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MUTT AND JEFF

GOSH, HERE'S AN OLD PHOTO OF ME AND MY POD! GEE, I WAGA CUTE KID! ANYBODY!

COULD TELL THAT WAS ME!

JEFF, TAKE A PEEK AT THIS PHOTO I FOUND IN

{MY DRAWERĮ

8-22

SKOPS STUDIO S

THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 29, 1939.

NHƠN THỊ

A VENTRILOQUISTP.

By

BUD FISHER

ENGUENTRILAQUIET!

/ FATHER AND THAT IMMYON HIS ADATS ME!!

DUMMY?

I STILL CLAIM I'M

RIGHT!

Recital By Nura Kanis

From The Studio

12.16 p.m.---Short Service of Interces-

sion.

12.30 p.m.-A Variety programme with George Formby, Frances Langford and Harry Roy's Tiger Ragamuffins, 1.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal and

Weather Report.. 1.03 p.m.-W. Brownlow (Baritone) in

Ballads of Yesterday.

1.18 p.m.-New Mayfair Orchestra.

Jubilee Dance Memories.

Love Tales (Selection of celebrated

Love Songs).

Today's Wireless

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.

1.45 p.m. The B.B.C. Dance Orchestra 2.15 p.m.-Close down. 6.00 p.m.-Dance Music.

Winning

CONTRACT

(By the Four Aces)

David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D. Maler, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schen- ken World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system that has beaten every other system in existence.

·

North, Dealer

Both sides vulnerable

404

JIKK

4 A 10 64 ♡ K 785 ◊ A 8 AA10 4

A COMPROMISE BID

AK Q 5 ♡ 4

W

◊ J 10 5

8 2

99 € 6

J-8 3

964

2

A 9.7 32 ♡ AQ 10 9 2 0 7 4378

The bidding:

after cashing two spade tricks, East was forced to lead a club, thereby al- lowing South to get away with the loss of but one trick in that suit.

*

You were David Bruce Burnstone's partner yesterday and held:

8 8 5 2 AKO 7 G

North East

1 A 40

Pass Pass

South 20 Рабо

Weat Роза Рода

The bidding:

Mater Barnstone Jacoby Xom

Pass

19. -Pass 14 14

(1) Poss

Pays

ANSWER: Your correct bid is two spades. Your hand is almost strong enough for a jump, but since the im- mediate raise of partner's second suit is always taken as an encouraging bid, it is better to be a little cautious with

The bidding is rather interesting, South felt his hand was a little too strong to simply raise his partner from one spade to two. At the same time he knew he was. not strong this hand. enough for a jump..

HIGH CARD VALUKS OF THE FOUR-ACES BYETEN

FACE

İKİNCİE QUEEN

JACK

TOTAL MILLE DE DAGARNA......

Score 100% for two spades, 80% for Hence, the two-heart, three spades, 30% for four spades, 0 response. Then, when for any other bid.

North jumped immedi-

ately to four hearts, South decided against going back to spades since he was afraid that might be construed as a Slam Invitation.

While actually four spades is a better contract than four hearts, due to the fact that with spades as trump De- clarer eventually can. discard a club on the long heart, nevertheless South made four hearts as follows:

QUESTION NO. 218

To-day you are Oswald Jacoby's partner and hold:

I I

LII I II

The bidding: Jacoby

BohenkenTM You Mater

Pass (2) What do you bid? (Answer tomorrow.)

The King of diamonds was opened and won by dummy's Ace. Three younds of trumps were how-taken and South ruffed dummy's eight of dia- monds in his own hand. The Ace and another spado were played and, Inc.).

(Released By The Bell Syndicate,

A

Fox-Trots-I'm Singing A Song For The Old Folks; Smile And Sing Your Cares Away....The Organ, The Dance Band and Me. Quickstep-Summer's End; Slow Fox-Trot-Two Sleepy People (film "Thank for the Memory')... Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra. Waltz-Never Break Promise; Slow Fox-Trot-Penny Serenade .:..Geraldo and His Orchestra. Fox-Trots-Daydreaming (film "The Gay Impostors'); I Wanna Go Back To Ball (film The Gay Im- postors)....Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees. Fox-Trots-The Dance Of The Blue Danube; Let Me Whisper....Ho-. race Heidt and His Alemite Bri- gadiers.

