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MUTT AND JEFF

NO, I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT THAT KNOCK-KNEED GIRL WHO OWNED THE DAIRY FARM! WHAT HAPPENED

TO HER?

WELL, SHE HAD TO GIVE IT UP,

YOU KNOW!

10-14

WHY?

BECAUSE SHE HAD TROUBLE

WITH HER

CALVES!

THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 11, 1939

By BUD FISHER -

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I CLAIM THAT'S CLEVER! HA! HA!

HEH!

BBC Recording Of

"Flying High"

Today's Wireless

Hong Kong, Saturday, Nov. 11, 1939. 12.15 p.m.-Short Service, of

cession.

Inter-

12.30 p.m.-Greta Keller (Vocal) and

London Plano Accordeon Band.

1.00 p.m.-Loca!

Introducing:

Time Signal, and

Weather Report. 1.03 p.m.-Singers On Parade.

Sam Costa; Helen Clare; Pat Paula Green: George Barclay: Hyde: Al Bowlly; Marjorie Stedeford: Dan Donovan: Alice Mann: Jack Cooper with Felix Mendelssohn & His Orchestra. 1.17 p.m.-Musical Comedy Selections. "No, No, Nanette"--Selection (Youmans');

"Show of Shows"-Selection

New

Mayfair Orchestra with Edward O'Henry at the Organ.

"Words and Music"-Let's Say Goodbye (Noel Coward)....Noel Coward (Vocal)

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

with Orchestra.

9.52 megacycles)

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

1.45 p.m.-Massed Bands of the Alder.

shot and Eastern Commands. Tudor Rose (Combined Band and Bugle March-Trayton Adams); Royal Review -Quick March (Bassett Silver); Tour- nament Quickmarch (Young); The Standard of St. George-Quick March (Alford).

1.58 p.m.-The Royal Command Per.

formance, 1938.

To Heart-Easing Mirth

(Purcell-Davies)

Winning

CONTRACT

(By The Four Aces)

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

DEVELOPING A SQUEEZE

In to-day's hand John Crawford,, which automatically squeezed his one of the most scintillating young partner. If East discarded his high stars to cross the Bridge horizon in a heart, dummy's ten would be good, long time, demonstrates his skill by and thus he was forced to let go of a beautifully developed squeeze play. a club.

now took a Mr. Crawford second club finesse, then proceeded to drop East's King and win the last trick with his small club.

East, Dealer

Neither side vulnerable

K J 10

8 4 2 ~ A 6 3

♡ 10 8 7 5

◊ K Q 2

4 3 2

6 5

♡ KQJ94

J9875

W

◊ A 8

* 7 6

K 10 9 8

A Q 9 7 8 ♡ 2

◊ 10 6 4

♣AQ J 5

Mr. Crawford

The bidding:

East

1♡

South West 14

-North

Pass Pass

24 Pase

Pass Pass

West opened the Ace of hearts and continued, Mr. Crawford trumping the second round. After playing a

HIGH CARD VALUES OF THE FOUR-ACES OVETEN

ACE 3 KING QUEN 1 JACK

trump to dummy, Mr. Crawford led a club and finessed the Jack. Next he led a dia- mond and dummy's Queen lost East's Ace. East played another heart. Mr. Crawford · trumped then drew the remaining trumps," landing in his Own hand. Now he played. the tén af diamènds and when West covered with, the Jack, he was allow ed to hold the trick.

*

•

Yesterday you were the dealer and held:

ANSWER:

AK 75

♡ A Q OAK 6 3

A 10 9

Your correct opening bid is three notrump. While your hand is tremendous in high cards there is no slam unless partner holds either some of the missing strength

or a

there long suit. Hence

is nothing to be gained by opening with two of a suit.

Score 100% for three notrump, 50% for two notrump (an underbid), 80% for two diamonds (if you do decide to make a two-bid on a four-card suit a minor is preferable), 20% for two spades.

You

QUESTION NO. 255 Neither side is vulnerable. are Howard Schenken's partner and hold:

K 10 x I

The bidding:

10

Jacoly Tea Warmstome

20 (?)

What do you bid? (Answer tomorrow.)

This seemingly pointless play was in reality vital to the success of the band. West returned a diamond, ? Inc.)

(Copyright, by Watkins Syndicate,

....Isobel Baillie, Elsie Suddaby. The Cloud-Cap't Towers (Stevens)....Mass- ed Choirs cond, by Sir Hugh Allen..

Programme

·Of Variety

Relief Sentries. (Mazeppa): Departure of the Old Guard (Slow March from. Figaro); Leaving the Precincts of the Palace Quick Märch (King's Guards) ....Regimental Band of H.M. Grenadier Guards cond. by Major George Miller (With words of Command).

8.12 p.m.-Tidworth-Tattoo, 1935.

Massed Bands of The Southern Command.

Y Bore Glas (Welsh Folk Song).....Mar-8.30 p.m.-B.B.C. Recording-"Flying

garet Rees & Welsh Choir. Twankydillo (English Folk Song)....Roberb

Easton & English Choir.

