1940-01-31 — Page 16

THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 31, 1940

By BUD FISHER

MUTT AND JEFF

I'M GONNA GNE MUTT HIS CHRISTMAS-PRESENT TODAY BECAUSE IT WILL. REMIND HIM TO GET MY 'PRESENT. HE'S SO

FORGETFUL!

A CHRISTMAS GIFT FROM ME TO YOU, MUTT!

MY BEST PAL!

OH, GOSH! THANKS, JEFF!

OH, BOY! A GOLD WRIST WATCH!

JUST WHAT I

NEED!

I'M GLAD YOU LIKE IT! AHEM! WE ALWAYS GIVE TO EACH OTHER, SO

OH, I MEANT TO TELL YOU THAT. I AIN'T "GIVING" THIS YEAR! HOWEVER, I WON'T DEPRME YOU OF THE PLEASURE YOU GET OUT OF MAKING ME

HAPPY-SO I'LL KEEP

{THE WATCH!

12-21

John Valentine

(Baritone) From

The Studio

4.00 p.m.-AN HOUR OF DANCE MUSIC.

Today's Wireless

7.00 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quotations. 7,02 p.m.-THE DON COSSACKS CHOIR IN

A RUSSIAN PROGRAMME. "Prince Igor"-March (Borodin)

Sir

Thomas Beecham conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

The Imprisoned Cossacks (Nistschensky): Signal March of the Cavalry (Kololllin) ....The Don Cossacks Choir conducted by Serge Jaroft.

Barynja: On The River Kasanka

(art. con

Dobrowen)....Don Cossacks Choir ducted by Serge Jaroff. Unaccompanied. Le Coq D'Or (Hymn to the Sun-Rimsky- Korsakov-Kreisler).....Edith Lorand &

Her 'Viennese Orchestra, Dance Song (Reigenlied);

Song of the

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

9.52 Megacycles

Cossacks (arr. Dobrowen)....Don Cos; 8.30 p.m.-STUDIO-Talk by Father Ryan, Backs Choir conducted by Serge Jaroff. Unaccompanied,

Song Without Words (in A minor, Op. 40, No. 6 Tchaikowsky).... Leopold Stokow- ski and the Philadelphia Orchestra. 7.30 p.m.-LONDON RELAY-The News, 8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather Re.

port and Announcements.

8.03 p.m.-STUDIO-Concert by John Vaten- Line (Baritone) with Plano accompani. mant by E. O'Neil Shaw.

Minning

CONTRACT

(By The Four Aces)

:

David Bruce Burnatone, 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.

PLACING THE BLAME

When his opponents finally stopped | about as bad a bid as we have ever bid at five hearts, West could hardly be-seen and much worse than any

made. Once But, in spite of the you

you jumped in lieve his ears. fact he was absolutely sure he could spades, he should have bid either four set that contract, he-wisely refrained spades or three notrump.' from a double, which undoubtedly would have driven North and South into spades, where they could have made a Small Slam.

South, Dealer

Both sides vulnerable

K 74

♡ J 10 9 8

A Q 8 2

♡ 6 5 4

◊ QJ 2

do 8 7 6

4 6

0 10 9 87 4 3

3 OAK 6 5 2

W

♣ Q 10 9 8

J 10 9 3 AKQ8

0 B

A KJ 4

Bouth

1♡

West Pass 16

North

Fast

Pass

34

PALE

♡

Pass

Бл

Pass

Pass

Pass

Past -

The bidding:

South asked, "If he had done that, the how would we have gotten to

a

| Slam?" Our reply was, "That was one Slam you shouldn't have bid since in order to make six spades, you would need a successful spade finesse, reasonable trump break and either a in successful club finesse, a break

Finally, even hearts or a squeeze. with all that right, the hand would require considerable handling since you should have to trump two dia- monds in dummy.*

Merwin Maler was your partner yesterday and you held:

x x x

VAI

OK X X X X

JX X

Schenken

The bidding:

You Holer BErestone.

