- dier Guards

cond. by George Miller.

Fax-Trots Moon or no Moon (film 'Gangway'); Gangway (from the film).. ...Jack Hylton and His Orchestra. Vocal-I Wished Major

Weather

8 p.m.-Local Time Signal, -Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-8tudio--Variety Concert by Hai Lorenzo (Jazz-Plano), Toby Gray (Plano-Accordeon) and The Harmony Three (Vocal).

1. Blue Rhythm....Hal Lorenzo and

Toby Gray.

2. Sweet Sue.

The Harmony

Three (Vocal) and a Guitar.

3. Harlem....Hal Lorenzo and Toby-

Gray.

The

4. Somebody Loves You.

Harmony Three and a Guitar. 3. Medley: (a) You Changed My Life; (b) Lulu's Back in Town; (c) Nightfall......Hal Lorenzo and Toby Gray,

8. The Continental....The Harmony

Three and a Guitar..

7. Hill Billy Medley: (a) Last Round

Goodbye

Moon On The

of (from "The Big Broadcast 1936'); I'm In The Mood for Love (film Every night at eight').......... Lanny Ross with Orchestra.

Say Quickstep-Don't

Waltz-I Hum a Waltz (film “This is my Affair')....Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra. Vocal-Lonesome Love-Sick Blues (Williams); I Love Dancing (Wil- Hams).....Josephine Baker with Two Pianos.

Fox-Trot Selection-On The Ave nue; Fox-Trot-So Rare....Victo Silvester and His Ballroom Orch Fox-Trots-Old Man Moon (fln "Topper'); Foolin' Myself.... Harr Roy and His Orchestra. Vocal and Plano!- Hypnotized (Lewis and Others): A Little Ren dezvous In Honolulu (Lealle an Burke). Turner Layton.

Up; (b) She'll be Coming Round 11 p.m.-Close down.

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