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MUTT AND JEFF

WHAT A KOUNDER, I'M MARRIED TO!

HE'S HOME TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MONTHS AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S THE

HOLIDAY SEASON!

SON, WE HAVE WITH US TONIGHT A GUEST OF WHOM YOU HAVE HEARD EVEN IF YOU DO NOT PERSONALLY KNOW HIM! A GBEST WHO HAS COME TO SPREAD CHRISTMAS CHEER IN OUR HUMBLE

ROME*~-

THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 27, 1940

SO, THIS EVENING WE HAVE THE [HONOR AND PLEKSORE OF BEING

NUMBEREDS AMONG THE ADMIRERS OF THIS MAN WHO'HAS A REPUTATION

FOR CONVIVIALTY AND.

| GOOD CHEER - AMAN OF | BRILLIANT AND ERTERTAINING

QUALITIES --

By BUD FISHER

THEREFORE, CICERO, IT IS WITH THE GREATEST OF PLEASURE THAT I PRESENT TO YOU –

YOUR PAPA!

AW!

AHEM!

LET'S

EAT!

Elgar's First Symphony

Today's Wireless

12.15 p.m.-Short Service of Inter.

cession.

12.30 p.m-Hildegarde

(Vocal) and

(film

Nat Gonella and His Georgians. Fox-Trots-Way Down Yonder In New Orleans; The Man From The His South.....Nat Gonnella & Georgians. The Moon Got In My Eyes

'Double or Nothing')..... Hilde- garde (Vocal) with Orchestra. Slow Fox-Trot-Makin' A Fool of

Myself; Quickstep-Get Hot Nat Gonella & His Georgians. Love Walked In (film 'Goldwyn Fol-

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

9.52 Megacycles

lies'); Goodnight Angel (film 'Ra-} dio City Revels') .... Hildegarde (Vocal) with Orchestra. Fox-Trots-Who Stole The Tiger's Rug?; Bring 'Em Back Alive..... Nat Gonella & His Georgians.

Time 1.00 p.m.-Local

Signal and Weather Report. 1.03 p.m.-Musical Comedy Selections. "The Love Parade" Vocal Gems

(Schertzinger)

Light Opera

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 MIRACLE-IN SPADES

South certainly could not be blam- Ace. Dummy was then re-entered ed for bidding six spades on his with the diamond Ace and a second powerful two-suiter, especially club played. And now the miracle

as

his partner had given him an imme-occurred; --East jumped in with the diate free raise. South felt that if King of clubs, dropping his partner's North held the right Acc and Jack at the same time. doubleton club, that would be suf- ficient. In fact, there were many holdings that North might have that would make the Slam a laydown. But

when the dummy went down and three small clubs were disclosed, South had a sinking feeling.

South, Dealer

North-South vulnérable

▲ 10 9 5

K 7 6 3

◊ AJ 2

10 6 4

9 8 4

KQ 109]W

7 5 3

J 2

6 3 ♡AQJ 10 6 2 ◊ 8 4 ♣ K Q 7 AAKJ8742

◊ 6

1985 3

The bidding:

South

-West

14

20

6 A

Pase

North East 24

4♡ Pass

Pass

West opened a heart and South, looking at dummy's three clubs, de-

ΟΙ course East's play was in- excusable, inasmuch as his King of clubs was bound to win a trick whe- ther or not his partner held the Jack. Nevertheless, South does deserve credit for making his impossible con- tract by giving his opponents the only possible chance to commit an

error.

*

Yesterday

were you Schenken's partner and held:

K 10 X X

K 10 x I

◊ x x

Howard

Jacoby You Darkstone

Pass (*)

The bidding: Bokosken 14 ANSWER:

Your correct response is one heart, If your partner hap- pens to have four spades, he can now show this suit at the range of one, If he has heart support, he can raise your sult.

Score 100% for one heart, 80% for one spade (this is one of the rare instances where it is better to bid the lower of two equal suits), 20% for one notrump.

་

QUESTION NO. 319. David Bruce Burnstone is your cided that only a miracle could partner and you hold:

NIGH CARD VALINĖS

3

save him. "Isup- pose I may

as well play it out," he thought. Thus, after trumping the heart, South played the Ace of spades and a small dummy. spade to -

Next the bery of clubs i was led. East cover-

ed with thế...- Queen

x

x x

The bidding:

10 3NT

Maler You - Pass. 10.

Pass (7)

Jacoby PASA

• What do you; bid now?;; tâm- swer tomorrow.)

(Released by The Bell Syndic

mith played the h Inc.)......

Company with Orchestra. "Careless Rapture"--Selection (Ivor Novello).... Orchestre Raymonde with Vocal by Webster Booth and Angela Parselles.