Anthem

England (Parry)....Mary Jarred & Mass-

ed Choirs,

National (Parry); Jerusalem

(Final verse)......Massed Choirs. 2.15 p.m.-Close down.

Lebenssturme, 6.00 p.m.Schubert -

Op. 144,

Artur Schnabel and Karl and Karl Ulrich Schnabel (Two Pianos).

6.13 p.m.-Schubert Songs.

Who Is Sylvia?.....Master Robert Harris

(Boy Soprano) with Orchestra. Der Doppelganger; Auffenthalt....Alexan- Kipnie (Bass) with Frank Bibb at the Plano.

The Brook's Lullaby, Op. 25, No. 20....

Elisabeth

with Schumann (Soprano) Plano accomp. by George Reeves. 6.30 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-

tions.

Fantasia Jacques

6.32 p.m.-Liszt-Hungarian for Piano and Orchestra. Dupont (Piano) and the Orchestre Symphonique. de Paris conducted by F. Ruhlmann,

6.48 p.m. Philadelphla Symphony

Orchestra.

Tone-Poem "Finlandia", Op. 26. No. 7

(Sibellus).

Gavotte ("Mignon") (Thomas).

(Albeniz, arr. Sto- Festival In Seville

kowski).

Boyer (Vocal) and the Orchestra Mascotte.

(Felice Waltzes-Secrets of the Adige

7.10 p.m.-Lucienne

Carena); Bavarian Waltz Medley (Willy Richartz)....Orchestra Mascotte. Mon Meilleur Ami (Berthomieu & Tabet); Entraineuse (Tabet)....Lucienne Boyer (Vocal) with Orchestra. Waltzes-Gypsy Love-Melodies (Lehar); Moonlight On The Danube (Byron Gay) .....Orchestra Mascotte.

Je T'Alme (Pills & Tabet); Embrasse-Mol (Pills & Tabet)....Lucienne Boyer (Vo- cal) with Orchestra.

Waltzes-Donauwellen (Ivanovici): Greet- ings To Vienna (Slede) ...... Orchestra Mascotte.

7.41 p.m.-Jubilee Music Hall Parade

1910-1935.

8.00 p.m.Local Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m. The Changing

Guard-Germany

The

Of

Approach of the New Guard (March of the Grenadiers) The Advarice in Slow Time (Slow March-Sclplo); Salute of the Old Guard, Reply of the New; Posting of

High"-Part 1. Written and arrang- and Charles ed by Alan Russell Brewer.

8.56 p.m.-Light Orchestral Selection. The Golden Valse, (arr. Winter)..... The London Palladium Orchestra conducted by Richard Crean.

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

cent Events. 9.15 p.m.--London Relay The News. 9.40 p.m.-Local Sport Results. 9.43 p.m.-A Variety Programme fea- turing Rawicz & Landauer, Elsie & Doris Waters, Leslie Henson & Byd- ney Howard, Ambrose & His Or. chestra & Others."

Plano Duets Roses In December (film 'Life of the Party'); Rosalle (from the film)......Rawicz & Landauer. Comediennes-A Party At Gert and Daisy's & Doris (E. & D. Waters)......Elsie Waters and. Company.

Comedy One Step--Eleven More Months and Ten More Days....Ambrose & His Orchestra. Comedy Sketch-A Few Drinks ("Funny Face")....Lealle Henson & Sydney Ho-

ward.

Humorous-Tell The Doc. ("Funny Face" -Gershwin)....Leslie Henson & Male Wuartet with Orchestra.

"Too much har- Plano-Thanks (film

mony'); I've Got You On My Mind ('Gay Divorce')....Rale Da Costa. Comediennes-That's The Worst Of Hav- ing People Upstars (K. & G. Western); Gert and Dalsy "Spring Cleaning" (E. & D. Waters)....Elsie & Doris Waters.

Care; Wishing Fox-Trots-II Didn't

(from 'Love Affair")....Ambrose & His Orchestra. Vocal-I've Got A Pain In My Sawdusi (from (Warner); Polly-Wolly-Doodle "The Littlest Rebel')......Mae Questal (The Betty Boop Girl) with Orchestra. Fox-Trots-1 Don't Belleve in Signs (film "Naughty but Nice'); In A Moment of Weakness (film 'Naughty but Nice').... Ray Noble & His Orchestra. Vocal-When Did You Leave Heaven (Alm A 'Sing. Baby, Sing'); I'll Sing You Thousand Love Songs (film 'Cain & Ma- bel')....Les Allen with Orchestra, Orch, w. Organ-"Lovely to Look At”- Selection; "The Life of the Party"-Se- The Paramount Irction.....Anton &

Theatre Orchestra with Al Bollington at the Organ.

'London

-

11.00 p.m.-London Relay -

Log'. 11.15 p.m.-London Relay Interna- tional Association Football-England v. Wales. 12.00 midnight.-Close down.

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