INT Pass (7) ANSWER: Your correct bid is two

With a balanced, hand. there is no point whatsoever in show-.. ing a minor suit after your partner, opens with notrump.

Playing the hand at five hearts notrump.. South managed to go down two tricks. Now turning to us, he asked,

"Was

my bidding wrong?". We replied, "Yes, Once your part- ner-responded a spade, you should have in- sisted upon playing

HIGH LARO VILLIES GE THE POUR-ACER BYETEN

ACL KING QUEEN 1 JACK

Score 100% for two notrump, 60% for-three botrump (an overbid), 30%. for two diamonds.

[QUESTION NO. 822

You are Howard Schenken's part-

the hand in spades ner to-day and hold:

3.J. on "Some Great Author" No. 1- Bacon.

8.56 p.m.-The B.B.C. Wireless Bingers.

It Was A Lover and His Lass (Shakespeare

The Where

Bec Bucks & Morloy):

Come Let Us (Shakespeare & Arne); Join Roundelay (Wm. Beale).... Con- ducted by Stanford Robinson. Unaccom- panied.

9.00 p.m.-Coleridge-Taylor-Patite Suite De

AWARD IN THE FIELD

LONDON, TO-DAY.

ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS THE FIRST IMMEDIATE AWARD

AN OFFICER

IN THE FIELD TO SERVING WITH THE B.E.F. HAS BEEN MADE TO CAPTAIN J. A. MACKENZIE, OF THE GLOUCES-

TER REGIMENT.

Capt. Mackenzie has been awarded

for the Military Cross

conspicuous daring and resource..

It is learnt that the exploit for which the award has been made oc- curred during one of the night patrols for which are now regular events British troops in the front line.-Bri- tish Wireless.

NAZIS OVER HOLLAND

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") The Hague, To-day.

north- German planes flew over

and central Netherlands on east

Dutch planes, Monday night. patrol, and anti-aircraft guns went

into action.

on

The Dutch Government has pro- tested to Berlin. Havas.

BADLANDS MOVING

Shanghai, To-day.

all

Studio Talks:

Russian Programme

Concert. London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dr. Malcolm Sargent. 0.15 p.m.-LONDON. RELAY — News Sum.

mary.

9.30 p.m.-STUDIO-Talk by The Rt. Rev. C. B. R. Sargent, Asaletant Bishop of Fu. klen-Fuklan Snapshota",

9.45 p.m.--Variaty with Frank Crumit, Ade- lalde Hall, Bobby Breen, Sam Browne & Others.

Tommy

10.30 p.m. - LONDON RELAY

Handley in "It's that Man Again". 11.00 p.m.-LONDON RELAY—'Matters of Moment". Talk by The Rt. Hon. Leslie Burgin, Minister of Supply. 11.18 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN.

SOYA BEAN EXPORTS TO GERMANY

London, To-day.

Mr. G. R. Strauss (Labour) asked. in the House of Commons yesterday whether in view of the great impor- tance of soya beans in the German the Minister of Eco- war economy nomic Warfare would reconsider the decision not to ration the quantities Imported by contiguous countries.

Mr. Ronald Cross assured Mr. Strauss that the matter would be un- der constant review and appropriate measures taken if the occasion arose.

Reuter.

RUMANIAN OIL POLICY

BUCHAREST, TO-DAY: AN IMPORTANT SPEECH ABOUT RUMANIAN OIL POLICY HAS BEEN MADE BY THE RUMANIAN MINIS TER OF COMMERCE.

He said that the measures taken re cently had no other aim than that o meeting national requirements and al reports to the contrary were quite un justified.

Oil was essential for Rumania military forces, which were so neces

The Japanese have ordered gambling establishments, oplum and heroin dens in the west part of sary during the present troubled time Shanghai to move to Nantso. Own Correspondent.

Our He urged the need for increased pro

duction. Router.

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with four to the Jack- ten-nine, irrespective

of how the bidding well.

on, after North had gabeti

South turned to us once more and

said, "I don't see how your,

that my partner was right

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