C. B. Cochran Medley. Intro: num- bers from: As you were; Afgar; League of Notions; On with the dance; Black Birds; One dam thing after another; This Year of Grace

.C. B. Cochran (Compere) as sisted by Elisabeth Welth; Janei Joye; Edward Cooper and Ray

Noble & His Orchestra. "Casanova"--Selection (J. Strauss, arr. Benatzsky).....New Mayfair Orchestra.

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

1.45 p.m. Dance Music by Gerry Moore (Piano) and Geraldo and His Orchestra.

Fox-Trot-Between A Kiss and A Sigh; Quickstep-Could Be .... Geraldo & His Orchestra. Slow Fox-Trot-Swect Heartacho

(film The Hit Parade'); Quickstep |

Jammin' (film Turn off the Moon')....Gerry Moore (Plano). Tangos-Crepuscule; Por Que?

Geraldo & His Gaucho Tango Orchestra.

Slow Fox-Trot-A Message From The Man In The Moon (film 'A Day at the Races'); Quickstep-No More You....Gerry Moore (Piano)" with string bass and drums. Fox-Trots--I Have Eyes (film 'Paris Honeymoon'); You're A Sweet Lit- tle Headache (film 'Paris Honey- moon')....Geraldo & His Orch.

Good Slow Fox-Trot-"Taint

Gerry Moore (Piano), 2.15 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN. 8.00 p.m.—Elgar-8ymphony No. 1 in A Flat Major, Op. 65. London Sym- phony Orchestra conducted by Sir Edward Elgar.

6.49 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-

tiona

6.51 p.m.-Light Symphony Orchestra

Concert Waltz-Joyousness” (Haydn

Wood).

Homage March (Haydn Wood). 7.00 p.m.-London Relay-Variety with

Sketches and Songs,

7.20 p.m.-Vocal Items by The Merry

Macs.

Cuckoo In The Clock (Donaldson,

Prsten

Speech By Winston Churchill

7.30 p.m.-London Relay-The News. 8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-Studio — Concert by The

"Tower" Trio.

1. March-L'Entente Cordiale (Al- lier); 2. Valse-Moonlight on the St. Lawrence (Heller); 3. Excerpt from 'By the Lakeside' (Eric Coates); 4. Selection-White Horse Inn (Stolz); 5. Intermezzo-Ren- dezvous (Altter).

8.30 p.m.-London Relay-"The Sha- dow of the Swastika" 7th Episode: The Road to War.

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

mary.

9.30 p.m.-Local Sport Results. 9.32 p.m.-Al Bollington at the Organ. Speak to Me of Love (Lenoir).... Al

Bollington.

Let's All Sing. Like The Birdies Sing (Damerell & Others); She Was One Of The Early Birds (Connor); In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree (Williams-Van Alstyne); The Chestnut Tree (Kennedy & Con- nor).....The Audience of The Paramount Theatre, London, led by Al Bollington at the Organ. 9.42 p.m."Ho Wanted Adventure" with Bobby Howes and Company. 10.15 p.m.-Tino Rossi (Vocal) and the

Orchestra Mascotte.

Du and Du Waltz (from 'Die Fleder- maus-Joh. Strauss); Waltz-Wo- men of Vienna (Joh. Strauss) Orchestra Mascotte.

C'Est A Capri (Will Grosz); Le Cha- land Qui Passe (Bixto).....Tino 'Rossi (Vocal) with Orchestra. Waltz--WalkTM Right ̈In ́ ́" (from "Der .... Or.

Schatzmeister'-Ziehrer) chestra Mascotte. 10.30 p.m.-London Relay-Speech by The Rt. Hon. Mr. Winston Churchill from Free Trade Hall, Manchester. 11.15 p.m.-Dance Music.

Fox-Trot-Over and Done With. Quickstep-F. D. R. Jones (from "The little dog laughed')....Jack Harris & His Orchestra. Walizes-The Umbrella Man (from "These Foolish Things'); Ferdinand The Bull (from Walt Disney's film)....Jack Hylton & His Orch. Fox-Trot-Horsey, Keep Your Tail

Up; My Pony Boy

Freddie "Schnickelfritz" Fisher and His

Band.

Slow Fox-Trot-South of The Bor- der....Henry Hall & His Orch. Tangos-Love Letter; Letter of Fare- well....Oskar Joost Tango, Orch. Fox-Trot-Penny Serenade.....Man-

tovani & His Orchestra.

Mercer); Patty Cake; Patty Cake 11:45 p.m:-London Relay - "London

(Waller & Others); Chopsticks (Lawrence, Daniels).,

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