1939-11-28 — Page 16

MUTT AND JEFF

YEGSIR, THAT'S MY IDEA OF ENJOYING LIFE! YOU CAN GO TO THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS OR

ANY PLACE WITH ONE OF

THEM YACHTS!

WELL, SIR,THAT'S A

SEAFARING YACHT,

EQUIPPED WITH ALL.

WELL, IF

THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS)) I BOUGHT

THE PRICE IS $75,000 COMPLETE AND DELIVERED!

THAT YACHT ON TIME PAYMENTS,

HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO PAY FOR

IT?

WELL, ER, HOW MUCH CAN YOU AFFORD

TO PAY EACH

MONTH?

WELL, I MAKE TWENTY-THREE BUCKS A WEEK! I THINK I COULD PAY OFF ABOUT FIVE DOLLARS A WEEK!

THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 28, 1939

FIVE DOLLARS

A WEEK? WHY, MAN, DO YOU REALIZE THAT AT THAT RATE IT WOULD TAKE YOU OVER 300 YEARS TO PAY FOR

THAT BOAT!

By BUD FISHER

Q.K! I'M NOT KICKIN'! BRING OUT THE PAPERS AND LET'S GET IT SETTLED!.

Muriel Gubbay

And Harry Ore

From The Studio

Today's Wireless

Inter-

12.16 p.m.-Short Service of

cession. 12.30 p.m.-Peter Dawson (Bass-Bari. tone) and the B.B.C. Wireless Mili. tary Band.

The Crusader March (O'Donnel!)....The

·B.B.C. Military Band.

Rolling Along (film 'Music Goes 'Round') .... Peter Dawson (Bass-Baritone) with Orchestra.

The Mill On The Rock-Overture (Reissi- ger-arr. Winterbottom).....The B.B.C. Wireless Military Band.

The Air Pilot (Morrison & Others); Song Of The Thames (Mortimer & Murray) ....Peter Dawson (Bass-Baritone) with Orchestra.

Woodland Pictures-Rural Suite (Fletcher) The B.B.C. Wireless Military Band.

Signal Time

1.00 p.m.-Local

Weather Report.

and

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

9.52 Megacycles

1.03 p.m.-Debroy Somers Band.

Intro: Here It's A Lovely War-Medley.

Susie's Sewing We Are Again: Sister Shirts; Never Mind; Army of To-day's All Right: We Haven't Seen the Kaiser; Oh Oh Oh! Its a Lovely War: Who Were You With Last Night; All the Nice Girls Love a Sailor; Mademoiselle from Girl Armentieres: When There isn't a About....with Male Quartette,

(Archer "Lucky Break" Selection

O'Keefe).....Debroy Somers Band with Vocal Chorus.

&

"The Big Broadcast"--Selection....Debroy Somers Band with the Carlyle Cousins and Dan Donovan.

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 heuten every other system in existence.

ken.

A GRAND. COUP

then finessed the Queen of not the hearts, The Grand Coup, while

Next most difficult, is certainly one of the diamonds in order to manufacture an

entry to dummy. prettiest plays in the game of Con- additional

the the fourth heart was led and South tract. This play arises when

again trumped, East meanwhile dis- opponent to Declarer's right holds a guarded trump honour and there are carding a diamond. Finally Declarer dummy to led his remaining diamond to dummy. not enough trumps in

held the Queen Hence Declarer

At this point East allow for finessing.

and South, having must utilise the other suits in order and one spade

his opponent's trumps. ruffed himself down three times, held to capture

Jack. And now the only the King Here is a fine illustration.

last heart was played from dummy. Declarer East was forced to trump. over-trumped and finally

South, Dealer

Neither side vulnerable

L

AKQ9 3

8

◇ AQ4 2 QJ5

b

AQ 748

10 7 6 4

✓ J 8 2

◇ K J 9

W

E

A 9832

S

◊ 10 6 5 10 7 6

A A KJ 10 9 8 2

♡ 5

0 87 8

*K 4

The bidding:

South 14

West

Pass

3♡

Pass

40

PBBS

6V

Pass

Puss

.. Pass Pass

North Bast Pass Равв

Against six spades West opened the Ace of clubs and, although South dropped the King, continued the suit.

HIGH GARD VALUKS OF THE FOUR VETEN

ACE 3 KING QUEEN 1 JACK

the Queen.

Yesterday

captured

*

you were the

201

dealer.

What was your correct bid holding?

AK JI

♡ J X

◊ A KI

AK Q xTM

ANSWER: Your correct bid is two clubs. This hand does not meet the full requirements for an opening two- bid; nevertheless a one-bid is inade- quate, and you should not open with two or three notrump with one suit unstopped.

·

Score 100% for two clubs, 70% for two spades, 60% for three notrump, 40% for one club, 0 for any other bid.

are

QUESTION NO. 269

David To-day you Burnstone's partner and hold:

AKJ 73

The spade eight was now led and finessed, dummy winning the trick. Declarer now trumpsdu cdumany's good club in his own -hand, the hilastown the spade. Absysonly to And that East's Queen was guarded. Refusing to give up, South led his only heart and cashed dummy's Ace and King, discarding -a diamond. Declarer ruffed the third round of ¦ Infc.)

Bruce

Á 10 7 4 The bidding: Bornatong: Jaseby

P255 Just do-you bid? (Answer tomorrow.)

Too

(7).

Mules

(Released by The Bell Syndicate,

"What's Yours?"-A Convivial

"Cards On The Table And Other Relays

7.30 p.m.-LONDON

News.