Waltzes That Night In Avalon; Co- lorado Sunset...Hilo Hawaiian Orchestra. **

Fox-Trots-If It Rains-Who Cares!;

A Garden In Granada.....Barrie Stanton Quintet.

6.45 p.m.-London Relay-News Sup.

plement. 6.50 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-

tions.

6.62 p.m.-B.B.C. Recording "Break- fast With The Bullfinches", by Ur- sula Branston. Music by various composers.Production by William

Maclurg.

7.21 p.m.Folk Music of the Nations.. 7.47 p.m.The Angelus Octet.

Spring Song (Mendelssohn); Noc- turne In E Flat Major (Chopin, Op. 9, No. 2); Serenade (Schu- bert); Cradle Song"(Brahms). « 8.00.p.m.Local Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements, 8.08 p.m.Next week's programmes. 8.07`p.m.-Orchestral Selections.

La Muta Di Porticf-Overture (Au- ber)...Milan Symphony Orches- tra cond. by Lorenzo Molajoli. 8.15 p.m.-Studio-Plano - Recital by Nura Kanis. Schumann's "Carna- val", Op. 2.

Quartet In A 8.45 p.m. Haydn

Pro Arte Major, Op. 55, No..1. Quartet..

9,01 p.m. Haydn →→ Menuet by Pau Casala (Cello). Piano accompani- ment by Blas-Net.

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

cent Events.

B.B.C. Recording: Breakfast With The Bullfinches

9.30 p.m.-Excerpts from Gilbert and

Sullivan.

"Patience"

Recit Still Brooding On Their Mad Infatuation; I Cannot Tell What This Love May Be....W. Lawson, N. Briercliffe, M. Eyre and Chorus of Girls.

In a Doleful Train; Now, is Not This Ridiculous....N. Briercliffe, G. Baker, M. Eyre and Chorus of Girls and Dragoons. When I First Put This Uniform On....Darrell Fancourt and Chorus of Dragoons. "The Gondoliers”—

Bridegroom and Bride!..... Chorus. When A Merry Maiden Marries....

Aileen Davies and Chorus. Kind Sir, You Cannot Have The

Heart... Winifred Lawson.

Do Not Give Way....L. Sheffield, W. Lawson, A. Davies, D. Old- ham, G. Baker,

Now, Pray, What Is The Cause....

Chorus.

Oldham,

Replying, Wé Sing..D.

G. Baker and Chorus. 10.00 p.m.A Variety and Dance Pro-

gramme. Accordeon Woodland Flowers *(Burns); Black And White (Bots-

ford) ....Viliq Vesterinen. Quickstep I Got Love; Fox-Trot-

The Trek Song (film We're going to be rich).The Band Wag- goners. Fox-Trots-Ol' Man Mose; 'Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea

.Eddy Duchin arid: His Orch. Banjo Tony (Oakley); White Rose (Oakley). Ar. Olly Oakley with Piano accomp. Fox-Trot-Love Makes The World Go Round (from These Foolish Things'); Quickstep - Teacher's Pet...Henry Hall and His Orch. Duet Tricky Little Tune (McGill)

....Major and Minor with Orch. Fox-Trots Minuet for a Modern Miss: Plastered In Paris.... .The Six Swingers..... Waltz-The Humming Waltz; Fox- Trot-Penny Serenade....Manto- vani and His Orchestra. Vocal-One Of The Little Orphans of the Storm... (film 'Queen of Gracie Fields with 'Hearts') ...

Orchestra. Fox-Trots-I've Got A Pocketful Of Dreams from 'Sine. you Sin- ners'): Good-Night. Little: Skloper ...Brian Lawrance and His Orch. Brass Quintette-Mighty Lak' A Rose (Novrin)....... Frank Biffo and His Brass Quintette.

9.16 p.m.-London Rölgy-The News,11.00 p.m.Close down.

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