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MUTT AND JEFF

SAY, I WON THE KENTUCKY DERBY LAST YEAR AND THIS FIELD „BELONGS TO ME! NOW BEAT IT!

WHAT'S UP, JEFF?

THAT HORSE! IT TALKS!-- IT SPOKE TO ME JUST LIKE I'M TALKING

TO YOU!

ני

THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 9, 1939

SPOKE TO YOU? WHAT

SHE SAY?

SHE SAID

SHE WON

THE

KENTUCKY DERBY LAST YEAR!

By BUD FISHER

CONFOUND YOU, CLARA! YOU STOP YOUR FIBBINE! YOU KNOW YOU WARN'T

EVEN ENTERED FOR THE RACE!

1

TEVAY

Bournemouth

Municipal Orchestra

Today's Wireless

6.45 p.m.-Studio-Children's Hour. 6.45 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-

tions.

6.47 p.m.-John Gosa (Baritone) and the Cathedral Male Voice Quartet. Blow The Man Down; Tom's Gone

to Hilo (arr. Terry). Lowlands; Highland Laddie

Taylor Harris).

(arr.

Ten Thousand Miles Away (Willan). Agincourt (Willan); Here's A Health

Unto His Majesty (Harris).

7.00 p.m.-The Bournemouth Muntoi -

pal Orchestra.

Pique Dame, Overture (Suppe). Chanson Triste (Tchaikowsky),

The Two Imps (Alford):

Dancer Of Seville (Grunow),

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

9.52 megacycles)

7.23 p.m.-Songs by Charles Kullman

(Tenor).

On The Road To Mandalay (Kip-

ling-Speaks).

I'm Falling In Love With Someone

(Young-Herbert).

Serenade (Ravini).

7.36 p.m.-Max Bruch-Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26. Yehudi Menu- hin (Violin) & London Symphony Orches cond. by Sir Landon Ronald

Le Prophete Coronation March 8.00 p.m. Lopal Time Bignal, Weather

(Meyerbeer).

Report and Announcements.

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 beuten every other system in existence.

ken.

A PROBLEM IN PLAY

We wish to present a problem in deduction, which we feel confident our readers will solve. A glance at that East at the bidding will show

and one. stage bid clubs,

South eventually became Declarer at a con- tract of five diamonds. We are omitting the East and West hands.

Bouth, Dealer

Q 9 7 4 3

A 10 9 6 2 8 6 5

W

AK Q 6 2 ◊ QJ 7 5 4

10 8

The bidding:

South West

North

East

1

Pas8 14

2%

20

Pass

30

Pass

40

Pass

a♡

50.

Pass

Pase Paso Pasu

West opened the Jack of clubs, which East overtook with the Queen. East, next cashed the King of clubs and then shifted to a spade, which South wan-with the, single¬

HIGH CARE VALUES

OF THE

PRORACKS SYSTEM

ALL.. KING

QUEEN

would East abandon the suit and shift to a spade? There is only one possi- ble answer-East knew that South would trump a club with the diamond Jack and that West would be unable to overtrump. South would then be able to place the diamond King in East's hand. Furthermore, the King à singleton, for. was certain to be

would East

have had otherwise

a third nothing to lose by playing round of clubs.

Did you solve it?

*

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8.03 p.m.-Swing Music.

Dopey Joe; Buck Dance Rhythm....

Slim and Slam.

Blue Skies (Berlin)..... Maxine Sul- | livan (Vocal) & Her Orchestra, Love Is Where You Find It (film

"The Garden of the Moon'); They | Say....Mildred Bailey & Her Or- chestra with Vocal by Mildred Bailey.

Max Bruch Concerto No. 1

In G Minor

England Now".

9.15 p.m-London Relay-The News. 9.30 p.m.-Four Bongs by "Our Gracie"

(Gracle Fields).

When Summer Is Gone (Harrison &

10.00 p.m. - Musical

Wilhite); I Got A "Code" In My "Doze" (Fields & Others); I Can't Remember (Berlin); Whiskers And All (Weston & Others). 9.43 p.m.-Billy Russell (Comedian) in "On Behalf Of The Working Classes",

Comedy with

Hale

and With the

Bobby Howes, Binnie Others "Yes Madam?" Hippodrome Theatre Orchestra cond. by Joseph Tunbridge.

Lady Be Good; Shoe Shine Swing 10.34 p.m.-Dance Music.

..Count Easie Quintet.

I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles......Ella Logan (Vocal) with Perry Botkin & His Orchestra.

Ramsay at 8.30 p.m. - Harold

Organ.

Adios Muchachos;

the

St. Louis Blues (Handy). Rodeo March (Ramsay). Famous Tauber Melodies. Intro: You Golden are my heart's delight; Song; In your arms to-night: Ser- enade; Villa; Impatience; O Sanc- tissima.

8.45 p.m.-Studio-Talk on "Life in

SERIOUS CAR ACCIDENT

Five were injured in 'a serious car Castle Peak Road, o'clock at 10.30 accident on the near the Brewery, this morning. The car in which they were riding ran into a tree.

The car, licence No. 733, contained two men, two women and a child of about 2 years of age, all Chinese, Ac- cording to preliminary reports, the car was being driven from Kowloon to Un Long when it met a car on the

Saturday you were Merwin Maier's, wrong side of the road. partner and held:

A B 5

9 7

0 7

Q J 8

The bidding:

Maler Schenken You Burostone

14 Pass (1)

ANSWER: Your correct bid is two spades. This bid is slightly more en- couraging than one notrump. You hope partner will bid again, in which case you will continue.

Score 100% for two spades, 60%. for one notrump.

QUESTION NO. 253 David Bruce Burnstone is your top Ace. It is now partner to-day and you hold:

incumbent upon you,

as the South player, to win the remain. ing tricits in order to fúlay your contract. Before reading our plan your play,

proper play is to lead a dia- nond from your hand and go up with dummy's Ace, for East is de- finitely marked with the King. Why?

fier winning two club tricks why. (oc)

bidding:

Pass (?) bid? ? Answer

temer (Released The

Syndicate,

In order to avoid a collision, the driver of car 733 swerved, but hit a the tree. The tree was torn up by roots and the car badly damaged. All the ocqupants were admitted to hos- pital, but the extent of their injuries is not yet known.

Fox-Trots-You Grow Sweeter As

The Years Go By; Our Love... Jack Hylton & His Orchestra. Fox-Trot - Make Those People Poor Sway; Comedy Fox-Trot Old Flo....Jack Jackson & His Orchestra. Fox-Trots-Turkey In The Straw; Hat Time In The Old Town To- night....Freddie "Schnickelfritz" Fisher & His Band. Fox-Trots-Tiny Little Fingerprints; Sleepy Time In Sleepy Hollow.... New Mayfair Dance Orchestra. 11.00 p.m.-Close down.

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