RELAY

The

8.00 p.m.-Local Time Bignal, Weather

Report and Announcements.

with programme 8.03 p.m. Variety Medley.

Van Dusen: Allee Faye; George Quentin Maclean; The Vagabond Lover and Orchestra Mascotte. Vocal-It's Party Time Again (Van Du- sen)....George Van Dusen with Orch, Vocal-Wake Up and Live (from the film): There's A Lull In My Life (from 'Wake Up and Live')..... Alice Faye with Cy Feuer Orchestra,

Intro: Come Landlors. All the Flowing Bowl; Little Brown Jug: Barley Mow! Whiskey Johnny; Drinking: Here's to Down Among the Dead the Maiden; Men: There is a Tavern in the Town: John Barleycorn: Drink to Me Only; Simon the Cellarer: Here's to the Good old Beer; Old King Cole: Vive L'Amour; Vive La Compagnie:. Here's a Health Unto His Majesty: We Won't Go Home Till Morning: Auld Lang Syne....Debroy Somers Band with Vocal Chorus. 1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press, Announce- Weather Forecast and ments.

1.45 p.m.-B.B.C. RECORDING—“D’Yc.

Ken John Peel?"

A Programme in Honour of the Famous Written and Cumberland Huntsman.

Produced by William Maclurg.

2.15 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN,

6.00 p.m.-An hour of Dance Music.

Fox-Trots-Moonlight On The Waterfall; The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot ....Billy Cotton & His Band. Tango-Take Your

Chance: Fox-Trot- Heinz Huppertz & His

Vieni...Vieni Orchestra. Fox-Trots-I Dream Of San Marino: Let Me Dream Of Havana....Ronnie Munro & His Dance Orchestra. Waltz The First Quarrel; Slow Fox-Trot -My Heart Will Never Sing Again..... Correct Dance Henry Jacques & His Tempo Orchestra. Fox-Trots-It Ain't Nobody's Biz'ness What I Do I Don't Want To Make History (Alm 'Palm Springs')....Billy Cotton & His Band. Fox-Trots-Good-night. Little Skipper: I've Got A Pocketful of Dreams (from 'Sing, you Sinners')....Brian Lawrance & His Orchestra.

Le-

Rumbas-Antillana; International

cuona Cuban Boys. Fox-Trots-One In A While: Bel Mir Blst Du Schoen....Jack Harris & His Orch. Tangos-Jealousy: Hear My Song. Violetta ....Robert Renard Dance Orchestra. Fox-Trot-Everything Stops for Tea (film) 'Come out of the Pantry')......Mario "Harp" Lorenzi & His Rhythmics. 7.00 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-

tlons.

Imre and 7.02 p.m.- Magyarl

Hungarian Gypsy Orchestra. You Can't Forbid A Flower: The Sleeves of My Jacket are Tied Up: My Sweetle How I Could. Là- Is Roaming About: ment!: There Are Unkissed Lios: White and Red Roses; Hittle White Hollyhocks; Full Of Acacias Is Our Village. 7.14 p.m.-Strauss' Waltzes.

Acceleration-Waltz (arr. Hohne).....Or.

chestre Mascotte.

His

Wine, Women and Song....Mavis Bennett

(Soprano) with Orchestra.

Woods: Blue Tales From The Vienna

Danube.....Philadelphia Symphony Or- chestra cond. by Leopold Stokowski,

Cinema Organ-Cinema Memories. Intro: These Songs from: Orphans of the Storm; Four Horsemen of the Apoca- lypse: Way Down East: Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall: La Rosita: Orphans of the Storm: Robin Hood: Charlie Chap- lin's Theme: The Gold Rush: Way Down East: The Covered Wagon; What Price Glory: The Singing Fool....Quentin M. Maclean.

Vocal-Just A Vagabond Lover (Kester & HII); As Long As Our Hearts Are Young (Kester & Hill)....The Vagabond Lover (Tenor) with Orchestra.

Orch. Children of Spring-Waltz (Wald-

teule!)....Orchestra Mascotte.

8.30 p.m.-STUDIO-Two Piano Re- cital by Muriel Gubbay and Harry Ore.

1. Fugue in G Minor (Bach).

2. Gavotte in G Major (Mozart), 3. Caprice Brillante, Op. 22 (Mendelssohn). Orchestral Pro- 9.50 p.m.-A Short

gramme. Oberon Overture (Weber).....Sir Thomas Beecham cond, the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Scherzo (from "Quartet In E Minor"

Hendelssohn, Op. 44, No. 3)......Lener String Quartet.

9.05 p.m.-STUDIO

Recent Events.

-Comments on

9.15 p.m-LONDON RELAY — News....

Summary.

9.30 p.m.-LONDON RELAY-"Cards

on the Tab

9.46 p.m.-GERSHWIN-An American

In Paris.

New Light Symphony

George Gershwin,

Orchestra

with

10.03 p.m.--Songs by 8tuart Robertson

(Bass-Barltone).

Abroad The Windjammer-Medley of Sea Shanties, Intro: A-roving: Shenandoah: with the drunken What shall we do

Hilo:

Sailor: Hullabaloo Balay: The Drummer and the Cook; Tom's gone to Boney was a warrior....with Male Cho- rus and Accordeon.

10.12 .m.-Hllo' Hawalian Orchestra.

My Hula Love-Medley March. Kawalbau Waltz (Kealakal).

Colorado Sunset-Waltz (from the film). 12.23 p.m.Dance Programme by Juan and His Orchestra and Victor Slivos- ter and His Ballroom Orchestra. 11.00 p.m.-LONDON RELAY "119

England Now".

11.15 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN.

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